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Part 55: Episode 3, Day 2, Investigation: Hostage Situation Music: Investigation - Core  We last left off, completely out of ideas. But Mia's here to save the day again! Phoenix is feeling a little frazzled apparently.  Sorry, Phoenix. Maya's not really in any personal trouble here. She's either really worried about seeing the finale of The Steel Samurai or concerned she won't have a job if we don't win this case.  Right! Oh, wait. I guess that means we're really in trouble. I'd say so. The boy, of course. Music: Silence  Oh yeah. Potential new witness. But he ran off on us and then ran the old bag around in circles. How are we supposed to find him, let alone convince him to talk to us?  What!?Sound: Stab  But...but no way am I telling you losers! Music: Investigation - Core I dunno. He didn't sound like he was going to help us at all.  Either way, we should go back to the studios. (Thanks, now I'm more worried than I was before...)I'm sure he'll be a perfectly reliable witness for us. Kids are notoriously easy to get information out of, right?  I'm not sure if I like this Mia-Maya business better or worse, knowing we're probably going to see it in every episode now. Anyway, we've got the same two conversation topics here, but Mia-Maya has somewhat different responses. So, what's the best thing to do from here? Straight to the point.  So, do you have any ideas about who might have done this? (Where have I heard that phrase before?) (So THAT's where Maya got it from...) She also has a different response to our badge (and other evidence). Showing me that isn't going to do any good. Sound: Realization (You sure are talking enough!)This from the ghost who was able to openly object in court and pass a list of names to force Redd White to confess. But whatever.  With Mia here instead of Maya, we also get some different reactions to examining the mundane scenery in this episode.   Have you been watering it properly, Phoenix? Um, well, Maya has actually... I think maybe she's giving it too much.Way to throw Maya under the bus there Phoenix.  (The plant's name is... Charley?) Speaking of names, maybe Mia can tell us what movie this poster is from? A poster of an old movie that Mia liked. Oh, hey! Mia, what's the name of this movie? It's, um... What was it, again? S-sorry, it's right on the tip of my tongue... Sound: Whoops We're doomed to never know.  Mia probably already knows everything, but let's show her around everywhere we can anyway. Music: Silence  Hmm, guess we're not going to get to introduce her to our client. I guess Mr. Powers is in questioning... Oh well.  Off to the studio!  Mia, meet the old windbag!  Oldbag is still pulling her trick of ranting without needing us to advance the dialogue, but she can't actually get any words out!  Huff... puff... huff... puff... huff... puff... huff... W-what's wrong?Sound: Realization  (She's been chasing that boy this whole time.) Huff... puff... when... when I ca... catch him... I... huff (Sounds like she hasn't had any luck catching him.) (A "hostage"...!?)Well that's not a disturbing image at all. Music: Investigation - Core  I'm not sure we should be asking her to speak at all in her condition. But we need more information! Umm... what happened to the boy? L-lay him flat! Huff... puff... Sound: Realization  Actually, I met with the director just now... (Is she okay!?) Music: Silence  Sound: Realization Oh, I get it. We'll have to give her the cardkey to get the "hostage", then use that to get the fanboy to talk to us. Music: Investigation - Core  What's this about a "hostage"? ...he dropped this, a-and ran! Huff... huff... H-he'll come back... huff... huff... for this one! (It's kind of hard to understand her with all that huffing and puffing.) Sound: Light Bulb Cody might talk to us if we gave him that!Way ahead of you!  No!Sound: Whack  Phoenix. Do you have anything you might trade with her?Yes, but I'm going to do everything else I can first! (A trade, hmm...) (I wonder...?) Well we know she wants the cardkey, but what else will Oldbag react to here?  ...Huff... huff... puff... huff... puff... huff... hooo! (She's too busy catching her breath to tell me anything!)Despite that reaction to our badge, there are a couple other things that get a better response.   Huff... it... it was Powers! (Well, at least she's consistent...) Ms. Oldbag? I'm borrowing this... just so you know. Oh... o-okay... huff. Oldbag has bigger fish to fry than us today. (She's not as demanding when she's exhausted.) Before handing over the cardkey, let's finish giving Mia the studio tour. Music: Silence  Never mind, I think we're about to meet the fanboy again.  Sound: Light Bulb  Quick little bugger. ... Yeah. His name's "Cody Hackins." I think he ran into the dressing room.Sound: Realization  We'll get there, but first I have a duty to show off every changed examine result! Let's see... cola, candy, chips, gum... Huh. It's so... normal. I was expecting some cool theme snacks or something. Popcorn, at least! S-spaghetti? Wouldn't just the sauce come out and the noodles all stay stuck inside? Slamming spaghetti. Right...Sounds borderline dangerous, even. Let's move on.  The door to the dressing room. It's not locked. This is where Cody ran... I don't need your hints and reminders!  That must be the storage room. That's where they keep all the film equipment.Yeah, some of these just cut Maya's lines without adding anything new. I'll skip the rest of the ones like that.  