Part 64: Case 5 - Rise From the Ashes - Investigation (Day 1) - Part 3
Case 5 - Rise From the AshesInvestigation (Day 1) - Part 3
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: This is the kind of room that just screams "I can do the job."
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: Quite a change from your office, really.
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: Thanks.
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:
(A trophy? What, that shield?)
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: It takes real nerve to display stuff like this.
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: Whoever's office this is, he must be a real stuck-up jerk!
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: Mr. Phoenix Wright... You never tire of prying into other people's business, do you?
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:
(That voice...!)
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: Huh?
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: Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
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: M-M-Mr. Edgeworth!
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: ...! You know him from somewhere?
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: O-of course! I'm his
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: biggest fan!
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: My sister introduced us once, and...
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:
(Right... her sister was the Chief Prosecutor, after all.)
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: Well? What brings you here?
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: I'll warn you... I've been known to be a real stuck-up jerk...
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: N-no! Did I...? No! It was just, Mr. Wright here, he...
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: Hey! Don't blame me!
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: W-we're just here to investigate a murder case!
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: Murder...?
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: A body was found in this nasty, bright red sports car in the parking lot...
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: Hmm?
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: Whaaaaaaaaaaaa!?
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: Y-y-y-your car!?
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:
(I'll say one thing, she certainly can scream.)
And now, we get the chance to poke all around Edgeworth's office.
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: Wow! This jacket is even lacier than his usual ones!
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: This must be his lucky trial jacket!
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: Lucky jacket, right... I've never seen him wear it.
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: I'm sure there's a story behind why it's in a frame!
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: Maybe I'll be naughty...
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: and take a picture!
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:
(She's getting way too excited about this.)
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: It has a big "
K" on it.
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: *mumbles* of Prosecutors...
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: Huh? What's that?
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: It's the "King of Prosecutors" trophy.
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: K-K-K...
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: "King of Prosecutors"!?
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: It's a great honor. They send that shield to the best prosecutor each year.
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: What! So?
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: So that "
K"... that's...
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: "
K" stands for "
King"?
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: Yeah, you got a problem with that?
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: I didn't design the thing!
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: "King of Prosecutors"...
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: Kind of like "Employee of the Month," only better!
Nothing to talk about on the object itself, however.
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: Mr. Edgeworth has such a comfy sofa!
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: Sofas like this make me want to curl up and take a nap.
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: I bet he pours over his case files here until the wee hours of the morning... Then he takes off his jacket, rolls up his sleeves...
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: And goes to sleep using his arms as a pillow!
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:
(I don't believe it. She's actually daydreaming about Edgeworth working...)
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: I bet in the morning he has sofa hair, and little creases in his cheek from the seams!
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: He's so cool!
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: Sofa-hair is cool!?
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: A work desk. It's quite tidy, as one might expect.
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: What a nice desk! Easy to use, and easy on the eyes!
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: It's polished so well I can see my own reflection.
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:
(Strange... Why did I just picture Detective Gumshoe?)
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: Maybe I'll take that name plaque as a souvenir.
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: Don't. He'll sue you.
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: My, my, my! What an amazing bouquet! Just right for Mr. Edgeworth.
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: No kidding. Hey, there's a card on it... "Back from the Dead -- Wendy"
("Wendy?" ... I've heard that name somewhere before.)
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: And beside it...
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: A giant Steel Samurai!
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: Wow, I want one!
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: Huh? There's something written on the bottom of his foot. "Between a rock and a hard place -- Wendy"
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: Wendy? Is she Mr. Edgeworth's fiancee?
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: Um... I don't think so.
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: Whoa!
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: What a view! It must be nice to have an office on the 12th floor.
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: I guess you would feel... important.
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: Incidentally...
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: Were you to jump out this window, the time until impact with the ground would be...
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: ...
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: Got it!
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: Approximately 3.23 seconds!
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:
(That's handy to know...)
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: Oooh! Cute! What a pretty tea set!
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: I go more for the instant tea bags myself.
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: Amazing! The drawer below is filled with packets of tea leaves!
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: They're all sorted by place of origin and flavor!
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: Look at this Royal blend! What an exquisitely splended concoction!
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:
(There's such a thing as taking a hobby too far...)
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: Whoa! These are all case files!?
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: They're stacked up to the ceiling! There's even a ladder...
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: Odd... I thought Edgeworth wasn't good with heights.
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: He must have someone get them for him.
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:
(Strange... Why did I just picture Detective Gumshoe?)
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: He must study these case reports so closely...
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: He's so cool!
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: You wouldn't say that if you saw him sweating bullets up on that ladder.
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: Hey, a chessboard!
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: I'm not too up on my chess but it looks like Blue's in a bit of a tight spot.
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: The Red Knights have surrounded the Blue Pawn...
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: Huh?
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: Those horses are mounted knights. Their swords have really sharp "edges!" And check out that poor pawn, his head is kind of spiky... Kind of reminds me of you.
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: Mr. Edgeworth must be an avid chess player!
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: What's wrong, Mr. Wright?
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:
(Edges... surrounding a pawn with spiky hair... Nah... It's nothing.)
Now, to question Edgeworth.
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: So, the body was found in your car?
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: Go ahead, say it, Wright. You think I did it, don't you?
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: After you went through all that trouble to help me last year, no less.
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: N-no, we don't think you did it!
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: Uh, wait, no, she didn't do that! I mean...
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: Wait...
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: So you're the Chief Prosecutor's little sister, then?
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: Y-yes, sir! Ema Skye!
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: It, uh...
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: It's nice to meet you again!
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:
(Now that didn't sound forced at all...)
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: Ah, now I remember. You've... really grown.
