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Gregory Edgeworth | Ace Attorney | Not Reserved
Player: Taisa
Age: 25
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IC INFORMATION;
Characters Name: Gregory Edgeworth
Age: 35
Canon: Ace Attorney Series (1st Game and Investigations 2 in particular)
Canon Point: Post-Death. After being channeled through Misty Fey.
Species: Human
Gender: Male
Orientation: Pretty straight. Considering he has a son, he's likely more comfortable with the traditional views of marriage with the opposite gender. Since the game doesn't really explain what happened to the wife, I'm playing it like he's been a single parent for a while. He didn't seem to be looking for another wife from what is seen either. So I'd be fine with him starting out as a single parent or married.
History: The Character || Case 3 in AAI2 || DL-6 Incident
Appearance: Here!
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[There are also AAI2 spoilers sprinkled about here]
Gregory can be described simply as a gentleman. When he first greets others, he will always take his hat off and bow his head respectfully before introducing himself. Everything about Gregory's demeanor is very professional and one who takes his job rather seriously. While both he and his son both share a serious demeanor, Gregory is a little more open-minded about things and has far more tact than his son. He always remains polite to others, even in front of someone as unpleasant as Manfred Von Karma while he constantly belittles him. He would never make any open snide remarks, usually keeping any unwanted opinions to himself.
Gregory also seems to handle being under pressure rather well. He's rarely ever seen being flustered when finding himself in a situation that's against him. He always remains calm and politely asks others to elaborate on the problem or look at the problem again to find another solution. There are several examples in Case 3 of AAI2 where his assistant Shigaraki(Raymond Shields) would react with panic or surprise when they've been cornered and Gregory is usually the one who has to remind Shigaraki to keep his head together. There's an answer to everything and that is how Gregory usually can keep his cool, because it's part of his duty to discern the lies and find the truth. Even when something does catches him off guard or he makes a mistake, he'll just smile nervously as if embarrassed and then keeps on treading.
As a defense attorney, Gregory shares a common trait with most defense attorneys in AA, and that is to always believe in your clients. This in turn means Gregory tends to be trustful of others easily and putting people in a good light. Gregory generally does not judge others based on rumors as well. He gives everyone a fair chance to express what kind of person they are before making his own opinions. When people told him the rumors and stories about how Manfred Von Karma would do anything to get his guilty verdict, even forge evidence, Gregory simply shrugged it off as just an over exaggeration. It was not until Gregory confronted the man himself and discovered the autopsy report of the current case they were handling was false that he began to accept the stories, albeit reluctantly. He openly said he didn't want to believe it, but the facts had shown themselves to be true so he couldn't just deny it. It really shows how much Greg tends to try and see the good in people. Now this isn't to say Gregory is a pushover. When corruption is present, Gregory is not afraid to confront it head on and make sure the truth wins out. During his last case, he fought against Manfred Von Karma, the man who was considered the top prosecutor with a perfect record. People expected the trial to be over in a day, that trial lasted for a year, because Gregory refused to let corruption win and have his client found guilty of a crime he had never committed. He doesn't care how impressive someone's record was, he was there to find the truth and save his client with whatever legal method he had on hand. He managed to prove the fact Von Karma had a false autopsy report and even had Detective Badd help bring to light proof that Von Karma had been manipulating his client Tenkai by wearing him out and forcing him to plea guilty after the year long struggle. While his client was still found guilty in the end, he gave Von Karma his first and only penalty he had ever received as a prosecutor. Pretty damn impressive.
Gregory probably sounds pretty amazing right now, doesn't he? Well the guy has his flaws too, and being too amazing can be a bad thing, especially when you have a son that looks up to you.
Gregory had built up this image for his son, Miles who felt inspired by his father and wanted to follow in his footstep as well. It's kind of like how when you were a kid you thought being an astronaut was the best thing ever, but then reality hits and you realized that it's not what you thought it was. While probably not intentional, he did make this perfect image of defense attorneys for Miles, which led to a series of negative impacts after Gregory's death. During the DL-6 incident, at the time everyone believed Yanni Yogi was guilty of murdering Gregory. Even Gregory's spirit claimed it was Yanni Yogi when he was channeled through Misty Fey. Despite how everything was pointing to him as the culprit, Yanni Yogi was found not guilty after pleading insanity. This led to his son to hate defense attorneys, because he believed a criminal was allow to walk free. This of course was proven false later as it turned out Gregory lied about who killed him and likely did so because he wanted to protect his son who was the only other person with him in the elevator that day besides Yanni Yogi. In doing so though, out of the love for his son, he ended up causing a lot of lives to suffer that day. So despite Gregory having good intentions behind a number of things he does, even he's not perfect and he'll sometimes let his feelings towards someone he cares about get the better of him.
On a more lighter note, Gregory doesn't seem to have an off switch for that professionalism he carries. Although this could just be because his only canon appearance was during an investigation of a crime and we never saw him off duty. He does show that he is thinking about what's good for his son though. He always thinking to himself about whether Miles would like something or not or shows concern that Miles might not have any friends, because he prefers to read books about law rather than watch tv or make friends. This could possibly be a reflection of Gregory's own shortcomings. He might also be too focused on his profession to have much of a social life as well, although considering how approachable Gregory is, it's not as severe as Miles. A good example of this is when Shigaraki was fanboying about Dansweets with Tenkai. It was apparently a popular show at the time, but Gregory was unfamiliar with it, so he couldn't really put his two cents about it when they were talking about the show. Although that still didn't stop him from making a pose at the end of the Dansweets song.
Abilities: Nooothing really? He's just a simple human with a degree in lawyering.
Other: Since he is playable in case, he will occasionally be doing that (Lovely inner monologue thing) that AA protags just love doing. These are mostly just thoughts he doesn't want to openly say in front of others though and no one can see them unless the character's a mindreader.
SAMPLES;
First Person:
Meme thread || Test Drive
Third Person:
This was not the dark abyss Gregory thought he would be wandering through for an eternity. This was also not a place he recognized either. Was he being channeled by someone again? It was the only answer he could think of considering he had experienced it himself. He looked down to initial look himself over when something fell from his head. A fedora? He stared at it for moment before kneeling down to pick it back up. This...this was his fedora. He looked at his hands, and then started padding himself down. The trenchcoat was his, this body was his!
This was his body that was feeling the cold air. This heartbeat as well, this was his own heartbeat! What was going on? He took a deep breath to try and recover his composure again. His own breath, he could see his own breath in the cold air. A small nervous bit of laughter escaped him. How could one keep their composure when they were supposedly dead barely a moment ago? Good grief he really needed to find a chair and sit down right now. His legs felt like they were going to give in from shock.
It's not possible, he was telling himself. There had to be explanation. Perhaps this was a different afterlife or...or maybe this was a channeling and this gentleman just happened to like wearing the same thing he did. As he placed his right hand inside a pocket of his trenchcoat, he felt something hard and smooth there, like a phone? Sure enough he pulled out a phone and frowned. This wasn't his phone, it looked far too advanced to be his. It was a phone though, and who needed a phone in the afterlife? He really needed a clear answer though and not just speculation. He had a phone to use as a resource at least, that is if he could figure out how to navigate through it.
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