Looks like one of those electric-powered bicycles. I dunno about these. I mean, what's the point? Where have I heard that line before...? Enough fun, let's corner Cody.  I suppose if Cody is here, then the director is no longer present. Why was the director in the accused's dressing room, anyway? He's sure to be in here somewhere...Music: The Steel Samurai  Sound: Pong  Sound: Light Bulb This kid is a slippery ninja. Dammit! He's getting away! Come back! ...  Sound: Light Bulb Sound: Realization Sound: Stab A ghost is possessing our assistant and Phoenix is concerned that she can command children. Actually, that's fair. ... Please? ... I-I'm Cody. Nice to meet you.Mia is much better with children than Maya. Though it's odd that she's introducing herself like this.  Sound: Light Bulb Whoa, a smile! And I'm Phoenix Wright! Sound: Light Bulb Yeah, Phoenix, read the room, man! Phoenix, you can take it from here. (I'm not so sure I'm qualified...) I'm not ready to talk to this kid yet, let's look around again.  Hmm is Mia snack-obsessed like Maya?  They're all empty. I'm glad Maya isn't here to see this. She'd be devastated. O-oh, nothing....Did Cody finish off the rest of the snacks?  Mr. Powers's bag. H-hey, don't look at me! (Tell that to your sister!) There's an array of cosmetics here. According to Maya, that wig was used in some old TV show... Sound: Whack You're even lamer than I thought! (Why does everybody but me know about this show!?)Sound: Stab  Well if Cody is going to interject anyway, I guess we should talk to him.  Goddammit Phoenix stop being so lame.  H-hey, watch that attitude!  Yeah! Don't yell like that I'm only a kid!Sound: Light Bulb  So, do you know anything about what happened here? Could you tell me, please? I don't know nothing! So here's where we need to retrieve the "hostage" from Oldbag first.  But first... What's that? Bo-ring! Well that's the normal "don't care" reaction. We do have a couple other things he'll talk about, though.  Anything related to his hero, of course.  Sound: Light Bulb Huh? Why's he dragging his foot like that? Where'd you get this, anyway?A couple interesting implications here. One, Cody didn't know about Will's injury, of course. Two, whoever he saw wasn't dragging his foot at the time. So it wasn't Will!    I wish I had one, too... (This kid and Maya would get along great.)Music: Silence  Okay let's run Mia through the other half of the studio now.  "Welcome"... Not without an enterprising bellboy to ham it up!  Outside was boring, so we hit up the inside of Studio One real quick. Looking at this place is the real reason I put off giving Oldbag the cardkey; I'm pretty sure we'll lose access to it once that happens. A perfectly normal stepladder. I've never actually used one. I don't like heights. More semi-witty ladder commentary.  A classic director's chair. Are there multiple directors at this studio maybe?  A panel for reflecting light. They call it a "reflecting board" or something.I guess most players wouldn't ever really come here with Mia, so they didn't add her to any of this dialogue. Oh well.  A collection of expensive film equipment. If we broke one, we'd go bankrupt for sure.Phoenix I'm pretty sure you're one parking ticket away from bankruptcy as it is. Good thing you don't drive.  A stage backdrop. This is "Neo Fujiyama," according to Maya. Well, Studio One was a bust. Let's try Studio Two.  Most of the examine text is boring without Maya. How did we ever get through last episode without her? The flowers here are a little better, though: Nameless flowers bloom in solitude. They probably have a proper name... ... I need a vacation.You've been on the job for like three months...granted a rather stressful three months.  Last spot to check out!  Two of the posters have new stuff for us; the one on the right doesn't. "'Samurai Summer' starring Jack Hammer." This poster looks like it's been hanging here for years. Maybe we should replace the poster in the office with this one? Ghost Mia is still in charge of the office. Or the office decorations, anyway.  Another old movie poster. "'The Singing Samurai' starring Jack Hammer." What the hell do samurai sing about? Chopping off heads? A s-samurai musical? Is that even a genre!? Well, I'm impressed. You know your stuff, Mia. Oh, Maya's the real fan. I just picked a little up.Mia really is a great big sister. Or was. How do tenses work if the person is dead but is currently hanging around as a ghost? That's not something they teach in grammar school. Music: Investigation - Core  Okay, let's finally give the old bag what she wants. Music: Silence  Sound: Light Bulb That's a card... huff... Studio One? Right. A cardkey to Studio One. I'd like to visit... huff... he died... whew. I was his... his fan. You don't have your own card, Ms. Oldbag? Whose turf is it then? You'll let me borrow... borrow it, then? I guess I could have teased this earlier and backed out. That'll just have to be second cut material now.  I guess it can't hurt. Here you go, Ms. Oldbag. quote:Keeping the cardkey:  ...Sound: Realization Listen to me, sonny. I don't like having debts to no whippersnappers. Sound: Realization What's this...? A Steel Samurai trading card? That sneaky kid dropped it! Thank you, I may have a use for this. (This must be the "hostage" she was talking about.) Sound: Select Jingle Right. I'm off. Later, Oldbag! Maybe that'll make up for knowingly falsely accusing you of murder and getting you questioned by the police!  