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: I'll admit, it was a surprise to me, too.
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: To think that my own car would become the scene of a murder.
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: More surprising still... Now I'm forced to prove my superior's guilt.
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: I can understand... W-wait!... What did you say!?
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: Lana Skye is the Chief Prosecutor... the top prosecutor in the district.
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: She can't prosecute herself, so I'll be the prosecutor at the trial tomorrow.
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: You!?
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: Mr. Edgeworth...
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: To be honest...
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: It's a bit of a miracle I'm still here at all.
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: What do you mean?
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: Rumors. You've heard the rumors about me, haven't you?
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: Wh-what? That's crazy!
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: Hmph. Some people need very little excuse to think ill of others.
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: It's a fact of life. Impossible to stop.
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: They think it's funny.
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:
(Toys? That bronze shield? There's got to be a story behind htat one...)
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: It was my first big case.
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: That's right, I remember.
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:
(Two years ago... I wasn't even a lawyer yet.)
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: Since then, I always felt that she was looking out for me...
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: It appears I was mistaken.
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: M-mistaken!? Why?
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: I mean, I know she's not the warmest person...
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: But I'm sure she felt some responsibility for you!
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: Then... why?
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: Why did she stab someone in the trunk of my car?
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: Wha... Whaaaaaat!?
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: Mr. Edgeworth! Your knife was the murder weapon!?
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: To be specific, it was the knife kept in the toolbox in the trunk of my car.
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: Um... Edgeworth?
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: What?
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: Are you sure you didn't do it?
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: ...
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:
(C'mon, can't he take a joke?)
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: You have a strange sense of humor, Mr. Wright!
Examining the knife...
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: Either that, or Edgeworth cut himself peeling an apple. What's Edgeworth doing with a knife like this anyway?
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: Hey! Maybe he spends his weekends roughing it in the wild!
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: Edgeworth? In the wild? I think my fruit-peeling theory is more likely.
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: Are you kidding? I always pictured him as an outdoorsman!
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:
(Now there's a scary thought...)
Presenting the badge...
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: What? You wanted to be a defense attorney, Mr. Edgeworth?
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: Yet, my path is laid out clearly before me...
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: I have no time to reflect on what might have been.
Presenting the trophy...
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: I lost a day of work to receive that travesty.
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: Huh? Why's that?
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: I had to go to
the Police Department ceremony to receive that broken shield.
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: The Police Department?
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: Yes. Right next to the Police Station downtown. You've been there, correct?
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: What does it matter?
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: I've got more important things to worry about.
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: Oh. Right...
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:
(He doesn't seem too concerned about his award, for better or for worse.)
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: Yesterday was a very busy day for the Prosecutor's Office.
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: Maybe... we should ask him more about yesterday?
Presenting the ID card...
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: M-Mr. Wright!
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: Huh? What?
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: Are you sure you should be showing that to Mr. Edgeworth?
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: Oh.
(He'll take it for sure, won't he.)
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: *sigh* I wish I could be on the same side as Mr. Edgeworth...
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: But then my sister would be found guilty!
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:
(If she sighs any deeper I'm going to start getting depressed...)
And now we have a new topic.
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: Could you tell me more about yesterday... the day of the murder?
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: Yesterday was the annual cleaning day at the Prosecutor's Office.
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: Cleaning day?
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: Working with the Police Department, we sort and file all evidence for solved cases. We call it "
evidence transferal."
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: Wiping your hands of old cases, in other words.
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: Oh, and another thing...
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: A ceremony was held at the Police Department. There's an annual review and awards for outstanding police officers and prosecutors.
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: I was at the police department yesterday afternoon... I got back here at
5:12.
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: That's... very precise.
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: People like myself and Mr. Edgeworth pride ourselves on our precision, Mr. Wright.
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: No, I place little faith in my memory.
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: This is the parking stub from the underground lot.
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:
(The murder took place around 5:15...)
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: So the murder happened right after you got back.
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: What, Wright?
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: Um...!
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: I'm Edgeworth. What is it?
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: I'm here, sir, at the request of the Chief, sir! I've got your report, sir!
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: Report? What? Did you find new evidence in the case against Chief Prosecutor Skye!?
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:
(I don't like the way this conversation is going at all...)
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: No name of that kind, sir! Not in this report, sir!
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: ...!
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:
(I think I just heard Edgeworth's lid blow.)
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: Mr. Edgeworth's lid isn't on very tight, is it?
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: I made a clear request to the Police Department, did I not? I need to focus on the trial tomorrow, so don't bring me anything unrelated!
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: Sir! But, but sir!
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: I wasn't aware of the particulars of your arrangement with us, sir!
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: Give me your name!
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: U-uh, yes... yes, Sir! M-M-Meekins, sir. Officer Meekins!
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: Right. Officer Meekins?
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: Take your report and leave. And good luck with that raise next month.
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:
(Poor guy. Looks like he was absent on the day they gave out brains and good luck.)
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: Wright.
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: Y-yes, sir!?
(Gah! He caught me off guard!)
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: As you can see, I'm busy.
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: You may leave now.
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: L-let's do what he says, Mr. Wright!
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: The victim was a detective from the same department as that patrolman just now. Go down to the Police Department.
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: You can ask more there.
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: U-uh... Thanks.
(He seems to have finally calmed down at least.)
Examining the parking stub...
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: This is dated the day of the crime.
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: The murder took place three minutes after Edgeworth parked his car. If only he was held up at a couple extra red lights...
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: he wouldn't have been caught up in this whole affair.
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: Perhaps...
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: It just goes to show you never know what'll happen when you run a yellow light!
Next time: Cops.