[ you're a lawyer... with one case under your belt. you're new, and green, but under the steady hand of your mentor, you're growing. ]
[ or at least, that's what should have happened. but it didn't. she was murdered in her office...... when you stumbled upon the seen you saw her younger sister, a girl in her teens, sobbing over the corpse. she didn't seem guilty to you..... but everyone else seemed to think so. you try to find a lawyer to defend her, but no one will. you offer to contact her family for her, but she tells you she had no one but her sister. ]
[ that's when you make the decision. the whole reason you became a lawyer? because someone has to look out for the people who have no on their side. ]
[ your investigation brings you to one man.. redd white. a blackmailer who has history with your mentor and his sister -- on top of killing mia and framing maya for it, he has further history. apparently, he ruined their mother... the whole reason mia started investigating him. ]
[ as you investigate, you notice that he's stolen much of the evidence she had on him. almost all of it, actually. but you find some... linking his blackmail to suicides across the country. it's enough to confront him, maybe make him confess. ]
[ the last time you spoke to this guy, he punched you. but you can't leave this be. you confront him. ]
[ it doesn't go well. he tells you he has the courts and the police in his pocket and he's right -- before you know what's happening, you're arrested for mia's murder instead. maya shows up, and she wants to help you.... but you don't think she can. ]
[ after all, the court system changed years ago. now, trials are settled within days, if not just one..... and the verdicts are always guilty. you don't doubt that the prosecution will be in redd's plan to frame you, either. ]
[Akira jerks back as soon as the images of the memory flash before him, and when it ends. . . he's staring into the distance, eyes wide, gaze unfocused]
What. . . ?
[that busy-tailed and bright-eyed lawyer in that memory. . . was that Phoenix??]
[ yeah and they were pretty rough, buddy. the overwhelming grief and feeling of being lost.. it definitely permeated through the memory. ]
[ it was a long time ago, though. and it's not like he hasn't had opportunities to see mia.... though he wouldn't want her to see what he's doing now. ]
[ why did he become a lawyer in the first place? someone had to help the people who had no one on their side. ]
[ but he's not that man anymore. you lost the right to be. ]
[ and suddenly, akira gets another memory: ]
[ you're a lawyer, trying to defend your client, a world-class magician... but something goes wrong. you're careless. you present a piece of evidence you got from somewhere.. that turns out to be forged. ]
[ the prosecution calls a special witness, to prove you're "guilty". you're disbarred. ]
[ despite the fact that you've just lost everything, the first thing you do is worry for your client. he has a young daughter. but then... something strange happens. he disappears. ]
[ ... like magic. but then, his daughter is left behind. you search for relatives for her to stay with.... but nothing. ]
[mild surprise crosses Akira's features when that memory flashes in his vision, but it's replaced by understanding pretty quickly. if Phoenix was trying to get Akira to not trust him, then. . . well]
[he huffs a little, lifting a hand to tug at his bangs, smile working its way onto his features]
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[ that doesn't sound like akira indeed ]
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I have enough memories of my own that I don't need to be seeing everyone else's, too.
