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Player Name: Vappa
Personal LJ: vappa
E-mail: chevron7lockd at gmail dot com
AIM: lost rebound
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Character Name: Klavier Gavin
Fandom: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (taken post-game)
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Sexuality (if applicable): Bisexual
Original or Anomaly?: Original
Housing: Dione Hall, Unit 8
Appearance: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/vappa/hugekyouya.png
Personality: Klavier’s attitude is not one that would normally be found in an experienced prosecutor. Klavier’s usual approach to everything is with confidence and a smile, even in such serious situations as a murder trial. He knows his facts and how to use them, which means he mostly keeps a level head and is difficult to rattle. This cavalier attitude extends to a habit of teasing people, giving them weird nicknames and poking fun at things like the size of their forehead. He does not come across as the most serious of people, tending more towards a flashy rock-styled performance than a straight statement of the facts. Many of his objections and statements in court come accompanied with an air-guitar, which he doesn’t think is ridiculous in the slightest. He also has an exaggerated German accent, throwing in random phrases for no discernable reason other than the fact that it’s cool.
Klavier is by no means perfect. There are times when he does lose his cool, usually when things go wrong. He’s been known to develop a real diva-like temper when his keys were stolen, or when a song performed was slightly off-key. He has a streak of perfectionism in him that can get badly aggravated at times like these. It’s understandable that he may freak out when his guitar catches fire on stage, but possibly less understandable when he seems more interested in finding the wrong note in a song than the killer of a dead man. However, Klavier usually has his priorities straight, in the end.
Despite all his flippancy and over-the-top behaviour, Klavier does have a strong desire to find the truth in all things. He takes his prosecuting job seriously, saying that his other occupation (that of being a rock star) is “just a hobby” compared to the law. He may not do much of the investigating himself but he’s maddeningly good at sorting out the facts of a case and shooting down inconsistencies. This extends even further when it becomes clear that the defendant might be innocent; instead of pushing for a guilty verdict, Klavier instead will turn around and work with the defense to find the truth. This can be difficult for him, and once was so bad that he was almost in physical pain over his feelings on the matter, but he will always push for the truth. He’s friendly and even helpful to Apollo Justice, a man who rightfully should be his opponent in court, because he believes in keeping things simple. And there is nothing more simple than wanting to find the truth.
History: Klavier is the youngest of the two sons of the Gavin family. Born in 2002 in Germany, Klavier quickly progressed through his schooling, managing to graduate from secondary school at the young age of 13. From there, he went to university and studied law just as his older brother Kristoph had done. He completed law school at 17, and then flew to America to begin his prosecuting career. Along the way, he started up a rock band as a hobby with other members of law enforcement, including a man called Daryan Crescend, who would be the first detective Klavier ever worked with. Klavier was all brash confidence and ego, excited to be taking on his first case and giddy with the sudden success of his band.
Klavier’s first case was for the murder of Magnifi Gramarye, and the suspect was his student Zak Gramarye. He was set to face off against his brother Kristoph in this trial, only the defense was changed at the last minute to Phoenix Wright. The night before the trial, Kristoph came to Klavier and told him not to trust Phoenix Wright, as he was an evidence forger, giving him information to use against Wright in the trial. Klavier was disappointed that he wouldn’t be going head to head with his brother, but trusted that Kristoph was giving him useful advice. When the trial itself began, Klavier was confident in his ability to defeat Phoenix, knowing that he would try to present fake evidence. When it looked like Phoenix was about to win the trial on his own, Klavier objected that he had no proof, forcing Phoenix to present the forged evidence, though he gave him a chance to reconsider. With this, Phoenix’s case was thrown out and the defendant would have been declared guilty, except that Zak Gramarye pulled a vanishing act. Phoenix Wright was disbarred, and Klavier continued with his career for seven years, none the wiser as to the machinations behind it. However, during this time he felt that something had been not quite right with how Kristoph approached him. He chose to stay quiet on the matter, wanting to believe in his brother.
