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MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Pierzak posted:

Are you sure? I mean, have we ever seen Meekins and the Texas Ranger at the same time?

The cowboy hat may also have a wig attached for the long hair!

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Mraagvpeine
Nov 4, 2014

I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.
I think the guy is saying that Gumshoe thinks he's both a wild west cowboy and Meekins.

Zerbin7
Oct 15, 2014

It's a living.

Aerdan posted:

...And here we have an example of why the Oxford comma is important.

:golfclap:
I could kiss you.

But I won't, 'cause that'd be weird.

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



Aerdan posted:

...And here we have an example of why the Oxford comma is important.
I'm having trouble reading this sentence as referring to anything other than 3 distinct persons. Could you illustrate your line of thought?

AlphaKretin
Dec 25, 2014

A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

Yeah, the comma would only complicate things here, making it possible to read the bit about Marshall as a subordinate clause to mentioning Gumshoe. Of course, the best practice here would be to stay consistent instead of switching between names and descriptions.

:goonsay:

Suraht
Feb 12, 2014

Xander77 posted:

I'm having trouble reading this sentence as referring to anything other than 3 distinct persons. Could you illustrate your line of thought?

The way I read it at first glance, I thought the sentence meant "a guy who thinks he's a wild west sheriff and (also) Meekins." At second glance, I read it and thought that the sentence meant "a guy" was referring back to Gumshoe, so it would parse out more as "I weep for the Japanifornian police force. The best they can get is Gumshoe, and he thinks he's both a wild west sheriff and Meekins."

It made me chuckle a bit, at least.

Aerdan
Apr 14, 2012

Not Dennis NEDry

Xander77 posted:

I'm having trouble reading this sentence as referring to anything other than 3 distinct persons. Could you illustrate your line of thought?

Sir, I believe you might have a problem with your brain being missing. :v:

More seriously: 'and' is a conjunction. It joins two things. When you have a three-item list (x, y, and z), the Oxford comma allows it to join the last item to the list; otherwise, you're saying that y and z are x. This is important, too, when you have a list consisting of pairs (v and w, x and y, and t and z), because otherwise x, y, t, and z can be interpreted as a single item of four components, rather than the intended two items of two components each.

Aerdan fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Nov 17, 2016

Exercu
Dec 7, 2009

EAT WELL, SLEEP WELL, SHIT WELL! THERE'S YOUR ANSWER!!
Even more seriously - you guys are honestly wrong. Whether or not you use the oxford comma, you're going to create ambiguities. It's not like the oxford comma only resolves ambiguities. Not using the oxford comma here opens up the ambiguity that Gumshoe somehow both thinks he's a wild west sheriff and Meekins (or even the more semantically absurd reading, he's a guy who thinks he's a wild west sheriff and he is Meekins). Luckily both those readings are absurd readings semantically. This is how you usually resolve syntactic ambiguity, through some of the interpretations being absurd. Using the Oxford comma removes that reading from the table. But it introduces a new reading, namely "the best they can get is Gumshoe who thinks he's a wild west sheriff - and Meekins." This ambiguous reading is created solely by the oxford comma, and what's even worse, it's more semantically plausible. Maybe Gumshoe really DOES think he's a wild west sheriff.

Essentially, whenever you have a list X Y Z, not using the oxford comma has a risk of Y and Z looking like an appositive for X, and using the oxford comma has a risk of Y looking like an appositive for X. As long as you're consistent in which one you use it really doesn't matter.

Regalingualius
Jan 7, 2012

We gazed into the eyes of madness... And all we found was horny.




I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse.

Mzbundifund
Nov 5, 2011

I'm afraid so.
Let's eat, Grandpa.

VivaLa Eeveelution
Apr 3, 2011

“This agreement shall be effective from the date it is made and shall continue in force for a period of five (5) years from the date it is made, and thereafter for successive five (5) year terms, unless and until terminated by one year prior notice in writing by either party.”

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



Anyways, in that context a comma would be absurdly inappropriate when compared to brackets or dashes.

KataraniSword
Apr 22, 2008

but at least I don't have
a MLP or MSPA avatar.
I am my own man.


