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Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

by DKII

Part 126: Episode 5, Day 2, Trial: Contradicting Perspectives

Part 126: Episode 5, Day 2, Trial: Contradicting Perspectives





There's one clear lie here that explains a lot of oddities with Angel Starr's testimony.



What is significant about this fact?



Pointless to lie... I see!
Sound: Realization



It would mean...


Sound: Drama Pound



A different location!?

Now that's a pointless lie if I ever heard one!
Sound: Objection




Sound: Objection

...That one could've been worded better, Phoenix.

quote:

She's lying about what she saw, but not with respect to the phone call that we're currently discussing.

She lied about what she saw! In other words,

she didn't see Ms. Skye using that emergency phone!
Sound: Objection

It does seem hard to imagine how she could have!
Sound: Light Bulb

Very logical!

The judge seems easily impressed by the proseuctors and their witnesses early on in trials, but he's equally easily impressed by our own (often incorrect) deductions.

...

...

Music: Silence

(What's the matter, Starr? Cat got your lunchbox?)

Um, Mr. Wright... I hate to bother you while you're celebrating your victory...

But why would

Ms. Starr lie like that?
Sound: Realization

Huh?
Sound: Light Bulb

Why would she say that my sister had tried to use the phone, but failed?

It doesn't make any sense! Why lie about something so insignificant?

Oh... (Dang, she's right!)

I mean, maybe she really did see her try to use the emergency phone.

I see no room for doubt here.
Sound: Realization



You ordered the P'tooey on rice, right?
Sound: Realization

...Watermelon seeds?

Mr. Wright!
Sound: Whack

And I thought you had something there!
Sound: Damage 2

There's the penalty...

Ugh.

(One... one more try!)

Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered

Hmph. I see it in your eyes. You haven't learned your lesson, have you?

Tell us exactly what lie this witness has told the court!

(Here's where the counter-attack begins! I can't afford to get this wrong!)

The witness lied about...

And we're brought back to the original prompt, two health sections shorter.

quote:

Saying that Ms. Starr is lying about the order of events could work, but doesn't really make sense with everything else we know so far.

She lied about the order of events!

Ms. Skye used that emergency phone BEFORE the murder!

I-I see!
Sound: Light Bulb

I hadn't thought of that!

...

...

Music: Silence

(That took the wind out of her sails!)

Um, Mr. Wright... I hate to bother you while you're celebrating your victory...

But...

why would anyone use the emergency phone before the murder?
Sound: Realization

Um, well, maybe that's how she lured Goodman there? Wait, that doesn't help us either.

Huh?
Sound: Light Bulb

Just when you think he can't sink any lower, he amazes us. I applaud you, Mr. Wright.
Sound: Realization



You ordered the Orange-peel Lunchbox, right?
Sound: Realization

I guess that teaches me to not get excited BEFORE the evidence!
Sound: Damage 2

And the penalty.

Ugh.

(One... one more try!)

Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered

Hmph. I see it in your eyes. You haven't learned your lesson, have you?

Tell us exactly what lie this witness has told the court!

(Here's where the counter-attack begins! I can't afford to get this wrong!)

The witness lied about...

One more try!

Music: Silence


Sound: Gavel

Let me ask a question to our clever wordsmith, Mr. Wright.



Music: Logic and Trick

(All the testimony we've heard until now points in one direction...)



Watch out for the penalty here...



Only this location makes any sense out of Ms. Starr's testimony.




Sound: Desk Slam

This is the only place where she could have been.
Sound: Realization

quote:

Choosing the area near the telephone, behind the partition, is a valid answer, but...




Sound: Desk Slam

If she was here, she could see the emergency phone!
Sound: Objection

Music: Silence

Th-that's true!

That solves the mystery!
Sound: Light Bulb



That would allow her to see the emergency phone, yes...

But if she was there...

She would have been able to arrest her well before she dialed her cell phone!
Sound: Drama Pound

Oh...
Sound: Realization

You doubt my speed?

I can run 150 feet in nine seconds, you know!
Sound: Objection

(Is that really that fast?)

No, that's... not fast. But she was only 30 feet away, anyway...

Not as fast as your witty rejoinders!
Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2

Okay, we deserve a penalty if even the judge is dunking on us.

Ah... uh, yes, Your Honor.

Music: Logic and Trick

(All the testimony we've heard until now points in one direction...)

The place from where Ms. Starr witnessed this crime was... here!

Try again!

quote:

Any other location gives a generic failure:




Sound: Desk Slam

I think!

Music: Silence

I mean, it's highly likely that's where she was.
Sound: Objection

You "think"?
Sound: Realization

It's "highly likely"?
Sound: Realization

Your cavalier attitude stands in stark contrast to your feeble argument, Mr. Wright.


Sound: Desk Slam

Her being there wouldn't change a thing!
Sound: Whack

Please, Mr. Wright, think before you speak.
Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2

Yup, penalty.

Ah... uh, yes, Your Honor.

Music: Logic and Trick

(All the testimony we've heard until now points in one direction...)

The place from where Ms. Starr witnessed this crime was... here!

Well, we still get to try again. Might be running low on health sections if we got this one this wrong.

Music: Silence

The security guard room?
Sound: Light Bulb











Not in this case, Your Honor.
Sound: Realization




Sound: Objection

We must be assuming the elevated view of the security room allowed Ms. Starr to see over the partition. Though Lana's back would've still been to the witness, and the stabbing itself would have been obscured as a result.

Music: Suspense

I remember in your testimony, you said...


Sound: Realization


Sound: Desk Slam

Well, Ms. Starr?
Sound: Drama Pound

...



To think that the tables could be turned...

Today, a man has got the better of Angel Starr!
Sound: Realization


Sound: Gallery


Sound: Gavel

Order! Order!

Witness!


Sound: Whack

I'm not turning back.

The guilty will be punished.



(The guilty... is she talking about Ms. Skye...?)



Why did Ms. Starr lie?

It doesn't make sense!
Sound: Realization

Huh?



It wouldn't change anything!
Sound: Light Bulb

Exactly!



Now there's a thought. How did she get a picture from this angle, if she was in the security room?


Sound: Desk Slam

Music: Silence

That truth still stands!
Sound: Drama Pound



It "still stands"?

I disagree, Mr. Edgeworth.

Wh-what!?
Sound: Light Bulb



That might be the game's first real acknowledgment that perjury is a thing. With the way all these witnesses blatantly lie about everything, I wasn't real sure.

She wouldn't risk that without a good reason!


Sound: Gavel

So, tell us what her reason was, Mr. Wright!

...

Huh? M-me?
Sound: Light Bulb

Who else!?
Sound: Whack





Music: Logic and Trick







Another penalty here. It's a bit of a short update (I'll try for a longer one next time), but this prompt is a good one for some more audience input. Well? What difference makes the difference?