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]

I would not call the agonizing struggle you went through characteristic of an "immovable rock".

[...Cut her right down, why don't you, Edgeworth.]

[yatagarasu]

Hey, rocks go through hard times too!

[She pouts.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth sighs and shakes his head as he writes a bit more down.]

Anyway, my point is that you appeared to be thrust into an internal war the moment you heard the modified voice clip. ...I realize this may prove painful to dwell on, but please testify as to the nature of that struggle.

[yatagarasu]

It was like a mental tug of war. [Her voice is soft and serious.] What you said...it was like it was trying to grip my mind, and I wanted to pull my mind away from it.

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth nods grimly, writing all this down before commenting himself.]

Am I to understand, then, that your impression from the previous test of my necessarily being correct was absent here?

[yatagarasu]

[She shakes her head.]

I did say, "You're kidding!" didn't I?

[truthsnomiracle]

Mmph... point taken.

[Taking a moment to write, then:]

How difficult was that "mental tug of war" from your own perspective?

[yatagarasu]

Hmm...pretty hard. [Kay straightens up from where she had been leaning against the desk.] Like if I let up even just a bit...if I don't concentrate hard enough, I might lose control.

[truthsnomiracle]

(Strange... Is there any significance to the fact that she's begun speaking in the present tense about the matter, or did she simply misspeak?)

Eventually, you asked where the fun was in my proposal. ...I intentionally refrained from arguing further in its favor, so as not to bias the results of the experiment in either direction.

[yatagarasu]

[No, there's nothing significant about her use of the present tense at all. You asked for a description, Edgeworth, and you got her description of what was happening at that very moment in the present tense.]

I think I would've continued fighting it, since it was not like the first hypnosis session.

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth scribbles further in his organizer.]

Of that I have no doubt. I simply felt it important avoid tipping the scales. ...However, as your struggle wore on, other concerns became more immediate.

[yatagarasu]

You mean...how I was reacting to it?

[She lowers her head, staring at her boots. Kay braces her hands against the desk again while still facing Edgeworth.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth nods grimly.]

If you would please continue your testimony...

[yatagarasu]

...Anyway, I had to concentrate really hard on pushing away your words and on doing what I wanted instead of what you wanted. I had to give it all I had, and when I was finally free...it felt good to be free of it.

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth continues to write. Once he's recorded Kay's latest statement...]

And yet, at one point, you screamed. (To think that I was responsible...)

[yatagarasu]

Of course I only felt better after that!

[She lets go of the desk and folds her arms across her chest with a vengeance.]

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth clears his throat and looks from Kay back to his organizer.]

Anyway, is there anything more to be said concerning your ultimate success?

[yatagarasu]

It was pretty exhausting. Worse than taking a big final exam. Like I said, it felt good to be free of it.

[truthsnomiracle]

[Scribble scribble.]

And what do you wish to do now?

(Best to verify that she did, in fact, "win" and isn't merely confused.)

[yatagarasu]

[She blinks, staring at him.]

Huh? You're asking me what to do next? [Usually it's Edgeworth who leads these investigations, not the other way around.]

[truthsnomiracle]

Make no mistake — I'm not asking you for guidance concerning the investigation. I simply wish to know your desires at this moment.

[yatagarasu]

Darn, I thought I could finally steer the investigation...

[She says that partly in jest...only partly.]

But you know what I want to do...to find the truth!

[truthsnomiracle]

[Edgeworth takes a moment to record that, but it still doesn't quite answer his real question...]

I would have been shocked if that much changed. After all, both your idea of how best to address the matter of how best to deal with the desks and my own are paths toward the truth, and parallel ones at that.

[yatagarasu]

And that's why I'm your assistant! [She puts her hands on her hips, puffs up her chest, and draws herself up to full height proudly.]

[truthsnomiracle]

Nevertheless, I'd like to verify what form you'd like that assistance to take at the moment. (Getting her to actually state her views concerning the desks seems to be like pulling teeth. How am I supposed to verify her own success like this?)