Oh, good, I was missing the crazy law corner at the end of updates. :allears:

HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer

Regalingualius posted:

I helped my uncle, Jack, off a horse.

You should really take your horses to a vet instead of euthanising them yourself.

Mors Rattus
Oct 25, 2007

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Investigation (Day 2) - Part 3



Back to interrogating Meekins. If we present him with the ID card...



: ...
: Hey! That's it, sir! That's it!
: That's it!!!
: That's what!?



: My head was a blank until this very moment! But, sir, now I remember! I remember, sir!
: You mean you remember what happened?



: Correct! That card, that card was the cause of it all!



: Exactly, sir! That's exactly it!
: Nothing could be more exact, sir! Nothing!
: (I'd better pry into this one a little deeper.)



: Can you tell me what it is you do "remember"?
: Well sir, you might say I'm a lost little patrolman. A lost little lamb, if you will!



: And that's why you thought he looked suspicious...



: Well, that sounds pretty much by the book so far.



: Th-that's right, sir! That's what I've been trying to tell you!
: So you asked Detective Goodman to show his ID card. What did he do?
: That's the thing! Suddenly he pointed a knife at me!
: What...!?
: Sir, I assure you I was as flustered as you are right now!
: So I whooped and leapt at him!
: (Detective Goodman pointed a knife at him?)
: "Do unto others before they do unto you"!
: My own father's words, sir!
: Wh-what happened then?
: Well...
: My eyes, sir... everything went white.
: When I awoke, I was here.
: (Right...)



: So, Officer Meekins, why was it that they arrested you?
: What do you mean, Ema?
: Let's look at what we know.





: And the "victim" whom he met at the scene of the crime didn't show his ID card.
: In other words, we have no way of knowing if the victim was really the victim!
: And if this "body" just "disappeared" from the evidence room...
: We don't even know if anyone actually died!
: That's it, sir! That! That's what I wanted to say! That is...
: I did say something along those lines.
: Huh?
: But you still ended up here...?
: They told me that it had to be him, sir.
: "On that day, at that time..."



: But... you don't remember the events clearly?
: No...
: but the video tape is quite clear.
: Huh? Video tape...?
: From the security camera.
: The crime, my crime, the crime I swore to stamp out! It's there! It's me! It's on tape!
: ...
: ...
: ...
: And you wait until now to tell us this!?



: I'm sorry, really sorry, sir! I'll hand over my badge! I don't deserve it!



: N-no thanks, I have my own. (Well, guess we'd better go check out the crime scene.)

And so, we finally get to leave this megaphone-bearing rear end in a top hat alone.





: H-hey, Mr. Wright! Look who's standing at the Head Detective's desk!
: (It's Chief Gant!)
: Are you sure this is all, hmm?
: You know what it means if there is anything missing!
: Sir! I'm sure it's most likely totally perfect! We checked the drawers, the lockers, the garbage cans, the coat pockets... the pillowcases, behind the computer monitors, the coffee machine...

For right now, this portrait is standing in for the chief of detectives, who doesn't have one.

: I see. Well, if anything does turn up, you call me right away, deal?
: Y-y-y-yessir!!! We'll scour the place again, sir!
: (The Head Detective looks a little flustered...)
: Ah hah! Wrighto, my boy! How you been? Swim much?
: Oh ho ho, Chief Gant! Reporting for duty, sir!
: Why are you saluting him, Mr. Wright!?



But before we chat with Gant, let's look around.



: That must be one of the detectives. He's mumbling something to himself.
: "I know! The killer used a cassette tape! What a crafty trick! That gunshot was a fake!" This is good! No one will expect a cassette tape in this day and age!
: ... He's not writing a report... he's writing a novel.



: Ooh, sorry you had to see that.
: Uh... what exactly did the Chief of Police want you to do?



: He wanted me to check it for anything that might be a clue... They took away every last piece of garbage in the trash can.
: So nothing belonging to Detective Goodman is still here?



: What!? You kept something!?
: Sure, why not? It's not important. He didn't even finish writing it! It's a lost item report but it's only half complete.
: A lost item?
: Did Detective Goodman lose something?
: The date on it is February 21. (I'll make a note of that just in case.)

