PROLOGUE.
June 4th, 12:36 PM
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Jae opened his eyes. He had slept in late. Again. He groaned as he rolled out of bed, and stretched. He was supposed to be in the plaza by one, but all thoughts of that were abolished. He quickly changed and walked down to the city. He marvelled at the impressive buildings, that never once stood to unimpress. He had some spare time. He decided to go into a Ranked Battle, against other B+'s. He walked over to the Inkopolis tower, passing by the Squid Sisters studio. Marie smiled and waved while Callie measured up the votes for the Cat vs Dog competition that went on yesterday. No-one in particular showed up at the ranked battle lobby, so he decided to go straight into it. He became a squid and megajumped over to the arena, with a couple people trailing behind. Jae smiled. Saltspray rig. His favorite place. But he had no time to see the sights. The whistle was blown, and the game begun! Him and a teammate called Don George went straight for the center so they could start gaining points, while a splat roller went to stop the enemy from reaching the center. Jae used his trusty Inkbrush to cover the point square almost instantly, while Don revealed a Kelp Splatterscope, starting to blast away at the enemies that were invading. The Splat roller had been splatted, and was now joining the others. The final person in their team snuck up on a .97 Gal and splatted them using a .97 Gal of his own.
"We've got this in the bag!" thought Jae as he splattered a Splat roller and kept his eye on the timer ticking down on his watch. That's why he didn't see it coming.
A massive ink blast came rushing out of nowhere. He was covered in blue ink. He coughed and gasped, as a Inkling emerged with an unfamiliar weapon. It seemed to be two tubes strapped to the underside of his arms, that were firing huge blasts of ink. Within seconds, the other team had gained control of the point. The Inkling set up a deadly wail aimed straight at Jae, only for Don to come sprinting in and grab him.
"Wh-what is that weapon?" spluttered Jae, hacking up globs of blue ink.
"Not sure. I don't think Sheldon sells them commercially." he replied. "It seems to be powered by the Ipod on his back." This gave Jae an idea.
"Hey! Remember last month, about the Octarian incident? That seems pretty similar to this!" Jae pulled out his Ipod, and flicked through the songs. "I reckon we can use this." He set the volume to super loud, and chucked it into the stage. Before long, it started blaring out one of the songs.
(This song is the Squid Sisters part of the Splatoon final boss. You might want to switch over to that for extra effect. It's on youtube.)
As the soundtrack blared out, the Inkling's weapon seemed to malfunction. It shook it, and Jae took this opportunity to pounce. Using his inkbrush, he easily splatted him. Now it was just him and the .97 Gal in the ring. Jae used his Ink missile, and the Inkling never saw it coming. Judd blew the whistle, and it was over.
As his team celebrated victory, Jae noticed that the Inkling with the mysterious weapon was not present. When he asked someone about it, they said they would investigate.
The rest of the day was pretty uneventful, with Jae heading over to Jelly Fresh with Don, who was quickly becoming his best friend, for the shirt he was getting custom made. (It had the slogan "Dogs are great, and I'm not squidding.") and them playing a couple turf wars together. However, in the afternoon, everything changed.
When Jae saw the afternoon broadcast, the squid sisters looked quite shocked. And so was he.
"WHAT? Don was arrested on suspicion of murder?"
June 5th, 9:00 AM
Wright anything agency
Phoenix Wright, the famous lawyer known all over California, was having a tea break. He didn't have any cases right now, Apollo and Athena were working on a case, and Trucy was performing at the wonder bar. He read the newpaper calmly, and put it down. Suddenly, the phone started ringing. Phoenix picked it up and a loud voice rang from the phone.
"Umm, hey. Is this a lawyer? said the mysterious caller.
"Yes." he replied. "Do you require my services?"
The caller responded urgently. "Yeah, yeah. Uhh, I hired a jet to fly you to where I am, so it should be here within the hour. Got it?"
Phoenix was taken aback. "Wait, wait. I can't go flying out of the country at the drop of a hat!" The voice on the end of the phone sounded desperate.
"Please, man. This is my last chance." Phoenix sympathised and sighed.
"Fine. Just, give me time to pack." He thought towards the confusion of his co-workers as to his dissappearance. But he had already agreed.
"Oh my god, thank you so much." There was a pause.
"My name's Jae, by the way."