As you can see, we've now lost access to Studio One. The only other person we could show the trading card to is Mia, and she doesn't care, so let's go straight to Cody with it. Music: The Steel Samurai  The picture shows three cards, but the description says there's only one. Bit of an odd disconnect there. Cody... This look familiar? Sound: Light Bulb "You are"... huh? "U.R." You know, "ultra rare"! That card's really hard to get!So you should be really grateful to us for getting it back for you then?  Sound: Whack I'll give you this... IF you help me.  Sound: Light Bulb Huh? All I got was, don't blackmail someone by holding their own stuff hostage?  Sound: Whack Ugh Mia you take a turn with him, Phoenix isn't cut out for this. (W-what do they teach these kids in school these days!? Quantum physics!?) Whatever, I don't need that card.Music: Silence Huh?Sound: Light Bulb I got a double. Well, there goes that plan. What do we do now? (What!? After I went through all that trouble...) Think Maya keeps a collection at the office that we could go raid? Music: The Steel Samurai "Really rare"!? You mean there's something rarer than "Ultra Rare"!? Sound: Whack Man, for a grown-up, you sure are dumb! Premium... rare... why do I feel like we're talking about steaks? Looks like we're stuck again. 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Ah, the trading card subplot. Turnabout Samurai really is "These people are wacky, the case". 
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Yeah, the first game doesn't really have a good sense for how to do investigation section, and resorts to warmed over adventure game tropes.
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mr_stibbons posted:Yeah, the first game doesn't really have a good sense for how to do investigation section, and resorts to warmed over adventure game tropes. Bold of you to claim they bothered warming the standard adventure game tropes this game. But yeah, the sequels get way better about the investigation sections. Hold in there DKII
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DKII posted:Maya's not really in any personal trouble here. She's either really worried about seeing the finale of The Steel Samurai or concerned she won't have a job if we don't win this case. Search your heart, you know exactly which of these is Maya's concern.
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This kid is getting less likeable.  Where are we going to get the McGuffins he wants?And no, Cody, I’m not dumb. Nor lame. I’m just not into the same things you are. One day, God willing, you’ll learn that’s a perfectly reasonable way to be. I hope so anyway. Glad they included extra dialogue for Mia and that you showed it off. Haven’t seen an LP of this do that before that I can remember.
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No update tonight - it's my wife's birthday and that's kept me tied up. See you all on Friday!
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Tell her that a bunch of internet strangers wish her a happy birthday!
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Yeah, I hope the two of you had fun with whatever celebrating you did today.
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DKII posted:No update tonight - it's my wife's birthday and that's kept me tied up. See you all on Friday! Objection sustained.
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Part 56: Episode 3, Day 2, Investigation: Gotta Have 'Em All Last we left off, Cody didn't even want his card back. So we need to find another way to get him to talk. Music: Silence  After another round of running everywhere to see if anything has changed, we end up back at the trailer in Studio Two.  You know, I'd kind of forgotten about Penny. Hello. What brings you here? Oh, well, I had to arrange some stuff. Umm... Yes? You mean like ten years older, a foot taller, and literally busting out of her robe? Nahhh.  Like, is she even the same person as before? Um, nope! She's the same as always. I guess that answers the question on if her transformation is more figurative or literal. Okay... whatever you say... Not sure how Penny is going to help us, but might as well talk to her. Have you seen that boy since then? Nope. You missed it, though. Of course, he got away in the end. Boy, was she mad! Actually, we saw them. How's the old windbag doing? This conversation is kind of weird; we've already talked to Oldbag and given her the cardkey by this point. Penny doesn't show up until we do that and show the trading card to Cody. (Some people take their jobs a little too seriously.) Are all the posters on the wall here of Hammer? Yes. It's really a terrible loss for the studios. But... his popularity had been waning recently, right? That's true. After WHAT happened?Sound: Realization Y-you mean, you don't know about Hammer...? No, what? I-I'm sorry. Oh, no, you're not getting away with throwing that out there and clamming up.  Spill it! Wait, now you have to tell me. What happened with Hammer? I-I'm sorry. (Uh oh. Why do I get the feeling something's being covered up here?)Penny's just here to stir up trouble apparently.  Listen, Ms. Nichols, we're an attorney, you'd do well to tell us what you know! Umm... Someday, this badge will work on someone...  