Part 100: Episode 4, Day 3, Trial: Guilt Trap 2.0
Part 100: Episode 4, Day 3, Trial: Guilt Trap 2.0Music: Silence
Looks like it's straight to the courtroom today. Denying us another opportunity to grill Edgeworth on what the hell happened that night.
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel
Music: Trial
The defense is ready, Your Honor.
... ...
Sound: Light Bulb
(Who is the judge here, anyway!?)
Mr. von Karma, your opening statement. ... ...
Sound: Light Bulb
Not so fast, Judge!
Just peak asshole right there.
R-right, of course. A prediction!Music: Silence
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
I was wrong, there's peak asshole.
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
Music: Trial
Order... order!
Sound: Whack
Bah! Must you question everything!
I'll call my witness now! R-right...
(It's that mysterious boat shop owner.)
Oh this'll go great.
Witness... state your profession.
Sound: Gavel
Mmph... zzzz...
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Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
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And I, er, also rent boats.Did Karma hypnotize this guy to respond to finger snaps?
Er... ayup, yup I was. Please testify. (Wait a second...)
I get the feeling the game is going to make us earn this guy's name, and the dialogue for slacking off is usually more fun.
(On second thought, I guess it doesn't really matter.)
Sound: Light Bulb
What if that old man had something to do with the DL-6 Incident?
Oh, what are the odds of that mattering?
(Hmm, she has a point.)quote:
If we raise an objection initially, we just skip the previous lines and move on straight with the objection below.
Wait a minute!
Because I did not ask him, Mr. Wright! Bah! I have predicted this trial will end in three minutes!
Stop asking trivial questions and cooperate! (Yeah, right!)Sound: Whoops
Sound: Gavel
The witness will state his name.Sound: Gavel
Zzzz... ... Mmph! Well, er...
What do you mean? My, er, memory... Your Honor...
Ergo, he cannot recall his own name.Edgeworth even gets his "ergo" from this guy.
He can testify. Very well.
Music: Silence
Sound: Testimony 2
Music: Questioning - Moderato
It was the night of the 24th, just after midnight, ayup.
Then I heard a "bang." Ayup.Sound: Weak Gunshot
Sound: Weak Gunshot
Not going to identify the man, I see. That must be a trap for later.
Music: Silence
Hmm... Very well. I'd like to begin the cross-examination... There is nothing to question in my witness's testimony! Ergo, no need for cross-examination!
It's been three minutes and ten seconds in my recording. I must be slow at advancing the dialogue.
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Music: Trial
Judge! Your verdict, now! Er... yes...
Nah, we're good.
(He's right. That testimony sounded pretty solid.) (Maybe I should hold back.)
Sound: Whack
This is your only chance to turn this trial around! Your last chance! (O-oh... right.)quote:
Choosing to cross-examine:
Sound: Desk Slam
What are you saying!? Of course I'll cross-examine the witness!
And we continue on the same from there.
Music: Silence
Sound: Guilty
Sound: Desk Slam
I... what.
E-excuse me? Mr. von Karma? Three minutes just passed.
But Karma clearly has an important facial appointment to get to! Or something like that.
You may cross-examine the witness.
Sound: Testimony 2
Music: Questioning - Moderato
As usual I'll start with the "end of testimony" dialogue.
(If I know von Karma, he spent time preparing his witness.)
(Whew... it's tough being a lawyer.)Right, there are a couple of things to poke at here, so let's start with pressing.
It was the night of the 24th, just after midnight, ayup.
"Just after midnight," you say? Ayup, just around then. Are you sure? Pretty sure, ayup.
Plus, the blank photo we got from Lotta places the first gunshot at 11:50pm, just before midnight. Maybe that's close enough?
I'm surprised you seem so sure about it today.
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Isn't that right!?Sound: Gavel
Zzzz... D-don't glare at me like that...!
You see? Continue! I was in the restaurant... where I er... rent boats, as usual. Is there anyone who can verify that? ... Well, I guess Polly could.
Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Whack
Mr. Wright... exactly what's not good enough? Ah, uh, Your Honor, this "Polly" is a parrot.Sound: Stab
A... parrot?Sound: Realization
Keith...?Sound: Realization
Karma is eager to hurry this along before his witness reveals just how clueless he really is.
