The Departure of the Great Returned Soul: Chapter One
The Departure of the Great Returned Soul (2262 words) by Overlord_Mordax
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Raffles – E. W. Hornung, Raffles (TV 1977), 大逆転裁判 | Dai Gyakuten Saiban | The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Video Games)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Bunny Manders/A. J. Raffles
Characters: Bunny Manders, A. J. Raffles, Minor Characters
Additional Tags: Mission Fic, Post-Canon, During Canon, Fix-It, Major Character Undeath, Victorian Attitudes, Partners in Crime, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Rating May Change, POV Third Person, Screen Reader Safe
Summary:
After returning from the war, Bunny Manders’ pseudonymous publications have made certain that the villain AJ Raffles was dead, in the mind of the public, giving the genuine article just the wiggle room needed for he and his companion to disappear from the eyes of the law.
But certainly they can’t depart from their beloved London town without one last heist, as much for old times’ sake, as for a cushion to aid them in establishing their new lives. And what better opportunity than the upcoming Great Exhibition? Certainly all manner of strange characters are likely to turn up there.
But most importantly, Bunny and Raffles, once more bound for hell or glory, arm in arm.
(Technically a crossover with Great Ace Attorney/Dai Gyakuten Saiban, but can be easily read blind for that fandom.)
Notes:
While the Bunny and Raffles stories are rather concretely dated, the Dai Gyakuten Saiban timeline is much muddier. Setting this story inside the DGS universe loosens the dates for Raffles, and the authors here offer a rough date of late 1900 for the events here– during the Boer War, and at the precise time that a certain Ryuunosuke Naruhodo is practicing law in London.