And so we get a new item for the court record.





: (I should probably get a quick look around the crime scene...)



: So this is the police mascot, is it?
: The Blue Badger! The future star of the police force!
: The design's a little changed from the one outside...
: Ah, well, the Dancing Blue Badger(tm) is still under development, you see.
: You have it trademarked?
: Absolutely! It's cutting edge stuff. Very "now." I showed this doll here to my daughter and she burst into tears!
: (Don't show her the moving mock-up outside then, you'll give her nightmares.)

Okay, back to Gant.



: Um... is Edgeworth going to be okay?
: Oh, Worthy?
: Oh, you know, they're doing a little inquiry committee with him.
: Sounds like an inquisition...!
: Yep, well, we've had no end of trouble with the boy since last year...
: You mean... the incident on Gourd Lake?
: It doesn't look good having one of our top people sitting in the defendant's seat.
: Now, you got someone else found guilty in that case, right, Wrighto?



: A legend he was, undefeated in his forty year career! But in court you fixed it so he was caught for forging evidence...
: W-wait! I didn't do anything wrong! He did forge evidence.
: In any case, the Prosecutor's Office is in a bit of turmoil, you might say. Why, they'd do just about anything to restore their reputation.
: Now, depending on what that inquiry committee decides...
: It could be bad for Worthy.
: Wh-what!?



: It's downright odd, I tell you. I mean, it happened at exactly the same time!
: (The murder at the Prosecutor's Office...)
: Scientifically speaking, it's impossible!
: Yes, but that's what the evidence is saying.
: "Goodman was stabbed in two locations at the same time!" That's what it says.
: What evidence is this...?
: Now, now, Wrighto, I can't give away all our secrets just like that!
: And this in particular, well it's a little sensitive... and I can't talk about it.
: (I wasn't expecting much anyway.)
: You know, one thing I hate most of all is hiding stuff. Secrets. Can't stand 'em! But you know...
: It's a full-time job just keeping the Head Detective's trap shut!
: Ah, he was the one you were picking on earlier?
: Huh? You saw that? Whoops!
: (I wonder what it was that he wanted the Head Detective to do?)
: Let's see if we can kind of discreetly ask him.

Yeah, they don't notice if you sequence break this bit.



: Actually, I was wondering if I could ask you a favor?
: Hmm? Well, I never thought the day would come when Wrighto asked me for help!
: I was wondering if we could investigate the evidence room?



: Now, Wrighto...
: A-actually, I'm sorry, I d-don't need to investigate after all!
: Wrighto, please, do I look like a selfish man?
: Huh?
: Heck, if anyone asked me "sir, can I borrow $50?" I'd give them $50, no problem.
: So, go ahead! Investigate that room to your heart's content! Knock yourself out!
: It just goes to show, you never know until you ask!



: Huh... hey!
: This is a detective's ID card, isn't it?
: That's a special card for guests, so don't lose it.
: Y-yessir!
: It's an honor!
: You just run along and do your best, now. Later, folks!

He leaves.

: Heh heh! It looks pretty cool on my lapel, doesn't it?
: Just think, a real ID!
: You seem... happy.
: Yes, sir! Because, sir, we get to go into
: the evidence room now, sir!
: (I think this place is a bad influence on the girl.)

So, we head to the evidence room guard office.





: The evidence room is beyond that door.



: Let's just walk in! ...
: It won't open.
: Ah hah! The card reader is turned off, see?
: What is that security guard thinking?
: Howdy, pardners. Well, well, what's made my bambina's skies so gray?





: What's that "somehow I knew" look for?
: As you may have surmised, this here's my saloon.
: Um... we're here to investigate the crime scene.
: ... Yeehaw! That card you got there on your chest.



: Y-yeehaw?
: Well, what ya standin' there for? Get along, little dogies. The crime scene's a waiting!



: (Looks like the card reader's on again.) While we're here, I was wondering if we could ask you some questions?
: Sorry, cowboy, but I got no mind to tangle with you hombres.
: You're... busy, then?
: Did I say that?
: I only said I didn't wish to speak with you.
: (Actually, you said you had "no mind to tangle with us hombres.")

