Ace Attorney Anime Series
By Tayla Drago
Episode #9 - Turnabout Goodbyes: 2nd Trial
Showing a newspaper being made from the latest news so far for Phoenix to narrate. While also saying words like... "The Christmas-Eve Tragedy! Suspect is a Practicing Prosecutor!" "Genius Prosecutor Falls from Grace." & "The Legal Circle's Ethics in Questions! The Gourd Lake Murder Trial Begins Today!"
Phoenix: (Gunfire echoed around the lake. At the time, Edgeworth and the victim wee alone on a boat. And on shore was an eyewitness. But I believe in your innocence, Miles Edgeworth!)
Being in his jail cell, today's the day for Edgeworth to be proven innocent like Phoenix said, and what both Maya and Cassie believe in this man. With Maya meeting up with Phoenix and Cassie, the defense lawyer himself goes to pick up his girlfriend with Cassie already up to get changed and everything, with other work to look over to have some evidences in today's trial, and to hopefully go well. So much to hear a little bit more about Cassie's past so far and and Mia took her in to use her powers for good like solving murder mysteries and still not knowing what happen to her parents years later, must be really rough on her.
Cassie: (Another day, another part for Phoenix and I to defend Edgeworth in court against Manfred himself. For what I've looked up on and what Marvin and Edgeworth warned us, he never loses to win in any trial. Will my powers to feel something out come in handy?)
Hearing a knock on the door, it was Phoenix.
Phoenix: Cassie, are you ready to get going?
Cassie: Just about!
Leaving her apartment for them to be happy in love to hug this morning.
Phoenix: I hope you weren't rushing so much.
Cassie: Oh no, I set an alarm to get up. I'm good. But you didn't have to wait for me to walk to court together.
Phoenix: I wanted to. You seem to be down lately about who your family is and about your powers.
Cassie: And it doesn't scare you when you're around me?
Holding hands together for Phoenix really means for his feelings to show for Cassie to see it.
Phoenix: Not at all. You're really beautiful. From your skills and your anger is really cute.
Cassie: You're the first guy who ever said that to me.
Phoenix: And I meant every word.
Cassie: And I still love about your kindness, I love a guy who gets others to care about.
Kissing him on the cheek to make Phoenix blush a lot and still caring for Cassie to love so much.
Phoenix: Cassie...! You're the best who has ever came into my life.
This made her laugh.
Cassie: And you're for me too. Now come on, it's time to go defend Edgeworth, your friend.
From love and friendship, the two can win this one.
Phoenix: Then let's go. (Cassie, we'll find more about your parents later on, I promise.)
Cassie: Come on then. (Phoenix, thank you for liking me on who I am and not some freak show. For you, Maya, Mr. Detective, Larry when he's not a pervert, Edgeworth, and Mia.)
Getting to the court building for Maya wait for them and Edgeworth in the lobby to make their way through the main room next, while also talking about the case at hand and wha Manfred does in person.
Phoenix: It's almost time.
Cassie: We have to be on our toes against Manfred, Phoenix. If what Marvin and Edgeworth here said about this guy is true, they it could mean trouble.
For Edgeworth's point of view to witness his wicked ways in working already first hand.
Edgeworth: Manfred von Karma is ten times as vicious as I am. You two, be alert.
Phoenix: Ten times?
Cassie: I only heard rumors about this guy.
Maya: What kind?
Learning a bit from the news for Cassie to learn about a little more.
Cassie: Well, like him to cheat and/or sneak his way to show on something of not the victim's doing, it still has him winning in all of the cases he's a prosecutor of. Edgeworth does it with reasons...I can sense it from your heart, it's a gift.
First time for Edgeworth to learn about Cassie be special.
Edgeworth: A special gift, I see.
Cassie: Thanks. Anyways, Edgeworth does his lawyer type of skills with reasons to do what any prosecutor does, but Manfred. I don't like what he does.
About to go upstairs, Edgeworth runs into you know who...Manfred himself to look at his student he raised to now prove in his guilt. I don't think having feelings for him won't get him out so easily.
Manfred: It's a real shame.
Cassie: It's Manfred von Karma.
Now the three see the man in person.
Manfred: All these years, I raised and guided you as I would my own son.
Edgeworth: And I'm truly grateful.
Manfred: But now that you've been accused of a crime, I'll show you no mercy.
Edgeworth: I am aware, sir.
So much for putting their feelings aside to still do what needs to be done. For Manfred to smile at his once student to begin the trial.
Manfred: Go.
Going upstairs with the other three, they better be on their toes.
Phoenix: Was that...
Edgeworth: That was Manfred von Karma. A man twenty times as vicious as I.
From ten to twenty times now?
Phoenix: Twenty times?
Maya: It went up...
Holding on the to the profile for Maya to be doing for them, they have to give it their all.
Cassie: Let's get going. As for Manfred, I don't like people like him...I have a feeling he likes cheating off the books.
Hmmm...That could be the big case, right? Anyways, into the court room they go and all set.
Time: December 26, 10 AM
Location: District Court - Courtroom No. 3
From the people, juries, cops, Edgeworth, and the lawyers with Cassie and Maya on stand by, all set to go.
Prosecutor - Manfred von Karma
He looks scary on how he stands, huh?
Phoenix: (That's the man who's gone forty years undefeated. He has quite an aura for what Cassie could sense out, he's bad news.)
Man, he really wants Edgeworth found guilty. For Cassie to smile for all to go well, and Phoenix nodded to his friend...only to ignore it.
Cassie: Try not to let this bother you too much, Phoenix, okay?
Hitting the gavel, the trial begins.
*ALL RISE!*
Judge: Court is now in session.
All set and ready to go.
Phoenix: The defense is ready, Your Honor.
