[cp 3] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Tue Sep 15, 2015 9:01 pm

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This is a spin-off fan-fiction series of the only currently-running sprite comic on this site: Robert Civil: Ace Attorney, which you can check out here. Because Civil is technically the main star of the sprite comic, Rachel's role is rather limited. I have tried to focus on her character more, but in order to progress the Turnabouts, this too is a limited feat. This will run alongside the sprite comic, albeit it on a less-frequent basis.

I had a few ideas for how our favourite potato chip's life progresses after the sprite comic. More notably: the tale of how she goes through college and eventually does the bar exam. I do not know how often this will be updated, nor how far this story will advance (I have outlines, but outlines change.) For now, I just hope that you enjoy reading!

Synopsis:
After a four year internship with Twain & Co Law Offices under Ace Attorney Robert Civil, Rachel is studying for her bar exam in another state. She misses Civil and (by association,) she misses solving murders and winning trials.

Spoiler: Chapter 1: Perpetual Lateness and Torn Tights

Rachel shuffled through the lecture theatre’s doors and subconsciously pushed her jet black hair behind her ear. She immediately cringed as she did so as this only made her identity more clear to her professor, who of course pointed her out. “Miss Rushton…” He muttered like a disappointed father through his thick greying beard. Rachel turned her head and glanced over at her elder, switching her attitude from apologetic to passive-aggressively confrontational.

“I can only apologise for being late, Professor.” Rachel diverted her weight to the heel of her foot and swivelled into an empty seat on an empty row. “That was polite, grammatically correct and civil. You can’t criticise a girl for that.” The Professor continued his lecture as though an interruption had not taken place. His class was far too challenging for a Tuesday evening. Somehow, Rachel was expected to learn the ins-and-outs of a lawsuit over thirty years old. This felt all the more difficult because her mind was preoccupied with the stress of her day job. It took all of the power she had not to reply to law-related questions with “yes, the Italian bread is fresh.”

As the professor spoke of murder and trials, Rachel’s peers merely stared in acknowledgement. Only she had seen both of these first hand, yet she quickly found that this did not affect her grades. First-hand experience meant nothing to the professor who marked Rachel’s papers. Apparently, correcting the source material because “I worked on that case and knew that Lore did it all along” was more of a hindrance than a statement deserving extra credit.

In a bid to distract herself, she hitched up her black dress and stared at the pull in her tights. Amongst a mutter or two of disdain, she smoothed the frayed fabric with the back of hand and very quickly forgot about it, as she had an hour ago. As much as she had been excited by her acceptance letter to the law college of her dreams, part of Rachel wished that Ivy University had insisted on her presence. Despite her attendance at college, her heart and mind frequented the hallways of Twain & Co Law Offices.

“This is depressing,” she muttered to herself, having reached the peak of her self-allocated reminiscing time. Pushed to her limits, she made a decision that she needed either a nap or a walk accompanied by the Talking Heads tune of her choosing. This short selection of choices was cut short when the professor once again turned his attention to her. Little did she know, she had been muttering the lyrics to ‘Heaven’ at a volume which was disturbing to the class.

It was just one of those days.

Spoiler: Chapter 2: Make-Up

Spoiler: Chapter 3: Her Taste In Music

Rachel’s heart beat out of time with whatever song was blasting through Shannon’s speakers. She scowled at her friend’s choice of music just as she had done to the homework assignment issued by her professor. Unlike most people, Rachel never felt the impulse to tap her foot to any and every tune which just so happened to grace the charts.

This ideology often landed her in heated conversations with people on both sides of the musical scale. Those who solely listened to modern music (which was essentially lyrical masturbation glorifying certain parts of the female body) mocked her in the way they were all too used to doing. After all, thirteen year old girls dominated the musical charts through their parents’ iTunes purchases. That group had had plenty of times to defend their poor taste in so-called ‘art.’ The other group which Rachel found herself in conflict with was the romantics. Those who found solace in the lyrics of Bob Dylan. They recovered from the failures of their love lives by singing along with the words ‘if you see her, say hello.’ Neither group’s interests satisfied her. Instead, she preferred the music of lesser-known bands. She would turn her nose up at the old and the new in exchange for the peculiar. This made her different from every other girl her age.

