"I'll really have to work extra hard now! Master of Kurain and the office manager of Wright & Co. Law Offices. And I have to be a good big sister to Pearly and Nick, too! Well, as long as I'm not locked up or captured or something like that."
"Well, there's something buried in the snow, but... I think it's an incinerator."
"Oh... Hee hee. But you've gotta admit it looks a lot like a robot."
"Um, sure... Anyway, I don't think it gets used much. It's looking pretty rusty."
"...Hey, Nick! Do you think this Giant Robo-cinerator can walk?"
Maya can be described in one word, strange. She is energetic (maybe too much so), bright, excitable, and a complete kid at heart. She goes about everything she does with boundless enthusiasm, and attempts to get her nose into everyone’s business. She runs purely on instinct, and it’s clear to see that she doesn’t really think about her actions before she acts on them. She is easily distracted, jumps to conclusions, and has a tendency to blurt out the first thing that comes to mind. For example, if she sees something interesting? She’s not going to think it through, and weight whether or not it belongs to someone, or it might be expensive, she picks it up and starts playing with it. Her grasp on ownership laws are “loose” to say the least, and it’s not uncommon for her to rifle through other’s belongings with the justification of “I was just borrowing it!”
This carelessness can be a blessing, and a curse. On one hand, it makes her incredibly impolite, and at times, insensitive. Because she’s not always careful she ends up in her own fair share of trouble, and most of the time it’s self inflicted. On the other hand, because she is so inquisitive and willing to explore, she discovers things that no one else could. A great example is in the first game when Phoenix and Maya discover a camera mounted with a microphone. Not thinking of the consequences, Maya made a loud noise to activate the camera, and ended up wasting an entire roll of film. While she incurred the wrath of the person who owned the film and stuck Phoenix with having to pay for her mistakes, the fact that the camera detected loud “bang” noises later became a crucial piece of information.
Despite the fact that she can be careless, Maya has a big heart and cares deeply for those around her. Once you are Maya’s friend, she is fiercely loyal to you, and will give everything that she’s got to help you. When she sees someone in need, she has a hard time turning a blind eye to their pain, and she will throw herself into whatever she needs to do to help them. Most of the time she assumes that everyone around her wants to accomplish the same thing, and if she finds a new project? Expect to be dragged along with her.
This moment-to-moment method of making decisions means that her interest is easily caught, but it’s also easily lost. While she might make grand dreams, it’s very likely that she will get bored if not properly stimulated, and will move on to the next interesting idea that strikes her. And when you consider Maya’s strange train of logic, it’s very likely that she will find something interesting. Because when you get down to it, Maya views the world as a fascinating place full of amazing things. She has the ability to look at something mundane, and see something amazing. Her imagination has no limits, and you never really know what she is going to say next.
Even though I just said that Maya is flighty, the interesting thing about her is the fact that she’s also very responsible, in her own way. There are certain things, like family and friends, that Maya views with an uncanny sense of duty that she will never abandon. Maybe it is because of her own turbulent family life, but Maya places family (and friends who are honorary family members) above all other things. She will never abandon them, even if it puts her in danger. Not only that, but she will always put on a brave face in front of her family. At the end of the day, Maya has gone through things that might break a weaker person, but Maya insists on being strong for the people that she cares about. She wants desperately to be helpful to her family, and she knows that the best way that she can do that is to be herself. While she still suffers a slight inferiority complex when compared to her sister, she understands that she has her own unique strengths, and she intends to use them to their fullest. She has the unique ability to smile, even if it’s hard, and even if horrible things have happened to her.
In the end, Maya will either be your best friend, or annoy the heck out of you. But no matter what, you can count on her to be bright when you need a smile, to work hard when you need a friend, and to say something completely random to make you laugh.
"It's a nightmare! The Steel Samurai is over! The world is over!"
"But whoo boy, I tell ya! You really are somethin' else! Between getting' accused of murder and getting' kidnapped... Never a dull moment with you, huh?"
Maya Fey was born into a prominent family of spirit mediums. She lived in Kurain Village, the home of most of the family, for most of her life. Her mother, Misty Fey, went missing for 17 years after the DL-6 Incident, when Maya was two years old. Her sister Mia took it upon herself to find out what happened to their mother and left Kurain Village, leaving Maya to become the Master of Kurain should her mother be found dead or not turn up for 20 years.