Seven years later, Klavier’s brother Kristoph is found guilty of the murder of Shadi Smith by his student Apollo Justice, and sent to prison. A few months after this, Klavier prosecutes a case that Apollo is the defence on, and he says that he wants to see the man who sent his brother to prison. He seems to hold no ill will towards Apollo and indeed greets him in a charming and helpful manner, and apart from that statement, never brings it up again. The defendant is Wocky Kitaki, a mobster’s child accused of murdering a doctor. Klavier sticks to his guns for the majority of the trial, until Apollo has amassed enough evidence to finger Wocky’s fiancée Alita Tiala as the real killer. At this point, Klavier starts to shift his focus to her as well, despite her protests that he’s meant to be on “her side”. Alita is revealed as the real murderer, and Wocky is proclaimed not guilty. Klavier seems unsurprised by this, and accepts defeat.
A while later, Klavier’s band The Gavinners are on their ‘Guilty as Charged’ concert tour, and Klavier sends tickets to Apollo and his assistant Trucy Wright. While they are at the show, there is a special guest performance by Lamiroir, a singer from Borginia. During this performance, Klavier’s guitar catches fire; people assume this is part of the act, but later he complains bitterly about how no one informed him of the stunt. When the third act of the night begins, Apollo finds Lamiroir’s manager dying in her dressing room from a gunshot. The concert is called off and a murder investigation begins, with Lamiroir’s young pianist Machi Tobaye accused of the crime. Apollo is called to be his defense, and once again Klavier is the prosecution. Keen to solve the murder that happened on his own concert, things are going well until Lamiroir, called as a witness, identifies Daryan Crescend as a voice she heard at the scene of the murder. During the investigation the next day, Apollo comes to his office to find some information. Klavier tells him about a great deal of things, including key evidence from the victim and the state of his burnt guitar… a lot more than a prosecutor would normally share with the defense. He thanks Apollo for doing the same and merely says that he’s after the truth, and sees no reason not to be civil about such things. At this point, while he doesn’t want to think his bandmate and friend has done the deed, Klavier has taken Daryan off the case and registered him as a witness, for safety’s sake. His professionalism and drive are too strong for him to do otherwise.
It turns out to be the right move, as Apollo goes after Daryan in court and eventually pins the murder on him. Daryan had been working with Machi to illegally smuggle Borginian cocoons into the country, hiding one in Klavier’s guitar and setting it alight when not all went as planned. He also shot and killed the manager, who was an Interpol agent. Once it becomes clear how guilty Daryan is, Klavier is also convinced; he says that he considers the trial his last gig with him, and Daryan is taken away.
Three months later, Klavier is selected as prosecution for the trial run of the new Jurist System, set up by Phoenix Wright. The case seems to be a simple one - a young woman, Vera Misham, is accused of poisoning her father Drew Misham - but as the trial progresses it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems. Klavier comes prepared to find Vera guilty of the crime, but once again Apollo comes up with another explanation: he claims that someone else poisoned Misham. Klavier entertains Apollo’s notion as per usual, having come to expect the other man’s stubborn determination to prove his client’s innocence. It comes to light during the trial that Vera Misham is a forger, and she is called to the stand to testify. During the course of her cross examination, Klavier becomes agitated and demands to know if she’s the one who forged a diary page seven years ago. Things are starting to become clearer, but before Vera could reveal who commissioned the page, she collapses from atroquinine poisoning.
The last stage of the trial proves to be the darkest. Apollo asks that Kristoph Gavin be called to the stand, and while Klavier protests at first, he relents and Kristoph is called from jail. Apollo, having gotten seven years’ worth of information from Phoenix Wright that indicates Kristoph is the real murderer, begins to interrogate him. All the while, Klavier is much more serious and ruthless than normal, in reaction to his brother being in the room and berating him at every turn. Apollo tries to prove Kristoph’s role as the one who poisoned the Misham’s, but is shot down due to a lack of evidence. At the point when the trial looks to be over, Klavier objects; he wants to know the truth of the matter. Facing the truth is hard for him, when it comes to his own brother… it gets to the point where he almost physically feels the pain, but Klavier refuses to just let it end this way. Then, it all comes out; how Kristoph is the one who forged that evidence and, when fired by Zak Gramarye, sets up Phoenix with the evidence and uses Klavier to get him disbarred. Kristoph planted poison for the Mishams, though it failed to reach its target until seven years later. Kristoph’s unexplained motive for the murder of Shadi Smith also comes out, for Shadi Smith was none other than Zak Gramarye, the man who had slighted him. Kristoph is cornered and snaps, ranting about letting commoners into the courts, until Klavier tells him to stop, that it’s over. Klavier could no longer ignore the darkness surrounding the last seven years, and the part he played in it. Ultimately, Vera Misham is found not guilty by a unanimous jury vote.
