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[CANON] Machi Tobaye || Ace Attorney || Re-App No Reserve || 1 of 3
Name: Raile
Age: 26
Personal Journal: N/A
E-mail: N/A
AIM/MSN/etc: Railerat on AIM, Railehatesfun and Plurk
CHARACTER
Name: Machi Tobaye
Canon: Ace Attorney
Age: 15
Timeline: Approximately 8 months post-canon
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: The 'other half' of Lamiroir--Lamiroir says at one point in the game that she and Machi together are 'Lamiroir,' and in a way this is quite true. Prior to the murder and trial, the two were never separated and had almost a symbiotic relationship--they were always seen together, hand in hand, 'The Siren of the Ballad' and 'the Pixie of the Arpeggio.' He is very devoted to her and has dedicated his life to her, whether she realises it still or not. On his own, Machi is generally a very smart, gentle boy, but does not do well around people he does not know. In fact, with the exception of Lamiroir (and possibly Daryan), his attitude towards others could best be described as either "indifferent" or "uneasy," depending--at worst, he's visibly nervous and sometimes easily startled; Machi is shy around strangers and hard to get to know because of it. In fact, if you push him towards conversations he doesn't want to have, he can even become downright abrasive, although usually that's a good sign you screwed up somewhere.
Coming from a world where a lot of people are either fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, Machi is a little bit of both--possibly fifty percent on each side, possibly a little more of one than the other. Either way, he's in significantly more conflict than most and struggles with his actions a lot. Machi sees himself as bad, but refuses to identify himself as such, trying very hard to be the good person Lamiroir wants him to be. He tells lies (a lot) and manipulates others, but is also completely and unnecessarily honest, alternating erratically between the two and creating a very hypocritical (and possibly dangerous) persona in the wake of his conviction. It's not clear whether in his heart Machi is fundamentally bad or good, but it's obvious that whichever of the two manifests depends as much on the people around him as the events that shape his life... and that there will always be that other part of him as well, just not always demonstrated. For Machi, it's not so much a question of moralities as it is a question of loyalties. He wants to do the right thing. He just doesn't know what the right thing is yet.
There's also his 'darkness'... Lamiroir alludes to it at the end of case 4-3. Lying isn't necessarily all he's capable of.
His past in Ruby City has nicely demonstrated the darkest extremes of this spectrum.Machi's great love is the piano. He directs himself towards music obsessively and often ignores other people in favour of the piano, preferring the company of music to the company of other human beings. Machi himself is very withdrawn and stoic (read: unresponsive to or afraid of dealing with people); however, his playing is far more expressive and emotional than is, and carries a lot of feeling that he himself could never express. In fact, it could be theorised (possibly incorrectly, possibly not) that he expresses himself through his music rather than through verbal or visual communication--i.e. normal communicative means. Regardless, he's definitely a prodigy. I've had one person on the spectrum describe Machi as a little autistic, and that might be a good way to describe him; however, he does become braver and more normal-acting when you get to know him (or rather, he gets to know you and becomes comfortable around you--it helps when he knows what to expect, which takes a while), so I'm not entirely sure that's accurate. That said, his understandings of things are often very abnormal, and this often compounds his presentation as something of an oddball. This, coupled with his perpetual stoicism and sometimes irrationally rigid adherence to rules that may or may not have a bearing on the situation, means that he is sometimes impenetrable--very often right when he needs to be understood the most. His sporadic kindness is as much a strength as a weakness, as it may be taken advantage of--on the flip side of this, his paranoia and mistrust can prevent him from seeking help when he actually needs it, or making friendships when they are available. And gentle though he is, he is not afraid to get his hands dirty. He is partially dedicated to surviving in a country whose language he understands poorly, and occasionally gets extremely frustrated flustered in dealing with other people. If it gets really bad, he may abandon the situation and run away. A people person Machi is not.
Ironically, Machi has a problem with facing his problems--he avoids them, runs away, or pretends not to know they're there instead of taking on even simple dilemmas out of fear of doing the wrong thing. He doesn't like confrontation, and violence is something he seeks to avoid. This probably has something to do with the above, as well as his very limited and unusual life experiences, which leave him ill-equipped to deal with normal day to day things (though he has learned a lot), let alone unusual and more drastic or complicated situations. He is somewhat prone to panic and indecision because of this, and is very nervous around unfamiliar things.
Unfortunately, he's also prone to excessive stoicism.
One thing to remember about Machi, however, is that he is smart. No matter how much trouble he has with English or seeing things the right way, or how scared he may be, he is extremely clever and resourceful and may surprise you when you least expect it. For good or for ill.
Re: [CANON] Machi Tobaye || Ace Attorney || Re-App No Reserve || 2 of 3
There was in fact a second, hidden reason for the constant contact, however--though blind, Lamiroir was billed as "the landscape painter in sound," supposedly because she painted what she saw through her music. Her production team was unaware of her blindness when they billed the catchphrase, and by the time the mistake was caught, it was too late... so Machi pretended to be blind instead and kept up the deception while actually leading her and drawing symbols into her hand to signal important things that she needed to "see." Lamiroir's blindness was a very closely kept secret, and in fact its secrecy was also part of their contract, as was Machi's perfectly normal vision.