Cassie: And so as the murder mystery solver Cassie Freeman too, Your Honor.
Judge: And is the prosecution ready?
Looking at Manfred next, he just stood their quietly like he cared at all.
Judge: Erm, Mr. von Karma?
And this happens next, Manfred soon opens his eyes to snap his fingers at Phoenix to begin, but not without saying something to the Judge first.
Manfred: Fool! Your seriously think I would stand here were I not completely prepared?
This makes the Judge get scared to hide while covering his face with his gavel. Really...?
Judge: R-Right, my apologies!
This has Maya and Phoenix's faces scared in total fear. Can Manfred do that in court at all?
Phoenix and Maya: What a pushover!
Cassie: Hey! Hey can't talk to you that way, Your Honor!
He only clear his throat to continue on.
Judge: Very well. Your opening statement, please.
Manfred: Detective evidence...A decisive witness...What else could possibly be required?
The fear comes back at the Judge again to hide the same possession.
Judge: Nothing, of course. That should be fine.
Man, this is sad and unfair from this lawyer.
Maya: What's with this guy? Is he royalty or something?
Cassie: Yeah, king of the dick heads.
Ha! Good one. Cassie already hates Manfred already.
Phoenix: I guess Cassie has a good point. At the least, he's more pompous than the judge.
I think skipping the other parts of the murder open thing for them to already be aware of, we can call up for witnesses next.
Manfred: I call the detective in charge of this case to testify.
First up was Gumshoe himself 'who doesn't want to do this against Edgeworth at all'. For Cassie, she could sense it from Gumshoe's hurt of seeing his idol get hurt like this.
Witness: District Police-Detective Dick Gumshoe
Cassie: Mr. Detective? (Great, I bet Manfred is forcing him to say mean things about Edgeworth. I can feel out he doesn't want to at all.)
Manfred: Describe the incident. Now.
Scared of Manfred's attitude as well, Gumshoe still does his job.
Gumshoe: Yes sir!
Here it comes...
Witness Testimony
Showing a map of the park on top of the screen on how everything went down and the locations in the area.
Gumshoe: This is a map of Gourd Lake, the crime scene. At 12:10 AM, a woman heard a gunshot and looked at the lake, where she saw two men on that boat. The next instant, another gunshot rang out, and one of them en fell into the lake. The night of the murder, the lake was covered by fog-
Manfred: That's enough!
He stops Gumshoe for saying anything further. Too soon.
Gumshoe: Sir?
Manfred: Next, testify to the court about your arrest.
A bit too soon, huh? The rules of the court stated - those must tell on what happened to give out to the people in the court room.
Judge: Actually, I'm the one who's supposed to handle these proceedings...
But again, Manfred snaps his fingers at the Judge to correct him. That's not fair!
Manfred: Wrong? There is only one thing you need to do here. You will slam down your gavel and say the word "guilty."
And hiding to talk all scared-like again...
Judge: Y-Yes, of course! You're quite right!
With Phoenix and Maya complaining and still scared in fear.
Phoenix and Maya: No, he's not!
Cassie: But he can't do that-! GRR...AH! Manfred, you're not playing by the rules!
Really hates this guy, huh? I feel the same way too. As Gumshoe continues with the other part of the testimony.
Gumshoe: Sorry, Kid...The police got a call after 12:30 AM, arrived at the scene five minutes later, and apprehended Mr. Edgeworth, whom they found nearby.
From the late Christmas Eve night and midnight, the cops arrived to see Edgeworth outside to see he might've murdered Robert, but he didn't!
Manfred: Did they find anything at the time?
Gumshoe: Yes sir. The pistol thought to be the murder weapon...
Manfred: Were they any fingerprints on it?
Sadly, but Edgeworth touched it when he came around from the gunshot randomly going off.
Gumshoe: Yes...sir.
Cassie: (Damn it! I knew he would bring it up, to have no choice.)
Manfred: Whose?
Gumshoe: M-Mr. Edgeworth's...Clear prints from his right hand.
No! For Manfred wanted to hear this much answers loud and clear.
Cassie: No!
Gumshoe: The next morning, a man's body was found in the lake. Estimated time of death was around midnight. He was shot once through the heart...fatally.
Next up was the evidences - for one was a bullet from a gun for the weapon on which killed Robert with.
Manfred: Judge, here's the bullet.
First up to have on the side to use if they needed to.
Cassie: (The bullet from the weapon which killed Robert by the real murderer...)
Manfred: Was this bullet fired from the pistol in question?
Gumshoe: Yes. The ballistic markings on the bullet match the pistol.
If that's the case, how's this even possible? For Phoenix couldn't let this happen as he wanted to find more answers for Edgeworth's sake to ask about the evidences next.
Phoenix: One moment.
Gumshoe: Wh-What is it, pal?
Must be something important to ask next...
Phoenix: Speaking of that...
Gumshoe: Yes?
What was Phoenix going to ask about?
Phoenix: What are "ballistic markings" again?
And...this has Maya, Gumshoe, and Cassie fall down of like 'wha the heck' type o look.
Cassie: Ah...! Phoenix! Come on! You don't know what ballistic markings are?! Man...! Your Honor, please explain to him.
A lot to learn about these type of things next.
Judge: Will do, Ms. Freeman. Ballistic markings are like the "fingerprints" of a gun. The barrel leaves distinctive marks on each bullets it fires. You can examine these marks to see which gun fired the shot.
So when someone shoots out of the gun, the bullet which came out of it leaves out markings of the type it was. Well said.
Cassie: And that's how you can tell from the markings from someone shooting the weapon.
Next they show a screen image of Robert himself.
Gumshoe: The victim is Robert Hammond, an attorney.
Manfred: How well did he and the defendant know each other?
Gumshoe: We found that he summoned Mr. Edgeworth to the scene.