Fifteen years later, Maya Fey was charged with Mia's murder. Phoenix Wright, who had worked as Mia's understudy, defended Maya in court against prosecutor Miles Edgeworth. The murder was later pinned on Wright himself. Maya channeled Mia into her body, and Mia helped Wright to prove that another person had killed her. After the trial, she appointed herself as Wright's assistant at the newly formed Wright & Co. Law Offices.
From then on, Maya would use her psychic powers to channel Mia's spirit to help Wright when he needed help, though her powers were weak at first and she was able to summon Mia only in short periods at a time.
Wright's first case with Maya concerned the murder of Jack Hammer. During their investigation, Maya met the director for The Steel Samurai: Warrior of Neo Olde Tokyo, Sal Manella, who was inspired by Maya's Kurain acolyte dress and created concepts for his next show, The Pink Princess: Warrior of Little Olde Tokyo. Her summoning of Mia also allowed Wright to get on a fanboy's good side.
Wright's next case had a heavy involvement in the DL-6 Incident, which had caused Maya's mother to disappear from society and had drastically altered the life of the victim's son and Wright's client, Miles Edgeworth. During a seemingly hopeless cross-examination, the ruthless Prosecutor Manfred von Karma attempted to declare Wright's persistence in contempt of court for wasting the court's time, but Maya suddenly tried to get more information out of the witness, causing her to be arrested in contempt of court instead of Wright and allowing Wright to find a major contradiction in the witness's testimony. Edgeworth later gave Maya the money needed to bail her out of jail. Wright and Maya later visited another witness,an old boat caretaker. He had a parrot, and Maya's playing with the parrot caused it to reveal that the old man was involved in the DL-6 Incident. The next day, Wright and Maya confronted von Karma in the police station's evidence room; fearing what would happen if Wright got access to all of the DL-6 information, von Karma used a stun gun on both of them. However, Maya had managed to grab a crucial piece of evidence: a bullet fired during the DL-6 Incident. This piece of evidence allowed Wright to implicate von Karma as the real killer in the DL-6 Incident. After that, Maya returned to Kurain Village to train as a spirit medium.
Six months later, Turner Grey visited Wright & Co. to request Maya's services to channel the spirit of Mimi Miney, a nurse who had supposedly been killed in a car crash after a major malpractice incident at Grey's hospital. Wright agreed to take Grey to Maya if he could accompany him there.
At Kurain, they met Maya and she and Grey prepared for the summoning with Morgan Fey. However, Morgan was conspiring with Mimi Miney, who was actually alive and posing as her sister Ini Miney, to kill Grey and frame Maya for the murder, both to prevent Maya from failing to channel Mimi and exposing her, as well as to unseat Maya as the Master and replace her with Morgan's daughter, Pearl Fey. Mimi knocked Maya unconscious and hid her, then killed Grey during the channeling and posed as Maya when Wright heard the murder and burst into the chamber. Morgan told him to leave and call the police to clean up all of the evidence. Thus, Maya was set up as the prime suspect.
In jail, Maya gave Wright her magatama and told him that she had had a dream during the channeling. Pearl later powered the magatama to allow Wright to see people's secrets in the form of Psyche-Locks.
In court, with the help of Pearl channeling Mia, Wright deduced that Ini Miney had killed Grey and was really Mimi. Maya, who had not been able to reunite with her sister because she had always been the one channeling her, finally got the chance to meet Mia again.
Three months later, Wright was involved in another case, but the killer knocked him out and gave him amnesia. Maya visited the courtroom to be his co-council and was surprised that Wright could not remember her. Nevertheless, Wright regained most of his memory by the time the not guilty verdict was passed.
Three months after that, Maya involved Wright in another case surrounding Berry Big Circus, which they had visited the night before. The ringmaster had been murdered, and magician Max Galactica was the accused. During this time, Maya found out that Edgeworth had disappeared during her absence, which was why Manfred von Karma's daughter,Franziska von Karma, was prosecuting against Wright. Acting as his co-council again, Maya suggested in court that the murder weapon was being hidden, and Wright figured out where it was, exposing the real killer.