On the one hand, I wouldn't have expected the only thing we have that Penny would react to would be this trading card. On the other hand, it's the only option left for advancing the plot, so it must do something, right? Do you know anything about this? Sound: Light Bulb I collect those, actually.Fantastic, you wouldn't want to trade this loser card for a better one for no good reason?   ...We just happen to have the missing one, don't we. The investigation sequences for this episode had so much potential, but a few scenes just stand out as poorly-executed filler. A complete set? Yeah, a set of one of each card. Huh... ... Sound: Objection Music: The Steel Samurai  Sound: Whack x 2 Penny really could've used a different animation/sprite here. The excitement in the text just doesn't match that face. Uh... Uh, what exactly are you offering, Penny? I kind of thought this game was kid-appropriate.  Sound: Objection Oh, well there's the new animation. I can't imagine I'll use a sprite that is showing us trading cards very many times. Let me guess, you happen to have a duplicate super duper plus premium ultra high rarity-rare you'll give us? T-trade with you? Yes, trade cards! Trade me a... huh?Phoenix it's exactly what you're looking for!  Sound: Whack Please!!!Sound: Objection Quick, before she has an aneurysm!  Sound: Whack  This game came out in 2001. I guess trading cards were still a big thing back then. Are they now? I don't feel like sitting through that conversation again, so I guess we'll just trade. Okay.quote:Not trading, of course, is not really an option:  Sound: Super Shock Then this is for you. Sound: Select Jingle Yaa-hoo!Sound: Light Bulb   Yeah. Yeah, it does. Penny's gone, the only other person we could show our new card is Mia who doesn't care, so let's just take this thing straight back to Cody.  See this card? Sound: Drama Pound That's the last Ultra Rare Premium card I need!Sound: Whack What are the odds.  Sound: Light Bulb (Wow, I've never seen him so... eager.) R-right! Okay! How about a trade? You're on!Sound: Light Bulb  That's, uh, not what we're looking for. No no no no... not that kind of trade.Sound: Stab I don't want cards. I want information. Huh? You sure? Fine by me! This better be worth it. Okay, Phoenix. Let's hear what he has to say.  Our topics are refreshed, so maybe Cody will actually tell us something useful this time. So... you like the Steel Samurai. He's so cool! Sound: Pong You're judging him by his looks! You have to look at his actions, at his life! (I'm being lectured on life by a grade schooler...) Uh... Oh, me? Y-yeah! I, um, love the Steel Samurai.Sound: Light Bulb Sheesh, real convincing there Phoenix.  Uh, sure, let's go with that. R-right... (C'mon, think of something!) I really like his, um, his kind nature. What a guy! Totally!Sound: Light Bulb  I don't know about the Steel Samurai, but that statement does seem to describe Will Powers. Yeah... So, what else do you like about him? (Don't tell me I have to keep this act up...) I can't imagine Will's acting is any good from what we've seen of him, so let's go down to this option first. W-well... (I've never even seen a full episode of that dumb show.) A-actually, I'm kind of a fan of Will Powers... (You're calling ME hard-core?) So, what else do you like about him? (Don't tell me I have to keep this act up...) Back to the prompt again for our last option. (Got to think of something...) I like it when he, uh, he vanquishes his foes! Sound: Light Bulb The Steel Samurai always wins! Always! Check this out! It's my fan album! Sound: Pong I go to every live performance! (Those stupid publicity stunts where they beat each other up in public...?) I got 'em all! I never missed one! A perfect collection! Wow, that's very impressive. The newest model, isn't it? Sound: Light Bulb  The Steel Samurai always wins! Always! Hey, if you want this, you can have it lady.I'd rather have the camera, but I suppose this will do. He never misses a final blow, right? That include the murder itself?  Sound: Realization Yeah, I took these with a digital camera. Well, then I'm happy to accept! Thank you. Sound: Select Jingle ...Can we look at the photos? No? (What's with people always giving stuff to Mia? What a life?) ? Once we've obtained the photo album, we're brought back to the conversation screen for our remaining topic. But first...  For kicks, let's show Cody his own album. Thanks for this. No looking at that, okay! (Believe me, I wasn't going to...)Mia doesn't care about the photo album any more than anything else we have, and there's no one else we can even talk to right now. So let's move on with the main event. You were here on the day of the... incident, right?Music: Silence Yeah... Did you see anything unusual? ... Cody. !Sound: Light Bulb  Isn't that the Steel Samurai's motto? "For great justice"? You have to help us fight for great justice, too. I... I saw... I saw everything!Music: The Steel Samurai   But first we have to actually select the next topic for some reason. This new topic actually only shows up if you've completed both of the first two. The narrative isn't as clean if you do them in the opposite order, but what kind of psycho starts a list from the bottom? Cody... I need to ask you something very important. What did you see on the day of the incident?Music: Silence ...Music: Logic and Trick  I had to come in through the woods out back so that old lady wouldn't see me. Wait a minute, so it is possible to traipse through the woods and veer off the path? So much for the producer's alibi... Then I finally got to the studio. After that... What is it, Cody? Uh-oh.  