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|EPISODE 2 - TURNABOUT SISTERS|

|DAY 1 - INVESTIGATION        |

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-Cellular

Brrring...

   Brrrrring...

 

-Cellular

*beep*

 

-???

Hello? This is Maya.

 

-Mia

Hey Maya, it's me.

 

-???

Mia!

What's up? You haven't

called in a while.

 

-Mia

Sorry, I've been so busy.

How you been?

 

-???

Well, LONELY.

And it's all YOUR fault.

 

-???

Nah, I'm just teasing.

 

-???

I've been great! I'm finally

getting used to having my

own place.

 

-Mia

That's good to hear.

 

-Mia

Actually, I'm calling because

I have a favor to ask.

 

-???

I know, I know. You want me

to hold evidence for you?

 

-Mia

Sharp as always!

 

-Mia

There's a lot of buzz about

the upcoming trial...

 

-Mia

I just don't feel safe

keeping the evidence here.

 

-???

I gotcha.

So, what is it this time?

 

-Mia

It's... a clock.

 

-???

A clock?

 

-Mia

Yeah, it's made to look like

that statue, "The Thinker."

And it tells you the time!

 

-Mia

I thought you might like it.

You always liked toys.

 

-???

Hey! I'm not a little

girl anymore, Sis!

 

-Mia

Now, now. You know

I'm only teasing.

 

-Mia

Ah, I should probably tell

you, the clock isn't talking

right now.

 

-???

Huh? It's not working?

That's lame!

 

-Mia

I had to take the

clockwork out. Sorry.

 

-Mia

I put some papers

inside it instead.

 

-???

Papers? Is that

the evidence, then?

 

-???

Hmm, well... there's a

possibility that it might

turn out that way, yes.

 

-Mia

Can you come by the office

tonight, say 9:00, to pick

it up?

 

-Mia

I'll be in a pretrial

meeting until then.

 

-???

Okay, Sis, but I expect

dinner! Something good!

 

-???

Like... burgers! I could

really go for a good burger.

 

-Mia

Okay, okay.

We'll hit the usual joint.

 

-???

Alright! It's a deal!

 

-???

Okay, Sis, see you soon!

 

-Mia

Yep.

I'll be waiting, Maya.

 

-Cellular

*beep*

 

-Cellular

[Conversation recorded.

September 5, 9:27 AM]

 

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September 5, 8:57 PM

Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-???

Now, Miss Fey, I'll take

what's mine... the papers.

 

-Mia

I'm sorry, but I can't

give you what I don't have.

 

-???

Miss Fey,

you are a poor liar.

 

-???

Why, I see it right

over there...

 

-???

That must be "The Thinker"

that swallowed those papers.

 

-Mia

How could you know...?

 

-???

Ho hoh. You are not

cogniferous of my

background?

 

-???

Gathering information is

my business, you see.

 

-Mia

I... I should have been more

careful.

 

-???

Ho hoh.

 

-???

My dear Miss Fey...

I am so very sorry.

 

-???

But I am afraid I must ask

you for one more thing.

 

-???

Your eternal silence...

Farewell, Miss Fey.

 

-Mia

!!!

 

Red... White... Blue...

 

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September 5, 9:08 PM

Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-Phoenix

Uh oh, I'm late.

 

-Phoenix

Huh, that's strange.

The chief must have

gone home already.

 

-Phoenix

She said her sister was

coming over so we should

all go out for dinner...

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

What's that smell...?

 

-Phoenix

Blood...?

 

-Phoenix

Mia!

(Maybe she's in her office!)

 

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***Examine Anything*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* I smell blood...

* and that can't be good!

*

* -Phoenix

* I have to check and see if

* Mia... the Chief's okay!

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Office

 

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-Phoenix

That smell... Blood!

 

-???

...

 

-???

*sob*

 

-???

Sis...

 

-Phoenix

(Someone's there!)

 

-Phoenix

...!

 

-Phoenix

Chief? Chief...?

 

-Phoenix

Chief!!!

 

-Phoenix

Who are you?

 

-???

...

 

-Phoenix

(The strange girl dropped out

cold. I left her lying on

the office sofa.)

 

-Phoenix

(I went back to the chief

where she lay under the

window.)

 

-Phoenix

(Her body was still warm...)

 

-Phoenix

(I could feel it when

held her shoulder.)

 

-Phoenix

(Then, all too quickly,

it began to fade...)

 

-Phoenix

(Until finally she was cold.)

 

-Phoenix

Chief...

 

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***Examine window***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* There's a large building

* right across from the office.

*

* -Phoenix

* The "Gatewater Hotel."

* A nice, luxurious place.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine the thinker**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* It's encrusted with

* dried blood.

*

* -Phoenix

* How ironic that this became

* the murder weapon... again.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine shards of glass******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Some shards of glass are

* scattered on the floor.

*

* -Phoenix

* They seem to be the remains

* of a glass light stand.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine office chair*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* The chief's chair.

*

* -Phoenix

* A simple, functional design.

* Feels pretty good to sit in,

* too.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine Mia******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Chief...

*

* -Phoenix

* It's hard seeing her like

* this, but if there are any

* clues here...

*

* -Phoenix

* She was struck on the head

* with a blunt object.

*

* -Phoenix

* She probably died instantly.

*

* -Phoenix

* "The Thinker" lying next

* to her must have been

* the murder weapon.

*

* The Thinker added

* to the Court Record.

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm... there are some glass

* shards near the chief's body.

*

* -Phoenix

* Must be pieces of the glass

* light stand lying broken in

* the back of the room.

*

* Glass Shards added

* to the Court Record.

*

* -Phoenix

* Nothing else that seems

* like a clue here...

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm...?

*

* -Phoenix

* A piece of paper! It must

* have fallen from Mia's hand!

*

* -Phoenix

* What could it be?

*

********************************************

 

***Examine Mia again************************

*

* -Phoenix

* It's painful to look... but

* I have to, for Mia's sake.

*

* -Phoenix

* Looks like she was hit

* in the head with a blunt

* weapon.

*

* -Phoenix

* She probably died

* instantly.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine paper before meeting Maya********

*

* -Phoenix

* !

*

* -Phoenix

* A word is written in blood

* on this scrap of paper!

*

* -Phoenix

* "Maya"...?

* Did Mia write this?

*

* -Phoenix

* This piece of paper is a

* receipt from a department

* store, dated yesterday.

*

* Receipt added to

* the Court Record.

*

* -Phoenix

* (I think that's enough

* snooping around for now.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'd better call the police...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (and find out what that

* girl was doing here.)

*

********************************************

 

***Examine paper after meeting Maya*********

*

* -Phoenix

* !

*

* -Phoenix

* A word is written in blood

* on this scrap of paper!

*

* -Phoenix

* "Maya"...?

* Did Mia write this?

*

* -Phoenix

* This piece of paper is a

* receipt from a department

* store, dated yesterday.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wait a second!)

*

* -Phoenix

* ("Maya"...!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Was Mia trying to tell us

* something about that girl?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I think I'd better show

* her this receipt.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I never thought there'd be a

* use for evidence like this

* outside the courtroom!)

*

* Receipt added to

* the Court Record.

*

* -Phoenix

* (I think that's enough

* snooping around for now.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'd better call the police...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (and find out what that

* girl was doing here.)

*

********************************************

 

***Examine ledger***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* The Fey & Co. ledger book.

*

* -Phoenix

* Everything is written in

* the chief's ultra-neat

* handwriting.

*

* -Phoenix

* It's a small office, but

* it makes a good bit of money.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine desk*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A perfectly normal office

* desk.

*

* -Phoenix

* The chief had a very

* particular policy about

* office décor:

*

* -Phoenix

* "Spend big on stuff the

* clients use, but keep your

* own stuff simple."

*

********************************************

 

***Examine computer*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Surprisingly, the chief

* was never good with machines.

*

* -Phoenix

* About all she used this

* PC for was e-mail.

*

* -Phoenix

* She picked up this ancient

* model at some garage sale

* for practically nothing.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine right bookcase*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* All the chief's important

* documents are packed in here.

*

* -Phoenix

* This is where she filed

* her case records and

* recent rulings.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine telephone************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Right!

* I'd better call the police!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...?

*

* -Phoenix

* That's funny...

*

* -Phoenix

* A few of the screws on the

* receiver are missing...

*

* -Phoenix

* It looks like someone was

* halfway through taking

* it apart.

*

* -???

* Police!?

*

* -???

* Please, come quick!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wh-what was that!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Someone screaming from

* outside the window!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* ...!

*

* -Phoenix

* She's staring right at me!

*

* -Phoenix

* She's holding a phone

* in her hand...

*

********************************************

 

***Examine phone again**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* The phone receiver is missing

* a few screws.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'd better not use it.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

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-Phoenix

...!

 

-Phoenix

(That girl just now...

where'd she go!?)

 

-Phoenix

(I put her right there

on that sofa...!)

 

-Phoenix

(Uh oh... I hope she

didn't run on me.)

 

-Phoenix

Yipes!

 

-Phoenix

(Don't scare me like that...)

 

-Phoenix

Umm...

 

-Phoenix

Excuse me but, who are you?

 

-???

...

 

-Phoenix

It's okay. I work here.

 

-Maya

Maya...

 

-Maya

Maya Fey.

 

-Phoenix

Maya... Fey?

 

CONTINUE IF RECEIPT IS IN COURT RECORD, JUMP TO NEXT SCENE BREAK IF NOT.

 

-Phoenix

("Maya"...?)

 

-Phoenix

(So Mia was writing

this girl's name!)

 

-Phoenix

(Maybe I should show

her the receipt?)

 

-Phoenix

(I never thought there'd be a

use for evidence like this

outside the courtroom!)

 

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***Talk about "What happened"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* (She seems to be in shock.

* I don't want to disturb her,

* but I have to know...)

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... excuse me?

*

* -Phoenix

* Can you tell me

* what happened?

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* I came in...

* The room was dark.

*

* -Maya

* And Sis... Sis...!

*

* -Phoenix

* (So she was already dead.)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "You and the Chief"***********

*

* -Phoenix

* So, you're the chief's...?

*

* -Maya

* Sister. I'm her

* younger sister.

*

* -Phoenix

* And you were here... visiting?

* This late at night?

*

* -Maya

* Yes. She said she wanted me

* to keep some evidence for her.

*

* -Phoenix

* Evidence...?

*

* -Maya

* Yes...

* I-it was that clock...

*

* -Maya

* It was "The Thinker."

*

********************************************

 

***Present Attorney's Badge*****************

*

* -Maya

* I'm sorry, I've never

* seen that before.

*

********************************************

 

***Present The Thinker**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Um, about "The Thinker"...

*

* -Maya

* !

*

* -Maya

* The Th-Thinker...

*

* -Maya

* That was...

* Oh, Sis! *sob*

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm, probably shouldn't have

* asked her about the murder

* weapon...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Glass Shards*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* This was lying next

* to the chief.

*

* -Maya

* I know. I saw it there too.

*

* -Maya

* I thought they might be

* pieces of the light stand.

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm. Maybe.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Never heard of a glass

* light stand before...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Receipt**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Before Mia died, she wrote

* a message with her own blood.

*

* -Phoenix

* She wrote it on the

* back of this receipt.

*

* -Maya

* !

*

* -Maya

* Th-th-that's MY name!

*

* -Maya

* W-why!?

* Why would she write my name?

*

* -Phoenix

* Please, just calm down.

*

* -Maya

* W-why would

* Sis write my name?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Uh-oh. Now I've done it...)

*

* CONTINUE IF TELEPHONE NOT EXAMINED

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'd better hurry up

* and call the police!)

*

********************************************

 

***Examine door*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* The door to the chief's

* office. It's slightly open.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'd better not touch

* the door knob.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine bookshelf************************

*

* -Phoenix

* You couldn't cram more legal

* books in here, even if you

* wanted to.

*

* -Phoenix

* Few can gaze upon the shelves

* without feeling insignificant.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine writing desk*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* A small writing desk cluttered

* with office supplies.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine reception desk*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* The reception desk.

* I usually sit here.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine painting*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A large painting.

* I guess you'd call

* this "modern art."

*

* -Phoenix

* I, on the other hand,

* call it a mistake.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine sofa*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* This sofa is for clients.

* It's leather... a real

* luxury model.

*

********************************************

 

AFTER:

   1) Examining the phone

   2) Presenting the receipt to Maya

 

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*whee-ooo* *whee-ooo*...

*whee-ooo* *whee-ooo*...

 

-Phoenix

!

 

-Phoenix

The police!

(Sounds like they're

coming this way!)

 

Freeze! Police!

 

-Gumshoe

Alright, I'm Detective

Dick Gumshoe, see?

 

-Phoenix

(Gumshoe...?

What an odd name.)

 

-Gumshoe

We received a report from the

building across the way, see.

 

-Gumshoe

Got a person saying

they saw a murder.

 

-Phoenix

(It must have been

that woman I saw.)

 

-Gumshoe

Anyway, I don't want either

of you moving one inch, 'kay?

 

-Phoenix

(Great. Just great.)

 

-Phoenix

(Maya... Wait, she

wouldn't have... nah.)

 

-Gumshoe

Whoaaaaaaaaaaaah!

 

-Gumshoe

Scuze me!

 

-Maya

Eek!

 

-Gumshoe

This word "Maya" here

mean anything to you?

 

-Maya

...!

 

-Maya

Um... that...

 

-Maya

That's my name...

 

-Gumshoe

WHAAAAT!?

 

-Gumshoe

The victim drew this here

note in her own blood, see?

 

-Gumshoe

With her dying breath, she

wrote down the killer's name!

 

-Maya

K-killer...? I'm not--

 

-Gumshoe

Case closed! You're coming

down to the precinct, ma'am.

 

-Maya

W-what?

 

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-Phoenix

Mia's younger sister, Maya,

was arrested on the spot.

 

-Phoenix

I was taken in for questioning

and didn't get out until the

next morning.

 

-Phoenix

My eyes were heavy...

but I couldn't sleep.

 

-Phoenix

I sat around, waiting for

visiting hours to begin at

the detention center.

 

-Phoenix

I had to talk to Maya

as soon as possible.

 

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September 6, 9:07 AM

Detention Center

Visitor's Room

 

-Phoenix

(Wow, they have poor Maya

locked up like a criminal.)

 

-Maya

Oh!

 

-Maya

It's you! The lawyer...

 

-Maya

G-good morning.

 

-Phoenix

Good morning!

 

-Phoenix

(She looks so tired...)

 

-Maya

Um...

 

-Maya

Are you going to

be my attorney?

 

-Phoenix

Well, that's what I wanted

to talk to you about...

 

***It's up to you***************************

*

-Phoenix

* (I'd better give it

* to her straight...)

*

* -Phoenix

* It's up to you.

*

* -Maya

* Up... to me?

*

* -Phoenix

* Yes. I don't think this is

* something I should decide.

*

* -Phoenix

* After all, you're the one

* in trouble here.

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* They're never going to

* believe me... are they?

*

* -Maya

* Even you, when you found me

* in the office. You looked at

* me like I had done it!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Of course I will*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (First things first, I better

* get her cheered up...)

*

* -Phoenix

* Yeah, of course I will!

* Cheer up!

*

* -Maya

* R-really...?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Whoa! Did I say the wrong

* thing? She looks sadder now!)

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... what... what's wrong?

* You don't think I can do it?

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* No... no one could!

*

* -Maya

* Who would believe me?

*

* -Maya

* Even you, when you found me

* in the office. You looked at

* me like I had done it!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Sorry, not a chance**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* (Maybe if I joke a bit

* she'll cheer up...)

*

* -Phoenix

* Hah hah!

* No way, Jose!

*

* -Phoenix

* Just kidding...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Eh heh. Whoops.

* That didn't go so well.)

*

* -Maya

* ...Heh...

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh?

*

* -Phoenix

* M-Maya...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Was that a... chuckle?

*

* -Maya

* What?

*

* -Maya

* N-no!

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* It wasn't very

* believable, was it?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Not really...)

*

* -Maya

* I-I'm sorry!

*

* -Maya

* I just thought, since

* you'd made a joke...

*

* -Maya

* Please, don't mind me!

* You're doing just fine!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Who's trying to

* cheer up who here!?)

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* I knew it.

*

* -Maya

* No one will believe me.

*

* -Phoenix

* What?

*

* -Maya

* Even you--when you found me

* in the office. You looked at

* me like I had done it!

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

(Did I look at her

like that?)

 

-Phoenix

No, no! I never thought...

 

-Maya

I-it's okay.

I understand.

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

And.. I've also heard

about you.

 

-Phoenix

Heard...? Heard what

about me?

 

-Maya

I... was talking to my sister

on the phone the other day...

 

-Mia

"Today was my junior partner's

first time in court."

 

-Maya

Wow! Really?

How'd that go?

 

-Mia

"It was quite the scene!"

 

-Mia

"Honestly, I was on edge

the whole time. It's

been a while..."

 

-Maya

Hah! So, he crashed and

burned?

 

-Mia

"...He's a genius."

 

-Mia

"One of those 'strike fear

into the hearts of evil'

types..."

 

-Mia

"The only thing he's lacking

is... experience."

 

-Maya

Huh, sounds like it was fun!

 

-Maya

Well, I know who to go to if

I ever get into trouble now!

 

-Mia

"I don't know, Maya."

 

-Mia

"I think you might want

to wait... give him three

more years."

 

-Mia

"That is, unless you want

to be found guilty."

 

-Maya

That's what she said!

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Maya

I-I'm sorry!

 

-Maya

I didn't mean to

trouble you...

 

-Phoenix

No, it's okay.

It's true, I guess.

 

-Phoenix

But... at the same time,

I can't just sit and watch!

 

-Phoenix

When I think of the person

who did this to Mia...

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

I know...

 

***Examine security camera******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Smile for the camera...

*

********************************************

 

***Examine security guard*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* This guard monitors

* the visitor's room.

*

* -Phoenix

* He hasn't moved an inch.

* A real pro, this guy.

*

********************************************

 

***Present The Thinker**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* I wanted to ask you

* about the murder weapon...

*

* -Maya

* Poor Sis... *sniff*

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm. Better not ask

* her about this now.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Glass Shards*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* This was lying next

* to the chief's body...

*

* -Maya

* I saw that too.

*

* -Maya

* They said they thought

* these were pieces of a

* broken light stand.

*

* -Phoenix

* Yeah, that seems

* about right.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Though I'd never heard

* of a glass light stand

* before this...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Receipt**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Remember that receipt?

*

* -Maya

* Y-you mean the one

* with my name on it?

*

* -Phoenix

* Any idea why she...

*

* -Maya

* Absolutely none!

*

* -Maya

* Um...

*

* -Maya

* Do you trust me?

*

* ***I trust you******************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I trust you.

* *

* * -Maya

* * Why?

* *

* * -Maya

* * Don't you think

* * I did it, too?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * No, I don't.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (It's just a hunch, but...)

* *

* * -Maya

* * That detective

* * thinks I did it.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***I don't trust you************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* * -Maya

* * I didn't think

* * you'd believe me.

* *

* * -Maya

* * You're just like

* * the detective.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sorry...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I don't like lying just to

* * make people feel better.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * But it doesn't mean that

* * I've decided you did it!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (She seemed so lost

* * at the crime scene.)

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Present Maya's Memo**********************

 

-Phoenix

I wanted to ask you

about your cell phone...

 

-Maya

That detective took it

when they brought me in.

 

-Phoenix

(So, Gumshoe took it...)

 

-Phoenix

(I'll have to try to

get it back next time

I see him...)

 

********************************************

 

***Present other****************************

*

* -Maya

* Sorry... I've never

* seen that before.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Maya"************************

*

* -Phoenix

* There's something I've

* been wanting to ask you...

*

* -Maya

* Yes?

*

* -Phoenix

* What's with that outfit?

*

* -Maya

* Oh, this?

*

* -Maya

* This is what all acolytes

* wear. It's my uniform, you

* could say.

*

* -Phoenix

* A-acolytes? Like people in

* religious training? What is

* it you do?

*

* -Maya

* Oh! It's nothing

* strange, really!

*

* -Maya

* I'm a spirit medium.

* ...In training.

*

* -Phoenix

* A s-spirit medium!?

* (I'm pretty sure that

* qualifies as strange.)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "The day of the crime"********

*

* -Phoenix

* Could you tell me about

* the day of the murder?

*

* -Maya

* Yes!

*

* -Maya

* Let's see... that morning,

* I got a call from my sister.

*

* -Maya

* She wanted me to hold onto

* a piece of evidence for an

* upcoming trial.

*

* -Phoenix

* Evidence?

*

* -Maya

* Yes. That clock shaped like

* "The Thinker."

*

* -Phoenix

* (The one Larry made...)

*

* -Phoenix

* How could that have been

* evidence in a case?

*

* -Maya

* Um, right, she said

* something about that...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* I remember!

*

* -Maya

* Do you want to hear it

* in her own voice?

*

* -Phoenix

* H-her own voice!?

*

* -Maya

* Yes.

*

* -Maya

* I'm pretty sure our

* conversation is on

* my cell phone.

*

* -Phoenix

* You recorded it!

*

* -Maya

* Yeah! I forgot how to

* delete those things.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your cell phone"*************

*

* -Phoenix

* So, you say you have a

* conversation with your

* sister on your cell phone?

*

* -Phoenix

* Let's hear it!

*

* -Maya

* Right!

*

* -Maya

* Oh!

*

* -Maya

* I just remembered: that

* detective took my cell phone.

*

* -Maya

* Sorry.

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh, right.

* (Of course...)

*

* -Phoenix

* Next time I see Detective

* Gumshoe I'll ask him for it.

*

* -Maya

* I'll write you a note so

* you don't forget, okay?

*

* -Phoenix

* Sure, thanks.

*

* Maya's Memo added

* to the Court Record.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "The day of the crime" again**

*

* -Phoenix

* Could you tell me about

* the day of the murder?

*

* -Phoenix

* Sorry... I know

* it must be hard.

*

* -Maya

* No, it's okay.

*

* -Maya

* All I've been doing the

* last few hours is talking

* about it.

*

* -Maya

* I've kind of gotten

* used to it...

*

* -Maya

* Let's see... that morning,

* I got a call from my sister.

*

* -Maya

* She wanted me to hold onto

* a piece of evidence for an

* upcoming trial.

*

* -Phoenix

* (That's "The Thinker" clock

* that Larry made.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (It practically qualifies

* as a serial murderer by now.)

*

* -Phoenix

* So then, when did you

* arrive at the office?

*

* -Maya

* It was right around 9:00.

*

* -Maya

* The lights were off and...

* I could smell blood.

*

* -Maya

* Th-then I found her.

* My sister...

*

* -Phoenix

* Thanks, Maya.

*

* -Phoenix

* That's all I need

* to hear for now.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Spirit mediums"**************

*

* -Phoenix

* So you're an acolyte.

* A, er, medium-in-training.

*

* -Maya

* That's right.

*

* -Maya

* The Fey family, especially the

* women, have always been very

* sensitive to the spirit world.

*

* -Phoenix

* Wait a second, you said

* the "Fey Family"?

*

* -Phoenix

* So, Mia was into

* this stuff too?

*

* -Maya

* Of course!

*

* -Maya

* She left the mountain to

* "follow her career," she said.

*

* -Maya

* Her powers were first-

* class, too!

*

* -Phoenix

* (I... I had no idea.)

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm...

*

* -Phoenix

* Wait...!

*

* -Maya

* What?

*

* -Phoenix

* So, you're a real, honest-

* to-goodness spirit medium?

* With E.S.P. and all that?

*

* -Maya

* Yes.

* ...In training.

*

* -Phoenix

* Well, can't you contact

* Mia's spirit, then?

*

* -Phoenix

* We can just ask

* her who killed her!

*

* -Maya

* ...!

*

* -Maya

* I-I'm sorry...

*

* -Maya

* I'm still in training.

*

* -Maya

* I couldn't do something

* on that level...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm... I thought that

* would be too easy.)

*

********************************************

 

AFTER:

   1) Talking about everything

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

Um...!

 

-Phoenix

Huh? Something the matter?

 

-Maya

Um... I was wondering,

could I ask you a favor?

 

-Phoenix

...?

 

-Maya

This is the address of

a famous lawyer.

 

-Maya

My sister gave me

this a long time ago.

 

-Maya

She said if I was ever in

trouble, I should call him.

 

-Maya

And, well, I'm in trouble.

 

-Maya

Do you think you could go

ask him to represent me?

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm...)

 

***Accept***********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Sure, why not?

* I'll go ask.

*

* -Maya

* Thank you so much!

*

* -Maya

* I have no one

* else to turn to...

*

* -Phoenix

* ...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Say, what about

* your parents...?

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* I... I see.

* Don't worry, leave it to me.

*

-Maya

* Thank you!

* The trial's tomorrow...

* at 10:00.

*

* -Phoenix

* W-what!? Tomorrow!?

*

* -Maya

* Tomorrow.

*

* -Phoenix

* What if this guy refuses!?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Refuse***********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm sorry...

*

* -Phoenix

* I think this is the kind

* of thing you should really

* do yourself.

*

* -Maya

* ...You're right.

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* Something wrong?

*

* -Maya

* Actually, I asked the police

* to contact him, and they

* tried calling a few times.

*

* -Maya

* Nobody could get

* a hold of him!

*

* -Phoenix

* They couldn't find him?

*

* -Maya

* I have no one left to ask!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Say, what about

* your parents...?

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* O-okay! Don't worry,

* I'll go ask him for you.

*

* -Maya

* Y-you will?

* Thank you so much!

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm just worried what will

* happen if I can't find him.

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Maya

They told me that if I don't

find one, the state will pick

an attorney to defend me.

 

-Phoenix

When will that happen?

 

-Maya

They're giving me until

4:00 this afternoon.

 

-Phoenix

(And visiting hours are almost

up... I'd better hurry!)

 

-Phoenix

Right, I'll be back!

 

MOVE TO: Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 6

Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-Phoenix

(The office is filled

with police officers.)

 

-Phoenix

(They're all busily searching

for clues...)

 

-???

Hey! You there!

 

-???

This is a crime scene, pal!

No trespassing!

 

-???

Umm... Sorry, don't I

know you from somewhere?

 

-???

Wait, you're that Butz guy,

aren't you!

 

-Phoenix

No, no, Phoenix Wright.

(How could anyone mistake

me for Larry!?)

 

-???

Ah, guess I got the

wrong name, Mr. Wright.

Sorry 'bout that.

 

-???

That Butz guy, he was

a killer! And you're

no killer! Right?

 

-Phoenix

(He WAS proven innocent...)

 

-Phoenix

Umm... right.

And you were...

 

***Detective Gumshoe************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... Gumshoe, wasn't it?

* Dick Gumshoe?

*

* -???

* Right!

* At your service.

*

* -???

* Hang on! That's Detective

* Gumshoe to you, pal!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Detective Suedeshoes*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... Suedeshoes, wasn't it?

*

* -???

* That's me! Don't step on

* my blue suede shoes...

*

* -???

* Wait! That's a song, pal!

*

* -???

* My name's Dick Gumshoe...

*

* -???

* W-wait!

*

* -???

* That's Detective

* Gumshoe to you, pal!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Detective Gumtree************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... Gumtree, was it?

* Detective Gumtree?

*

* -???

* G-Gumtree...?

*

* -???

* Gum doesn't grow

* on trees, pal!

*

* -???

* And I'm the one in charge here

* so don't push your luck!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Whatever you say,

* Detective...)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Gumshoe

Anyway, get the name right.

 

-Gumshoe

And don't go calling me

"Dick"...

 

-Police

Hey, Dick!

Get over here!

 

-Gumshoe

Y-yes, sir!

 

-Gumshoe

B-be right there!

 

-Gumshoe

Umm... ahem!

 

-Gumshoe

You're her lawyer,

right, pal?

 

-Gumshoe

If you got business here,

you'd better do it quick!

 

-Phoenix

(Whew! He thinks I'm

Maya's lawyer...!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine window***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* The sky is blue,

* and so am I...

*

* -Phoenix

* There's that hotel,

* right across the way.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine plant****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Mia's favorite potted plant.

*

* -Phoenix

* I remember it had this

* bizarre name no one

* could ever remember.

*

* -???

* "Cordyline stricta," pal!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Who was that!?)

*

********************************************

 

***Examine desk*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Mia's desk.

*

* -Phoenix

* Perfectly clean, as always.

*

* -Phoenix

* The only thing it's

* missing is... Mia.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine poster***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* An old movie poster.

*

* -Phoenix

* Apparently, this was the

* first movie that made Mia

* cry when she saw it.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'll have to check it

* out one of these days.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine bookcase*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* There's a horrendous amount

* of legal books here.

*

* -Phoenix

* Scarier still is that Mia

* probably read all of these.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Mia"*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* About Ms. Fey...

* did you do an autopsy?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Hmm?

* You want to know

* the results, eh?

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Gumshoe

* Now don't you look

* at me like that, pal!

*

* -Gumshoe

* It's no use!

*

* -Gumshoe

* She might have been your

* boss, but that doesn't mean

* you get any special treatment.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Alright, alright.

* You can see the report,

* but that's all!

*

* Autopsy Report added

* to the Court Record.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Mia" again*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* So, Mia's death was

* instantaneous.

*

* -Gumshoe

* That's right, pal.

*

* -Gumshoe

* She was... a beautiful person.

