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Casey Taylor: Ace Attorney
An Ace Attorney Alternate Universe focused more on lawsuits and divorces than murderous crimes (sort of).
Case 1: The First Lawsuit
September 26th, 09:45
Los Osaka District Court
Defendant’s Lobby No. 2
My name is Casey Taylor, an up and coming attorney at law. I had founded my own law firm just a few months ago, and today was the first case I would ever take on with my new firm. But indeed, I could not take on the first case myself, and potential co-counsels were yet to apply for their role, so there was only one person who could help me see the trial through.
???: You lookin’ forward to yer first case, pal?
Casey: Y-y-yes, grandad.
My grandfather, Blaise Taylor, an entertainer turned lawyer. I am yet to understand his exact reasoning for his career change, but I know he enjoys his job, which could explain his eagerness to work with his grandson of all people. I cannot blame him, though. After all, he always acted as my father figure, and I knew he was having problems with another law firm. So, I agreed to him acting as my co-counsel and advisor before accepting more employees.
Blaise: So whose rep are you trying to protect today?
Casey: I’m not in it for protecting one’s rep. I’m in it for justice.
Blaise: I know lad, I’m just testing ya. Don’t want to let that legal power get to yer head, you don’t.
Casey: I suppose. Anyway, you were asking about my client, right?
Blaise: Aye.
Casey: Grandfather, this is Mr Magnus Masterson.
Masterson is a 21-year-old independent spirit medium living in the Los Osaka area, currently training his ancestral spirit channelling techniques. I knew not much of the mystic, only that he was subject to speculation in the Oh Cult magazine; last year, he had been deemed a rare case of a medium publicly coming out as trans.
Magnus: I am honoured to be of your acquaintance, Mr Taylor.
Blaise: So, can I clarify what your case is?
Magnus: I am being sued by Doctor Eugene Nichols for fraud. He believes his wife had recently passed away after having been missing for a month. So he contacted me to channel her spirit, and suffice to say, she never appeared. And he may have insulted my gender on the way out.
Blaise: His ladylove could still be alive. Why would he want to sue ya anyway? And what’s wrong with yer gender?
Casey: I guess what the doctor didn’t know is that training to channel spirits is delicate work and it takes time. Years, even.
Magnus: Indeed. That is why I don’t take responsibility for dissatisfaction caused by failed channellings. I even made that disclaimer in my contract.
(Contract added to Court Record)
Casey: By the way, thank you for helping me help you, Mr Masterson. This is my first case as a respondent, so I’ll try my best to make it memorable, and find the truth behind Dr Nichols’ motivation for filing a potentially unsubstantiated suit against you.
Blaise: Aye. And we’ll see why that doctor believes in that sort of transphobic rubbish!
Magnus: Good luck, Mr Taylor. And to you too, Mr Taylor.
Blaise: May the force be with ya.
...
September 26th, 10:00
Los Osaka District Court
Courtroom No. 2
In the case of Dr Eugene Nichols vs Mr Magnus Masterson, the Plaintiff’s representative is Mr Dirk Straumann of Straumann at Law, and the Respondent’s representative is yours truly, Casey Taylor of Taylor and Co. Mr Straumann seems to be smug in his bench, which would not be considered a good sign by beginner lawyers. But it looks like I’ll have to hear him to believe my worries.
Bailiff: All rise! The Honourable Judge Bluebrook presiding!
(bang)
Judge: Court is now in session for Dr Eugene Nichols vs Mr Magnus Masterson. Is the plaintiff ready?
Straumann: Yes, your honour.
Judge: And is the respondent ready?
Casey: Y-y-yes, your honour. (Nerves, don’t fail me now.)
Judge: Before we begin, may I be the first to congratulate Mr Taylor on his first proper case as a founder of his new law firm.
Casey: Thanks, your honour. I’m a bit nervous here.
Judge: Noted. Just to let you know that however you conduct yourself in court will have an impact on your future law career. So you have better made sure that you are prepared for the job.
