himagsikan | she spreads her wings and takes to the skies.

I'm sorry, but I had to be certain that things otherwise impossible were enabled by this apparently hypnotic system. I took nothing more and nothing less than your very name.

[His apology is the only outward expression of his pangs of guilt he allows, though. After all, the only thing really worth being ashamed of would be any accidental harm he might have caused Kay; taking her name is just a temporary inconvenience inflicted in the name of the truth, and one he made certain would remain nothing more than that.]

My...name?

[At first, she's confused. But when she tries to think of her name...]

[She mentally runs over what she knows about herself. She is the Great Thief Yatagarasu, Mr. Edgeworth's plucky young teenage assistant...

Kay gasps, clapping her hands over her cheeks, when she realizes that she can't figure out her real name. Not "Yatagarasu" or fancy titles or anything like that, her real name...she can't remember it.]

You...you stole my name...

[Her tone is disbelieving, and for a moment she looks like a rabbit caught in truck headlights. She can remember the second KG-8 incident, her friends at school, Swiss rolls, her double chocolate chocolate chip recipe...

It's as if Kay is flipping through the files of her memory library at top speed, but nothing rings out as her name.]

[At first she's completely dumbstruck, until strangely, a big, impressed smile dawns upon her face. She laughs; she doesn't know her name but at least she knows who she is, and is positive that someone as smart as Edgeworth could return that memory to her.]

You stole my name! Now that's what I call a great technique of a Great Thief!

[Given that Kay's reactions are precisely the sort he anticipated — indeed, even the big smile that ultimately spreads over her face and her comparison of him to a Great Thief — Edgeworth is actually internally relieved to see this play out. Particularly that last part. Since things are going according to his expectations, it's a simple matter to keep his outward expression cool and collected.]

I wouldn't characterize it as "theft", though I suppose a comparison to the so-called "thefts" you've perpetrated is apt. Of course, I do intend to return your name to you. Even if I don't actively do so, you should remember it tomorrow morning at the very latest.

Edited (Icon) 2014-10-30 21:35 (UTC)

It's gonna be pretty difficult to explain to new people I meet sometime between now and tomorrow morning that I teeeechnically don't have my name right now, though...

[Then don't meet new people today, Kay! That can wait!]

Edited 2014-10-31 05:48 (UTC)

Do you have anything to do today aside from helping with the case?

[They are out at an isolated cabin in the woods as part of that very investigation, after all.]

[Kay thinks for a moment.]

Umm...I did promise to pick up a few groceries on the way home after this...

Normally when I shop for things, I avoid such distractions as fraternizing with the employees or any customers, and I rarely notice others doing so either.

Tsk, Mr. Edgeworth, you could do with some new friends...

Isn't it enough that you've begun following me?

I know I'm your friend but you do need to expand your friend horizons.

[Edgeworth blinks in surprise for a moment at Kay's assertion of being his friend.]

(I suppose she wouldn't have volunteered to take the risk of placing her mind in my hands if she didn't consider me a friend... and I must reluctantly admit to being needlessly emotional concerning her role in all this.)

[As for the rest of Kay's sentence...]

For what reason do you see that as necessary?

Edited (Clarification) 2014-10-31 13:45 (UTC)

Because as your friend, I care about your well-being, and you know what they say - no man is an island!

[She spreads her arms wide.]

[And Edgeworth does the same, shaking his head.]

I'm already aware of that much, due to the efforts of a certain man. I simply fail to see why I need to trust an excessive number of people.

You don't have to jump straight to the trust part, y'know. Sometimes it's enough to know someone and enjoy talking to them.

So, who is this man who taught you the power of friendship?

I fail to see why I should spend time unrelated to work with someone I don't trust. For that matter, working relationships also require trust to function at their best.

As for that man, it would be more accurate to say that he taught me the necessity of teamwork.

[...But it wouldn't take a mind-reader ~~or super-tic-reader or heart-whisperer~~ to see more than that in Edgeworth's eyes.]

[But you have to build relationships up from the bottom to the top...oh, heck, she feels that if they start debating about that, they won't stop.]

Aw, he sounds like a great guy. [Kay can see it in his eyes, all right.] And it sounds like you're both pretty close.

How did — er, well, I... suppose "close" isn't an entirely inapt description...

[Yes, awkwardness levels just shot through the roof here.]

With a friend like that, you gotta be proud that you know him! Don't make that face when you talk about him...

I see no reason to be proud of mere happenstance, but I certainly do greatly appreciate the fact that I know him.

Edited (Splitting into a combo tag) 2014-11-02 02:47 (UTC)

I am, however, proud of what he and I can accomplish together. I have no better ally in the cause of pursuing the truth than him.

[She gives him a warm smile.]

I'd like to meet him one day. Is he a lawyer too?

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.

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