*

* -Phoenix

* You knew her, Detective?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Sure. All of us down at

* the precinct knew Ms. Fey.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Much as it pains me to say

* this, she was a darn good

* lawyer.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Hey, what are you looking at?

* I just got a little dust

* in my eye, that's all.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Maya"************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Um, about Maya...

*

* -Gumshoe

* Yeah!

* I'm looking forward

* to the trial!

*

* -Gumshoe

* Sorry, pal, but this is

* one trial you aren't

* going to win!

*

* -Phoenix

* W-why do you say that?

*

* -Gumshoe

* The city's put Prosecutor

* Edgeworth on the prosecution!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Edgeworth...)

*

* -Gumshoe

* I'm sure you know what

* that means, you being a

* lawyer and all.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Edgeworth"*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Prosecutor Edgeworth...

*

* -Gumshoe

* That's right, pal!

* Mr. Miles Edgeworth himself!

*

* -Gumshoe

* Wait... you do know him,

* don't you!?

*

* ***Of course I do!**************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I know him. He's a feared

* * prosecutor. He doesn't feel

* * pain, he doesn't feel remorse.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * He won't stop until he gets

* * his "guilty" verdict.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Aww, don't talk about him

* * that way. You make him

* * barely sound human!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Still, I'm afraid this pretty

* * much decides the case.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (So, Edgeworth is on this

* * one...)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (He hasn't lost a case since

* * he became prosecutor at the

* * incredibly young age of 20.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Of course, there are rumors

* * of back-alley deals and

* * forged evidence...)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (All I know for sure is that

* * Edgeworth hates crime with

* * an almost abnormal passion.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (I never imagined I'd be

* * facing him so soon...)

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Of course not!***************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Never heard of him.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Whoa!

* * And you call yourself

* * a lawyer, pal!?

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * About four years ago, this

* * Edgeworth guy became a

* * prosecutor at the age of 20!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Everyone says he's a genius.

* * Surprised you don't know him!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Of course I know him...

* * I was just playing dumb.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (He's a cold, heartless

* * machine who'll do anything

* * to get a "guilty" verdict!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (There are rumors of

* * back-alley deals and forged

* * evidence...)

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (All I know for sure is that

* Edgeworth hates crime with

* an almost abnormal passion.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I never imagined I'd be

* facing him so soon...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present The Thinker**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* I was wondering, do you

* know anything about this?

*

* -Gumshoe

* That statue?

* That's the murder weapon.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Huh? He thinks the clock

* is just a statue, too...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'm starting to wish I'd

* never seen this thing.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Glass Shards*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* There was broken glass

* at the crime scene, right?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Hmm? Oh, that?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Seems like a glass stand

* next to the victim fell over.

*

* -Gumshoe

* The glass shards were pieces

* of the broken stand.

*

********************************************

 

***Present Receipt**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* There was a piece of

* paper next to the victim,

* wasn't there?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Yeah. The one with the

* killer's name written on it!

*

* -Phoenix

* Are you sure that Mia

* wrote it herself?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Given the condition of the

* writing, it's hard to say if

* it's her handwriting or not.

*

* -Phoenix

* (So there's no proof

* that Mia wrote it.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Maya's Memo**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* I was wondering... did you

* see Maya Fey's cell phone?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Oh that?

* I have that.

*

* -Phoenix

* Do you think you

* could give it back?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Sure!

* I mean, wait a second, pal!

*

* -Gumshoe

* Tricky lawyer!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Uh-oh, he's on to me!)

*

* ***Tell him straight************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Hmm... if I tell him why

* * I want it there's no way

* * he'll give it to me!)

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Something the matter?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Oh, no, it's just...

* * You know, Detective!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Nope.

* * I know nothing, pal!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * That cell phone has a lot of

* * numbers on it... like her

* * boyfriend's...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * A cell phone holds all a

* * little girl's sweetest

* * and spiciest secrets!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Urk? Y-you're trying

* * to confuse me!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Sorry, pal. I already checked

* * all the numbers in memory!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Impressive! You're

* * quite the detective.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Uh huh. Oh, here, you

* * can have the phone back.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * There weren't any suspicious

* * call records in there,

* * after all.

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Tell him not-so-straight*****************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Okay, I can't be straight

* * with this guy... but what

* * should I tell him?)

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Something the matter?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Oh, no, um...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * T-that carrying strap

* * on the cell phone...

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * This? Hmm... it says "The

* * Steel Samurai: Warrior of

* * Neo Olde Tokyo"...

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * "The Steel Samurai"... that

* * action hero on TV?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Yeah, you see that strap is

* * a collector's item...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * She... was worried it might

* * get lost if it went down

* * to the precinct.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * That what she said?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Um. Yes.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * ...

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Okay, pal.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * I wrote down all the numbers

* * she called anyway.

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Here you go.

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (Seems he didn't notice

* the recorded conversation...)

*

* Received: Maya's Cell Phone.

*

* Check the Court Record to hear

* the recorded conversation.

*

********************************************

 

***Present Maya's Cell Phone****************

*

* -Phoenix

* (Seems he didn't notice

* the recorded conversation...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Mia's Autopsy Report*************

*

* -Phoenix

* Thanks for this!

*

* -Gumshoe

* Don't mention it, pal.

*

* -Gumshoe

* When it comes to dealing

* with lawyers, "fight fair

* and square," is our motto!

*

* -Phoenix

* (I don't know how I feel,

* seeing everything written

* up like this...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (It makes Mia's death

* seem so... routine.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Other****************************

*

* -Gumshoe

* Hmm? What's that?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Sorry, pal, but I got no

* info for the likes of you!

*

********************************************

 

AFTER:

   1) Talking about Mia & Maya

   2) Presenting Maya's Memo

 

-Phoenix

(I guess I've asked all

the questions I need to.)

 

-Gumshoe

You all done, pal?

 

-Phoenix

Um, yes, thank you.

I'll be heading out now.

 

-Gumshoe

Oh, wait.

 

-Gumshoe

One more thing I wanted

to mention to you.

 

-Gumshoe

I don't suppose you're

planning on talking to

that witness.

 

-Gumshoe

Anyway, you'd better not!

 

-Gumshoe

No influencing the witness

with your lawyerly ways, pal!

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

(Come to think of it, I had

completely forgotten about

her...)

 

-Phoenix

The... witness?

 

-Gumshoe

Yeah, Miss April May.

 

-Gumshoe

I'm sorry 'bout this...

 

-Gumshoe

But I can't tell you

anything about her!

 

-Phoenix

(Well, you just told me

her name, Miss May, huh?)

 

-Phoenix

So you've sent her

home already, then?

 

-Gumshoe

Ahah! You're trying your

lawyerly tricks on me now!

 

-Gumshoe

She's not to go outside her

room until the trial!

 

-Phoenix

(So... she's still in the

hotel across the way.)

 

-Phoenix

I guess I should no better

than to try to get a

detective to leak information.

 

-Gumshoe

You got that right, pal!

 

-Phoenix

(Time to pay a visit

to Miss May!)

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 6

Grossberg Law Offices

 

-Phoenix

(According to the

receptionist, the

big boss is "out".)

 

-Phoenix

(She couldn't say

when he'd be back.)

 

-Phoenix

(It must be hard to keep

track of everything when

you're a famous lawyer...)

 

-Phoenix

(Not to mention run an

office like this.)

 

-Phoenix

(I guess I'll just have

to come back later.)

 

***Examine painting*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* That painting has been

* bugging me ever since

* I stepped in here.

*

* -Phoenix

* The oil paint is so

* thick it's practically

* giving me a stuffed nose.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm sure the price is

* nothing to sneeze at

* either, for that matter.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine table****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A table for clients.

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm... an elegant ebony case,

* and if I'm not mistaken, that

* lighter's made of solid gold.

*

* -Phoenix

* Even I can tell someone

* here's got money to burn.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine plant****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* An expensive potted plant.

*

* -Phoenix

* No idea what kind of plant it

* is, but it's probably the

* most expensive one available.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine desk*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A solid mahogany desk.

*

* -Phoenix

* The wood's been polished

* to a deep luster.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine bookshelves**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Expensive-looking mahogany

* bookshelves, filled with

* expensive-looking books.

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm... funny... they don't

* look like they've ever been

* read.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Detention Center

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Maya

Hey!

 

-Maya

What is it? Did you

meet the lawyer?

 

-Phoenix

Sorry.

 

-Phoenix

I haven't seen him yet.

 

-Maya

I see...

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm. I'd better go see

if I can find this elite

lawyer she's talking about.)

 

***Present Maya's Cell Phone****************

*

* -Phoenix

* Hey, I got your

* cell phone back.

*

* -Maya

* Oh! Say...

*

* -Maya

* Can I listen

* to my sister's voice?

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Maya's eyes closed...

* She listened to every word

* with such intensity...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Before long, tears began

* to roll down her cheeks.)

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Maya

* Thank you.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your family"*****************

*

* -Phoenix

* What about your family?

*

* -Maya

* I only had my sister.

*

* -Maya

* My father died when

* I was very young.

*

* -Maya

* And I don't know

* where my mother is.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Don't know...?

* So she could still be alive?)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your mother"*****************

*

* -Maya

* The women in my family have

* been mediums for generations.

*

* -Maya

* They say that E.S.P.

* runs in our blood.

*

* -Maya

* About fifteen years ago,

*

* -Maya

* our family was involved

* in an... incident.

*

* -Maya

* There was a man,

* and he... he...

*

* -Maya

* He ruined our mother's life.

*

* -Phoenix

* ("Ruined"...?)

*

* -Maya

* After that, she disappeared.

*

* -Maya

* Several years after that,

*

* -Maya

* my sister announced she would

* "become a lawyer" and she

* left the mountain.

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* So, you live by yourself?

*

* -Maya

* Yes.

* I've gotten used to it.

*

* -Maya

* Oh, also...

*

* -Maya

* I had to become independant,

* or I would lose my E.S.P.!

*

* -Phoenix

* (I feel bad for her,

* all by herself up

* on that mountain...)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your mother's enemy"*********

*

* -Phoenix

* So, who was this man

* who, um, "ruined" your mother?

*

* -Maya

* About 15 years ago...

* there was an unusual

* murder case.

*

* -Maya

* It made quite a stir,

* everyone was talking

* about it, apparently.

*

* -Maya

* The police were running out

* of leads, and they were

* getting desperate...

*

* -Phoenix

* Wait... they didn't use

* a spirit medium, did they?

*

* -Maya

* The police convinced my mother

* to try to contact the victim.

*

* -Phoenix

* Wow...

* So, what happened?

*

* -Maya

* The case was solved...

* we thought.

*

* -Phoenix

* You "thought"...?

*

* -Maya

* The man my mother helped

* the police capture was

* innocent.

*

* -Phoenix

* ...!

*

* -Maya

* The police's consultation with

* a medium had all been carried

* out in secret, of course.

*

* -Maya

* But...

*

* -Maya

* A man found out about it

* and leaked it to the press.

*

* -Maya

* He told all the papers that

* my mother was a fraud, and the

* media jumped on it big time.

*

* -Maya

* She... my mother... became

* the laughing stock of the

* nation.

*

* -Phoenix

* I see.

*

* -Maya

* ...

*

* -Maya

* White...

*

* -Phoenix

* Excuse me? White?

*

* -Maya

* That was his name.

* My sister told me.

*

* -Phoenix

* White? Hmm...

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Gatewater Hotel

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 6

Gatewater Hotel - Room 303

 

-April

Well!

Hello there, handsome.

 

-Phoenix

Umm... hi.

(Smooth, Wright, real smooth.)

 

-April

You're the lawyer, aren't you?

The detective told me...

 

-April

He said, "Don't say nothing

to that lawyer, pal!" Tee hee!

 

-Phoenix

(Memo to self: thank

Detective Gumshoe for

making my job harder.)

 

-April

Gee! This is all like

something out of a movie!

 

-April

It's all so exciting

I can hardly contain

myself!

 

-April

Ooh! Let me go freshen up

so I can look the part of

the beautiful eyewitness!

 

-Phoenix

(I pity the lawyer that

has to cross-examine

this one.)

 

***Examine painting*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Ah. A still-scene painting.

* Wait, should that be

* "still life"?

*

* -Phoenix

* Whatever. One of those

* is hanging on the wall.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine table****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A bottle and two glasses

* are on the table.

*

* -Phoenix

* Somebody must be

* staying with her.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine window***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* The late summer sunlight

* streams through the window.

*

* -Phoenix

* There's the Fey & Co.

* Law Offices building,

* of course.

*

* -Phoenix

* You can see the inside of

* the room pretty clearly

* from here.

*

* -Phoenix

* I think it would be a little

* difficult to recognize a face

* from this distance, though.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine bed******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A simple bed.

*

* -Phoenix

* It's been recently made.

* Nothing eye-catching here.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine flowers**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* The flowers are fake,

* as expected.

*

* -Phoenix

* I know sunflowers and tulips,

* but that's about the extent

* of my floral knowledge.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine open drawer**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* (There's a screwdriver

* stuck in this drawer.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I wonder what's inside?

* Let's take a look...)

*

* -April

* Hey! H-h-hey!!!

*

* -April

* What are you doing!?

* No touching!

*

* -April

* Oooh. Bad boy!

*

* -April

* Y-you really shouldn't

* pry around in other

* people's rooms, now.

*

* -April

* You wouldn't want to

* make me upset, would you?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Upset!? I thought she

* was going to explode

* for a second there!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I wonder what could be

* inside the drawer?)

*

********************************************

 

AFTER:

   1) Examining the open drawer

 

***Examine open drawer again****************

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm... what's inside

* I wonder?)

*

* -April

* *cough* *cough*

*

* -Phoenix

* (Maybe later...)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "What you witnessed"**********

*

* -Phoenix

* Do you think you

* could tell me something?

*

* -Phoenix

* I need you to describe what

* you observed at the time of

* the incident.

*

* -April

* Ooh. "Observe," "incident"!

* You sound just like a lawyer

* in the movies!

*

* -April

* I like a man with

* a big... vocabulary.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Umm... *gulp*

* Better not encourage her.)

*

* -Phoenix

* Er... you know that thing

* that occur... um... happened

* the other day? The bad thing?

*

* -Phoenix

* What did you see

* when it happened?

*

* -Phoenix

* I don't suppose you

* could tell me about it?

* Pretty please?

*

* -April

* Let me see...

* Um, well...

* Dream on!

*

* -April

* If you want to know, you'll

* just have to come to the

* court tomorrow, Mr. Lawyer!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Oh boy.)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Miss May"********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Um, could you... just

* who exactly are you?

*

* -April

* Oooh, Mr. Lawyer!

* Are you hitting on me?

*

* -Phoenix

* N-n-no! Hey! I'm just

* doing my job here!

*

* -April

* Tee hee! You know, you're

* cute when you blush.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Believe me, this is the

* first time in my life I've

* blushed this much...)

*

* -Phoenix

* Umm... eh heh.

*

* -Phoenix

* Right... can you just tell

* me what it is you do?

*

* -April

* Well...

*

* -April

* No! Tee hee!

* And you had your little

* hopes up, didn't you!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Oh boy.)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "This room"*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* I see there are two

* glasses on the table.

*

* -Phoenix

* Is someone staying

* here with you?

*

* -April

* Oooh! What amazing

* powers of observation!

*

* -April

* You must be one of those

* famous detectives, like

* on television!

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh, no, not me,

* I'm, er, just a lawyer!

*

* -April

* Say, Mr. Big Detective, why

* don't you go look for clues...

* in the garbage? Hmm?

*

* -April

* Miss May doesn't like

* nosey little lawyers...

* Hmph!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Oh boy.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present anything*************************

*

* -April

* Excuse me, but I'm

* a witness? Police

* witness? You understand?

*

* -April

* How could I possibly give you

* any information in good

* conscience, hmm?

*

* -April

* Me... "the witness"!

* It's just like the movie!

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm... seems like Mr.

Grossberg is out.)

 

-Phoenix

(Well, maybe I should

just wait here for him

to come back.)

 

-???

*Ah-HHHHEM!*

 

-Phoenix

(If that wasn't the most

over-the-top clearing of the

throat I've ever heard!)

 

-Grossberg

Ah hah! So, you're the

one they say has been

looking for me?

 

-Phoenix

Uh... y-yes, that's me!

(He looks even... grander

than I imagined!)

 

-Grossberg

Hmm...? That badge

on your collar...?

 

-Grossberg

Ah, so you're a lawyer,

are you now?

 

-Phoenix

Y-yes, well... yes.

 

-Grossberg

And what do you want?

 

-Grossberg

I'm not particularly busy

these days... Please, proceed!

 

-Phoenix

(Not busy...? Then how come

no one could get in touch

with you?)

 

-Grossberg

Hmm? Something the matter?

 

-Grossberg

You came to see the

one-and-only Marvin

Grossberg, did you not?

 

-Grossberg

Well, here I am, boy!

What do you want?

Out with it!

 

-Phoenix

Um... w-well, sir, actually

it's about Maya. Maya Fey.

 

-Grossberg

...!

 

-Grossberg

Ah... yes. Maya Fey.

Go on.

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm?

Why the strange reaction?)

 

-Grossberg

A-cha-cha.

 

-Grossberg

I'm really quite

busy here, son.

 

-Grossberg

I can't go taking cases

on a day's notice!

No, it's quite impossible.

 

-Phoenix

W-wait a second!

 

-Phoenix

How did you know the

trial was tomorrow!?

 

-Grossberg

Urk? Ahem!

 

-Grossberg

A-anyway...

 

-Grossberg

I'm afraid it's entirely

impossible for me to represent

her. Sorry. End of discussion.

 

-Phoenix

(What's going on!? He refused

me before I even got a chance

to ask him!)

 

-Phoenix

(What do I tell Maya...?)

 

***Present anything*************************

*

* -Grossberg

* Very sorry, but I've

* got nothing to say

* regarding this matter.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your refusal"****************

*

* -Phoenix

* How can you just refuse

* like that! Please, tell me

* why you won't take the case!

*

* -Grossberg

* Hmm? Eh, ahem! Well, you

* see it's just... I'm busy,

* you see!

*

* -Phoenix

* But the client is

* Mia Fey's sister!

*

* -Grossberg

* Hmm... ahem.

*

* -Phoenix

* Mia trusted you... She knew

* her sister would be in good

* hands.

*

* -Grossberg

* Yes, yes, of course

* I know that.

*

* -Grossberg

* However!

*

* -Grossberg

* I'm sorry but, I must

* refuse. Sorry. Good-bye.

*

* -Phoenix

* Creep.

*

* -Phoenix

* Fine.

*

* -Phoenix

* I don't have time to argue

* with you anyway. I'll go

* look elsewhere.

*

* -Grossberg

* *grumble*... Think not.

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh? Did you say something?

*

* -Grossberg

* I think not, I said.

*

* -Phoenix

* Wh-what do you mean?

*

* -Grossberg

* I'm terribly, terribly sorry.

*

* -Grossberg

* But I'm afraid that no lawyer

* worth their salt will take

* on this particular case.

*

* -Grossberg

* Terribly sorry, m'boy.

*

* -Phoenix

* Why!?

*

* -Grossberg

* I...

* I cannot say.

*

* -Grossberg

* ...

*

* -Grossberg

* I beg your pardon, but could

* you leave? Now? I've nothing

* more to discuss with you.

*

* -Phoenix

* (What's going on here!?)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Mia"*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* How did you know

* Mia Fey...?

*

* -Grossberg

* ...

*

* -Grossberg

* She... worked here.

* A long time ago.

*

* -Grossberg

* Quite the apprentice,

* that one.

*

* -Grossberg

* Learned my techniques

* in the blink of an eye!

*

* -Grossberg

* She left one day,

* quite suddenly...

*

* -Grossberg

* She had a mission, you see.

*

* -Phoenix

* A "mission"?

*

* -Grossberg

* You could see it in her eyes.

*

* -Grossberg

* She followed it with

* a burning passion.

* Never looked back, that one.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "That painting"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* That's... quite a painting.

*

* -Grossberg

* Ahah! You noticed!

*

* -Grossberg

* It's my pride and joy!

* Impressive, isn't it?

* Well? ISN'T IT?

*

* -Grossberg

* The color of the sky!

* The hue of the sea!

* The weave of the straw hat!

*

* -Grossberg

* It's worth at least three

* million. I have no intention

* of parting with it, of course.

*

* -Grossberg

* No, I won't sell it!

* Not even to you!

*

* -Phoenix

* (I wasn't interested...)

*

* -Grossberg

* It's not for sale!

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm not buying!

* (Geez!)

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

(Looks like Detective

Gumshoe has gone home.)

 

-Phoenix

(The police are still keeping

themselves busy in the

chief's office.)

 

-Phoenix

(No one has time to talk

to me. Guess I'll head out.)

 

***Examine plant****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Mia's favorite potted plant.

*

* -Phoenix

* I guess I'll have to

* water it now...

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Detention Center

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 6, 3:42 PM

Detention Center

Visitor's Room

 

-Phoenix

Hiya.

 

-Maya

Oh!

You're back!

 

-Maya

Did you find the lawyer?

 

-Phoenix

Um... well...

(What do I tell her?)

 

-Phoenix

Well, see...

(Just be honest!)

 

-Phoenix

I... I really don't think

you should use that guy.

 

-Phoenix

He... didn't seem healthy.

He was all skin and bones!

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

What really happened?

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Maya

You don't mean...

He refused to help?

 

-Phoenix

Urp.

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

I see.

 

-Maya

I've been abandoned, then.

 

-Maya

Just a little longer now

before the state-appointed

lawyer comes, I guess...

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

(4:00 PM. Time's up.)

 

-Phoenix

(What should I do?)

 

-Phoenix

(Do I just leave her

and go home...?)

 

***Go home**********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (There's nothing left

* here for me to do...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (She'll be better off with

* a state-appointed lawyer.)

*

* -Phoenix

* I think I'd better

* get home now.

*

* -Maya

* Good-bye.

*

* -Phoenix

* It was a few days later when

* I found out how the story

* ended.

*

* -Phoenix

* The result of the trial

* was in the newspaper.

*

* -Phoenix

* "Guilty."

*

* -Phoenix

* I'll probably never

* meet her again.

*

* -Phoenix

* Did I make the

* right choice?

*

* -Phoenix

* Will I ever know?

*

* -Phoenix

* Mia... if you can hear

* me, please, tell me!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* Not! I can't let

* that happen!

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm not leaving here until

* she takes me as her lawyer!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Defend Maya******************************

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

I've made up my mind!

 

-Phoenix

I'm going to defend you

whether you want me to

or not!

 

-Maya

!

 

-Maya

Why?

 

-Phoenix

Why?

Well...

 

***I can't abandon you**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (No one is as sad as a

* person without any friends.)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Someone else is the culprit**************

*

* -Phoenix

* You aren't the culprit!

* Someone else is!

*

* -Maya

* H-how do you know?

*

* -Phoenix

* I, um, I have a hunch...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Given the evidence, it would

* be easy to assume that Maya

* was the killer.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (But there's something

* about this whole thing

* that smells... fishy.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (That witness's strange

* behavior... was that

* all an act?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (And the way that lawyer

* refused to help out Maya...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (But more than all that,

* she has no one left

* to help her!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Nothing is more sad,

* or more lonely than that.)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***I don't know why*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* To be honest,

* I don't know.

*

* -Maya

* You don't know?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Is this girl sitting in

* front of me the killer?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (All the evidence

* seems to say "yes.")

*

* -Phoenix

* (But there's something

* about this whole thing

* that smells... fishy.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (That witness's strange

* behavior... was that

* all an act?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (And the way that lawyer

* refused to help out Maya...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (But more than all that,

* she has no one left

* to help her!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Nothing is more sad,

* or more lonely than that.)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

(I know... I've been there.

A long time ago.)

 

-Phoenix

(Why did I become a lawyer

in the first place...?)

 

-Phoenix

(Because someone has to look

out for the people who have

no one on their side.)

 

-Phoenix

Maya...

 

-Phoenix

I won't abandon you.

You can count on me.

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

That's so kind of you...

 

-Maya

*sniff*...

 

-Maya

...

 

-Phoenix

Well!

 

-Phoenix

Let's fight this one

and get you out of here!

 

-Maya

R-right!

Thank you!

 

-Phoenix

(Whew, she smiled at last.

She looks like an entirely

different person!)

 

-Phoenix

One last question...

You are innocent, right?

 

-Maya

Yes!

 

-Maya

And I trust you...

 

-Maya

So you trust me,

too, okay?

 

-Phoenix

It's a deal.

 

-Phoenix

(So, what next...)

 

-Phoenix

(There's something that's

been bugging me...)

 

-Phoenix

(Just what was inside

that strange woman's

drawer?)

 

-Phoenix

(It was when I tried to

look into the drawer that

she got all defensive.)

 

-Phoenix

(There has to be

something in there!)

 

MOVE TO: Gatewater Hotel

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Bellboy

Good afternoon, sir!

 

-Phoenix

Excuse me, you are...?

 

-Bellboy

Ah, I beg your pardon, sir!

 

-Bellboy

I am the bellboy of

this establishment,

at your service, sir.

 

-Phoenix

Oh, right.

 

-Bellboy

I've just come up to

deliver room service, sir.

 

-Phoenix

Um... do you know where

Miss May might be?

 

-Bellboy

Ah. I believe our guest

Miss May is currently using

the, er, facilities...?

 

-Bellboy

If you've no need of

anything, I'll be

taking my leave.

 

-Bellboy

Please, stay as long as you

like. Enjoy...

 

-Phoenix

Yeah...

 

-Phoenix

Wait... no! Hey!

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

(Why does it seem like every

time I come here, I end up

embarrassing myself?)

 

-Phoenix

(Wait... now's my chance

to snoop around a bit!)

 

-Bellboy

Ah, I almost forgot!

 

-Phoenix

Gah!

Y-you came back quick!

 

-Bellboy

Might I ask you to inform

Miss May that there is a

message for her?

 

-Bellboy

Please tell her that

Mr. White, of Bluecorp phoned.

 

-Phoenix

Oh, right. Sure.

 

-Phoenix

(Mr. White... of Bluecorp?

Where have I heard that name?)

 

-Maya

White...

 

-Maya

That was his name.

My sister told me.

 

-Phoenix

("White" was the name of the

guy who ruined Mia and

Maya's mother!)

 

-Phoenix

(Could it be a coincidence?)

 

***Examine open drawer**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* There's a screwdriver sticking

* out of that half-open drawer.

*

* -Phoenix

* Now's my chance to

* see what's inside!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...!

*

* -Phoenix

* What do we have here!

*

* -Phoenix

* A... wiretap?

* Hmm!

*

* -Phoenix

* What would a woman like her

* be doing with a thing like this?

*

* Wiretap added to

* the Court Record.

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

There is definitely

something suspicious

about this "Miss May"!

 

-Phoenix

Why would she have something

like this in her hotel room?

 

-Phoenix

There's a story behind all

this, I know it!

 

-Phoenix

Alright...

 

-Phoenix

I'll be using this bit of

evidence in tomorrow's

trial, that's for sure.

 

-Phoenix

For Maya's sake...

 

-Phoenix

I'll get to this woman's

bottom! Wait... I mean

... you know what I mean.

 

-April

Oh, bellboy...?

Still there?

 

-Phoenix

(Uh oh, time to scram!)

 

-Phoenix

(I look forward to tangoing

with you tomorrow, Miss May!)

 

-Phoenix

(In court!)

 

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                                TO BE CONTINUED

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

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|EPISODE 2 - TURNABOUT SISTERS|

|DAY 2 - TRIAL                |

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 7, 10:00 AM

District Court

Courtroom No. 1

 

-Judge

The court is now in session

for the trial of Ms. Maya Fey.

 

-Edgeworth

The prosecution is

ready, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

The defense

is ready, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

(Miles Edgeworth...)

 

-Phoenix

(I'd better not show any signs

of weakness today, or he'll

be on me in an instant.)

 

-Judge

Mr. Edgeworth.

Please give the court

your opening statement.

 

-Edgeworth

Thank you, Your Honor.

The defendant, Ms. Maya Fey,

was at the scene of the crime.

 

-Edgeworth

The prosecution has evidence

she committed this murder...

 

-Edgeworth

and we have a witness

who saw her do it.

 

-Edgeworth

The prosecution sees no

reason to doubt the facts

of this case, Your Honor.

 

-Judge

I see.

 

-Judge

Thank you, Mr. Edgeworth.

Let's begin then.

 

-Edgeworth

You may call your

first witness.

 

-Edgeworth

The prosecution calls the

chief officer at the scene,

Detective Gumshoe!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Edgeworth

Witness, please state your

name and profession to

the court.

 

-Gumshoe

Sir!

 

-Gumshoe

My name's Dick Gumshoe, sir!

 

-Gumshoe

I'm the detective in

charge of homicides

down at the precinct, sir!

 

-Edgeworth

Detective Gumshoe.

 

-Edgeworth

Please, describe for us

the details of this murder.

 

-Gumshoe

Very well, sir!

Let me use this floor map

of the office to explain.

 

-Gumshoe

The body was found by

this window, here.

 

-Edgeworth

And the cause of death?

 

-Gumshoe

Loss of blood due to being

struck by a blunt object, sir!

 

-Gumshoe

The murder weapon was a statue

of "The Thinker" found next

to the body, sir!

 

-Gumshoe

It was heavy enough to

be a deadly weapon, even

in a girl's hands, sir!

 

-Judge

The court accepts the

statue as evidence.

 

-Phoenix

(They're still calling

it a "statue"...)

 

Floor plans added to

the Court Record.