Casey: Noted, your honour. (That didn’t make me any less nervous, to be honest…)
Judge: And Mr Straumann, your opening statement please.
Straumann: Certainly. Members of the court, my client is currently working as a paediatrician. As a doctor of such profession, he has seen many illnesses and injuries in children and teenagers. So the general public would think he’d be used to dealing with trouble. However, nothing troubles him more than a fraudster using a protected minority’s job to steal money from him, keeping him worried about his missing wife who he believes to be deceased. My client knows a thing or two about the protected minority of Spirit Mediums, and he deems it fact that nobody could ever be Spirit Mediums other than women. Cisgender women, to be precise. My case will remind you of the rules of being a Spirit Medium based on the guidelines provided by Mystic Ami Fey of the Kurain Channelling Technique. It will argue its stance on the fraud based on business law. And when all that is said and done, you will see why the court should be in favour of Dr Eugene Nichols.
(chatter)
Casey: (Wow. No wonder he is smug, he’s good at what he does. Although I wonder why he had to specify the identity of women as spirit mediums. And why the emphasis on “cisgender”? I fear some transphobia.)
(bang)
Judge: Mr Taylor?
Blaise: You’ve got it, sonny.
Casey: Ahem. Members of the court, this is not some variety show promotion. We have a male Spirit Medium in the room. And as such, he would be deemed the rarest of rare by paranormal enthusiasts. However, as rare as he is deemed to be, my client has attracted controversy for the fact that he has defied gender boundaries in terms of being a medium. I have personally read reports of a group of acolytes from Kurain Village straight up dismissing him as a fraud. But my case will prove that my client is the Real McCoy, as my grandfather says. We will provide evidence of his legitimacy as an independent contractor. We will clarify the contents of the signed contract to prove that he is legally exempt from responsibility for failed channellings. And in doing so, we will prove the case of the plaintiff, Dr Nichols, is anything but substantiated, meaning the court should be in favour of Mr Magnus Masterson.
(chatter)
Blaise: I see you’ve done some research and practice.
Casey: Yeah. I sure did. Court cases are a bit like University essays. It’s all about the opening, the reviews, the evidence and the conclusion.
Blaise: Aye. That’s a good point actually…
(bang)
Judge: Mr Straumann, you may now call your first witness.
Straumann: Certainly, your honour. To begin, we will need to hear the story straight from the horse’s mouth: the only person who was there when the fraud occurred. The Plaintiff calls Dr Eugene Nichols to the stand.
Casey: (This is it. I know from the start that the story seems unsubstantiated. The question is, how low can he go?)
…
Straumann: Witness, can you please state your name and profession for the record?
Doctor: My name is Dr Eugene Nichols, age 41, and I work as a paediatrician at the Farmer Memorial Hospital.
Straumann: Can you clarify what you are suing for, Dr Nichols?
Doctor: I am suing for fraud.
Straumann: May I ask why?
Doctor: The person I am suing claims to be proficient in his technique. I felt suspicious as you do, as I had never heard of a male spirit medium, let alone a trans medium. But I figured I would take the chance.
Straumann: And is the person you’re suing in the courtroom today?
Doctor: Yes. He is wearing acolyte robes with light-black hair, just like I remembered.
Straumann: Now, Dr Nichols, can you testify as to why you hired the services of Mr Masterson, and what transpired?
Doctor: Certainly, Mr Straumann.
Casey: (And this is the moment where I study the witness’s words carefully. Anything he says can and will be used against him, but what?)
Witness Testimony: Why Hire a Male Medium?
