Part 20: Episode 2, Trial: Difficulty Increase

Part 20: Episode 2, Trial: Difficulty Increase



No pre-trial chats today, we're headed straight into the courtroom (finally)!



The crowd is buzzing; that's the new hotshot prosecutor over there.



Music: Trial



I missed you, Judge!



Our opponent: Mr. Miles Edgeworth, dark and broody. Literally no smiles in his sprite sheet.



We seem a little more sure of ourselves for trial #2.

(Miles Edgeworth...)





Oh, we're going to have a proper opening statement this time?



The prosecution has evidence she committed this murder...

and we have a witness who saw her do it.



I see.

Thank you, Mr. Edgeworth. Let's begin then.

Hey, where's my opening statement!?



The prosecution calls the chief officer at the scene, Detective Gumshoe!





He looks ready for this.



Mr. Edgeworth seems like he'll be a lot harder to rattle than Mr. Payne was.

Sir!

My name's Dick Gumshoe, sir!



Detective Gumshoe.





Music: Logic and Trick



A new track plays, and we get a diagram of the crime scene up on display during Gumshoe's explanation.

And the cause of death?

Loss of blood due to being strick by a blunt object, sir!



A small triangle representing the murder weapon is added to the diagram here.



Note that we haven't entered the official "Testimony" phase yet, so we can't object to any of these statements. Nothing too bad here so far, anyway.



Music: Silence





Yeah, even the judge doesn't remember that this thing is really a clock.



More evidence for our collection! We have quite the growing list, now.



Uh-oh, he's about to pounce.

Y-yes sir!



Can you tell me why?



Like hell you did.

Hmm... Detective Gumshoe.





Okay, pay attention, there will be a quiz later.

Music: Questioning - Moderato



There were two people there already:

The defendant, Ms. Maya Fey, and the lawyer, Mr. Phoenix Wright.







I'm not seeing any contradictions here yet...

Music: Silence



Oh, we're done already. Just six lines there, and other than the witness clearly lying, everything Gumshoe said here appears to be as it happened.



So, what do we do here?



(Cross-examine what...?)

(I couldn't see a single contradiction in that testimony...)

Phoenix is just as lost. And we don't have our support partner anymore...





(Hey! Maya just threw something at me...)

Is she in the crowd or something? She wasn't in the wide courtroom shot we got at the beginning of this update.



("When my sister couldn't find any contradictions in a witness's testimony")



("The witness always slips up and says something wrong...")

("It worked lots of times!")

Just in case we hadn't figured it out last episode, the game freely tells us to press on every statement now.



(Alright. Let's give this a try!)





Hmm this update has been a lot shorter without all the tutorials, and we're apparently just going to press on everything anyway. Let's keep going!



Time to put the screws to the Gumshoe!

Music: Questioning - Moderato

As soon as the phone call came in, I rushed to the scene!





Hey pal, don't play dumb! You know who!



I don't show a lot of the plain talking animations, but this one's a good one. Heavy-breathing enthusiasm for some of this testimony.



Right. Please continue.

In order to get to the trial, we have to have already talked to Miss May, so nothing really new here. Let's keep going!

There were two people there already:



Yes, we can press even on partial statements like these.



between you receiving the call, and your arrival at the scene of the crime?

Hmm, right... I'd say it was about 3 minutes!

Th-that's pretty fast!

I didn't notice it right away, but 3 minutes would place the phone call at 9:05 PM, and about 8 minutes after the murder actually took place, and 5 minutes after Maya showed up. The autopsy report also placed time of death at 9:00 PM, but how precise is a time of death like that?



That's how I got there before the killer got away!

Indeed!



Yes, sir!

The defendant, Ms. Maya Fey, and the lawyer, Mr. Phoenix Wright.







....What? He literally arrested Maya on the spot. And no one else can pull off that blue suit.

Listen pal, your dumb act will only get you so far!

With her funky hippie clothes and your spiky hair?



Ouch, okay, fair enough.

(Well... he does have a point about her.)

(She is pretty unmistakable.)



I will continue to press on every statement until I stumble into a glorious land mine that I'm sure the developers planted somewhere.

I immediately arrested Ms. Maya Fey!





Oops, another false press that just leads us into the next line of testimony.

Why? We had a witness account describing her!



Music: Silence



The music fades away, hinting that we've hit on the right line here.

Y-yeah?

If I heard correctly...



...He does, kind of. The bloody note? I guess he never did mention it.

Huh?



I heard you say it!

You did say it.

You said it.





Seems like an odd way to force the witness to talk about the evidence that we know is faulty, but okay.

Wh-what!?





W-well, I guess she is pink...



Do you have any more solid proof other than her claims, Detective?

Umm...



...

Yes.

(Gah!)

Phoenix you know all about the note, you were there when Gumshoe asked us about it.



There was something I should have told you about first, Your Honor!

Very well, Detective. Let's hear your testimony again.



Round two!

Music: Questioning - Moderato



I found a memo written on a piece of paper next to the victim's body!



Lab test results showed that the blood was the victim's!

To be honest, that's more due diligence than I expected out of the police here.



Someone else could have used her hand like a paintbrush though.



I suspect here's where I should point out that the autopsy report says that Mia died instantly.



We get a moment to ponder how best to fling this testimony back at him.





Going to wipe that smug look off your face, pal!

Music: Silence

Hmm...



Y-Your Honor?

Why didn't you testify about this vital piece of evidence the first time!?





Try to be more careful!

Very well, the defense may begin its cross-examination.

All right, seems like we're at a good point for a quick break. I'm pretty sure we have to present the autopsy report here, but which line is the best point to do it for maximum impact?