And, indeed, anything we ask gets the same response...

: Um, I was wondering if we could talk to you...
: Sorry, bambina.
: But I'm off to roam the lands, like a tumbleweed on the wide prairie.
: Like a gunslinger loading his six-shooter, I say a little prayer.



: What was that all about, Mr. Wright?
: I think he was just too hungry to talk.
: You're just saying that because his stomach was growling!
: You have no idea what he was talking about either!
: (Well, in any case, we need to get cracking on this investigation, pronto!)

But...hey, someone gave us something for Marshall, anyway, right? If we present it...



: That smell...
: Ah! Reminds me of Texas!
: So, Officer Marshall...
: You're from Texas?
: No, I just saw a special on television the other day.
: Is this from my baby?
: Uh, yeah, Ms. Starr...
: Wh-what's this!?



: What? What's wrong?
: A filet steak lunch!
: I see... I see!
: I don't see. I wonder what it means?

We give the lunch to Marshall.

: Alright, bambina. You win.



: (Finally, it seems like...)
: He's willing to talk!

And, indeed, we can ask questions of him.





: Officer Marshall, you're in charge of security for the evidence room, right?
: You got good eyes, pardner. It's an easy job, and I'm grateful for it.



: Ah, that poor little dogie? Poor guy, I keep getting his name wrong and calling him "Meekly."
: He told us something. He said that, when the stabbing occurred... you weren't at your station.
: ... Well, maybe I shouldn't be telling you this... But since I got demoted from detective two years ago...
: Well, it might not look it, but I lost my fire for the job, you know?
: So... what were you doing around 5:15 when the murder took place?
: Well... I reckon I was galloping down the highway on the back of my steed, Zippy.
: Note: he was riding down the highway on his horse named "Zippy."
: There's no need for people here, anyhow.
: These newfangled machines do a bang-up job of keeping an eye on the place.
: You mean the security camera system?
: I don't take to machines much.
: Kinda like that stewed broccoli they sneak in next to your steak, you know?

Next time: Slightly less confusing metaphors. Or perhaps just slightly fewer.

Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Nov 23, 2016

Mors Rattus
Oct 25, 2007

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I predict Saturday's update will be late as well, because I will be in Pokemon Hawaii.

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!

Mors Rattus posted:

: That smell...
: Ah! Reminds me of Texas!
: So, Officer Marshall...
: You're from Texas?
: No, I just saw a special on television the other day.

How can anybody not like this guy? :allears:

resurgam40
Jul 22, 2007

Battler, the literal stupidest man on earth. Why are you even here, Battler, why did you come back to this place so you could fuck literally everything up?

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

How can anybody not like this guy? :allears:

I do admit that that bit got me to smile, yes. I cannot hate a man who is willing to take his bit so far.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Gant is a really amazing presence.

Mzbundifund
Nov 5, 2011

I'm afraid so.
Those conversations with Gant are a lot of fun. He's so jovial, but you can't deny why he's the boss.

AlphaKretin
Dec 25, 2014

A vase to face encounter.

...Vase to meet you?

...

GARVASE DAY!

I'm on phone but you had Gant saying "oru" instead of "our" at one stage.

Dragonwagon
Mar 28, 2010


And that, as much as anything else, led to my drinking problem.

resurgam40 posted:

I do admit that that bit got me to smile, yes. I cannot hate a man who is willing to take his bit so far.

Everytime I see him, I'm reminded of this guy:

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

God gently caress, how did I never think that in the original, he's a Japanese man desperately trying to be a cowboy.

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



Mors Rattus posted:

: You're just saying thatb ecause

: HE's

Stephen9001
Oct 28, 2013

Waffleman_ posted:

God gently caress, how did I never think that in the original, he's a Japanese man desperately trying to be a cowboy.

To be fair, Cowboys are closest thing america has to Samurai, just as most of us over here in Europe have Knights.

C. Everett Koop
Aug 18, 2008

Stephen9001 posted:

To be fair, Cowboys are closest thing america has to Samurai, just as most of us over here in Europe have Knights.

