So this is gonna be the Apollo-Phoenix one. You guys mostly voted for AJ timeline, and the only 2 circumstances mentioned were Humor and Advice giving. This is gonna be fun :D
Oh, and my computer's really annoying (it's literally 10 years old- it's got space pinball and everything :D). If I do any bolding or italicizing, sometimes it'll completely get rid of it, but only partially. It'll be fine until I post it… Sorry if I confuse you guys, I'll try and catch it (watch me forget to double check this one though)
These are notes stuck on the WAA door.
(O)
Apollo,
I need you to grab a few things from the store.
-Grape juice- Not Welch's, or the generic brand. Find something better.
-Hair Gel (Trucy stole yours for a magic trick and it ended up all over the floor of the agency)
-Something that can wipe hair gel out of carpet, or at least make it smell better (You should really buy some better smelling hair gel)
-White-out
-Toilet cleaner
-Food for the office fridge- find something we'd all like. And by that, don't try and feed Trucy any more vegetables. It's better for her to eat junk than nothing at all, seeing how skinny she is.
-Band-aids
-Ok, this one's going to take a little explaining… So I was trying to air out the agency because of your hair gel stench, so I opened the window. Well, Trucy's dove that she uses for one of her magic tricks escaped, and it started trying to fly out the window. So it started pecking it and it ripped a hole, so the bird tried to fly through. It didn't make a big enough hole, though… So now the screen door of our office has been impaled by a dead bird. Can you buy a screen door and a bird? I don't know the measurements of the window. There's a ruler in the top drawer of my desk.
All right, I think that's it. Well, I've only got a $20 on me, so it'd be great if you could pay for the rest.
-Mr. Wright
(20 dollar bill attached to note)
(O)
Mr. Wright,
I can't afford to buy anything until I'm done with this case. Hopefully Machi will actually pay me if I somehow manage to win (unlike the last case, where a certain hit-and-run victim didn't cough up a cent, a certain teenage girl who had her stolen panties returned didn't pay, a certain client was charged with murder, and a certain defense attorney was too scared of gangsters to ask a certain defendant for money). Even if I had the money, I'm too busy to do anything apart from this case. I've got a $20, too, buy what you can. Please, hair gel first. I have to go to court tomorrow.
-Apollo
P.S. My hair gel doesn't smell bad at all.
(Phoenix and Apollo's $20s both attached to note)
(O)
Apollo,
Oh, come on. You don't need hair gel, with those Chords of Iron of yours. You seem sort of nervous about your trial tomorrow. Everything fine, Mr. Fine?
-Mr. Wright
P.S. Your hair gel is under the sink.
(O)
Mr. Wright,
I'm fine! Really, I am. It's just that nobody in this case has common sense! I'll say that it's ridiculous to think that a little blind boy could shoot a man with such a huge gun (and actually hit him), climb up a ladder, crawl through an air duct, wait until I leave, and drag the body across the hall and raise it up on a platform. And then, Klavier decides to tell everyone that Machi isn't actually blind, and that instantly proves me wrong. Ok, I still think it's ridiculous that a little kid could shoot a giant gun, climb through an air duct really fast, and drag a heavy body without being caught. But nope, apparently he could totally do that. So I get a witness to prove that Machi didn't do it, and guess what?! Klavier decides to tell me AFTER I've pressed the witness 6000 times that she's actually blind and everything I proved was wrong. I think the Judge is going to be a witness to a murder pretty soon, if this keeps up.
-Apollo
P.S. Thanks for the hair gel. Now tell Trucy not to touch my stuff.
(O)
Apollo,
Common sense isn't a part of our legal system. The only way to find the truth in our court system is to find decisive proof. It does get annoying sometimes, I'll admit. Decisive evidence can be destroyed, and then the killer will never be found. I'll admit, illegally bringing it back is just as bad… Ha, sorry about that. But it is an ongoing battle between common sense and decisive evidence. When they align, things work out for the best. But when they don't, you have to find a way to work with it. Maybe the courts will place more emphasis on common sense someday, or the human mind in general. But for now, you have to give it everything you've got. And with that special power of yours, I think you can draw out truth where the evidence can't, I really do.
