Part 104: Episode 4, Day 3, Trial: The Wright Testimony
Part 104: Episode 4, Day 3, Trial: The Wright Testimony
The other two options don't really make any sense for our case, since Hammond couldn't have been on the boat, so let's just go with the only one that does.
Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Objection
quote:
Saying that the murderer and Hammond are on the boat is kind of pedantic but just leads back to the judge pointing out that Edgeworth was on the boat so must be the murderer then:
It was the murderer and Robert Hammond!
What are you saying!?
Sound: Whack
You said that Robert Hammond had been killed 25 minutes before this gunshot!
Music: Silence
Y-yes, that's right.
Sound: Whoops
Also, might I mention...
Er, right, Your Honor. (Crash and burn...)
Sound: Gavel
Mr. Wright!
Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2
There goes our health bar again.
Music: Suspense
We're brought back to the original question to try again; unless you ran your health bar dry....
quote:
Outright saying that it was Edgeworth and Hammond in the boat basically gaslights Karma; that act is almost worth the penalty.
Sound: Whack
Sound: Whack
Music: Silence
I was just testing you, von Karma!
Sound: Realization
Sound: Gavel
The rest of this sequence plays out the same as the other incorrect option, leading back to the same prompt.
Music: Objection!
He assumed the guise of Mr. Hammond and met Edgeworth!
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
Wh... What!? Are you serious?
However, I have a hunch.
That night, Robert Hammond called Edgeworth to the lake.
Sound: Desk Slam
That... actually makes sense. We've established that Edgeworth spent the last fifteen years basically denying everything about the DL-6 Incident, rather than obsessing over it. He probably couldn't have picked Hammond out of a lineup.
...
L-Ludicrous!Sound: Whack
Mr. Wright.
Uhh we're still a day away from that.
Another penalty, but luckily there's another clear choice here.
Actually, I don't know the murderer's name.Sound: Realization
Music: Silence
Y-you don't know!?Sound: Stab
Bah! Again, you waste my time!Sound: Damage 2
Sound: Desk Slam
Wait, are you...?
quote:
Stating that "Miles Edgeworth" is the murderer, as expected, doesn't go anywhere:
Sound: Stab
Uh, Nick? Something on your mind?
Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Damage 2
More health sections draining away...
And we're back to the previous prompt to try again.
quote:
Saying "Lotta Hart" is at least a better joke option.
Music: Silence
Sound: Objection
Sound: Realization
Sound: Realization
I am ashamed I actually listened to this utter nonsense.
...!
Sound: Stab
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Sound: Whoops
Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Gavel
Sound: Damage 2
And so he does.
Music: Objection!
Despite this line, we go back to the previous prompt, where of course the right answer is to not bluff...
Music: Telling the Truth
...!Sound: Light Bulb
That's your best theory? The crazy old man pulled off this genius scenario?
Sound: Desk Slam
At 11:50, he was the one who killed Robert Hammond. The caretaker of the boat shop!? Wh-where did he do this!?Sound: Whack
There weren't any boats on the lake then! Why would he have to go all the way out on the lake just to shoot someone?
Sound: Realization
I'm not as shocked by the revelations the last couple updates since I didn't really buy into the assumptions that the game wanted me to make here - mainly, that the murder took place in a boat on the lake, with only Edgeworth and the victim present. But I'm still not really buying into the old caretaker being the murderer, either. This theory feels more like when we accused Oldbag of being the murderer last episode, to buy ourselves another day.
What!?Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Whack
I don't really know any better, but it doesn't make sense for the caretaker to have done the deed anywhere but at his boat rental shack/pasta restaurant. No penalty on this choice at least.
Sound: Desk Slam
Here, of course! The boat shop, where he lives?
Yeah, that's what I meant to say earlier! There's totally a reason.
quote:
Another option could be Lotta's campsite. If Lotta were the killer. Which she isn't.
Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Realization
Sound: Realization
Sound: Light Bulb
Music: Telling the Truth
No penalty here, so we're free to try again as often as we need, at least. One interesting note - all the wrong answers silence the background music. Usually, that silencing only happens for the correct answers.
quote:
I didn't find any other special "wrong" answers, but clicking anywhere else on the map gets us a generic failure:
Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Realization
Sound: Realization
Music: Telling the Truth
Once again, we're taken back to the map to try as many times as we need. Or until I ran out of patience looking for places to click with unique dialogue.
Recall Larry's testimony if you will.Music: Logic and Trick
We're treated to a little animation of Larry in a boat searching all over the lake for his balloon.
Eventually Larry finds it and heads back to the boat rental shop... Oh, I get it. That's where he heard the gunshot. And it was still close enough to set off Lotta's camera, but not enough to wake her up?
He finds it, and returns the boat.
Sound: Weak Gunshot
He heard a gunshot, Your Honor! Even though he was wearing headphones at the time!Music: Silence
And where would that be if he had just returned a boat?
Sound: Realization
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel
Mr. Wright!
Please tell the court, from the beginning! Y-yes, Your Honor.
Not at all. What is the old caretaker's motive for killing Hammond, his defense attorney from fifteen years ago?
Um, not really. But, I think if I start at the very beginning...
Music: Questioning - Allegro
That night...We're out of witnesses, so we mark the end of the trial day by giving "Allegro" to Phoenix for his theory of the crime. We could probably take a break soon, but we're nearing the end of the trial day so I'll let the rest play out from here.
Sound: Weak Gunshot
This was around 11:50. That was when the gunshot that Larry heard was fired.