[BUT IT IS TOO LATE FOR THAT]
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[ speaking of which: time for phoenix memory!!! ]
[ you're a lawyer... with one case under your belt. you're new, and green, but under the steady hand of your mentor, you're growing. ]
[ or at least, that's what should have happened. but it didn't. she was murdered in her office...... when you stumbled upon the seen you saw her younger sister, a girl in her teens, sobbing over the corpse. she didn't seem guilty to you..... but everyone else seemed to think so. you try to find a lawyer to defend her, but no one will. you offer to contact her family for her, but she tells you she had no one but her sister. ]
[ that's when you make the decision. the whole reason you became a lawyer? because someone has to look out for the people who have no on their side. ]
[ your investigation brings you to one man.. redd white. a blackmailer who has history with your mentor and his sister -- on top of killing mia and framing maya for it, he has further history. apparently, he ruined their mother... the whole reason mia started investigating him. ]
[ as you investigate, you notice that he's stolen much of the evidence she had on him. almost all of it, actually. but you find some... linking his blackmail to suicides across the country. it's enough to confront him, maybe make him confess. ]
[ the last time you spoke to this guy, he punched you. but you can't leave this be. you confront him. ]
[ it doesn't go well. he tells you he has the courts and the police in his pocket and he's right -- before you know what's happening, you're arrested for mia's murder instead. maya shows up, and she wants to help you.... but you don't think she can. ]
[ after all, the court system changed years ago. now, trials are settled within days, if not just one..... and the verdicts are always guilty. you don't doubt that the prosecution will be in redd's plan to frame you, either. ]
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[Akira jerks back as soon as the images of the memory flash before him, and when it ends. . . he's staring into the distance, eyes wide, gaze unfocused]
What. . . ?
[that busy-tailed and bright-eyed lawyer in that memory. . . was that Phoenix??]
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Hm. That's inconvenient.
[ memsharing. ]
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Is that a cue for me to pretend like I didn't see anything?
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[ just don't expect a straight answer ]
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[. . .]
I'm sorry for your loss.
[because he probably did feel those feelings of grief Phoenix had over Mia]
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[ yeah and they were pretty rough, buddy. the overwhelming grief and feeling of being lost.. it definitely permeated through the memory. ]
[ it was a long time ago, though. and it's not like he hasn't had opportunities to see mia.... though he wouldn't want her to see what he's doing now. ]
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I had heard someone say you were an ex-attorney.
What made you quit? You were really good at what you did.
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[ that he was very good. he laughs! ]
But I was stripped of my badge. So, in a sense.... I got fired.
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["performance." but no, Akira believes Phoenix was a good lawyer, he saw it first hand in that memory!!]
[at that answer. . . he frowns, brows furrowed]
Why did they take your badge from you?
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I was caught with forged evidence.
[ what does akira have to say about that? ]
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. . . why did you have forged evidence?
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What do you think?
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You don't seem like the type to forge evidence. That's what I think.
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[ hon hon are you sure you can trust him! ]
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[HON HON CAN HE]
And in my experience, adults have done nothing for me except try to push me down and kick me when I'm already suffering.
[. . .]
[but. . . Phoenix is different. isn't he?]
But you're not like that. You never have been.
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[ why did he become a lawyer in the first place? someone had to help the people who had no one on their side. ]
[ but he's not that man anymore. you lost the right to be. ]
[ and suddenly, akira gets another memory: ]
[ you're a lawyer, trying to defend your client, a world-class magician... but something goes wrong. you're careless. you present a piece of evidence you got from somewhere.. that turns out to be forged. ]
[ the prosecution calls a special witness, to prove you're "guilty". you're disbarred. ]
[ despite the fact that you've just lost everything, the first thing you do is worry for your client. he has a young daughter. but then... something strange happens. he disappears. ]
[ ... like magic. but then, his daughter is left behind. you search for relatives for her to stay with.... but nothing. ]
[ then you offer to let her stay with you. ]
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[mild surprise crosses Akira's features when that memory flashes in his vision, but it's replaced by understanding pretty quickly. if Phoenix was trying to get Akira to not trust him, then. . . well]
[he huffs a little, lifting a hand to tug at his bangs, smile working its way onto his features]
Yeah.
. . . I think I'm right about you.
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[ illegal. ]
Very few people believed in my innocence, you know.
[ he is kind of surprised akira would just immediately trust ]
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Very few people believed in mine.
[ah. . . ah???]
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Were you falsely accused of something, Akira?
[ phoenix doesn't sound surprised, woof. ]
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Yeah. I was.
I was arrested and convicted for assault after I tried to prevent a high-ranking politician from harassing a woman on the street.
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Didn't have a good defense attorney?
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