Wait, how did Hammer get into Studio One then? Was he dragged there? Maybe that's why there was no blood where the body was found?  I went home after that.Music: Silence I... I see. It must have been hard for you. (Umm... right.) Mia? Yes? Sound: Realization Or whoever was in the costume, anyway. Really it's the same thing as this morning, except I guess we've lost the option of someone else sneaking past the camera and committing the murder. Music: Suspense True enough. And the director has an alibi, so it wasn't him. Indeed. Does Phoenix always fall into despair right before going to trial? It feels like that's where we're headed again. ... I have to admit, it's kind of a shock. ...He's totally going on the witness stand, isn't he. Let's not call him then... I think that would be wise. Best to leave this one alone. Sound: Thud 4 You know, I didn't really expect that one to turn on us so quickly.  Of course you did.   And he's under police protection, starting now! C'mon son.Sound: Light Bulb We're really going to trial again with everyone assuming that only our client could have been in that costume, aren't we?  Sound: Whack No! I ain't going! Sound: Zooma And Cody's off to the races again. Music: Silence ... That didn't go so well. We're back to zero leads. Assuming Gumshoe catches Cody, anyway. W-what're we going to do, Mia! Well, hmm... I... really need to be going. Sound: Realization We were way worse off before the second day of trial last episode. At least we have plenty of new evidence this time! Whoa whoa whoa!Sound: Stab  Phoenix, can I ask you something? You told us to believe....so yes? Of course he is! ... That's all I wanted to hear. quote:Choosing not to believe gets us mad Mia... Great! Thanks, Mia! See you soon. Music: Jingle - It Can't End Here  Next time, we'll be at trial again! DKII fucked around with this message at 01:25 on Dec 17, 2022 |
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Sweet, a Zero Wing reference. I do not care for the 1337 sex pest director or trading cards or whatever, but that will forever hold a place in my heart. I may end up being a Steel Samurai fan after all.
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The series is consistent on Maia's channeling powers being scientifically verifiable. It's part of why White completely broke down last case, it wasn't just Maia pretending* to be Mia, it genuinely was Mia in Maia's clothes. Edit: *pretending isn't quite the right word here, the point is that when channeling Maia physically becomes the channeled spirit
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DKII posted:Wait a minute, so it is possible to traipse through the woods and veer off the path? So much for the producer's alibi... All the images showing the woods show waist-high hedges/bushes everywhere. Maybe Cody is small enough to climb through or over, but I'm assuming it wouldn't be possible for an adult to do it without noticeable damage to the foliage. It would be nice if that was actually mentioned in the game though. One thing I've never figured out is how Cody got his picture taken before the Steel Samurai (the deleted Photo #1) if he came in from the woods and was wandering around back there the whole time.
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I am glad we just needed 1 card and not more. Also loving some of the expressions. Happy & Mad Cody are funny. With our luck, Cody will be caught by Gumshoe and Edgeworth will have a lot easier time getting him to talk. Our client is cooked. Maybe there’s something he saw that won’t point to Powers, though? We can only hope.
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whitehelm posted:All the images showing the woods show waist-high hedges/bushes everywhere. Maybe Cody is small enough to climb through or over, but I'm assuming it wouldn't be possible for an adult to do it without noticeable damage to the foliage. It would be nice if that was actually mentioned in the game though. My understanding of the events is 1) Cody enters through the drain pipe in the employee area 2) Cody passes through the gate and gets photographed 3) Cody ditches into the woods to avoid the old hag (she's coming back to her post from the run through maybe? She could also be putsuing from behind if she was at her post and saw the photo get snapped) 4) Cody wanders around lost until he stumbles upon the steel samurai "battle"
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FoolyCharged posted:My understanding of the events is No, the run-through was in the morning, then they had lunch, then Oldbag got to her station at 1:00. Cody says he arrived around 2:00 (let's say 1:50 because the Samurai photo is at exactly 2:00) so he would've had to go into the woods to get from the Employee area to the studios past the main gate. Then what, he went back onto the path to get his picture taken, then ran back into the woods?
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Presumably, since the Steel Samurai photo was #2, the photo of Cody would have been #1 and would have been taken earlier.
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I'm going to skip updates this week and try to build up a backlog so we can get through the next day of trial without losing momentum. That investigation sequence kind of dragged on so I'd like the second trial day to move a little more smoothly. See you in a week!