In March of 2018, Maya attended the third annual Hero of Heroes Grand Prix at Gatewater Hotel with Wright and Pearl. After the ceremonies had ended, a bellboy informed Maya that she had received a phone call and he quickly proceeded to escort her to the main lobby. However, the bellboy was actually an assassin, Shelly de Killer, who kidnapped Maya and held her in a wine cellar. Meanwhile, news had broken that one of the heroes had been murdered, and Wright received a call from de Killer, demanding that he get an acquittal for the accused, Matt Engarde, in exchange for Maya's life.
In the wine cellar, Maya wrote to Mia and channeled her so that Mia could assure Wright that Maya was safe, albeit very hungry. She also tried to escape, to no avail.
Through his investigation, Wright began to figure out that although Engarde had not actually committed the murder, he had hired de Killer to do the deed. Confronting Engarde led only to complete affirmation of his suspicions as Engarde revealed his true self. He told Edgeworth, who was prosecuting the case, about all that had happened, including the kidnapping. De Killer contacted Wright again during the conversation, but the sound of a cat Engarde owned gave away de Killer's location: Engarde's mansion.
Wright and Edgeworth rushed to Engarde's house, but de Killer had already taken her somewhere else. However, she had written to Wright telling him not to worry about her and to give Engarde the verdict he deserved.
In court, detective Dick Gumshoe was dispatched with a police force to chase down de Killer and retrieve Maya while Wright and Edgeworth stalled the trial. However, Wright could not stall any longer, and a not guilty verdict was imminent. Just in time, Franziska von Karma burst in with new evidence, including a videotape that Engarde had used to record the murder. Wright used this to convince de Killer, who was testifying by radio, that Engarde was just using him and could even blackmail him. An angry de Killer broke his contract with Engarde and swore bloody vengeance on him. Thus, Engarde accepted a guilty verdict to avoid de Killer's wrath.
Maya was soon reunited with Wright, Edgeworth and Pearl. They went off to dinner to celebrate.
In October of the same year, the Kurain Sacred Urn, which was said to carry the soul of Ami Fey, was set to be displayed at an exhibit at Lordly Tailor. However, the urn was stolen, the fifth heist of "Mask☆DeMasque". Gumshoe soon caught someone who claimed to have been the thief, Ron DeLite, but he claimed he had lost it. Nonetheless, Wright offered to defend him in court, much to Maya's dismay. Still, Maya assisted Wright in court against a mysterious prosecutor who called himself Godot. Wright got his not guilty verdict by showing that detective Luke Atmey was Mask☆DeMasque all along, but then DeLite was accused of a murder, and Wright defended DeLite again against Godot. He determined that Atmey had actually wanted to be convicted for the theft, preventing him from prosecution for the murder he had committed. Maya channeled Mia, which unnerved Godot for reasons unknown at the time. Godot agreed with Mia to make Atmey testify about DeLite, which exposed a fatal contradiction proving he was the killer.
Two months later, Wright took a case in which an imposter had posed as him and gotten a guilty verdict. Gumshoe requested an appeal, and Wright investigated the crime. He and Maya went to the scene of the crime, a restaurant called Trés Bien; while trying to talk to the owner, Jean Armstrong, Armstrong excitedly dragged Maya to his kitchen to be a waitress. Later, Wright encountered a witness who he found visited the restaurant only to look at the waitresses. He brought Maya to him to get him to talk, but he was not interested; he was, however, interested in Mia when Maya channeled her. They eventually found the imposter, loan shark Furio Tigre, and with Gumshoe's help, they narrowly escaped his wrath. Wright showed in court that Tigre was the real killer.
Prior to her arrest and incarceration, Morgan Fey had left a note for Pearl, telling her to summon Dahlia Hawthorne "for the good of the Fey clan". In jail, she met Hawthorne and concocted a plan to kill Maya. Around the time of the restaurant murder case, Hawthorne was executed for a murder she had committed. A month later, Pearl visited Morgan, and Morgan told her about the note she had written and that it was time to put the plan into action. Godot used his prosecutor status to overhear the conversation and to find Misty Fey to help him nullify the plan.
