Reunion, and turnabout
To describe that the restaurant that Gabrielle worked in as bad was an understatement. However, she thought that this arrangement suited her well enough. It was true that her employee had a tendency to take what does not belong to him, but she did not have any problem due to always locking her door.
After a while, she would probably go and find a better job.
She still managed to meet up with her friends and follow co-workers, and they told her that she would be welcomed back as she was a very good waitress. However, Gabrielle herself was still not ready yet.
She and Wright actually developed a friendship between them. Initially, their meeting was due to her informing her about what happened to Edgeworth, but they actually ended up as good friends.
"I think if that accident did not happen to Miles, then he would be a bit like you."
Weeks turned to months and yet there was still no sign of Egdeworth. At times like those, Gabrielle felt as if she was turning into some heroine in a romantic novel due to debating about whether she should wait for him or not.
"This is ridiculous, it is not as if he broke our engagement." She said angrily as she throws the photo frame down. Edgeworth seem to have some aversion in taking photos and when she finally convinced him to take one to celebrate their engagement, he ended up glaring right at the camera and the photographer.
However, she had been very happy when the photograph was taken.
"But what type of boyfriend just leaves like that for this amount of time if he does not want to break up?"
Her door was locked as she did not trust her boss to be in her room as he might easily want to borrow something. However, the closed door did not prevent her from hearing any loud noise from the restaurant downstairs.
"I will get her now!" her boss was screaming. "Gabrielle, save me! Please come down now!"
"What is it?" she asked wearily. After all, her boss also had a tendency to be a bit of a drama queen.
A visitor, not a customer, was there. She was clearly dressed in a very professional way and the first thought Gabrielle had when she saw the woman was that her boss finally did something that would cause his restaurant to be closed.
"Is this her?"
The woman slapped the table…no, that was not true. The woman whipped the table.
"Are you Gabrielle Revien?"
"Yes, but who are you?" the woman was a complete stranger, yet her voice was rather familiar. For some strange reason, the whip seemed to be triggering some important memory.
"I do not expect my little brother's fiancée to be a fool that ask foolish questions."
"You are…Franziska von Karma?" Gabrielle finally said. "If you want to know where Miles is then I do not know."
"I am here due to Miles Edgeworth, but I am also here to talk to you." at this, Franziska gave her whip another flick, although her target was not Gabrielle, but the man beside her. "Leave. Now."
It was hard to argue with someone who has a whip.
"I don't know anything, Miss von Karma." Gabrielle said wearily. "And I don't really want to talk about Miles either."
"I merely want to confirm about what has happened…about the foolishness of a foolish man." Franziska said, but then frowned in distaste. "This is the place that you work in? Such a place?"
"That is not your business, Miss von Karma. What is it that you want to ask me?"
"Is it true that my little brother lost? Is it true that he shamed the von Karma's name?" Franziska began. Due to her anger, she was whipping the table at each word.
Even though Gabrielle was really tempted to say: 'Miles is not ever going to change his name to von Karma', it was never wise to anger someone with the whip.
"Yes."
"I see…and this opponent that he has lost too…I will beat him and prove that I am the heir to our family name." Franziska declared out before she added: "Even though you and Miles Edgeworth are not married yet, but you will be, so I will be your sister-in-law. Therefore, if you need money then I can help."
This act of kindness, despite how it was offered, actually really touched Gabrielle. Despite all that von Karma had done to Edgeworth, it seemed that his daughter did truly regard Edgeworth as her foster brother- as a family member.
"I have money. It is just that I choose to be here." She assured Franziska.
"…at such a place?"
"I will be here for now." Gabrielle muttered. "Miss von Karma. I don't know where Miles is or what he is doing now. I don't even know if he is going to back to America."
"Oh, he will." Franziska said confidentially before she said the following angrily: "He is always like that. Leaving and returning only to leave again."
"Are you going to be staying in America?" Gabrielle asked.
"Yes. I am going to show Miles Edgeworth that I can rise to a much higher position then him by crushing the opponent that defeated him."