Doctor: So my wife, Aria Nichols, had been missing since the beginning of August. And my hope was that she still was missing. However, I loved my wife so dearly that I started to fear the worst: what if she was dead? I would have filed in a police report, but I had been busy as all doctors should be. Eventually, my fear grew, so I figured I had to find out if my wife was still alive. Just then, I managed to meet up with the respondent by coincidence. He claimed to be the only male spirit medium still in existence, and he claimed to be proficient in his technique. I was so desperate, I felt I had to go to him. Suffice to say, I paid him in advance and signed a contract with no questions asked. Then, we went to the makeshift channelling chamber, and the channelling was supposed to begin. I could have sworn that I heard her sweet voice, but I thought I was just imagining things. I decided that, because the medium never went unconscious. He never even changed his form. I admit, I let out my worries in the worst way possible with a few insults here and there, but it was all out of anger, and I was certain I would see my wife. The medium not being able to channel her made me a little bit mad. Mad to the point of complaining and asking for a refund. Hence, I am asking for some monetary compensation for a failed channelling.
Casey: I don’t know, grandad. His testimony seems professional and immaculate like a doctor’s report.
Blaise: Well, he is a doctor.
Casey: But here’s the thing. Something about that last sentence is poking at my head. And he said that my client “claimed” to be a male spirit medium. I’ll have to dig deeper with this one.
Blaise: Do you know how?
Casey: Yes. If the explanations seem cryptic, I press the witness for more information. If the explanation is contradictory, that’s when my loud voice and posing come into play.
Judge: Alright, Mr Taylor, you may begin your cross-examination.
Casey: Yes, you honour. (Time to scrub in, as they say)
Cross-Examination
Casey: Dr Nichols, how long were you married to your wife, Mrs Aria Nichols?
Doctor: Around five years.
Casey: I see. And do you love her with all your heart?
OBJECTION!
Straumann: Your honour, the Doctor said in his statement that he was extremely worried about his wife. Is that enough love to invalidate that leading question?
Casey: You have a point, Mr Straumann sir. (Why did I forget that love was personal?)
Judge: Sustained. You don’t have to answer that question.
Casey: Sorry, Dr Nichols. I won’t question it. How did you meet up with my client, Mr Masterson?
OBJECTION!
Straumann: Your honour, I object! What does that have to do with anything?
Judge: Mr Taylor?
Casey: Legitimate spirit mediums can sometimes advertise their cause. I just wanted to clarify whether my client was advertising his services by the time he allegedly committed fraud, thus providing the legitimacy of the contracts he has singed.
Judge: Overruled. Dr Nichols, answer the question.
Doctor: I was on my way home from the hospital one day, and I saw Mr Masterson promoting a “Free Kurain” campaign for whatever that meant. So I had a talk with him, and when he mentioned that he was a spirit medium, I thought of it as an opportunity to see if my wife had become a spirit.
Casey: I see. You said in your testimony that my client claimed to be the only male spirit medium still in existence.
Doctor: Indeed I did.
Casey: Did you find yourself doubting that claim?
Doctor: At first, I did. I couldn’t believe that a male spirit medium ever existed. And I thought that Mr Masterson being a trans man meant he was biologically a woman. And I made it clear to Mr Straumann that only biological women can be mediums. That’s why I gave your client a chance.
Casey: Your honour, I call for that statement to be added to his testimony
OBJECTION!
Straumann: Your honour, the respondent has just made it clear that he would use an argument about gender to discredit the case of a legitimate doctor who remains professional and unbiased in his opinions. I object to the respondent adding this irrelevant statement to my client’s testimony.
Judge: Overruled.
Doctor: This is ridiculous!
Judge: The plaintiff will add that statement to his testimony.
Doctor: Alright, whatever pleases this tomboyish freak.
Judge: Anymore of your transphobia, Dr Nichols, and I’ll hold you in contempt!
Casey: (That’s his transphobic backside told. Now to hit him with the disclaimer at the opportune moment…)
Doctor: As I was saying, I didn’t believe that there were male spirit mediums, let alone trans mediums. But I still saw potential in your strange client, and I had no other choice. So I signed a contract agreeing to his services, and here we are.
HOLD IT!
Casey: (Shows contract) Dr Nichols, is this a copy of your contract?
