Ace Attorney: Secrets beneath Secrets

Turnabout Betrayal, Part 6

April 22

Prosecutor's Office

1:15 PM

Chrysalis Starr

When we got to the Prosecutor's Office for our investigation of the day, we saw three people standing in the lobby right away. I recognized one as Sora, making a grin appear on my face. Sora had come through and brought Prosecutor Yin along to tell us what she had seen at the time of the crime. I dashed up to her, ready to greet her and her two guests.

The first person was Prosecutor Tora Yin. She had long brown hair reaching her hips. She had light blue bangs with braids of electric blue wrapping around her head to form a wreath shape. Her eyes were bright blue as well. She wore a simple yet formal white dress with a silvery blue choker. She completed the looks with pastel blue tights and black flats.

The second person I recognized as Jay Yang, a defense attorney. He and Tora had been together as long as anyone could remember, whether they were butting heads in playful arguments or actually acting like they got along. Jay had deep brown hair, looking almost black, with blonde bangs. His hair was tied mostly back into a ponytail. He wore a beige suit with a yellow plastic flower in his chest pocket. He opted out of a tie, instead leaving the top few buttons of his white undershirt undone. He managed to look casual and formal at the same time, something I had gotten used to with him over the years.

"It's good to see you again, Cotoli," Jay said with a wide grin. He had always been laxer with titles than Prosecutor Yin, so he was on a first name basis with me and my brother while Tora opted to use titles instead. I didn't know how they could be so close but be so different at the same time.

"As to you," Cotoli nodded, giving him a small smile in return. "Prosecutor Yin, it's been far too long."

"I heard you wanted to talk to me. You would not believe how noisy Sora was when calling me to call me here," Prosecutor Yin remarked with a playful eye roll. Her sense of humor mostly consisted of sarcasm and snarky remarks, but I knew she wasn't trying to go out of her way to spite us in this situation. She was just trying to be nice, though she did that in her own weird little way.

"Yes. We heard you were here at the Prosecutor's Office yesterday. I take it that you already know about the full details behind the murder, yes?" I said.

"Straight to business as usual, Ms. Starr... I was here. Of course I was. For crying out loud, I work here. Why wouldn't I have been here? I was in to finish up some last-minute paperwork before taking the day off. I had some other things to take care of after I finished the day," Prosecutor Yin replied. "I know what you want to hear about already. You want to know about what I figured out about the defense attorney I saw."

"Yes. You can read our minds," Cotoli teased, a small smirk on his face. That was as far as he went with joking around where Prosecutor Yin was concerned, and I liked seeing him so relaxed.

"Well, I'm happy to answer any questions you have. I knew the victim well from working with him on a few cases, and I don't like that he died this way... He did deserve better. As for the person I saw at the time of the crime, it was a man with dark hair. He was on the taller side. I hadn't ever seen him before, but I felt like he came off as familiar... Does that make sense?" Prosecutor Yin asked, shaking her head. "I don't know if that will mean much of anything to you, but I figured I would throw it out there."

"So, you felt like you had met him before despite having never met him... How odd. I wonder if maybe you ran into him by chance on another case. Maybe he was your rival one time when you went into court. Did you catch anything like his name?" Cotoli asked, crossing his arms.