As Franziska spoke she was whipping the nearby furniture again, and Gabrielle suddenly felt a very deep pity for Wright, as he was clearly her target.
When Gabrielle next saw Wright, he was in a very happy mood although he was a bit awkward about it. However, this was because he was going to be visiting Maya, whom he had not seen for a while.
"Just be careful Mr Wright," Gabrielle said. "Franziska von Karma is after you."
"von Karma?" Wright said with a slight frown. "You mean…"
"Manfred von Karma's daughter. However…I think she is better then her father as she does regard Miles as a family member. However…this would not really matter if she becomes your opponent."
It would seem that her warning did not go very well because a few days later, she heard about how Maya was arrested for murder. Wright would naturally be the defence attorney.
Which meant that he would be facing Franziska.
"Miss Revien, will you be attending the trial?" Wright said upon seeing her.
"Of course, after all, I regard Maya as a friend." she has not talked with the other many times, but there was something so open about the other that allowed this claim to be true. "And also…I am a bit curious at what Franziska von Karma is like."
It seemed that she ought to be quite relieved that Edgeworth ended up the way that he was. At the very least, she was very glad that he did not carry a whip.
"Ah, Gabrielle Revien, are you supporting the foolish fool?" Franziska commented upon seeing her.
"Because I consider Maya and Mr Wright as a friend." she said.
"Even though Phoenix Wright is the one who ruined Miles Edgeworth's career?" Franziska said angrily. "You are my little brother's fiancée, so shouldn't you be on his side?"
For the first time, there was something about Franziska that suddenly made her look like a little girl.
"…do you know what Miles said when he lost a second time? 'The defendant was innocent, that he should be fond so is only natural…not a miracle'. He was slowly starting to realise that it was truth that mattered."
However, this then all came down to the same question.
Why did he leave?
"What a foolish man. I'll be sure to let him have a taste of my whip a few times." Franziska declared.
"Eh, Miss von Karma. Have you actually ever whipped Miles before?" Gabrielle began.
"Oh, once or twice. He deserved it at that time, though." Franziska assured her.
In the end, Wright won the case again and Gabrielle was very happy to go and congratulate him, although it was not an immediate congratulation as it took some time for him to gain conscious.
"Are you alright, Mr Wright?" Gabrielle asked worriedly. "I don't think this would help much but I do apologise on behalf of her."
"I think…I still am seeing stars." Wright muttered.
"But thank you for coming to see me, Gabrielle." Maya said cheerfully.
"…where did your cousin go?" Gabrielle suddenly noticed. "Where did that little girl go? Why didn't she come to the court today?
"Oh, she is right here now. That is Pearls, although she is also my sister now." Maya said cheerfully. "Hasn't Nick told you? I am a medium."
"So it is true then…" Gabrielle said softly before she turned to Mia. "Are you really this high or is this just an illusion?"
She did not have a particular stand in regard to the supernatural force, but her fiancé did. Therefore, it was impossible for her to watch any of these programmes as he would always be talking about how they were frauds by a fairly reasonable analyze. However, it was still annoying to watch television when the person beside you was doing that.
Another legacy of the DL6 was that he was very sceptical of mediums, even afterward. Given that von Karma had shot Gregory Edgeworth when he was still unconscious, it was logical that the latter would think that it was Yanni Yogi who did it.
"Then why did they bother to get a spirit medium?"
The truth was that he had much to think about, and Gabrielle could understand that perfect. What she could not was why he left her.
Author's Note: this chapter is really more about Franziska coming out and meeting Gabrielle. With the exception of Lotta Hart, Franziska does not seem to have whipped any other female in the story. And afterwards, she was actually (in her own way) quite nice to both Pearl and Maya, and she did become friends with Adrian Andrews. Therefore, I feel that she could be quite amiable towards Gabrielle, given that she really does think of Edgeworth as a family member, so Gabrielle would be her family member as well. Therefore, I feel that she might very well ask Gabrielle whether she needs any financial assistance. As for the place that Gabrielle now work in, I just thought, why not?