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In Justice We Trust (76501 words) by thesavagesabretooth
With Simon Blackquill and Athena Cykes assigned as their psychologists, the Phantom and Fulbright must grapple with their identity, their deeds, their future, and their love for the twisted samurai whom they betrayed.
All the while, Edgeworth and Wright find their relationship tested as they walk the narrow path between pursuing real justice, and the dark age of the law.
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December 24, 8:50 pm
14 hours in an airplane was a tiring flight, no matter how excited you were to watch your rockstar bestie film a commercial, and by the time Trucy and the gang shuffled out to go pick up their luggage, even she and Pearl were dragging.
Pearl stumbled, and caught herself on Trucy’s shoulder, giving her an exhausted smile. “Oops! sorry about that.”
“Oop!” Trucy caught herself from stumbling too, flashing a bright smile at her as she managed to keep them both from toppling over. She yawned. “Don’t worry about it! I’ve never been on a plane like that before. It felt like we were flying forever.”
“Right? And Mr. Nick and Mr. Miles were like, mostly asleep the whole time,” Pearl giggled, straightening up a bit in Trucy’s arms. “I’m glad we at least got to chat with Kay! Do you think she’ll be too busy to go see Klavier with us?”
Trucy put a gloved hand to her lips, her arms around Pearl’s shoulders as they shuffled along. “It was nice to talk to Kay. I’d been wanting to get that pickpocketing secret from her for like, years. Maybe we can ask her? I hope not, I think she’d be over the moon to see it instead of whatever Mr. Edgeworth wants her to do.”
“Same,” Pearl nodded. She chewed on her thumb as they waited by the baggage claim for their suitcases to appear. She dropped her voice low. “Whatever it is, they sure aren’t excited to tell us about it, huh?”
“Nope…I tried asking Daddy and he went white as a sheet and told me it wasn’t something to worry about.“ She sniffed in quiet frustration as she watched the baggage belt roll past “which usually means it really is.”
"For real!” Pearl nodded. “Mr. Nick always tries to handle all his problems himself. That’s why we always have to butt in and help him, right?”
“Exactly! Just like always, yeah? Because who’s gonna help him if we don’t?” She shook her head. “He really should have learned by now that the more he tries to leave us out, the more we get involved, right?”
“He really should have,” Pearl nodded, and continued to chew thoughtfully on her nail. “But um, we’ll do that after we go see Klavier, right?”
“Well yeah!” Trucy gave her a squeeze, her hat slipping down her forehead. “Like heck I’m gonna miss his show after he invited us all the way out here! He’d probably cry from a lack of Trucy and Pearl gracing his stage.”
"I bet he would! And that would be awful!"
"Hey ladies!” A voice greeted them from behind. “Need a hand with your suitcases?”
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