 

-Edgeworth

Now, Detective...

 

-Gumshoe

Y-yes sir!

 

-Edgeworth

You immediately arrested

Ms. Maya Fey, who was found

at the scene, correct?

 

-Edgeworth

Can you tell me why?

 

-Gumshoe

Yes sir!

I had hard evidence

she did it, sir!

 

-Judge

Hmm.

Detective Gumshoe,

 

-Judge

Please testify to the court

about this "hard evidence."

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- Maya Fey's Arrest --

 

(1)

-Gumshoe

As soon as the phone call came

in, I rushed to the scene!

 

(2)

-Gumshoe

There were two people

there already:

 

(3)

-Gumshoe

The defendant, Ms. Maya Fey,

and the lawyer, Mr. Phoenix

Wright.

 

(4)

-Gumshoe

I immediately arrested

Ms. Maya Fey!

 

(5)

-Gumshoe

Why? We had a witness

account describing her!

 

(6)

-Gumshoe

The witness saw Ms. Maya

Fey at the very moment of

the murder!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm...

The very moment, you say.

 

-Judge

Very well. Mr. Wright,

you may begin your

cross-examination.

 

-Phoenix

Y-yes, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

(Cross-examine what...?)

 

-Phoenix

(I couldn't see a single

contradiction in that

testimony...)

 

...whoosh...

 

SMACK!

 

-Phoenix

(Hey! Maya just threw

something at me...)

 

-Phoenix

(What's this?)

 

-Phoenix

("When my sister couldn't

find any contradictions

in a witness's testimony")

 

-Phoenix

("she would bluff it and

press the witness on

every detail!")

 

-Phoenix

("The witness always slips

up and says something

wrong...")

 

-Phoenix

("It worked lots of times!")

 

-Phoenix

(Heh... I should have expected

Maya would know some of

her sister's tricks!)

 

-Phoenix

(Alright.

Let's give this a try!)

 

-Judge

Something the matter?

 

-Phoenix

No, Your Honor.

I'd like to begin my

cross-examination.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- Maya Fey's Arrest --

 

(1)

-Gumshoe

As soon as the phone call came

in, I rushed to the scene!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Who did you say you

   got a call from?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Hey pal, don't play

   dumb! You know who!

 

   -Gumshoe

   The call was from a customer

   at the Gatewater Hotel, right

   across from the crime scene!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Hmm... okay, I pressed.

   Not sure it did much, though.)

 

   -Phoenix

   Right.

   Please continue.

 

(2)

-Gumshoe

There were two people

there already:

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Detective Gumshoe, how

   long would you say it took,

 

   -Phoenix

   between you receiving

   the call, and your arrival

   at the scene of the crime?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Hmm, right... I'd say

   it was about 3 minutes!

 

   -Phoenix

   Th-that's pretty fast!

 

   -Gumshoe

   Our motto this month

   is "quick response"!

 

   -Gumshoe

   That's how I got there

   before the killer got away!

 

   -Edgeworth

   Indeed!

 

   -Edgeworth

   So, tell us who the two

   people you found on the

   scene were.

 

   -Gumshoe

   Yes sir!

 

(3)

-Gumshoe

The defendant, Ms. Maya Fey,

and the lawyer, Mr. Phoenix

Wright.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Are you absolutely

   sure it was us?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Listen pal, your dumb act

   will only get you so far!

 

   -Gumshoe

   With her funky hippie clothes

   and your spiky hair?

 

   -Gumshoe

   You two stand out like...

   like suspicious people

   at a crime scene!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Well... he does have

   a point about her.)

 

   -Phoenix

   (She is pretty unmistakable.)

 

   -Phoenix

   (I should pick my points

   to press with a little

   more care...)

 

(4)

-Gumshoe

I immediately arrested

Ms. Maya Fey!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Why's that?

   What's your reason?

 

(5)

-Gumshoe

Why? We had a witness

account describing her!

 

   END CROSS-EXAMINATION

 

(6)

-Gumshoe

The witness saw Ms. Maya

Fey at the very moment of

the murder!

 

   END CROSS-EXAMINATION

 

-Phoenix

(I can't see a single

contradiction in there!)

 

-Phoenix

(I'll just have to take

Maya's advice and press

him on anything suspicious!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*HOLD IT!*

 

-Phoenix

Hold on just one second!

 

-Gumshoe

Y-yeah?

 

-Phoenix

If I heard correctly...

 

-Phoenix

You said you arrested her

because you had "hard

evidence" she did it, correct?

 

-Gumshoe

Huh?

 

-Gumshoe

Did... did I say that? Me?

 

-Phoenix

I heard you say it!

 

-Judge

You did say it.

 

-Edgeworth

You said it.

 

-Phoenix

Exactly what about this

suspicious woman in pink's

claim was "hard evidence"!?

 

-Gumshoe

Wh-what!?

 

-Gumshoe

Miss May isn't suspicious,

and she sure isn't pink, pal!

 

-Gumshoe

W-well, I guess she

is pink...

 

-Judge

That's enough,

Detective Gumshoe.

 

-Judge

Do you have any more

solid proof other than

her claims, Detective?

 

-Gumshoe

Umm...

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm! I guess pressing

can have its advantages!)

 

-Gumshoe

...

 

-Gumshoe

Yes.

 

-Phoenix

(Gah!)

 

-Gumshoe

Sorry, I got the order

of things mixed up in my

testimony, Your Honor Sir!

 

-Gumshoe

There was something I

should have told you

about first, Your Honor!

 

-Judge

Very well, Detective. Let's

hear your testimony again.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- Hard Evidence --

 

(1)

-Gumshoe

After securing the suspect,

I examined the scene of

the crime with my own eyes.

 

(2)

-Gumshoe

I found a memo written on

a piece of paper next to

the victim's body!

 

(3)

-Gumshoe

On it, the word "Maya"

was written clearly in blood!

 

(4)

-Gumshoe

Lab test results showed that

the blood was the victim's!

 

(5)

-Gumshoe

Also, there was blood found

on the victim's finger!

 

(6)

-Gumshoe

Before she died, the victim

wrote the killer's name!

 

-Gumshoe

How you like that?

That's my "hard evidence"!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Judge

Before we begin cross-

examination, I have a

question for you, Detective.

 

-Gumshoe

Y-Your Honor?

 

-Judge

Why didn't you testify about

this vital piece of evidence

the first time!?

 

-Gumshoe

Ah... eh... I know. I'm real

embarrassed I forgot about

it, Your Honor Sir.

 

-Judge

Try to be more careful!

 

-Judge

Very well, the defense may

begin its cross-examination.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- Hard Evidence --

 

(1)

-Gumshoe

After securing the suspect,

I examined the scene of

the crime with my own eyes.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   And did you find

   any evidence?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Now, now, don't jump

   the gun on me, pal.

 

   -Gumshoe

   Just listen. I'm getting

   to the good part!

 

   -Phoenix

   (I got a bad feeling

   about this...)

 

(2)

-Gumshoe

I found a memo written on

a piece of paper next to

the victim's body!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Just because you found it

   next to the body doesn't

   mean the victim wrote it!

 

   -Gumshoe

   Ho hoh!

   Then who did write

   it, smarty-pants?

 

   -Phoenix

   Wh-who? Um...

 

   ***The killer*******************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Th-the killer!

   * Anyone can see that!

   *

   * -Gumshoe

   * Hoh.

   *

   * -Gumshoe

   * You're saying the killer

   * wrote her OWN name!?

   * Buddy, please!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * She was framed!

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * *OBJECTION!*

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Hold on.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * If that's the case,

   * where's your evidence?

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Ah...

   * (Urk!)

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Hah! I guess that was

   * a bit of a tall order

   * for you.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Those without evidence

   * shouldn't open their

   * mouths, Mr. Wright.

   *

   * -Gumshoe

   * Yeah, pal!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Argh...!)

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***Miss May*********************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Well... it could have been

   * the witness, Miss May!

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * *OBJECTION!*

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Hold on.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * The witness was in her

   * hotel room, not the office.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Try pulling the other leg,

   * Mr. Wright!

   *

   * -Gumshoe

   * Yeah, and while you're at

   * it, pull mine too, pal!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Argh...!)

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***I did************************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * It... it could have been me!

   *

   * -Gumshoe

   * What! S-so it was you!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * No, no, no, I'm just saying

   * it COULD have been me!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Can you prove it wasn't?

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * *OBJECTION!*

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Hold on.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * So, you admit to this?

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * You admit that you

   * wrote the note?

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Uh...

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Listen to me, Mr. Wright.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * This is a court of law, and

   * I expect you to refrain from

   * making thoughtless statements!

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Amateur!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (...!)

   *

   ********************************************

 

   -Edgeworth

   Well, Detective?

   Tell us what was written

   on that memo you found.

 

(3)

-Gumshoe

On it, the word "Maya"

was written clearly in blood!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Do you have proof it

   was Mia who wrote that!?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Of course I do, pal!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Uh oh... he sounded pretty

   confident. This might

   not be good...)

 

(4)

-Gumshoe

Lab test results showed that

the blood was the victim's!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What kind of "tests"

   were these again?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Huh? What kind?

   Umm... well...

 

   -Gumshoe

   I hear they take the, um,

   little bits in the blood,

   the... er... hemo... hemogl...

 

   -Gumshoe

   Hermo... goblins... hobgob...

   Er...? Herma-goblin bobbin...

 

   -Gumshoe

   I-I refuse to testify

   on this matter, sir!

 

   -Gumshoe

   I'm no expert on blood tests!

 

   -Judge

   Yes, that was quite clear.

   You may continue with

   your testimony.

 

   -Gumshoe

   Th-thanks, pal.

   I mean Your Honor Sir.

 

   -Edgeworth

   Detective Gumshoe.

 

   -Gumshoe

   Y-yeah?

 

   -Edgeworth

   I think you can expect

   a pleasant bonus in your

   next pay check.

 

   -Gumshoe

   Oh? Oh hoh hoh.

 

   -Phoenix

   (That was a mess...)

 

   -Gumshoe

   Right! Where was I?

 

(5)

-Gumshoe

Also, there was blood found

on the victim's finger!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   On which hand was the

   bloody finger, Detective?

 

   -Gumshoe

   The right hand!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Hmm... she WAS right

   handed...)

 

   -Gumshoe

   Hah hah hah!

   Nice try!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Uh oh... I guess it wasn't

   too hard to see what I

   was getting at there.)

 

(6)

-Gumshoe

Before she died, the victim

wrote the killer's name!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Detective Gumshoe!

 

   -Phoenix

   Do you get a lot of cases

   where the victim actually

   writes the killer's name?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Sure! It happens all the

   time in books and the movies!

 

   -Phoenix

   This isn't a movie, Detective.

 

   -Gumshoe

   Oof!

 

   -Phoenix

   Let's talk about

   reality, shall we?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Umm... I guess, I haven't

   heard of many cases... no.

 

   -Phoenix

   Don't you find it a little

   odd that the victim would

   write down a name?

 

   -Phoenix

   Especially the name

   of her own sister?

 

   -Gumshoe

   Ah, yeah, actually,

   you got a point, pal.

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Stop right there.

 

   -Edgeworth

   The witness's opinion

   on the matter is irrelevant!

 

   -Edgeworth

   The facts are clear: the

   victim wrote down the

   name of the accused...

 

   -Edgeworth

   The victim told us

   the name of her killer!

 

   -Judge

   Order! Order!

 

   -Phoenix

   (That didn't go so well...)

 

   -Gumshoe

   Th-that's right!

   What he said!

 

-Phoenix

(That's his whole

testimony...)

 

-Phoenix

(Okay, there has to be

a contradiction in there

somewhere. Let's find it!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

Detective Gumshoe!

 

-Phoenix

There's one thing I

want you to clarify

for me here.

 

-Phoenix

You say that the victim,

Mia Fey, wrote this note.

 

-Phoenix

That she was accusing

the defendant, Maya Fey?

 

-Phoenix

That's really what

you're saying?

 

-Gumshoe

Wh-what? This isn't one

of those lawyer tricks,

now, is it?

 

-Gumshoe

Of course she wrote it!

Who else could have!?

 

-Phoenix

You have it backwards,

Detective.

 

-Gumshoe

B-backwards?

 

-Phoenix

The victim is the only

person who absolutely

could NOT have written t!

 

-Phoenix

This is a report from

your department, Detective.

 

-Phoenix

"Immediate death due to a blow

from a blunt object."

 

-Phoenix

She died immediately!

 

-Gumshoe

But...!

 

-Phoenix

No "but"-ing your way

out of this one, Detective!

 

-Judge

Order! Order!

 

-Judge

The defense has a point.

 

-Judge

Someone who died immediately

wouldn't have the time to

write anything down.

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

Mr. Wright.

 

-Edgeworth

I beg your pardon, but when

exactly did you obtain that

autopsy report?

 

-Phoenix

Wh-when...!?

 

***The day of the murder********************

*

* -Phoenix

* I... I'm pretty sure it

* was the day of the murder.

*

* -Gumshoe

* You're wrong there, pal!

*

* -Gumshoe

* We didn't write an autopsy

* report 'til the day after!

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh. Right.

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***The day after the murder*****************

*

* -Phoenix

* It was the day

* after the murder...

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***I forget*********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm... sorry, I forgot.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Hah!

* Forgot, you say?

*

* -Gumshoe

* It was the day after the

* murder, Your Honor Sir.

*

* -Gumshoe

* I was the one who handed

* it to him myself! Personally!

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh. R-right.

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Judge

The prosecution's point

being...?

 

-Edgeworth

That autopsy report

is outdated, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

Wh-what!?

 

-Edgeworth

A second autopsy was

performed yesterday,

at my request!

 

-Edgeworth

"Death was almost immediate

due to a blow from a

blunt object..."

 

-Edgeworth

"But there is a possibility

the victim lived for several

minutes after the blow."

 

-Edgeworth

I received these results

this morning.

 

-Phoenix

N-no way!

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor!

 

-Edgeworth

It's quite easy to imagine

that the victim did have

time to write "Maya"!

 

-Edgeworth

That is all.

 

-Judge

I see!

 

-Phoenix

(Damn you, Edgeworth!)

 

-Phoenix

(I should have known

you'd have something

up your sleeve!)

 

-Edgeworth

Why, Mr. Wright,

you look shocked!

 

-Edgeworth

Something you want to say?

 

***You're a sham, Edgeworth!****************

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. Edgeworth...

*

* -Phoenix

* I've heard there's nothing

* you won't do to get

* your verdict...

*

* -Phoenix

* What reason could you possibly

* have had to request a second

* autopsy report?

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright! The defense will

* refrain from personal attacks

* on the prosecution!

*

* -Edgeworth

* No matter, Your Honor...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Mr. Wright.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Say what you will,

* the evidence in this

* report is undeniable.

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***The detective's a sham!******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Detective Gumshoe!

* You're a sham!

*

* -Phoenix

* How could you give

* me a faulty report!?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Huh? I-I thought...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Detective Gumshoe.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Urp!

*

* -Edgeworth

* I'm disappointed in you,

* handing him the wrong

* report like that.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Eh...? I...

* I'm sorry, sir.

*

* -Edgeworth

* You are at fault, Detective.

*

* -Edgeworth

* This isn't going to look good

* on your evaluation next month.

*

* -Gumshoe

* W-what? B-but... *sigh*

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***I'm a sham!******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Detective Gumshoe.

*

* -Phoenix

* Are you calling me a fool

* because I believed your

* report?

*

* -Gumshoe

* Huh? Me? I-I'm not... huh?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Detective Gumshoe.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Urp!

*

* -Edgeworth

* I'm disappointed in you,

* handing him the wrong

* report like that.

*

* -Gumshoe

* Eh...? I...

* I'm sorry, sir.

*

* -Edgeworth

* You are at fault, Detective.

*

* -Edgeworth

* This isn't going to look good

* on your evaluation next month.

*

* -Gumshoe

* W-what? B-but... *sigh*

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor, I submit this

report to the court.

 

-Judge

U-understood. The court

accepts the evidence.

 

Autopsy Report updated

in the Court Record.

 

-Edgeworth

Well, Your Honor?

 

-Edgeworth

The evidence strongly suggests

the victim was identifying

the killer.

 

-Judge

I suppose that's the

obvious conclusion, yes.

 

-Phoenix

(Darn! This isn't good!)

 

-Edgeworth

The prosecution would like

to call its next witness.

 

-Edgeworth

This poor, innocent girl saw

the murder with her own eyes!

 

-Judge

Let the witness Miss April

May take the stand.

 

-Phoenix

(Exactly what part of her

is "innocent"...?)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Edgeworth

Witness, your name, please.

 

-April

April May!

At your service! *wink*

 

-Judge

Order! An introduction should

not require any reaction

from the crowd!

 

-Judge

The witness will refrain

from wonton winking!

 

-April

Aww...

Yes, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

(This is not good...)

 

-Phoenix

(She's already captured

the heart of every man

in the court!)

 

-Edgeworth

Tell us, where were you on

the night of September 5,

when the murder occurred?

 

-April

Um... gee... I was, like,

in my hotel room? Tee hee.

 

-April

I checked in right

after lunch.

 

-Edgeworth

And this hotel is directly

across from the Fey & Co.

Law Offices?

 

-April

Mmm... that's right, big boy.

 

-Judge

Please testify to the court

about what you saw.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- Witness's Account --

 

(1)

-April

It was, like, 9:00

at night. I looked out

the window, y'know!

 

(2)

-April

And then, oooh! I saw a woman

with long hair being attacked!

 

(3)

-April

The one attacking her was

the mousey girl sitting

in the defendant's chair!

 

(4)

-April

Then the woman, like,

dodged to one side and

ran away!

 

(5)

-April

But that girl, she caught

up to her and... and...

She hit her!

 

-April

Then the woman

with long hair...

 

-April

She kinda... slumped.

 

-April

The end. That's all I saw.

Every little bitsy witsy!

*wink*

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Edgeworth

Well, Your Honor?

 

-Judge

I see. It is a remarkably

solid testimony.

 

-Judge

I don't see a need to

trouble the witness any...

 

-Phoenix

W-wait, Your Honor!

 

-Judge

Yes, Mr. Wright?

 

-Phoenix

What about my cross-

examination!?

 

-Judge

I thought the witness's

testimony just now was

quite... firm. Didn't you?

 

-Edgeworth

Mr. Wright... I understand

you were Ms. Mia Fey's

understudy, were you not?

 

-Edgeworth

You must know her

techniques well.

 

-Edgeworth

Her cowardly way of finding

tiny faults in perfectly

good testimonies...

 

-Phoenix

H-hey! How dare you!

 

-Judge

Well, Mr. Wright?

Will you cross-examine

the witness?

 

***Yes, I'm doing it************************

*

* -Phoenix

* I'll gladly proceed with

* the cross-examination.

*

* -Phoenix

* (If only because I have a

* feeling Edgeworth doesn't

* want me to!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (She has to have some

* weakness!)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***No thanks********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* No... you're right.

* I guess there wouldn't

* be much point.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Heh heh heh.

* I'm glad you saw the error

* of your ways so soon!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Your Honor.

*

* -Edgeworth

* The prosecution rests its case!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wh-what? That's it!?)

*

* -Judge

* Very well.

*

* -Phoenix

* W-wait! Hold on!

*

* -Judge

* Yes, Mr. Wright?

* Changed your mind? Will you

* cross-examine the witness?

*

* -Phoenix

* Yes yes yes!

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'd better, or I'll

* lose on the spot!)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Judge

Very well, you may begin

your cross-examination!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- Witness's Account --

 

(1)

-April

It was, like, 9:00

at night. I looked out

the window, y'know!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Why did you do that?

 

   -April

   Huh? "Why"?

   Like, why what?

 

   -Phoenix

   Why did you look out the

   window? Were you expecting

   to see something?

 

   -April

   Oh, well, um... gee!

 

   -Phoenix

   (What? That's it? She can't

   get out of this question

   that easily!)

 

   -April

   I sort of, y'know.

 

   -April

   I had a feeling!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Well, I have a feeling

   she's trying to avoid

   the question!)

 

   -Phoenix

   (Maybe I should press a

   little harder on this one?)

 

   ***Go for it********************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Let's see how far I can

   * run with this...)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Surely, you must have had

   * a reason to look out your

   * window at that time of night!

   *

   * -April

   * I... oooh!

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * *OBJECTION!*

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Mr. Wright! I will not have

   * you badgering my witness!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * B-badgering?

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * You insist on needling her

   * with these trivial questions.

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * I really don't think it

   * should be allowed.

   *

   * (Yeah! Yeah! Stop him!)

   *

   * (The poor girl!)

   *

   * -Judge

   * Order!

   *

   * -Judge

   * Mr. Wright, you

   * have been warned.

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Poor girl!? What

   * about poor me!?)

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***Back down********************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (If I go too deep, I might

   * not come back out alive...

   * I'll back off for now.)

   *

   ********************************************

 

   -Edgeworth

   You looked out the window.

   What did you see next?

 

(2)

-April

And then, oooh! I saw a woman

with long hair being attacked!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   The woman with long hair...

   that was Mia Fey?

 

   -April

   Um-hmm! Slender, sort of,

   well, some people might say

   pretty, if that's your thing.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Your... thing?)

 

   -Edgeworth

   And the person attacking her?

 

(3)

-April

The one attacking her was

the mousey girl sitting

in the defendant's chair!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   How do you know she

   was the defendant?

 

   -April

   Huh? Well... y'know!

 

   -April

   S-she had a girlish physique.

   Women know these things.

 

   -April

   Look... I-I just know, okay?

 

   -Edgeworth

   There was only one person at

   the scene of the crime with

   a short, girlish figure.

 

   -Edgeworth

   The testimony is bulletproof,

   Your Honor.

 

   -Phoenix

   (He's right...)

 

   ***Yep, he's right**************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Her testimony certainly

   * does make sense...)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (And everyone in the court

   * keeps siding with her.)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (I'd better not press

   * too hard on this one.)

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * So then, tell us what

   * happened to the victim.

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***I question the testimony*****************

   *

   * END CROSS-EXAMINATION

   *

   ********************************************

 

(4)

-April

Then the woman, like,

dodged to one side and

ran away!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   She "dodged"? Dodged what!?

 

   -April

   Well... the attack!

 

   -Edgeworth

   Please, continue your

   testimony.

 

(5)

-April

But that girl, she caught

up to her and... and...

She hit her!

 

   -Phoenix

   How did you know it

   was my client!?

 

   -April

   Huh? Well, I... gee!

 

   -April

   First of all, she had

   a girl's physique!

 

   -April

   And, and secondly,

   she was... she was small!

 

   -April

   Who else could it

   be but her!

 

   -Phoenix

   (She has a point...)

 

   ***You're right*****************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Her testimony certainly

   * does make sense...)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (And everyone in the court

   * keeps siding with her.)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (I'd better not press

   * too hard on this one.)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Maybe I should just listen

   * to the testimony again.)

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***I question your testimony****************

   *

   * END CROSS-EXAMINATION

   *

   ********************************************

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm... that's it?)

 

-Phoenix

(Nothing really jumps

out as a contradiction...)

 

-Phoenix

(There's got to be something

in there somewhere!)

 

-Phoenix

(Maybe I'd better just press

her on the facts a bit!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

Hold on a minute!

That testimony stinks!

 

-April

W-what!?

 

-Phoenix

Miss May, I'm willing

to bet that...

 

***You saw nothing**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Did you really see

* the defendant at all!?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***You're lying*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Are you telling the truth?

* Did you really see the

* defendant!?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-April

Urp!

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright!

What's the meaning of this?

 

-April

Yes, what is the meaning!

Somebody tell me because I'm

clueless! About this, I mean!

 

-Phoenix

Okay...

 

-Phoenix

If you had really witnessed

my client, Maya Fey...

 

-Phoenix

You would have noticed her

clothes before noticing her

physique!

 

-April

...!

 

-Phoenix

No one wears clothes

like this on a daily

basis! Except her!

 

-Phoenix

And I'm no expert on fashion,

but her hairdo looks far from

normal to me!

 

-Phoenix

However, the witness's

testimony mentions neither

of these things!

 

-Phoenix

The testimony is bogus!

 

-April

But... but!

 

-Judge

Still, we don't know if

she was dressed that way

the night of the murder...

 

-Phoenix

She was, Your Honor!

 

-Phoenix

I saw her.

 

-Phoenix

And so did Detective Gumshoe!

 

-Phoenix

What do you say to that,

Miss May?

 

-April

Rowr!

What are you trying to say,

you mean lawyer!

 

-April

I-I saw what I saw.

 

-April

I... just didn't think all

the trifling little details

were necessary, darling.

 

-Judge

Miss May.

 

-Judge

The court would like to remind

you to please omit nothing

in your testimony.

 

-April

I'm sorry, Your Honor.

I'll be a good girl.

I promise. *wink*

 

-Judge

Your testimony again,

if you would.

 

-Phoenix

(Damn, I almost had her!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- Witness's Account --

 

(1)

-April

I did see everything!

I did!

 

(2)

-April

The victim--the woman--dodged

the first attack and ran off

to the right.

 

(3)

-April

Then the girl in the hippie

clothes ran after her...

 

(4)

-April

And she hit her with that

weapon! I saw it! I did!

 

(5)

-April

That... that clock! Um...

the kinda statue-y clock?

"The Thinker," I think?

 

-April

Well? Does the accuracy of

my report not startle you?

Tee hee!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

I... see.

 

-Judge

I only wish you had been se

detailed from the beginning.

 

-Judge

Please begin the

cross-examination.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- Witness's Account --

 

(1)

-April

I did see everything!

I did!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   So, you saw me then, too?

 

   -April

   Of course!

 

   -April

   I'd remember that

   spiky hair anywhere!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Spiky...?)

 

   -Judge

   The witness will refrain

   from personal attacks on

   the defense attorney.

 

   -April

   Aww, was I a bad girl?

   I'm sowwy.

 

   -Judge

   Very well... continue.

 

(2)

-April

The victim--the woman--dodged

the first attack and ran off

to the right.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Is that "right" as in your

   right, as you looked from

   the hotel?

 

   -April

   Um... which hand do I

   hold my knife in again...?

 

   -April

   Right! It was my right

   hand! Right?

 

   -Edgeworth

   Satisfied, Mr. Wright?

   Please continue.

 

(3)

-April

Then the girl in the hippie

clothes ran after her...

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   How convenient for you

   to remember her "hippie"

   clothes!

 

   -April

   That's what you--I mean,

   that's what she was wearing!

 

   -April

   Oh, and her hair was all

   done up like a bun!

 

   -Phoenix

   (*sigh*...)

 

   -Judge

   What happened then?

 

(4)

-April

And she hit her with that

weapon! I saw it! I did!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Where did this weapon

   come from?

 

   -April

   She picked it up from the desk!

 

   -Judge

   I see. What sort

   of weapon was it?

 

(5)

-April

That... that clock! Um...

the kinda statue-y clock?

"The Thinker," I think?

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   A... clock?

 

   -Phoenix

   (Didn't this come up

   in another testimony

   recently...?)

 

   -April

   W-well? Don't look so sour,

   Mr. Lawyer. You can't win

   them all.

 

   -Phoenix

   (No... but I have a feeling

   I'm on to something now!)

 

-Phoenix

Her previous testimony must

have been what Edgeworth

wanted her to say...)

 

-Phoenix

(So this was the testimony

in her own words...?)

 

-Phoenix

(Time to press and squeeze

the truth out of her!

Figuratively, of course.)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

Miss May.

 

-Phoenix

What you said just now

was quite... revealing.

 

-April

Revealing? Oooh, you'd

like that, wouldn't you.

Naughty Mr. Lawyer...

 

-Phoenix

You just said that this

statue of "The Thinker"

was a clock.

 

-Phoenix

But there's no way of

knowing that just by

looking at it!

 

-April

Urp!

 

-Phoenix

Another person in much the

same position as you recently

called this a "clock," too...

 

-Phoenix

And he was found

guilty... of murder!

 

-Judge

Order! Order!

 

-Phoenix

Miss May. Can you explain

how you know this was a clock?

 

-April

Oooh... urp!

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

The witness saw the murder

with her own eyes! That's

all that's important here!

 

-Edgeworth

The defense is trying to

confuse the issue with

trivial concerns!

 

-Judge

Yes... yes, of course.

You will withdraw your

question, Mr. Wright.

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

But questions are all

I have, Your Honor!

 

-Phoenix

And as you may recall,

I've caught murderers with

these questions before!

 

-Phoenix

(Well, only once...)

 

-Judge

...

 

-Judge

...

 

-Judge

Objection sustained.

You may continue to question

the witness.

 

-Phoenix

(Whew, that was close.)

 

-Phoenix

(If he stopped me there,

the trial would be over!)

 

-April

Huh? What?

So... what happens now?

 

-Phoenix

What happens now is you

answer my question! How

did you know it was a clock?

 

-April

What...! Th-that's...

 

-April

...Because... I heard it?

 

-April

Yes! I heard

it say the time!

 

-Phoenix

So, you've been to the

law offices of Fey & Co.!

 

-April

N-n-no! Hey, I didn't say

that! Why would I go there!

 

-April

I heard from my hotel room.

Hee hee!

 

-Edgeworth

The law offices of Fey & Co.,

where the murder took place,

are very close to the hotel.

 

-Edgeworth

She could easily have

heard the clock!

 

-Judge

Hmm. Well, Mr. Wright?

Are you satisfied?

 

-Phoenix

No, Your Honor!

