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THE PREMISE Max, hit the lights and smoke machines.

Immediately after finishing high school, Phoenix Wright was dragged along on a tour of the world (i.e. Europe and southeast Asia) by his two butt best buddies, Larry Butz and Miles Edgeworth. The three of them have been friends since childhood, and unsurprisingly have pledged to pursue the same career, that of legal attorneys... as soon as they sign up for a university. Arriving back in the Land of the Free, wiser (and poorer) for the wear, the three young men put their two-and-a-half brains together and find the perfect place for an education: U. Meigh. You see what I did there?

My stepfather is a professor of law at this university. I'm sure he could help with the financial situation... -Miles peers unapprovingly at Larry-
How was I supposed to predict a strong Euro?
Not to mention the payments to bail you out of prison.
Yeah, good thing Miles is like totally loaded!
...I love you, too, guys. Really.

Arriving at the university, the ever-cruel Professor von Karma reveals himself to the three lads oh gawd and informs them that despite the fact that Miles, being a good von Karma protege, had filed applications early, their truancy will cost them. To punish little Miles for choosing to spend a couple years with his friends instead of pursuing the perfect education, he cleverly manipulated the student housing system to shunt them into what was, until now, an all-girls dormitory.

And there shall you spend the rest of your student career in ignominy, surrounded by fluffy pens and pillow fights!

After enduring the odd stares from the numerous girls in the dorm, and some thumb-wrestling for their places in the dorm room, Miles gets a cushy queen-size bed in a private room while Nick and Larry have to use the bunk-bed. Larry gets the bright idea to go out and familiarize himself with their new surroundings - that is, attempt to sneak into the showers. He is promptly whipped, beaten, goosed, and steamrolled by a raging estrogen engine, clad in but a lacy towel. Miles, to his horror, recognizes this girl.

Franziska?!
Oh, goodness, Miles. Do excuse me, but this foolish fool was asking for some punishment. This will teach you to invade a lady's space!
But you're in that towel! It's-
I do apologize for not being more presentable for you, Miles. I didn't hear about your arrival until earlier today and I had no time to prepare...
That towel is just the absolutely wrong color.
Ah! Well, you'll just have to come shopping with me this week. -Franziska skips over a cringing Larry and into Miles' arms-
Guys, I've got welts here...
-snaps a picture- This is going to make front page of the university paper!

Observing the composure of the fashion- and feminine-sensitive Miles, myriad girls in the hallway swoon and groan at the same time, realizing that a man like him must have found the perfect match in Franziska - until he refers to her as his "little sister." There is a rumble throughout the hallway as a stampede of lovestruck lasses give chase to the Brit-inspired bachelor. Miles, naturally, runs for his life and leaves Larry on the floor to be trampled. Phoenix is left to drag him back to the dorm room.

-Cut to the damn commercial-

Phoenix, being the good friend he is, tends to Larry's wounds in their dorm room (gratuitous in-the-buff scene), until a commotion draws their attention to the window. There, they see Miles clambering up a tall pine tree towards the relative safety of the boys' dorm room. In an act of desperation, he removes his cravat and flings it into the wind, offering a grand reward to the girl who returns it in one piece. The would-be wooers immediately vacate the tree and chase after it as Miles swings over to the window. Phoenix shakes his head, not at all optimistic about his future here, seeing the catastrophes that befell his two best friends on just their first day. It is at this fateful moment that a knock comes at the door, and Phoenix goes to answer the door. He opens it and is greeted by one of the most adorable girls he has ever set eyes on... (and oddly dressed in a lavender micro-kimono)

Welcome to U. Meigh! My name's Maya. I'm a freshman here, just like you, but I just had to welcome such special guests here in the dormitory!
Oh... um... -He blinks and stares at her, unsure what to say or think.-
Dude, I'm so going to press ch- WHY HELLO THAR. -Larry tries to flex his unimpressive figure, despite being laden with printed Blue Badger bandaids-
Oh! You were the foolishly foolish fool who got stomped in the hallway! Larry Butz, I recall?
Yeahbutenoughaboutmewhatsyournameprecious- URK. -Larry is yanked back into the room by Miles, who steps up beside the starstruck Phoenix-
What's going on here?
Aha! The infamous Miles Edgeworth. I recognize that cravat from the photos. -She hands him a copy of the university paper-
This wasn't even an hour ago...
What can I say, we have quality student journalism! Well, I have to report back to my sorority.
Y-you have a... thing?
-looking up curiously at Phoenix- Um... I'm with the Kurain Sisterhood. I'll see you again, soon... Phoenix Wright. -Without another word she runs off-
Hmm, since when did sororities have non-Greek denominations?

(...And so begins my journey to become an ace attorney!)

END PILOT EPISODE

Whew! What a rush! And this isn't even the real finished piece, just an exercise for me to get the feel down, and a teaser for the rest of you!

Be sure to tune in for the next incarnation of GYAKUTEN AIBAN.