Embrace the Darkness

An ask blog for the culprits of the Great Ace Attorney Chronicles' Reaper Conspiracy. Contains MASSIVE spoilers for the game.

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Welcome!

You've come to an ask blog for the members of the Reaper Conspiracy as featured in the in Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. Here, Stronghart and his subordinates will respond to your asks, primarily by using objection.lol. (objection.lol sprites are credited to the best of my ability.)

If this is your first visit or you're here to check for updates, feel free to click the read more (it's about psyche locks and linking to important pages on my blog)

Important Pages

If you wish to search through specific posts on this blog and see what kinds of posts have been made in the past, enjoy this tag list.

For a quick rundown of what this blog is about, who all is featured on it, and things to keep in mind, check the about page.

Otherwise, feel free to stick around! Send an ask, badger the villains, or otherwise interact with them (as yourself or as another character.)

Psyche Locks

An ongoing Thing in this blog is that these characters all have at least one secret, perhaps more, that they are hiding. Although they're frank with you about their crimes, there's some things they won't share even with you (and in the case of black psyche locks, things they can't share.) Asking them the right question has a chance of triggering a topic that is hidden behind a psyche-lock.

It is possible to unlock these psyche locks (one by one or otherwise) by sending in asks.

First, make sure to clarify that you wish to confront a psyche lock and for which character it is. Then in your ask, interrogate the character like you might interrogate someone with psyche locks in-game, asking probing questions or pointing out inconsistencies in their story.

Of note is that you can try asking other members of the reaper conspiracy if they know anything about the topic in question. If they do happen to know something, it can be used as further evidence to get to the truth. It's also possible they will have already said something that sheds light on the situation in a previous post, but I'm not expecting you to comb through the blog for it dfkgsdfkdsff

This is still experimental, so please bear with me.

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Below is a list of all characters on the blog, main or minor; this list is to inform who has had their locked topics discovered, and the progress made on breaking them. It shall be updated as things progress.

This is not a contest or a limited time event--it's just a thing I wanted to do. So only engage with it if you feel like it! Most answers to your questions will not be locked behind psyche locks.

Jezaille Brett, 4 Locks (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

Seishiro Jigoku, 3 Locks (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

Mael Stronghart, 3 Locks (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

John Wilson (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

Tobias Gregson (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

Klint van Zieks (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

Courtney Sithe, 1 and 5 locks (COMPLETE) - Full Tag

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Barok van Zieks - Unknown

Kazuma Asogi - Unknown

Barry Caidin - Unknown

Daley Vigil - Unknown

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I FINALLY HAVE MY ACCOUNT BACK!

Anyway...hi :)

:0 hello! glad you got your account back!

I meant to reply to this a lot sooner

I seem to have found myself in some sort of RPG hell, so unfortunately this blog is on another hiatus orz

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"Maria has done many things I am sure an outside observer would qualify as 'eccentric'." "I remember feeling no end of frustration when she was a child." "Perhaps it amuses me how ordinary they seem now." "Watching her carve up and diagnose her own dolls..." "As a child, and as of last week..." "All I feel now is pride at how accurate her portrayal has become."

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"Those two have so frequently infuriated me, growing up..." "But something amusing they've done?" "I once bore witness to Temperance forcing much of the household into performing an opera with her." "She threw the most tempestuous tantrum to have her way." "Fortunately I was locked in my study at the time."

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To miss Shinn

How would you feel if you wear a armor?

"Are you asking if I would have mail on underneath this dress?" "On very rare occasions, I have been known to invest in bulletproof wear." "But ideally, I would conduct my business such that I don't require it." "It isn't the most comfortable thing, to wear layers upon layers of cotton and other fabrics."

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To the reapers with children: what is the funniest/most bizarre/infuriating etc... thing they have done?