I'm a ronin
On a steel horse I riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Xander77
Apr 6, 2009

Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.



Go, Jiroumaru!

John Lee
Mar 2, 2013

A time traveling adventure everyone can enjoy

Mors Rattus posted:

: Heck, if anyone asked me "sir, can I borrow $50?" I'd give them $50, no problem.

Gant's pretty darned great.

WFGuy
Feb 18, 2011

Press X to jump, then press X again!
Toilet Rascal

If anyone couldn't guess roughly what this was going to link to, you should probably do yourself a favour and watch some Cowboy Bebop. I would not be surprised if Marshall were at least partially inspired by the 'antagonist' of this episode.

Dinictus
Nov 26, 2005

May our CoX spray white sticky fluid at our enemies forever!
HAIL ARACHNOS!
Soiled Meat

John Lee posted:

Gant's pretty darned great.

So you would say Gant granting minor grants is pretty grand?

SardonicTyrant
Feb 26, 2016

BTICH IM A NEWT
熱くなれ夢みた明日を
必ずいつかつかまえる
走り出せ振り向くことなく
&



Dinictus posted:

So you would say Gant granting minor grants is pretty grand?

But yes, it would be grand

BioEnchanted
Aug 9, 2011

He plays for the dreamers that forgot how to dream, and the lovers that forgot how to love.
I like the animation of the sprite where he says the "50 dollars" liine - he isn't just being sheepish, he's playing with his little forehead spike, twiddling it around his finger :3:.

RitzBlues
May 30, 2014

Mors Rattus posted:

: The date on it is February 21. (I'll make a note of that jsut in case.)

Jsut pointing out a typo.

These are great! Keep 'em coming!

I still hate that badger.

Mors Rattus
Oct 25, 2007

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Case 5 - Rise From the Ashes
Investigation (Day 2) - Part 4

We left off questioning Marshall.





: Ms. Starr told us something... She said that you were a detective until two years ago.
: It was always my dream to be a rawhide wrangler on the scene of the crime...
: That's all gone now... Like a drinking hole in a prairie fire.
: You're still investigating the SL-9 Incident with Ms. Starr, aren't you?
: That was my case... It's all "solved" on the record books. But it smells like a bad game of poker. I can't let it go...
: That's all there is to it.
: What kind of case was it, anyway?
: We've heard the name so many times, but no one tells us what actually happened.
: ...
: There are some things you're better off not knowing, Bambina. Anyway, that case is officially dead as of two days ago.
: Two days ago... the day of our case!
: That's right...
: The evidence transferals.
: (Edgeworth was talking about the transferals, too.)



: I know what maybe two of the machines in here do.
: O-only two of them? There must be a dozen!
: Like I said, bambina, Me and machines, well...

I have no idea if that's a period/comma error or a capitalization one.

: I like them about as much as I like stewed cauliflower with my steaks.
: The easiest ones to understand are these here security cameras.



: If nothing happens, the tapes are automatically erased every few hours.
: And Officer Meekins and Detective Goodman, are they on one of those tapes?
: I reckon they might be.
: (You're the security guard and you "reckon"!?)
: One more thing.



: (Thus the card reader by the door.)





: Hey! I've seen that somewhere before!
: Sorry, Bambina. I can't show you more than that.
: Huh?
: I haven't heard whether this is related to the case, yet.
: Mr. Wright! I saw a number on that record just now!
: I've seen that number before!
: (Maybe there's some way I can prove that record is tied to the stabbing.)



: Sorry, but could you explain what this whole "transferal" thing is about?
: We keep only evidence from solved cases in this room. They're kept here under the presiding detective's supervision for two years.
: So we can re-investigate them if it turns out there was a mistake, see?
: So what happens to the evidence after two years?
: It goes to sleep forever in the underground vault at the Police Station.
: That's what we call "transferal." We do it every February.
: I see now...
: "Transferal" is like a funeral for old cases. Two years after a case is solved... it's closed forever. Dead. Never to be reopened again. Never to be reinvestigated.
: (And that happened to SL-9 two days ago...)

Now, we can present Goodman's ID card.