Manfred: To what end?
Gumshoe: Regarding that, Mr. Edgeworth has exercised his r-right to silence.
This sounded bad for it was all going as plan by Manfred's doing.
Manfred: That is all. An eyewitness, fingerprints, and familiarity with the victim...All of it points to Miles Edgeworth as the culprit.
Not good to have others believe in all of this to put Edgeworth in jail forever, even for Phoenix hate this too.
Cassie: This is bad...!
Manfred: Let us hear from the witness, then.
Appearing on the stands next was Lotta herself. Oh boy, she'll be hurt by Manfred's words a lot.
Witness: Self-Proclaimed Journalist - Lotta Hart
Being in the court room for the first time for Lotta, she gets a bit too excited to be happy.
Lotta: Yoo-hoo!
Looking around and being way too happy, this was trouble for Phoenix and Cassie to get some answers out of this woman.
Phoenix: Not good...
Cassie: She's going to be a hard nut to crack open.
In a figure of speaking...
Manfred: This is Ms. Lotta hart, the witness who heard the gunfire.
Lotta: So this is what a courtroom's like. Standin' here has always been on my bucket list.
Ah, time to get to the testimony please...?
Manfred: Tell us what you saw on the night of the murder.
I guess she gets to it, so here we go!
Witness Testimony
Cassie: (Come on, Cassie. Get your head in the game! I hope Lotta will leaves something out for Phoenix and I to get something good.)
Let's see what she says first...
Lotta: It was Christmas Eve, just after midnight, I reckon. I was asleep in my tent, when I heard this bang comin' from the lake. I look toward the lake and faintly saw two gents in the fog. Then there was another bang.
Testimony
Shows Lotta sleeping in her tent until she heard a noise that woke her up - being gun fire on what she was saying. Coming out of her tent running to get her camera all set for it. Really? I thought her sound camera went off besides from loud gun firing. I guess that's what happened in the flashback.
Manfred: She happened to take a photo of the moment.
Showing on the screen of Lotta's photo, one of them. For there was two guys standing on a boat from afar with one on the right pointing a gun at the at the person on the left.
Phoenix: What?
Cassie: This is so hard to tell who's who!
Maya: N-No way!
From the three to see this, same with the Judge as well.
Judge: Th-This looks like the very moment of the murder!
This looks really bad.
Manfred: The victim and defendant were on that boat. Given that, no one other than Miles Edgeworth could have fired!
Pointing his finger out, for Manfred to send Phoenix falling right at the wall to proven a point.
Cassie: Phoenix!
Manfred: Any objections, defense?
Getting back up, for they have to come up with something and fast!
Phoenix: I, uh...
Snapping his fingers to get something right to winning this again.
Manfred: There we have it. This trial is over.
So unfair here!
Maya: What?
Judge: Yes, the defense's silence tells the whole story.
Edgeworth was in big trouble now.
Manfred: Hand down your verdict at once, Judge.
What can any of them do to turn things around? Wasn't there anything?
Maya: N-Nick!
Phoenix: Hold it! I haven't cross-examined the witness yet!
Like Manfred will allow for that part to happen at all.
Manfred: No need. The photo is worth a thousand words, all reading "guilty"!
Judge: But the defense does have the right to cross-examine the witness.
Finally, someone with common sense here. This even gets Cassie mad to karate chop the table with on hand.
Cassie: THAT'S RIGHT! You heard the judge, Manfred! You can't say things without questioning the witness first!
Phoenix: Cassie, please calm down...
A bit of calming down for others to freak out from Cassie's strong powers again 'more of her rage'. And for it, Manfred seems to like Cassie's attitude to allow to be questioned.
Manfred: Very well. You may ask one, and only one, question. I like the woman's words to let it happen for one question to be asked.
Phoenix: J-Just one?
Cassie: Really?
Better than nothing, but Manfred might make the rules about it much harder.
Manfred: If it changes nothing, we will proceed to the verdict.
Phoenix: That's absurd!
Cassie: And unfair!
Still, it's the rules for Cassie sees it to reading the rule book a bit too soon. Even Edgeworth explains the rest to the.
Edgeworth: The judge has already found the prosecutions evidence decisive. We have no choice but to accept.
Some god of prosecutor lawyers he is.
Phoenix: (Is this how the god of prosecutors does things?)
Seems like it for Cassie really hates bad cheaters like Manfred is one of them. If Maya has her powers working to call out for Mia Fey's spirit. But it's not her fault.
Maya: I'm sorry, Nick. Cassie. I know we could really use my sister's help right now, but I just can't channel her.
Phoenix: Maya...
Cassie: It's okay, Maya. We can do this somehow from Manfred's cheating ways.
However, there's a warning for Manfred to say about asking one question to Lotta only-but only if it doesn't work out.
Manfred: Should your question be irrelevant. I'll have you thrown out for contempt of court.
Cassie: Hey! We're not breaking any rules!
Manfred: Ah, someone doesn't like my way of thinking? I'm sorry to hear, my dear. It's how I do things in this court room.
Moving in a bit closer to Cassie's face to hate him already and I don't blame her one bit. Pervert! This gets Phoenix mad to defend his woman.
Cassie: Get back! (Geeze, what's with the close encounters?!)
Phoenix: Leave her out of this, von Karma! (Not good...He doesn't want the witness to testify further. Which means there must be a hole in her testimony!) I agree to question the witness on Prosecutor Karma's terms!
A dangerous move, but for Phoenix and Cassie are willing to take their chances.
Maya: Nick! Cassie! Yeah, you two can do it!
Let's give it a shot for Edgeworth hopes for the best.
Cross-Examine
Phoenix: Ms. Hart, when you heard the second shot...
Cassie: What was it like?
She moves around all silly-like to try to explain to them.
