You're Not On Candid Camera

A gentle knock on the door of Wright and Co. Law Offices pulled Phoenix's attention away form the menacing pile of paperwork on his desk. Who could that be? Miles, Larry, and Gumshoe never bothered to knock. In fact, all of the office's regular visitors had a habit of just walking in. Maybe whoever was at the door was a new client...

Rising from his seat, Phoenix started for the door, but Maya beat him to it and threw the door open to reveal two young and mildly distressed women.

"Hello! Welcome to Wright and Co. Law Offices, please come in!" She ushered the women in with a wide, manic smile and sat them down on the office couch before scurrying off to make tea. Phoenix sighed, grabbed the chair from behind his desk, and wheeled it over in front of the sofa to sit with the now-bewildered women.

"Sorry about my assistant, she's easily excitable." He scratched the back of his neck sheepishly. "Anyway, I'm Phoenix Wright. How can I help you?" The women were silent for a moment then the one to Phoenix's left, who he thought looked slightly more confident than her friend, spoke up.

"We're in trouble, Mr. Wright. They accused us of dining and dashing from a bunch of places all over the city, but we didn't do it!"

Phoenix slipped a hand into his pocket to use the magatama while he listened to the woman tell her story. When no psyche locks popped up, he nodded.

"All right. I believe you're innocent and I'll represent you at your trial, but I..." The sheepish look from before returned. "I need to know your names first." Both women's eyes widened.

"I'm so sorry!" The confident one pointed to herself. "My name's Ariva. Ariva D'Erchi. And this," she gestured to the other woman. "Is my friend Saya Nara."

Wow... Phoenix didn't know what to say to that. Arive D'Erchi and Saya Nara, both accused of dining and dashing? That... Was this some sort of prank? No, it couldn't be. If it was, the magatama would have picked up on the lie, but still... Phoenix couldn't help but feel Maya had put them up to this.


AN: Yay, I finally get to use this stupid idea that was too short for everything else! You just gotta love the pun names.