Part 160: Episode 5, Final Day, Trial Latter 2: Falling on a Sword
Part 160: Episode 5, Final Day, Trial Latter 2: Falling on a SwordYes, the name of this new segment is "Trial Latter 2."
Music: Silence
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel
Music: Trial
Now then...
Ms. Lana Skye. You are the Chief Prosecutor.
But Mr. Edgeworth... you already know everything...
...
Please provide the court with your testimony, Ms. Skye.
Fat chance of that.
Of course... The truth...
Sound: Light Bulb
...Sound: Gavel
Now then, your testimony, if you will.
(Everything hinges on your testimony.)
Music: Silence
Sound: Testimony 2
Music: Questioning - Moderato
I worked alongside Gant for years...
I fabricated the evidence two years ago all by myself.
Sound: Wipe
Music: Silence
Wow. So many lies in there. She's just going for it.
Hmm... Are you sure about this testimony?
Subtle sprite change with the shift to the side-eye look for the last sentence.
But Lana...!Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Realization
That's what I've been telling you from the beginning.
Sound: Whack
(But what if she's telling the truth?)Sound: Light Bulb
She's not. I know my own sister.Ema responding directly to Phoenix's thoughts again...
Deep down, she's really screaming in agony!
...!Sound: Light Bulb
The defense may now begin its cross-examination.
Sound: Testimony 2
Music: Questioning - Moderato
Mr. Wright! My sister's lying!Sound: Whack
She insists she fabricated the evidence by herself.
Sound: Whack
(I've got to get Lana to talk more.)
I worked alongside Gant for years...
How many years, exactly? Ever since I made senior detective.
Senior detective at 24? After law school?
Detective Gant and Detective Skye were legendary partners. I personally saw them testify in numerous cases.
Damon Gant was a respectable detective. That's why... There's no truth to this "blackmail" theory.
Sound: Desk Slam
But think about it, Ms. Skye! You didn't murder Detective Goodman!
Sound: Objection
You still don't get it, do you Mr. Wright?
...!
I stabbed Detective Goodman with a knife. And... I fabricated the evidence two years ago all by myself. Did you do so to help your sister? Joe Darke was a serial killer.
I didn't want that incident to ruin her life.Sound: Desk Slam
But what she did was justifiable self-defense!
That's not the point.
That's why I couldn't forgive him. Lana...
When I found Prosecutor Marshall's body, I rearranged the crime scene. You say you did this all by yourself? Yes.
...Music: Silence
It seems I was the first person to discover the scene.Music: Recollection ~ The SL-9 Incident
Sound: Realization
So Neil Marshall somehow got stabbed in the back with his own blunted knife? You're going to need a better story than that, Lana.
Sound: Desk Slam
What!?Sound: Wipe
That's only a situation you dreamed was "possible." ...!Sound: Light Bulb
Something like that...
If that is so,
what happened to the other murder weapon?Sound: Realization
Oh,Sound: Light Bulb
that was lying on the floor a little distance away. It was probably knocked away in the struggle.
Mid-blink / angry Phoenix, you decide.
All just to protect me...Music: Silence
Sound: Gavel
So when you found the scene like this, what did you do?
Music: Questioning - Moderato
Yes...
I was so busy pressing on everything, I don't think I even realized this one was a new statement at first. It replaced the one we just pressed on; we of course are just going to press again.
Music: Silence
Sound: Stab 2
Well, that's one way it could have happened, I guess?
And then you moved the body?Sound: Stab 2
Sound: Desk Slam
But why!? Why would you do that...?Music: Questioning - Moderato
You've always had a good head on your shoulders. ...!
Hmm, both seem like good questions. I guess I'll start at the top.
But why did you do that!?Sound: Whack
...Sound: Gavel
The reason Ms. Skye fabricated the knife!
We get another new statement, though this one doesn't replace the previous one. It's just an extra insertion. We know what to do with new statements.
According to your testimony,
Kind of a weak explanation. How else would Neil Marshall have ended up with his own knife in his back?
I felt the most effective way to get him convicted,Sound: Realization
That one feels like a true statement, at least. It makes more sense that they broke the tip off on purpose as additional evidence, than that it naturally broke off when planting Darke's knife in there.
So you...
Yes. Because I hated Darke for what he did. Hmm...
Now, if we go back and press on the previous statement again, we get back to this same choice and can go with the other option this time.
It was where you deduced it was - by Chief Gant's desk. But the body was found by your desk.Sound: Wipe
The reason for that is simple...Sound: Gavel
The reason Ms. Skye moved the body!
We earn yet another new statement; this time it replaces the one talking about why she planted the knife, that we got in the other dialogue decision. An interesting mechanic here - two mutually exclusive statements, that can only be seen by making a choice during a press on a statement that itself can only be seen by pressing on the statement before that!
