May 15, 2:12 P.M. Los Angeles Downtown
Phoenix, Maya, and Pearl walked through the streets, heading back to the law office. If the ace attorney's car hadn't been destroyed by the Mad Bomber an hour earlier, the three would have been zooming through the streets at 45 miles an hour. Because they were on foot, they were traveling roughly 11 times slower than that.
Up until a year ago, he walked with Maya everywhere they had to go. Life seemed to go much slower without a motorized vehicle.
Without warning, Maya stubbed her toe on the sidewalk.
She yelled, "Ouch! Nick, why can't you just call a taxi?"
Pearl asked, "What's a tax-ee?"
Phoenix sighed, "A service where you can make people drive you somewhere for a fee. The reason I'm not calling one is for two reasons; the first being that I don't have a phone book on me. The second is that more taxi drivers are killed every year than people working any other job."
Both Fey women groaned loudly, and kept on walking, although at a slightly slower pace than before. After trotting a few more yards down the street, Phoenix spotted a crumpled up newspaper laying on the ground in a heap.
He looked down at it, and picked it up, curious as to the contents. He flattened it out so that it was readable, and read the top header.
A Daily Dose of Truth: May 15, MMXIX
Phoenix wondered, "Why would someone title a newspaper with such a name? It makes little sense. Most newspapers in the U.S. are entitled with a name like The New York Times, The Des Moines Register or even The Arizona Republic! What's with the name, anyway?" His question was seemingly answered when he read the headlines.
It read: FAILED SPIRIT CHANNELING KILLS 5 PEOPLE. As he flipped through the pages, more and more hate speech against spirit mediums could be seen. The second page had an advertisement that read: Angelenos! Protect yourselves! Do not accept any services from spirit mediums!
Yet another story had an image of a cigarette box that had the usual warning label, but instead of stating a warning about the dangers of smoking, it had a quite different warning: SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING: Quitting Necromancy Now Greatly Reduces Risks to Your Health.
Phoenix groaned as he continued to read hideous page after hideous, unsightly page of the abysmal piece of text sitting in his hands. The amount of hate contained was so severe that it reminded the lawyer of Hitler's anti-Semitic propaganda produced before and during World War II.
He crumpled the paper back up and shoved it into his right pocket. "We need to find whoever's selling this," he said. "We'll report this guy to the FCC. He's distributing hate among the population. This guy is manipulating people's opinions even after your Yanni Yogi was found guilty... 15 years after the fact."
Maya sighed, "Nick. The man that's writing this could be one of three people. It could be the Mad Bomber, de Killer II, or even a minion of de Killer II. If we don't act quickly, he could start writing hate about Wright and Co."
Phoenix added, "Actually, he already is writing hate about Wright and Co. Maya, you are, without a reasonable doubt, the most famous spirit medium in the world. If he is defaming you, he is also defaming me."
The three quickly headed back to the police department, fearing the wrath of the Mad Bomber.