 

-Phoenix

(I can't give up now!)

 

-Phoenix

I'm not satisfied because...

 

***She couldn't have heard it***************

*

* -Phoenix

* You were at the hotel!

*

* -Phoenix

* There's no way you could have

* heard a clock go off in the

* building next door!

*

* -Edgeworth

* *OBJECTION!*

*

* -Edgeworth

* You have proof that

* she could not?

*

* -Phoenix

* Uh...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Amateurs, amateurs.

* Listen to me, Mr. Wright.

*

* -Edgeworth

* In the courtroom, proof is

* everything. Without it, you

* have nothing. You ARE nothing.

*

* -Phoenix

* Then I would like to propose

* a test to see if she really

* could have heard...

*

* -Edgeworth

* The prosecution denies

* your request!

*

* -Phoenix

* Wh-what!? On what grounds?

*

* -Edgeworth

* This is a trivial matter

* with no direct bearing

* on the case at hand!

*

* -Judge

* Indeed.

* Objection sustained.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Damn! Time to switch

* directions... quick!)

*

* -Judge

* Ready to proceed,

* Mr. Wright?

*

* RETURN TO QUESTION

*

********************************************

 

***It couldn't have rung********************

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor, members

of the court...

 

-Phoenix

It is inconceivable that

the clock in question rang!

 

***It's empty*******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* That clock is missing

* its clockwork!

*

* -Judge

* H-how could you possibly...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Just have a look...

* As soon as you can!

*

* -Judge

* ...

*

* -Judge

* Oh!

*

* -Phoenix

* See anything interesting,

* Your Honor?

*

* -Judge

* It is as the defense says!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***It's broken******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* I-I think it's broken!

* That clock's busted!

*

* -Judge

* You "think"?

*

* -Phoenix

* J-just look at it!

* Your Honor, please

* examine the clock!

*

* -Judge

* Hmm...

*

* -Judge

* Oh!

*

* -Judge

* See anything interesting,

* Your Honor?

*

* -Judge

* Well, I'm not sure I would

* call this "broken," but I

* doubt it could ring...!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***The batteries are dead*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* The batteries on that

* clock must be dead!

*

* -Judge

* "Must be," Mr. Wright?

*

* -Phoenix

* Your Honor, if you

* would inspect the clock...!

*

* -Judge

* Hmm... very well.

*

* -Judge

* ...

*

* -Judge

* Oh!

*

* -Phoenix

* Well, Your Honor?

* Are they...?

*

* -Judge

* This clock has graver

* problems than dead batteries!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Judge

This clock is missing

its clockwork!

 

-Judge

It's quite empty!

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright!

 

-Judge

Would you care to explain

to the court the meaning

of this?

 

-Phoenix

It is as you can see.

 

-Phoenix

The "clock" was empty.

It couldn't have rung!

 

-Phoenix

Therefore, this

witness...

 

-Phoenix

is a big, fat liar!

 

-April

F-fat!?

 

-Phoenix

Well, Miss May?

 

-Edgeworth

Tsk tsk.

 

-Phoenix

?

 

-Edgeworth

Quite a show you've

put on for us, Mr. Wright.

 

-Phoenix

(He knew the clock was empty!

Somehow... he knew!)

 

-Edgeworth

I'm afraid you've forgotten

one thing, however.

 

-Edgeworth

Indeed, the clock is empty.

As you say... it can't ring.

 

-Edgeworth

However, we must ask: when

was the clockwork removed?

 

-Edgeworth

If it was after the witness

heard the clock, then there

is no contradiction!

 

-Judge

!

 

-Judge

Hmm! That's true. That

is a possibility.

 

-Judge

The clock might have been

emptied after she heard it.

 

-Edgeworth

And that is exactly what

happened, Your Honor!

 

-Judge

Well, Mr. Wright?

 

-Judge

Can you prove when

the clockwork was removed?

 

-Edgeworth

Ho hoh!

Impossible, of course...

 

-Phoenix

I have proof.

 

-Edgeworth

W-what!?

 

-Phoenix

Wasn't it you who told

me "proof is everything"?

 

-Phoenix

Well, I was listening.

 

-Phoenix

And now I'll show you the

"proof" you like so much!

 

-Phoenix

The evidence that proves

when the clockwork was

removed is...

 

***Present something wrong******************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* What do you say to that?

*

* -April

* W-what? I don't rightly

* understand what that's

* supposed to mean!

*

* -Judge

* I don't rightly

* understand either.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Ho hoh!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Uh oh... I think I blew it.)

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright, please refrain

* from flippant presentations

* of evidence in the future.

*

* -Phoenix

* S-sorry, Your Honor!

*

* RETURN TO COURT RECORD

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

*TAKE THAT!*

 

-Phoenix

Take a look at this!

 

-Judge

Hmm. That's a very

cute cell phone.

 

-April

Oooh hoo!

You have a girlie phone!

 

-Phoenix

W-wait! Wait! This

isn't my phone!

 

-Phoenix

Listen!

 

-Phoenix

This is the defendant's

cell phone, and it contains

a recording...

 

-Phoenix

A recording of a conversation

she had with the victim on

the day of the murder!

 

-Judge

Order! Order!

 

-Edgeworth

The defendant's cell phone!?

Th-this wasn't brought

to my attention!

 

-Phoenix

Perhaps Detective Gumshoe

overlooked it?

 

-Edgeworth

*grumble* (The good detective

better remember he's up for

evaluation soon...)

 

-Phoenix

(My heart goes out

to you, Edgeworth. Not.)

 

-Phoenix

Let's hear the conversation.

 

-Cellular

*beep*

 

...

 

-Maya

[So you just want me to

hold on to "The Thinker"

for you, then?]

 

-Mia

[If you could.]

 

-Mia

[Ah... I should probably tell

you, the clock isn't talking

right now.]

 

-Maya

[Huh? It's not working?

That's lame!]

 

-Mia

[I had to take the

clockwork out, sorry.]

 

...

 

[September 5, 9:27 AM]

 

-Cellular

*beep*

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor,

 

-Phoenix

I think this recording

makes it clear that the

clockwork was already gone...

 

-Phoenix

and this was recorded in the

morning, before the witness

even arrived at her hotel!

 

-April

Muh... muh... muh!?

 

-Phoenix

Well, Miss May?

Would you care to explain

this to the court?

 

-Phoenix

Just how did you know

that weapon was a clock!?

 

-April

...

 

-April

W-well...!

 

-April

Well, isn't it o-obvious?

 

-April

I saw that clock before!

 

-April

Um... what store was that

again? I-I go to so many!

 

-April

Oops! I forgot!

*wink*

 

-Judge

So the witness had seen

it before. That would

make sense.

 

-Judge

Does the defense have any

objections, Mr. Wright?

 

***Yes**************************************

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***No***************************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh right... well, if she had

* seen it before, I guess...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wait a second!)

*

* -Judge

* Then, the court would like--

*

* -Phoenix

* Hold on!

* P-please wait, Your Honor!

*

* -Judge

* Y-yes...? So you

* do have an objection?

*

* -Phoenix

* Um, yes, well...

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright!

*

* -Phoenix

* Sorry, Your Honor,

* it's just...

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

The witness claims she

had "seen it before."

 

-Phoenix

But this directly contradicts

a piece of evidence already

submitted to this court!

 

-Judge

Well then, let's see it.

 

-Judge

Please produce this evidence

that will prove the witness

had not seen the clock before.

 

***Present something wrong******************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* Here is undeniable proof!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Hah!?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Please, this is a court

* case, not some surrealist

* performance art piece!

*

* -Judge

* Hmm...

* Perhaps the defense would

* like to change its mind?

*

* RETURN TO COURT RECORD

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

*TAKE THAT!*

 

-Phoenix

It's simple.

 

-Phoenix

This clock was never

in any store, ever!

 

-April

W-whaaat!?

 

-Phoenix

A friend of mine

made that clock.

 

-Phoenix

Only two exist in the world.

 

-Phoenix

And the one that isn't

here is in police custody!

 

-April

I-impossible!

Everything is sold in stores!

 

-Phoenix

Miss May, I think it's high

time you went shopping for

a better excuse...?

 

-April

Mmpf...

 

-Phoenix

Oh? Excuses not on sale today?

 

-April

Oooh? Oh ho ho. Mmmrrrrrph!

 

-April

Ooooorrrrrrr

ggggghhhhhhh... hhh!!!

 

-April

What's it to you,

porcupine-head!?

 

-April

That stupid clock

doesn't matter, okay!?

 

-April

She did it! And she should

die for it! Die!

 

-Judge

W-w-whoa! Let's not get

ahead of ourselves.

 

-Judge

T-this is a court of law,

and the witness will

remain calm!

 

-April

Hrrrgh... hrrrh...

Hrrr... heh. Oh?

 

-April

Oh! Oh? Oh hoh ho!

S-silly me!

*grunt*

 

-April

Did I, um, like... lose it?

 

-April

I guess I did. Tee hee! *wink*

 

-Phoenix

(S-scary...)

 

-Judge

Miss May, let me ask.

 

-Judge

Tell me, how did you know

the weapon was a clock?

 

-April

...

 

-Judge

Hmm... oh dear.

 

-Judge

Does the defense have an

opinion on this... behavior?

 

-Phoenix

(Okay, this is it!)

 

-Phoenix

Yes, Your Honor.

Allow me to explain how

I see the truth of the matter.

 

-Phoenix

Miss April May, you knew the

weapon was a clock because...

 

***You held it******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (This is familiar territory.

* I'll just use the same

* approach as with Larry.)

*

* -Phoenix

* Miss May held that very

* clock in her hands!

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright!

* When was this!?

*

* -Phoenix

* When she used it to strike

* the victim! When else?

*

* -Judge

* Order! Order!

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright! What is

* the meaning of this!?

*

* -Phoenix

* April May, you killed

* Mia Fey, I say!

*

* -Phoenix

* And when you struck, the

* force of the impact

* made "The Thinker" ring!

*

* -Phoenix

* That's when you heard it!

*

* -Edgeworth

* *OBJECTION!*

*

* -Edgeworth

* ...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Tsk tsk.

*

* -Edgeworth

* You truly are a work

* of art, Mr. Phoenix Wright.

*

* -Phoenix

* W-what's that supposed

* to mean!?

*

* -Edgeworth

* It was you who just proved

* that "The Thinker" was

* empty!

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh...

* (Urk! Of course it

* wouldn't ring!)

*

* -Edgeworth

* What's more, the witness

* has a rock-solid alibi.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Miss May?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Perhaps you could explain

* to the poor, misguided

* Mr. Wright?

*

* -Edgeworth

* You were in the hotel

* at the time of the murder.

*

* -Phoenix

* (S-she can't prove it!

* She did it!)

*

* -April

* It would be MY pleasure!

*

* -Phoenix

* N-no way!

*

* -April

* Yes way, Mr. Lawyer.

*

* -April

* Tee hee? Didn't the murder

* take place at 9:00 at night?

*

* -April

* Gee, that's the exact time

* I ordered some room service

* from the hotel bellboy!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Incidentally, the bellboy

* corroborates the witness's

* story.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Ergo, she was not at the

* crime scene! Rock solid!

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright! You've just made

* a serious accusation to a

* perfectly innocent woman!

*

* -Phoenix

* S-sorry, Your Honor.

* (That... didn't go so well.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (But, if that's the case...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Then how did she know

* "The Thinker" was a clock!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wait!)

*

* -Phoenix

* Your Honor, I figured it out!

*

* -Phoenix

* There is one other way

* Miss April May could have

* known it was a clock!

*

* -Phoenix

* One way alone!

* And I have proof!

*

* -Judge

* Well...

* proof, you say?

*

* -Judge

* Then, the court will

* examine your proof,

* Mr. Wright.

*

* -Judge

* How did the witness know

* "The Thinker" was a clock?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***You had heard about it*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* The witness had never

* held the clock in her hand!

*

* -Phoenix

* However, she had heard

* that it was a clock!

*

* -Judge

* She "heard"...?

*

* -Phoenix

* That is correct, Your Honor.

*

* -Phoenix

* There is no other way

* she could have known

* "The Thinker" was a clock!

*

* -Phoenix

* And I can show you the proof!

*

* -Judge

* Well, this is interesting.

*

* -Judge

* Let's see it, then.

*

* -Judge

* Show me evidence proving

* that the witness had "heard"

* the murder weapon was a clock.

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Present something wrong******************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* This is my evidence!

*

* -Judge

* I'm afraid I'm not sure

* where you are going with

* all of this, Mr. Wright.

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... "where"? Well,

* it's not so much a

* place as a... er...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Come to the end of your

* bluff, Mr. Wright?

*

* -Phoenix

* W-wait! Wait!

* That was, uh, practice!

* Here's the real evidence!

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright, this court does

* not condone the presentation

* of evidence for "practice."

*

* -Judge

* Let's see your evidence, for

* real this time, Mr. Wright.

*

* RETURN TO COURT RECORD

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

*TAKE THAT!*

 

-Phoenix

Have a look at this.

 

-April

Ah! Oooh!

Th-that!? Eh heh...

 

-Phoenix

I found this in

Miss May's room.

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright! Please explain

to the court what this is!

 

-Phoenix

Miss April May?

 

-Phoenix

You were tapping the victim,

Ms. Mia Fey's phone, were

you not?

 

-April

Oooh. Oooooh!

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor,

This is irrelevant!

 

-Judge

I'm not entirely sure that

it is. Objection overruled.

 

-Judge

It troubles me that our

witness was in possession

of a wiretap.

 

-Edgeworth

This is outrageous! Does the

defense truly claim that the

witness was tapping her phone?

 

-Phoenix

Absolutely!

 

-Edgeworth

Even if that was the case,

(which it's not) you still

have to prove one thing!

 

-Edgeworth

Did the victim ever say that

the weapon was a clock on

the phone?

 

-Edgeworth

Can you prove that?

I THINK NOT!

 

-Phoenix

Oh yeah? I THINK I CAN!

It's simple!

 

-Edgeworth

WHAAAAT!?

 

-Phoenix

Here's my proof.

 

-Phoenix

The proof that the victim

said, on the phone, that the

weapon was a clock is...

 

***Present something wrong******************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* This!

*

* -Phoenix

* I think...

*

* -Judge

* That's not going to prove

* anything, Mr. Wright.

*

* -Judge

* I think...

*

* -Phoenix

* W-wait! That was

* just a warm up!

*

* -Judge

* Hmm! Okay, once again.

* And I expect real proof

* this time!

*

* RETURN TO COURT RECORD

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

*TAKE THAT!*

 

-Phoenix

I present the defendant's

cell phone.

 

-Judge

Yes, we've seen that.

 

-Phoenix

Listen once more to the

conversation between the

defendant and the victim.

 

-Cellular

*beep*

 

...

 

-Maya

[Mia! What's up? You haven't

called in a while.]

 

-Mia

[Well, actually there's

something I want you to

hold on to for me.]

 

-Maya

[Again?

What's it this time?]

 

-Mia

[It's... a clock.]

 

-Mia

[It's made to look like

that statue, "The Thinker."

And it tells you the time!]

 

...

 

-Phoenix

Miss April May!

 

-Phoenix

You used a wiretap to

listen to this conversation!

 

-Phoenix

That's how you knew

"The Thinker" was a clock!

 

-Phoenix

Am I wrong!?

 

-April

I... I...

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor, this

is ridiculous!

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor, look at the

witness's face? Does

she seem amused to you!?

 

-Phoenix

The defense demands

an answer.

 

-April

La... laaa... lrrrrgf!

 

-Judge

Witness, answer the question.

Did you tap her phone?

 

-April

...

 

-Judge

Miss May!

 

-April

Shut up, all of you!

What gives you the right

to talk to ME like that!

 

-April

You... you LAWYER!

 

......

 

-April

I-it's no fair!

All of you g-ganging

up on me like that...

 

-April

Oh, so I'm the bad girl,

is that it? Is that it!?

 

-April

Uh... uh... uwaaaaaaah!

 

-Phoenix

(That did it! The court's seen

the real Miss April May now!)

 

-Phoenix

(Now to deal the final blow!)

 

***You did it, didn't you*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Miss May!

*

* -April

* What is it you little shrimp!

* Talk to me in that tone of

* voice will you!?

*

* -Phoenix

* You killed her, didn't you!

*

* -Judge

* Order!

* There will be order!

*

* -April

* What? How can you possibly

* say that!? Are you mad?

*

* -April

* A-all I did was

* a little wiretap...

*

* -April

* Oops!

*

* -Phoenix

* So you admit you

* tapped her phone!

*

* -April

* Heh... heh... hrrah!

*

* -April

* B-but wait!

*

* -April

* I didn't do ANYTHING bad

* like murder! I'm a good girl!

*

* -Phoenix

* Really?

*

* -Phoenix

* Can you prove it!?

*

* -Phoenix

* (No way can she prove it!)

*

* -April

* You think you're so

* smart, Mr. Lawyer...

*

* -April

* But I can prove it!

* And I will!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Why the wiretap?*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Why did you tap her phone?

*

* -April

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* Answer the question!

*

* -April

* Do I have to?

*

* -April

* Isn't this a murder trial?

* Isn't tippity-tapping er...

* irrelevant?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Gah! She's saying exactly

* what Edgeworth wants her

* to say.)

*

* -Phoenix

* Miss May.

*

* -Phoenix

* You were tapping the

* victim's phone!

*

* -Phoenix

* I hardly call that

* "irrelevant"!

*

* -Judge

* While this court does not

* condone the defense's tone

* of speech, he has a point.

*

* -Judge

* Well, Miss May?

* Do you have an explanation

* for the court?

*

* -Judge

* Can you prove you had nothing

* to do with this murder, even

* though you tapped her phone?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hah! I'd like to see her

* pull THAT off!)

*

* -April

* Mr. Lawyer, I saw that

* evil, evil grin!

*

* -April

* You were probably thinking

* "I'd like to see her pull

* THAT off," weren't you!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Damn... she's good!)

*

* -April

* Well you're not the first man

* who's thought that! And of

* course... I can, and will!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

You can't be serious!

No way!

 

-April

Way, I say! Way!

Oh, and I assure you

I'm serious, Mr. Lawyer!

 

-April

Hmph!

 

-April

Okay? So, the killing happened

around 9:00 at night?

 

-April

Why, that's just when I was

getting room service from

that sweet bellboy...

 

-Phoenix

R-room service!?

 

-April

Ice coffee, I believe it was?

 

-April

Ice coffee? You know?

Like normal coffee, but COLD.

 

-April

If you don't drink it quick,

the ice melts and then you

have... regular cold coffee.

 

-Phoenix

I-ice coffee...!?

 

-April

Think I'm making this up?

Ask the bellboy! *wink*

 

-Edgeworth

Ergo, the witness was not

on the scene at the time

of the murder!

 

-Phoenix

!

 

-Judge

So, where does

that leave us...?

 

-Edgeworth

It is my great displeasure

to inform you...

 

-Edgeworth

That the witness appears to

have been tapping the victim's

telephone.

 

-Edgeworth

However! That is a separate

crime, with no bearing on

the current case whatsoever!

 

-Edgeworth

Her testimony stands! She saw

the defendant, Maya Fey,

commit murder!

 

-Phoenix

(No! They're going to

let her just walk away!)

 

-Phoenix

(There's no way I can win

this unless I tie Miss May

to the murder somehow...)

 

-Judge

Well, does the defense

have anything to say?

 

-Phoenix

Um, well...

(Come on, think of something!)

 

***Call the bellboy as a witness************

*

* -Phoenix

* The defense would like to

* call the hotel bellboy as

* a witness!

*

* -Phoenix

* There's something suspicious

* there, and I'm going to get

* to the bottom of it!

*

* -April

* I think you've sunken

* quite low enough already.

*

* -Edgeworth

* *OBJECTION!*

*

* -Edgeworth

* I object to calling

* the bellboy!

*

* -Phoenix

* W-why?

* What's your reason?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Because I hold that the

* wiretapping had nothing to

* do with the killing!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...!

*

* -Edgeworth

* However...

*

* -Edgeworth

* If you agree to one condition,

* I'll consent to calling this

* witness.

*

* -Phoenix

* Condition...?

*

* -Edgeworth

* If Miss April May's alibi is

* not called into question after

* you examine the bellboy...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Then you will recognize that

* Miss April May was not the

* killer, thus she is innocent!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Therefore you must accept

* the verdict of "guilty"

* for Ms. Maya Fey!

*

* -Edgeworth

* That is my condition.

*

* -Phoenix

* (What...!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'd better find something

* suspicious in that bellboy's

* testimony...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Otherwise Maya will be

* declared "guilty" on the

* spot!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (What should I do...?)

*

* ***Accept the condition*********************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Alright! I've got nothing

* * to lose! Except for...

* * well, everything!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Understood.

* * I accept your condition.

* *

* * -Edgeworth

* * Hmph.

* *

* * -Edgeworth

* * Fool...

* * You fell right into my trap!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Uh oh!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Uh... um, wait...

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Give up**********************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Grr! I can't accept

* * those conditions!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Very well. The defense

* * will refrain from calling

* * the bellboy as a witness.

* *

* * -Judge

* * I see. You may continue your

* * cross-examination, Mr. Wright.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Right. On with the

* * cross-examination.

* *

* * JUMP TO "Continue examining Miss May"

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Continue examining Miss May**************

*

* -Phoenix

* Right. On with the

* cross-examination.

*

* -Edgeworth

* What exactly do you

* have left to examine,

* Mr. Wright?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Miss April May has admitted

* to the wiretap, yes.

*

* -Edgeworth

* But that bears no relevance

* to the case at hand: murder!

*

* -Edgeworth

* There's no way you can

* prove any connection!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Uh oh! Think! This can't

* be the end... but I'm out

* of evidence!)

*

* -Judge

* Then I believe the cross-

* examination is over.

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Edgeworth,

* does the prosecution have

* any other witnesses to call?

*

* -Edgeworth

* None, Your Honor.

* She's the last.

*

* -Phoenix

* (What!? B-but that means...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Maya's guilty...!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* W-wait! Your Honor!

*

* -Judge

* Yes, Mr. Wright?

*

* -Phoenix

* The defense would like to

* call the bellboy after all!

*

* -Edgeworth

* ...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Tsk tsk tsk...

*

* -Edgeworth

* As I thought!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...?

*

* -Edgeworth

* May I remind you, dear

* Mr. Wright. Should you

* question the bellboy...

*

* -Edgeworth

* and Miss April May's

* alibi prove to be solid...

*

* -Edgeworth

* then, by default, your client

* Ms. Maya Fey will be

* pronounced "guilty"!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Are you prepared to

* accept my condition?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Edgeworth...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (He's got me backed

* into a corner...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (But I don't see any

* other way to take this!)

*

* -Phoenix

* I accept!

*

********************************************

 

-Judge

Very well!

 

-Judge

The court calls the hotel

bellboy to the stand!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Edgeworth

I believe we're ready

for the witness to testify.

 

-Edgeworth

He certainly does look

like a bellboy.

 

-Bellboy

Yes, sir.

 

-Bellboy

I received your summons in

the middle of work, sir.

I'm happy to be of service.

 

-Judge

That tea set looks rather

heavy, so without further ado,

 

-Judge

the witness may begin

his testimony.

 

-Bellboy

Very good, sir!

 

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WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- Miss May's Room Service --

 

(1)

-Bellboy

I am the head bellboy at the

fine Gatewater Hotel, in

business for four generations!

 

(2)

-Bellboy

I believe I received a call

after 8:00 in the evening

from our guest, Miss May.

 

(3)

-Bellboy

She asked for an ice coffee

to be brought to her at

9:00, on the dot, sir.

 

(4)

-Bellboy

I brought it to her at

precisely the requested

time, of course.

 

(5)

-Bellboy

And I delivered the ice

coffee to our guest Miss

May, herself.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

I see.

The defense may begin

its cross-examination.

 

-Phoenix

R-right!

I'm ready. (I hope...)

 

-Phoenix

(This is it...)

 

-Phoenix

(If I can't prove Miss May

was involved with the

murder now...)

 

-Phoenix

(Maya will be finished!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- Miss May's Room Service --

 

(1)

-Bellboy

I am the head bellboy at the

fine Gatewater Hotel, in

business for four generations!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What exactly is it you

   do at the hotel?

 

   -Bellboy

   Why, anything required

   of me, sir.

 

   -Bellboy

   I check in guests,

   I check out guests.

 

   -Bellboy

   I clean rooms,

   I make beds.

 

   -Bellboy

   I even deliver room

   service, sir.

 

   -Bellboy

   I checked Miss May in

   personally.

 

   -Phoenix

   Are you always

   so... so prim?

 

   -Judge

   Mr. Wright.

 

   -Judge

   You will refrain from asking

   frivolous questions...

 

(2)

-Bellboy

I believe I received a call

after 8:00 in the evening

from our guest, Miss May.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Are you sure it was

   Miss May on the phone?

 

   -Bellboy

   Absolutely, sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   H-how can you be so certain!?

 

   -Bellboy

   I checked Miss May in

   personally, sir.

 

   -Bellboy

   Not only did I see her in

   all her stunning radiance,

   but I also heard her voice.

 

   -Bellboy

   And then I saw THEM,

   and I...

 

   -Bellboy

   Ahem. Er... ahem!

 

   -Bellboy

   The point being, I remembered

   her quite well, sir.

 

   -Judge

   Yes, what then?

 

(3)

-Bellboy

She asked for an ice coffee

to be brought to her at

9:00, on the dot, sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   9:00 "on the dot,"

   you say?

 

   -Bellboy

   Yes. I confirmed that

   detail several times.

 

   -Bellboy

   She was watching a program

   on the TV, and wished to

   drink after she finished, sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   (9:00... the time

   of the murder!)

 

(4)

-Bellboy

I brought it to her at

precisely the requested

time, of course.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   "Precisely" 9:00, then?

 

   -Bellboy

   Precisely, exactly, and

   most definitely, sir,

   9:00 PM.

 

   -Phoenix

   How can you be so sure!?

 

   -Bellboy

   Miss May was quite

   insistent that it

   be brought then.

 

   -Bellboy

   "Oh, bellboy? Tee hee!

   I'd like, like, ice coffee

   at exactly 9:00!"

 

   -Bellboy

   Something like that, sir.

 

   -Bellboy

   Therefore, I knocked on

   her door at the crack

   of 9:00, sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Why would she be so

   particular about the time?)

 

(5)

-Bellboy

And I delivered the ice

coffee to our guest Miss

May, herself.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   You are sure it was

   Miss April May herself?

 

   -Bellboy

   Ab-SO-lutely, sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   "Ab-SO-lutely"...?

 

   -Bellboy

   Yes, sir. As n, "so very

   absolutely," sir. It's an

   endearing mannerism of mine.

 

   -Phoenix

   How come you're

   so very certain!?

 

   -Bellboy

   Well, when I brought

   the room service, sir...

 

   -Bellboy

   S-she... the guest, sir,

   favored me w-with a, um,

   an "embrasser," sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   "Embrasser"!? Is that

   French for "embrace"?

 

   -Bellboy

   It's French for "kiss," sir.

   But not a french kiss, sir!

   More of a peck on the cheek.

 

   -Phoenix

   Wh-why would she

   have done that...?

 

   -Bellboy

   I believe, perhaps, she

   was momentarily swayed by

   my prim demeanor, sir.

 

   -Bellboy

   It was a moment I shall

   never, ever forget, sir.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Sounds pretty fishy to me...)

 

   -Phoenix

   (I think our Miss May was up

   to something and wanted the

   bellboy to remember her!)

 

-Phoenix

(This bellboy wouldn't

have any reason to lie...)

 

-Phoenix

(But I have to find

something to use in

his testimony!)

 

-Phoenix

(One more time. I'll press him

until he spills the beans...

or his tea!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

AFTER PRESSING EVERY DETAIL

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

It's no good!

(There's nothing there!)

 

-Phoenix

(Is... is that it!?)

 

-Edgeworth

Tsk tsk.

 

-Edgeworth

Finally, you understand.

 

-Edgeworth

This bellboy has absolutely

no reason to lie!

 

-Edgeworth

Now...

 

-Edgeworth

If you have any decency, you

will end this rather tedious

cross-examination here!

 

-Judge

Hmm. It was a bit tedious.

 

-Judge

The witness may leave

the stand.

 

-Phoenix

(I can't let this

happen... can I?)

 

***Protest**********************************

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Give up**********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (No...!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (If I give up now,

* I lose everything...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (If I just give up the case,

* I'd be giving up the very

* reason I became a lawyer!)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

W-wait! Please wait!

 

-Judge

Yes? Does the defense have

something to add?

 

-Phoenix

One last question... let me

ask one last question!

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor, I must object.

 

-Edgeworth

This charade of justice

has gone on long enough!

 

-Judge

Now, now, Mr. Edgeworth.

 

-Judge

Alright Mr. Wright.

I'll give you one more

question, that's all.

 

-Phoenix

(Okay.)

 

-Phoenix

(This is really it, now.

This is my last chance!)

 

-Phoenix

(What do I ask him about...!?)

 

***Check-in*********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* T-tell me about

* check-in!

*

* -Phoenix

* Tell me about when you

* checked-in Miss May.

*

* -Bellboy

* Oh, alright.

* Very well, sir.

*

* -Bellboy

* My first thought was

* that she was a beautiful,

* beautiful person.

*

* -Bellboy

* She's just my type of girl,

* so it was a disappointment,

* really.

*

* -Phoenix

* I see...

*

* -Phoenix

* ?