Rachel had no intention of being romanticised. She had accepted who she was and was not comfortable with anyone else changing that, albeit it even in their own mind. In fact, Rachel was proud of the fact that she was far from being a manic pixie dream girl. She had spent the previous few years of her life in the shadow of one of the state’s finest attorneys. This had supressed her individuality as was the case with every intern. Rachel knew that these were the days she could shine. She could break free from the constraints of a nine-till-five unpaid day. She could stay up too late, drink wine from a coffee mug and then stumble into a lecture late the next day without an ounce of regret. On paper, her life was finally the way that she had always wanted it to be. Exactly why she felt like she was losing out was a mystery. If only she could identify exactly what was missing: only then would she be happy.

There had to be a reason why her life was not complete. The little moments of her day accumulated in her nightly thoughts and ultimately gave her dissatisfaction. She decided to dedicate her night to discovering what it was that she was missing, as she pulled her weight on top of the kitchen counter and leant her head against a kitchen cupboard.

That is all for today, folks! As always, if the reception is decent, then I will continue. If it is negative, then... I will probably still continue. After all, I love to improve and am eager to create something somebody enjoys. After all, I am here for you, folks! :will:

All the best, people.

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Last edited by DefenceLawyer on Sat Oct 03, 2015 2:18 pm, edited 5 times in total.

Re: Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training) [Chapter 1]

Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:48 am

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I like it, but what's this about hair? Is that her translator you're talking about? Because I know potato chips don't have hair.

Re: Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training) [Chapter 1]

Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:45 pm

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Oliver wrote:

I like it, but what's this about hair? Is that her translator you're talking about? Because I know potato chips don't have hair.

Hair? I s-s-said... CHAIR! Yes! CHAIR!

The potato chips were resting on a chair :basil:

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Re: Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training) [Chapter 1]

Wed Sep 16, 2015 12:48 pm

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...This is your first and last chance.

Re: Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training) [Chapter 1]

Wed Sep 16, 2015 9:18 pm

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Oliver wrote:

...This is your first and last chance.

The chances are unlimited! :athena:

Edit: Update!

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Re: Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training) [Chapter 1]

Thu Sep 17, 2015 2:08 am

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DefenceLawyer wrote:

Oliver wrote:

...This is your first and last chance.

The chances are unlimited! :athena:

Edit: Update!

F-Fine...

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:18 am

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Sorry for double post...but the head Prosecutor of the state talked to RACHEL?!

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:28 am

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Oliver wrote:

Sorry for double post...but the head Prosecutor of the state talked to RACHEL?!

The head prosecutor of the state is the main prosecutor in my comic :will:

you'll see.

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Thu Sep 17, 2015 11:46 am

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I thought he would be fooled and think the translator is Rachel...

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 4:47 pm

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Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip antics.

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:12 pm

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Oliver wrote:

Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip comics.

What my eyes mistook as.

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:13 pm

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Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

Oliver wrote:

Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip comics.

What my eyes mistook as.

...Are you fucking kidding me?

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:16 pm

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Oliver wrote:

Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

Oliver wrote:

Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip comics.

What my eyes mistook as.

...Are you fucking kidding me?

How about... No?

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:17 pm

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...Dammit, Patch.

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:27 pm

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Oliver wrote:

Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip antics.

I angrily haven't. I made the mistake of writing chapter 3 up in the post itself rather than in a document and then pasting it here. When I hit delete to get rid of a word, it accidentally went 'back' and I lost the whole thing. I have been sulking about it ever since :basil:

I'll get to rewriting it. Have been writing for my young adults mystery book all day; so this day hasn't went by without writing haha :will:

Dammit, Patch.

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 7:29 pm

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DefenceLawyer wrote:

Oliver wrote:

Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip antics.

I angrily haven't. I made the mistake of writing chapter 3 up in the post itself rather than in a document and then pasting it here. When I hit delete to get rid of a word, it accidentally went 'back' and I lost the whole thing. I have been sulking about it ever since :basil:

I'll get to rewriting it. Have been writing for my young adults mystery book all day; so this day hasn't went by without writing haha :will:

Dammit, Patch.

...
...
...
...
*sigh*
Well good luck...

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:26 pm

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Oliver wrote:

DefenceLawyer wrote:

Oliver wrote:

Will you be updating this again soon? I want to see some more potato chip antics.

I angrily haven't. I made the mistake of writing chapter 3 up in the post itself rather than in a document and then pasting it here. When I hit delete to get rid of a word, it accidentally went 'back' and I lost the whole thing. I have been sulking about it ever since :basil:

I'll get to rewriting it. Have been writing for my young adults mystery book all day; so this day hasn't went by without writing haha :will:

Dammit, Patch.

...
...
...
...
*sigh*
Well good luck...

I feel as though you are constantly judging me, Oliver :basil:

I imagine that when I start rewriting chapter 3, you will slide past my window like that woman out of Monsters Inc "I'm watching you, DefenceLawyer. Aaaaaaaaaaaalways waaaaatching."