Doctor: What type?
Casey: A terms and conditions agreement that tells independent spirit mediums that their client has agreed to their services. Much like the one you just mentioned?
Doctor: Yes.
Casey: So we can confirm that you have signed this very contract?
Doctor: Yes.
Casey: You said in your testimony that you signed that contract with no questions asked. Does that mean you fully read the terms and agreements?
OBJECTION!
Straumann: The question has been asked and answered.
Casey: Rebuttal! What question was asked about Dr Nichols reading the contract?
Straumann: Well, he did say it in his testimony…
Judge: What exactly did he say about reading the contract?
Straumann: Well… I thought he said something like… I forgot, your honour.
Judge: Overruled! I will have to penalise you for this one, Mr Straumann!
Straumann: GAH!
Judge: Dr Nichols, did you fully read the contract?
Doctor: Yes, I have. Even the fine print.
Casey: Thank you, your honour. Dr Nichols, you said that you have read the full terms and agreements, and that you have signed the contract with no questions asked. Can you please clarify what the fine print says in this copy?
Doctor: It says: “Spirit channeling is delicate time-sensitive work, and the medium will not be held responsible for failed channellings.”
OBJECTION!
Casey: Dr Nichols? Can you repeat that last statement for the record?
Doctor: Why? I don’t see any problem with that contract. I agreed to it.
Casey: Maybe so, but I see a contradiction in between the testimony, and what you have just said.
Doctor: Excuse me?
Casey: If you agreed that my client is legally exempt from any responsibility, why would you ask for a refund?
Doctor: …
OBJECITON!
Straumann: For one thing, that sounds to me like an accusatory question. And for the other, my client didn’t feel the need to clarify why he was certain his wife was dead.
Blaise: Casey, I think I smell trouble.
Casey: Yeah. (I think Mr Straumann is playing dirty.)
Judge: Alright, Doctor, I think the respondent needs a second opinion! Testify to the court your certainty of your wife’s apparent death!
Doctor: Yes, ma’am!
Witness Testimony: How My Wife Died
Doctor: I forgot to tell you that my wife worked as an FBI agent. I know there are high stakes involved in such a profession. I mean, you basically get into dangerous territories in order to solve criminal cases. That’s why I didn’t file in my police report; I assumed they knew my wife was missing, and I had other lives to fix, heal and save anyway. But then, a calling card with a shell appeared in my room.
Casey: A calling card with a shell?
Blaise: But that could only mean…
Casey: Grandad, I hope you’re not thinking what I’m thinking.
(chatter)
Straumann: Members of the court, I thought I would only share this testimony in an emergency, and this is such an emergency! And I have the evidence to back it up. May I direct the court’s attention to the calling card of Shelly DeKiller!
Casey and Blaise: SHELLY DEKILLER?!!!!
(chatter)
”I thought that guy retired.”
”Is the doctor a meanie?”
”I didn’t know the doctor was dangerous.”
(bang, bang, bang)
Judge: ORDER! PLEASE! I WILL HAVE ORDER IN MY COURT! MR STRAUMANN, WHY DID YOU HIDE THIS TESTIMONY FROM THE COURT?!
Straumann: I just said, I was sharing it in an emergency! I knew the respondent would do this!
Judge: STRAUMANN, YOU WILL RECEIVE THAT PENALTY!
Straumann: GAH! You’re the cause of this, Taylor!
Judge: ONE MORE WORD OUT OF YOU AND I’LL HOLD YOU IN CONTEMPT!
Casey: (This judge didn’t have to be so mad, but she’s right. Why hide evidence for a murder in front of the judge that plays by the Blue Book? And why hide the testimony anyway?)
Judge: Mr Taylor, I think you need to make a complaint about that second opinion and cross-examine that doctor’s backside!
Casey: Certainly, you honour. But first, I call for that new piece of evidence to be admitted as Exhibit B.
