Title: Order In The Court: Part IV
Day/Theme: 4th May / Sailing seas and climbing banyans
Series: Bleach / Phoenix Wright
Character/Pairing: Apollo Justice and co, Nemu
Rating: G
"You are at liberty to examine the scene of the crime," Kurotsuchi Nemu monotoned, "as long as you do not disturb anything."
"Blood tests?" Ema Skye said hopefully. "Luminol? Fingerprint checks? Footprint checks?"
"That would be disturbing the scene," Nemu said.
"Lists of witnesses, fraulein?" Klavier Gavin tried. He tossed his blond hair back from his face while posing in a hip-thrusting manner which Nemu recognised from certain private videos that were the property of the Shinigami Women's Association.
"There were none," she answered.
"So basically," Apollo Justice said, "we get to stand here and look at the big bloodstain on the wall?"
"Precisely," Nemu said. "I hope that this is of value to you."
"Well, I don't think it's much use!" Trucy objected. "And nor does Mr Hat!" She pirouetted, pouted, and somehow produced a large puppet . . . out . . . of . . . empty . . . space . . .
"How did you do that?" Nemu asked urgently. "What sort of kidou did you use to manifest that creation? Or is it a case of transdimensional space manipulation?"
"It's magic!" Trucy said happily. She tilted her hat and billowed her cape. "A magician never explains her secrets!"
Nemu frowned. She walked around the girl, examining the puppet. It was a large wooden thing. There was simply no way that the girl could have hidden it. "How precisely --"
"Do it again for the nice lady," Apollo said urgently. "In fact, why don't you take her for a little stroll while she works out how you do it?"
"Ja!" Klavier agreed. He gave Trucy a particularly melting smile. "We wouldn't want the nice Fraulein Shinigami to be distracted while she's solving the problem, would we?"
Ema blinked, then nodded. "We'll just stand here and not do anything at all! Especially not anything scientific!"
Reassured by this, Nemu turned back to Trucy. "Could you repeat that manifestation?" she asked.
"Of course!" Trucy said. She furled her cape round her, making the large puppet vanish. "Why don't we go round the corner here to talk about it, so that you can see it in a better light?"
"An excellent thought," Nemu agreed. She let Trucy lead her round the corner, then watched intensely while the girl made the thing appear a second time.
Some screams and crashes from the square that they had just left drew her attention away from the manifestation. "What do you think that is?" she asked.
"Probably my friends are just doing some healthy ladder-climbing and Polly had one of his little vertigo attacks and Prosecutor Gavin had to distract him and Ema fell off the ladder out of shock," Trucy suggested helpfully. "Nothing to worry about."
Nemu nodded. "Indeed. Now please vanish that thing again, while I watch."
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Compilation of Order in the Court