You know what everyone needs after rampant robotic attacks and another iteration of clone wars? A vacation! That’s right everyone, you deserve this. CERES understands what you need. CERES is here for you all the time, so never doubt that this is a pleasure colony, and they are here to look after all of your needs. Kick your feet up, relax, and let CERES Recreation and Activity Necessity Keepers (Team RANK, that is) set you up with your ideal getaway.
It’s as if you can sense the incoming relaxation and luxury before you even completely finish loading. There’s the warmth encompassing your entire body as your code gets transferred into this particular ViViD Level. A cool, refreshing breeze hits you. The sounds of waves gently lapping against the coast fill you with relaxation. The sun, the sand, the surfs, it’s all there – welcome to the beach, baby!
An echoing greeting message from the ocean comes next, if you can translate it.
 OOOOOOOOOOOOHMAHH GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHD.
YOOOOOOOOOOOORRRALL SOOOOOOOOOOOOO KYOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.
KYOOOOOOOOOOOT EEEENAAAAUUUUUUUF TOOOOOOOOOOOOO EEEEEEEEEEEEEEET.
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PHASE I [ 08 00 ] That said, isn’t that breeze a little… too strong? It feels like it’s brushing up against all of you, if you know what I mean. When you open your eyes and look down, it becomes rather clear why. It seems that you’ve found yourself in some pretty interesting attire. Everyone. No exceptions. You appear to have two options – be overcome and scream like the Victorian maiden your heart says you are, or strut like a model in this stuff. Turn some heads! Work that up do!
But don’t worry, we’re also conscious about safety here at CERES! Therefore everyone’s also been provided a pair of super high-tech safety-tested appendage protection floatation devices (STAPFD for short.)
At least everyone around you is caught in the same sort of attire – and everyone around you also appears to be stuck inside a giant sand castle. It’s entirely malleable to what you want it to be! Want to see a fancy sand bidet? Feel like adding a sand statue in your honor? Think that wall should now be a door? Well, with enough perseverance, you can make it happen!
Just uh, be careful about getting sand in your… everywhere.
PHASE II [ 1000 ] Someone broke it. Not pointing any fingers, even though you sure do seem like a prime suspect, but someone broke it.
It almost starts like an earthquake with how the castle starts to rumble, the sand shaking right beneath your feet. And then the walls right next to you start to cave in followed promptly by the ceiling right… above your head. Oh dear. The sand starts to run and fall, losing its structure and shape. The hallway behind you starts to cave in, ceiling first and then the walls follow suit. Now the sand really is getting everywhere – but not just uncomfortable places. It’s in your hair, your eyes, your nose…. this sure doesn’t seem like a pleasant way to go!
Best to start running – there’s a trusty drawbridge to get over the moat (because what’s a sandcastle without a moat?) but who knows how long until that, too, is going to give way? Best to cross over it before it starts to shake and disappear too. Or if you don’t make it, hopefully you can land some pretty impressive airtime to make it to the other side!
If not, well...there'll be the sensation of sand crushing down upon you, filling your mouth and eyes, and you won't be able to breathe at all – and then you're alive again on the beach (but possibly in yet another new, uncomfortable, skimpy swimsuit). Honestly, be more careful, would you?
PHASE III [ 1200 ] However, once you do make it to the other side, it’s all smooth sailing from there! Or is it? Hah, as they say, life sure can be a beach.
Which is what this is.
Welcome to your Beach Episode, folks. Now that you’ve made it out of the collapsing sand castle, you’ve made it to the luxurious, picturesque golden coastline. Sure, you’re coughing up fine, luxurious, sand dust right now and you’ve definitely gotten sand in all of your crevices thanks to your swimsuit, but that’s okay! Go take a soak in the ocean or something or cool off with a smoothie. There’s a smoothie shack off into the distance, complete with a long chalkboard with… well, probably a few familiar names? And some unfamiliar ingredients. Sounds appetizing right?
That said, once you do ingest some of the smoothie with the name of a newcomer, you might suddenly find yourself feeling a bit… different. You’ll be taking on some of their traits, one of the most intense parts of their personality – or you might need to take a second to sit down because you’re suddenly seeing one of their memories. Whoa. What do they actually put in this stuff?
PHASE IV [ 1500 ] For the brave souls that venture out into the water, you have even more adventures waiting for you. Anyone who’s swimming around, wading in the water—hell, even looking at the water is getting scooped up and deposited in one of these giant orbs. But don’t take up too much room, because someone else is getting shoved right in there with you. Time to get cozy with your new friend, because it's only going to get worse as the waves begin to carry you out into this big, blue, virtual ocean. Hopefully the choppy waves don’t bounce you around too much or – well, you could always get really friendly with a stranger! Why not?