Lotta: There was a loud bang, and the another.
Cassie: And...? (I now know there's something missing. For Lotta's acting, she's hiding something big. I can sense it.)
Phoenix: Did you clearly see the boat or the two men?
She hates to be questioned more than once.
Lotta: Huh...? Just look at the photo. Clear enough?
Phoenix: I wasn't asking about the photo. I was asking if you saw-
But just then, Manfred stops Phoenix from questioning Lotta any further.
Manfred: Enough! This is a pointless line of questioning, considering we have a photograph.
Lotta: Right? Very pointless, fella.
Cassie: Now's not the time, Lotta!
Yeah, not helping out right now. Hey, someone say something.
Phoenix: Judge!
Still he hits his gavel to make things much worse.
Judge: Since the answer contains no new information, the ends the cross-examination.
This was really bad!
Phoenix: What?
Cassie: No! Your Honor, please don't do this. It was an important question!
Could this really be the end of Edgeworth's faith? Snapping his fingers again, Manfred said so.
Manfred: Sorry, dearie, but you've lost the game. Well played though. Then give your verdict, Judge.
Was all lost...? Well, not if someone had anything to object about this.
Maya: *OBJECTION!*
Huh?! It was Maya Fey herself to shout it out. This comes to a even bigger shock to Phoenix, Cassie, and Manfred 'for he was aware of this'.
Phoenix: Maya?
Cassie: No Way...! (I think she knows what I'm sensing out.)
And so she tells Lotta right away to quit hiding and tell everyone the truth.
Maya: Lotta, your testimony stinks.
Lotta: Wh-What?
Yeah, there was a lot more to the photo than the way it looks.
Maya: Due to the fog, the photo is unclear. And you refuse to elaborate on whether you saw the two men. Tell us the truth! It's a matter of life or death!
She was hiding something to turn her head away. Crying in tears for Maya to man something, leaving Lotta...a bit left speechless.
Cassie: (Wow, you can do so much more than using your powers.)
Lotta: Why make me out to be the bad guy? I s-saw him! Clearly, this Prosecutor Edgeworth!
Oh, really? Well for Manfred to snap his fingers to stop the questioning and spitting it out - Phoenix, Maya, Cassie, and Lotta are going to see a lot of trouble next.
Manfred: Judge, declare the defense in the contempt of court.
This is really bad for Phoenix to be thrown out and Cassie to stay by his side. For Maya had to do something, before the Judge hits his gavel.
Judge: Yes, of course. Escort Mr. Wright out of the court-
But Maya will take his place instead.
Maya: Wait! I was the one who cried out. Not Nick nor Cassie didn't do anything. They're both innocent!
Judge: Wh-What?
Maya: I'll take any punishment you dish out. But did you hear what Lotta just said? She said she clearly saw Prosecutor Edgeworth! That was not in the testimony!
For Lotta to turn around again to hide something, Cassie knows of it as well as Maya does.
Cassie: (Yeah, she might be on to something.)
But still as Maya gets kicked out of the court room and in jail for a bit, but she she did it all for the two to continue on.
Manfred: Throw that girl our immediately!
Lots of cops arriving to take Maya away.
Maya: Nick! Cassie, this all I can do!
Phoenix: Maya!
For Phoenix and Cassie to be blocked by other cops to keep them working, without getting into anymore trouble.
Maya: The rest is in your hands! Keep fighting for Edgeworth!
Phoenix: Maya!
With the door closed, the rest was up to the couple this time.
Cassie: Phoenix, Maya did all of this for us to continue on. Please don't let her sacrifice go to waste.
Guess they have to and Manfred didn't care at all.
Manfred: Bah, I dislike this melodrama. Declare the verdict now, Judge.
I don't think so!
Phoenix: *OBJECTION!*
A powerful winds to push Manfred right back for Lotta felt it too, and now it's time to be questioned this time.
Cassie: Sorry, but Lotta's hiding something for Phoenix and me to hear it out right here, right now!
Phoenix: She's right! The witness just claimed she clearly saw Miles Edgeworth that night! That changes her testimony. And both Cassie and I have the right to cross-examine her!
Like Manfred won't let his perfect record go to waste. Again...?
Manfred: *OBJECTION!* Your cross-examination is already over!
Wow, things look like the battle's heating up for Phoenix against Manfred...Only for the Judge to hit his gavel to come up with an answer, for the cross-examination isn't really over yet.
Judge: The court sustains the defense's objection.
Manfred: What?
Cassie: Oooo...You just got burned! *GOT YOU NOW!*
Nicely done there, Judge, tell Manfred like it is.
Judge: You may continue your cross-examination.
Phoenix: Thank you, Your Honor!
Manfred: How foolish!
This was Cassie and Phoenix last chance to make it count for Maya's sake.
Phoenix: Cassie.
Cassie: I'm with you, Phoenix.
Holding hands as well to give it their all.
Phoenix: (Thank you, Maya. I won't waste this last chance you gave me and Cassie.)
So let's make this chance count for Edgeworth sees some good from them both, even from Maya's speech was really good. Now to question Lotta for real this time.
Cassie: Now then, Lotta, where were we...?
By asking her about the photo with the two guys on the boat with one pointing the gun at the other...But didn't Lotta had two photos than just one? Where's the other?
Phoenix: Ms. Hart, you said you clearly saw Prosecutor Edgeworth.
Lotta: Y-Yeah, I did...
But they didn't think so.
Cassie: (Really now?) Come on, even if you could tell from the photo, we wouldn't...It's covered in fog. See?
Showing the photo of it next.
Phoenix: But as this photo shows and what Cassie just explained, the lake was covered with fog. Then how could you have seen his face?
Ouch, they got Lotta there to gasp out loud, but Manfred thought of something else otherwise.