-Mr. Wright
P.S. I believe you meant to say "step-ladder" in your last note?
(O)
Mr. Wright,
Step-ladders and ladders do the exact same thing. They let you climb up places. And thanks… I guess. I think that was supposed to be encouragement. Well, I don't know much about the law. I haven't done enough cases to know, really. This is my third case, after all. Plus, it's not like I really have done all that much the past two cases. The first case was mostly of me having to catch up with the fight you and Mr. Gavin were having, and the second case was mostly of me trying to figure out what Prosecutor Gavin already knew. I feel like I haven't really done anything to prove myself to anyone, besides shout what everyone else was already thinking. I don't know.
-Apollo
(O)
Apollo,
On my first case, the Judge was about to pass down a verdict before my mentor objected and helped me out. Your first case was a lot more complicated than mine, too. Considering how I was playing you the entire time, I thought you did pretty well, for a rookie. And you can't say that Prosecutor Gavin was a step ahead of you the entire time. Trucy spent half an hour explaining about how her panties won you the trial. You could say you made it through by the seat of your pants, didn't you? Sure, you may not have been able to win without help, but without you, I am positive that Wocky Kitaki would be in jail right now. If you think about it, you'll never win a trial without help. You've got people like Ema and Trucy helping you, after all. Instead, focus on what you've done to help. You've helped one innocent person (I'd say me and Wocky were both about half innocent, so you've got a grand total of one) to be free from jail, and you've found the real culprits, too. And you've only done two cases. Even if you don't think you're all that great yet, I'm your boss, and I think you're doing pretty well. And you're only going to get better as you start figuring out that power of yours.
-Mr. Wright
P.S. You need to focus on the details a little more. Step-ladders are much more complicated than normal ladders. If you think about the subtle differences, one day they'll help you out.
(O)
Mr. Wright,
Thanks, I think I needed that. I should probably go and pretend to sleep now, so Trucy doesn't get mad at me for being too anxious to sleep -_-
-Apollo
(O)
Apollo,
Still anxious, huh? I was told back when I was a lawyer that if you couldn't sleep, you should try counting how many different sounds you can hear. Like the sound of cars outside, the sound of the AC, the clock ticking, Trucy breaking something expensive… It helped on a few cases, actually. Is there anything in particular that you're stressed about?
-Mr. Wright
(O)
Mr. Wright,
Counting sounds? I'm guessing you got that one from the internet. Well, I have no idea who the murderer is, but I have a nagging feeling that it has to be someone from Prosecutor Gavin's band, given the evidence. I'm nervous that I'm going to end up accusing one of his friends of murder and he'll get really mad, I guess. We had a sort of weird friendship before the whole case. Eh, friendship's a bit too strong for it. You know what I mean. It's nice being able to talk to him about the case. I guess I'm worried because it's so personal.
-Apollo
(O)
Apollo,
I'd warn you to be a bit careful with Prosecutor Gavin. He tends to have stronger evidence up his sleeves than he lets on. Just try not to accuse one of his friends unless you're positive there's nobody else it could be. Besides that, I'm sure you'll do fine.
-Mr. Wright
(O)
Mr. Wright,
Yeah, I know. Thanks for the help. I guess I'm going to go to bed and count sounds now. I'll be seeing you.
-Apollo
(O)
Apollo,
You'll do fine tomorrow. Have fun pretending to sleep.
-Mr. Wright
(O)
A/N: Ladder or Step-ladder? I'm going with folding ladder from Turnabout Corners XD
But really, ladders. Mostly because of Phoenix's ladder fail in Rise from the Ashes, partially because Apollo and Ema are on team ladder, and partly because I like to look at the essence of things, and not make narrow-minded cultural assumptions XP