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Part 57: Episode 3, Day 3, Trial: T-bone Turnabout Music: Silence  We're back for a second day of trial in this crazy case. Music: Courtroom Lobby ~ Beginning Overture  Yeah, I don't know what to say, either, Will.  We've gained a few pieces of seemingly critical evidence, but I still have no idea what to do with them. We've lost the trailer key that we "borrowed", but otherwise this list is the same as last update. We have an empty bottle of sleeping pills that seems suspiciously tied to Will's sudden afternoon nap, a severed statue head that forms an unbreakable alibi for all our new additions to the cast, and an album of photos - taken by a grade-schooler - that may or may not include the murder itself.  ... Umm... Mr. Wright? Yes? Where should we start? I have a very loose theory of the crime, but don't have any way to connect it together with what we know of the murder or the evidence we have. I am pretty sure that Sal Manella (the director) somehow got the sleeping pills into Will's lunch, stole the Steel Samurai costume, and snuck over to Studio One with it (faking Will's leg injury along the way). However I'm not confident he's actually the killer! That feels more like Dee Vasquez? Or maybe this is more of a "Murder on the Orient Express" situation? Are we just going to mess around again today and have the "real" trial tomorrow? O-oh! Oh, nothing! Eh heh heh. Really, it's nothing. Right, Mia? Sound: Realization At least Mia is still with us. Although her help backfired on us yesterday. Phoenix. Wow, harsh! And right in front of Will, too! Sheesh. Perhaps that's why I feel particularly close to him. This is no time for dead-people jokes, please. You know we're going into this trial utterly defenseless. Yet, if Mr. Powers is truly innocent... Something "overlooked"...? We have to find something, Phoenix, today. It's that, or lose the trial. (This isn't going to be easy.)Music: Silence   I was curious, so I went back and looked at what lobbies and courtrooms we've been in so far:
What does that all mean? No idea. It's neat that they're rotating through different lobbies and courtrooms, though it's kind of weird that for this episode the numbering doesn't match between the two. Also usually there is one judge dedicated to each courtroom, rather than having them move around. So now in my head there are identical quadruplet goofball judges running each of these courtrooms!  Sound: Gallery Each courtroom looks the same, as far as I can tell. The gallery appears to always be the same, too. You can still tell that it's Mia rather than Maya next to us, though. She's...taller.  Sound: Gavel Music: Trial   Neat little camera-shifting effect, and everyone is ready to go!  Very well. Mr. Edgeworth, your opening statement, please.  Yesterday, we learned that there were other people present at the studios. I get that this format is more of an inquisition than what Americans think of as a trial, but it's weird that the prosecution gets a new opening statement each day. I guess it serves as a recap for the player if they haven't been paying attention?  Very well.  (I wonder if it'll be that producer...)Could be, she was pretty convincing in proving out her alibi.  (...or that director.)Or we could have to cross-examine this guy. Still, better to take a crack at the seemingly less-competent conspirator?  I don't think I noticed before, but what is with that hat? And does he have a towel draped around his neck for all that sweat? They really did a great job designing a total creeper here. Will the witness state his name and profession? ... Sound: Whack  J00 don't know ME!? I'm the director! I make the Steel Samurai, n00b! ROFL!Sound: Damage 2 Sound: Drama Pound His dialogue is so much harder to transcribe...  Sound: Realization  Sound: Light Bulb Edgeworth nailing the silent intimidation routine here. Hold on, I've been inspired:  There, let that one haunt you for awhile. Were you at Global Studios on the day of the murder? Y-yes, Your Honor. Hmm...  Phoenix.Music: Silence  If Powers is innocent, you know what that means. Someone in the trailer on that day did it!  Sound: Testimony 2 Music: Questioning - Moderato   That's the weirdest thinking-face sprite I've seen yet. It took a lot more time than I thought it would. But I had a meeting in the Studio Two trailer, so I ended up skipping lunch.Didn't we see a couple of empty plates outside the trailer? That's a weird one to lie on. Guess we should've taken those plates as evidence!   During the meeting, well, I'm pretty sure no one left their chairs. That's about it.What, not even a bathroom break? Unlikely with all that liquid on the table. Music: Silence  Hmm... And according to your testimony, you were in a meeting at that time. Mr. Wright, you may begin your cross-examination. Yes, Your Honor. Sound: Testimony 2 Not seeing how any of our evidence will help here, I'll have to see if pressing helps. Music: Questioning - Moderato I was at the studios from around 9:00 that morning. Is that when you always come in to work? (Yeah, I know all about the freaks in your "industry"...)Huh?  Another spoken emoticon, well done. Tell us more about that. During the morning, I was doing... umm... an action scene run-through. In the Employee Area? That's right. Was anyone else at the run-through? She was cheering on Hammer, if you can believe it. (She certainly has the lungs for it...) Anyone else? Definitly looking like Mr. Manella here was the one in the costume, faking Will's leg injury. No one else knew about the injury; unless maybe someone blabbed about it? But how to prove it... It took a lot more time than I thought it would. Why did it go on so long? Um, I'm pretty sure j00've already heard about this... There's our confirmation that the director knew about the injury. (Oh, right, thus the limp.)   I hear that everyone else ate lunch in the Employee Area... What exactly did they have for lunch? (Come to think of it, there was a plate with some bones on it in the Employee Area.) But I had a meeting in the Studio Two trailer, so I ended up skipping lunch.This line doesn't make a lot of sense; there was already earlier dialogue yesterday about the director and the producer having lunch at Studio Two. Whatever, we'll just keep pressing. So, in the end, you didn't get to eat? Yeah. No steak, at least! Can j00 believe it? That must have been tough.Didn't we literally see more steak remains at the Studio Two entrance?  