"Well, my child hasn't been born yet, but I have a lot of such memories of Barok when he was just a boy." "I remember when he claimed that he had an imaginary friend to get out of trouble when he stole tarts from the kitchen." "... And then when that venture bore fruit, that friend became quite a common houseguest in our mansion." "I certainly learned a lesson about not being too permissive..."

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sorry guys I am Tired

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What do you believe happens after we die? (sorry if this has been asked!)

"Common belief is that we will end up in Heaven or Hell after death, as influenced by various factors." "I'm not sure I personally believe in such things." "Though I've always thought that we would continue to exist in some capacity..." "Somewhere else." "Not in our coffins, one would hope."

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Seeing how Sebastian would react how would Temperance react to the news of her father’s misdeeds?

I think it'd be less of a shock to her. Temperance is more inclined to assume the worst in people to start with; unlike Sebastian, she doesn't believe anyone really respects law and order beyond not wanting to get caught. And by this point she had a pretty big grudge against her father, so finding out about his crimes makes her feel more validated than anything.

Mind, she found out what he did a lot later than the rest of her family since she's not even living in England. It doesn't affect her life and social standing nearly to the extent that it does Sebastian, so I'd say she recovers from the news much more quickly.

Has a good laugh about it, perhaps.

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"I recall one lovely little affair where a gentleman companion of mine took me to one of my favorite tea shops for a 'first date'." "He was adequate company." "But one of my targets passed in on the way to the music hall, and my--" "I was never more amused at the timing of it." "My companion was not quite so amused, though." "To this day the poor boy thinks he made a mess of things with me."

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"You know..." "I think I used to admire Genshin, when he was alive." "He was one of the most honest and steadfast men I'd ever known." "I've never found anyone who could match his sense of justice now that he's gone."

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I wonder how Sebastian reacted to his father's murders

Oh, it left him pretty shaken up.

He definitely didn't "like" his father or think he was a good person. But he always seemed to uphold and expect an impossible standard of lawful behavior, so the idea that he was doing something like this, for a good part of Sebastian's childhood no less, completely blindsides him. A part of him would just want to be mad at Barok and Kazuma (especially Kazuma) for "framing" him, but everything that comes out in the public trial would probably force him to accept it's the truth.

Not to mention the fact that being a Stronghart is now incredibly bad for his reputation, whereas before Sebastian kind of took advantage of his family name to get unearned privileges. I imagine him changing to his mother's name Moran to get away from it.

Once the shock wears off, he'll just become very bitter, I think. Bitterness is something he's more comfortable with feeling than grief.

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"I remember when I was courting my Charlotte, our first few afternoons together were chaperoned." "Well, her father was the one arranging things, after all." "But there was one evening where she snuck out from her estate to meet with me, and we spent a few hours together without eyes looking over our shoulders." "I miss having happy evenings like those." "The weight of things now has made it... harder to enjoy them."

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trying to link my posts properly but it's daunting cause I've been lazy about it for so long orz

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"My youth was full of more pressing activities than engaging with the fairer sex." "But I do recall my first outing with my then-fiancée being a pleasant affair." "...We visited a public garden, if I remember correctly." "But I would not consider it a proper 'first date'; we knew each other quite well by then."

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To the reapers: Have you ever been on a first date? How did it go?

"I've been on two first dates. Befitting, I suppose, that I have been married twice." "Memories of my late ex-husband I would rather not dwell on, but..." "My second husband arranged to take me to see a theatre show when he finally gained the courage to court me." "It was nice." "Until he threw up."

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To Jezaille Brett I need you in Denmark because l have serious business with someone else in my family as one of them tried to usurp the throne. -King Christian VIII

"I would hate to turn down royalty. That's more prestigious by far than my current employer." "But an assassin does have her reputation to consider..."

To His Majesty, I sympathize with your plight. Regretfully, I am not available to take on new contracts at this point in time. My current contract will expire by February of next year, however I understand if by then you will have secured alternate means of settling your family dispute. Best regards, Asa Shinn.

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