*

* -Phoenix

* Excuse me... what exactly

* was a "disappointment"?

*

* -Bellboy

* Well, I am not without charm,

* sir, but even I'd have little

* chance with her lover there.

*

* -Phoenix

* (...!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (What did he say!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* What did you say!?

*

* -Bellboy

* Ah! Oh... er... rather, quite!

*

* -Phoenix

* Bellboy! Tell us the

* truth now...

*

* -Phoenix

* Did Miss May check in

* with another person?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Room service*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* T-tell me again about

* er... room service!

*

* -Bellboy

* A-again, sir?

*

* -Bellboy

* At exactly 9:00,

* I delivered room service

* to Miss May in room 303.

*

* -Bellboy

* The guest had requested

* ice coffee... $18 was the

* charge, as I recall.

*

* -Phoenix

* I see...

*

* -Phoenix

* ...?

*

* -Phoenix

* E-eighteen dollars?

* Doesn't that seem a bit

* expensive?

*

* -Bellboy

* Y-yes, well, ice coffee

* for two, you know. And we

* don't skimp on the ice, sir.

*

* -Phoenix

* (...!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (What did he say!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* What did you say!?

*

* -Bellboy

* Ah! Oh... er... rather, quite!

*

* -Phoenix

* Bellboy! Tell us the

* truth now...

*

* -Phoenix

* Was someone else staying

* in Miss May's room?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Bed making*******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Bed... bed making!

*

* -Phoenix

* Tell me about making

* beds that day.

*

* -Edgeworth

* I was wondering what you

* were going to ask, but

* bed making? A new low!

*

* -Judge

* Now, now, Mr. Edgeworth.

*

* -Judge

* The witness will answer

* the defense's question.

*

* -Bellboy

* Yes, well, it was quite like

* any other day's bed making.

*

* -Bellboy

* I changed the sheets, the

* pillowcases, and then I

* proceeded to make the bed.

*

* -Bellboy

* I had to bring pillows for

* two, of course, but they're

* quite light, you see.

*

* -Phoenix

* I see.

* Thank you.

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Pillows... for two!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* Bellboy! What did you

* just say?

*

* -Bellboy

* Eh!? Ah, yes, pillows

* are light... sir?

*

* -Phoenix

* Bellboy! Tell us the

* truth now...

*

* -Phoenix

* Was someone else staying

* in Miss May's room?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

I object! That was...

objectionable!

 

-Judge

...

 

-Judge

Objection overruled.

The witness will answer

the question.

 

-Bellboy

Er... yes, I see.

 

-Phoenix

Why did you not mention

this in your testimony!?

 

-Bellboy

W-well, sir, you er...

you didn't ask!

 

-Phoenix

(Nice try!)

 

-Phoenix

That's the sort of thing

you're normally supposed

to mention!

 

-Bellboy

Ah, yes, quite.

Indeed...

 

-Bellboy

It was the, er, good

barrister there,

Mr. Edgeworth, who...

 

-Phoenix

!

 

-Bellboy

He asked me not to mention

it if I wasn't specifically

asked, sir.

 

-Edgeworth

Oof!

 

-Edgeworth

Y-you fool!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

I've done it... I've won!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

Miss April May checked into

a twin room... with a man.

 

-Phoenix

Correct?

 

-Bellboy

Yes, sir.

 

-Phoenix

Then, when you brought

them room service,

 

-Phoenix

you didn't see that

man in the room...?

 

-Bellboy

That's right, sir.

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor!

 

-Phoenix

We have just learned of

another person involved who

may have been the murderer!

 

-Phoenix

In this new light, I hold

that it's impossible to judge

the defendant.

 

-Phoenix

You agree, Mr. Edgeworth?

 

-Edgeworth

Who! Who is this

"other person"!

 

-Phoenix

Simple, it was...

 

***Miss April May***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* None other than

* Miss April May!

*

* -Edgeworth

* *OBJECTION!*

*

* -Edgeworth

* Eh!?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Have you heard nothing that

* has transpired so far!?

*

* -Edgeworth

* She has an alibi! She was

* in the hotel at the time

* of the murder!

*

* -Phoenix

* Oh... right.

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright!

*

* -Phoenix

* S-sorry, Your Honor!

* Give me one more chance!

*

* RETURN TO QUESTION

*

********************************************

 

***The man with Miss May********************

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***The Bellboy******************************

*

* -Phoenix

* It was the bellboy

* and none other!

*

* -Judge

* Well, this comes as

* some surprise...

*

* -Edgeworth

* Your Honor, Mr. Wright...

*

* -Edgeworth

* It was the bellboy who

* confirmed Miss May's

* alibi...

*

* -Edgeworth

* And this in turn confirms

* the bellboy's alibi!

* He was in the hotel!

*

* -Phoenix

* Well, s-sure...

* if you put it that way...

*

* -Edgeworth

* I do put it that way,

* and I trust you will too!

*

* -Phoenix

* But what if they

* were in cahoots!

*

* -Judge

* You have evidence of this?

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... no, Your Honor.

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright!

*

* -Phoenix

* S-sorry, Your Honor!

* Give me one more chance!

*

* RETURN TO QUESTION

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

The man who checked in

with Miss May!

 

-Edgeworth

Oof!

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor!

 

-Phoenix

As has been previously

revealed, Miss April May was

tapping the victim's phone.

 

-Phoenix

Yet Miss May herself has

an alibi at the time of

the murder.

 

-Phoenix

However, that does not

clear the man that was

with her!

 

-Phoenix

The bellboy saw no one

else in the room at the

time of the murder!!!

 

-Edgeworth

M-my, what a convenient

little setup... but it's

too late...

 

-Phoenix

"Too late"?

 

-Phoenix

I suppose you'd like it

if it was too late,

wouldn't you...

 

-Phoenix

After all, it was you who

hid the presence of the

other man from this court!

 

-Edgeworth

Oof!

 

-Edgeworth

Upstart... amateur...!

 

-Edgeworth

T-these accusations are...

ludicrous!

 

-Judge

Enough!

 

-Judge

The court acknowledges the

defense's argument.

 

-Judge

I expect the prosecution

and defense to look into

this matter fully!

 

-Judge

Am I understood?

 

-Edgeworth

Yes... *gasp*

Yes, Your Honor.

 

-Judge

That is all today for the

trial of Maya Fey.

 

-Judge

Court is adjourned!

 

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September 7, 2:24 PM

District Court

Defendant Lobby No. 1

 

-Maya

Mr. Wright!

 

-Maya

You were amazing in there!

 

-Phoenix

R-really?

 

-Maya

I think I might be

your newest fan!

 

-Phoenix

Oh, I was just "doing

my job" you know... heh heh.

 

-Maya

Then again, that other

attorney was pretty

cool, too...

 

-Phoenix

Huh?

 

-Maya

That face of his! With his

eyes wide, and trembling lips!

 

-Maya

It sent shivers

up my spine!

 

-Phoenix

Hmm... if you say so.

 

-Maya

So, what happens with me?

 

-Maya

Do I get to go home now?

 

-Phoenix

Well, no.

 

-Phoenix

I don't think so.

Not yet.

 

-Maya

Oh... I see.

 

-Phoenix

But I got a great lead

in today's trial!

 

-Maya

A "lead"?

 

-Phoenix

That man with Miss May!

He's the key!

 

-Maya

Oh! I get it.

 

-Maya

What happened to Miss May

after that, anyway?

 

-Phoenix

I heard they arrested her.

I guess she's learning her

charms won't work everywhere.

 

-Phoenix

She's probably at the

detention center now. I may

have to go down there later.

 

-Phoenix

Anyway.

 

-Phoenix

This case is far from closed.

 

-Maya

Yes sir!

 

-Phoenix

I'm going to find out

more about this man.

 

-Maya

Do you think he was

the one who...?

 

-Phoenix

Maybe so.

 

-Maya

Sis...

 

-Phoenix

Don't worry, I'll find

him by tomorrow. I promise.

 

-Maya

I'm counting on you!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

I asked for a full record of

April May's testimony.

 

-Phoenix

I thought it might come in

handy during the trial

tomorrow.

 

-Phoenix

But now that I have it,

I'm not so sure.

 

-Phoenix

Most of her testimony

was all lies...

 

-Phoenix

In fact, there's only

one part that got left

on the record.

 

May Testimony added

to the Court Record.

 

-Phoenix

I don't know how much

good this will do me

at all, now.

 

-Phoenix

Anyway, time to hit

the pavement and do

some investigating!

 

-Phoenix

Maya doesn't belong in that

detention center, and it's

up to me to get her free!

 

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

                                TO BE CONTINUED

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

 

 _____________________________

|EPISODE 2 - TURNABOUT SISTERS|

|DAY 2 - INVESTIGATION        |

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 7, 3:11 PM

Detention Center

Visitor's Room

 

-April

Well hello!

 

-April

I didn't expect anyone to

visit me in such a dank

place as this...

 

-April

It's really quite... moving.

 

-April

Not! You stinking lawyer!

I hope you die!

 

-April

Have you come to laugh?

Yes, laugh at the fallen

Miss May!

 

-Phoenix

No, not really, there's

something I wanted to ask.

 

-April

Unfortunately, there is

nothing I want to BE asked.

 

-April

Haven't you done enough

questioning, you...!

Spiky-head!

 

-Phoenix

(Here we go again...)

 

-Phoenix

Please, you're scaring

the security guard.

 

-April

...

 

-April

So? What is it you wish

to ask of me, then? Hmm?

 

-Phoenix

(For starters, how did you

get to be so totally

whacked!?)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine security guard*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* This guard monitors

* the visitor's room.

*

* -Phoenix

* He hasn't moved an inch.

* A real pro, this guy.

*

* -Phoenix

* Or maybe he just doesn't

* get to see a lot of women

* like Miss May in here.

*

********************************************

 

***Present anything*************************

*

* -April

* Hey, guess what.

*

* -April

* Actually, I, um,

* really hate your guts.

*

* -April

* So get lost. Because,

* well, I'm not cooperating.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Thanks, I noticed.)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "That "man""******************

*

* -Phoenix

* About the man who stayed

* with you in your hotel room...

*

* -April

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* Can you tell me about him?

*

* -Phoenix

* Where is he?

* C'mon...

*

* -April

* No way, Jose.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm... maybe if I had

* something to get her

* to talk...)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "The wiretap"*****************

*

* -Phoenix

* Why did you place a

* wiretap on Mia's phone?

*

* -April

* Aww, when you say it like

* that it sounds so... cold.

* So criminal!

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... tapping people's

* phones is a crime, Miss May.

*

* -April

* Oh, and I suppose you learned

* that in Lawyer School, hmm?

*

* -April

* Creep!

*

* -Phoenix

* (This woman is impossible

* to talk to...)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your attitude"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* Say...

*

* -Phoenix

* Why are you so... angry?

*

* -Phoenix

* I mean, you don't look

* like a bad person...

*

* -April

* Ooh, that does it!

* Bottom-feeding, scum-sucking

* lawyer!

*

* -Phoenix

* B-bottom...?

*

* -Phoenix

* (I can't tell, does she have

* a thing against lawyers...

* or just against me?)

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 7

Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-Phoenix

Looks like forensics is

taking the day off today.

 

-Phoenix

Detective Gumshoe's

nowhere in sight.

 

-Phoenix

The police really gave

this place a working over.

 

-Phoenix

I doubt there are any

valuable clues left.

 

-Phoenix

Suppose it can't hurt to

take a look around, though.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine bookcase*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* You couldn't cram more legal

* books in here, even if you

* wanted to.

*

* -Phoenix

* All the cases that the chief

* worked on are filed here.

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm. Are some of the files

* missing...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Nah, I'm imagining things.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Gatewater Hotel

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 7

Gatewater Hotel

Room 303

 

-Bellboy

Ah, welcome, sir!

 

-Bellboy

Quite the performance today,

if I dare say so myself.

 

-Phoenix

Oh, um, thanks.

 

-Phoenix

Sorry for putting you

on the spot like that.

 

-Bellboy

No, no, not at all, sir!

 

-Bellboy

Your efforts today can only

help the Gatewater's "rep,"

as they say.

 

-Phoenix

Huh? "Rep"?

 

-Bellboy

Yes! Our reputation will

swell as the hotel where the

murderer used a wiretap!

 

-Bellboy

We can charge a premium for

the room, of course. It will

be great for business, sir!

 

-Phoenix

Whoa, whoa! Miss May hasn't

been charged with murder.

 

-Bellboy

I, too, will become famous!

 

-Bellboy

"The Bellboy who brought the

murderer ice coffee"...!

 

-Phoenix

(Why do I feel like we're

both stuck in the same

bad dream...)

 

-Bellboy

So! You are our honored guest.

Please let me know if there

is anything I can bring you!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine flowers**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A vase, as expected.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm not good with flower

* names, except maybe tulips

* and sunflowers.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine open drawer**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh? There's still a

* screwdriver stuck in

* that drawer!

*

* -Bellboy

* Ah, please leave that

* as it is, sir.

*

* -Bellboy

* That's the "Drawer of Terror,

* Hiding Place of the

* Murderer's Wiretap."

*

* -Bellboy

* It's set to become one

* of the most popular

* attractions here.

*

* -Phoenix

* (This guy's serious!

* I don't believe it...)

*

********************************************

 

***Examine window***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Nice weather again today.

*

* -Phoenix

* I can see the Fey & Co.

* Law Offices, of course.

*

* -Bellboy

* Ah, yes. We plan to install

* a telescope in that window,

* of course.

*

* -Bellboy

* Just $5.00 will earn you

* three minutes of a "view to

* a kill"!

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Bellboy

* J-just kidding, sir.

* Oh hoh hoh hoh!

*

* -Phoenix

* (By that look in his eyes

* I'd say he was more than

* serious...)

*

********************************************

 

***Examine table****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A bottle and two glasses

* rest on the table.

*

* -Phoenix

* Why hasn't he cleaned

* these up by now?

*

* -Bellboy

* Ah, I beg your pardon, sir,

* but if you could please

* refrain from touching those...

*

* -Bellboy

* It's part of the decor.

* I call it: "The last drink...

* before murder!"

*

* -Bellboy

* We'll be famous! The talk

* of the hotel industry!

*

********************************************

 

***Present anything*************************

*

* -Bellboy

* I'm sorry...

*

* -Bellboy

* All I could think about during

* the trial was the hotel...

*

* -Bellboy

* I wasn't paying much attention

* to the evidence.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Miss May"********************

*

* -Phoenix

* About Miss May...

*

* -Bellboy

* Oh, her? Sir, not to boast

* but I knew the moment I saw

* her...

*

* -Bellboy

* "She'd do it!" I said!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Do WHAT!? I'm starting to

* think the most suspicious

* person here is this guy!)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "The man with May*************

*

* -Phoenix

* I wanted to ask you about

* the man who was with

* Miss May...?

*

* -Bellboy

* Ah, yes...

*

* -Bellboy

* He struck me as a real

* "Lady Killer," if you'll

* pardon the expression.

*

* -Bellboy

* I knew it from the moment

* I saw him, sir.

*

* -Bellboy

* He and I are of the same ilk.

* We both carry the scent

* of... danger.

*

* -Phoenix

* (There we are in total

* agreement, Mr. Psycho

* Bellboy.)

*

* -Bellboy

* If you had a photo of

* that man, I'm quite sure

* I could identify him.

*

* -Phoenix

* (A photo. Hmm...)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "The hotel"*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Could you tell me

* about this hotel?

*

* -Bellboy

* Absolutely!

* And on that subject, I have

* an excellent idea, sir!

*

* -Bellboy

* Currently, this hotel

* is known as the "Gatewater."

*

* -Bellboy

* I propose that we

* add a subtitle!

*

* -Phoenix

* A subtitle!?

*

* -Bellboy

* The Gatewater Hotel

* -- Murder Manor --

*

* -Bellboy

* Well?

* What do you think?

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... sounds great!

* (Whatever floats

* your tea set...)

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 7

Grossberg Law Offices

 

-Phoenix

(Huh. Looks like Grossberg

is out today... again.)

 

-Phoenix

(Maybe he's avoiding

me for some reason?)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine discolored wall******************

*

* -Phoenix

* Wait a second...

*

* -Phoenix

* Wasn't there a giant painting

* hanging on that wall...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Yeah... yeah, it was

* a painting of...

*

* ***Sunflowers*******************************

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Marvin Grossberg*************************

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Fishermen********************************

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* Wasn't it?

* It wasn't a very memorable

* painting, anyhow.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine photographs (on desk)************

*

* -Phoenix

* What's this? Old photos?

* There are two lying here.

*

* -Phoenix

* Something's been written in

* pencil on the backs.

*

* -Phoenix

* "DL-6 Incident - Exhibit A,"

* "DL-6 Incident - Exhibit B"...

*

* -Phoenix

* Let's take a

* look at these...

*

* ***"DL-6 Incident - Exhibit A"**************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sure I've seen this

* * person somewhere...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Perhaps I'll borrow this photo.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sure no one will miss

* * just one little photo.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * And it might be a valuable

* * clue... I'll take it for now.

* *

* * Photograph quietly added

* * to the Court Record.

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***"DL-6 Incident - Exhibit B"**************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Why would Grossberg have

* * a picture of this man...?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * This might be a valuable

* * clue... I'll take it for now.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm just borrowing it.

* * I'll return it later.

* *

* * Photograph quietly added

* * to the Court Record.

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Leave them alone*************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I don't need it now,

* * whatever it is.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * If I ever run out of

* * clues, I'll know where

* * to find these.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Although I can't be sure

* * the photos will still

* * be here then...)

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Examine photographs after taking one*****

*

* -Phoenix

* A photo lies on the desk.

*

* -Phoenix

* Maybe I should switch

* it with the one I took?

*

* ***Swap photos******************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I think I'll swap them...

* *

* * Photograph added

* * to the Court Record.

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Leave it alone***************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * No, on second thought,

* * I'd better not.

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Gatewater Hotel

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Present Photograph (woman)***************

*

* -Phoenix

* What about this photo?

*

* -Bellboy

* Well, it's a fine photo, sir.

*

* -Bellboy

* However, the person

* Miss May was accompanied

* by was, well, a man.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Oh... yeah. Right.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Photograph (man)*****************

*

* -Phoenix

* Take a look at this photo.

*

* -Bellboy

* ...

*

* -Bellboy

* That's him, Detective.

*

* -Phoenix

* Um... I'm the lawyer.

*

* -Bellboy

* Oh, I know that!

*

* -Bellboy

* I just wanted to say

* "Detective" once.

* You know how it is.

*

* -Phoenix

* (No. No I don't.)

*

* -Bellboy

* Without a doubt, that is the

* man who checked in with

* Miss April May.

*

* -Bellboy

* How about I write an affidavit

* swearing that that's him!

*

* -Phoenix

* An affidavit?

* (This guy is way too

* excited about this...)

*

* ***Have him write it************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Well, sure. Why not?

* *

* * -Bellboy

* * Yes!

* *

* * -Bellboy

* * I've always wanted to

* * write an affidavit, sir.

* *

* * -Bellboy

* * From hence forth I will

* * be known as the "bellboy

* * who swore the affidavit"!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Just hurry up and write it.

* *

* * Bellboy's Affidavit added

* * to the Court Record.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Not even Miss May

* * can play dumb to this!)

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Turn him down****************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Well thanks, but I don't

* * think that will be necessary.

* *

* * -Bellboy

* * Oh? Oh, I see. Well later

* * then, if you need it.

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Present Photograph (man) again***********

*

* -Phoenix

* Sorry to press the

* matter, but are you

* sure this is him?

*

* -Bellboy

* I, too, am sorry to press

* the matter, but that is

* him, Detective!

*

* -Phoenix

* Umm... thanks.

*

********************************************

 

***Present Bellboy's Affidavit**************

*

* -Phoenix

* Thanks for this.

*

* -Bellboy

* No no no, not at all, sir!

*

* -Bellboy

* I hope you'll use it

* to take that Miss May

* down hard, sir! Hard!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Why do I sense an unhealthy

* level of excitement behind

* that unchanging smile?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (His tea set is rattling!)

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

(*sigh* He's out again?)

 

-Phoenix

(Huh? No more photos

on the desk...)

 

MOVE TO: Detention Center

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-April

YOU AGAIN!?

Can't you take a hint

and stay gone?

 

-Phoenix

Hey, the only reason I'm

back here is because YOU

won't talk to me!

 

-April

Oh, so it's MY fault now?

 

-April

You don't just have spiky

hair, you also have a

spiky heart.

 

-Phoenix

(That does it. When this case

is done I'm shaving my head.)

 

***Talk about "That "man""******************

*

* -Phoenix

* About the man who stayed

* with you in your hotel room...

*

* -Phoenix

* Can you tell me about him?

* Where is he?

*

* -April

* I'm not telling!

*

* -Phoenix

* Look, he's being accused of

* murder! I don't think you

* want to be protecting him.

*

* -April

* Hmm. Would you have sold

* out the late Ms. Fey to

* the cops?

*

* -Phoenix

* No.

*

* -April

* See?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Damn!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm... maybe if I had

* something to get her

* to talk...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Photograph (woman)***************

*

* -Phoenix

* Any thoughts about

* this photograph?

*

* -April

* ...

*

* -April

* Who's that?

* Your mother?

*

* -Phoenix

* (...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (*sigh* Looks like I've just

* been wasting my time.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Photograph (man)*****************

*

* -Phoenix

* Have a look at this.

*

* -April

* Look, I've said several

* times, I'm not telling you...

*

* -April

* !

*

* -April

* Where did you...?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Ah hah! A reaction!)

*

* -Phoenix

* This is him, isn't it?

*

* -April

* What? Who? When? Why...?

*

* -Phoenix

* It IS him.

*

* -Phoenix

* This is the man who stayed

* in your hotel room the night

* of the murder!

*

* -April

* No! No, that's not right.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Nice try, Miss Cooperative.)

*

* -April

* D-do you have proof

* that was him? Hmm?

*

* -April

* Y-yeah! Proof! Show me proof!

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'm so close!)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Bellboy's Affidavit**************

*

* -Phoenix

* Could you have

* a look at this?

*

* -April

* What's that?

*

* -Phoenix

* The bellboy's affidavit!

* He told us everything he saw.

*

* -Phoenix

* He told us about the man

* you checked in with.

*

* -Phoenix

* He told us who he was.

*

* -April

* ...!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Now I'm getting somewhere!)

*

* ***Ease her fears***************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Okay, okay... she's vulnerable

* * now. I should be gentle.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Miss May...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * It would be easy for me to

* * hand this affidavit to the

* * police.

* *

* * -April

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * If they get involved, wouldn't

* * your boss be even more...

* * er... inconvenienced?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * All I want to do is have

* * a little chat with him.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You won't tell me?

* *

* * -April

* * ...

* *

* * -April

* * Is that all you have to say?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Yes.

* *

* * -April

* * It it's so easy for you to

* * "get the police involved,"

* * then why don't you?

* *

* * -April

* * Somehow I think you're

* * not up to it, hmm?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Show them a little kindness

* * and they jump all over you!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (That had the opposite

* * effect to what I hoped...)

* *

* * -April

* * Aww. *smirk*

* * Poor little lawyer...

* *

* * -April

* * And you were so close!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (This isn't working...)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (I think I've worn out this

* * piece of paper's usefulness.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Dammit!

* *

* * Discarded the

* * Bellboy's Affidavit.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (The man in this photo

* * is the one I want!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Why did April May not want

* * to talk about it... she must

* * know him!)

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Push her hard****************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (This is it, all or nothing!

* * Time to do a little bluff.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * No use playing dumb!

* * (If, indeed, that's an act.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * If you don't talk, I'm taking

* * this photo to the press!

* *

* * -April

* * Whaaaaat!?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Even though he should be a

* * witness to murder, this man

* * is in hiding.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sure the press would

* * have a field day with his

* * reputation!

* *

* * -April

* * ...!

* *

* * -April

* * Ooooh!

* * Fine! I'll talk!

* *

* * -April

* * You... you win, Lawyer.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Yes!

* * Man, that felt good!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (It's great to be alive!)

* *

* * -April

* * Why are you pumping your

* * fists in the air?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * *cough*

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Now, tell me about the

* * man you were with.

* *

* * -April

* * That man...

* * He's my boss.

* *

* * -April

* * Redd White, the president

* * of the information gathering

* * conglomerate, Bluecorp.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Redd... White?)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * "Information gathering?"

* *

* * -April

* * Well... I suppose you could

* * call them a detective agency.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Hmm...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * So this is the man that

* * was with you the night

* * of the murder?

* *

* * -April

* * ...

* *

* * -April

* * I'm...

* * I'm scared to talk.

* *

* * -April

* * I don't want to

* * end up like her!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (...!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * It's okay, I'll just

* * ask Mr. White himself.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Can you tell me where

* * Bluecorp is located?

* *

* * -April

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Mr. Redd White, at last!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Finally, a lead on this guy!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (If April May couldn't have

* * done it, that leaves him!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Time to take action!)

* *

* * Discarded the

* * Bellboy's Affidavit.

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Present Photograph (man) again***********

*

* -Phoenix

* How about this photograph?

*

* -April

* You're wasting your time!

*

* -April

* Miss May's lips are sealed!

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Gatewater Hotel

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

Hmm. The bellboy

seems to be out.

 

-Phoenix

Huh? The sound of water

coming from the shower...

 

-Bellboy

"La-dee-da! Money-Makin'...

Money-Makin'... I got the

Money-Makin' bluuuues..."

 

-Phoenix

Someone seems to enjoy

washing the showers.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine open drawer**********************

*

* -Phoenix

* The screwdriver is still

* stuck in the drawer.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'd better not touch it.

* No telling what the bellboy

* would do to me.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine table****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A bottle and two glasses

* rest on the table.

*

* -Phoenix

* I'd better not touch them.

* No telling what the bellboy

* would do to me.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

(Alright, this is getting

ridiculous. Where the heck

is that loafer?)

 

-Grossberg

*Ah-HHHHEM!*

 

-Phoenix

(Ah, that old familiar

clearing of the throat...)

 

-Grossberg

Ah hah! You again.

 

-Phoenix

Um, hello, Mr. Grossberg.

 

-Grossberg

...

 

-Grossberg

Well, well.

 

-Grossberg

You were quite the

thing, my boy.

 

-Phoenix

Excuse me...?

 

-Grossberg

The trial! The trial!

 

-Phoenix

(He was there...?)

 

-Grossberg

Reminded me of myself

when I was a youth!

 

-Phoenix

(I guess something got passed

down through Mia... maybe?)

 

-Grossberg

It brings back

memories, it does!

 

-Grossberg

"Ah... the days of my youth...

like the scent of fresh

lemon..." you see.

 

-Grossberg

...

 

-Grossberg

I apologize.

 

-Phoenix

?

 

-Grossberg

I... It was all a bit

too much for me, my boy.

 

-Grossberg

Seeing you today,

I... well, I...

 

-Grossberg

...

 

-Phoenix

(I appreciate the reminiscing,

but I'd much rather you gave

me some information!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Talk about "Today's trial"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* So you came to

* see the trial?

*

* -Grossberg

* Yes, yes I did.

*

* -Grossberg

* Something was bothering me

* all last night, you see. I

* couldn't get a wink of sleep.

*

* -Phoenix

* Really? What was that?

*

* -Grossberg

* Well, you see, it's just...

* Mia's sister, that poor girl.

*

* -Grossberg

* My boy, I owe you

* my thanks, truly.

*

* -Grossberg

* I don't know what I would

* have done if things had

* gone poorly for the girl.

*

* -Phoenix

* (If you were that worried

* about it, why didn't you

* offer to defend her!?)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your refusal"****************

*

* -Phoenix

* I asked before, but, why

* did you refuse her request

* for defense?

*

* -Phoenix

* I think I have

* a right to know.

*

* -Grossberg

* A right, Mr. Wright?

*

* -Grossberg

* No, no, I'm sorry. It's just,

* I need more time to think

* about it, my boy.

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (He does seem troubled

* about something...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Maybe I can find something

* that will inspire him to

* talk.)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "That painting"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* The other day I'm sure there

* was a big, pretentious-looking

* painting on that wall...

*

* -Grossberg

* "Pretentious-looking"...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Well... you know

* the one I mean.

*

* -Phoenix

* Anyway, where did it go?

*

* -Grossberg

* Ah, yes, well...

*

* -Grossberg

* I... got rid of it. Got quite

* tired of the thing, really.

*

* -Grossberg

* I, er, sold it, you see.

* Yes, that's right.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Sold it!?

* I'm not sure I buy that...)

*

* -Phoenix

* Wasn't that painting rather

* important to you, sir?

*

* -Phoenix

* Did something happen?

*

* -Grossberg

* I don't see how it's

* any of your business!

*

* -Grossberg

* Please, speak no more

* of that accursed painting.

*

* -Grossberg

* I didn't...

* I...

*

* -Grossberg

* *mumble* *mumble*

*

********************************************

 

***Present Photograph***********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Excuse me, I was wondering

* about this photograph...

*

* ***If you "pushed April hard"***************

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Where did you get that!?

* * Give it back at once!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sorry to have taken

* * it without your knowledge.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * But... I have to know.

* * Who is this man?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * He was most likely in

* * April May's room the

* * night of the murder.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * !

* * What's that you say!?

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * A-are you QUITE sure?

* * My boy?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (What has him so flustered

* * I wonder...?)

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * I... I beg your pardon, but

* * I must ask you to leave.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * I need to be alone.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (...!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (He's fallen silent

* * as a stone. A rather

* * large stone.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (I guess I should

* * return that photo.)