Judge: My plan exactly, Mr Taylor.
(DeKiller Card added to Court Record)
Judge: Alright, Mr Taylor. You know the drill.
Casey: (I have this strange feeling that the judge is leaning towards my client’s favour from her outburst alone. She may not be thinking what I’m thinking, but it’s time to go in for the kill…)
Cross-Examination
Casey: (Okay. Here goes.) Dr Nichols, do you recall what crime you wife said she was working to solve?
Doctor: She told me she was working on multiple murders of children and adolescents.
Casey: Any chance that there was a criminal ring behind it all? And if not, why?
Doctor: My wife says only a lone wolf would commit to murdering children. There might not have been a criminal ring.
Casey: And I am to take it that she was close to solving the case?
OBJECTION!
Straumann: Your honour, that was a leading question!
Casey: Rebuttal! I thought of that one, because we might establish a motive for somebody to place a bounty on an FBI agent like Mrs Nichols!
Judge: Overruled! Dr Nichols, answer the question!
Doctor: I reckon she was close to solving the case. She told me that the month before she disappeared.
Casey: And you said in your bombshell of a testimony that you found a card in your house. (Shows DeKiller Card) Is this the card in question?
Doctor: Yes.
Casey: What did you think it was doing in your house?
Doctor: …
Casey: …
Blaise: …
Doctor: Calling cards mean the person has been killed by an assassin. I think it was here to warn me that I was next. What else would that mean?
OBJECTION!
Casey: Dr Nichols? I think I can answer your opining question.
Doctor: …
Blaise: (I think me grandson is about to go hard. Careful, lad.)
Casey: May I remind the court of State vs Engarde, a murder trial that occurred in 2018. Infamous actor Matt Engarde had been found guilty of conspiracy to murder his rival, Juan Corrida.
Blaise: (I remember that. The darkest day in entertainment history.)
Casey: But what, you may ask, does this have to do with the case at hand? Well, the card that has been admitted to evidence just a minute ago has a link with this very case.
HOLD IT!
Doctor: What does this have to do with anything.
Casey: I was just getting to this part, Doctor! One of the outcomes of that trial was a vital clue in Shelly DeKiller’s methods. He doesn’t just leave his calling card for the sake of threat. He leaves it as a coded message to the person who has paid for the deed to be done. Do you know what I’m getting at, Doctor Nichols?
Straumann: …
Blaise: …
Judge: …
Doctor: …
Doctor: You pretentious little f*****.
Straumann: Your honour, I call for a recess.
Casey: I’d like an answer to the question, your honour.
Judge: The court will wait for an answer.
Blaise: …
Casey: If it is true that the DeKiller card was meant to inform the conspirator of the deed being done, then why would you just discover the card there in your own house?
Judge: …
Straumann: …
Doctor: …
Blaise: (I think me grandson’s onto something…)
Casey: Doctor? The reason why the card is in your house is because you needed to know that your wife was dead, didn’t you?
OBJECTION!
Straumann: Your honour--!
Casey: And the reason why you wanted her dead was because you were the murderer she was looking for!
Blaise: Casey!
Casey: You needed clarity, so you went to a Spirit Medium!
Judge: That will be enough, Mr Taylor!
Casey: When she wasn’t channelled, you responded with transphobia!
Straumann: I call for a strike!
Casey: You needed a new assassin!
Blaise: Careful, lad!
Casey: You coerced Straumann into hiding the card!
Straumann: DANGIT, TAYLOR!
Casey: You needed the money!
Judge: Consider yourself in contempt!
Casey: So now I’m asking you; Doctor Nichols, did you place a bounty on your wife?!
Judge: You don’t have to answer the question!
Doctor: I’ll answer the question. You want answers?
Casey: This isn’t A Few Good Men. Just tell me—
Doctor: You want answers?!
Casey: I WANT THE TRUTH!