A month after the restaurant murder case, Maya and Pearl discovered Hazakura Temple via a magazine and tried to convince Wright to take them there. At first he was not interested, but then he saw a picture of one of the nuns that reminded him of a past girlfriend, Dahlia Hawthorne. At the temple, they met the two nuns there, Bikini and Iris (the nun Wright had seen earlier), and Maya signed up for the "Special Course", a rigorous training exercise in which she would be locked in a cold room and sit on a block of ice for hours while she chanted a spell 30,000 times and ice-cold water fell over her. Misty was also there as her new identity of children's book author Elise Deauxnim, carrying a sword-cane. After a dinner feast, Maya traveled to the Inner Temple to begin the Special Course.
In the middle of the night, the plot to kill Maya unfolded. Pearl tried to summon Hawthorne but failed; Misty channeled her instead. Hawthorne approached Maya, pretending to be Iris, and attacked her in the temple garden with a knife. Hearing her cries for help, Godot drew the blade of Misty's sword-cane and stabbed Hawthorne. Hawthorne swung her knife at Godot, knocking off his visor and wounding him near his eyes. She then wrote Maya's name on a lantern in the garden before Misty died from the wound. Maya subsequently passed out.
When Maya woke up, she found herself inside the Inner Temple. Fearful for her life, she wrote to Mia for help and channeled her. Mia told her to lock herself in the Special Course training room and channel Hawthorne there to prevent anyone else from channeling her, adding an assurance that Wright would save her in the end.
Later, Bikini and Wright discovered that Deauxnim had been murdered. Fearful for Maya, Wright tried to cross the bridge leading to the Inner Temple, but the bridge had been struck by lightning and it broke under his feet; he fell into the river and caught a severe cold, but suffered no major injuries. Thus, passage to the Inner Temple was cut off for over a day.
The case brought several people together to work to save Maya and to solve the case. Edgeworth heard of the incident and rushed to Wright, who gave him his lawyer badge so that he could defend the accused, Iris, in court until Wright recovered. Edgeworth set up Franziska von Karma as the prosecutor; von Karma would later assist in the investigation after Godot took over the prosecution. Gumshoe and the Los Angeles police department conducted an investigation as well.
Iris was called to unlock the training room, but Hawthorne switched places with her under cover of an earthquake. Hawthorne then posed as Iris and tried to implicate Maya as the killer in court. However, Wright exposed the contradictions in her testimony and figured out her true identity. Hawthorne was still convinced that Maya had killed herself in guilt for killing her mother, but the geography of the area made that impossible; Wright concluded that Maya had channeled Hawthorne. Mia taunted Hawthorne, saying that Hawthorne would never succeed as long as she was called on to help Maya. Distressed over her failure, Hawthorne left Maya's body, and Maya collapsed.
After a recess, Maya recovered and was called to testify. However, she wanted to protect the one who had saved her life and lied about the events of the murder. Wright knew her too well not to catch her lies, though, and he quickly implicated Godot as the killer. Wright endured Godot's taunts that he'd never be half the lawyer Mia was and concluded that Hawthorne had cut Godot under his visor, marking him as the killer.
Defeated, Godot finally admitted to all of his motives; he had been a defense lawyer, Diego Armando, working in the same law firm in which Mia had worked, and they had dated. He had been poisoned shortly after a case he helped Mia handle, and for the next few years, he had been in a coma. When he had woken up, Mia had already been killed, and he had vowed to protect Maya.
Iris was subsequently declared not guilty. Maya, Wright, Edgeworth and von Karma celebrated the victory, with Wright being puzzled as to why Maya was acting so happy after being brutally attacked and losing her mother. With the help of Edgeworth, he realized that she was staying strong for Pearl, who had unwittingly played a large role in causing the entire calamity to occur. Pearl, however, ran away to the Inner Temple; Wright and Maya followed her there and Maya reassured Pearl, telling her that she was grateful that she had so many people to help her at a time of dire need and great danger.
Some time later, Wright, Maya and Pearl properly took the Special Course together. Pearl later discovered an Ultra Course that she reserved for Wright and Maya... But where the heck is she during Apollo Justice? WHO KNOWS :/
"I really feel like I've been living on the edge lately. I mean, I've escaped death three times now! Pretty cool, huh? I feel like a pro!"
