candybox | Ace Attorney voicetest/call me out post

So, I'm going be out of town this weekend, but after that, I'm up to doing some voicetesting with your SoJ people if you're still up for it by then. I might be slow as a heads up since I'll be getting off my month long hiatus break at my game too when I get back.

As for ideas, I'm still on a "I need to talk to all of my kids in a post-game scenario" high with Dhurke, but I also have an Apollo I would like to bounce with either Yuty or Dhurke.

...Although, idk if you know Ghost Trick, but Sissel meeting Dhurke after what happens might be interesting too.

Hey! No worries about being slow; I just started my master's degree this week myself and I'm on hiatus from game RP until I get into the swing of things, so right now low pressure threading is what I am about.

I'm down for all these ideas, especially things with Yuty. I haven't voicetested Dhurke myself yet so idk how I am with his voice, but I'm happy to bounce off your Apollo if you wanted to try that! And I'm only familiar with Ghost Trick in passing... One day I need to finally play it...

A channeled meeting with Nahyuta set post-game then? Or, perhaps playing out the interrogation while Dhurke was held in detention.

If it helps, I haven't played Apollo for a while so I'm pretty rusty with him, but maybe we can set that for another time since I don't want to play out too many scenarios all at once. hah.

Ooh, both ideas sound interesting. Maybe we could do both, just to make things extra awful/poignant with that before/after whiplash.

And that's fine too, it's better to do one or two threads at a time rather than start a bunch of stuff only to get overwhelmed. Let me know when you want to get started and I am down for starting whenever!

lol a double slam of awful, I can roll with this. It's probably better to wait until after the weekend, but if you got a starter in mind already, you can go ahead and set it up and I'll get to it when I'm available. Otherwise I'll think of a stater after this weekend.

[You're still my boy, even if you'll prosecute my case.

Those words still echo in Nahyuta's ears, and his palm itches as if scorched by the dragon. Still, he tries to keep himself calm and collected, schools his expression back into one of indifference, as Dhurke is lead by two armed guards away from Apollo in the visitor's room, through the prison and down into the interrogation room. Nahyuta hates everything about this; the way they manhandle him, the way they push him along with a rifle pointed at the small of his back. How much any of them would love to open fire and liberate their country from the evil of a traitor, the only thing holding them back being the respect for the victim's sacred rites in court.

And then there's Dhurke. This would be so much easier if Dhurke would hate him, disown him as a son, expel him from the Defiant Dragons for good. There is no going back to those days. There is no explaining his reasons. He must move on from the past, and Nahyuta repeats over and over in his head: Dhurke Sahdmadhi is a traitor who deserves to burn in hell. Any who defend him will burn with him. Dhurke Sahdmadhi will burn in hell.

When they enter the windowless, bare interrogation room, Nahyuta grits his teeth and takes a deep breath until he is calmed, then turns to face his father.]

Restrain him. [His eyes flick between the two guards, who do as bidden. Dhurke is forced down into the interrogation chair, his wrists fastened to the arms of the chair tight enough to bite into the skin.] This sinner may have cut short the life of Justice Minister Inga, but in the name of the Holy Mother, I shall not allow him to strike down another.

[Despite what the kingdom has made him out to be, Dhurke did not show any sign of resisting while he was being roughly escorted away. He didn't want to give them a reason to cause him further harm, not while he was holding someone's life hostage. He still hadn't worked out the circumstances behind Inga's death, but he knows that he had been forced out of Maya and channeled by another. There was only one other person in Khura'in right now who could channel the spirits and it made him wary. Eventhough he suspected she had framed him, he could not and would never accuse the love of his life or put her in harm's way.

Of course, he knew that would put him in a tough predicament. It would cause more harm to his own defense and more pressure on Apollo...but he had to believe, that he could see through this and find the truth. He's a dead man already, the lives of the living are the ones who need saving, like the one whose back was to him right now. What he saw at the detention center hadn't gone unnoticed by Dhurke. The Nahyuta he knew was still somewhere buried inside, but just how was he going to reach him? Would he even be able to now that they're able to speak to the other?

Once they had him sitting in the interrogation room, Dhurke took this moment to pray in his thoughts. Even a man who supposedly turned against the crown still upheld Khuara'in traditions, and this was the time to do it. It was not a prayer for him though, but a prayer for his family, that when this was all over, they'll be safe.]

Ow, hey not so tight. [The guards makes one final tug to make sure he was completely unable to move before they take a step back. They salute to Nahyuta and then march back to the door to stand guard. Dhurke lets out a sigh as he looks up at his son face to face, in feign disbelief.] Is this really necessary?