Lotta: Well, I-!
Manfred: *OBJECTION!* The photograph doesn't necessarily tell the whole story.
Phoenix: What do you mean?
Yeah, for someone to look at the photo up close can tell.
Lotta: Yeah, the fog was thick as grits.
Cassie: What she just said!
Lotta: But I was looking through these.
She always carries around her favorite binoculars all the time to see things from far away.
Phoenix: B-Binoculars?
Cassie: (Huh, but what for?)
I think it was more than camping out a lot.
Lotta: When I heard that noise, I whipped 'em out!
This has Lotta use them to see the Judge from afar.
Judge: Yes, I suppose she could have been the defendant's face with binoculars.
And again with Manfred to say the rest in words.
Manfred: Indeed, there is no problem with her testimony.
Well, Phoenix and Cassie had other things to say otherwise. From the evidences that Maya carried around, one was a magazine collection from Lotta's work. For one was - 'Large, Mysterious Creature Spotted at Gourd Lake!'
Cassie: Wait...Phoenix, look! Maya brought this in court with us. Lotta's work and the sightings of Gourdy...
Phoenix: This could work. (Let's do this.) Ms. Hart...Weren't you staking our the lake, hoping to see Gourdy?
She did camp in the area to find the creature.
Cassie: Yeah, you did tell us that yesterday with the camera and microphone all set.
Lotta: What of it?
Well, that's what she was really hiding from them. The truth!
Phoenix: Gourdy's first sighting was accompanied by a bang, so you set your camera be triggered by loud noises, yes?
Cassie: Since Maya did set it off with the poppers?
That's how it's suppose to work.
Lotta: Yeah, and that's how we have that picture.
Getting to part if Lotta might've heard the gunshot or not.
Cassie: If her camera went off to hear the sound, then she would've known about the gun shots going off...Ah! *BINGO!*
Phoenix: (You realize it too, Cassie? Good.) Now, what would you do if you heard a gunshot?
For Cassie to already tell, Phoenix asking a question, from Edgeworth's reaction, and Manfred to not like this on his end. I think they've gotten something.
Cassie: Yeah Lotta, what would you do if you heard gunshots. I hide and call the cops.
Phoenix: So really, you'd be scanning the lake for any sign of Gourdy, that's what. You wouldn't give the boat a second thought!
Seeing through her binoculars again...Yep, so what really happen was this - a flashback shows of Lotta getting out of her tent to hear her camera going off from the loud sound to be Gourdy, but not really to see on a foggy night.
Lotta: All right! Where is it?! Where's my Gourdy?!
Yep, all this to find a made up sea creature. This changes everything now.
Cassie: See? I told you! Finding Gourdy and not the gunshots to go off, You Honor! Told you! Told you! Told you!
Judge: Witness, are you saying you weren't watching the boat?
Lotta: True, every cell in my body was looking for Gourdy at the time.
Now this really changes everything for Manfred to hide in this court room, as if! The Judge even couldn't believe it for himself.
Judge: Wh-What in the...
Lotta: S-Sorry, y'all. I thought I could be a witness for a murder, and I got all excited. But hey...You got the photograph! You got real proof!
The one from afar? It's hard to really tell what was what.
Phoenix: But we can't see who's shooting whom in this.
Lotta: Right! Right! I knew you'd bring that up, Phoenix.
Phoenix: What?
Lotta: That's why I took this photo and enlarged it-
Manfred: That's enough.
Huh? He stopping Lotta to not show the bigger photo? Why is that?
Cassie: Hey! Lotta wasn't done explaining to use yet!
Manfred: It's nothing to be part of the case. And you woman, you've had a long day. Shut your trap.
Oh boy, Lotta was mad at this guy now.
Lotta: Sh-Shut my what?!
Manfred: The cross-examination of this witness is over. Are we clear, Judge?
Judge: What...
Like hell this will be over at all.
Phoenix and Cassie: *OBJECTION!*
Not even close to being over at all, not like this!
Phoenix: I think not!
Cassie: Yeah Manfred, you're cheating again!
Phoenix: Lotta...
Lotta: Wh-What?
They need to learn more of the enlarge photo she also took.
Phoenix: You enlarged this photograph, yes?
Lotta: Y-Yeah! I did!
Cassie: May we see it?
But Manfred won't allow for them to do such thing, really? Again..?
Manfred: No such enlargement exists.
Ah, that's bull crap!
Cassie: SHUT IT, LIAR!
Lotta: Hey, I have it to you fer free!
Manfred: Quiet.
Well, that does some very important to hear more. Phoenix slamming his hand on the table with the photo, for him and Cassie wanted to learn more.
Cassie: And don't yell at the witness!
Nice way to defend Lotta from Manfred bullying her.
Phoenix: Your Honor, we demand that the enlarged photo be submitted to the court as evidence!
Cassie: Please allow us!
But again, Manfred snapping his fingers.
Manfred: There's no need.
Not on the Judge's watch to fight back. Yeah!
Judge: The witness will show the court this enlargement.
Lotta: Hell, yeah!
Cassie: Yes! (Judge, I knew you would fight back.)
Good to know, as Lotta gets out the larger photo up close one to show it to the others.
Lotta: Here it is.
It shows two men on the boat on a foggy night in the lake, with one on the right shooting the other on the left. Still, there has to be something about this photos.
Cassie: Here it is. (Now to see if anything strange about this version...)
Phoenix: (There must be something. What is it?)
It was still short of hard to tell.
Judge: Hmm...We still cannot see who's shooting in this.
Manfred: Indeed, little good it does us. This is why I didn't submit it to the court.
Or so they all thought but the prosecutor.
Phoenix: (But Karma tried to hide its existence from the court. There must be a reason why.)
