Part 34: Episode 2, Day 3, Trial: Phoenix Fire
Part 34: Episode 2, Day 3, Trial: Phoenix Fire
Other than the group oddly wanting to throw our Attorney's Badge around, a nearly unanimous answer here.
So, will Edgeworth magically produce a third autopsy report saying there were multiple blows? Because this one says there was just one hit.
Music: Silence
Mr. White!Music: Objection!
What do you have to say to that?
Er... Erp!
Mmph.
What, we're just going to let him keep trying?
I would like to request a 10 minute break!Oh hell no. You'll just tell him what lies to say!
Dammit where's my objection button!? Phoenix you got this?
Music: Silence
Yeah, we've got the crowd with us!
Very well.
Mr. White? O... okay...
Music: Questioning - Allegro
Umm... and then... She turned, and ran for the door!
I have to say, Mr. White is a lot less impressive on the witness stand than I expected. Maybe no one's ever stood up to him before, so he doesn't know how to handle it?
Music: Silence
Hmm. "Thwap" indeed.
Mr. Your Honor...
Deal with it.
...!
Music: Questioning - Allegro
Umm, well, see--I looked at the other window when I heard that thing fall.
White is very non-specific at this point, so we need to press for details.
(Right... the one that had fallen over at the scene.)
Apparently the first line is the one we want already. I didn't see anything odd at first, but I trust Maya so let's pretend we did.
I haven't shown these off yet since the motion makes it harder to keep the animation sizes down, but often in trial there is a blurred camera-moving transition between Phoenix, the witness, and the prosecutor as quick lines are exchanged. Little touches like that, the screen-shaking, and the frequent sound effects are hard to convey in a screenshot LP and really enhance the experience. Anyway, go play the game yourself if you haven't already!
Y-yes.
Then change your testimony to reflect that! S-sorry. My bad...
Okay okay. Of course.quote:
If we admit we didn't notice anything strange...
Maya doesn't actually get a line there, but she does make a face at us. We don't get the revised testimony, of course, either.
Yeah, keep pressing!
Why didn't you tell us about the stand before? W-why? Me?
I am so... so confused. (White's falling apart.)
M-Mr. Wright.
Yes, Your Honor. (Edgeworth is on the ropes!)
Then, the next moment, I saw Miss Mia run to the left! "Miss Mia"...?
Mr. Wright! I will not have you harrying the witness!
The killer, you, attacked her... but she dodged. Now before, you said that she was hit before she ran. Y-yes, I must have been confused.
Why did the light stand fall? Doesn't it make more sense that it fell when Mia dodged, and the killer knocked it over? Maybe in this fantasy-land there were multiple dodges?
She turned, and ran for the door!
What did you do then?
Case closed, he just confessed.
Mr. White, please try to remain calm.
First-name basis with the prosecutor, eh?
Then you did her in with a single blow! Thwap! "Thwap"...?
We've reached the end of the testimony again. I think we know what line has the contradiction, but what's actually wrong about it?
Phoenix!
He's probably afraid I'll catch him on something! (But it won't be easy!)
This one's tricky, and I could probably stop here to ask for more advice. But I think I've got this one. Check out these floor plans.
The light stand is not really visible from the hotel. Just a few broken shards are in the lit-up field of view here. So how did Mr. White know it was a light stand?
Music: Silence
Mr. White.
quote:
When I got to the end of the episode, I realized the glass shards had never been used. It turns out, you can (and are probably supposed to) present the glass shards here instead!
Whaaaat!?
Music: Objection!
We're faced with a prompt here, with two choices: "No problemo" or "Big problemo". I rather regret missing this path the first time now! Let's keep playing it straight here and pick "Big problemo".
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Branches within branches! What if we picked "No problemo"?
Music: Silence
He saw the stand through the office window before it fell over...
There's no way you could have seen it! And you have proof!
Sorry, Your Honor! I guess there is a problemo, er, I mean, a problem.
Sorry, Your Honor.
We do end up in the same place either way, though!
Anyway, we're asked to present some evidence here. Apparently, now is when we were supposed to use the floor plan. Oops.
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We can also get it wrong here!
No penalty, and we can try again as many times as we want!
Anyway, presenting the floor plan here gets us back on track and the rest of the scene plays out the same either way!
Correct, Your Honor. Now, look...
Music: Logic and Trick
This is the area you would be able to see!
Well...?
Music: Silence
Music: Objection!
What do you have to say to that!?
Ri... dicu... losity... Mr. White. If you were in the Gatewater Hotel as you claim, you could not have seen the stand before it fell over!
So, when did you see the stand, Mr. White? It must have been the moment that it fell!
Music: Silence
I'm not sure anything will ever top getting a hairpiece tossed at us, but that was still quite satisfying.