"Pieces of the jar..." You mean...?
In order to show that Darke committed the crime...
So...
when you first found the body, the jar was already... Of course. It had been shattered to pieces.
Sound: Realization
Sound: Wipe
It would be clear that you're lying about what happened, you mean? I don't get what her angle is here.
Maybe she's arguing that Darke could have been seen as accidentally killing Neil Marshall, and they wouldn't be able to convict Darke of actual murder and execute him?
I see. ... What's the matter, Ema?Sound: Realization
Music: Silence
But I have a feeling there is more to it than that.Music: Questioning - Moderato
Anyway, I committed this fabrication completely alone. My only motivation was to get Darke convicted. It had nothing to do with Ema. So you rearranged the crime scene...
How many times do I have to tell you, Mr. Wright? Ema didn't do it. Period. (Are you so desperate to hide that fact...)
Yes, we all know that. Except maybe the judge.
In any case...
There's nothing I can do to make up for my actions.That might be the first true thing she's said today.
The sudden music stop and blatant hints from Ema make it clear that this statement has the contradiction. I've openly commented about the timeline of this jar's shattering before, but it's come to the forefront here. How could Neil Marshall have written Ema's name in his blood on the jar, if it had already been shattered?
Music: Silence
Ms. Skye, I understand how you feel.
If that truth were to be exposed now, the past two years of your life Sound: Desk Slam
a significant contradiction within your testimony!Sound: Objection
Music: Investigation - Core
A contradiction... in my testimony?Sound: Light Bulb
You testified, and I quote,
That's right... Do you have a problem with that? It's a simple oversight, really.
Sound: Realization
!Sound: Light Bulb
In order for the victim to be able to write his message on the jar,
Ah...Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Desk Slam
Music: Silence
Sound: Objection
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel
Order! Order! Your Honor! It would appear...
We may be missing something critical here! (Something critical...?)Sound: Realization
Chief Prosecutor.
about the truth towards which we're headed. What...?Sound: Light Bulb
Just tell us exactly what you saw.
Sound: Gavel
Very well! The witness may now continue her testimony! ...
Sound: Testimony 2
Music: Questioning - Moderato
I immediately noticed the blood traces on the jar,
To be safe, I wiped away the blood. The fragments were large, so I'm sure I got them all.
Music: Silence
Huh. That sounded almost like she was telling the truth. Which means... Gant got to the office first after all? And smashed the jar himself, then hid a piece in his safe as blackmail material? Or maybe Neil smashed the jar and hid a piece before he died?
Sound: Whack
Well, yeah, she said she did all the evidence tampering/forgery.
I wasn't Chief Prosecutor at the time. She didn't think Darke was the real murderer.
Sound: Realization
Sound: Gavel
Very well. The defense may now begin its cross-examination.
Sound: Testimony 2
Your sister's really putting up a fight.
Sound: Realization
Still, she's not doing this the right way...
...!
You have? Are you going to share them with us?
I guess Phoenix is ahead of me this time.
I immediately noticed the blood traces on the jar, So the jar was already broken?
It certainly looks as feeble as the defense's case...Sound: Realization
(But not as feeble as the judge's judgment...)Sound: Realization
Snarky comments aside, there's something there in Lana's statement. If Ema's picture of the Blue Badger really was the jar flying through the air, how did it not shatter into pieces at that point? Had Neil already been stabbed and written out his message before that happened? Did it have a "soft" landing on Darke's head, knocking him out?
you didn't investigate what was written on the jar pieces? Normally I would have, but it was dark in the room and I didn't have time to check it out.
No. If I had known...
Sound: Realization
Okay, surprisingly good point there.
(Well, that helps my case...) Lana... you'd do that for me?Sound: Light Bulb
It seems you two might make up yet.
You must have been in a hurry. I was.
This is rather shocking... To be safe, I wiped away the blood.
What do you mean?Sound: Light Bulb
If you really thought Darke killed Prosecutor Marshall,
Sound: Realization
...
Lana... I only had a few moments.
The fragments were large, so I'm sure I got them all. But how could you see with the power out? It should have been pitch black in that office. A detective is always prepared, Mr. Wright.
Sound: Light Bulb
I never miss anything. I got every last piece.She seems very sure. And yet we know one piece didn't get wiped. So Gant must've hidden it away first?
All I could think about was wiping them clean before they were discovered. So you illegally rearranged the crime scene? Yes. I don't have any excuse for my actions.
I've treated you so badly all this time... (It's not too late.) (There's still plenty of time to make up...)
They might have to make up through the detention center glass window at the rate Lana is going.
Well, that's all we have. It seems pretty clear to me what's wrong with this testimony, but what evidence proves the contradiction?