The Let's Play Archive

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

by DKII

Part 105: Episode 4, Day 3, Investigation: The Class Trial

Part 105: Episode 4, Day 3, Investigation: The Class Trial

Music: Silence



Music: Detention Center - Jailer's Elegy

Despite the victory, Edgeworth's parting declaration has apparently put is in a somber mood.







A memory... of murder.





...

I don't believe it. Not Edgeworth.



But he'd never take someone's life! Never!

Nick...


Sound: Door Opens


Sound: Light Bulb

Oh good, he's back.

Music: Happy People

Whaddya think of my performance today?
Sound: Whack



S-swooning? Me?
Sound: Light Bulb

Oh... Oh, yes.

I do remember feeling faint.


Sound: Whack

Right, Nick?

H-huh? Me!?
Sound: Light Bulb

I... uh, well, maybe my heart skipped a beat or two...

...

Music: Silence


Sound: Realization

C'mon! I saved Edgeworth in there, dude! Edgey!


Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2



I need to mentally prepare before talking to Larry, so let's see if he'll say anything interesting about any of our evidence.



(I'm glad someone's happy about how this case is going...)

(He seems too happy to care about anything I show him.)

Alas, we just get that reaction to everything. I guess we have no choice but to talk.



I suppose I owe him this much at least.

Larry... You really helped out in the trial today.

You did!



Technically, he was found guilty. But Larry got it withdrawn!

Hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah hah!
Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2
Sound: Realization

But, seriously, Nick.

That boat shop caretaker guy is pretty suspicious...



Way to spoil the mood, Larry.

Hey, I'm just a guy sitting in the audience, you know?

But from where I was sitting, Edgey seemed pretty... edgy.



Hell, I don't know. This case is so twisty as it is.

...

Music: Silence

Nick?

I don't know.

But... what I do know is...

I'm going to believe in you two until the end.
Sound: Realization

Us two?



Nah! He means me! Right, Nick?
Sound: Whack

Yeah, you, Larry.

Not... me?
Sound: Realization

...


Sound: Damage 2

Huh?



...

Hmph. Enough with the silent treatment!
Sound: Whack

Music: Happy People



What even was all that? Oh well, let's continue.

Nick...

Why do you trust Mr. Edgeworth so much?

I mean, he's changed recently, true.



...

You didn't know him back then.

Music: Silence


Sound: Realization

Wait...



Music: Recollection ~ Class Trial

Yes. In grade school...

They saved me... Miles...



That's why I became a defense attorney, you know.

Whaaaat!?
Sound: Drama Pound


Sound: Whack

Huh? Uh... umm...
Sound: Light Bulb

Music: Silence


Sound: Whoops

Hmph.


Sound: Damage 2

Okay, okay.

It's kind of a long story, so hang in there.

...

It was the very end of 3rd grade.


Sound: Realization

A c-class trial!?



The game has been hinting about a past connection between Phoenix Wright and Miles Edgeworth for a long time now. Let's finally get to the bottom of it.

Music: Silence

You remember, Larry? Spring, end of 3rd grade?

A kid in our class got his lunch money stolen.

Lunch money?

Our school was really small.



Huh, I see.

Anyway, this kid's envelope disappeared. With $38.00 still inside.
Sound: Realization

Music: Recollection ~ Class Trial



New music! The mysterious case of the missing $38.

I can see why you'd forget, though.

You were out of school that day.



I was coming down with a cold, so I'd skipped PE that day.

I was the only one not in class.



Yeah. The kids in class said I should be put on trial.

Trial...?
Sound: Realization

So the next day we held a classroom trial, with me as the defendant.





"I... I didn't do it!"



"Give the money back!" "You're such a meanie!" "No one play with him!"

"Just admit you did it!" "You can't hide the truth!" "Tell us the truth!"



"He shouldn't be allowed in the relay race!" "Or on the library committee!"

"Gimme back my 50 cents I loaned you!" "Hey, did you rob that bank the other day?"

Music: Silence


Sound: Guilty





Music: Recollection ~ Class Trial

In the end, even the teacher thought I'd done it.

"Go over and apologize, Phoenix."



I was so sad... I couldn't stop crying.

Everyone was staring at me like I'd done it...



...

That's when it happened.

Music: Silence


Sound: Objection



"The only thing that belongs in a trial is evidence!"

"Anything else has no place!"

"You should all be ashamed... Amateurs!"





Music: Recollection ~ Class Trial



"No..."

"Then you shouldn't apologize!"



"That is why, Your Honor, this boy is innocent!"
Sound: Objection



"Yeah yeah!" "He did it! He's the one!"

"We don't need proof!" "Make him say he's sorry!"

Music: Silence


Sound: Objection



"Just think how he feels!"

"He said he didn't do it, so he didn't do it!"
Sound: Damage 2



Music: Recollection ~ Class Trial

...

"Very well."



"This class trial is over."





After that, the three of us were the best of friends.

Music: Silence





That's when I learned what it meant to be alone.

Totally alone, without a friend in the world.

You did a good thing, Larry!

Um, yeah, well...

I was just lucky that I took the day off from school.



...Larry totally did it. He just admitted to having no alibi. I don't know how he got there, but he did it. These third graders are serious business.

Music: Happy People

So, I took it kind of personally, see.

("When something smells, it's usually the Butz.")



Well, that was a thing. Very serious third-grade drama I guess. My initial reaction - what a horrible teacher! My second reaction - we missed out on a great Edgeworth-as-defense-attorney character.

Anyway, Edgeworth and I talked after that class trial.

That's when I heard his father was a defense attorney.





Music: Silence



"A famous defense attorney!"



Music: Recollection ~ The DL-6 Incident



The DL-6 Incident...
Sound: Realization



That's so sad!

...



There was an article about him in the newspaper.


Sound: Realization



Music: Silence


Sound: Shock 2




Sound: Shock 2

Music: Recollection ~ The DL-6 Incident

But why?


Sound: Whack

That's what I thought too.

I tried to get in touch with him I don't know how many times...

He never replied.



I couldn't just drop it, though.

I wanted to meet him, to learn why he had become who he became.

That's when I decided.

Music: Silence


Sound: Guilty

Wait... You don't mean...?

That's why!?


Sound: Realization

Seems like it'd be a lot simpler to hang out outside the courthouse, no? I guess beating him at trial twice and rubbing his face in it is a way friendlier way to re-introduce yourself.

Music: Recollection ~ The DL-6 Incident

If I was a defense attorney, I knew he'd have to meet me whether he wanted to or not.

In court.

...

Edgeworth believed in me, and I believe in him.

He's in pain... And no one's on his side.



I feel like we've ventured off somewhere between soap opera and anime plot here, but I guess we're still nowhere near the spirit-medium-channeling-her-dead-sister territory we hit awhile back.

Whoa... Nick.



Uh... yes.


Sound: Realization

(Except I don't remember saying I'd do it for free...)

Music: Silence

Aww, Nick! Nick!!!

Nick!
Sound: Light Bulb



Right. (It very well may be...)

First, there's that rental boat shop caretaker.



I'd settle for who.

(I guess I can clean out some of this evidence I no longer need...)

(...)

Okay, let's go!
Sound: Light Bulb

Music: Happy People



Sure enough, we've lost some evidence. I guess that'll make the last day of trial a little easier? Here's what's no longer available to us:

We'd already used all of those, and it makes sense we wouldn't need any of them anymore. We still have eleven pieces of evidence to work with, though. (There's also the "DL-6 Incident Photo" on the second page.)



Well, that was a lot of talking but we got some nice back story out of it. We've got a few options for where to go it seems. Where should we go first?