* *

* * Returned photograph to

* * Mr. Grossberg.

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***If you "eased April's fears"*************

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * ...!

* * Where did you get that!?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I borrowed it.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Well, give it back at once!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Mr. Grossberg.

* * Tell me about the man

* * in this photo.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * He may have been in that hotel

* * room with April May on the

* * night of the murder.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Do you know something

* * about him... anything?

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * ...!

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Hmm. Ahem!

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Very well.

* * I'll tell you what I know.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * However...

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * You didn't hear it

* * from me, if you follow.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I follow.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * That man is Mr. Redd White.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * He's the President of Bluecorp.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Redd White... Hmm.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Bluecorp... they're something

* * like a detective agency, right?

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * They're information pros.

* * They sell information, you see.

* * Sensitive information.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Despite his name, Mr. White

* * has the blackest reputation

* * of any man in this country.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Should you run across him,

* * watch what you say.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * You wouldn't want him digging

* * up any dirt on you.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Hmm... selling information.

* * Sounds like blackmail.)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Can you tell me where

* * Bluecorp is located?

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Hmm...

* * I suppose.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Mr. Redd White, at last!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Finally, a lead on this guy!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Even if April May couldn't

* * have done it, he could have!)

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Time to take action!)

* *

* * Returned photograph to

* * Mr. Grossberg.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Now, I must ask you to leave.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * I need to think about

* * things. Alone.

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Present other****************************

*

* -Grossberg

* I beg your pardon, but

* I am not at liberty to

* speak on the matter.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about anything after returning photo

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. Grossberg...?

*

* -Grossberg

* ...

*

* -Grossberg

* Ah, my apologies. I need to

* think about things. Alone.

*

* -Phoenix

* (He barely even glanced in

* my direction...)

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Bluecorp

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 7

Bluecorp Inc.

CEO's Office

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

(What's with the surreal

décor...?)

 

-???

Welcome! Please furnish

me with the title of your

personage!

 

-Phoenix

(What the...?)

 

-White

Your name!

What's your name?

 

-White

I was just inquirably asking

the title that you go by.

 

-Phoenix

Uh... Wright. Phoenix Wright.

("Inquirably"...?)

 

-White

Mr. Wright, is it?

Right, I see...

 

-White

Splendiferous.

 

-White

Perhaps I have intimidated

you with my giantesque

vocabulary...?

 

-Phoenix

(What is this guy's problem!)

 

-White

I'm Redd White, CEO of

Bluecorp. You know,

Corporate Expansion Official?

 

-White

My business dealings

bring me into contact with

the elite of the elite.

 

White

So I'm afraid I am not

used to conversing with the

wordily-challenged.

 

-Phoenix

(What a fruitcake!)

 

-White

Hmmm, let me guess...

 

-White

You are an attorney fresh out

of law school, are you not?

 

-White

That's the only explanation

for why you would come to

meet me like this!

 

-Phoenix

(What does he mean by that?)

 

-White

No matter.

 

-White

So, what business does a

"mighty" lawyer have with

a man such as myself?

 

-Phoenix

(Yipes! This guy's arrogance

meter is off the scale!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine window***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* This is the top floor

* of a 20-story building.

*

* -Phoenix

* The view is quite...

* presidential.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine painting*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* ...?

*

* -Phoenix

* Haven't I seen this

* somewhere...?

* Is this a replica?

*

* -White

* Ridiculosity! I have no

* interest in anything but

* originals.

*

* -White

* That right there is a bona

* fide original! Worth five

* million, for sure.

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmmm...

*

********************************************

 

***Examine desk*****************************

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm guessing this is

* supposed to be a desk?

*

* -Phoenix

* My my...

* This is quite the... thing.

*

* END IF TOLD TO LEAVE

*

* -White

* It is modeled on my body, see?

*

* -White

* Well? Does its sleek

* roundature not... inspire you?

*

********************************************

 

***Examine trophies*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* An impressive line-up

* of trophies.

*

* -Phoenix

* "Judges Special Runner-up"

* "Best Participation"

*

* -Phoenix

* "Judges Cooperation Award"

* "Special Good Try Prize"

*

* -Phoenix

* Hmm. The words "Judges" and

* "Special" kind of stand out.

*

* CONTINUE IF TOLD TO LEAVE

*

* -Phoenix

* He probably strong-armed

* them into giving him

* something.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine statue***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A statue of a man holding

* up the world.

*

* -Phoenix

* The "Bluecorp" sign certainly

* stands out enough...

*

* -Phoenix

* The model for the man is,

* of course, Mr. White.

*

* END IF TOLD TO LEAVE

*

* -White

* Truly a work of art! But,

* probably to beautacious for

* you to appreciate, correct?

*

* -Phoenix

* (I think it's a little too

* "beautacious" for just about

* anyone to appreciate.)

*

********************************************

 

***Present Wiretap**************************

*

* -Phoenix

* About this wiretap...

*

* -White

* Ah, the one that Miss May

* used, right?

*

* -White

* Bad girl. Bad, bad girl.

*

* -Phoenix

* She testified that she placed

* the wiretap at your request.

*

* -White

* How pathetic. I guess she's

* trying to pass the buck.

*

* -White

* Bad, bad girl.

*

* -White

* Sorry I can't help you.

* I know nothing.

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'm going to need hard

* evidence to get anything

* out of this guy...)

*

********************************************

 

***Present other****************************

*

* -White

* I am terribly sorry.

*

* -White

* But that really doesn't seem

* to concern me at all.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Miss May"********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Miss May is an employee of

* Bluecorp, is she not?

*

* -White

* Correct.

* She was my secretariat.

*

* -White

* What a shock it was to

* hear what she has done!

*

* -Phoenix

* "What she has done"...

* You mean the wiretap?

*

* -White

* Indeed! She is paid to

* answer phones. Tapping them

* is NOT in her job description.

*

* -White

* She does gather information

* for us as part of her duties.

*

* -White

* But, I assure you, we do

* not condone illegal methods!

*

* -White

* It is ineffable that

* she would do this.

*

* -Phoenix

* (It sounds like he's

* trying to turn Miss May

* into a scapegoat...)

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Night of the murder"*********

*

* -Phoenix

* On the night of the murder

* were you in April May's

* hotel room?

*

* -White

* Who can say? I seldom pay

* attention to mundane details

* such as time and place.

*

* -White

* My motto is:

* "Don't worry, be happy!"

*

* -Phoenix

* Still, Mr. White...

*

* -Phoenix

* The hotel bellboy has stated

* on the record that he does

* remember you very clearly.

*

* -White

* ...

*

* -White

* No matter! The bellboy

* can say what he pleases.

* I still won't talk to you.

*

* -White

* If you want me to speak,

* put me on the witness stand!

*

* -White

* Although I doubt you'd be

* capable of doing that.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm. He raises a good

* question, actually...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (Why didn't prosecution

* call him as a witness?)

*

* -Phoenix

* (He should have "seen" the

* same thing as April May!)

*

* -White

* Oh hoh hoh.

*

* -White

* The police... the courts...

*

* -White

* To me they are mere toys.

* Playthings for my amusement!

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Bluecorp"********************

*

* -Phoenix

* What kind of company

* is Bluecorp, anyway?

*

* -White

* Ah, excellent question!

*

* -White

* We buy and sell various

* kinds of information.

*

* -White

* We are the company of the

* future! You might say,

* we ARE the future!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Sell... information?)

*

* -White

* In just 10 years, I've built

* this business up into the

* grand office you see now.

*

* -White

* Ah, in case you were

* wondering, Bluecorp was

* named after the color "blue"!

*

* -White

* I, Redd White of Bluecorp,

* as founder and CEO, named

* it so!

*

* -White

* And why, you ask? Because I

* like the color blue of course!

*

* -White

* Fantabulistic, is it not?

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "That painting"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* Uh... there's something

* that's been bothering me.

*

* -White

* Yes? What might that be?

*

* -Phoenix

* That big painting on

* the wall over there...

*

* ***It's gorgeous****************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * It's a very striking

* * piece of art.

* *

* * -White

* * Magnificentatious, isn't it!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Yeah.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Why am I making

* * small talk...?)

* *

* * END

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***I've seen it before**********************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You know, I've actually

* * seen that painting before.

* *

* * -White

* * Oh?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Just yesterday, actually.

* *

* * -White

* * Your point being...?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * My point is simple.

* * Er, rather, my question

* * is simple:

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Why is that painting

* * hanging on your wall?

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***When did you get it?*********************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Say, when did you

* * get that painting?

* *

* * -White

* * ...

* *

* * -White

* * Hmm... no idea!

* * I forgot!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I've seen that painting

* * before. Yesterday, in fact.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Why do I find that

* * painting here today?

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* -White

* ...

*

* -White

* Mr. Wrong, was it?

*

* -Phoenix

* Wright.

*

* -White

* It appears you do not fully

* grasp your position here.

*

* -White

* I ask again. Who are you?

*

* -Phoenix

* Umm... huh? A lawyer?

*

* -White

* No, my feeble friend.

* A "mere" lawyer.

*

* -White

* Worth nothing.

* Zilch. Zippo. Nada!

*

* -White

* Just like that sorry excuse

* for an attorney, Grodyburger!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wh-what!?)

*

* -Phoenix

* Ungh! Oof...!

*

* -Phoenix

* Unh... uhhh...

* (He... he punched me!)

*

* -White

* Well, Mr. Lawyer.

* What will you do, eh?

* Charge me with assault?

*

* -White

* Charge away, I welcome it!

* For it is YOU who will

* be found guilty!

*

* -Phoenix

* What...?

*

* -White

* Heed my exposition!

* The police, the courts,

* they all do my bidding.

*

* -Phoenix

* (So you say...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (But I wonder... Is that kind

* of control really possible?)

*

* -White

* I don't expect you to

* understand. It is a world

* beyond your compensation.

*

* -White

* ...

*

* -White

* You came here from

* Grodyburger's, I presume?

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. Grossberg's... yes.

*

* -White

* Then you must ask him:

* Why is it that this painting

* of his hangs here?

*

* -White

* Perhaps then he will

* tell you?

*

* -White

* Perhaps he will explain

* how a man can live life

* purely for personal profit!

*

* -White

* ...

*

* -White

* Go now! Skedaddle!

* There is nothing more

* to discuss!

*

********************************************

 

***Talk/present after being asked to leave**

*

* -White

* Would you be kind enough to

* cease your inane chattering

* and vacate the premises?

*

* -White

* Let me put it in language

* you are sure to understand:

* Shut up and get out!

*

* -White

* I have nothing

* more to say.

*

********************************************

 

***Examine painting again*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* This painting was, until

* yesterday, hanging in

* Mr. Grossberg's office.

*

* -Phoenix

* Why does White have it now?

*

* -Phoenix

* It's not hard to imagine

* a few possibilities.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Detention Center

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

Apparently, Miss May

is in questioning.

 

-Phoenix

I doubt they'll let me

talk to her today.

 

***Examine security guard*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* This guard monitors

* the visitor's room.

*

* -Phoenix

* He hasn't moved an inch.

* A real pro, this guy.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Grossberg

...

 

-Grossberg

...

 

-Grossberg

...

 

-Phoenix

(Huh? I don't think he's

noticed me standing here.)

 

-Phoenix

(Maybe I should...

clear my throat?)

 

-Phoenix

Aaa-HHHEM!

 

-Grossberg

Jumping Jehosephats!

 

-Grossberg

Oh! You!

 

-Phoenix

What's wrong? You looked so

pensive... like an old man

at the end of his days.

 

-Grossberg

Hmm? I'm not senile yet!

 

-Grossberg

I was just thinking about

this whole mess...

 

-Phoenix

(Something's really

bothering him, that

much is clear.)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Present anything*************************

*

* -Grossberg

* Sorry, my boy. I don't think

* I can help you with that.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Today's trial"***************

*

* -Phoenix

* So you came to

* see the trial?

*

* -Grossberg

* Yes, yes I did.

*

* -Grossberg

* Something was bothering

* me all last night, you see,

* couldn't get a wink of sleep.

*

* -Phoenix

* Really? What was that?

*

* -Grossberg

* Well, you see, it's just...

* Mia's sister, that poor girl.

*

* -Grossberg

* My boy, I owe you

* my thanks, truly.

*

* -Grossberg

* I don't know what I would

* have done if things had

* gone poorly for the girl.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Your refusal"****************

*

* -Phoenix

* I asked before, but, why

* did you refuse her request

* for defense?

*

* -Phoenix

* I think I have

* a right to know.

*

* -Grossberg

* A right, Mr. Wright?

*

* -Grossberg

* No, no, I'm sorry. It's just,

* I need more time to think

* about it, my boy.

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (He does seem troubled

* about something...)

*

* -Phoenix

* I'm starting to have a

* feeling I know what it is.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Mr. White"*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* So, I paid Bluecorp a visit.

*

* -Grossberg

* Oh? Oh, I see.

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. Grossberg...

*

* -Phoenix

* I have to admit, something

* has been bothering me.

*

* -Grossberg

* Oh? What is t?

* Well, out with it, my boy!

*

* -Phoenix

* You see, it's just...

*

* ***That big painting************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Mr. Grossberg, sir...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * There was a giant painting

* * hanging right there the

* * other day, was there not?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * The one you said you had "no

* * intention of parting with"?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Well, I saw it. Today.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * It was in the CEO's office

* * at Bluecorp. Redd White's

* * office.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * ...

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * So... you noticed.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * I suppose I should have

* * guessed you would. It is

* * a large painting...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Mr. Grossberg, I know

* * you and Mr. White are

* * connected somehow!

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * C-connected, you say?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Yes! And I know what

* * it is...

* *

* * ***He's giving you information**************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You're his client, aren't you?

* * * He's giving you information!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * What's that now?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You've been protecting

* * * him all along.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You protect him because you

* * * need his services!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You gave him that painting

* * * in exchange for some valuable

* * * information, didn't you?

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Utterly ridiculous.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Me, his client? I would never

* * * willingly deal with that man.

* * * Never!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (Huh? Did I get it wrong?)

* * *

* * * END

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***He's blackmailing you********************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. White has something on

* * * you doesn't he?

* * * Blackmail?

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I think that painting

* * * is fairly gaudy proof.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Very well. This may be the

* * * chance I've been waiting for.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Maybe it's time to get this

* * * off my chest, so I can finally

* * * rest easy again.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * After all, you were Mia's

* * * understudy. Perhaps it

* * * was fate?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (What's he talking about...?)

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***You're lovers****************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * It's not something I can

* * * claim to understand...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * But you and Mr. White

* * * are lovers, aren't you!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * W-w-what! My boy!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You sent that painting to him!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * As a sign!

* * * A sign of undying love!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * M-m-my boy, please!

* * * You're letting your fancies

* * * run away with you!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Where do you get these

* * * bizarre ideas?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I... I don't understand

* * * how you could...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * That's because I'm not,

* * * we're not...

* * * Don't be ridiculous!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Enough.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * I'll swallow my pride and

* * * tell you all.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (I knew it! They are

* * * lovers!)

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * N-no! We are NOT lovers!

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***That photo of Mr. White******************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * That photo of Mr. White...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Why would you have his

* * photo, Mr. Grossberg?

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * Umm... yes, well. It's been

* * a long time since then...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * A long time ago?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sorry... but

* * I think not.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I think you still have

* * ties to Mr. White even today.

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * R-really! Whatever gave

* * you that idea!

* *

* * -Grossberg

* * W-what connection could I

* * possibly have to an individual

* * such as he?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * It's pretty straightforward,

* * actually...

* *

* * ***You go drinking together*****************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You go drinking together!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You're friends, aren't you?

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Now you're being

* * * foolish, my boy.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Why in the world would

* * * I ever drink with the

* * * likes of him!?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (Huh? Whoops... maybe

* * * that wasn't it.)

* * *

* * * END

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***He's blackmailing you********************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. White has something on

* * * you doesn't he?

* * * Blackmail?

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * I don't...

* * * I don't know what

* * * you're talking about!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. Grossberg, sir...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * There was a giant painting

* * * hanging right there the

* * * other day, was there not?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * The one you said you had "no

* * * intention of parting with"?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Well, I saw it. Today.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * It was in the CEO's office

* * * at Bluecorp. Redd White's

* * * office.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * So... you noticed.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * I suppose I should have

* * * guessed you would. It is

* * * a large painting...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. Grossberg...

* * * tell me what happened.

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***He's giving you information**************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Redd White is supplying

* * * you with information,

* * * obviously!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * What's that now?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You've been protecting

* * * him all along.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You protect him because you

* * * need his services!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Now you're being

* * * foolish, my boy.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * What possibly use could I have

* * * for the services of the likes

* * * of him!?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (Huh? Whoops... maybe

* * * that wasn't it.)

* * *

* * * END

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Why wouldn't you defend Maya?************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I thought it was strange.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Here was Maya, your own

* * apprentice's little sister,

* * in desperate need...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Accused of killing her

* * own sister no less, and

* * you wouldn't take the case!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I finally realized why.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You and Redd White are

* * connected. He's...

* *

* * ***Your boss********************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I'll bet you and White

* * * go way back! He's your boss

* * * now, and was before, I bet!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * My what? Boss?

* * * Are you serious?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Yeah! You both have that

* * * sort of "we're in the same

* * * club together" feel to you.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Please, stop.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * You have a very peculiar

* * * sense of humor, Mr. Wright.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Very well, I'll talk.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (What does he mean... "sense

* * * of humor"? I was serious!)

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***Blackmailing you*************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. White has something on

* * * you doesn't he?

* * * Blackmail?

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * I don't...

* * * I don't know what

* * * you're talking about!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. Grossberg, sir...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * There was a giant painting

* * * hanging right there the

* * * other day, was there not?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * The one you said you had "no

* * * intention of parting with"?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Well, I saw it. Today.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * It was in the CEO's office

* * * at Bluecorp. Redd White's

* * * office.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * So... you noticed.

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * I suppose I should have

* * * guessed you would. It is

* * * a large painting...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. Grossberg...

* * * tell me what happened.

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***Your lover*******************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * It's not something I can

* * * claim to understand...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * But you and Mr. White

* * * are lovers, aren't you!

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * W-w-what! My boy!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Mr. Grossberg.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * The other day, there was a

* * * giant painting hanging on

* * * that wall.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I saw that painting

* * * again, today.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * It was in the CEO's

* * * office of Bluecorp.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * It was a present, wasn't it?

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * Well, my boy, you have a

* * * splendid imagination!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I... I don't understand

* * * how you could...

* * *

* * * -Grossberg

* * * That's because I'm not,

* * * we're not...

* * * Don't be ridiculous!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * (Hmm... I guess I was wrong.

* * * But it just seemed so right!)

* * *

* * * END

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* ********************************************

*

* -Grossberg

* Redd White is a man who

* makes his living through

* intimidation.

*

* -Grossberg

* Bluecorp is a company that

* excels in finding people's

* weaknesses, I'm afraid.

*

* -Grossberg

* I've been paying them

* for 15 years now...

*

* -Phoenix

* (15 years...!)

*

* -Grossberg

* All because of the

* "DL-6 Incident," as you

* may have guessed.

*

* -Phoenix

* (The name on the back of

* those photographs!)

*

* -Grossberg

* As you suspected, I could

* not stand in defense of

* Maya because of this.

*

* -Grossberg

* White would have destroyed

* me if I did.

*

* -Phoenix

* (So that's the connection!)

*

* -Grossberg

* It is hard for me to tell

* you this, my boy.

*

* -Grossberg

* But arresting Redd White

* will be nigh on impossible.

*

* -Phoenix

* Impossible? Why!?

*

* -Grossberg

* He has information on

* everyone. It gives him

* an iron grip!

*

* -Grossberg

* He owns judges, attorneys,

* prosecutors, police... and

* politicians.

*

* -Phoenix

* What!?

*

* -Grossberg

* They are bound, unable

* to do harm to themselves,

* and therefore, to him.

*

* -Grossberg

* Don't look at me like that.

* What you see is nothing more

* than the weight of many years.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "The DL6 Incident"************

*

* -Phoenix

* What is the "DL-6 Incident"?

*

* -Grossberg

* "DL-6" is nothing more than

* the sorting code the police

* gave the case.

*

* -Grossberg

* It was 15 years ago now...

*

* -Grossberg

* I received a request from

* a medium. A spirit medium.

*

* -Phoenix

* (A medium...?)

*

* -Grossberg

* Her name was Misty Fey.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Fey!)

*

* -Grossberg

* Indeed.

* She was Mia's mother.

*

* -Grossberg

* She had been investigating

* a murder at the bequest of

* the police.

*

* -Grossberg

* And... she failed.

*

* -Grossberg

* As a result, the police

* called her a fraud.

*

* -Phoenix

* (This is what Maya was

* talking about the other day!)

*

* -Grossberg

* I did all I could for her,

* and in the end, cleared her

* of wrongdoing.

*

* -Grossberg

* That murder case, however

* remains unsolved to this day.

*

* -Grossberg

* That case, is the

* DL-6 Incident.

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Reason for blackmail"********

*

* -Phoenix

* But why were you blackmailed

* over this, Mr. Grossberg?

*

* -Grossberg

* The DL-6 Incident was top-

* secret at the time.

*

* -Grossberg

* It made sense. The police

* didn't want people to know

* they were using a medium!

*

* -Grossberg

* They couldn't let

* people know.

*

* -Grossberg

* But one person found out.

*

* -Grossberg

* I... I told him.

*

* -Phoenix

* You told White?

*

* -Grossberg

* He offered me riches...

* It is an embarrassment

* to me now.

*

* -Grossberg

* Because I talked, the police

* were mocked far and wide.

*

* -Grossberg

* In secret, they began looking

* for the one who sold them out.

*

* -Grossberg

* Of course White heard about

* it, and he came to me.

*

* -Grossberg

* Only this time, the offer

* was blackmail.

*

* -Phoenix

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* I see.

*

* -Grossberg

* ...

*

* -Grossberg

* White controls the law of

* this country as he sees fit.

*

* -Grossberg

* Yet if you would still

* challenge him...

*

* -Grossberg

* Have a close look at

* Mia's office.

*

* -Phoenix

* Mia's office...?

*

* -Grossberg

* She followed his every

* move for years.

*

* -Grossberg

* She may have recorded

* something of what she found.

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

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-Phoenix

It's funny, looking at

this room, it seems...

so normal.

 

-Phoenix

Hard to imagine a murder took

place here.

 

-Phoenix

Mr. Grossberg said there

would be clues...

 

-Phoenix

Maybe I should have

another look.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Examine bookcase*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* All the cases the chief

* ever worked on are filed

* here.

*

* -Phoenix

* They're in alphabetical order.

* Let's take a look...

*

* -Phoenix

* Which file should

* I look at...?

*

* ***File "A-I"*******************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Let's see if there's

* * "A" record in this file

* * that catches my "I."

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * "A"... "B"... "F"!

* * "Misty Fey."

* * That's Mia and Maya's mother.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Hmmm... Should I take a look?

* *

* * ***Read it**********************************

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "'I have tarnished the Fey

* * * name.' Leaving only these

* * * words, my mother vanished."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "I was determined to find the

* * * ones who had made my mother

* * * blame herself in this way."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "Using the E.S.P. that

* * * runs in my family, I held

* * * an audience with the dead."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "Finally, the names of

* * * two men surfaced."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "One was Marvin Grossberg,

* * * a lawyer who sold my mother's

* * * information for riches."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "The other was the man

* * * who sold that information

* * * to the press."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "This parasite, who makes

* * * his fortune on threats and

* * * coercion..."

* * *

* * * -Mia

* * * "His name is..."

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Hmm. The record stops there.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * So Mia knew Grossberg...

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***Leave it be******************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I don't think it has

* * * much to do with the

* * * current case.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I'd be interested to know

* * * what it contains... but I'll

* * * leave it alone for now.

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***File "J-S"*******************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Let's see... "J"

* * through "S"...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Nothing much in here.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Maybe I'll just

* * skim some of this?

* *

* * ***Skim*************************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * *sigh*

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Well, no harm in flipping

* * * through a bit, I guess...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * The biggest part's here

* * * at the end in "S"...

* * * "Suicide"? Eww...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * She has a collection of

* * * suicide reports. There's

* * * politicians... policemen...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * ...!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * There's writing on most

* * * of these in pencil.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * "White"...?

* * * This is Mia's handwriting.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Wait, I get it!

* * * Mia thought he was involved

* * * in these "suicides"!

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * White drove them all to...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * ...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I can use these

* * * newspaper clippings.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Hmm... let's find the

* * * most disturbing one...

* * *

* * * Newspaper Clipping added

* * * to the Court Record.

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***Leave it be******************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Nah... this is taking

* * * too long. Later.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * *Yawn*

* * * I've never been good at

* * * reading these things.

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***File "T-Z"*******************************

* *

* * "T"... "U"...

* * I know, "W"! "White"!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * !

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * The entire "W" section

* * is missing!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Was it taken...?

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Examine bookcase (after finding Newspaper Clipping)

*

* -Phoenix

* Shall I check Mia's

* files once more?

*

* ***Check 'em********************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Which file to check?

* *

* * ***File "A-I"*******************************

* * *

* * * SAME AS BEFORE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***File "J-S"*******************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * Hmm... not much in the

* * * "J-S" section.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I'm not sure reading suicide

* * * accounts will be very good

* * * for my mood...

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I think that's enough

* * * reading for today.

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***File "T-Z"*******************************

* * *

* * * SAME AS BEFORE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Leave 'em********************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I don't see much point

* * in checking files that

* * are missing all the key parts.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * *yawn*

* * I give up.

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Grossberg Law Offices

 

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***Present Newspaper Clipping***************

*

* -Phoenix

* I found this in

* Mia's files...

*

* -Grossberg

* So she was investigating

* Redd White, as I expected.

*

* -Grossberg

* Well, if you wanted to

* challenge him, you could

* present this in court.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Not a bad idea...)

*

********************************************

 

MOVE TO: Bluecorp

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-White

Well, aren't you persistent.

 

-Phoenix

Sorry, but there's something

I have to ask you.

 

-White

Mr. Lawyer,

 

-White

I really hate having to

repeat myself...

 

-White

But it seems the message has

not yet penetrated your thick

skull... Stop bothering me!

 

-White

If you try my patience

further, I fear a nasty

accident may occur.

 

-White

Do I make myself clear?

 

-Phoenix

(Transparent...)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

***Talk about "Miss May"********************

*

* -Phoenix

* (I think we're past needing

* to talk about April May.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I've got to put this guy

* on the spot, and quick!)

*

* -White

* Hmm? What's the matter?

* You seem... distressed!

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Night of the murder"*********

*

* -Phoenix

* (This guy is a pro at pulling

* the wool over people's eyes.)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I've got to put him on the

* spot, and quick!)

*

* -White

* Stop that! Your hot gaze is

* giving me goosebumps!

*

********************************************

 

***Talk about "Blackmail"*******************

*

* -Phoenix

* (There's no point asking

* someone this crooked a

* straight question!)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I need some evidence I can

* use as ammo...)

*

* -White

* What's wrong? Is something

* stuck to my face?

*

* -White

* Why yes! There's my eyes,

* and my nose, and my mouth...

*

* -White

* But of course I jest.

* You need not restrain

* your mirth, my friend!

*

* -White

* It is okay to indulge in my

* cosmopolitan sense of humor.

* I will not think less of you.

*

********************************************

 

***Present Newspaper Clipping***************

*

* -Phoenix

* (This is the only clue

* that Mia left me...)

*

* -Phoenix

* (I'd better make this

* one count!)

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. White... see this?

*

* -Phoenix

* It's an article describing

* the suicide of a politician.

*

* -White

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* He was embezzling secret

* government funds.

*

* -Phoenix

* Then, one day, word got

* leaked to the press.

*

* -Phoenix

* The very next day he took

* his own life.

*

* -White

* And this concerns me how...?

*

* -Phoenix

* I found this article

* in Mia's office.

*

* -White

* Miss Mia...?

*

* -Phoenix

* She had a file filled with

* articles like this.

*

* -Phoenix

* Every one of them was labeled

* with a single word...

* "White."

*

* -White

* ...!

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. White, I know what

* you did to this politician.

*

* ***You bribed him***************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You bribed him!

* *

* * -White

* * B-bribed!?

* *

* * -White

* * ...

* *

* * -White

* * What exactly has led

* * you to say this?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Um... gee, that's a good

* * question. I guess I got

* * ahead of myself there...)

* *

* * -White

* * Hmph. You certainly have an

* * active imagination.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Dammit!)

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***You spied on him*************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You were spying on him,

* * weren't you?

* *

* * -White

* * "Spying"...?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You snooped on him, and found

* * out about the embezzlement.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Then, when you revealed

* * it, he was driven to suicide!

* *

* * -White

* * Mr. Lawyer.

* *

* * -White

* * I know nothing of this.

* *

* * -White

* * And, even in the highly

* * unlikely event that I did

* * do such a thing...

* *

* * -White

* * All I would have done is

* * provide "information." That is

* * not a crime in this country.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (Gah! This guy's as cool

* * as a cucumber...!)

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***You blackmailed him**********************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You were blackmailing him!

* *

* * -White

* * Blackmail?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Not just him, either. You were

* * threatening and coercing

* * hundreds of others!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You were involved in all of

* * the suicide cases that Mia

* * investigated!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * This company is built

* * on blackmail!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm right, aren't I?

* *

* * -White

* * What a bizarre accusation.