Mia is still helping us out; I guess the kid gloves aren't really off yet. Yeah? Oh do we get to object based on our own observations, even without something in the court record? That's neat. Still, let's see the rest of the cross before we continue, and pretend we didn't notice anything here. Well, no, not really. Seems pretty straightforward. (Hint: Mia's never wrong.) We were in the meeting until around 4:00... What were you discussing? The Steel Samurai story, and our budget. Get this! The sponsors turn to me and say, "Mr. Manella." (Actually, I kind of can.) During the meeting, well, I'm pretty sure no one left their chairs. You didn't take a single break? Er... well... Sound: Light Bulb Do you think he's actually saying his emote, too? Or just spontaneously producing more sweat beads on command? (Hmm... what's he sweating so much about, I wonder?) (If only I had an idea...) We've gone through all the testimony. There's a pretty clear path forward here to get that "idea" he mentioned, but let's see what advice Mia has for us: Phoenix. If his alibi holds, Powers is finished. R-right! Let's go back to press on that "skipping lunch" statement again, this time choosing the "too vague" option. Actually, there is something bothering me. So you ate something other than steak?Sound: Realization Yeah, good call!Sound: Light Bulb  I see... Good catch, but not quite what we're looking for...  As I alluded to earlier, to progress we have to point out the contradiction in Sal's "no lunch" statement. Yeah, it does seem odd, now that you mention it. Mr. Manella! Sound: Light Bulb When I went to Studio Two, I saw something on the table there.  Who ate lunch there? We've landed the first blow! Kind of a layup, really. Hopefully we get to use our real evidence soon!
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I have a grudging respect for the equal application of jiggle physics, though of course I'm mostly pointing it out because I noticed it and want to make sure anyone who missed it suffers as well. also I was assuming the doo-dad on his hat is a topknot, because he's the samurai show director. Not sure how that scans, and also dunno if the towel signifies anything other than his greasiness.
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I have played most of the games in this series. I have endured all sorts of witnesses and such in these investigations and courtroom sequences. This guy manages to still be in my Top 5 Most Unpleasant To Deal With Characters in the series. Not so much for what he does or doesn't do, but just because I hate having to even look at him or read his text. Tree Reformat fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Dec 13, 2022 |
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I think the towel is for the sweat, yeah. And that hat might be a custom backwards baseball cap?
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I think the hat is supposed to resemble a samurai topknot, given the whole Steel Samurai thing. There's a reason the third case is generally considered the weakest of the first game. It picks up eventually but you have to wade through a lot of dumb stuff to get there. I don't think the writers really had a good handle on the investigation part yet, there are definitely places where the fact that this game started off as a GBA title comes through.
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Zulily Zoetrope posted:also I was assuming the doo-dad on his hat is a topknot, because he's the samurai show director. Not sure how that scans, and also dunno if the towel signifies anything other than his greasiness.
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I doubt Sal is the killer. He seems too pathetic. He is definitely hiding something, though. Press him, Phoenix!
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My favorite thing about sal's hat is that because he wears it backwards it gives him an idiotic horn instead of a top knot.
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Commander Keene posted:I'm assuming he's wearing a piece of the show's official merch. Yep, Cody has the same hat, just a different color.
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Part 58: Episode 3, Day 3, Trial: They Were on a Break  I, er, I was emabarrassed so I didn't mention it... Sound: Realization A t-bone steak, you mean?  I brought it to the trailer, thinking I could eat it later. So, when exactly did you eat it? We took one break during that meeting. (A mental image I will carry with me to my grave...) (Wait a second...!) (I'll press on that one a bit more...)Yeah, but that's actually not enough! Once we've caught that contradiction, we have to go and press on Sal's last statement, where he insisted they didn't take any breaks. I'll cut to the end of that press for you: (If only I had an idea...) (Wait a second...) (Maybe I do have an idea!) We can back off again, mostly if we want to go see more dialogue that we may have missed. It's pretty clear to move forward we have to press harder, like Phoenix thought to himself just a few lines up... Music: Silence  Sound: Desk Slam Wait a second! Mr. Manella, you've just contradicted yourself! quote:Choosing to let up just brings us back to the cross:  Sound: Stab 2 Music: Objection! Break out the fun tunes, we've cleared our first testimony! Well? Umm... W-well, yeah, I guess we did take a little break.  If they took a break, one of them could have gone to the studio during that time! Your Honor! We're going to run smack-dab into that clock-statue again, aren't we? Very well. Urk!Music: Silence  Smug Edgeworth knows what's up. (Uh oh. Edgeworth is laughing...) Sound: Testimony 2 Music: Questioning - Moderato  But it was only 15 minutes! 15! That's only 13 in Base 12!That might be my favorite line so far. The ridiculousness of using Base 12, on top of 13 not really being all that different from 15. It's also an "F" in hex, because you're failing this testimony!   Sound: Whack Music: Silence  Hmm... Not if you're going to actually enjoy it! Very well. You may begin the cross-examination. Sound: Testimony 2 Music: Questioning - Moderato Yeah, FWIW, we took a break... ROFL! What time exactly did you take this break? Hmm... (2:30!!!)Sound: Light Bulb   (So he could have gone to Studio One, killed Hammer, and come back...) (I guess it's possible, time-wise...) Silent intimidating Edgeworth concerns me... But it was only 15 minutes! 15! That's only 13 in Base 12! What were you doing for those 15 minutes? Eating my t-bone steak! What else!? There were two plates on that table...? (Dee Vasquez... the producer.)Oh, I guess that's what pun her name is supposed to be. Diva!  Not enough time for someone to, say, commit murder in Studio One! LOL! Why is that?Music: Silence  Uh-oh.   Your Honor! The people in the trailer had nothing to do with this murder! What!? Something wrong, Mr. Wright? Hmm... Well, Mr. Wright?quote:The objection from Edgeworth happens once we've pressed on both the first and third statements (in that order). As a result, we didn't get to press on the fourth statement, so here's what we missed: quote:And here's what we missed for running through all the testimony: Music: Suspense  Think about it before you give your answer! Our health bar is showing; it would seem we'll take a penalty here for making the wrong choice. What should we do?
