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The scene changes to a security guard as he comes across a violent struggle between two women in a storage room. One strikes the other down with a steel pipe: the attacker is Mahoney!

In the courtroom lobby, Maya teases Phoenix about getting put on a case after all. Maya pulls out a newspaper announcing the appearance of a group of jewel thieves in London (Chelmey is pictured in the article). But Phoenix says that can't be the case they're on, they're not IN London, and they're supposed to be participating in a practice case only, not a famous jewel theft.

The door opens, and in steps Jodorra, introducing herself as a professor of law at Stella Private Academy. Her student, Mahoney, is with her (Mahoney is dressed as a student but her eyes are disturbingly vacant). Jodorra assures Phoenix that Mahoney's already confessed, so the trial should be simple. She starts to hand over the necessary evidence and information but is called away before Phoenix can see it. As soon as she's gone, Mahoney says, in creepy monotone, "I am not a witch." Phoenix is then called into court.

The judge introduces the accused as Mahoney Katalucia. The prosecutor is Bartely who, in true Payne fashion, taunts Phoenix obnoxiously. Phoenix finally has the chance to look at the court record and learns that Mahoney has been charged with theft and assault. The victim was struck in the back of the head with a rod-shaped item that left lacerations, but has since recovered.

Bartely outlines the case. The case took place on board a ship moored on the River Thames. It was preparing to depart with its cargo when the accused snuck aboard. A security guard caught her red-handed in the act of smashing one of the crew members over the head with a pipe. The cargo she was trying to steal was a stuffed animal of none other than the Blue Badger, which the London police have adopted as their mascot.

The security guard is called to the stand. It is immediately apparent that he takes his job very seriously. He strikes a pose and introduces himself as Yutorino Gardner. He testifies to seeing the assault and catching Mahoney, but when he insists that nothing else in the cargo hold was disturbed, Phoenix indicates an open crate in the crime scene photo. Yutorino's pride as a professional is wounded, and he insists it's not his fault that he missed it, because the electricity was out and he only had the emergency light and his trusty flashlight to see with. The flashlight is entered into evidence, Yutorino's fingerprints clearly visible on it in smudges of chocolate (his favorite). But Yutorino's testimony is called into question again when he admits he was wearing his sunglasses at the time, and is under the false impression that Mahoney hit her victim from right in front of her rather than from behind, as the victim's wounds indicate.

Phoenix declares that his client is innocent, and the Judge agrees that further inquiry is needed. Bartely lets slip "This isn't what I was promised!" But Yutorino isn't finished yet. He claims Mahoney can't be declared innocent since she's also accused of theft, and he has proof that she's definitely guilty of that. He has a gold tag with "London" written on it that is supposed to be wrapped around the Blue Badger doll, which he discovered in the victim's hand. He supposes that the victim tore it off during the struggle, which means Mahoney must have been trying to take the doll with her.

Bartely tells Phoenix to just give up, since Mahoney's already confessed anyway, but Phoenix insists they continue. Court goes into recess while the next witness is prepared.

In the defense lobby, Phoenix and Maya congratulate themselves on earning their client a fighting chance. Jodorra, however, seems less than pleased. Maya spots her reading the newspaper they discarded earlier. When she notices them, Jodorra quickly discards the paper. She scolds Phoenix for getting carried away and insists that Mahoney has already confessed, and that pushing for acquittal will only harm her delicate sensibilities (and cause the Academy undue embarrassment). She urges him not to make a fuss over just a "stuffed animal" and then leaves.

The witness is called, a young woman in a chef uniform named Olive Aldente. She just happens to be carrying her cleaver with her. Bartely confirms that she was the victim in this case that was struck by Mahoney. She testifies that she went to the cargo hold to check up on her cooking ingredients. When she saw Mahoney trying to sneak off with the stuffed animal, she intervened, and was struck with the pipe. Bartely introduces a new piece of evidence: a picture of the fingerprints clearly visible on the pipe. There were no other prints on it.

Even in the face of such damning evidence, Phoenix is determined to continue. He points out that the position of the fingerprints on the pipe are backwards, making it impossible for Mahoney to have swung the pipe like a bat. Olive claims that Mahoney did hold the pipe backwards, and struck her in a backhand, but Phoenix says again that this isn't possible. Given that Olive is taller than Mahoney, it's impossible for Mahoney to have struck Olive in the back of the head using a backhanded swing. In fact, the prints only make sense if Mahoney was trying to grab the pipe as it was swung at her head. Mahoney wasn't the attacker, she was the victim. Phoenix accuses Olive of being the attacker, pointing out that her gloves would have prevented her from leaving prints.

Olive denies it. She wildly accuses the security guard, since he was wearing gloves, too. But Phoenix presents Yutorino's chocolate-stained flashlight as proof that he wasn't wearing gloves that night.

Bartely protests the defense's baseless speculation. He insists that Mahoney has already confessed, and he presents the stuffed animal in question as proof. The Blue Badger (wearing a London police cap) is missing a leg that was torn off in the struggle. As Bartely shows it off, Phoenix notices that Olive flinches.

Olive testifies that she was the one to return the doll to the police, as she was able to pull it away from Mahoney during their struggle. She claims that she couldn't have been the one to swing the pipe around because she was clinging to the doll with one hand the entire time. Phoenix presses her to confirm that this exact doll is the one, and when Olive says it is, he points out that this doll still has its gold London tag. Yutorino already testified that he discovered Mahoney holding the tag she took from the doll she stole, so why does this doll still has his?

Olive says that maybe Yutorino brought a fake tag on his own just to cause trouble, but Phoenix says all they need to do is check the tag for prints. In the meantime, why not search the ship for a doll that's missing a tag? Olive must have swapped dolls for some reason. Bartely doesn't understand why anyone would do that, considering all the dolls are the same. Phoenix argues that's exactly the point. Why would she change the dolls? All they need to is search the ship to know for sure.

Olive freaks out and begs them not to. The judge asks Phoenix to present one final piece of evidence to prove why a search is even necessary, so he presents the newspaper Maya had earlier. The ship they're talking about just came from London, where priceless jewels have just gone missing. Phoenix speculates that the missing jewels were hidden in the doll, which is why Olive was desperate to keep it hidden from the police. Olive has a breakdown.

The search team reports from the ship, having discovered the doll with the missing tag and a 100,000 pound pink diamond inside. They also found Mahoney's prints on the tag provided by Yutorino, confirming Phoenix's version of the events. Olive admits that she's part of the group that stole the diamond. They had been doing it for a while, one jewel per doll. When she went to the hold to retrieve it and found Mahoney there, she assumed that Mahoney was trying to steal it and did everything in her power to keep the diamond safe. She also doesn't know who it was that struck her in the back of the head. At first she thought it was Mahoney, but now she thinks it may have been a witch.

The judge thanks Phoenix for his service to the court and tells Bartely that he could learn a thing or two. He then declares Mahoney innocent.

Back in the defense lobby, Jodorra sure doesn't look happy, but she thanks Phoenix and encourages Mahoney to do the same. Mahoney does so, clutching a heavy book (the Labyrinthia) to her chest. Jodorra compliments Phoenix again on his skill and departs with Mahoney. While Phoenix and Maya wonder about where Olive's attacker disappeared to, they notice that Mahoney left her book behind. Maya opens it up and finds a illustration that includes the two of them inside. The book starts to glow, and Phoenix and Maya disappear into the book.