* *

* * -White

* * Mr. Wrong...

* *

* * -White

* * What is it that you should be

* * doing now? Investigating me?

* *

* * -White

* * No no no. I think not!

* *

* * -White

* * You should be searching for

* * the one who killed Miss Mia!

* *

* * -Interphone

* * *beep*

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [Secretary's Office, hello?]

* *

* * -White

* * Mr. Wrong will

* * be leaving now.

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [Yes, sir. I'll send

* * someone right away.]

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Wait a second, Mr. White...

* *

* * ***You're right*****************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You are absolutely right.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * I should be looking

* * * for the killer now.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * And actually, I've done

* * * better. I've found him.

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * He's sitting right

* * * in front of me.

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * ***You're wrong*****************************

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * You're wrong, Mr. White.

* * *

* * * -White

* * * Excuse me?

* * *

* * * -Phoenix

* * * What I should be doing

* * * now is going after you!

* * *

* * * CONTINUE

* * *

* * ********************************************

* *

* * -White

* * Just what are you insinuating?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Mia was on to you.

* * She was keeping tabs.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * For this reason you had April

* * May tapping her phone.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Then, Mia was murdered,

* * and all the documents about

* * you mysteriously disappeared.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * So, the culprit would be...?

* *

* * -White

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Even a child could work

* * it out, Mr. White.

* * You did it!

* *

* * -White

* * ...

* *

* * -Interphone

* * *beep*

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [Secretary's office.]

* *

* * -White

* * We won't be needing an escort

* * for Mr. Wrong.

* *

* * -White

* * Instead, please connect

* * me to the public

* * prosecutor's office.

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [Of course, sir.

* * One moment please...]

* *

* * -Interphone

* * ...

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [White? That you? What are

* * you doing calling me at

* * a time like this!?]

* *

* * -White

* * Hello. Chief Prosecutor?

* *

* * -White

* * I've changed my mind.

* * I want to testify tomorrow.

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [What's this about?]

* *

* * -White

* * The Mia Fey case.

* * I witnessed the murder,

* * you see.

* *

* * -White

* * And, thus, as a very

* * important witness, I would

* * like to testify.

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [What? Why now?

* * I thought you said you

* * didn't want to go to court?]

* *

* * -White

* * Quietude...!

* * I told  you I changed my

* * mind, didn't I?

* *

* * -White

* * Oh, and one other thing.

* *

* * -White

* * Send the police over

* * here right away.

* *

* * -White

* * The man is standing right

* * in front of me. He looks dazed

* * but could be violent!

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [What? What man?]

* *

* * -White

* * Are you even listening?

* *

* * -White

* * The executioner! The hatchet-

* * man! The liquidator...

* * The killer, man!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * What!?

* *

* * -Interphone

* * [Mr. White... this isn't

* * another one of those...]

* *

* * -White

* * Chief Prosecutor.

* *

* * -White

* * I do not believe you are in

* * a position to freely offer

* * your opinions to me, correct?

* *

* * -White

* * I'm telling you to send

* * the police, now!

* *

* * -Interphone

* * *beep*

* *

* * -White

* * ...

* *

* * -White

* * Did I not tell you,

* * Mr. Wrong?

* *

* * -White

* * You are a mere lawyer!

* *

* * -White

* * As was Miss Mia.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * How dare you!

* *

* * -White

* * I'll point the finger at you,

* * and you will be tried as

* * Miss Mia's killer!

* *

* * -White

* * The case is as good as

* * settled. No lawyer of any

* * worth will defend you.

* *

* * -White

* * I have friends in the local

* * lawyer's association, you see.

* *

* * -White

* * You'll be given a lawyer so

* * stupendously inept that they

* * make even you look competent.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (I... I feel faint.)

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Detective Gumshoe,

* * reporting, sir!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Aaa! Butz! Hairy Butz!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Wright, actually. Phoenix

* * Wright. And my friend's

* * name is "Larry"...

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * Oh, right! Sorry, pal.

* * Butz was that murderer, right?

* *

* * -White

* * Detective Gumshoe.

* *

* * -White

* * I present to you, the man

* * who killed Miss Mia Fey!

* *

* * -Gumshoe

* * W-what!?

* *

* * -White

* * Take this despicable human

* * being into custody.

* *

* * -White

* * ...

* *

* * -White

* * Farewell, Mr. Wrong!

* *

* ********************************************

*

********************************************

 

***Present other****************************

*

* -White

* I have no intention of

* parleying with you about

* this matter.

*

********************************************

 

AFTER:

   1) Presenting Newspaper Clipping

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 8, 3:37 PM

Detention Center

Visitor's Room

 

-Phoenix

I can't believe it's only

been a day since the first

trial.

 

-Phoenix

My trial begins tomorrow.

 

-Phoenix

White's going to

set a trap for me.

 

-Phoenix

And the prosecution will

be in on it, of course.

Edgeworth, included.

 

-Phoenix

An attorney was assigned to

me by the state, yesterday.

 

-Phoenix

I refused.

I had an idea.

 

-Maya

...

 

-Maya

Wright!

 

-Maya

Mr. Wright!

 

-Phoenix

Oh, Maya!

 

-Phoenix

Great, they let you

out of detention.

 

-Maya

Just now, yes.

It's all thanks to you!

 

-Phoenix

Hah. Now I'm afraid we've

switched places.

 

-Maya

What? You mean, you...?

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

I explained what had

happened to Maya.

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Maya

I don't believe it!

 

-Maya

How many people does that man

need to destroy before he's

satisfied!? My mother...

 

-Maya

My sister...

 

-Maya

And now you!

 

-Maya

This has gone too far!

 

Maya

Mr. Wright, please tell me,

is there anything I can do?

 

-Phoenix

Um... well...

 

***Defend me in court***********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Alright, you can be my

* defense lawyer tomorrow!

*

* -Maya

* Alright!

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh?

*

* -Maya

* Leave it to me! I am Mia's

* sister, after all! Lawyership

* runs in our blood!

*

* -Phoenix

* (Wasn't it E.S.P. that

* ran in your blood...?)

*

* -Maya

* I'd better run to the

* bookstore and pick up a copy

* of "Law for Rookies."

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Cheer me on in court*********************

*

* -Phoenix

* Well, you could cheer

* for me in court.

*

* -Maya

* Cheer for you?

* You mean... like a

* cheerleader?

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh? Um, yeah, like that.

*

* -Maya

* Alright!

* Leave it to me!

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh?

*

* -Maya

* I'd better go get a uniform

* and some pom-poms...!

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Help me break out of here****************

*

* -Phoenix

* Right. Okay, listen up.

* I want you to help me break

* out of here!

*

* -Maya

* You mean... a jail break?

*

* -Phoenix

* Yeah. Tonight's our

* only chance!

*

* -Maya

* Alright!

*

* -Phoenix

* Huh?

*

* -Maya

* Oh, I'd better go get a

* hacksaw while the stores

* are still open.

*

* -Maya

* Oh, oh! And a rope ladder,

* and a getaway car!

* Can you drive?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

W-wait. Wait wait wait.

 

-Maya

What what what?

 

-Phoenix

I'm kidding! It was a joke!

 

-Maya

No way!

 

-Phoenix

No really, I was kidding.

But thanks. It's good to know

you're on my side.

 

-Phoenix

(And there really isn't

anything you can do

for me anyway...)

 

-Maya

But... but I can't just sit

here and do nothing!

 

-Maya

I've got to give that

man a piece of my mind!

 

-Phoenix

(Just a piece...?)

 

-Phoenix

Okay.

 

-Phoenix

Then, come to the

court tomorrow.

 

-Maya

O-okay! I'll be there!

 

-Maya

I'll show them

a thing or two!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

It's the beginning of a new

century, yet with crime it's

the same old story.

 

-Phoenix

In fact, it's gotten worse.

Lengthy court proceedings

are no longer realistic.

 

-Phoenix

Beginning a few years ago,

a limit of three days was put

on initial court trials.

 

-Phoenix

Almost all finish in a day.

Most with a guilty verdict.

 

-Phoenix

I never thought I would

end up in the defendant's

chair myself.

 

-Phoenix

Tomorrow the true

culprit will appear

as a witness.

 

-Phoenix

This is it!

It's me or him!

 

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|EPISODE 2 - TURNABOUT SISTERS|

|DAY 3 - TRIAL                |

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

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September 9, 9:52 AM

District Court

Defendant Lobby No. 1

 

-Maya

Well... I guess

this is it!

 

-Phoenix

Yeah.

 

-Phoenix

One way or another, this

case gets decided today.

 

-Maya

Aaa!

Ph-Phoenix! Look!

 

-Phoenix

(...!)

 

-Phoenix

(Prosecutor... Edgeworth.)

 

-Edgeworth

I received a call from the

public prosecutor's office

yesterday.

 

-Phoenix

?

 

-Edgeworth

He told me that whatever

Mr. White says today, it will

be the "absolute truth."

 

-Edgeworth

No matter how you try to

attack his testimony...

 

-Edgeworth

If I raise an objection,

I have it on good faith that

the judge will listen to me.

 

-Phoenix

(What, does White have the

judge in his pocket, too!?)

 

-Phoenix

So... you're saying I'm going

to be guilty. End of story?

 

-Edgeworth

...

 

-Edgeworth

I will do anything to get my

verdict, Mr. Wright. Anything.

 

-Maya

Why...

Why!?

 

-Maya

How can you torment an

innocent person like this!?

 

-Edgeworth

"Innocent"...?

 

-Edgeworth

How can we know that?

 

-Edgeworth

The guilty will always lie,

to avoid being found out.

 

-Edgeworth

There's no way to tell

who is guilty and who

is innocent!

 

-Edgeworth

All that I can hope to do

is get every defendant

declared "guilty"!

 

-Edgeworth

So I make that my policy.

 

-Phoenix

Edgeworth...

 

-Phoenix

You've changed.

 

-Maya

Hmm?

 

-Maya

Phoenix!

You know him!?

 

-Edgeworth

Don't expect any special

treatment, Phoenix Wright.

 

-Maya

Ph-Phoenix...?

 

-Phoenix

Well... court will be opening

for session soon.

 

-Maya

What? But wait!

 

-Maya

Your defense attorney isn't

even here yet! He's not...

 

-Phoenix

I'll be defending myself.

 

-Maya

Whaaaat!?

 

-Phoenix

Okay, let's do this.

 

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September 9, 10:00 AM

District Court

Courtroom No. 1

 

-Judge

The court is now in

session for the trial

of Mr. Phoenix Wright.

 

-Edgeworth

The prosecution is ready,

Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

The defense is ready,

Your Honor.

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright...

Are you sure you're

up to doing this?

 

-Phoenix

Yes, Your Honor.

I will be defending myself.

 

-Judge

Understood.

 

-Judge

Very well. Mr. Edgeworth, your

opening statement, please.

 

-Edgeworth

As the details of the event

are already quite clear to

the court,

 

-Edgeworth

today we will hear the

testimony of another witness

to the defendant's crime.

 

-Judge

I see.

 

-Judge

The prosecution may call

its witness.

 

-Phoenix

(That went far too smoothly!)

 

-Phoenix

(Why didn't the judge ask

Edgeworth why his witness

didn't testify before!?)

 

-Phoenix

(It's like... it's like

he already knows why!)

 

-Phoenix

(Hmm. If anyone's going to

raise an objection about

this, I suppose it's me...)

 

***Objection********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. Edgeworth, you owe an

* explanation to the court!

*

* -Phoenix

* Why didn't this witness

* testify in the trial against

* Ms. Maya Fey!?

*

* -Edgeworth

* Hmph.

*

* -Edgeworth

* I'm ever so sorry!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Mr. White is a busy man,

* and besides...

*

* -Edgeworth

* at the time, I thought that

* Ms. May's opinion was all

* that would be needed.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Again, my sincerest

* apologies to the court.

*

* -Judge

* Excellent, Mr. Edgeworth.

* I appreciate your demeanor.

*

* -Edgeworth

* ...

*

* -Phoenix

* (Great. He gets to show

* off and I get nowhere.)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Let it go********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* (Forget it.

* I smell a trap.)

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Edgeworth

I would like to call

Mr. Redd White to the stand!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Edgeworth

Please state your full name.

 

-White

You wish to know the

title of my personage?

 

-Edgeworth

Er... your name?

 

-White

Yes! That is what I said!

 

-White

Oh dear, do my

locutions confuse?

 

-Edgeworth

Name!

 

-Phoenix

(These two are great

together...)

 

-White

My name is Redd White.

But my friends call me

Blanco Nino.

 

-White

I am the CEO, or to use a more

common term, the President,

of Bluecorp.

 

-Edgeworth

Did you know the victim,

Ms. Mia Fey?

 

-White

That would be a negatory!

No, I did not.

 

-Edgeworth

...

 

-Edgeworth

You were at the Gatewater

Hotel the night of the

murder?

 

-White

Correct.

 

-Edgeworth

And you witnessed the

murder from there?

 

-White

Ahem. Why tell you what

you already know?

 

-Judge

Very well, Mr. White. You

may begin your testimony.

 

-Phoenix

(If I can't rip this guy's

testimony apart, I'm

done for.)

 

-Phoenix

(Why do I always feel like

it's the end of the world and

I'm the last man standing?)

 

-White

Ho hoh hoh.

 

-White

I hope you have made your

peace with God, Mr. Lawyer!

 

-Phoenix

...!

 

-Maya

Let him have it, Phoenix!

 

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WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- Witness's Account --

 

(1)

-White

Let's see, it was about

9:00, I believe.

 

(2)

-White

I was quietly perusifying...

er, that's "reading" to you,

some papers by the window.

 

(3)

-White

Then I heard a bedlam

coming from outside!

 

(4)

-White

Surprised, I turned to

look at the building

across the way.

 

(5)

-White

It was then I saw him:

a spiky-haired man attacking

a woman with long hair!

 

(6)

-White

Needless to say that man was

none other than you,

Mr. Lawyer!

 

(7)

-White

I called Miss May over

at once. She, too, was

flabbergasted of course.

 

(8)

-White

The victim, she... she ran

away, but you gave chase!

 

(9)

-White

Finally there was a

terrible impaction!

Then it was all over...

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Judge

If things occurred as you

testify, then I'm afraid the

defendant is guilty.

 

-Judge

Very well, defendant... er,

I mean, Mr. Wright.

 

-Judge

Your cross-examination...

 

-Phoenix

Yes, Your Honor.

 

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CROSS EXAMINATION

-- Witness's Account --

 

(1)

-White

Let's see, it was about

9:00, I believe.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   How do you know what time

   it was?

 

   -White

   Because I am always

   abso-posi-lutely perfect,

   you know?

 

   -Phoenix

   No no no, you're not getting

   away with that!

 

   -White

   You are so mistrusting,

   Mr. Lawyer!

 

   -White

   So... what was the proper

   term for "secretary" again...?

 

   -White

   Anyway, Miss May ordered

   room service for 9:00.

 

   -White

   It happened soon after the

   room service arrived.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Hmm. That's what Miss May

   said, too.)

 

   ***Press further****************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * True, the bellboy who brought

   * the coffee saw Miss May.

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * But he testified that he

   * did not see you at the time!

   *

   * -White

   * Ahem. This is your concern?

   *

   * -White

   * Silly Lawyer! Miss May

   * received the coffee outside

   * the room!

   *

   * -White

   * Of course he could not see me.

   * He would need X-ray vision to

   * pull off something like that!

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Hmm...)

   *

   * -Edgeworth

   * Tell us, what were you

   * doing at the time?

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***Hold back********************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (I don't see anything to gain

   * by attacking him on this

   * point any further.)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Okay, what were you

   * doing at the time?

   *

   ********************************************

 

(2)

-White

I was quietly perusifying...

er, that's "reading" to you,

some papers by the window.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   By window, you mean the one

   directly across from the

   Fey & Co. Law Office?

  

   -White

   Correct! That is the only

   window, you see.

 

   -Phoenix

   And there you were

   reading... papers?

 

   -White

   Correct!

 

   -White

   The Gatewater is a business-

   man's hotel, and I am a busy

   man who had business to do!

 

(3)

-White

Then I heard a bedlam

coming from outside!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   A "bedlam"?

 

   -White

   It must have been when

   you attacked, I assume.

 

   -Edgeworth

   We see. Continue.

 

(4)

-White

Surprised, I turned to

look at the building

across the way.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   So you were reading your

   papers until you heard

   that sound?

 

   -White

   But of course. I am

   no snoop, peeping out of

   windows at night.

 

   -Phoenix

   (No snoop? Yeah, right!

   You've made a career

   out of snooping!)

 

(5)

-White

It was then I saw him:

a spiky-haired man attacking

a woman with long hair!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   S-spiky-haired!?

 

(6)

-White

Needless to say that man was

none other than you,

Mr. Lawyer!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What you just said directly

   conflicts with Miss May's

   testimony!

 

   -Phoenix

   Miss May clearly stated that

   the assailant looked like

   a "girl"!

 

   -White

   I've always been proud

   of my eyesight, Mr. Lawyer.

 

   -Phoenix

   Just what is your eyesight?

 

   -White

   Counting both eyes... 40!

 

   -Phoenix

   40!? Don't add them together!

 

   -Judge

   I think the witness is trying

   to say his eyesight is good.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Hey, whose side is the

   judge on, anyway?)

 

   -Edgeworth

   And what did you do then?

 

(7)

-White

I called Miss May over

at once. She, too, was

flabbergasted of course.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What was Miss May doing

   at that time?

 

   -White

   She had just finished

   watching a soap opera on the

   TV, and was weeping openly.

 

   -Phoenix

   Did you know she had been

   tapping the Fey office phone?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Irrelevant! That has nothing

   to do with the case at hand.

 

   -White

   I care not. I will answer the

   lawyer's bold inquiry.

 

   -White

   Miss May was acting alone

   when she tapped the phone

   of this Fey woman.

 

   -Phoenix

   You'd make a good politician,

   Mr. White.

 

   -White

   Ho hoh! After all, I am

   "El Presidente."

 

   -Judge

   Please continue.

 

(8)

-White

The victim, she... she ran

away, but you gave chase!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Can you be a little more

   detailed about that?

 

   -Phoenix

   I think it's worth knowing

   exactly what happened.

 

   -White

   Of course! Comprende!

   I understand!

 

   -White

   The victim was attacked,

   by you, and ran to the left.

 

   -White

   You gave chase, and struck

   her down!

 

   -Edgeworth

   Are you sure?

 

   -White

   As you know, I am always

   abso-posi-lutely perfect!

 

   -Judge

   Perhaps you could change

   your testimony to reflect

   this new detail.

 

   CHANGE TO 8b

 

(8b)

-White

The victim ran to the left,

and you gave chase!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Are you sure about that?

 

   -White

   How many times must I say it?

 

   -White

   I am abso-posi-lutely perfect!

   End of story!

 

   -Phoenix

   (How many times must

   I hear that?)

 

   -Maya

   Psst! Phoenix!

 

   -Maya

   Doesn't something about

   that strike you as a

   little odd?

 

(9)

-White

Finally there was a

terrible impaction!

Then it was all over...

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Um... "impaction"?

   Don't you mean just "impact"?

 

   -White

   Ridiculosity! I think you need

   to brush up on your language

   skills!

 

   -Phoenix

   (On second thought, perhaps

   I'd better leave the whole

   language thing alone...)

 

-Phoenix

(Did Edgeworth "prep" this guy,

too, I wonder?)

 

-Phoenix

(Anyway, I'd better find

a weakness in there...)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

Wait right there!

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White, you've

dug your own grave!

 

-White

What is this!?

 

-Phoenix

You said the victim ran

to the "left."

 

-Phoenix

But that directly contradicts

Miss May's testimony!

 

-Phoenix

She clearly stated that the

victim ran "right"!

 

-White

...!

 

-White

Oh hoh hoh. It is simple.

You have misheard her.

 

-Phoenix

I think not.

 

-Phoenix

Look at the floor plans...

 

-Phoenix

The killer was here.

 

-Phoenix

And the victim, here.

 

-Phoenix

If the victim ran to the

left, as you claim she did...

 

-Phoenix

She would have been running

directly away from the door!

 

-Phoenix

She would have been running

into a dead end!

 

-Phoenix

Don't you find that odd?

 

-White

!

 

-White

Very strange...

 

-White

I did see her run to the

left... I did.

 

-Maya

Phoenix... look at his face.

I don't think he's lying

about this one.

 

-Phoenix

True.

 

-Phoenix

(Maybe he really did see

the victim run left...?)

 

-Phoenix

(So he did witness the

killing...?)

 

-Phoenix

(Wait a second!)

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright?

 

-Phoenix

Yes, Your Honor?

 

-Judge

Miss May says "right," and

Mr. White says "left."

 

-Judge

Can you explain this

contradiction to the court?

 

***Mr. White is right***********************

*

* -Phoenix

* As Mr. White testified,

* Mia ran to the left.

*

* -Judge

* But...

* But if that's the case...

*

* -Judge

* Why would she run in the

* opposite direction from

* the door?

*

* -Phoenix

* She did not. She was running

* towards the door, Your Honor.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Bwah!

* Now you're the one making

* a contradiction, Mr. Wright!

*

* -Phoenix

* Not at all.

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Miss May is right************************

*

* -Phoenix

* As Miss May has stated, Mia

* ran to the right after she

* was attacked.

*

* -White

* What is this?

* I am not fashioning

* fabrications, I assure you!

*

* -White

* That lady ran to the left!

* I am sure of it!

*

* -Phoenix

* Then there can be

* only one explanation.

*

* -Edgeworth

* Eh...? And that is?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***Both are right***************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Both witnesses are

* telling the truth.

* (For once...)

*

* -Edgeworth

* Hah! I doubt it!

*

* -Edgeworth

* Er, rather, that does not

* clear up the contradiction!

*

* -Phoenix

* There is one scenario that

* would explain their

* conflicting accounts.

*

* -Edgeworth

* What!?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

Obviously, the witness was not

viewing the crime from the

hotel!

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright! What do you mean?

 

-Edgeworth

Yes, what do you mean,

he was not "viewing the crime

from the hotel"!?

 

-Edgeworth

If he was not in the hotel,

where could he have been!?

 

-Phoenix

In the law offices of

Fey & Co., of course!

 

-Phoenix

More specifically, he

was standing here!

 

-Phoenix

(Show the court where

Mr. White was standing!)

 

***Present location of victim***************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* That's where he was!

*

* -Edgeworth

* M-Mr. Wright!

* We are not fools!

*

* -Edgeworth

* How could he have been

* exactly where the victim

* was standing!?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Oh... oh, right!)

*

* -Judge

* Mr. Wright!

* What is the meaning of this!?

*

* -Phoenix

* Sorry, Your Honor! Sorry!

* Let me try that again...

*

* RETURN TO FLOOR PLANS

*

********************************************

 

***Present anywhere*************************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* That's where he was!

*

* -Judge

* Hold it right there,

* Mr. Wright!

*

* -Judge

* If he was there during

* the very act of murder...

*

* -Judge

* That would make him

* an accomplice!

*

* -Edgeworth

* *OBJECTION!*

*

* -Edgeworth

* Impossible!

*

* -Edgeworth

* There was no one other than

* the criminal and victim in

* the room!

*

* -Edgeworth

* There is no evidence, no

* proof to the contrary! None!

*

* -Phoenix

* S-sorry! Er... let me

* try that again!

*

* RETURN TO FLOOR PLANS

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

*TAKE THAT!*

 

-Phoenix

This is where he was!

 

-Phoenix

Look!

 

-Phoenix

When the victim ran for

the door...

 

-Phoenix

If he was watching from this

point, to him it would appear

that she ran to the "left."

 

-Edgeworth

Please! This is no time for

jokes in ill taste!

 

-Edgeworth

That is where the

killer was standing!

 

-Judge

Order! I will have order!

 

-Judge

Anyone disturbing the order

of this courtroom will be

held in contempt!

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright!

What are you suggesting!?

 

-White

R-r-rapscallion!!!

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

The postulations of the

defense are a distortion

of the truth, Your Honor!

 

-Judge

Indeed.

They do seem a bit

far-fetched...

 

-White

...

 

-White

Ho hoh hoh!

 

-White

You provide us with so

much entertainment,

Mr. Lawyer!

 

-Phoenix

(What now!?

He's... laughing!?)

 

-White

The hilarity of the moment

made me remember something...

 

-White

It appears I have been

unclear, and for this,

I apologize.

 

-White

Mr. Your Honor...

 

-White

Might I be allowed to

testify once more?

 

-Judge

Very well, let's hear

your revised testimony.

 

-Phoenix

(Good luck. You can't fix

a broken testimony, buddy!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- She Ran to the "Left" --

 

(1)

-White

Miss May's testimony was

correct... as was mine!

 

(2)

-White

When you assaulted the girl,

she first ran to the left.

 

(3)

-White

And then you hit her,

savagely! That is what I saw.

 

(4)

-White

Next, with the last

of her strength, she

ran to the right.

 

(5)

-White

You chased her, and delivered

the final blow.

 

(6)

-White

That is what Miss May saw.

 

(7)

-White

You see?

You hit her twice!

 

-White

Don't you remember,

Mr. Lawyer?

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm...

That does seem to make sense.

 

-Judge

Will you be cross-examining

the witness's testimony?

 

-Phoenix

You bet I will!

I mean, yes, Your Honor.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- She Ran to the "Left" --

 

(1)

-White

Miss May's testimony was

correct... as was mine!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What do you mean by that!

 

   -White

   That is what I am

   about to explain!

 

   -White

   You Americans, always so

   impatient! It does not

   become you.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Hey buddy, you're an

   American, too!)

 

(2)

-White

When you assaulted the girl,

she first ran to the left.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What do you mean "first"?

 

   -White

   "First"? That is what comes

   before what happens "next."

   You do speak English, right?

 

   -White

   Please, sit back, relax.

   I will try to use simple

   words for your benefit.

 

   -White

   First, she ran to the left,

   and then...

 

(3)

-White

And then you hit her,

savagely! That is what I saw.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   I didn't hit anyone!

 

   -White

   Now, now, Mr. Wright.

   There is no point hiding

   things from this court.

 

   -Phoenix

   I'm not hiding anything!

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   The prosecution requests that

   the defense refrain from

   interrupting the testimony!

 

   -Judge

   Mr. Wright, you have

   been warned.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Why's he mad at me!?)

 

(4)

-White

Next, with the last

of her strength, she

ran to the right.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What do you mean "next"!?

 

   -White

   "Next" is what comes

   after "first."

 

   -Phoenix

   I know that!

 

   -White

   Then that is all you need

   to know, Mr. Lawyer.

 

   -White

   As I said, she turned and

   made a desperate dash to

   the right.

 

(5)

-White

You chased her, and delivered

the final blow.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Stop saying it was me!

 

   -White

   But, it was you.

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Mr. Wright! If you claim

   that it was NOT you, then

   show us proof!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Argh! Can I do nothing

   right? Nothing!?)

 

   -White

   May I continue?

 

(6)

-White

That is what Miss May saw.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   So each of you saw

   different parts...?

 

   -White

   Abso-posi-lutely!

   That's right, of course!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Where did he pick up

   that annoying phrase...?)

 

   -White

   Anyway, moving along!

 

(7)

-White

You see?

You hit her twice!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   So were you watching

   both times?

 

   -White

   I suppose I was.

 

   -White

   And please excuse me for not

   testifying to this sooner!

 

-Maya

What do you think Phoenix?

 

-Phoenix

I think we've got him

right where we want him!

He slipped!

 

-Phoenix

Let him laugh for now.

I'll soon wipe that smile

off his face!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White!

 

-Phoenix

The victim died from

a "single" blow!

 

-White

...!

 

-Phoenix

What do you have

to say to that?

 

-White

Er... Erp!

 

-Phoenix

(Now's my chance to

hit him where it counts!)

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White. Wasn't it you who

told this court you were

"abso-posi-lutely perfect"?

 

-White

Mmph.

 

-White

I will refrain from using

this phrase from now on.

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor, if you could ask

the witness for a new

testimony...

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

The witness is obviously

confused, Your Honor!

 

-Edgeworth

I would like to request

a 10 minute break!

 

-Judge

Yes... yes, quite.

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

The witness is confused

because he's lying!

 

-Phoenix

I emphatically request that

there be no break, Your Honor!

 

(Yeah! We want justice...!)

 

(Don't let him get away!)

 

-Judge

Very well.

 

-Judge

If the witness would care to

revise his testimony...

 

-Phoenix

(The crowd's on my side!

No slipping out of this

now, White!)

 

-Judge

Mr. White?

 

-White

O... okay...

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- The Two Accounts --

 

(1)

-White

Umm, well, see--I looked at

the other window when I heard

that thing fall.

 

(2)

-White

Then, the next moment, I saw

Miss Mia run to the left!

 

(3)

-White

The killer, you, attacked

her... but she dodged.

 

-White

Umm... and then...

 

(4)

-White

She turned, and ran

for the door!

 

(5)

-White

Then you did her in with

a single blow! Thwap!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm. "Thwap" indeed.

 

-Judge

Very well, you may begin

the cross-examination.

 

-White

Mr. Your Honor...

 

-White

My stomach, you see,

it is hurting...

 

-Phoenix

Deal with it.

 

-Phoenix

This is almost over.

 

-White

...!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- The Two Accounts --

 

(1)

-White

Umm, well, see--I looked at

the other window when I heard

that thing fall.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   You heard "that thing fall"?

   What exactly was "that thing"?

 

   -White

   Huh? Oh... oh, that?

