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!

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[yatagarasu]

[Kay was also one to jump at this opportunity to help out, the way the Yatagarasu should. But despite being told to stay safe, she desperately wanted to do some reconnaissance at night especially if their daytime investigations didn't yield much data. She kept that thought to herself for now as she looked at a map of the business district, inputting info into Little Thief and measuring out how many miles to this place and that with a pencil and a ruler. Serious Yatagarasu business here, don't judge.

She looks up from her work when Ema speaks up.]

Why would it go where people don't go if it likes scaring the pants off of people?

[luminol]

Well, we don't really know what it's after, do we? I mean, scientifically speaking, if it just wanted to scare people, it'd show up during the day, too, wouldn't it?

[that seems like scientifically sound logic, doesn't it? People seem safe during the day, so if it came out during the day and attacked, that could scare people.]

And we don't know where it stays when it's not in the city. Unless Mr. Edgeworth was told anything about that recently, I mean! [And of course, if Edgeworth knows, Kay should know, she's sure. Kay is a thief of the truth and assistant to Chief Prosecutor Edgeworth himself, after all.]

[yatagarasu]

That's true...

[Kay continues plugging in the numbers, frowns at something she did wrong, then punches in more buttons. She shakes her head when Ema mentions Mr. Edgeworth. Sorry, this time she has nothing to offer from The Man himself.]

Sorry, we've still got nothing. It's as if it disappears into thin air during the day.

[luminol]

[She frowns at that, mostly because if anyone would know anything, she'd automatically assume that someone was Edgeworth. Edgeworth is great and can do no wrong, Mr. Perfect Prosecutor himself, after all.]

Well, there are a few warehouses that people don't really use around Somni still, aren't there? Those sound like as good a place as any to start looking.

[yatagarasu]

[Kay looks just as disappointed as Ema does. Not even Mr. Edgeworth with his cool spinny logic and his lawyer flair could figure it out. But when Ema mentions warehouses, she perks up a bit.]

Hey, yeah! That's a great start! Logic worthy of Mr. Edgeworth himself!

Okay, I'm gonna run the simulation now. You wanted to see the last place the monster wrecked, right?

[luminol]

[And the simulation being ready to go makes Ema more excited, as well. Little Thief might be something she's not fully sure how to explain how it works, but it's useful, and very scientific. Both of which are things Ema appreciates very, very much.]

That's right! There might be something there that we can use to pinpoint the identity of this monster. Or at least, a clue to its next attack.

[yatagarasu]

[It's a good thing Ema appreciates Little Thief. Any friend of Little Thief is a friend of Kay! Wait, Ema was Kay's friend first...anyway. Her eyes practically glow with pride and she can't help but raise the little gadget in the air first with dramatic flourish.]

Nothing escapes the Yatagarasu! They can run, but they can't hide!

[Then she lowers Little Thief again because it's pretty difficult to punch in the buttons that will activate the simulation while holding it up. The last few buttons are punched, and Kay raises it one more time. The area is bathed in an eerie green light reminiscent of sci-fi movies, and soon they are standing in a greenish depiction of a wrecked office's lobby. There is an overturned potted plant, a dilapidated couch that looked as if an army of cats had unleashed their wrath upon it, broken glass everywhere, overturned armchairs...the whole enchilada.]

Okay. The monster left a trail of destruction that ended with this office. After this, everything was just as it was supposed to be.

[luminol]

[The whole enchilada, indeed. It certainly looks like something came in through here and made a mess of it. Something big and creepy and something exactly like the creature the Yatagarasu Ghost (?) Busters are looking for right now. Ema doesn't say anything right away, choosing instead to first look at the couch, chairs, and other damaged areas first, taking notes on what she finds. Gotta have evidence first before you can use that Edgeworth-style logic, right?]

Did it come in here through the window first, then? There is some glass around here that looks like it should if something came in through the window...

[yatagarasu]

[WHO YOU GONNA CALL?