(I will work on it, I promise :hobohodo:

)

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:27 pm

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Because I totally don't already do that... :yogi:

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:32 pm

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Oliver wrote:

Because I totally don't already do that... :yogi:

I will not make Ceaser kidnap you if you give me 94 of your posts...

Thus making ME the ACE ATTORNEY! :javado:

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:35 pm

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I've already been kidnapped by Cesar, it wasn't too bad. I mean, sure, I'll never be the same....but at least it was fun. :sahwit:

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:41 pm

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Oliver wrote:

I've already been kidnapped by Cesar, it wasn't too bad. I mean, sure, I'll never be the same....but at least it was fun. :sahwit:

At this rate, we will have to start a 'victims of Cesar' fund...

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:57 pm

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...What, is this all my fault now?! :dahlia:

~~just kidding lol~~

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 8:59 pm

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Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

...What, is this all my fault now?! :dahlia:

~~just kidding lol~~

Dammit, Patch... :sahwit:

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:01 pm

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DefenceLawyer wrote:

Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

...What, is this all my fault now?! :dahlia:

~~just kidding lol~~

Dammit, Patch... :sahwit:

Patch...why did you do it? Why did you kill the comic? Now we're all dead.

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:01 pm

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DefenceLawyer wrote:

Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

...What, is this all my fault now?! :dahlia:

~~just kidding lol~~

Dammit, Patch... :sahwit:

ばか!!!!!!

Oliver wrote:

DefenceLawyer wrote:

Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

...What, is this all my fault now?! :dahlia:

~~just kidding lol~~

Dammit, Patch... :sahwit:

Patch...why did you do it? Why did you kill the comic? Now we're all dead.

So what? It's not like we're in the afterlife, fool.

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:02 pm

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I will murder you, Patch.

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:03 pm

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Oliver wrote:

I will murder you, Patch.

Is that a death threat?

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:03 pm

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Oliver wrote:

I will murder you, Patch.

I would believe him, Patch. RUN! I'll try and hold him off with cookies!

*Throws cookies*

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:04 pm

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DefenceLawyer wrote:

Oliver wrote:

I will murder you, Patch.

I would believe him, Patch. RUN! I'll try and hold him off with cookies!

*Throws cookies*

Ooooh! Cookie! *throws shuriken at Patch* You will have cookies to! *shuriken turns into rope and I try to drag Patch over here...but I appear to have strangled her*

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:05 pm

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And I appeared to have sliced him into a bizillion pieces just with a single spellcard and my spirit sword...

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:06 pm

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...You're no fun, Patch. :sadshoe:

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:07 pm

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I thought Edgeworth disapproves fun? Come to think of it, aren't you Miles Edgeworth?

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:08 pm

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BAD OLIVER!

I HAVE WARNED YOU ABOUT KILLING OUR FRIENDS.

And no, Patch- I mean.. Dead person! He is Shelly De Oliver!

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:09 pm

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Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

I thought Edgeworth disapproves fun? Come to think of it, aren't you Miles Edgeworth?

May I redirect you to my custom title?
I'm too useless to be Edgeworth.

Franziska, DefenceLawyer, time to go to the next life, with me.

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:10 pm

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Proven: [Shelly de] Oliver is a Yandere.

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:13 pm

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Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

Proven: [Shelly de] Oliver is a Yandere.

Forgive me, but.. What is a Yandere?

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:14 pm

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I'm Oliver Doe, stop trying to drag me down.
Wait no, wrong one. I blame Patch. Dammit Patch.

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:14 pm

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DefenceLawyer wrote:

Patchouli Knowledge wrote:

Proven: [Shelly de] Oliver is a Yandere.

Forgive me, but.. What is a Yandere?

Yandere: They have two sides to their personality. Yanderes are extremely sweet, caring and gentle to those they love very much. However, they are usually mentally unstable, causing them to show their affection often through violence. Ex: Yuno Gasai from Mirai Nikki (also known as the yandere queen)

Oliver x DefenceLawyer, anyone? :3

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Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:20 pm

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You just love shipping me with everyone, don't you? As I said previously, I am straight, unfortunately for you. As well as that, I'm still 12 years old.

Re: [cp 2] Rachel Rushton: Ace Attorney (in training)

Mon Sep 28, 2015 9:22 pm

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Oliver wrote:

You just love shipping me with everyone, don't you? As I said previously, I am straight, unfortunately for you. As well as that, I'm still 12 years old.

But aren't you actually 40 years old?

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