Doctor: YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Casey: …
Blaise: …
Doctor: Casey be thy name, there are many children in this world that need to fit in, and it is my job to help them. Who’s gonna do it? You? You, Mr. Masterson?! You said it yourself, this isn’t the movies. You are not in a film studio where you fight a case, and you manage to break a witness down, and you win the case by a landslide. If I had a penny for every time Straumann objected to every little piece of badgering you ever did, I’d be giving it to a children’s hospital charity to help those kids live their lives and fit in. You don’t want the truth, because that would prevent you from turning men into women, actors to lawyers and whip happy prosecutors into princesses. It would also prevent you from getting the Attorney General and his f***** slave into a marriage in order to have a family ready for a washed-up magician who still believes that every little thing she does is magic! I always hated that witch. And for some reason, my attempt at saving the entirety of Japanifornia from delusions of grandeur would end up being disturbed by two men who happen to possess the spirit of that witch’s gay father! And for what? So I could be the pantomime villain?! Well, no way Cay-say! You had to ignore the entirety of the Blue Book so that you could force Straumann to bring out that card, and have him admit it into evidence so that you could give that t***** mess whatever the f*** it is that he is entitled to!
Casey: Did you place a bounty on your wife?
Doctor: I want you to understand what I’m saying!
Casey and Blaise: DID YOU PLACE A BOUNTY ON YOUR WIFE?!
Doctor: FOR J.K’S SAKE, I DID!
Judge…
Straumann: …
Blaise: …
Casey: Your honour, I would like to call for a recess, during which time, the members of this court will take their well-deserved break.
Judge: Mr Straumann?
Straumann: …
Casey: …
Blaise: …
Straumann: I concur.
Judge: In which case, this court will go into recess for 30 minutes.
(bang)
Bailiff: All rise!
Doctor: Can I go now, ma’am? I’d like to have that freak admitted into the mental health sector, but I have tons more children I’d like to help fit in. I’m not cancelling an appointment because I made my wife a contract.
Judge: I’m afraid you’ll have to cancel all your appointments for the time being.
Doctor: What?
Judge: Bailiffs, guard the witness.
Doctor: What the hell is this?
Bailiff: Dr Nichols, at this time, we are holding you in suspicion of conspiracy to murder and charging you with contempt of court. You have the right to remain silent…
Doctor: I’m arrested for a crime?
Bailiff: …anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law…
Doctor: Is that what this is? I’m arrested for a crime?!
Bailiff: …you have the right to an attorney and to have an attorney present during questioning…
Doctor: I always like a good laugh, Bluebrook.
Bailiff: …if you should not have a lawyer, one will be provided to you at government expense.
Doctor: I’M GONNA HAVE THAT T*****’S MOTHER KILLED AND MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A SUICIDE! YOU RUINED MY REP!
Bailiff: Dr Nichols, do you understand the rights as I have read them to you?
Casey…
Blaise: …
Straumann: …
Doctor: You commie b******s. You took my one chance at making the world a better place and crushed it. Crushed it with your quack accusations. I loved my wife. I just didn’t want her to get me jailed. And now it won’t matter thanks to you, sorry sacks of t*****-kissing scum.
TAKE THAT!
Casey: Save your queerphobic rhetoric for Hell. My grandfather and I are attorneys at law, and you are under arrest, you son of a Jackal. No further questions, your honour.
…
And with that, Eugene Nichols, a potential eugenicist at heart, got sent to jail for being an aggressive, queerphobic piece of work. As for the mystery surrounding Aria Nichols? I’ve heard intelligence after the trial that the FBI and Interpol were planning to place her under Witness Protection. How, I am yet to find out. And anyway, the story of my ability to gather secret intelligence on a whim is a story for another day. And as for the trial?
September 26th, 10:45
Los Osaka District Court
Courtroom No. 2
Bailiff: All rise!
(Bang)
Judge: Court will now reconvene for the closing arguments of Dr Eugene Nichols vs Mr Magnus Masterson. Mr Straumann, what is your status on your client?