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Show the judge our badge
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The pun is diva-esque, not just diva.
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claim it loud, duh I don't care if it's the wrong option and will get us penalized, it is clearly the correct option either way.
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Claim loud.
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FoolyCharged posted:Show the judge our badge Your honor, you see this badge? That's right, it's the badge they gave me for graduating law school. But you know who didn't get a badge? Chewbacca. That's right, ladies and gentlemen of the court, Chewbacca helped blow up the Death Star and he didn't get a badge! Luke did. Han did. But they didn't give a badge to Chewbacca! That doesn't make any drat sense! Now why am I up here talking about Chewbacca? That's right! Chewbacca is just a guy in a costume! Who else is a guy in a costume? The Silver Samurai! The Evil Magistrate is dead, and they didn't give the Silver Samurai costume a medal either! None of this makes any sense! And if none of this makes any sense, your honor, you must acquit!
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FoolyCharged posted:Show the judge our badge You know, I keep trying just in case, but it just never seems to go anywhere. Must be a running joke or something. Staltran posted:The pun is diva-esque, not just diva. That's a little more of a stretch, but I can see it. This poll's a little closer than most, but still plenty of time. Two more posts and tomorrow night's update can be on a fresh page!
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Dirk the Average posted:Your honor, you see this badge? That's right, it's the badge they gave me for graduating law school. But you know who didn't get a badge? Chewbacca. That's right, ladies and gentlemen of the court, Chewbacca helped blow up the Death Star and he didn't get a badge! Luke did. Han did. But they didn't give a badge to Chewbacca! That doesn't make any drat sense! Now why am I up here talking about Chewbacca? That's right! Chewbacca is just a guy in a costume! Who else is a guy in a costume? The Silver Samurai! The Evil Magistrate is dead, and they didn't give the Silver Samurai costume a medal either! None of this makes any sense! And if none of this makes any sense, your honor, you must acquit! The Steel Samurai is the matter at hand, your honor. The Marvel villain Silver Samurai has nothing to do with this case.
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DKII posted:You know, I keep trying just in case, but it just never seems to go anywhere. Must be a running joke or something. I think starting a series with as much future history as this one has must be something like trying to get into any other long-running, popular series in the Internet age, wanting to share your experience with people who've seen and done it all, and discovering that the community will use you as a means to share the things that make you not yet part of it, often (apparently) oblivious to why you're not enjoying all the in-jokes. If you tell people you've just discovered this charming little game called Undertale, they'll tell you you're gonna have a bad time, offer you some spaghetti, and start humming Megalovania. Mention that you're trying to get into Doctor Who chronologically, and it's a toss-up whether they'll ask you to reverse the polarity of the neutron flow for a jelly baby or go straight to the "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey" quotes. Bring up that interesting Jojo series that looks like they're going to be introducing vampires, and if any one of your friends doesn't immediately shout "ZA WARUDO!", please introduce me to them, because I need a new group of friends. Over time, any series develops enough self-awareness to pick up on those community jokes about itself and integrate them in some way, bringing the whole thing full circle (another Doctor Who joke, or just coincidence?) and making those jokes indistinguishable from the series proper, blurring the distinction even further for people who may want to encourage new fans, but don't seem to know how. It's one of those consummately human things that I hate, and the reason I've learned to finish doing anything before I let anyone know I've started it. That said, I've been enjoying reading this, I appreciate the extra effort to show the outcomes you miss in a normal playthrough, and I don't comment much for fear of becoming the thing I've spent most of this post complaining about.
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