Looking at it to remembering what Gumshoe said about the gun ballistic markings from the bullet which came out of it, the evidence itself, and the killer shot the gun with his other hand than the prints they thought Edgeworth use it with. Wait, a clue!
Cassie: The hand to use it to hold the gun...What the-?
Phoenix (I see!) Cassie, the way this person holds the gun.
Cassie: Yes Phoenix, I see it too.
They better say something now before Manfred does.
Manfred: That should end this pointless trial.
I don't think so!
Phoenix: *OBJECTION!* This enlarged photo contains a total contradiction!
This was bad on Manfred's end for the Judge was even more surprise to hear.
Judge: A contradiction?
Cassie: A huge big one for Phoenix and I to discover together.
Phoenix: Think back to Detective Gumshoe's earlier testimony.
Saying from Manfred asking Gumshoe about any fingerprints on the gun, and Gumshoe said it belong to Edgeworth to be on his right hand. However, it was the opposite since it wasn't really him. Yeah, see this is getting us at.
Cassie: Mr. Detective answer to Manfred about the murder weapon was Edgeworth's doing to be right handed. But it was the other way around, right Phoenix?
Phoenix: Yes, look at this photograph again! The man in this photograph is holding the pistol in his left hand.
Cassie: *GOT YOU NOW!* In other words, the real killer was left handed!
Yep, the photo speaks for itself to shock Manfred and the Judge about it.
Phoenix: Given that, Edgeworth could not have been firing the pistol in this photo!
Powerful winds by Phoenix's doing just showed Manfred who's boss. Case in point for others to be surprised all over the room, the Judge hits his gavel to say something about it next.
Judge: True, the photograph does contradict the fingerprints on the murder weapon. Therefore, I would like to suspend proceeding for the day. The court orders the defense with Ms. Freeman and the prosecution to further investigate.
Cassie: On it! (Thank you for coming through to us, Lotta.)
Phoenix: Yes, Your Honor.
Making Manfred mad, the Judge hits his gavel to call it a day - court is adjourned for now. More investigation to go down still, this was far from over to be more careful of Manfred's dirty tricks next time. With Cassie and Phoenix to get Maya first before heading back to the park, Manfred was down in the hallways to run into Cassie to come out of the bathroom. Great, what does he want?
Manfred: Slow down by a mere lawyer and his woman friend. You seem to do your job quite well, Ms. Freeman. A murder mystery solver aiding a defense lawyer. I like your talent.
Cassie: (Manfred!) What do you want? I don't like people like you, at least Edgeworth does things a bit differently with reasons.
Having his walking stick to stop Cassie from going anywhere, he has the never to bother with someone like her. Ew!
Manfred: Many foolish reasons than my own? What a shame...I could really use your skills if you're on my side.
Moving closer to Cassie, to then...smelling her hair to get creep out by Manfred's sick perverted ways! Gross!
Cassie: HEY! (Did he just smelled my hair?!) Sick! You're like 50 something years old! Even if I didn't have a boyfriend, you would not be mine!
Manfred: Pitiful. Still, I have never lost a case and I won't lose this one not even to your boyfriend. I have ways to get what I want from you and to have the prefect victory.
Getting mad to slapping Manfred in the face, Cassie won't go down without a fight.
Cassie: Dream on! We'll beat you and save Edgeworth! You'll see! (This guy in his creepy ways won't make us lose.)
Leaving in a hurry and for Manfred to be smirking, he likes Cassie already. So disgusting! Trying to get back to Phoenix...hours later for Gumshoe was back at the park to use some metal dictator to find some clues. With something made of metal...? From the signal to get weak, but then louder to follow the sound, it just goes off from Phoenix's attorney badge only – with him were Cassie and Maya 'since she got out of jail' to help out again.
Phoenix: What are you doing, Detective Gumshoe?
They are getting his name right so far...
Cassie: Put that thing down please. It's too loud.
It kind of was, for Gumshoe does more of the trash clean up and was happy to see Maya was out now.
Gumshoe: Oh, you got out?
Maya: Um,, thank you. I heard you paid my bail for the contempt of court charge.
Cassie: Manfred just did that to have his ways as part of the court law.
This has Cassie shiver in fear from other things from the freaky man as well. For Maya to bow to Gumshoe to say her thanks.
Gumshoe: That trial deserves all the contempt it gets!
Maya: Yeah, it needs to be treated with contempt!
Just not let something like it happen again.
Phoenix: Uh, please make this the firsthand last time.
Cassie: One time was enough, Maya.
Still, Gumshoe didn't really bail out Maya. Nope, it was someone else.
Gumshoe: Besides, I wasn't the one who bailed you out, it was Mr. Edgeworth.
Maya: Huh? Edgeworth did?
Cassie: He sort of did...
Phoenix: That reminds me...
A flashback on what happened before Maya was out and returning to the park, as well as Cassie going back to Phoenix to still be freaking out after what Manfred try to do to her hair by smelling it. So gross.
Cassie: Ah man...
Phoenix: Cassie?
Cassie: I don't want to talk about it. I just need to stay close to you and away from Manfred is all.
Not one of her best days today, huh? Soon Edgeworth says something to them.
Edgeworth: It seems I have accrued a large debt.
Phoenix: Don't mention it.
Edgeworth: Not you you. To Cassie and Maya the most.
Yep, she did let Phoenix and Cassie continue on thanks to Maya's help.
Phoenix: Ah, right, that...
Edgeworth: I shall post the entire bail. Go pick her up right now.
Yep, this guy was really nice deep down. There are things Edgeworth can do for them, but not everything.
Phoenix: (Edgeworth...While you're at it, could you also pay the office's rent?)
Cassie: Phoenix, please don't look so down. I should a lot more than you or Maya.
