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ACE ATTORNEY SCRAPBOOK
Chapter 12: A Special Guest

Case Tag: Post Spirit of Justice

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June 20, 2028, 11:45pm
Khura'in-Inner Kingdom

Apollo Justice barely made it to his bed before collapsing and instantly falling asleep. He was exhausted, courtesy of all of the work that he and Nahyuta had been doing in Khura'in over the past few weeks to begin to restore the country's justice system. With the way the Defense Culpability Act decimated the legal system of Khura'in, it was going to take quite a while until the country had some semblance of a normal court system. But, Apollo was certain that the work he and Nahyuta were putting into Khura'in was going to be worth it in the end, especially since Apollo knew that it would have made Dhurke proud of his boys.

He wasn't sure how long he'd been asleep when he began dreaming. It was a sweet dream, one that transported him back to the days when he and Nahyuta lived with Dhurke in Khura'in. Close inspection of Apollo's face, which was buried in his pillow, showed a smile on his lips. Of course, there was no one to see the smile, well, except for one special visitor.

It was through a window that Apollo had left open to allow a cool breeze to drift in on the warm summer evening that the visitor gained entry into the room where he slept. The visitor watched Apollo with some interest, keeping a steady eye on the sleeping figure as Apollo rolled from his stomach to his back unceremoniously, flopping over like a fish out of water. The visitor froze in mid-step at the sudden sound of Apollo moving. Looking over at the man on the bed, the visitor eventually sauntered over to inspect the sleeping attorney.

The visitor eyed Apollo with much curiosity, which eventually got the best of him. The visitor carefully crawled up on the bed and hovered over the attorney, watching in silence. Apollo, stretching a hand up and over his head, brushed the chest of the visitor. Despite still being asleep, Apollo was confused by the sudden feel of something soft and silky. He lifted his hand again and reached out to see if what he felt was part of his dream. Whatever it was that was beneath his fingers was definitely real and this confusion caused Apollo to wake up.

"Mm?" he murmured as his eyes fluttered open.

The last thing he was expecting, as the sleepy fog dissipated from his brain, was to be face to face with someone...err, something...

Outside meditating after a long day of work, Nahyta was enjoying the warm summer night. The sunset had caused the temperature to drop a bit, but it was a pleasant temperature and one that the prosecutor was comfortable with. It was a peaceful night, with only the occasional soft chirp of a wind chime rustling in the breeze and the whisper of the water cascading down the rocks behind him as the ambiance surrounding him as he sat on a rock in a pond in the inner kingdom.

It was going to be a long process to restore the legal system of Khura'in back to its pre-DCA days, but, reflecting on the work that he and Apollo had already done and the things they had already accomplished over the past few months, he was confident in its restoration. In addition, it was nice to be working alongside the man he considered to be his brother-

"AAAAHHHHHH!"

Nahyuta was jolted from his thoughts by a sudden loud and piercing scream, nearly falling off of the rock and into the water below.

"Apollo!" the prosecutor gasped before flying off the rock and in the direction of the other attorney's room.

Throwing the door open, Nahyuta burst into the room, carefully scanning the darkened room for Apollo. He didn't have to look too far, as the red dressed attorney was cowering against the headboard of the bed in the fetal position while a warbaa'd stood on the bed staring back at him. The normally stoic prosecutor couldn't help but chuckle at the sight in front of him. After relishing in the moment for another few seconds, Nahyuta flicked on the room lights.

With the visitor suddenly illuminated, Apollo found his cheeks adopting a hue that was similar to his fiery red outfit. His eyes drifted over to Nahyuta who stood by the doorway regarding him with a small smile.

"Uhhhh," Apollo tried to come up with an explanation for his current situation. "This isn't what it looks like?"

Nahyuta said nothing, instead calmly walking over to the warbaa'd and gently petting its head.

"RAAAWWWRRR!" the bird voiced its appreciation.

"This precious creature was probably drawn to your 'Snores of Steel'," Nahyuta informed Apollo, referring to his beloved 'Chords of Steel' voice training tapes. "It must have thought you were a fellow warbaa'd."

Apollo frowned.

"I don't snore that loud," he pouted.

"Did you forget that we shared a room for some years as children? You had 'Chords of Steel' long before you began vocal training,"

Nahyuta gently nudged the bird off the bed and escorted it to the door.

"Unless you want another special visitor, I would close your window a tad so that our friend, here, cannot visit you again," he offered before departing from the room.

"Uh, thanks," Apollo replied.

He waited until Nahyuta was gone from the room to race over to the window and close it.

"I don't snore that loudly..." Apollo murmured to himself as he settled back in to bed for the night.

Back outside, Nahyuta returned to his spot on the rock to continue his meditations, though with a new friend to keep him company. The warbaa'd curled up on the grass on the edge of the pond and watched Nahyuta. The bird's interest was occasionally captured when he heard Apollo's powerful snores emanating from the attorney's room. Eyes still closed, by all appearances, Nahyuta was still deep in meditation. However, the edges of his lips were curled up in a small smile.