Straumann: Dr Eugene Nichols has since been held for questioning in regard to his conspiracy to murder Mrs Aria Nichols, and his contempt of court by transphobic means.
Judge: Alright, Mr Taylor, you may give your closing argument for the record. Only as a formality though.
Casey: Got it, you honour. Members of the court, we have provided evidence of my client’s legitimacy as an independent contractor. Before I went Phoenix and made it a murder trial, we have clarified the contents of the signed contract to prove that my client is legally exempt from responsibility for failed channellings. And my client told me before the trial that he came up with the disclaimer for two important reasons: A channelling failure may occur if an acolyte is still in training in terms of their technique, and a channelling failure may also occur if the person of the spirit isn’t actually dead. I cross-referenced that with State vs Iris which involved a spirit medium’s murder, and I found Defence Attorney Phoenix Wright mention the exact same sentence as my client did during that trial. Both of those discoveries are what factored into proving that the case of the plaintiff, Dr Nichols, is not only unsubstantiated, but also undertaken with fraudulent, queerphobic and criminal intent. Therefore, I ask that the court rules in favour of my client, Mr Magnus Masterson.
Judge: Thank you, Mr Taylor. If this trial had a jury, they would be impressed with your presentation. Not with the badgering, but it was either that or let the FBI run a wild goose chase.
Casey: Don’t worry, your honour. It’s not like I’m Mr Wright who’s willing to bluff all the time and create criminal confessions out of nothing. And besides, this was supposed to be a simple lawsuit, not an impromptu murder trial.
Judge: That, I could not have said better, myself. And speaking of lawsuits: this court rules in favour of…
Mr Magnus Masterson!
Judge: The respondent is hereby allowed to keep the money, and he is also awarded financial compensation for being a victim of transphobia. And with that, court is adjourned.
(bang)
(Cheering and confetti)
…
September 26th, 10:50
Los Osaka District Court
Defendant’s Lobby No. 2
Casey: Mr Masterson, we’ve won!
Magnus: We sure did. I knew that doctor was a transphobe. I didn’t know he’d try to have his wife killed to save himself from malpractice cases.
Casey: Me neither, to be honest. You would have won the case even without that card. I’m glad you made that disclaimer.
Magnus: Don’t mention it, Mr Taylor. Even mediums have standards.
Blaise: Well, Magnus me boy, I guess you finally have justice for your techniques.
Magnus: It’s not just me you saved. It was that poor woman.
Casey: Mrs Nichols, right?
Magnus: Yeah. I’m still not sure whether she’s alive or dead, but either way, she may rest now. And whatever happens, at least we have given that transphobe a piece of justice.
Casey: Mr Masterson…
Magnus: Please call me Magnus, as a token of my thanks.
Casey: You’re quite welcome, Magnus. I’d like to thank you too for making me realise the one big thing with spirit mediums, in terms of channelling the live, that is.
Magnus: Yeah. You were on fire in there, figuratively speaking.
Casey: Can I call you Max?
Magnus: Only if you keep in touch with me as I keep in touch with you, Casey.
Casey: No objection to that.
Blaise: So, Casey old pal. How about we celebrate with a chippy?
Casey: CHIPPY! I LOVE THE CHIPPY! YAAAAY!
…
Magnus: He is young at heart.
Blaise: Aye. Especially when things go to plan, they do.
Magnus: I’ll pay for the fish and chips. I don’t want that transphobe’s money in my hand.
Casey: No, please, you’ve already done enough to help my case. And it’s not his money, anymore
Magnus: I insist, Mr Case.
Casey: Ah. Thank you very much. (Seems like I made a friend too quickly, but hey. I think that’s gratitude for ya. And I did call him Max, so fair’s fair.)
…
And that was my first trial with my new law firm. I made a stunning case, I made quite the rep, I made a new friend, and I made that straw grasping attorney learn how a transphobic client acts. But that was just the beginning…
The End.