Part 24: Episode 2, Trial: A Glorious Meltdown
Part 24: Episode 2, Trial: A Glorious Meltdown
This choice can be tricky, but not so tricky that the Attorney's Badge should have that many votes. In fact, there are twice as many votes here as we've had before; you lot are rather mischievous, hmm?
The game reminds us when we first get the cell phone, to check the court record for it. However if you didn't do that, and didn't hear the recorded conversation, you might not remember why it's the perfect choice here. Checking this recorded conversation is also a way to remember for the prompts last update that the statue was empty and missing its clockwork.
Music: Telling the Truth
Hmm. That's a very cute cell phone.
Ooh hoo! You have a girlie phone!
Listen!
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Incorrect evidence doesn't incur a penalty here, but we do get more smug Edgeworth.
What do you say to that?
W-what? I don't rightly understand what that's supposed to mean!
I don't rightly understand either.
Ho hoh!
Mr. Wright, please refrain from flippant presentations of evidence in the future.
S-sorry, Your Honor!
I tried to submit the wiretap just to see if that would get a reaction from anyone, but no dice. We just get brought back to the same prompt to present the evidence, though, so worst case you can just present everything we have at this point!
The crowd is excited again, though we haven't really said what's on the recording yet.
Order! Order!
Holy shit we actually broke Edgeworth! Take that dickhead! We're not dumb enough to accidentally text you the records, either!
*grumble* (The good detective better remember he's up for evaluation soon...)
(I gotta say, I'm starting to feel bad for the big fella.) Let's hear the conversation.Music: Silence
[If you could.]
[Huh? It's not working? That's lame!] [I had to take the clockwork out, sorry.]
There are loud annoying beep effects for the start and end of the recording. Sounds almost like old dialup internet noises.
Music: Telling the Truth
Your Honor,
Luckily, when she was first introduced, Miss May said that she had checked in after lunch on the day of the murder.
Just how did you know that weapon was a clock!?
... W-well...!
One last attempt at an excuse coming...
I saw that clock before!
Oops! I forgot! *wink*
It would, if we hadn't seen the epilogue for the previous episode!
You bet we do!
The witness claims she had "seen it before."quote:
If we don't object there, we get a longer scene.
Um, yes, well...
But we still end up at the same place!
Well then, let's see it.
We get to use the same piece of evidence twice! Twisty, but not all that difficult to figure out here. Oh hey, the description changed at some point since we last used it! Anyway, this clock is handmade, so it couldn't have been seen in a store!
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We can get this one wrong without penalty as well, but who wants to let the pressure off of Edgeworth at this point?
From there we just get asked to present the right evidence again.
You know, in this shot, his hair does look kind of spiky. Never mind, carry on.
This clock was never in any store, ever!
Only two exist in the world. And the one that isn't here is in police custody!
Mmpf... Oh? Excuses not on sale today?
I think we're about to see another meltdown. Are you ready?
Well, we didn't get physically assaulted, at least. What's with those eyes now?
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
I left this one as an animation to show that the facial tic is still there. Looks like Miss May has finally dropped her act! In fact, she's rather intimidating now!
That stupid clock doesn't matter, okay!?
This fictional setting is big on executions I guess. That and people who want to kill our clients via framing them for murder. Fun fact: Japan and the United States are the only two of the world's wealthiest countries that still execute its worst criminal offenders.
The crowd is once again excited by the outburst.
W-w-whoa! Let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Miss May, uh, partially recovers.
Oh! Oh? Oh hoh ho! S-silly me! *grunt* Did I, um, like... lose it?
(S-scary...) Miss May, let me ask.
Hmm... oh dear.
(Okay, this is it!)
Ohh this is where the wiretap comes in! She heard about it!
The witness had never held the clock in her hand!
She "heard"...? That is correct, Your Honor.
And I can show you the proof! Well, this is interesting.
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We could also say that Miss May had held the clock, even though it doesn't really make sense...
(The crowd gets excited again, followed by another triple gavel strike.)
Dude, that was last case.
Music: Silence
Miss May?
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered - Variation
Tee hee? Didn't the murder take place at 9:00 at night?
Ergo, she was not at the crime scene! Rock solid!
(More crowd excitement, followed by a single gavel strike.)
No actual penalty though, other than looking stupid.
That was a long sidetrack, but we do end up in the same place eventually.