He became Robert Hammond!
Okay, the judge interrupted us. But another easy choice here.
quote:
Did Edgeworth fire the pistol? Nahhh.
N-Nick! How could that be!?
Sound: Whack
That was easy, Nick! What I'm worried about is what you're thinking!
Unlike the prior prompts, this time we just continue anyway. Picking the correct answer from the beginning just skips ahead.
Sound: Weak Gunshot
He shot twice. Both missed Edgeworth, on purpose.Sound: Weak Gunshot
Wait a minute...Sound: Realization
Y-yes?
Because that's how you establish witnesses! A single gunshot is easily mistaken for something else and forgotten, but a second gunshot happens when you're already paying attention.
Uh... (Details! Details)Sound: Realization
Know this, Mr. Wright.
Sound: Fwa-Shing 2
Another easy question, even if we hadn't figured it out already. The shots were missed on purpose, so the fact that the first shot missed is irrelevant. Note however there's actually a penalty on this choice!
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Obviously, the first shot missed so the killer had to shoot again! And... also missed.
Sound: Realization
Sound: Damage 2
Penalty kicks in here.
Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Whoops
Despite the penalty, we continue with the rest of the scene. Once again, choosing the correct answer just skips ahead.
Create a witness...?Sound: Swoop 2
Sound: Weak Gunshot
That ensures that anyone who heard the shot would look at the lake.
Next!
Sound: Weak Gunshot
Then...Sound: Swoop 2
Sound: Dump
Leaving the pistol in the boat behind him.
... I see! To someone looking from the edge of the lake...
The murderer didn't know about the automatic camera, of course.Sound: Desk Slam
Okay, that's a pretty neatly tied-up story. So did the old caretaker really do it? Did he fool us with his crazy guy act? Why bother trying to make a witness, if the caretaker was the killer, and was also going to be the witness? Just in case anyone else was out there? I'm still not buying that the caretaker did it. Maybe someone related to him - one of his kids, Meg or Keith?
Hmm... Once you realize that, everything else falls into place!
Then he put Mr. Hammond's wet coat back on the body. And threw the body into the lake! This is what happened, Your Honor.
Sound: Realization
Music: Silence
... ...
...Sound: Gavel
... Bailiff!Sound: Light Bulb
The boat shop caretaker! Quickly!Sound: Whack
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
Music: Trial
Very well. While we are waiting for the caretaker...
Yeah, we need to grill this guy that we just proved innocent.
Mr. Edgeworth. Please take the stand.
If Edgeworth goes back to being a prosecutor after this case is all over, would his relationship with the judge be better or worse than it was before?
Mr. Edgeworth...
Yes. Well? Why did you go to the lake that night? ...
Astonishingly so, actually. Yes...
The letter was signed, "Robert Hammond." He asked me to come to the boat shop by the lake at midnight on Christmas Eve.
Something important?Sound: Realization
...
The DL-6 Incident, I assume.
Hmm...Music: Silence
Sound: Objection
The bailiff interrupts us with what is sure to be good news.
Bailiff! We are conducting a trial here, I ask that you remain quiet...
Sound: Guilty
Hmm. Either the old caretaker really is guilty or someone is tying up loose ends.
Music: Suspense
What!?Sound: Whack
What should I do?
Sound: Whack
Sound: Objection
I've been assuming there's one day of trial left. And we have a lot of evidence left that we haven't used yet. I have no idea where we're going from here, though.
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
That poor gavel is getting a workout today.
Music: Silence
Sound: Whack
...
Karma is having a really bad day.
Hmm...
Bullshit, but expected at this point.
I will extend the trial until tomorrow, the final day allowed.
Am I understood? ... One more thing. Just who is that boat shop caretaker?
You think?
I want him, and I want to know who he is. ...
Sound: Gavel
Well, we survived another day of trial. I'm oddly dissatisfied with how it ended though. There's something else going on here.
Music: Courtroom Lobby ~ Beginning Overture
Yay, Nick! You did it!Sound: Light Bulb
Yeah... Well, at least we got out from under that guilty verdict... And what about Larry! That was something else!
Larry really helped us out!Sound: Light Bulb
Sure, once I sifted through his "unique" testimony. Still... he did save us. I just wish our cases weren't so down to the wire all the time.
I know what you mean.
Hey, Edgeworth...Sound: Realization
...
Umm... Mr. Edgeworth? !Sound: Light Bulb
Don't look so pained!
You could try to smile just a little...? Relax! ... I'm sorry...Music: Silence
Sound: Realization
Wh-what do you mean?Music: Suspense
Wright...
And I don't know whether or not to tell you... Edgeworth? No... there's so little time left.
... Hmm. I can't make up my mind. ... What is this about, Edgeworth? ...
A memory of a crime... that I committed. A crime you committed?Sound: Realization
Music: Silence
Music: Suspense
Well, shit. Edgeworth killed his father in the DL-6 Incident, didn't he? (I assume accidentally somehow...) And then Yanni Yogi (probably the old caretaker) not only suffered brain damage but took the blame for the whole thing. I guess that explains why he'd want to frame Edgeworth, though I don't really get why he'd want to kill the defense attorney that got him declared not guilty of the whole thing.
Music: Jingle - It Can't End Here
With that kind of setup, I imagine we'll be digging even more into the DL-6 Incident in our last day of investigation. I don't know where that really leaves us for the current trial, but I guess we'll find out!