Ace Attorney: Secrets beneath Secrets

Turnabout Wilds, Part 1

"Alright, here we are. Let's see... Where is he...?"

"He's got to be around here somewhere..."

*RING*

"Oh, sorry. That's me. I'll be back."

"What should we do now?"

"Perish."

"Ack-!"

"Ah! No!! Wake up! Wake up!!"

March 3

Morix Law Offices

11:30 AM

Chrysalis Starr

I sat in the main working area of the agency, playing around on my phone. "When should they be here?" I asked, looking up to my brother.

Cotoli, who was sitting beside me, shrugged. "I can't say for sure. They were supposed to be here a few minutes ago, but they should be here soon..."

"Do you think the other three are going to take it alright?" I questioned with a frown.

"I don't see why they wouldn't," Cotoli frowned. "Do you want to check outside again?"

I got to my feet and crossed the room to look out the window. I saw a pair of cars parked outside, making a grin crack on my face. "It looks like they're here," I told him. "Unless the pair of cars outside belongs to two other mysterious figures that barely anybody in our agency has met, that is."

The two of us headed for the elevator before descending to the bottom floor of the building to meet our guests, or the two new lawyers we had brought into our agency. After bringing Deirdre and Lily in the year before, we had seen incredible success with our work methods. Cotoli wanted to put that on a wider scale, which is why he opened applications up a while ago. The other lawyers and Yuri didn't seem to be aware of the fact, even if we weren't trying to keep it a secret. They hadn't asked, so we hadn't mentioned it.

A woman walked into the lobby first. She had silvery hair that faded out to white at the edges tied into a ponytail. A pair of hairclips kept lingering strands away from her face. A necklace hung from her neck. Her eyes were dark blue and framed by black glasses. She had a black suit jacket over a turquoise shirt on. She had trousers and boots of the same black shade. She had a silver bracelet on her right wrist adorned with a blue set of scales.

Cotoli smiled. "You must be Victoria von Graye," he remarked.

"Hello," the woman, Victoria, grinned nervously. "It's nice to meet you... Are you the owner of this agency?"

"Cotoli Morix, at your service," Cotoli confirmed, extending his hand to shake.

"I'm Chrysalis," I told her, cracking a smile, "Cotoli's little sister and the real master of this agency."

Victoria giggled, as if she thought it was a joke. "It's nice to meet you two. Where are the other people of the agency? I'd like to meet them too, if that's possible," she said.

I pulled out my phone and sent a brief text to the agency's group chat that there was somebody for them to meet. They were going to be met with quite the surprise when they saw Victoria and our other new employee, that was for sure.

"They'll be upstairs. We'll be up briefly. We have another person to give greetings to," Cotoli answered. "Feel free to look around. A formal introduction circle will commence shortly, I promise, but for now, this will have to do."

Victoria nodded hesitantly, though I could tell she was still unsure of what to do. I pointed her to the elevator silently, prompting her to follow my directions and enter the elevator. She disappeared behind the doors soon after.