It's the wiretap! She heard it on the same phone conversation we just used to prove the statue/clock was empty!
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If we're wrong...
And we're brought back up to the top to try again! Still no penalty; this episode is taking it easy on us!
I found this in Miss May's room.
The crowd wonders what exactly Phoenix was doing in Miss May's room...
Miss April May?
Oooh. Oooooh!
Your Honor, this is irrelevant!
The judge is on our side this time without us even having to speak up first!
It troubles me that our witness was in possession of a wiretap.
Absolutely! Even if that was the case, which it's not, you still have to prove one thing!
Uh, yeah? In the exact same recorded conversation we just played for you?
I love those random zoomed-in animations. Like they were transported to a higher dimension to do battle.
Here's my proof.
I guess we'll just throw the cell phone at him again. I'm a little concerned that we seem to be wrapping up with Miss May and we still have two unused pieces of evidence, though.
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Of course, we could be wrong...
We can once again retry without penalty here, as many times as we want!
Yes, we've seen that.
Music: Silence
[Mia! What's up? You haven't called in a while.] [Well, actually there's something I want you to hold on to for me.] [Again? What's it this time?] [It's... a clock.] [It's made to look like that statue, "The Thinker." And it tells you the time!]
You used a wiretap to listen to this conversation!
Am I wrong!?
Your Honor, this is ridiculous!
The defense demands an answer.
... Miss May!
You... you LAWYER!
We get a series of reaction shots, followed by a silent crowd for once. Phoenix why are you sweating there?
Oh, so I'm the bad girl, is that it? Is that it!?
Well we know she didn't actually do it herself, so I guess we'll ask about the wiretap?
Music: Objection!
... Answer the question! Do I have to?
Miss May. You were tapping the victim's phone!
Looks like the crowd is on our side.
Well, Miss May? Do you have an explanation for the court?
That's...not really what we asked. I was trying to dig at why she put the wiretap on in the first place! Something about what Mia was investigating set this whole thing off!
(Hah! I'd like to see her pull THAT off!) Mr. Lawyer, I saw that evil, evil grin!
(Damn... she's good!)
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Since the judge kind of did it anyway, let's accuse her of murder again!
Music: Trial
(The accusation gets the crowd going again, necessitating a triple gavel strike!)
Music: Silence
Hmph! Okay? So, the killing happened around 9:00 at night?
It suddenly occurs to me to wonder exactly what kind of "service" she was getting, particularly with how the bellboy reacted to our visit....
R-room service!? Ice coffee, I believe it was?
I-ice coffee...!?
You know, the more I think about it, we haven't really gotten anywhere here. The bloody note is still in play, and Miss May's credibility may be shot but all we've proven so far is that she had a connection to the victim. We haven't really taken out her testimony about identifying Maya as the killer.
Apparently Phoenix thinks it's time to panic as well.
The crowd's all, "Hey, the smug asshole makes a pretty good point!" And we're back to square one.
That the witness appears to have been tapping the victim's telephone. However! That is a separate crime, with no bearing on the current case whatsoever!
(No! They're goint to let her just walk away!)
Well, does the defense have anything to say?
Music: Suspense
I'm not sure what else we can ask Miss May, but I'm also not sure what questioning the bellboy is going to accomplish. Still I guess we're better off with the unknown, maybe we'll learn something new!
There's something suspicious here, and I'm going to get to the bottom of it!
Can he do that? Why even have a defense attorney in a criminal trial?
W-why? What's your reason?
...! However...
I'm not going to like this, am I?
Condition...?
then you will recognize that Miss April May was not the killer, thus she is innocent!
This seems like a trap, particularly since we know Miss May isn't the killer. But what other option do we really have?
That is my condition. (What...!?)
(Otherwise Maya will be declared "guilty" on the spot!)
Might as well see this thing through, I guess.
That's the spirit.
Hmph.
Yup, trap. Here we go.
(Uh oh!) Uh... um, wait...quote:
Giving up isn't really an option, as you might have guessed:
I haven't shown the dialogue you get by declining to call the bellboy the first time we're asked. That's because, from here, the dialogue is exactly the same both times we back off. Except it doesn't make sense the first time, because it references the "deal" we just got offered.
None, Your Honor. She's the last.
Music: Silence
(What!? B-but that means...)
Music: Silence
Very well!
I did not really expect to be seeing this guy again.