In the aftermath of the Misham trial, Klavier announced that The Gavinners were breaking up, and that it was Apollo and Trucy who were the real stars now. He will keep prosecuting, but the band is no more. The turmoil of the last few months have left their mark, but true to form, Klavier keeps smiling and pushes on with his life.
Strengths: Klavier is exceptionally intelligent, having graduated from law school at seventeen. So while he acts like a bit of an airhead, he is really quite smart and knows his way around the legal system and common sense. He successfully handled two high-maintenance jobs for seven years - prosecution and being the lead singer of a rock band - without suffering for it or even seeming to lose time. He has a good ear for music, good enough that he can tell when even the slightest note is off-key. Very skilled at playing the guitar, too. Personality wise, Klavier is extremely dedicated to finding the truth of the matter, to the extent that he’ll pursue even his own friends and family if they’re in the wrong. He doesn’t believe in complications, intending to keep a simple outlook on life.
Weaknesses: He’s an average person, and doesn’t have anything in the way of self-defence skills. He is occasionally vain, testy and careless, letting other people do the more tedious work for him. He is slightly perfectionist, especially with regards to his music, so he may lose his cool if something goes wrong in a way that he doesn’t like. Klavier also has issues with his brother Kristoph, who is capable of making him feel stupid and useless where no one else can. He was too trusting of Kristoph in the past, and now feels wary of letting himself get manipulated again.
First Person Sample:
[When the sphere switches on, he’s looking at it way too closely, poking it with a finger.]
Some kind of switch, maybe? -Aha, there we go! So it’s like a sensor, then. Very cool.
[He stands back and hooks his fingers into his belt, grinning a bit.]
Well, that’s one mystery solved, ja? It’s not much, but it’s one step closer to figuring out this Twilight Zone I’ve woken up in. It’s plain to see I’ve been kidnapped somehow. I can’t complain about the room, though; these are some nice digs.
[And he flicks some of his hair, idly.]
But you know how the song goes: this is not my beautiful house. And that’s a problem!
Third Person Sample:
Klavier wasn’t usually one to wake up in strange places with no idea of how he had gotten there. True, there had been one or two incidents in his teenage years where that had happened, but those times were explained by drinking too much, or falling asleep on a bus. No, this was something different. Blinking the sleep haze out of his eyes, he sat up and was instantly appalled by the thing he was wearing.
“Ach, an orange jumpsuit? Not even prison is this cruel.” He examined himself, frowning slightly. If he couldn’t remember getting to this place, then it stood to reason that he also didn’t remember putting on these clothes. Someone else had done it.
Glancing around the room, he found little evidence of where he might be, or of any previous inhabitants. Indeed, it was surprising and a bit alarming to realise that the two cases in the corner were his; the G-stickers attached to both of them were a dead giveaway. This wasn’t a case of a desperate fan knocking him out on a whim and taking him home. No. It was more premeditated than that.
Klavier stood up, pushing the hair out of his face. One of the cases was clearly his guitar case. Odd, since he hadn’t had it with him as far as he could recall. The idea that someone would break into his home and steal one of his beloved guitars was more than a bit annoying. He had had enough of his things getting stolen for one year, and didn’t appreciate a repeat performance. Especially when he was one of the things being abducted. He couldn’t forget that part.
He shrugged to himself and started taking off the jumpsuit. Well, there was no point panicking about things. That wouldn’t get him anywhere. First, he would get rid of this jumpsuit. He would be much happier in his usual gear, which a cursory inspection inside the other case had confirmed were in there waiting for him. There had to be a clue somewhere, and that meant there was only one other thing left to do.
He snapped his fingers, nodding. “It’s showtime.” More accurately, it was investigation time.