At least until it’s made very clear that fresh air does not make it back into these balls. That seems like a bit of a design flaw. Now what? Fight the other person who’s inhaling all your air? Suffer through it for swimsuit-clad fun? Or if you break it…. well, you sure are stranded out in the ocean. Or are you?
After enough flailing, you’ll be met by a giant, dumb-looking creature who will then eat you whole.
Everything goes dark. This is surely the end --
And then you're in Cerealia proper; it seems that was the exit to the level (but why there?) and you'll find yourself either in one of the fountains or the pond in the park. Either way, you'll be very, very well. And this time, that's not virtual. But hey, at least you'll have all of your stuff with you.
BONUS [ xxxx ] Do you hear that?
Anyone idle on the beach will hear a distant melody coming from further out into the ocean. It’s a beautiful, elegant song that automatically makes the listener stop what they’re doing and immediately wander toward the noise. It takes you a moment to recall – it takes a moment to think about anything now, really – but you remember hearing the smoothie shack owner say something about mermaids populating the beach. Could this be their song calling out to you? Whether you would normally abide by this kind of call or not, you find your feet walking further and further out into the water, the shallows lapping up to your ankles and up and up as you are drawn in by the song.
A rather classic song, though the usual instances of French are also replaced with the very enticing, enchanting nonsense promise of omelette du fromage........and then they try to drown you.
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You've heard of my Papa. I am Manfred Von Karma's daughter and Miles Edgeworth's adopted sister. I believe that you've met him a few times in the past.
[ On the bright side, from Franziska's point in time Manfred isn't going to be prosecuting anytime soon. Maya doesn't have to worry about that. ]
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[That is a bright side. Unfortunately, Maya knows nothing about this girl other than the fact that she's Von Karma's daughter (and the evil smirk isn't very reassuring either, and her first reaction is... to puff up]
Hmph! You better not try any dirty tricks! I've got my eye on you!
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I won't forgive you for what you've done. You fool!
[ Maya better watch out before she becomes the next whipping victim of 2k16. ]
I'm so sorry
He deserves it! Do you have any idea what kind of awful things he's done?! And he electrocuted Nick and me, too! He was a creep!
[MASTER OF TACT, MAYA FEY....]
rip indeed
[ Her and Miles Edgeworth, to be precise. ]
You know nothing fool. Watch your tongue!
ps i give full whipping permission
Then why are you defending him?! You should know what kind of terrible things he's done if you grew up with him!
[In Maya's defense she doesn't know he's dead yet... but she's still being a jerk here]
I know way more than you, apparently!
YAAY
I am the proud daughter of Manfred Von Karma. I lived up to every single expectation he had and became a prosecutor at the age of thirteen.
As ruthless as he may have been he was still my papa and mentor. Any complaints you have against him would be for naught since he's no longer around.
[ RIP Manfred. Franziska thinks it's Maya and Phoenix fault that happened. ]
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[holy shit IS SHE GETTING WHIPPED]
AAAAH!
[crashes to the ground unceremoniously]
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[Why does she have a whip?! Maya isn't surprised, not really, but this is horrible and painful and now that she's downed, she's getting sand everywhere.]
[As thus, there's no rebuttal to this, although she catches most of that]
T-Thirteen....?
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I was prosecuting cases while I was still a petite child. Would you like another whip to the face? There's a lot more where that came from, fool.
[ It really could cut through you Maya. Rest in peace. ]
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[She starts to crawl very slowly... away from Franziska....'s whip...]
Is that even legal?
[clearly Maya has never played Ace Attorney]
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Sometimes I even whip the judge inside of the very courtroom. He has yet to hold me in contempt!
So you see, what I'm doing is a perfectly valid action!
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[and just like her dad!! But she's not going to say that until she's actually managed to get out of whipping range.]
Are you sure you're not just making it up to impress me...?
[why would she want to impress you, Maya.]
[(And it's not that implausible that the judge would allow such a thing.... honestly... he's such a huge pushover)]
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You should know how easy it is to persuade him! [ Don't get her wrong, the judge is a good guy, he just get swayed easily and it's true. He's the biggest pushover. ]
The judge lacks a backbone! He'll fall to a whip easily!
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Okay, fine! But bullying the judge doesn't make all your other crazy stories true! I bet you're just trying to copy your dad and his ... however long record!
And it takes a lot more than that to impress me! [why would she be trying to impress you, Maya]
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Such foolishness. [ Bro, check yourself out first. Franziska don't yell at Maya for having bad manners when you whip people all day! ]
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Didn't anyone tell you that sometimes it's necessary to hold your whip?!
If you wanna impress me, that's the first thing you need to learn to do!
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You're just a young child. [ But you guys are almost the same age. Don't say that Franziska. ]
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I'm not a child! [How old is this girl, anyway, if she's been supposedly prosecuting since she was a child?]
And you're the one making up all this stuff just to sound cool! What other reason would there be? We're not in court right now!