Part 63: Episode 3, Day 3, Trial: Samurai Turnabout
Part 63: Episode 3, Day 3, Trial: Samurai Turnabout
We last left off with a rather stunning reveal, though it hasn't really been spelled out for us yet. These first two options don't even make any sense, and while I'd like to show them off, there are penalties involved here. So you'll have to settle for the alternate history instead...
quote:
If the photos were blurry, Cody probably wouldn't have kept them, right?
I believe that Cody Hackins is what we call an "artiste."
An... "artiste"...?
Sound: Realization
He didn't like the photos he had taken!
Is that right, Cody?
Wh-what do you mean "framing was off"!?
It seems the only thing "off" is your guesswork, Mr. Wright.
Sound: Damage 2
There goes two health sections!
Um, uh...
We're sent back to the prompt for another chance at it. Assuming we haven't run out of health sections and gotten Powers declared guilty yet.
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Cody didn't know how to use his camera real well, so he must've just erased them by mistake!
W-wait a second, Phoenix.
Sound: Whack
Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Whack
Hmm... *sigh*
Sound: Damage 2
The judge isn't real forgiving here - we still lose two health sections.
Anyway, there's the real reason the third option has to be the right one - it's the only one that actually changes the narrative of the murder.
Now, let's get to the big reveal!
I can think of only one reason, Your Honor.Music: Silence
Sound: Desk Slam
The Steel Samurai didn't win!Sound: Realization
That's why Cody deleted those photos.
Sound: Realization
Well, Cody? I'm right, aren't I? Tell the truth. The bad guy defeated the Steel Samurai!
Sound: Guilty
I-it's impossible! Th-the Steel Samurai never loses!Sound: Whack
He never loses to anyone! Ever!Sound: Drama Pound
Sound: Super Shock
Your Honor...Music: Telling the Truth
Sound: Realization
The same reason he erased his precious photos! For Cody, it was inconceivable that the Steel Samurai could be defeated.
Sound: Desk Slam
However, Cody witnessed the impossible! He saw the Steel Samurai lose!
That's why he lied and said the Steel Samurai won.Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Objection
It wouldn't be a courtroom game without that reference.
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
O-Order! I will have order!
W-what did you see? Tell the court what you saw!
I......Music: Silence
Sound: Super Shock x 3
Sound: Drama Pound
Oh. Well. So much for being gentle.
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
Even Phoenix seems a little stunned by that one.
Cody...
Right?
Sound: Damage 2
Okay okay!Sound: Whack
Y-you're right!Sound: Drama Pound
Th-then he didn't m-move...
Sound: Super Shock
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
Order! Order! Order!
Sound: Desk Slam
What kind of stunt are you trying to pull, Wright?Sound: Whack
Sound: Objection
Sound: Objection
Dueling close-ups, I love it. I was wondering when Edgeworth would chime in again.
Sound: Gallery
We're shocking the gallery a lot here.
Sound: Gavel
Sound: Whack
I suppose we should explain ourselves to the judge.
Apparently, we have all made a serious error.
An... error?
Edgeworth has never even heard of an error, let alone made one. Anyway, two nonsense statements and one real one here. There's a penalty attached, but this one's easy.
At the end of the fight, the Steel Samurai fell to the ground, and lay still.
Don't you see?Sound: Desk Slam
Jack Hammer was the Steel Samurai!quote:
Let's take a moment to reiterate that Hammer is the victim here. For some reason.
Music: Silence
Sound: Objection
(There's a shot of the gallery also being deathly silent here. Phoenix has stunned everyone.)
Sound: Realization
Sound: Realization
Okay, Wright! First you're right, now you're wrong!? Which is it!?
Sound: Whack
Sound: Damage 2
Edgeworth himself takes away the two health sections here. That's fair, really.
Music: Pressing Pursuit - Cornered
Sound: Whack
Sound: Desk Slam
And we're back at the same prompt, two health sections lighter. Probably got off light, there.
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What if...there was no victim at all? ...Somehow.
Music: Silence
Sound: Objection
Sound: Stab 2
Of course, Jack Hammer died.
Sorry. I was too shocked to say anything for a bit there.
Sound: Desk Slam
Sound: Drama Pound
(Uh oh, he's pulling out all the stops now.)
Sound: Whoops
The rest is the same as the other wrong answer, bringing us back to the prompt minus two more health sections.
Sound: Gallery
Sound: Gavel x 3
The judge is getting a lot of use out of that gavel in this update.
Order! Order! Order! So, the Steel Samurai in this photograph...
Sound: Gavel
I kind of wonder if they coded the wrong sound effect here. I've never heard the gavel strike for anything but the gavel animation. Maybe "Realization" would've fit better here? Or "Whack", even?
That's what I'm saying, Your Honor.
Thus, he obviously knew about Will Powers's foot injury. B-but wait!Sound: Whack
That's what everyone thought! But remember what Ms. Oldbag said in her testimony?
Did I see poor old Hammer? Nope.
I didn't really remember seeing those lines like that. They're all direct quotes, though. The first is actually the first line of her first testimony, and the other two show up when pressing her on a later line in that same testimony. Anyway...
However, no one saw him going to Studio One. Nor was there a picture of him.Next episode, I'm going to keep a running list of "assumptions without evidence" because this one was hiding in plain sight and I totally missed it.
Then he snuck into the dressing room and stole the Steel Samurai costume. ...Sound: Shock 2
...Sound: Shock 2
Sound: Whack
I... don't know.
...Oh, right, Cody's still here.
Music: Silence
?Sound: Light Bulb
I thought that the Steel Samurai was moving strange.
Pops!Sound: Objection
Huh, me? What?
Sound: Realization
We've had our key epiphany, and we're rewarded with some solid evidence for once!
Data?
Sound: Damage 2
Music: Suspense
!Sound: Light Bulb
Sound: Desk Slam
W-what!?Sound: Realization
Sound: Desk Slam
Show us, quick!Sound: Whack
Now!Sound: Gavel
*sniff*
Well well well! Now our timeline actually makes sense! Hammer went to Studio Two, not Studio One, at 2:00 PM. The monkey head fell at 2:15 PM, blocking off all other access to the studio (except Cody, who was wandering around the woods). Hammer was killed at 2:30 PM at Studio Two. The monkey head was removed around 4:00 PM and after that point, Hammer was moved over to Studio One, stuffed into his Evil Magistrate costume, to be "discovered" after 5:00 PM. And that Studio Two alibi now actually proves that someone there has to be the killer! Go add "the crime scene was Studio One" to the bad assumption list.
Well, looking at this it's still a little hard to say.
Argh judge you're entirely missing the point!
Your opinion, Mr. Wright? I agree, Your Honor. This isn't decisive evidence.
I'll give it back.Game you don't get to blow my mind last update and then act all dumb now!
Music: Silence
Sound: Realization
Mia? What? Look at that photo once more!Music: Suspense
That's it Phoenix!
Sound: Realization
Wh-what!?Sound: Stab 2
Y-Your Honor!
C-certainly. I don't see why not.
Phoenix! Show him!
It's another game of pixel-hunting, but this one is almost an insult to our intelligence. I won't bother to pass along that insult by asking for a vote here, but we've been at it for awhile so I will take a break. Feel free to discuss the implications of this photo in the meantime. Until next time!