Here's the next chapter of Christopher Wright. Forgot to mention since I reposted the story that Christopher Wright is an OC I borrowed from Chris Ketchum. While I'll mostly be doing original cases, I'm planning on incorporating events from canon cases that might need explaining, as this runs parallel to the events of Justice for All.
Disclaimer: Ace Attorney was created by Capcom.
Turnabout Arcade-Prologue
Chris returned to the Law Office, which took another two hours, keeping his mind off of Maya as he took a closer gander at the various law books and the potted plant that his Uncle kept.
'Sure is a nice place, kinda quiet, but can't be helped' he looked at the plant and later proceeded to read one of the law books to keep himself occupied, it was a pretty sophisticated subject, but his IQ was above-average.
As he was reading the first two pages, he heard a knock on the door and went to answer. A young woman at age twenty with light brown hair greeted him"Hi, I'm looking for Mr. Phoenix Wright."
"He's busy with another case at the moment" Chris responded apologetically"Can I help? I recently started working in this law office, Phoenix is my uncle. I'm Christopher Wright, I only recently got my badge, but I'd be happy to be of assistance, anyway."
"You will? That's great" The woman smiled"My name Is Alicia Clementine. My younger brother is in trouble."
"Let me guess" Chris frowned"He's been framed for a crime that he didn't commit and you need me to defend him, right?"
"Why, yes" Alicia nodded"He's always been competitive, but he'd never hurt anyone. My mom and dad can't afford a Lawyer, so it would be some time before I can come up with the money to pay you."
Chris smiled"Hey, its no big deal. Sure, it would be nice to get paid, but I value life more than money. I'll do what I can for your brother, you might wanna tell your parents, though."
"Actually, I want to go with you" Alicia replied"I can help with this case. I want to become a police officer one of these days, anyway."
"Sounds cool" Chris commented"All right, you may come."
"Thank you" Alicia smiled.
The two of them went to the detention center and went to the visitor's room, a young man with reddish brown hair sat on the other side"Hm? Alicia? What are you doing here!?"
"I found someone to represent us" Alicia replied to her brother, rolling her eyes.
"I see" The young man, who was at least seventeen, glanced at Chris"Oh, so you're...?" He trailed off.
Chris smiled, showing the young man his badge"I'm Christopher Wright, sir. I'm taking your case."
"My name's Jared" The young man nodded"Reason I got thrown into this dump is because I am accused of killing an Arcade Gaming legend, Victor Thompson. Can you believe it!? Sure, we're rivals, and I'm a runner-up Veteran, but I'd never resort to murder. Those cops just wouldn't listen!" He was frustrated.
"I see, and how old was the guy?" Chris asked.
"Around my age. And although mostly kids go to the Arcade, some teens go there too" Jared explained"I wish I knew who the real killer is, all I can tell you is that the murder weapon is apparently a ball from one of the games in the arcade. Must have been hard, or it wouldn't do any damage."
Chris nodded"I gotcha, where Is this Arcade?"
"Downtown, there's a local pizzeria joint close to it" Jared replied, proceeding to give him directions"Sis, I'm sorry I'm causing you so much grief" he addressed Alicia.
"Don't worry about it" Alicia assured her brother.
"Well, guess its investigating time" Chris turned to go"Alicia, you don't mind helping me with this, right?"
"Of course not" Alicia nodded, following him out of the Detention Center.
The two headed downtown, Chris jotted down a couple of things In a notebook he was carrying. Part of him assumed that this should be an easy case, but there was no telling.
They came to a small two-story building near the pizza place Jared had specified. Alicia glanced ahead"My brother really loved the arcade games here, I suppose I did, too."
"It must be really popular" Chris smiled as he walked forward. Only a few people were in today, plus a police officer and a man with brownish hair in a brown jacket and white t-shirt with pants were investigating as best they can without bothering the Players and the Staff.
"Hey there" Chris greeted the man in the jacket.
The man turned when he heard the brunette Lawyer address him"Hm? Oh, hello there. You guys here for fun and games I assume?" He joked.
"Actually, no" Chris rubbed his head"I'm an Attorney, Christopher Wright" he showed him his badge"I took Jared Clementine's case. This young woman with me is his sister."
The man was slightly surprised"Pleasure. Wright, huh? You related to that famous Lawyer, Phoenix I assume?"
"Yep" Chris smiled"He's my uncle. I was wondering If I can get some information on this case."
The man nodded"Be my guest, though there aren't many clues. The crime scene is on the first floor, people are staying clear of that and focusing on the games near the edge of the arcade. Although some folks are scared to come due to the murder. Oh, and I'm Detective Kenderick Seeke, I was assigned to check things out, not many clues here, though. You're welcome to check the crime scene."
"Thanks" Chris smiled slightly"And I assume the Prosecution is having trouble finding conclusive proof of the guy's guilt, then?"
"Kinda, but she's been receiving information from the manager" shrugged Kenderick"She told me to keep this hush-hush, as there's nothing conclusive yet, but she believes she may have figured out the murder weapon."