[He says with a shrug and showing the palms of his hands as he couldn't really do much else. Those accusations from his own son cut daggers into him though, even when he didn't make it visibly obvious.] And you should know better, killing goes against our creed.

[Nahyuta nods to the guards as they take their posts, his expression impassive. He knows they're here to watch him as much as Dhurke, and any slip-up, any indication of disloyalty, will be reported back to Ga'ran. He has to remain as calm as possible, pretend this is just any other suspect he's prosecuting on any other case.

Easier said than done, but what choice does he have?]

... A small discomfort here on the mortal plane should be the least of your worries, when you are found guilty in court.

[Not if he's found guilty, but when. That is a fact Nahyuta has resigned himself to, however desperately he might wish it wasn't so.]

As for your so-called creed, we have discussed this already. People change; this is as true for you as it is for I. [His tone is even, measured, though it's taking every ounce of the self-control he's had to learn over the years.] Now, tell me what you were doing in the time prior to the murder. Spare no details.

Oh, this is nothing. I meant that you can't possibly think these strings can actually hold down a dragon. [He says with a smirk as he balls up his hands into fists. The guards shifted behind him, as if his words and subtle actions made them uneasy. Heh, nothing but a bunch of cowards hiding behind their guns. ]

I hear what you're trying to tell me, but I don't think you really believe in what you're saying. [He'll keep holding onto that small hope that he saw in Nahyuta, however pointless it may seem. He can't give up on his son even if he has given up on himself. At his inquiry, he settles back in his seat, taking a moment to decide on how to approach this. He's going to have spare some details, like the whereabouts of the Founder's Orb and his own death.]

Well, I was visiting Apollo in the states, just to see how he's been holding up you know. Have you ever been to that kid's office? Never thought I see an office even messier than mine from my old days, hah ha ha! [There's no going around the fact he left the country for a short period of time, and it's not like he was lying that he wanted to see Apollo.] We came back to Khura'in after a certain Minister of Justice gave Wright a phone call, seeking to make an exchange for the Founder's Orb. You know he was holding Maya Fey hostage, right? [He asks pointedly before continuing. Can you really be ok, with what the authority are using their powers for?]

Anyway, that's why I entered the tomb, to make the exchange but then...I suddenly felt dizzy and blacked out. Next thing I knew I was standing over Inga with a knife in my hand, but I don't remember actually harming the guy. [This was the honest truth, eventhough he knew how half baked the confession sounded.]

[Nahyuta shifts uncomfortably. While it could easily be mistaken by an onlooker for being intimidated by his father, Nahyuta isn't afraid of him -- more afraid for him if he did try to escape his bonds and make things worse for himself. Surely he's not so foolhardy?

But he settles down, and so some of the tension leaves the monk. Then, as Dhurke begins his testimony, Nahyuta simply acts as though he doesn't hear all those extra details about Apollo. Why should he care what a silly lawyer does? That man means no more to him than the man in front of him.]

The Founder's Orb. I daresay you know where it is now... Or perhaps who has it.

[If Inga were still alive, he'd probably be taking the lead on this interrogation, and he'd certainly be using more... forceful methods of coercion to get answers on that point. But Nahyuta glosses over it without pressing the point; that's one secret he'll let Dhurke keep. He can't imagine Ga'ran would like it being dragged into the court proceedings more than she can help, either.]

As for Maya Fey, I am aware. Mr Wright and Mr Justice have also given statements to that effect, even if she herself is in no fit state to testify. Minister Inga's crimes are not the crimes of the accused, however, and will be considered separately. [Nahyuta pauses, taking stock of Dhurke's last piece of testimony. If the evidence alone and eyewitnesses weren't a death sentence enough, that testimony is so conveniently lacking as to be fatal. Dhurke must know it, too.

And yet Nahyuta doesn't feel like he's being lied to.]

... I-is... that all? Is there nothing more you would like to add? [There's almost a pleading note to his voice. This is sounding less and less like an interrogation and more like an inadvertent confession by the second.]

[He's taking the opportunity Nahyuta had presented to him and choosing not to speak further on the Founder's orb location, less he say something unintentionally to lead Ga'ran to it. There was a moment of silence between them when Nahyuta asked if there was anything more. He would usually give a witty remark here, but instead he just looks at Nahyuta with a vacant expression.]

...That I'm sorry I still haven't saved you. [That's...not the answer Nahyuta was looking for, but what other chance will Dhurke have to speak to him but now? He's on borrowed time, and his only hopes of saving his family now lies in the hands of Apollo. His expression hardens.] I've told you what I know, how I remembered it. I didn't kill the minister, and I believe in Apollo to be able prove that in court tomorrow.

I can't just choose one...

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does this work for you as a starter? o7

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for Nikki!

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