From her powers not working to contact Mia's spirit and Cassie worrying about her own powers.
Phoenix: Hey, it's fine.
Cassie: It's not! It just...from the way Manfred thinks I can go against people with my powers, but I want to save them. Maybe that's why my parents left me to be adopted with nowhere else to go. Maybe that's why Mia felt sorry for me and took me in, seeing I'm just like her and Maya. It's hard. I wish I knew who my parents were and to know if they did love me or not. I know you love me for a good reason, Phoenix, but I'm not sure myself anymore. It just hurts just thinking about it! All of it!
From Cassie crying about it and Phoenix feeling really bad for her, that's when someone came up to calming her being...Edgeworth? And he was crying. Wow! This was new to see.
Phoenix: (Edgeworth?! Wait, he's really crying.)
Edgeworth: It's not true, Cassie. Your parents really do love you. You're fine the way you are. Please don't think that way.
This was even a bigger shock to Cassie as well.
Cassie: Edgeworth...? You think they do love me? If only I can use my skills to find them.
Edgeworth: I sure something will turn up sooner than you think, and don't let von Karma stand in you and Wright's way. If anyone has a way to help you and being yourself it him and me.
He's right, Cassie's not alone to finding her parents someday and she never will be either.
Phoenix: Cassie, it'll be okay. I'll show von Karma a piece of my mind if I have to. Trying to touch you too...!
This has her laughing to hugging Phoenix to try to make it through this mess.
Cassie: You're two are right. Thank you. Anyways, you heard Edgeworth. Let's go get Maya and get back to work, Phoenix. (A true friend to him, Edgeworth does have a heart deep down. I knew it.)
As Cassie waits for Phoenix outside of the building, Edgeworth had one more thing to say...
Edgeworth: Wright.
Phoenix: What is it?
Edgeworth: This stays between us three. Don't you dare tell anyone else I was crying. Got it?
Phoenix: Ah...Right, sure thing!
Crystal clear...It was be best if Maya and Gumshoe didn't hear the last part out just in case. End of flashback...Still ,Maya has something worries on her end as well.
Maya: If I could have channeled my sister, things might not have gotten so bad. I'm worthless...
Saying so in a sad tone and throwing a rock in the lake.
Cassie: Maya, please don't say such things. I almost did about myself.
Phoenix: Thank you, Maya.
Yeah, she did a good job today.
Gumshoe: Hey, this is no time to be moping about. Mr. Edgeworth is still trembling, all alone, at the detention center.
So cheer up, Maya, it'll all work out.
Maya: Yeah, we're the only ones who can wipe away his tears.
Cassie: (If only how tearful they saw on what Edgeworth was truly showing.)
Phoenix: Are we really talking about Edgeworth? By the way, what is that?
A metal detector for Gumshoe to be using. Still, I don't see how this will work out.
Gumshoe: Oh, it's a metal detector. I as trying to find any other clues...But as you can see, it's a wash.
From getting garbage made of metal and some in the lake to pass by.
Maya: That's awesome!
Gumshoe: I was going for fishing pole, but that wouldn't work and Missile our top police dog has his paws full right now.
Yeah for a fishing pole won't, Missile yes, and a metal detector maybe.
Cassie: All on the dog and this other thing.
Maya: Hey, Detective, I wanna use it, too!
And he just straight up gives the item to Maya to use...Who knows, it could be useful later on.
Cassie: You want this thing?
Gumshoe: Sure. Take it and go.
Maya: Yay!
She picks it up with one hand, but hits Phoenix's head with it. Ouch!
Phoenix: Ow!
Cassie: Phoenix!
Touching his makes Phoenix's feel better with Cassie's help.
Phoenix: I'm okay, Cassie.
Gumshoe: See you later, then. I'll be at the precinct. Good luck, Kid.
Taking off back to headquarters again.
Phoenix: Thank you.
Cassie: See you later, Mr. Detective.
Using the metal detector for Maya to like it a lot, she points it at Phoenix's head this time.
Maya: Let's see here...
Phoenix: What are you playing at?
Trying to move it around to find some metal of a clue, no luck so far.
Cassie: Anything...?
Maya: It isn't reacting at all.
Kept on walking, for the three run into Lotta to be camping on the other side of the park to seeing them again. After what happened today, I can't say I blame her.
Lotta: Hey, y'all!
Cassie: It's Lotta. (I hope she's cool on what happened today.)
Pointing the metal detector at her face.
Maya: Oh, Lotta.
Sitting down together for Lotta wanted to apologize to Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya on what she did. It was all Manfred's fault the most. Phoenix and Cassie listen to her while Maya was still searching around.
Lotta: See, I did a little thinking. A little self-reflection. I realized that bein' a witness is a mighty big responsibility.
Phoenix: It sure is.
Cassie: Manfred's the one to be blamed, not you Lotta.
Now she sees what and how a court works in person.
Lotta: With that scary prosecutor glarin' at me, I convinced myself I was a witness.
Phoenix: You mean Prosecutor Karma?
Cassie: That sounds about right.
Yeah, and Lotta learn a very big lesson today.
Lotta: Sorry 'bout that. From now on, I'm gonna focus on Gourdy. Scoop or bust.
Still chasing a made up creature.
Cassie: Oh, give me a break.
Phoenix: You haven't given up?
Not to her to see proof if it is real, but I doubt it.
Lotta: 'Course not! I'm gonna fish Gourdy out, and make a helluva lotta dolla! That's my rocket to stardom!
Cassie: You mean yen, right?
Just then, the metal detector finally picks up on something for Maya to tell the others.
Maya: Come here, Nick! Cassie!
In the lake had an air tank with the ban tag name saying 'Original Samurai Buns' on it. Sound familiar...?
Cassie: Is that...
Phoenix: An air tank?
The thing was still making a lot of sound.