On most fronts, Maya is just your typical frail eighteen-year old XD She doesn’t really know how to fight, and it’s been shown she can be easily overpowered by a typical 50-year old man. Her special talents all lie in spiritual power. Being a Fey woman, she’s been born with a strong spiritual strength. The main thing she can do is channel spirits. Now, how this works. Pretty much, Maya takes a back-seat in her mind, and the spirit inhabits her body. She physically changes to match the spirit she is channeling, but her hair and clothing stays the same.
However, this can be very dangerous too. A spirit medium who isn’t very experienced can become overcome by the spirit they are channeling, and they can’t control it. Maya has been training very hard, and she's actually a really good spirit medium! However, malicious or strong spirits are still going to give her trouble, and she isn't able to dispel them from her mind on her own.
Her other ability is more of an item. She owns a magatama, which she wears around her neck like a necklace. When she puts spiritual power into it, it will start to glow, and she'll be able to see things called psyche locks. Pretty much if someone tries to hide something while she's using the magatama, she'll see chains and padlocks in front of them, and if she's able to 'break the lock' then she's worn someone down to the point where they will confess.
However... she's not nearly as good at this as Nick is, and isn't really going to think to use it majority of the time.... But it's there so... :')
"The only reason I'm still here at all is thanks to everyone who was there for me. If even one of you weren't there, I'm sure I wouldn't still be alive right now."
❤ - DO NOT WANT, you must have done something pretty bad, because Maya hates you
❤ - Disliked, she either trolls you or just thinks you're a jerk
❤ - Doesn't really know you at all
❤ - She thinks of you as a friendly acquaintance and wants to know you more
❤ - You're definitely a friend! She enjoys hanging out with you, and is pretty darn loyal to you.
❤ - Close friend! She will put herself in harms way to protect you, and really really cares about your well being. There's a lot of fondness here.
❤ - You might as well be family. She loves you, whether that means romantically or in a platonic way, and will always be there for you without question.
Cannon
❤ Phoenix Wright→ He's her best friend in the whole wide world. He used to be Mia's student, and she first met him when Maya was accused of murdering her big sis. Nick defended her when no one else would, and they've kind of been together ever since. She works as his assistant, and helps him out in every way she can. They have a funny relationships, she teases him for being a stiff, and he kind of facepalms at her dimmer moments. However, when you get down to it, she cares about him more then she might let on, and would do anything for him (and deep down, she has a little crush on him. deep deep deep down). He's come and gone a few times so Maya is... reserved to hope that he comes back. It hurts more each time he leaves so for now she'll just be content to have him wait at home like a good wife until she comes home.
❤ Pearl Fey→ Her little cousin who is the younger sister that Maya never had. She's Maya's only remaining family back home, so she cares about her like woah. Seriously, if you mess with this girl Maya will pretty much never forgive you, and will hunt you down forever. She admires her cousin a lot too, because she's smarter then Maya and wants to help her grow and make her happy in any way she can~ Although she doesn't like the fact that Pearly always couples her up with Nick... But she's not in Paradisa anymore. Maya is kind of happy, because this really isn't any place for a kid... but she misses her a lot.
❤ Mia Fey→ Mia is kind of like half mom, half sister. The two were parent-less for a long time, and Mia pretty much raised Maya. She has so much respect and love for her big sister, and really wants to be like her. She's come to realize over the course of the game though that her destiny is different from her sister, but she still wants nothing more then to make her proud. She's dead back home by the way, but she misses her so much, and is SO happy she's here in Paradisa. Except, well.... she's not here any more. That makes Maya so very sad, but she knows she can't depend on Mia, and should just move on and accept that she is in fact dead. ;;
❤ Apollo Justice→ Over the course of the three times that he's been here, she considers him one of her best friends in Paradisa. He's a bit of a stiff, which she loves to poke fun at, and just... reminds her of Nick, a tiny bit. She views him as her connection to home here, no matter how thin a connection it is. Over the three times that he's been in Paradisa, Maya has learned about him and his time. He means a lot to her, and she considers him as one of her best friends. It's just hard to know that if he ever comes back, she'll have to start all over again.
❤ Trucy Wright→ Apollo's assistant, Nick's adopted daughter, and a like minded soul! Seriously, Maya just gets Trucy, and in return, Trucy understands Maya. Maya just thinks that Trucy is endlessly adorable, fun to hang out with, and considers her a little sister of sorts. She misses her a lot, and still thinks of her fondly... All in all, she's so proud of Nick for having raised such a wonderful daughter.
