she spreads her wings and takes to the skies.

[yatagarasu]

Open Post: The Kay Faraday Edition
This is my permanent Kay Faraday open post. Spam me with prompts, picture prompts, AUs, and the like. Indicate canon point or universe when necessary. Please note that I don't do slash, smut, anything sexual or anything overly and excessively violent.
Canon	Future AU
Choose a canon point, any canon point! Even from AAI2, why not.	7-8 years later, AJ/DD era. Prosecutor who studied under Miles Edgeworth. Still hyper and makes thief jokes. Still the Yatagarasu.
Somarium	Mask or Menace
Lived with Edgeworth and Stitch. Recruited Ema, Trucy and Maya into the Yatagarasu. 19 years old. Had college plans.	Can command and talk to crows, replicate voices and sounds perfectly, and use Charter Magic. Juror for Teen Court.

Badger get!

code by cawaii

Comments

[truthsnomiracle]

Precisely. They may not necessarily be witnesses to the crime itself, but certainly they'd entail witnesses to Mr. Erickson's experiments leading up to his ability to plan and execute that crime. Such an unusual capability as this is something which needs to be proven from as many angles as possible in order to establish it as a credible method of turning someone into a murder weapon.

[yatagarasu]

Sounds like we'll have to find them when we're done with this hideout...

[truthsnomiracle]

Verily. In the meantime, we'll need to keep an eye out for any evidence as to their identities while we continue to investigate this place.

[Edgeworth then reaches for the normal headphones again and offers them to Kay.]

For now, I believe our next step should be to verify that the "Impel" filter is what it appears to be — with your permission, of course. If I'm right, the modification of my voice you said you heard through the other headphones while hypnotized involves this filter being applied.

[yatagarasu]

Okay...but don't steal my name again!

[She says this mostly in jest, but it's an odd feeling, not remembering her name.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[And it's an easy joke to see coming.]

Hmph. There'd be nothing more to prove by doing that in particular to you again. Now, adjust the settings such that things said into the microphone will be recorded without being directly piped to the headphones, but sounds played by the computer itself will be heard through them.

[yatagarasu]

Right! Let's see... [Kay searches for the microphone settings, clicks a few things...]

So, if I speak into the mic, the computer will record it, but it won't be heard through the headphones. But if we play the file back, we'll be able to hear it through the headphones?

[Does she have this right?]

[truthsnomiracle]

I will be the one speaking, and I intend for the Impel filter to be run on the recorded voice clip before it's played back for you, but otherwise yes.

[Of course, these plain headphones won't completely screen out outside noise the way the invented ones do, but they should at least muffle things enough to make it difficult to make out exactly what he's saying into the microphone until it's played back.]

[yatagarasu]

...Y'know, I could just not wear the headphones while it's recording, and then I'll put them on when it's played back. That's when we get that filter on?

[truthsnomiracle]

My intent is for you not to hear, or at the very least not to clearly hear, what it is I'm recording until after the filter is applied. Knowing what precisely to expect might leave you more ready to resist or otherwise alter your reaction.

[And yes, Edgeworth does have an order in mind.]

[yatagarasu]

All right...

[Kay moves the mouse around and after a couple of clicks, she nods; it's ready.]

I should cover my ears while you're talking...

[truthsnomiracle]

Or perhaps step outside.

[Edgeworth steps aside in what little space the "U" of desks offers so she can pull out from the computer's desk easily.]

[yatagarasu]

Or, I put on the chunky headphones with the antennae!

[truthsnomiracle]

...Given that it does have a panel in the way of its power switch to prevent it from being turned on or off by accident, I suppose there's no harm in that.

[yatagarasu]

[Kay moves toward the third part of the desk and picks up the headphones again. Then she puts them back onto her head, and gives Edgeworth a thumbs-up.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth nods, then seats himself at the computer and takes the microphone plugged into it.]

(Given her recurring, insistent requests to pick the locks of the desks despite our not having even tried to find the keys, what would constitute an order that would be both be harmless and have a chance of prompting any resistance is obvious. Now, where's the Record button?...)