Personal LJ: vappa
E-mail: chevron7lockd at gmail dot com
AIM: lost rebound
Other characters currently in-game: N/A
Character Name: Klavier Gavin
Fandom: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (taken post-game)
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Sexuality (if applicable): Bisexual
Original or Anomaly?: Original
Housing: Dione Hall, Unit 8
Appearance: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v154/vappa/hugekyouya.png
Personality: Klavier’s attitude is not one that would normally be found in an experienced prosecutor. Klavier’s usual approach to everything is with confidence and a smile, even in such serious situations as a murder trial. He knows his facts and how to use them, which means he mostly keeps a level head and is difficult to rattle. This cavalier attitude extends to a habit of teasing people, giving them weird nicknames and poking fun at things like the size of their forehead. He does not come across as the most serious of people, tending more towards a flashy rock-styled performance than a straight statement of the facts. Many of his objections and statements in court come accompanied with an air-guitar, which he doesn’t think is ridiculous in the slightest. He also has an exaggerated German accent, throwing in random phrases for no discernable reason other than the fact that it’s cool.
Klavier is by no means perfect. There are times when he does lose his cool, usually when things go wrong. He’s been known to develop a real diva-like temper when his keys were stolen, or when a song performed was slightly off-key. He has a streak of perfectionism in him that can get badly aggravated at times like these. It’s understandable that he may freak out when his guitar catches fire on stage, but possibly less understandable when he seems more interested in finding the wrong note in a song than the killer of a dead man. However, Klavier usually has his priorities straight, in the end.
Despite all his flippancy and over-the-top behaviour, Klavier does have a strong desire to find the truth in all things. He takes his prosecuting job seriously, saying that his other occupation (that of being a rock star) is “just a hobby” compared to the law. He may not do much of the investigating himself but he’s maddeningly good at sorting out the facts of a case and shooting down inconsistencies. This extends even further when it becomes clear that the defendant might be innocent; instead of pushing for a guilty verdict, Klavier instead will turn around and work with the defense to find the truth. This can be difficult for him, and once was so bad that he was almost in physical pain over his feelings on the matter, but he will always push for the truth. He’s friendly and even helpful to Apollo Justice, a man who rightfully should be his opponent in court, because he believes in keeping things simple. And there is nothing more simple than wanting to find the truth.
History: Klavier is the youngest of the two sons of the Gavin family. Born in 2002 in Germany, Klavier quickly progressed through his schooling, managing to graduate from secondary school at the young age of 13. From there, he went to university and studied law just as his older brother Kristoph had done. He completed law school at 17, and then flew to America to begin his prosecuting career. Along the way, he started up a rock band as a hobby with other members of law enforcement, including a man called Daryan Crescend, who would be the first detective Klavier ever worked with. Klavier was all brash confidence and ego, excited to be taking on his first case and giddy with the sudden success of his band.
Klavier’s first case was for the murder of Magnifi Gramarye, and the suspect was his student Zak Gramarye. He was set to face off against his brother Kristoph in this trial, only the defense was changed at the last minute to Phoenix Wright. The night before the trial, Kristoph came to Klavier and told him not to trust Phoenix Wright, as he was an evidence forger, giving him information to use against Wright in the trial. Klavier was disappointed that he wouldn’t be going head to head with his brother, but trusted that Kristoph was giving him useful advice. When the trial itself began, Klavier was confident in his ability to defeat Phoenix, knowing that he would try to present fake evidence. When it looked like Phoenix was about to win the trial on his own, Klavier objected that he had no proof, forcing Phoenix to present the forged evidence, though he gave him a chance to reconsider. With this, Phoenix’s case was thrown out and the defendant would have been declared guilty, except that Zak Gramarye pulled a vanishing act. Phoenix Wright was disbarred, and Klavier continued with his career for seven years, none the wiser as to the machinations behind it. However, during this time he felt that something had been not quite right with how Kristoph approached him. He chose to stay quiet on the matter, wanting to believe in his brother.
