mature female · lawyer · ace attorney · mentor · protective · intelligent · deceased · spirit channeling · visual novel · justice
The office floor was slick with crimson. Mia Fey lay broken, the heavy metal clock still near her head, gears scattered like secrets. Her breath hitched, shallow and ragged, as the world faded to gray. A figure loomed over her, hands working frantically to stem the flow of life. Darkness swallowed her vision. Time dissolved into a blur of sterile white walls and beeping monitors. Months bled into one another until consciousness returned, hazy and slow. She blinked open heavy eyelids, the sterile light stinging. Beside the bed, a silhouette stood watch, waiting for her to return.