[Edgeworth spots it quickly, however, and clicks it with the mouse before speaking firmly into the microphone:]

Help me search the cabin for any keys to the desks that might be present.

[Th prosecutor ends the recording, then looks for the "Impel v.3.1" filter Kay mentioned. It takes him nearly a minute, but he does locate and run it. The waveform display on the screen changes almost imperceptibly, then Edgeworth moves the mouse pointer to the Play button and stands.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay even has her back turned away from Edgeworth so she wouldn't be tempted to try and read his lips. All outside noise has been muffled and she isn't watching him apply the filter onto whatever he has recorded, so he'll need to get her attention when he's done.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Which Edgeworth accomplishes with a simple tap on the shoulder before stepping out of Kay's way so she can approach the computer.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay turns around when he taps her shoulder, and lowers the headphones from her ears. Then she walks over to the computer to pick up the earphones connected to it.]

It's time to boogie!

[truthsnomiracle]

[The mouse has been left sitting on the Play button. All Kay needs to do is click...

...and what she'll hear will be exactly what Edgeworth said in what can still easily be recognized as his voice —]

Help me search the cabin for any keys to the desks that might be present.

[— but it's more confident, captivating, commanding, and convincing than a human voice can naturally manage, with a calming and comforting undertone Edgeworth normally doesn't try to include. There's no static, but it's otherwise just like how his voice sounded when she was wearing the headphones.

On the other hand, Kay's mind isn't in the receptive, suggestible state it was in before. Edgeworth's words aren't her whole world; her thoughts, defenses, and will are entirely intact. She could fight this command and might even win, even if it would be easier to just let it change her mind.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay puts on the earphones and clicks the button. She hears the command, and her eyes widen, and she gawks at Edgeworth.]

You...you're kidding!

[She's not just referring to the fact that she won't be able to pick locks, but also to the fact that Edgeworth had to use this command, of all things. It was almost...anticlimactic, but then again, at least it wasn't her name.

Kay grits her teeth. She wants to object, but something else is pulling her to...not object, and acquiesce to his demand. Nothing wrong with that, right...?

No! Where's the thrill in that?]

But...but... [She pauses to inhale deeply.] Where's...the fun...i-in that...?

[truthsnomiracle]

[That's... a stronger reaction than Edgeworth expected, honestly, but it speaks to the potency of the internal conflict he's introduced. He's tempted to answer Kay's strained question, to try to convince her further by ordinary argument... but frankly, that would spoil the integrity of what's supposed to be a test of the strength of a single command put through the Impel filter. Any rationalizations Kay might have of following that command will need to be her own.]

[yatagarasu]

[Kay takes several deep breaths, hands firmly on the table as she tries to resist. The command is gripping her, but she is also valiantly attempting to push it away.]

This is...nnnrgh...

[She shakes her head as if clearing her mind of his words. Finally, she cries out, gripping her head with her hands, sinking into the chair.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Kay's struggle going quite this far was not what Edgeworth had anticipated. This level of mental torment is clearly across the line, and his eyes widen in horror at what he's done. Uncertain of what else to do, he hesitantly reaches out to put a hand on Kay's shoulder.]

Kay, I...! Please be all right!

[yatagarasu]

[After crying out, Kay is suddenly still, head bowed, hands balled into fists on her lap, breathing hard. It felt so...so wrong, being told to do something, and an unseen force compelling her to obey without question. It was as if her personal space was violated, at a whole new level.

She didn't like it.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Such a violation — consciously realized like this or not — was exactly what Edgeworth had feared in the first place, why he was weighing the options for guinea pigs so seriously before Kay volunteered, and why he was shocked and initially uncertain when she took the unthinkable step of doing so. Before Kay volunteered, he had spoken of what a violation a serious mind control device could theoretically be, and now she was obviously experiencing that in a glaring and painful way. There's no need for him to ask questions, no need for Kay to explain. Even Edgeworth has this much ability to empathize.

The prosecutor's comforting hand on Kay's shoulder tightens to a light grip as his eyes squeeze shut. ...Are those tears starting to leak out despite his best efforts?]

(Kay, I... I never meant to cause you such pain...)