Seven years later, Klavier’s brother Kristoph is found guilty of the murder of Shadi Smith by his student Apollo Justice, and sent to prison. A few months after this, Klavier prosecutes a case that Apollo is the defence on, and he says that he wants to see the man who sent his brother to prison. He seems to hold no ill will towards Apollo and indeed greets him in a charming and helpful manner, and apart from that statement, never brings it up again. The defendant is Wocky Kitaki, a mobster’s child accused of murdering a doctor. Klavier sticks to his guns for the majority of the trial, until Apollo has amassed enough evidence to finger Wocky’s fiancée Alita Tiala as the real killer. At this point, Klavier starts to shift his focus to her as well, despite her protests that he’s meant to be on “her side”. Alita is revealed as the real murderer, and Wocky is proclaimed not guilty. Klavier seems unsurprised by this, and accepts defeat.
A while later, Klavier’s band The Gavinners are on their ‘Guilty as Charged’ concert tour, and Klavier sends tickets to Apollo and his assistant Trucy Wright. While they are at the show, there is a special guest performance by Lamiroir, a singer from Borginia. During this performance, Klavier’s guitar catches fire; people assume this is part of the act, but later he complains bitterly about how no one informed him of the stunt. When the third act of the night begins, Apollo finds Lamiroir’s manager dying in her dressing room from a gunshot. The concert is called off and a murder investigation begins, with Lamiroir’s young pianist Machi Tobaye accused of the crime. Apollo is called to be his defense, and once again Klavier is the prosecution. Keen to solve the murder that happened on his own concert, things are going well until Lamiroir, called as a witness, identifies Daryan Crescend as a voice she heard at the scene of the murder. During the investigation the next day, Apollo comes to his office to find some information. Klavier tells him about a great deal of things, including key evidence from the victim and the state of his burnt guitar… a lot more than a prosecutor would normally share with the defense. He thanks Apollo for doing the same and merely says that he’s after the truth, and sees no reason not to be civil about such things. At this point, while he doesn’t want to think his bandmate and friend has done the deed, Klavier has taken Daryan off the case and registered him as a witness, for safety’s sake. His professionalism and drive are too strong for him to do otherwise.
It turns out to be the right move, as Apollo goes after Daryan in court and eventually pins the murder on him. Daryan had been working with Machi to illegally smuggle Borginian cocoons into the country, hiding one in Klavier’s guitar and setting it alight when not all went as planned. He also shot and killed the manager, who was an Interpol agent. Once it becomes clear how guilty Daryan is, Klavier is also convinced; he says that he considers the trial his last gig with him, and Daryan is taken away.
Three months later, Klavier is selected as prosecution for the trial run of the new Jurist System, set up by Phoenix Wright. The case seems to be a simple one - a young woman, Vera Misham, is accused of poisoning her father Drew Misham - but as the trial progresses it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems. Klavier comes prepared to find Vera guilty of the crime, but once again Apollo comes up with another explanation: he claims that someone else poisoned Misham. Klavier entertains Apollo’s notion as per usual, having come to expect the other man’s stubborn determination to prove his client’s innocence. It comes to light during the trial that Vera Misham is a forger, and she is called to the stand to testify. During the course of her cross examination, Klavier becomes agitated and demands to know if she’s the one who forged a diary page seven years ago. Things are starting to become clearer, but before Vera could reveal who commissioned the page, she collapses from atroquinine poisoning.
The last stage of the trial proves to be the darkest. Apollo asks that Kristoph Gavin be called to the stand, and while Klavier protests at first, he relents and Kristoph is called from jail. Apollo, having gotten seven years’ worth of information from Phoenix Wright that indicates Kristoph is the real murderer, begins to interrogate him. All the while, Klavier is much more serious and ruthless than normal, in reaction to his brother being in the room and berating him at every turn. Apollo tries to prove Kristoph’s role as the one who poisoned the Misham’s, but is shot down due to a lack of evidence. At the point when the trial looks to be over, Klavier objects; he wants to know the truth of the matter. Facing the truth is hard for him, when it comes to his own brother… it gets to the point where he almost physically feels the pain, but Klavier refuses to just let it end this way. Then, it all comes out; how Kristoph is the one who forged that evidence and, when fired by Zak Gramarye, sets up Phoenix with the evidence and uses Klavier to get him disbarred. Kristoph planted poison for the Mishams, though it failed to reach its target until seven years later. Kristoph’s unexplained motive for the murder of Shadi Smith also comes out, for Shadi Smith was none other than Zak Gramarye, the man who had slighted him. Kristoph is cornered and snaps, ranting about letting commoners into the courts, until Klavier tells him to stop, that it’s over. Klavier could no longer ignore the darkness surrounding the last seven years, and the part he played in it. Ultimately, Vera Misham is found not guilty by a unanimous jury vote.
