Part 8: Episode 1, Trial: Lies Beget Lies
Part 8: Episode 1, Trial: Lies Beget Lies
Oh, this should be good.
Music: Questioning - Moderato
You see, when I found the body, I heard the time.
Oh, but it was three hours off, wasn't it? I guess the victim must have been watching a video of a taped program!
Terribly sorry about the misunderstanding...I'm not even going to hold a vote on this cross. Come on.
Mr. Wright, you may cross-examine the witness.
Mia I think your face got stuck in that expression.
You know what to do!
I've got this one.
Music: Questioning - Allegro
I'll start by pressing our witness on every line again....
You see, when I found the body, I heard the time.
Yes, heard. All I saw was the body lying there... I didn't think to look at anything else, least of all my watch.
Hmm... Isn't that a little strange? So you're saying you "heard" something. But if you were so shocked by the body, you wouldn't hear anything at all!Wrong tree, guy. Let's go bark somewhere else.
It's ludicrous to suggest he "wouldn't hear anything"! Hmm... I have to agree with the prosecution.
There was a voice saying the time... It was probably coming from the television.
Uhh...
Well, no, I guess it might have been a radio.
Incidentally, there was no radio on the premises.
I can't put my finger on it, but something about this seems fishy. Something about "hearing" the television...You don't say....
Oh, but it was three hours off, wasn't it?
He...explains it in the next line?
I guess the victim must have been watching a video of a taped program!
The game doesn't put much effort into these presses, given that most people probably jumped straight to the right answer....
Yes, that would explain why the time was wrong! True, true...
Wright!
Yeah, yeah, I'm getting there.
That's why I thought it was 1:00 PM!
Yes, I can practically hear it now. It was quite clear. Mr. Payne, has the prosecution verified this testimony?
I, too, have only just learned that the witness "heard" the time.
Terribly sorry about the misunderstanding...
Your words, not mine. Well, we've reached the end of the testimony, what now?
Now that you mention it...
I get the feeling I'm going to use each piece of evidence once here. Except maybe our badge. Anyway, we heard there was a blackout and that's why Mr. Sahwit couldn't use the phone. So how could he have heard the time from the TV?
Music: Silence
Pro tip: Don't try to object in a real court by yelling and pointing.
The prosecution has said there was a blackout at the time of the discovery!
Music: Objection!
Gah!!! I... well... urk!
Do you have an explanation for this, Mr. Sahwit?
...
W-wait! I remember now! Mr. Sahwit?
These constant corrections are harming your credibility.
..! M-my apologies, Your Honor! It... er, it must have been the shock of finding the body! Very well, Mr. Sahwit.
Let's see how he changes his story this time...
Music: Questioning - Moderato
There was a table clock in the apartment, wasn't there! Yeah, the murder weapon! The killer used it to hit the victim! That must have been what I saw.....Huh? That doesn't even make sense.
Music: Silence
The defense may cross-examine the witness.
Music: Questioning - Allegro
Actually, I didn't "hear" the time... I "saw" it!
Yes, I can see how you'd be a little doubtful... I'm really sorry. I only just remembered that table clock!
The judge is just as confused about this mystery "table clock" as I am.
There was a table clock in the apartment, wasn't there!
Yeah, the murder weapon! The killer used it to hit the victim!
Am I going crazy here? Wasn't the murder weapon a statue?
Yes, the table clock that was used as a weapon! That's what I just said. Did you doze off in the middle of my testimony or something?
That must have been what I saw.
I guess it just slipped my mind! I'm not really sure how it happened myself...
Yeah, nothing more to see here, sure....
On it!
Music: Silence
Now how is this supposed to be a clock?Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
New sprites, we've got him on the ropes now!
Yes, Mr. Payne?
The fuck you say?
The neck is a switch. You just tilt it, and it says the time out loud?And how would Mr. Sahwit know that, let alone have pressed the switch?
I see.
Well, Mr. Wright? It appears that the witness's testimony was correct. This is a clock. Do you have any problems with his testimony now?
Yes, but I kind of want to see how Mia yells at us if I pick "No".
There was a clock on the scene, so, no problem.
That clock doesn't look like a clock at all! The witness couldn't have possibly known it was a clock just by seeing it! He said himself, he never entered the apartment! It was in his testimony!
The only way he could have known the weapon was a clock is to hold it in his hand.Since we end up objecting anyway, no surprise that it's a shorter path if you just say "Yes":
The only way he could have known the weapon was a clock is to hold it in his hand.And we're back together.
Clearly, a contradiction!
Hmm... indeed! The witness knew it was a clock, because he...
I mean, obviously Mr. Sahwit knew the victim and had been seen it before, that's why he knew it was a clock!
In fact, you were one of her "sugar daddies"! Be frank with us, Mr. Sahwit!Ha!
Hmph.
Your Honor.
Mr. Frank Sahwit does not appear anywhere.Well where was that evidence in the court record?!
I do love this judge.
I didn't actually lose any health sections for that one, though!
We're automatically brought back to the same choice, so let's pick the correct answer this time. Obviously Mr. Frank Sahwit not only entered the apartment, he handled the murder weapon!
I see why this image has been so iconic in internet meme-land.
You were inside the apartment on the day of the murder!
This animation showed up a few times now, but here's the best place to really show it off!
Oh yeah? Prove it! Prove I went in there!Technically I don't have to, your credibility is already so shot that there is no shortage of reasonable doubt for getting our client off.
I'll do better than that! I can prove you were the one who killed her!
More murmurs from the jury. We really struck a nerve with that one!
Order in the court!
Yes, Your Honor.
(Sorry, had to shrink that one down a bit, but it was too good not to show, even though it's actually the same as the one from the prologue.)
That voice was burned into your mind.Yeah that would be pretty memorable.
This is all baseless conjecture! Baseless...?
Did you strike the victim with the clock?
Are you telling it or living it, stay with me here.
Watch out, he's gonna blow!
Music: Silence
I-it was him, I tell you! I saw him! H-he killed her and he should burn! Burn! Give him death!
The talking heads converse amongst themselves once more.
Order! Order in the court I say!
There isn't a shred of evidence supporting the defense's claims! Mr. Wright! Your Honor?
Do you have any evidence? (The whole case is riding on this! I'd better think it through carefully!) Y-Your Honor.
A fact which is clear if you simply...
Hey, the health bar shows up here, I get that means we get penalized for guessing wrong here. Any ideas?