Part 26: Episode 2, Day 2, Investigation: Enter the Interlogue

Part 26: Episode 2, Day 2, Investigation: Enter the Interlogue



We reconvene outside the courtroom. It's currently mid-afternoon. We have until tomorrow morning to figure out everything we can about the man with Miss May.

Music: Courtroom Lobby ~ Beginning Overture



You were amazing in there!

R-really?

Phoenix was making intuitive leaps and deductions all over the place in there, even without our help. A big step up from the last episode.



I think I might be your newest fan!

Oh, I was just "doing my job" you know... heh heh.



Hey now.

Huh?

That face of his! With his eyes wide, and trembling lips!



Is she describing Edgeworth or a puppy?

Hmm... if you say so.

So, what happens with me?



Um, well...



The only evidence left against Maya is a suspiciously convenient bloody note and an eyewitness account from an individual who now has less than zero credibility. You'd think Maya could at least be out on bail now.

Oh... I see.



A "lead"?

That man with Miss May! He's the key!

Oh! I get it.







I smell another investigation phase coming.

Anyway.

This case is far from closed.



I'm going to find out more about this man.

Do you think he was the one who...?

Maybe so.

Sis...









I thought it might come in handy during the trial tomorrow.

But now that I have it, I'm not so sure.

Most of her testimony was all lies...

In fact, there's only one part that hasn't been stricken from the record.



Our first new piece of evidence is a freebie. Assuming this line of testimony is really trustworthy.



Anyway, time to hit the pavement and do some investigating!

Maya doesn't belong in that detention center, and it's up to me to set her free!



I've taken almost a thousand screenshots of this episode already, and we've completed a day of investigation and a day of trial, about to enter a second day of investigation with (at least) a second day of trial looming. This second episode is already way longer than I anticipated.

Music: Jingle - It Can't End Here



Music: Silence

Might as well save while we're here.



I could have stopped there, but it would've been a pretty short update. Let's at least grab the initial scenes for the second day of investigations.



She's in a better mood than I would have expected.

I didn't expect anyone to visit me in such a dank place as this...

It's really quite... moving.

Maybe she's not all that upset and will just give up her partner now.



Uhhh never mind.

Have you come to laugh? Yes, laugh at the fallen Miss May!

No, not really, there's something I wanted to ask.

Unfortunately, there is nothing I want to BE asked.



(Here we go again...)

Please, you're scaring the security guard.

...



(For starters, how did you get to be so totally whacked!?)

Music: Happy People



This game might be the first investigation/courtroom one I've played that has additional investigation sequences in between courtroom sequences. Definitely adds a lot more potential for the narrative this way. I'm surprised it's already happening in the first real episode.



This guard still hasn't moved since yesterday, but he gets one more line about him today.

This guard monitors the visitor's room.

He hasn't moved an inch. A real pro, this guy.

Or maybe he just doesn't get to see a lot of women like Miss May in here.



Let's see if we can get Miss May talking.

About the man who stayed with you in your hotel room...

...

Can you tell me about him?

Where is he? C'mon...

No way, Jose.



She's going to stand by her man, whoever the guy is. If this were a Matlock episode, I'd say we have to find proof of him cheating on her to get her to open up and throw him under the bus.



Why did you place a wiretap on Mia's phone?



Um... tapping people's phones is a crime, Miss May.

Oh, and I suppose you learned that in Lawyer School, hmm?

Creep!





Say...

Why are you so... angry?

Uh, we just got her arrested, duh.





B-bottom...?





Well conversation was a dead-end. Unfortunately all our evidence currently has no use, either.

Hey, guess what.

Actually, I, um, really hate your guts.

So get lost. Because, well, I'm not cooperating.

(Thanks, I noticed.)



While going through the evidence again, I noticed that the diagram of the crime scene has an option to examine it in more detail. I guess the lit-up parts are what would be visible from Miss May's point of view? Between this diagram, the evidence we got with Miss May's testimony, and the glass shards we've had from the beginning, I suspect that court tomorrow is going to focus on the physical elements of the crime.



If I look at the diagram above, and the description here. Mia dodged an attack and ran to the right. During that dodge, the killer must've impacted the light stand, causing the glass fragments to go everywhere. That's why some of the fragments were under Mia's body at the crime scene.



Miss May's profile has been updated to reflect the new information we have on her.



Likewise the bellboy has some more detail in his profile.



We can go visit anywhere we like again. The hotel seems like the most likely place to look for information about the man staying with Miss May. The crime scene could offer some new insight into how the attack itself unfolded. And maybe Grossberg will be willing to help now that we've dug into the case a bit more? Take your pick.