: Ah, the one that was on the ground in the parking lot?
: The number on this is... "5842189."
: Officer Marshall!
: Show us the ID number on that ID card record!





: It was used at... 5:14. Right before the stabbing!
: What's more, there's only one of them cards in the world!
: So, when the incident occurred, Detective Goodman was in the evidence room!
: (But wait, wat did Officer Meekins say?)



: So you asked Detective Goodman to show his ID card. What did he do?
: That's the thing! Suddenly he pointed a knife at me!



: (Why would he have pointed a knife at Officer Meekins?)
: Alright, compadre, you win.







: (I've got an idea... Maybe I should show this list to other people with IDs here...)

Marshall has nothing more for us, so...





: (It's quiet... the investigation must be over here.)
: So this is the evidence room?
: It really is kind of like a graveyard.
: Graveyards are supposed to have grass and trees. This feels more like a morgue.
: N-nice try, M-Mr. Wright. Y-you can't scare me!



: Eeeeeeek!
: Whoooooah!





: I wouldn't recommend going around smacking ghosts on the head, pal.
: So, is it true what I heard?



: Heck, if anyone asked me "sir, can I borrow $50?" I'd give them $50, no problem.
: So, go ahead! Investigate that room to your heart's desire! Knock yourself out!



: So, Chief of Police Gant...
: will loan anyone 50 bucks?
: Even me!?



: Oh, so that's what you were talking about...
: Actually, I was put in charge of the investigation for today.
: Just for today?



: But guess what!? You got permission from the Chief...
: So now you're boss for a day!
: (Gee, thanks.)



We receive a copy of the floor plan for the evidence room.





Now, we're going to question Gumshoe before we explore, because exploring is going to be time-consuming.



: So, Detective Gumshoe, you're boss for the day?
: That's right! It's an honor!
: After all, the murder took place right here, in the Police Department!
: But, if you're the boss...
: why are you all alone!?
: Where are your underlings?
: ...
: They're using our findings from yesterday's investigation to prepare for the trial.
: (In other words, Detective Gumshoe got kicked out of the investigation again...)
: I'm adamant, though!
: I'm going to take control and put this case to rest!
: And in my own evidence locker, pal!
: You have a locker in here, too, Detective Gumshoe?
: Hah hah, of course!
: I am a detective, after all.
: They gave me a locker that only I can open, pal!
: "Only you can open"...?



: I'll always believe in Mr. Edgeworth, no matter what happens.
: So... Mr. Edgeworth is with the inquiry committee now, right?
: They're trying to figure out who's responsible for the mess-up in court today.
: I see...
: I guess this is what you call "fate." Mr. Edgeworth just can't get away from that case...
: That case...?
: Yeah, that case!
: The SL-9 Incident, of course!
: That was the beginning of the end for Mr. Edgeworth.
: (Maybe we can get him to tell us more about the case...)



: This place is more high-tech than you might think.
: Every locker is fixed so that only one detective can open it.



: Well, that's the thing, pal. ID cards can be lost.
: Why, I'm on my third card since entering the force already.
: That sounds like a lot.
: Yes, but even I can't lose my own right hand!
: "Right hand"...?
: Oh!
: You mean, your fingerprint?
: Exactly, pal! The lock for each locker is coded with a fingerprint!



: Funny, they look like normal lockers...
: These are the latest model!
: There's a trick to the handles, see?
: The handles?
: On the other side of the handles is a sensor,
: and if the wrong person touches it...
: Bzzzap! You get a shock!
: If that's what happened, my hand would be black and smocking every day!
: In any case, the locks aren't that obvious.
: There's even some people in the force that don't know about the fingerprint locks!





Now we can show Gumshoe the ID card records. Maybe he's on them.



: This is the ID card record of the people who came in here on the day of the stabbing.
: Ah, I heard the rumors.
: So, it was Goodman who came in here at the time of the murder...
: Whoooooooooah!!!
: Wh-what is it?
: Th-th-th-th-th-th!
: That second number...
: It's not your ID number is it, Detective Gumshoe?
: Mr. Edgeworth!
: What...?
: The second number on this list...
: belongs to Mr. Edgeworth!