Paradisa
❤ 14→ A friend of Priscilla's and a kind of rogue cowboy? He definitely is from a past world, and Maya is determined to help him have fun, and try new and delicious foods. He's like that rougish adventurer that she can tease and she knows that he'll tease him back. While he's often a jerk and doesn't talk to her for months at a time, there's something comforting in the fact that it sounds like he's been here almost as long as she has. Just the fact that if she filters him worried that he's gone home, he's always there... something about that is so comforting to her, and she considers him a very important friend.
❤ Haruno Sakura→ She started off as just a Paradisa newbie who was Ino's friend. But she and Maya have done a lot of hanging out since they met, and Maya considers Sakura to be one of her best Paradisa friends. Sakura has a great sense of humor, she's funny, smart, strong, and a super cool ninja. But more than that she's just... consistent. It doesn't mater if Maya needs someone to derp around with, or a shoulder to lean on while she eats comforting ice cream, Sakura is there. Maya is so grateful for that, and wants to do everything that she can so she is just as good of a friend back.
❤ Shiki Misaki→ Another girl who Maya met when she was a newbie. But they've talked a good deal since meeting, and Maya just plain adores Shiki. She kind of reminds Maya of Trucy in a way, so exuberant and just plain... cute! Maya feels this need to treat her like a little sister, and more than that, Shiki seems to be proving to Maya that she can be a good big sister.
❤ Gold→ They're like minded souls in the way that he's just crazy and a lot of fun to talk to. Whenever they talk it dissolves into sibling like bickering, teasing, and just plain having fun. Maya adores Gold forever and always.
❤ Prince Zuko→ Maya knew a few Zukos before this Zuko, so there was already a lot of fondness for this boy when she first met him. Luckily, she's been able to spend more time with this Zuko than any of the others and he's... exactly like how she remembers him. Stubborn, impatient, always looking to pick a fight, and way too serious for his own good. But there's something endearing in all of that and she just... can't help but really care about this kid. He's got a good heart, and she wants to help him live a happier life. She's pretty sure that he doesn't like her as much as she likes him, but that's okay. She'll just stay near him anyway so she can help... I mean, bother him.
❤ Elektra Nachos→
❤ Spike Spiegel→ Also has a very cool name, and he's just kind of... a chill guy. HOWEVER, Maya has this sneaking feeling that there is always way more going on than he's telling her. For now she figures that he has his reasons and she's giving him space, but her curiosity and concern is going to win out someday. Until then, he's slowly amassing movie dates that he owes her.
❤ Lorne→
❤ Jilly Coppercorn→
❤ Coraline Jones→ Such an adorable spunky child, Maya seriously adores her. She wants to just... protect her forever, and views her as a little sister. And while Maya may not admit it, she's filling the Pearly shaped hole in Maya's heart.
❤ Yamanaka Ino→ Apollo's girlfriend friend! And she's also a ninja, which is kind of the coolest thing ever. Not to mention she's nice, funny, and cool to hang out with.
❤ Sylvanas Windrunner→ A banshee with an AWESOME name! Maya definitely wants to try and find a way to help her with her issues.
❤ Larry Paul→
❤ Bruce Wayne→ He taught her a little bit of Tai Chi, and he just seems like a nice guy! Little quiet, but that's fine, plenty of Paradisa men seem to have been born in stoic valley.
❤ Katara→
❤ Nudge→
❤ Katharine Anne Pryde→
❤ Gaignun Kukai, Jr.→
❤ Peter Petrelli→
❤ Alleria Windrunner→
❤ Thor Odinson→
❤ Wilhelm→ He just got here, and he's a very classy guy. He also offered to help her with her Spirit Medium training, and he's helping bolster her confidence in that arena.
"Oh look, it's one of those snow motorcycle things!"
"Most people call that a "snowmobile", you know."
""Snow motorcycle things", "Snowblowmeal". Same thing. Hmm... Too bad we didn't invite Desirée. I bet she could race like the wind on this "Slowmobile"! Or maybe she'd give me ride on this "Blowsnowbile"."
EditAdded by Mimii