In the aftermath of the Misham trial, Klavier announced that The Gavinners were breaking up, and that it was Apollo and Trucy who were the real stars now. He will keep prosecuting, but the band is no more. The turmoil of the last few months have left their mark, but true to form, Klavier keeps smiling and pushes on with his life.
Strengths: Klavier is exceptionally intelligent, having graduated from law school at seventeen. So while he acts like a bit of an airhead, he is really quite smart and knows his way around the legal system and common sense. He successfully handled two high-maintenance jobs for seven years - prosecution and being the lead singer of a rock band - without suffering for it or even seeming to lose time. He has a good ear for music, good enough that he can tell when even the slightest note is off-key. Very skilled at playing the guitar, too. Personality wise, Klavier is extremely dedicated to finding the truth of the matter, to the extent that he’ll pursue even his own friends and family if they’re in the wrong. He doesn’t believe in complications, intending to keep a simple outlook on life.
Weaknesses: He’s an average person, and doesn’t have anything in the way of self-defence skills. He is occasionally vain, testy and careless, letting other people do the more tedious work for him. He is slightly perfectionist, especially with regards to his music, so he may lose his cool if something goes wrong in a way that he doesn’t like. Klavier also has issues with his brother Kristoph, who is capable of making him feel stupid and useless where no one else can. He was too trusting of Kristoph in the past, and now feels wary of letting himself get manipulated again.
First Person Sample:
[When the sphere switches on, he’s looking at it way too closely, poking it with a finger.]
Some kind of switch, maybe? -Aha, there we go! So it’s like a sensor, then. Very cool.
[He stands back and hooks his fingers into his belt, grinning a bit.]
Well, that’s one mystery solved, ja? It’s not much, but it’s one step closer to figuring out this Twilight Zone I’ve woken up in. It’s plain to see I’ve been kidnapped somehow. I can’t complain about the room, though; these are some nice digs.
[And he flicks some of his hair, idly.]
But you know how the song goes: this is not my beautiful house. And that’s a problem!
Third Person Sample:
Klavier wasn’t usually one to wake up in strange places with no idea of how he had gotten there. True, there had been one or two incidents in his teenage years where that had happened, but those times were explained by drinking too much, or falling asleep on a bus. No, this was something different. Blinking the sleep haze out of his eyes, he sat up and was instantly appalled by the thing he was wearing.
“Ach, an orange jumpsuit? Not even prison is this cruel.” He examined himself, frowning slightly. If he couldn’t remember getting to this place, then it stood to reason that he also didn’t remember putting on these clothes. Someone else had done it.
Glancing around the room, he found little evidence of where he might be, or of any previous inhabitants. Indeed, it was surprising and a bit alarming to realise that the two cases in the corner were his; the G-stickers attached to both of them were a dead giveaway. This wasn’t a case of a desperate fan knocking him out on a whim and taking him home. No. It was more premeditated than that.
Klavier stood up, pushing the hair out of his face. One of the cases was clearly his guitar case. Odd, since he hadn’t had it with him as far as he could recall. The idea that someone would break into his home and steal one of his beloved guitars was more than a bit annoying. He had had enough of his things getting stolen for one year, and didn’t appreciate a repeat performance. Especially when he was one of the things being abducted. He couldn’t forget that part.
He shrugged to himself and started taking off the jumpsuit. Well, there was no point panicking about things. That wouldn’t get him anywhere. First, he would get rid of this jumpsuit. He would be much happier in his usual gear, which a cursory inspection inside the other case had confirmed were in there waiting for him. There had to be a clue somewhere, and that meant there was only one other thing left to do.
He snapped his fingers, nodding. “It’s showtime.” More accurately, it was investigation time.