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[wright_attorney]

Once the proper premises had been slapped together and the shingle hung, there really wasn't much else to do. Business on an island full of people who seemed to resolve problems on their own didn't bid well for an ambitious defender of the law. Not that the sole employee of Wright & Co, Island Division minded a little peace and quiet.

It wasn't a

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[fey_lawyer]

This was decidedly different to the spirit world, something Mia Fey had figured out relatively quickly on her arrival. She could not reach her sister, which troubled her greatly - even alive, there existed some spiritual connection between each of the Feys. Here, she could sense nothing of the sort, nor could she imagine what was going on back at Wright & Co. - Phoenix had been doing well lately, but he occasionally needed a little...hint here and there with his cases. She did worry about him sometimes.

That is, she worried until she heard about the Island Division of Wright & Co.

She walked through the door as if she was waltzing back into her very own office, and indeed, it did feel rather homey. But there was no mistaking that the man at the desk was the true proprietor of the business.

"I don't imagine you get very many cases here," said Mia, standing with her arms crossed and a smile on her face.

[wright_attorney]

"Not yet," he agreed, charmingly oblivious while his eyes were turned toward the desk. "But if they need us, we'll be here!" The voice didn't sound too distressed, and so Phoenix pegged it as one of many curious passersby since he'd opened the office.

Offering a lopsided smile, he finally looked toward the door. Neither was to last, however, as almost immediately, his expression went slack. And then he promptly fell out of his chair.

"Mia!" came the cry from somewhere behind the desk before he was able to haul himself up again.

(Or is it Maya...?)

"Maya!...Mia! I...mean...Chief?" This was all really too much.

[fey_lawyer]

"It's me," Mia confirmed with a soft chuckle. "In the flesh. Don't ask me how, though. That's one case that I'm afraid will remain unsolved." She didn't seem too troubled about it, though...as far as she understood it, the dead and the living had equal opportunities here.

"It's good to see you, Wright." And it was. She was used to seeing him through her sister's eyes, and seeing him through her own again was...refreshing.

He was still the same old Phoenix. Or should she say...the same young Phoenix. Not too young, fortunately.

[wright_attorney]

Well, he knew it was Mia. He could see that. But his poor, frazzled brain was having trouble picking the logic out of that statement. She was dead. She'd been dead for months. And while Maya'd occasionally pick up an otherworldly signal from her departed sister, it never came through this clear. Because, well...in the end, it'd still been Maya's body.

Nevertheless...

"Is it really you? Really? I mean, it's good to see you too, Chief, but..." He leapt to his feet abruptly, brushing off the knees of his slacks and straightening his tie.

(But why am I seeing you?)

Phoenix swallowed uneasily. "You're dead."

[fey_lawyer]

It had been a couple of weeks since Mia had 'returned from the dead' only to find that the afterlife wasn't quite what she expected. She was, in fact, fairly certain that it wasn't the afterlife - it was the afterdeath. It was nice being alive again, though, that was for sure

[wright_attorney]

As it turned out, it was a rare occasion when Phoenix's morning walk didn't take him by one of the waterfalls. He found them soothing. And at first, there was nothing out of the ordinary as he sipped his coffee and basked in the good weather while he wandered toward the roar of water ahead.

Once the falls came into sight, though, a familiar shape in the water caused him to stop dead and squint. Squint to be sure he was actually seeing what he thought he was seeing. (Is that- GAH!) Then shock took over, and the mug broke at his feet while he gaped at the sight of his former boss - his formerly dead boss, no less - wet, glistening, and...and naked under the tumbling water.

He could only hope she hadn't seen him. But by the time he'd reassembled his shattered wits (if not his shattered mug) and made to escape, he knew it was too late.

[fey_lawyer]

Unfortunately for Phoenix, Mia chose that particular moment to sigh and turn away from the fall of water - only to see Phoenix Wright standing there, looking as if he'd seen a ghost. A naked ghost.

"Ph-Phoenix!" she sputtered, covering herself as best she could with her hands and ducking low into the water. It was quite possibly the first time she'd blushed in front of him.

[wright_attorney]

Okay, so her turning really didn't help his situation. And not just because it gave her a clear view of him.

"S-sorry! So...uh, sorry. I'll just be going now!" he stammered back while a panicked blush flooded his own cheeks.

[fey_lawyer]

It was tomorrow, and Mia had watched the sun come up through the window (well, really, it was just a hole in the wall) while nestled in Phoenix's arms. She couldn't think of a better place to be, though she knew it must be hard for him...to accept the only way that they could be together was here, away from everything he knew. Everything they both knew. Mia had to admit, she missed her sister, and she missed her office, and she definitely missed her favorite burger joint

[godot_blend]

There was something about this place that got on his nerves.

He'd known that from the beginning. Climbing outta Hell only to find...well, that the world had gone to hell didn't bode well for a man's will to live, did it?

But that? That was nothing. Hooo, no. What really rankled Godot's impregnable self was finding that the cause of his unhappy existence had been dwelling mere yards away the entire time.

So. It was with a brimming cup of whatever godawful stuff had seeded the Island's only coffeepot that morning that he set out from the Compound, a singleminded gleam in those deadened eyes of his.

For a while, he strode briskly down the path, with his head bent. It was only after a particular aroma met his nostrils that he slowed, tossing a glance ahead of him.

[fey_lawyer]

If possible, the scent of coffee was becoming even stronger. It kind of turned Mia's stomach, in more ways than one. She ignored the feeling and kept going, though - she was on a Mission and could not let things like coffee distract her.

She could, however, let something like a person bumping straight into her distract her.

"Hey! Watch it! Are you blind or something!?" Mia exclaimed, stumbling for a moment and whirling on the person once she'd regained her balance. Usually she might not have been so rude, but the coffee was putting her on edge. The smell of it was overpowering, now.

[godot_blend]

Normally, he would have shrugged off a bump like that. A blind man had no business apologizing for trampling anyone.

But that one glance was all it took, and the pristine white mug tumbled from Godot's hands and cracked over his shiny black shoes.

Quicker than your average recovery, the expression of shock resigned itself into a smile without his really realizing it. "Slow down, Kitten. Where's the fire?"