Lotta: Could you please stop makin' strange noises? You're gonna scare my Gourdy into hidin'
Turning it off to freak Maya out a little, this has Phoenix and Cassie thinking they've seen the logo name somewhere.
Phoenix: (Could it be...) Cassie.
Cassie: I know, Phoenix. The name belongs to someone we know who works for the Samurai Buns.
Soon they put the pieces together for Lotta to find out the hard way of her Gourdy hunt.
Phoenix: Lotta, I think Cassie and I just figured it out.
Lotta: Figured what out?
Phoenix: What Gourdy really is.
This has Maya and Lotta surprised, as Cassie's great strength to lift the air tank, bring it back to Larry. Who was working at the bun stand place, as he got some explaining o do.
Larry: Dude, I don't know anything about this tank!
Not the best liar, isn't he?
Cassie: Larry, you're lying sucks for me to feel it out.
Phoenix: You're not worming out of this, Larry. This banner here is proof.
Showing the banner that came with the air tank, this had Larry lying through his teeth still.
Larry: S-Samurai buns?
Phoenix: Just how did you inflate that massive balloon.
The balloon stand for the Steel Samurai? Yeah, what did happen? It was the air tank to do so of course.
Maya: Duh, he went like huff, and then blew out.
Lotta: You couldn't have...
Putting it all together into one, now they see it and Larry was caught red handed on this accident.
Larry: I'm busted, huh? The thing is...Around ten days ago, I tried using the tank to inflate the Steel Samurai.
A flashback shows on what happened when Larry was putting some air in the Steel Samurai balloon. But then...the handle broke off to keep on pumping with more air.
Larry: Huh?
It gotten so big, then the tank blew up for the balloon and the air tank go flying in the air. That was some crazy explosion.
Phoenix: That was basically a rocket attached to the Steel Samurai. Then a miracle occurred.
Maya: A miracle?
Seeing more of the flashback, the whole thing go flying right into the waters...From the way it fell, it looked like from a far of Gourdy popping his head out of the waters, but it wasn't. Must've gotten caught on camera.
Phoenix: The Steel Samurai flew out and into the lake. And fell into the later. At the very moment...
Cassie: *BINGO!* This is our answers of the mistaken Gourdy monster for this thing only.
It shows it all on the photos in the magazine.
Lotta: That's how the photo was taken?
Phoenix: The loud bang must have been the sound of the tank's pope flying off.
Maya: Then Gourdy is actually...
Cassie: Sadly, it's a fake.
Not a creature, but a flying and deflated Steel Samurai balloon.
Phoenix: A deflated Steel Samurai, probably.
This made Maya sad, Cassie happy, and Lotta to forget this work now.
Lotta: My dreams just deflated, too.
Only to have Larry laughing.
Larry: That's awesome!
Lotta: What's so funny?!
She hits Larry on the head with the magazine of her photo to be a busted.
Larry: Gouchy!
Like the balloon to deflate, I hope Lotta will find something good to get a photo of next time, for her to take her things and leave. Where to? Who knows.
Maya: Lotta! Don't give up on finding your big scoop. Im going to become a fine spirit medium.
Cassie: And me a true murder mystery solver to use my special gifts for good.
She understood to continue with something else to find next.
Lotta: Good luck, ladies. I see you also have a mighty unique goals for you two.
Phoenix: Well, take care.
Lotta: Y'all, too!
Leaving now, but walks backwards to tell them a few more things before taking off.
Cassie: Okay, how did you do that?
Lotta: Oh, right. I told you my camera took two pictures that night, right?
The two photos? They know.
Phoenix: The first was never submitted to the court, huh?
Then she pulls out another to give just for them.
Cassie: Another one?
Lotta: Well, there's nothing but lake in it. But you can have it, for what it's worth. As thanks for telling me what Gourdy really was.
Might as well use it for something important, right?
Maya: Thank you.
Looking at it, the third photo was really hard to tell.
Phoenix: There really is nothing in it but lake.
Cassie: A sound was given out to take a photo from afar maybe?
Lotta: Maybe. But back then, there really was a loud bang. Smell y'all later!
Doing it one more time to walk backwards.
Cassie: Anything else you've forgotten?
Lotta: Oh, yeah...One more thing.
Phoenix: There's more?
A lot more to be very important on this next part.
Lotta: Information, hot off the press. Apparently, the one who called the cops was the old man at the bat rental.
Phoenix: Really?
Cassie: Another suspect to be questioned next.
With reasons why he didn't go to trial why?
Lotta: But they summoned me 'cause I'd liven court up better than and old man. Smell y'all later, for real this time!
Cassie: Bye, Lotta.
Seeing her again some other time, she wanted to be in court to get something out better than some other witness? Oh, boy.
Phoenix: "Liven' court up"? Really?
Cassie: Let's go back to the rental boat, you two.
They have to get any answer they can find.
Maya: Right.
Back at the rental boat, someone was there...or rather staying there as the old man's home. In it was his pet parrot bird which can talk.
?: I'm home, Polly.
Polly: Good morning. Good morning.
Then hearing a knock on the door being Phoenix, Cassie, and Maya.
Maya: Hello!
Phoenix: Excuse us!
Cassie: Anyone home this time?
He hears them since he is home.
?: It seems we have visitors.
Nice home with some fish drawing, some food and tea on the table, a sink, fan, window, and such other things too for the old man goes open the door.
Polly Don't forget...
?: Shh, Polly.
Telling his pet to keep quiet, Polly says it anyways.
Polly: Don't forget DL-6! Don't forget DL-6!
Huh? This guy knows about the DL-6 case? For his parrot to repeat it a lot and such?! Who is he really?! If he call the cops to know of the night of Edgeworth being killed, what else was there? Ore next time.