"Jared mentioned it was some sort of ball" Alicia piped up"Oh, and I'm an aspiring Police Officer, Alicia."
"Pleasure" Kenderick addressed her"A two pound ball as the murder weapon is just plain balderdash, as it couldn't possibly kill anyone, but the Prosecutor I'm working for has a theory. Also, there were what appeared to be the Accused's fingerprints on one ball."
Chris nodded, taking notes of it"And who's the Prosecutor for this case, if you don't mind me asking?" Part of him was secretly hoping it was Edgeworth, who he heard about, he'd be lucky to meet this Legendary Prosecutor.
"Her name's Priscilla Whiteshore. She was Prosecutor Edgeworth's Protégée until the guy supposedly "chose death" after a lengthy case. I don't know all the details, though" Kenderick replied"Her intuition and deductive reasoning makes her an awesome Prosecutor, calls herself a crusader for the truth, she does."
'Sounds like I already have a tough opponent, even if its not Edgeworth' Chris thought before saying"She sounds incredible."
"Of course" Kenderick smiled"Although she has only prosecuted a couple of cases in the past year, she told me this, herself. Oh, and here's a copy of the autopsy report" he handed it over to the slightly younger man.
"Thanks. And sorry about Prosecutor Edgeworth" Chris said, apologetically.
Kenderick raised an eyebrow"Actually, his body was never found, which makes Prosecutor Whiteshore adamant that he's still alive and out there somewhere, I'm told that he's not the type who would commit suicide. And now, my colleague Detective Gumshoe is working for Prosecuting Prodigy Franziska Von Karma. Well, that's enough chit-chat, you got some investigating to do before the trial tomorrow, right?"
"Right" Chris nodded and headed for the crime scene.
"Sounds like the people at the Prosecutor's Office really know what they're doing" Alicia commented.
"Yeah" Chris arrived at the center of the first floor with the outline where the body of the victim was, along with a couple of game cabinets.
Alicia grimaced as she spotted a dent on one of the cabinets"Hm. Its barely visible, but it looks like there's a dent over on that cabinet."
Chris nodded and inspected it, it was a Donkey Kong game cabinet"Nothing suspicious about that, but I'll take a note just in case." He jotted down this information and looked around some more.
"Hm. So, what now?" Alicia asked.
"Hey, guys!" A fifteen year-old boy approached"You here to try your luck at the games, too?"
"No, we're just investigating a crime scene" Chris replied"What's your name, kid?"
"I'm Hilary" The boy replied"I saw the body, first and just assumed it was Jared, but now the Detective said me and my parents can't leave, said that I will be at the Witness Stand at some point in tomorrow's trial, which sounds kinda cool."
"Well, then, Hilary. Can you tell us about the victim?" Alicia asked.
"He was a cool guy, so was Jared. I can't believe the latter would knock the former down like that" Hilary grimaced"A solitary ball wouldn't do it, I played a game where you have to toss balls at the holes to earn points, none of 'em were heavy."
"Well, that's good to know" Chris smiled"Thank you for your time."
"No problem, mister" Hilary grinned.
Chris and Alicia went further in, a Mechanic was currently working on a busted game cabinet.
"What happened here?" Alicia asked the mechanic.
"Hm?" The Mechanic looked up"This game broke a few hours ago, I'm trying to get it fixed. A cracked screen is one thing, but as far as functionality goes... Humph. The odds of getting this working again are slim."
Chris took a look at the screen"Hm. There's a crack, all right. Any idea how it got there?"
"Someone must have crashed something onto it" the Mechanic grunted"Name's Crank, by the way."
"I'm Christopher Wright, I work as a Defense Attorney" Chris introduced himself"Say, this have anything to do with the murder that took place, here?"
Crank grunted"Who knows? All I know is that the manager asked me to try to get this game working again, it was one of the most popular ones, too. Its a Star Wars Game Cabinet, if you must know."
"And how is it broken?" Alicia asked.
"Because it was jarred, and something broke the plug that was connected to it" the Mechanic replied"I don't know all the details yet."
Chris then took a look at the game cabinet, what appeared to be a dent was right below the screen"Hm. I better take note of this" he wrote down the information and addressed Crank"Thank you for your time."
The mechanic grunted and returned to work.
As Alicia and Chris walked away, Chris shrugged"Well, I think that's all the info we can get. Hopefully It will be enough for the trial, tomorrow. With any luck, I can at least prove that Jared didn't kill Victor."
"Just do your best" Alicia smiled reassuringly.
"You're right, the most important thing I can do is believe in my Client" Chris acknowledged as he started back to the Law Office.
Alicia checked the time on her watch"Well, guess this is where we'll split up. I'll be watching the trial, I want to at least be there for my brother. I just know that he's innocent."
Chris smiled"I'll try my best not to let you down." The two parted ways.
Okay, not a lot went on in this chapter, but this is just a setup for the first trial segment. I want to do at least two investigation segments ant two trial segments per original case.
Spoiler incoming: I'm planning on this eventually being revealed as an accidental murder, just need to think on how to pull it off. Hope It was enjoyable, despite being short.
