[fic] Rising ~ Epilogue

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Title: Rising ~ Epilogue
Status: Complete
Author: kiyala
Word Count: total c. 28 000
Fandom: Ace Attorney
Characters/Pairing: Lots of people, but mainly Daryan Crescend / Klavier Gavin
Rating: NC-17 overall
Warnings: Um, the length? D: Also, gay princes and knights.
Disclaimer: CAPCOM own Ace Attorney
Notes: Epilogue

- Prologue -
- Part One -
- Part Two -
- Part Three -
- Part Four -

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True to what had been announced, the fate of Kristoph Gavin was decided the following day. Klavier had distanced himself - hesitant to bring down judgment on his own brother, but adamant that Kristoph would not escape his crimes. He left Kristoph locked up in the streets, letting the citizens of Ariadoney choose their own punishment for him. He did not look at the corpse before it was dragged off to be burned. Daryan did not tell him that it was he who had delivered the final blow. Klavier did not want to know.

The Phoenix made a far better king for Ariadoney than Kristoph ever was. Klavier was only too happy to step down from the position of prince. The Phoenix kept him in the royal court along with Daryan, the two of them sharing responsibility for Ariadoney’s relations with others – just as always.

Miles Edgeworth returned to Ariadoney to take charge of the knights, working to undo the damage that Kristoph had caused. Some of this damage was irreversible – Princess Trucy could not be reunited with her true father. Other problems were easier to fix. The Gramarye elves were happy to hear that the Phoenix was the new king of Ariadoney, allying themselves with the kingdom against for the first time in a decade after finally settling the civil dispute that had divided the elves for so long. Valant became a better king once the opposition had died down.

Lamiroir returned to Kurain with Maya, beginning to uncover pieces of her memory, but still not enough to piece together.

An unannounced visit a week after the Phoenix was crowned as king found Klavier hailed as hero by representatives of the Kitaki clan, the leader of them being none other than Wocky, now completely cured of his curse. Apollo, who had stayed at the castle to train under the Phoenix, was deeply impressed by Wocky, giving him a new perspective with which to see the world: what would Wocky do?

After several years of hardship, the return of the Phoenix finally brought peace and order to not only Ariadoney, but to those surrounding the kingdom. Things were finally the way they should be.

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Comments

[cosmiko-ling.livejournal.com]

I enjoyed reading this. I liked the roles that you assigned to each of the characters that appeared - I don't think there was any one that I didn't find suitable! Even the animals. In fact, I was often thinking "nice(ly assigned)" as I read - and how you fitted the GS4 plots into this - it was a pleasant surprise when I first came to the meeting with the elves, then I settled into enjoying the rest. I've to say I was very relieved that the GS4-3 plot wasn't followed to the end though. XD With all those ominous Daryan is about to betray Klavier hints, I was so afraid I'll be reading through another heartbreaking story. Heh, so yea, I was quite glad it didn't end up one. XD Characterisations felt generally ok to me. Needless to say, I was happy with the Daryan/Klavier (knight and prince~ *swoons*) and the Phoenix/Miles too! (There's something I like very much about Miles being cast as a dragon tamer. And Maya was cool in here too~ I thought you wrote her well. ^^) I was a little disappointed that the end was so short though - as in, I was kinda expecting Kristoph to keep his mask on a little longer, there to be more mental/verbal/physical/whatever sparring/battle between Kristoph and Phoenix (the kind that had me on the edge of my seat while playing 4-1?), the crowd to perhaps teeter a little more between who to believe maybe?... It just felt a little... too easy after all the build up, all the preparations, all the talk about the danger and the possibility of Phoenix losing control once more. But despite that, I can say I did enjoy reading. Cool planning and nicely written!

[kiyala.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed the roles I assigned to all the characters ^^
As for Daryan - I wanted to keep him somewhat close to how he was in GS4, but at the same tme, I didn't want to make him betray Klavier... so the closest I could think of was having him be tossing up between the whole kill-Klavier-myself or watch-Kristoph-do-it thing.
And yeah, I kind of ran out of steam at the end xD;; I would really have loved to make the showdown between Phoenix and Kristoph a lot longer, but it had gotten to the point where I had to finish it or I'd end up hating it forever, which is why it ended so quickly ^^;