Witness.. please continue. Then I heard a "bang!" Ayup. And where did the "bang" seem to come from?Sound: Gavel
From the lake, I figure.Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Are you certain? A-ayup. Good. Continue!That doesn't sound very certain.
When I looked out the window, I saw a boat just a' floating on the lake. Was there someone in the boat!
But I figure there was two men out there, ayup. But you couldn't see them clearly! Ayup... at the time, that is.
Sound: Realization
That doesn't sound good for us.
Then I heard another "bang." So you heard two gunshots total? Ayup.
Something isn't adding up here. Lotta's camera showed an empty lake for the first picture, which assumedly is for the first shot they both heard. But this guy says he looked out and saw a boat on the lake. Of course, there were 25 minutes between the two photos, so I guess a lot could have happened in that time.
Just about then the boat comes back to shore, and a man walks by my window. "By your window"?
And, could you see the man's face?
...Music: Silence
Tsk, tsk, tsk...Sound: Realization
(I have a bad feeling about this...)Yeah, here comes the trap.
Music: Questioning - Moderato
Two men leave on a boat. Only one man comes back, muttering about how the other one is dead. Not a great look for Edgeworth. But we have a new line...
A-are you sure!?Sound: Whack
Music: Silence
... (Uh oh!)Sound: Desk Slam
D-Dad!Sound: Whack
Sound: Gavel
Dead certain, Keith!Sound: Objection
Sound: Drama Pound
Music: Telling the Truth
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
Music: Silence
Sound: Objection
Sound: Damage 2
Sound: Damage 1
Having completed sinking our case, the old caretaker collapses.
...Music: Telling the Truth
Well I can't really argue that. We have some minor quibbles on the timing of what he saw when, but it's hard to refute a direct statement of our client being the one walking away from a shooting. And indeed, none of our evidence would have helped on any of those lines of testimony.
(von Karma...)
Tsk, tsk, tsk...
Everyone in the courtroom is glaring at us!
I can't imagine doing nothing is going to help us here, and the instant game-overs from the end of the last day of trial has me nervous. Better object now before this situation gets any worse for us.
Sound: Desk Slam
Your Honor!
Oh, right, that little detail.
Mr. Wright. Are you referring to the fingerprints from Edgeworth's right hand found on the gun, 
You know damn well I am. Apparently Karma took the day off to come up with a way to wave away this evidence.
Exactly! That is easily explainable!
And then, what, picked up the gun again anyway, but with the other hand? I know criminals are dumb but that has to be the least plausible theory of the crime I've ever seen.
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
You are ignoring the truth of the matter here!
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Objecting didn't really seem to work, so what happens if we just sit back and wait?
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Doesn't really seem any better...
Hmm...
We get another opportunity to object, though we don't have any more to say than last time, really. Still, might as well go down swinging!
Your Honor!
But his word is all we have!...Yes, that's how witnesses work.
Sound: Desk Slam
If he were telling a lie... Mr. Wright. In a court of law, the evidence tells all.
I'm never going to learn to like smug prosecutors lecturing me on evidence while ignoring all the piles of evidence I present to clear my client.
If you say his testimony is a lie, show us proof! Urk...
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So once again objecting didn't work. Does sitting back help at all?
Doesn't seem like it...
We quickly realize that we're screwed no matter what we do here.
Music: Silence
A... are you sure? To be honest... I don't know what to do anymore.
Please...
We definitely could use some more ghostly inspiration.
We need your help... Nick needs you... Tsk tsk tsk...Sound: Realization
Three minutes was perhaps too high an expectation.
Karma is enjoying himself way too much here.
Sound: Gavel
I toyed with the idea of making an empty icon here (there actually is an empty sprite in the sheet) but decided it would just be confusing.
This court sees no reason to further prolong the trial.
Wait this looks a lot like the game-over sequence.
This case is extremely clear. I see no room for mis-interpretation of the facts. (W-what!? No!)Sound: Guilty
Hmph.
Sound: Guilty x 6
Well shit, we got railroaded. Did I miss something?
The accused will surrender to the court immediately,
That is all. This court is adjourned!Sound: Gavel
Sound: Objection
Sound: Shock 2 x 4
Wait, so it wasn't Mia. Then who saved us?
Wh-who was that just now?
Sound: Drama Pound
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
Huh?
Waaaaah!Sound: Stab 2
Sound: Zooma
Sound: Drama Pound