At some point, however, Machi found himself in need of a very large sum of money, far more than he could ever hope to make, and ended up agreeing to help a Stateside police detective named Daryan Crescend smuggle a very rare cocoon--called a Borginian cocoon--into the United States for money. This was an extremely dangerous operation, as the transport of said cocoon was highly illegal and being convicted of its smuggling carried a death sentence in Borginia. This was in part because of the cocoon's uses--on the one hand, it was required to make a potent curative--the only cure, in fact--for a rare but fatal disease called 'incuritis.' On the other hand, it could also be synthesised into an extremely powerful poison, called atroquinine. Nigh-undetectable, atroquinine was fast-acting and untreatably lethal, even in small doses. Despite this, Machi got the cocoon to the States, a feat he accomplished by hiding it inside a guitar belonging to a famous prosecutor/rock star named Klavier (Daryan, by the way, was a bassist in said star's band)... a guitar that Lamiroir had gifted to the man after meeting and composing a song with him. Klavier, unaware, vacuum-sealed and express-shipped the instrument to the U.S., bypassing many checkpoints and safety points with his legal status--basically, he had it handled as evidence, and thereby inadvertently prevented the cocoon's detection. Unfortunately, Lamiroir's new manager, Romein LeTouse, was an undercover agent who was looking for cocoons, among other things. And when Lamiroir and Machi went to Britain to do a concert with Klavier's band... LeTouse was murdered. In the middle of the concert. With his own gun. Machi was accused of the crime, largely on the premise that he was one of the few available (i.e. not on stage) at the time of the murder and he was the only one small enough to escape through the air vents, which were the only conceivable exit. And, too, there was the delicate international status of the crime itself (not to mention the scandal of the trial itself), and a political desire to get things wrapped up as quickly as possible. As the trial went on, it was first concluded that the murder was apparently both staged and committed to the lyrics of the song Lamiroir and Klavier had composed together. The truth of Machi's vision--and Lamiroir's--was revealed quickly, making it clear that Machi could very well have seen to commit the murder. Later, however, outside evidence and testimony revealed that Daryan had in fact both set up and framed Machi after killing LeTouse, using the song to get away with it. Machi himself had secretly destroyed the cocoon during the concert, on Daryan's signal, which was issued when Daryan realised they had been discovered. Unfortunately, in order to convict Daryan of this, they first had to get Machi to talk--something they could only do after discovering he could understand English, albeit in a limited fashion. Despite Daryan's pleas and arrogant dismissal of Machi, the pianist finally confessed, revealing that he had actually witnessed the crime, and--frightened--hidden behind a dresser before fleeing up through an air vent, where he had been caught by Daryan and knocked out, who had then set Machi and the corpse up in a way that mimicked the lyrics. Once caught in the dressing room, Daryan had murdered LeTouse in panic and framed Machi afterwards.
In short, Machi was not guilty of murder.
He was, however, guilty of perjury, and what was--in his home country--a capital crime. Just as bad as murder, as far as the end result was concerned.
The revelation that the United States did not view it as harshly was a key reason that Machi was absolved of the murder charge to begin with--had Apollo not declared this to the court, he may very well have gone to death row. Instead, Daryan, losing control, revealed his own guilt, and Machi was absolved of one crime but found guilty of another, and he has spent the past eight months in prison. It is from this point in canon that I pull him.
Re: [CANON] Machi Tobaye || Ace Attorney || Re-App No Reserve || 3 of 3
First Person: [In using the watch, Machi has only ever attempted video, and in this, at least, nothing has changed. The image is dominated by a pair of large reflective sunglasses, which cover the small, serious face of a child. The round face is framed by blond hair.]
Trucy? Yaeson?
[His young voice comes with a thick accent, and absolutely butchers the name 'Jason.' He hesitates for a few seconds.
Then, more cautiously, he adds another name.]
...
Phoenix Wright?
[An even longer pause. It's almost a full minute. Finally and very grudgingly:]
.....Integra?
[That's it. That's the video.
Welcome back, Machi Tobaye.]
Third Person: Machi woke to the loud, steady, rocking rhythm of the train. It was not a gradual waking, either; the train woke him all at once, and with awareness came all the memories and events he'd lost--good and bad. Mostly bad.
He was still in the distinctive blue and white striped uniform of the Los Angeles prison complex. This was hardly shocking: he'd been sitting in his cell just... whenever he'd been there, before the train. What was rather more unexpected was the presence of a warm weight on his lap...courtesy of the furry black and white body of a spotted skunk. Alerted by his movement, the skunk stirred, stretching up to press a cold pink nose up against Machi's face.
"No!" He pushed the creature away agitatedly, but it was unfazed; planting its forepaws against his stomach, it tried again, long claws digging painfully into his side.
"Get OFF," he shoved the skunk harder, this time forcing it off his lap entirely. He was already half-panicked; the insistent attentions of a pound and a half of nosy mammal were not helping. The skunk landed uneventfully at his feet, where it began to sniff unconcernedly at the floor. He pushed it further away with one foot, eliciting a disgruntled grumbling.
The skunk--named Kashkash--was actually prison property. She'd been forcibly assigned to him as part of a mandatory program in which every prisoner was given a pet for which they were responsible. The idea--as Machi understood it, which was poorly--was that partnership with an animal was somehow supposed to somehow be good for him. This might have been a good idea except that Machi had two feelings about animals: discomfort and nervousness. In the case of some animals, dogs especially, this was elevated to actual fear. He was given no say in this decision, however, nor in any others related to it; he just had to deal with it, and it had become yet another unhappy fact of life: wherever he went, there she was. Kashkash followed him endlessly--a furry unwanted shadow that tried to eat his food and wanted to sleep on his legs. Last time, the animal had been left behind by whatever forces had taken him onto the train to begin with. This time, however, Kashkash had apparently been included--
And just a few short minutes later, the train pulled into its station, squealing gradually to an ungentle stop.
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