   Umm... the glass light stand!

 

   -Phoenix

   (Right... the one that had

   fallen over at the scene.)

 

   -Maya

   Phoenix!

 

   -Maya

   Doesn't something about

   that strike you as odd?

 

   ***Yeah, very odd***************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * (Yeah, that is odd.

   * I'll press further.)

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Mr. White

   *

   * -White

   * Huh? W-what?

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * You're saying you saw

   * the glass light stand?

   *

   * -White

   * Y-yes.

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Then change your testimony

   * to reflect that!

   *

   * -White

   * S-sorry.

   * My bad...

   *

   * -Judge

   * The witness will revise

   * his testimony.

   *

   * -White

   * Okay okay. Of course.

   *

   * CHANGE TO 1b

   *

   ********************************************

 

   ***Nope*************************************

   *

   * -Phoenix

   * Huh?

   * No, not really.

   *

   * -Judge

   * Please continue your

   * cross-examination.

   *

   ********************************************

 

(1b)

-White

A light stand was lying on

the floor when I looked.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   The "glass stand was lying

   on the floor"? That's the

   first I've heard of this.

 

   -Phoenix

   Why didn't you tell us

   about the stand before?

 

   -White

   W-why? Me?

 

   -White

   W-well... I was instructed

   not to... wait!

 

   -White

   One moment!

   Give me a minute to gather

   my thoughts.

 

   -White

   I am so... so confused.

 

   -Phoenix

   (White's falling apart.)

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Your Honor! Please, I ask that

   you do not allow the witness

   to be badgered any further!

 

   -Judge

   M-Mr. Wright.

 

   -Judge

   Please refrain from badgering

   the witness...

 

   -Phoenix

   Yes, Your Honor.

   (Edgeworth is on the ropes!)

 

   -Judge

   Very well. The witness

   may continue his account.

 

(2)

-White

Then, the next moment, I saw

Miss Mia run to the left!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   "Miss Mia"...?

 

   -Phoenix

   Mr. White, did you know

   the victim personally?

 

   -White

   No no no, triple no!

   How would I? How could I!

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   I see nothing odd about

   the witness knowing

   the name of the victim.

 

   -Edgeworth

   Mr. Wright! I will not have

   you harrying the witness!

 

   -Phoenix

   (You're looking a little

   flustered, Edgeworth!)

 

(3)

-White

The killer, you, attacked

her... but she dodged.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Now before, you said that she

   was hit before she ran.

 

   -White

   Y-yes, I must have

   been confused.

 

   -White

   But don't worry!

   We all know what happened now.

 

(4)

-White

She turned, and ran

for the door!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   What did you do then?

 

   -White

   I gave chase, of course!

 

   -White

   ...!

 

   -White

   No! No! Not me.

   Th-the killer, I mean!

   He gave chase!

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Mr. White, please try

   to remain calm.

 

   -Edgeworth

   Mr. Wright here is only trying

   to fluster you with baseless

   accusations!

 

   -White

   Oh... oh right. Thank you,

   Miles.

 

(5)

-White

Then you did her in with

a single blow! Thwap!

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   "Thwap"...?

 

   -Phoenix

   That doesn't sound like the

   "savage" attack from your

   earlier testimony...

 

   -White

   Ho! Hoh hoh! Yes, well,

   I am a man of peace, you see.

 

-Maya

Phoenix!

 

-Maya

He's getting a lot

less talkative.

 

-Phoenix

He's probably afraid I'll

catch him on something!

 

-Phoenix

(But it won't be easy!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White.

 

***If Glass Shards presented****************

*

* -Phoenix

* It was impossible for you

* to have seen the light stand!

*

* -White

* Whaaaat!?

*

* -Phoenix

* The stand broke into

* pieces when it fell!

*

* -White

* Ooof!

*

* -Phoenix

* Just by seeing the broken

* pieces you would have no

* idea it was a light stand!

*

* -Phoenix

* So tell me, exactly when

* was it that you saw the stand?

*

* -Phoenix

* Answer the question!

*

* -White

* ...!

*

* -White

* I-isn't it obvious?

* I saw the stand before it

* fell over!

*

* -Phoenix

* So... you saw the stand

* before the victim was

* attacked, then?

*

* -White

* C-correct! That would be

* no problemo, right?

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm...)

*

* ***No problemo******************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Right.

* * I guess there isn't a problem.

* *

* * -Judge

* * Very well.

* * Now...

* *

* * -Maya

* * Ph-Phoenix!

* * Wait!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Huh? What?

* *

* * -Maya

* * He saw the stand through the

* * office window before it fell

* * over...

* *

* * -Maya

* * That's what he's saying,

* * right?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Yeah, I guess so.

* *

* * -Maya

* * How could that be possible?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Huh...? Why not?

* *

* * -Maya

* * There's no way he could have

* * seen it! And you have proof!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Oh!

* *

* * -Judge

* * Something wrong, Mr. Wright?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Sorry, Your Honor!

* * I guess there is a problemo,

* * er, I mean, a problem.

* *

* * -Judge

* * I see. Please try to think

* * before you speak, Mr. Wright.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Sorry, Your Honor.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * But, I have proof!

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* ***Big problemo*****************************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * There's a big problemo, er,

* * I mean problem here.

* *

* * -White

* * What problem is this?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * Mr. White, let me make sure

* * I have this straight...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * You saw the glass light

* * stand through the window,

* * from the hotel...

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * before the incident occurred?

* *

* * -White

* * Correct! That is so!

* * It's conclusive, definitive,

* * undeniable... unimpeachable!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * No, it's impossible!

* * You couldn't have seen

* * the stand!

* *

* * -Judge

* * What? Why couldn't he?

* * You have proof?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I sure do, Your Honor!

* *

* * CONTINUE

* *

* ********************************************

*

* -Phoenix

* A person in the hotel could

* not have seen the stand before

* it fell over!

*

* ***Present something wrong******************

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * *TAKE THAT!*

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * This is the proof!

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * ...

* *

* * -Judge

* * Something the matter?

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * N-no... it's just...

* *

* * -Maya

* * Phoenix... I don't think

* * that's what you meant.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * (I don't think so either.)

* *

* * -Judge

* * Mr. Wright. The courtroom

* * is no place to play

* * practical jokes.

* *

* * -Phoenix

* * I'm sorry, Your Honor.

* * Let me try that again.

* *

* * RETURN TO COURT RECORD

* *

* ********************************************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

***If Floor Plans presented*****************

*

* -Phoenix

* It was impossible for you

* to have seen the glass stand!

*

* -White

* Whaaaat!?

*

* CONTINUE

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

Look at this!

 

-Judge

These are the floor plans to

the scene of the murder, yes?

 

-Phoenix

Correct, Your Honor.

Now, look...

 

-Phoenix

If you were to look through

the window at the office...

 

-Phoenix

This is the area you

would be able to see!

 

Phoenix

Here!

 

-Phoenix

Well...?

 

-Phoenix

Note that the stand is not

within the visible area!

 

-Phoenix

Well, Mr. White!

 

-Phoenix

What do you have to

say to that!?

 

-White

Er... erp!

 

-White

Ri... dicu... losity...

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White.

 

-Phoenix

If you were in the Gatewater

hotel as you claim,

 

-Phoenix

you could not have seen the

stand before it fell over!

 

-Phoenix

In fact, you wouldn't have

been able to see it after

it fell, either!

 

-Phoenix

There's no way you could have

recognized the broken shards

as a glass light stand!

 

-Phoenix

So, when did you see

the stand, Mr. White?

 

-Phoenix

It must have been the

moment that it fell!

 

-Phoenix

And the only place you could

have seen that from... is

inside the Fey Law Offices!

 

-Phoenix

In other words, you were

at the scene of the crime,

when the murder took place!

 

-White

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Mr... White?

 

-White

...

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White.

 

-White

...

 

-Phoenix

You did it, didn't you?

 

-White

...

 

-White

Mr. Your Honor.

 

-White

I... I...

Miss Mia...

 

-White

...

 

-Phoenix

(Heh. Looks like we're about

to get our verdict!)

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

That's far enough,

Phoenix Wright!

 

-Phoenix

W-what!?

(Urk! I forgot about

Edgeworth!)

 

-Edgeworth

Mr. White...

 

-White

...

 

-Edgeworth

I think the time has come.

 

-Edgeworth

Shouldn't you confess

your crime now, hmm?

 

-White

W... what?

 

-Edgeworth

I said, you should confess

your crime.

 

-Edgeworth

Ergo,

 

-Edgeworth

confess that you placed

the wiretap!

 

-Phoenix

The w-wiretap!?

 

-Judge

Order! Order!

 

-Judge

Mr. Edgeworth! Explain to the

court what you mean by this!

 

-Edgeworth

Distinguished members of

of the court...

 

-Edgeworth

Mr. White is slightly

confused.

 

-Edgeworth

Allow me to explain.

 

-Phoenix

(I really don't like the

way this is headed...)

 

-Edgeworth

As you know, Mr. White is

the CEO of Bluecorp.

 

-Edgeworth

He ordered his secretary,

Miss April May, to tap the

law offices of Ms. Fey.

 

-Judge

What does that have to do...?

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor.

 

-Edgeworth

The question is: when was the

wiretap placed in the office,

and by who?

 

-Phoenix

No! You wouldn't!

 

-Edgeworth

Mr. White.

 

-Edgeworth

In order to place the

wiretap, you entered

Ms. Fey's office.

 

-Edgeworth

Am I correct...?

 

-White

...

 

-White

!

 

-White

C-correct! You are

most correct, Miles!

 

-Phoenix

Give me a break!

 

-White

Yes... in order to place the

wiretap, I breached the

Fey & Co. Law Offices!

 

-White

That is when I saw that

accursed light stand!

 

-Judge

Now I'm confused. Please

explain to the court what

all this means, Mr. Edgeworth!

 

-Edgeworth

Gladly, Your Honor.

 

-Edgeworth

Mr. Phoenix Wright has made

his position quite clear.

 

-Edgeworth

He has determined that

Mr. White knew the glass

stand was in the office.

 

-Edgeworth

He has shown that there was

only one time Mr. White

could have seen the stand:

 

-Edgeworth

At the very moment of

the murder!

 

-Edgeworth

Thus, Mr. Wright would like

you to believe that Mr. White

was the murderer!

 

-Judge

I see.

 

-Edgeworth

However!

 

-Edgeworth

It is a fact that Mr. White

had been to that office well

before the murder took place!

 

-Edgeworth

He went to place the wiretap!

 

-Edgeworth

He could have seen the

glass light stand then.

 

-Edgeworth

Ergo, Mr. Phoenix Wright's

theory is revealed for the

baseless conjecture it is!

 

-Judge

Mr. White!

 

-Judge

You will testify to the

court about this wiretap!

 

-White

Ahem.

Leave it to me!

 

-Phoenix

(I... I feel faint.)

 

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WITNESS TESTIMONY

-- The Wiretapping --

 

(1)

-White

It was the beginning of

September... the week

before the murder.

 

(2)

-White

I had entered the

Fey & Co. Law Offices.

 

(3)

-White

Of course, I had done so

to place the wiretap.

 

(4)

-White

That is when I saw this

glass light stand.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Judge

So, you saw the stand

before the night of

the incident...

 

-Judge

And this is how you were able

to identify what had fallen

over. By the sound?

 

-White

Correct!

That is right.

 

-Judge

I see.

Very well, Mr. Wright, you

may cross-examine.

 

-Phoenix

(Gah! What am I supposed

to do now...!?)

 

-Maya

Good luck, Phoenix...

 

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CROSS EXAMINATION

-- The Wiretapping --

 

(1)

-White

It was the beginning of

September... the week

before the murder.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   D-do you have proof!?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Miss April May knew the

   details of Ms. Fey's

   phone conversation!

 

   -Edgeworth

   This proves that the wiretap

   was placed before the murder!

 

   -Phoenix

   Huh... right.

 

(2)

-White

I had entered the

Fey & Co. Law Offices.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Was it really you that

   went into the office?

 

   -Phoenix

   Or was it Miss May?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Unidentified fingerprints

   several days old were found

   in the Fey & Co. Law Offices.

 

   -Edgeworth

   Those were obviously

   Mr. White's.

 

   -Phoenix

   (And if I know Edgeworth, he's

   already run a check on those

   prints...)

 

   -Edgeworth

   Now, Mr. White. Tell us why

   you went to the Fey & Co.

   Law Offices.

 

(3)

-White

Of course, I had done so

to place the wiretap.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Why did you tap Mia's

   phone!?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   That has no bearing on

   the current case, Your Honor.

 

   -White

   Bluecorp is a detective

   agency of sorts.

 

   -White

   We have a responsibility to

   protect client

   confidentiality!

 

(4)

-White

That is when I saw this

glass light stand.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Why did you notice something

   as innocuous as a light

   stand!?

 

   -White

   The light stand was made

   entirely out of glass.

 

   -White

   It was quite stylish, so

   I guess it made a lasting

   impression on me.

 

   -White

   Such a beautacious thing

   deserves attention,

   does it not?

 

   -White

   That is all.

 

-Phoenix

(Dammit! There's nothing

there for me to press him on!)

 

-Phoenix

(Oh well... maybe he's rattled

enough that I can bluff

something out of him!)

 

CONTINUE AFTER PRESSING FOR A SHORT WHILE

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

(Uh oh! Don't tell me

I've run out of ammo!)

 

-Edgeworth

Tsk tsk.

I'm afraid that's as

far as you go, Mr. Wright.

 

-Edgeworth

The time has come for you

to admit your defeat!

 

-Edgeworth

You fought... honorably.

 

-Phoenix

(No more...)

 

-Phoenix

(I can't take this anymore...)

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright?

 

-Judge

Are you giving up?

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

Y-yes, Your Honor.

 

-???

(Phoenix!)

 

-Phoenix

...?

 

-???

(Phoenix! Over here!)

 

-Phoenix

(I know that voice!)

 

-Phoenix

(...)

 

-Phoenix

(M-Mia!?)

 

-Mia

Never give up, Phoenix!

 

-Phoenix

...!!!!

 

-Phoenix

M-M-Mia...!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

Where...

Where am I?

 

-Phoenix

The waiting lobby...?

 

-Phoenix

What happened?

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

Oh, right...

 

-Phoenix

I lost the trial.

 

-Phoenix

I was... hallucinating.

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Mia

Ah, you're finally awake.

 

-Phoenix

Gak!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Mia

H-hey!

Phoenix!

 

-Mia

...

 

-Mia

"Gak"? That's no way

to greet an old friend!

 

-Mia

Phoenix, I want you

to look at me.

 

-Phoenix

Y-You're...

 

-Phoenix

M-Maya...?

 

-Mia

Didn't you know the Fey

women have strong psychic

powers...?

 

-Mia

When you accepted your

defeat in court...

 

-Mia

It appears that was enough

of a shock to awaken

Maya's true powers.

 

-Phoenix

So... Maya is channeling

you, Mia?

 

-Mia

That's right. I am Maya,

but I'm also Mia.

 

-Mia

Now, I want you to listen

to me, Phoenix.

 

-Mia

Maya never gave up.

You can't either!

 

-Mia

That's what I came here

to tell you.

 

-Phoenix

...!

 

-Phoenix

B-but!

 

-Mia

We don't have much time,

Phoenix. Now listen.

 

-Mia

You've already won.

 

-Phoenix

Huh...?

 

-Mia

You have that Receipt in

the court record, right?

 

-Phoenix

Um... oh, yeah! The one you

wrote "Maya" on...?

 

-Mia

Phoenix! White wrote that,

not me!

 

-Phoenix

So... so what do I do with it?

 

-Mia

Look at the front of

the receipt!

 

-Phoenix

The... front?

 

-Phoenix

(It's a regular receipt...)

 

-Phoenix

(Looks like it's from a

famous department store.)

 

-Phoenix

("$1,000.00"... wow, big

spender!)

 

-Phoenix

("Item"...

"glass light stand"...!)

 

-Phoenix

("Date of purchase"...

"September 4"...)

 

-Phoenix

...!

 

-Phoenix

September 4!

 

-Mia

That's right, Phoenix.

 

-Mia

I bought that stand the

day before I was killed!

 

-Phoenix

Whoa!

 

-Mia

Now, what did Mr. White

say in his testimony?

 

-White

It was the beginning of

September... the week

before the murder.

 

-Phoenix

He said he saw the stand

the week before the murder!

 

-Mia

There you go!

 

-Mia

I think the court is

about to reconvene!

 

-Mia

Go do it, Phoenix!

You know you're innocent,

now you just have to prove it!

 

-Phoenix

Right!

 

Receipt updated in

the Court Record.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 9, 1:16 PM

District Court

Courtroom No. 1

 

-Judge

The court will now reconvene

for the trial of Mr. Phoenix

Wright.

 

-Judge

Is the defendant... rather,

are you alright, Mr. Wright?

 

-Phoenix

Yes.

Sorry, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

I'm fine now.

 

-Judge

Then, let's start where

we left off.

 

-Edgeworth

Your Honor.

 

-Edgeworth

There is nothing to

go back to!

 

-Edgeworth

The cross-examination of

Mr. White is finished!

 

-Edgeworth

All that is required now is

for you to pass judgment on

the defendant Phoenix Wright!

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor!

 

-Phoenix

Please, give me

one more chance.

 

-Phoenix

I promise you, this is the

last time I'll ask you!

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Judge

But, as Mr. Edgeworth has

noted, the trial is more or

less finished.

 

-Judge

Mr. Edgeworth, do you have an

opinion on this matter?

 

-Edgeworth

I say... let us give

Mr. Phoenix Wright his

"last chance."

 

-Judge

Very well!

 

-Judge

You may begin your

cross-examination.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

CROSS EXAMINATION

-- The Wiretapping --

 

(1)

-White

It was the beginning of

September... the week

before the murder.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Do you have proof!?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Miss April May knew the

   details of Ms. Fey's

   phone conversation!

 

   -Edgeworth

   This proves that the wiretap

   was placed before the murder!

 

   -Phoenix

   Huh... right.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Gah! I have to show him the

   evidence Mia gave me!)

 

(2)

-White

I had entered the

Fey & Co. Law Offices.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Was it really you that

   went into the office?

 

   -Phoenix

   Or was it Miss May?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   Unidentified fingerprints

   several days old were found

   in the Fey & Co. Law Offices.

 

   -Edgeworth

   Those were obviously

   Mr. White's.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Gah! I have to show him the

   evidence Mia gave me!)

 

   -Edgeworth

   Now, Mr. White. Tell us why

   you went to the Fey & Co.

   Law Offices

 

(3)

-White

Of course, I had done so

to place the wiretap.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Why did you tap Mia's

   phone!?

 

   -Edgeworth

   *OBJECTION!*

 

   -Edgeworth

   This has no bearing on

   the current case, Your Honor.

 

   -Judge

   Objection sustained.

   Mr. Wright...

 

   -Judge

   I don't see how asking the

   same questions again will

   make any difference.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Right! I have to show him the

   evidence Mia gave me!)

 

(4)

-White

That is when I saw this

glass light stand.

 

   -Phoenix

   *HOLD IT!*

 

   -Phoenix

   Why did you notice something

   as innocuous as a light

   stand!?

 

   -White

   The light stand was made

   entirely out of glass.

 

   -White

   It was quite stylish, so

   I guess it made a lasting

   impression on me.

 

   -Phoenix

   (Now I've just got to show

   him the proof Mia gave me!)

 

-Phoenix

(Now I've just got to show

him the proof Mia gave me!)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Phoenix

Look closely at this.

 

-Phoenix

See the word "Maya" written

in blood...?

 

-Edgeworth

Bwah hah!

You're grasping!

 

-Phoenix

I think not. Look at the

other side of the receipt.

 

-Edgeworth

Th-the other side?

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

Would you tell the court

what is written on the other

side of that receipt?

 

-Judge

Hmm...

 

-Judge

Well!

 

-Judge

A "glass light stand"!

 

-Judge

And the date of purchase...

 

-Judge

Why, that's the day

before the murder!

 

-Phoenix

You see!

 

-Phoenix

Mr. White.

 

-Phoenix

When you allegedly entered

Fey & Co. Law Offices at the

beginning of September...

 

-Phoenix

The stand could not

have been there!

 

-White

Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

 

 

-White

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

aaaaaaaaaaaaahh!?

 

-Phoenix

Well, Mr. White?

 

-Phoenix

Can't get out of this

one, can you?

 

-White

No...

It's impossachievable...

 

-Phoenix

(Uh oh... he's losing it.)

 

-Phoenix

...

 

-Phoenix

Well, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

I understand there must be

quite a bit of PRESSURE

on you.

 

-Phoenix

But I think you'll agree you

can't judge me "guilty" under

these circumstances.

 

-Judge

!

 

-Judge

......

 

-Judge

Very well.

 

-Judge

Then, that is all for

the trial of...

 

-Edgeworth

*OBJECTION!*

 

-Edgeworth

Not so fast, Phoenix Wright!

 

-Phoenix

Eh?

 

-Phoenix

(What! No way he can worm

his way out of this one!)

 

-Phoenix

(Oh wait... I forgot.

It's Edgeworth.)

 

-Edgeworth

There is a certain thread

of logic to the defendan't

claims.

 

-Edgeworth

However!

 

-Edgeworth

There is no concrete proof

that Phoenix Wright is

innocent!

 

-Phoenix

(...!)

 

-Edgeworth

Ergo!

 

-Edgeworth

I would like to request one

more day before Phoenix Wright

is granted his freedom.

 

-Edgeworth

I need time to make one more

inquiry into this matter.

 

-Judge

Hmm...!

 

-Phoenix

(Another inquiry...!?)

 

-Phoenix

(This isn't going to be

another one of those

"updated autopsy reports"!)

 

-Phoenix

(This guy just makes up

evidence as he pleases!)

 

-Phoenix

(This is bad...!)

 

***Object***********************************

*

* -Phoenix

* Mr. White's guilt

* is obvious!

*

* -Phoenix

* There is no need to prolong

* this trial any further!

*

* -Judge

* Hmm.

*

* -Judge

* Well, Mr. Edgeworth?

*

* -Edgeworth

* If anyone is going to call

* Mr. White to trial, it

* would be me, the prosecution.

*

* -Edgeworth

* I need a day to ascertain

* whether your claims have any

* basis in factual evidence!

*

* -Judge

* Hmm.

*

* -Judge

* I see.

*

* -Judge

* Objection denied!

*

* -Phoenix

* Whaaaat!

*

********************************************

 

***Wait and see what happens****************

*

* -Phoenix

* (Hmm. I don't know where he's

* going with this. I'd better

* hold back for now.)

*

* -Judge

* I see...

*

* -Judge

* Very well.

*

* -Judge

* As there is no objection from

* the defense, I grant

* Mr. Edgeworth his extra day.

*

* -Phoenix

* (Uh oh...)

*

********************************************

 

-Judge

The completion of the trial

of Mr. Phoenix Wright will be

postponed until tomorrow.

 

-Phoenix

(No! There's no telling what

will happen if I can't end

this now!)

 

-Phoenix

(Edgeworth is sure to come up

with--or just make up--

something!)

 

-Phoenix

(And after Mia showed up

to help me and all...)

 

-White

Mr. Your Honor!

 

-White

May I go home?

 

-Judge

Of course.

Thank you for your time.

 

-Phoenix

(Gah!)

 

-Mia

The witness will stay!

 

-Phoenix

(M-Mia...!)

 

-Mia

Phoenix!

 

-Mia

Read this note out loud.

 

-Phoenix

Mia? What's this...?

 

Memo received from Mia.

 

-Phoenix

Your Honor.

If I may...?

 

-Judge

You're quite persistent today,

Mr. Wright!

 

-Phoenix

(You bet I am! My life is

riding on this one!)

 

-Phoenix

I have something I would

like to read to the court!

 

***Present something wrong******************

*

* -Phoenix

* *TAKE THAT!*

*

* -Phoenix

* (No... that's not it!

* I can't mess this one up!)

*

* -Judge

* Something the matter?

*

* -Phoenix

* N-no, Your Honor!

*

* RETURN TO COURT RECORD

*

********************************************

 

-Phoenix

*TAKE THAT!*

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

The memo Mia had given me

was a list of names.

 

-Phoenix

Many of them sounded

strangely familiar.

 

-Phoenix

People in finance, famous

celebrities...

 

-Phoenix

That's when it happened.

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-White

S-s-stop! Desist! Halt!

 

-White

P-please, stop!

Make him stop!

 

-White

How... how did you

get that list!?

 

-Mia

Mr. White.

 

-Mia

Admit your guilt, right

here, right now.

 

-Mia

Or else this list will

be released to the press!

 

-White

!!!

 

-White

...

 

-White

I... I confess.

 

-White

I confess.

 

-White

I... I did it.

I hit her.

 

-White

I hit Miss Mia with

"The Thinker"!

 

-White

...

 

-Mia

Case closed, Your Honor.

 

-Judge

Well, I see no reason to

continue this trial.

 

-Judge

Mr. Wright?

 

-Phoenix

Yes, Your Honor.

 

-Judge

You've done it again!

That was quite a spirited

defense!

 

-Phoenix

Yes, Your Honor.

 

-Phoenix

I guess you could say that.

(If only you knew how

"spirit"-ed it was!)

 

-Judge

Hmm. Well!

 

-Judge

This court finds the

defense...

 

-Judge

Ahem! Rather, the defendant,

Mr. Phoenix Wright...

 

* N O T   G U I L T Y *

 

-Judge

That is all.

The court is adjourned!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 9, 2:24 PM

District Court

Defendant Lobby No. 1

 

-Mia

Well, I never thought I'd

be saying this again...

 

-Mia

But, congratulations!

You're lucky I was

born a Fey!

 

-Phoenix

I'm lucky I had both

you and Maya on my side.

 

-Mia

I'm glad you made it.

 

-Mia

...

 

-Mia

Thank you, Phoenix.

 

-Mia

You risked a lot to help

me... and Maya.

 

-Mia

I won't forget it as

long as I live!

 

-Phoenix

(As long as you "live"...?)

 

-Mia

...

 

-Mia

My time here's running out.

 

-Phoenix

Huh?

 

-Mia

Maya's powers are still weak.

 

-Mia

I can't stay here that long.

 

-Phoenix

W-what!? No!

There's still so much to say!

 

-Mia

Don't worry.

 

-Mia

I'm sure we'll meet again.

 

-Phoenix

Ch-Chief!

 

-Mia

Hee hee.

I'm not the "Chief" anymore.

 

-Mia

Phoenix?

 

-Mia

Can you come to the office

tonight... say, 9:00?

 

-Phoenix

The office...?

 

-Mia

I'll see you later.

 

-Phoenix

Chief... Mia!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

September 9, 9:02 PM

Fey & Co. Law Offices

 

-Phoenix

(Being here, it's hard not

to think about that night...)

 

-???

You came!

 

-Phoenix

Mia...

 

-???

I was kinda worried

you might not.

 

-Phoenix

Huh? Of couse I came...

 

-???

Well then!

 

-???

I'm pretty hungry.

How about a burger?

 

-Phoenix

M-Mia...?

 

-???

...

 

-???

Bwah hah hah!

You should see your face!

 

-Phoenix

Mia!

 

-Maya

What are you talking about?

It's me! Maya!

 

-Phoenix

M-Maya...?

 

-Maya

What, did I look like

my sister?

 

-Phoenix

(Look like... you WERE her!)

 

-Maya

Hmm! I might be able to

use that.

 

-Maya

"Oh, Phoenix! Go to the store

and buy me lunch, would you?"

 

-Phoenix

Uhm, Maya...

Why are you here?

 

-Maya

Because of this!

 

-Maya

See? Mia wrote me a letter.

 

-Maya

"Take care of Phoenix for me."

 

-Phoenix

Take care of... huh?

 

-Maya

She means the office!

This office!

 

-Maya

Someone has to help with the

new Wright & Co. Law Offices,

right?

 

-Maya

And who better but me!

Maya Fey, reporting for duty!

 

-Maya

Wait, no, on second thoughtm

let's make this casual!

 

-Maya

Yo, Nick! Maya here, ready

to get down to business!

 

-Maya

You... don't mind me calling

you "Nick," do you?

 

-Maya

It's a great name! Mia said

that's what your friend

Larry calls you.

 

-Phoenix

("Nick"...?)

 

-Maya

You know what this means?

We're partners!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Phoenix

You know, when I think

about it...

 

-Phoenix

It is Maya's fault

I'm here now.

 

-Phoenix

But...

 

-Phoenix

If it wasn't for her

I'd probably be in jail!

 

-Phoenix

"Wright & Co. Law Offices."

It's got a good ring to it.

 

-Phoenix

Yeah!

 

-Phoenix

Thanks, Maya!

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Mia

(Good luck, Phoenix.)

 

-Mia

(I'll always be here...

watching.)

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 

-Maya

Right! Okay, Nick, let's do it!

 

-Phoenix

Huh? Do... what?

 

-Maya

Burgers, dummy! Burgers!

 

-Maya

There's a great burger

joint just down the street.

 

-Maya

C'mon! Time's a wasting!

 

-Phoenix

O-okay! Wait up!

 

 

 

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All text, places, names and characters within the script section are

copyright (C) 2001, 2005 Capcom.

 

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containing this text that I did not make is my property. Therefore, it is

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Special thanks goes out to Selphiroth <dalmasca (at) gmail (dot) com> for the

script for case 5. I'm going to edit that to match the formatting I use when

I get to it (when I finish case 4)

 

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