: What... Whaaaaaaaaat!?

We note his name down on the list.

: (Why would Edgeworth have come to the evidence room!?)

Next, we present the safes, to learn more about them.



: If you can open it...
: they'll give you 50 cents!
: Note: the Police Department lacks faith in its lock system.
: After all, Detective Goodman was stabbed here after opening his locker...



We can also present either the SL-9 note or the switchblade.



: I bet Edgeworth was the most surprised of anyone.
: Because of the SL-9 connection?
: That was Mr. Edgeworth's first big case you know, two years ago.
: That was the first time the world knew Edgeworth was a man to be feared!
: But, why would evidence from that case turn up now?
: I guess it's not over, pal.
: Maybe there are some loose ends left on that case...

Presenting Edgeworth's knife or parking stub...



: What would drive Chief Prosecutor Skye to do such a thing?
: ...
: W-wait, I didn't mean...
: I mean, sure, of course someone else really did it!
: Someone who must have, um...
: Someone who must have a grudge against Mr. Edgeworth!

Now, let's start to look around.



: Wow! Look at this big pile of junk in the corner!
: That looks like... a car door.
: There's a pair of handcuffs attached to the frame.
: Maybe the guy they caught was some sort of escape artist and he got away.
: Hey, that's one of those human profiles for range testing.
: He's been shot square in the forehead.
: Better him than us.



: There's something sticking out of here.
: Looks like a shirt. I guess it must be evidence for some case.
: I wonder if Detective Gumshoe put this here.
: There you go, pal, making me out to be some kinda slob!
: I'm not responsible for the evidence here.
: That said...
: I bet that evidence locker was opened recently.
: How do you know?
: If you leave things hanging out like that, the evidence gets dirty or ripped. The guard checks on that kind of stuff and notifies the detective responsible.
: How many times have I had him breathing down my neck about some silly evidence...
: Sounds like Detective Gumshoe leaves evidence hanging out a lot, too.
: I bet he doesn't tuck in his shirt under that trench coat, either.
: If you're going to talk behind someone's back, don't do it right in front of them, pal!



: This place is stuffed with evidence... stuffed with dreams.
: I'm not so sure about the dreams.
: Mmph!
: It won't open.
: I guess I should have known.
: Hey, pal, our security is high-tech around here!



: Some sort of bulky equipment is gathering dust here.



: Ah! That's my personal pole!
: I never did get around to using it...



: Right, pal. That's that metal detector!
: The one that led to the solving of that case out on Gourd Lake, remember?
: Oh, right! Wow, that feels like it was ages ago.



: Oh, that! That's a radiolocator!
: I'm sure it will come in handy in solving some case sooner or later.
: (That cheap-looking box?)
: You can't judge a person or a machine by their cover! You gotta look at their heart!

Next time: More exploration.

Mors Rattus fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Nov 29, 2016

Blueberry Pancakes
Aug 18, 2012

Jack in!! MegaMan, Execute!
Remind me, was this case written before or during development of Apollo Justice? There was a line during this update that caught my attention.

MightyPretenders
Feb 21, 2014

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

Remind me, was this case written before or during development of Apollo Justice? There was a line during this update that caught my attention.

Yes.
It should have been a few years before they started on Apollo Justice.

theshim
May 1, 2012

You think you can defeat ME, Ephraimcopter?!?

You couldn't even beat Assassincopter!!!

Mors Rattus posted:

: So, Chief of Police Gant...
: will loan anyone 50 bucks?
: Even me!?
Oh, Gumshoe :allears:

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
Edgeworth has only been prosecuting for two years? Or is SL-9 just what got him his cred?

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Edgeworth has been prosecuting for a while. SL-9 is not particularly special to Edgeworth, but it's quite a deal and we'll learn all about it.

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KataraniSword
Apr 22, 2008

but at least I don't have
a MLP or MSPA avatar.
I am my own man.

Hobgoblin2099 posted:

Remind me, was this case written before or during development of Apollo Justice? There was a line during this update that caught my attention.

It was written after the third game, but either before or during Apollo Justice's development. As of such, it's entirely possible that there were hooks left behind.

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