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ACE ATTORNEY SCRAPBOOK

Chapter 2: Medium Training

Case Tag: 1-4 (Turnabout Goodbyes)
Quote: You want more pressure, huh?
Why don't you go down to the fire department and have them spray you with the hose?

December 25, 2016, 10:15am
Wright and Co. Law Offices
Main Office

The ringing of the telephone echoed throughout the fire department garage. It was Christmas Day, so the fire department had a bare-bones staff on call, meaning the station was primarily empty. It was quiet, with practically no calls coming in (which was always a good thing because that meant that no one was in trouble/sick/injured/etc.), so the firemen and women that were present were catching up on some much needed repairs, updates and cleaning throughout the firehouse. Fireman Greg Romero glanced up from the firetruck he was currently performing maintenance on and looked over his shoulder at the telephone on the wall a few feet behind him. He headed over to the ringing phone.

"This is Officer Romero. How can I help you?" Greg answered the phone amiably as he grabbed a rag and began to wipe the grease and grime off of his hands.

"My name is Maya and I'm a spirit medium," Maya Fey began to explain, her voice young and quite chipper.

Spirit Medium? Like someone who talked to ghosts? It wasn't the strangest thing he'd heard in his lifetime, but it certainly ranked up there.

"A spirit medium, eh?" Greg repeated. "We don't get too many of those contacting the fire station; so, what can I do for you, Miss Maya?"

"I need you to spray me with the fire hose!" Maya announced.

"Wait, what?" Greg asked, blinking, stunned. "Spray you with the fire hose?"

One hand on the phone, Maya's free hand balled into a fist, which she raised up so it was about level to her shoulders. Her voice was determined and it was obvious she was on a mission.

"It's part of my spirit medium training!" Maya declared. "I need to meditate while sitting under a powerful waterfall! Since there aren't any waterfalls around here, I need to find something else! A fire hose has more pressure than the shower at the office! Spray me with that so I can increase my medium abilities! I need it so I can help Nick win his cases! He'd be lost without me, you know."

Was this girl really serious or was this just some sort of prank? Greg really didn't know what to make of the girl on the other end of the line.

"Uhh...no?" his rejection sounded more like a question than a definitive answer. "I don't think I can do that...with the amount of pressure in that hose, it might seriously harm you..."

"But! But! But I need it for my medium training!" Maya protested.

Greg looked around, seeing if there were any other firemen in the garage that could handle this unusually strange request. Covering up the mouthpiece with his hand, he whistled over one of his coworkers.

"Hey, Captain," he said to the dark haired man that approached him. "Can you take this call? I have to finish up with the firetruck."

The captain accepted the phone from Greg, who dashed away to the opposite side of the firetruck. He could still hear the captain's conversation with Maya, though.

"This is the Fire Captain. How can I help you?" the captain began.

He listened as Maya repeated her request.

"You want to what?!"

Greg couldn't help but let out a little chuckle at the Captain's flabbergasted response. It was followed by a stern lecture.

Back at the Wright and Co. Law Offices, Maya hung up the phone with a frown. She headed back out into the main part of the office where Nick was currently watching television.

"The fireman yelled at me when I called."