Kay, still clutching Little Thief, follows Ema. Since this is her simulation, she should notice a lot of the things that are wrong or destroyed, but knowing her, she is certain to miss a few details. At least she does agree that before the logic magic happens, evidence must come first.

She crouches down to look at the glass better, then raises her head to examine the hole made in the window. The hole is uneven and jagged, a typical hole made by something smashing through it. But the question was, would that "something" be their monster? It certainly seemed big enough for a horrifying monster to fit...

Kay stands up again, stroking her chin and looking all SERIOUS.]

Could be. That's a lot of glass. I'm so glad this is just a simulation or we'd be stepping on a lot of it.

[luminol]

[She's got that right. Investigating the actual scene, if it were possible, would be much better, since she could use all her science-y gadgets to look for clues the way she's used to, but they were forbidden from entering because it was dangerous. And as much as she does want to investigate, she knows Kay does have a point: there was lots of glass. Glass they'd be stepping on and disrupting if they were actually there.

...Though wait. Lots of glass.]

Do you think this glass is all from the window? Or does it look like it's too much?

[yatagarasu]

[Kay's gaze shifts from all the broken glass to the hole in the window and back. She nods quickly.]

You're right! There wasn't anything else made of glass near the window! The nearest glass thing was a vase and it was on the opposite side of the room!

[luminol]

It still looks like a lot, though... Was there something else around here that might have broken? Maybe not glass, but something like another potted plant? Or is there a way Little Thief can try and fill in the hole in the window with the glass on the floor to check if it's the right amount?

[yatagarasu]

[Kay thinks, scratching her head.]

The potted plants weren't in glass pots. I know I can recreate the window before it was shattered, but we don't even know which of those glass shards came from it...

[luminol]

[Let's all just put on our thinking caps here, shall we?]

What about shelves? Or maybe a cabinet?

[yatagarasu]

[Easy for Ema, she's already got one.]

Nada. [She shrugs.] These folks aren't the type to keep cute little trinkets behind glass cabinets in their lobbies. It's sad, really. [Kay would have noticed those right away and made enough stealing jokes for Edgeworth to ground her for a week.]

[luminol]

[She does trust Kay's word on that, because as a thief, she would definitely know if they had trinkets out in their lobbies.]

That really is a bit sad. I thought all people kept things behind glass cabinets, even if it was just a business. [But that is not relevant--!]

I guess it all has to be from the windows if that's the case. It still seems a bit weird to me though...

[yatagarasu]

They're probably up in the offices, not in the lobby.

[Kay starts walking around, examining everything else. The table was a typical wooden thing, with no glass. It didn't even have a vase on top and no one had left any teacups on top (she would have noticed cute little expensive-looking teacups too). She listens to Ema while walking, but stops at the part where it's still weird that all the glass came from the window.]

What if...what if the monster had something made of glass when he came in, and it broke?

[luminol]

[Kay's theory, well. It sounds a bit strange, because she's got no idea why a monster would be carrying something made of glass around. But you know who else had strange ideas? Phoenix Wright. And Mr. Wright was almost always right, wasn't he? So maybe there really is something to Kay's theory.]

Were there reports of anyone missing something made of glass or something else breakable recently?

[yatagarasu]

[A lot of Kay's theories are strange, it's no surprise. Ace Attorney is all about the strange.

Her expression answers that question before Kay could speak up.]

I don't think so...besides, now that I think about it, I don't see what a monster would want with something made of glass.

[luminol]

[No normal people in Ace Attorney, it's the law. But Kay does have a point. Unless--]

What if it were someone's monster. And that someone wanted something made of glass. Is there any sign that the monsters aren't controlled by someone else?

[yatagarasu]

No, but who knows? They could have a microchip embedded into the monster that we wouldn't be able to see unless we look really closely!

[Kay what.]

[luminol]

[...Kay what, indeed]

I guess it's possible. But if that is what happened, there's no way we can tell. We don't have the monster in front of us, after all.