Sonata in F You
Chapter 15: just because you know my name doesn't mean you know my game
AO3

Summary: Two weeks after his brother's second trial, Klavier Gavin is arrested for murder.

Fandom: Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Characters: Klavier Gavin/Apollo Justice, Klavier Gavin/Daryan Crescend, Ema Skye, Miles Edgeworth
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Canon-typical violence, murder mystery, language
Notes: Chapter title is from Marina and the Diamonds' "The Outsider".
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( chapter 15: just because you know my name doesn't mean you know my game )

Challenge #2: Tunnel of Love
Journaling: The romance of summer! What do you love? Write about anything you feel sentimental about or that gets your heart pumping.

I've never been great at being sentimental about things - complicated depressing family history reasons that eventually added up to "I'm bad at openly expressing how much I love something". But I've been working on that, so tricky as it might be, I'm going to talk about something summer-associated that I love that I don't talk about much: hummingbirds.

They're so pretty. I've had a hummingbird feeder for years, and every spring they show up at my window to see where it is. In the summer, I'll sit out on the porch with a book and just hang out while the hummingbirds hold a tiny little territory war over the feeder. I'm sure it's all very serious and dramatic, if you're a hummingbird. If you're me, it's just adorable, and kind of noisy.

Two years ago I left the back door open, and a hummingbird decided to make herself at home in my apartment. This would be an adorable moment of "chosen by the birds", except that I also have a cat, so it was a very exciting twenty minutes of trying to very gently remove a small angry bird. Worth it, though. They're precious.

(Note to self: refill feeder tonight.)

No creative-prompt fill from me this challenge, because poetry and I have a very bad relationship. Alas! In apology, I found a picture of a hummingbird (not mine, I can't photograph birds that move that fast):

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I'll never make a living as a fish photographer, but I managed to get at least a few decent shots. Four hours at the aquarium is my favorite way to spend an extra day off.

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Not pictured: the cownose ray in the stingray touch tank that took a liking to me. Her name was Big Splash and she lived up to it. I was still damp when I got home six hours later.

Spent my day at the aquarium and had a lovely time (pictures coming soon!), but now I'm way too tired to finish up the Sonata formatting tonight. Tomorrow Me is not going to appreciate the amount of italics left for her to do, plus the inevitable last-minute edits that come along with that.

It was a nice day, though. I am...not feeling patriotic this year, for many reasons, and it was nice to just check out of everything and go look at fish for a few hours.