Here we go, time to investigate more of the studio, will J find evidence to help her case or will it be bad for her case?

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DM77's Ace Attorney Chapter 14

The Photo Evidence

October 16, Vox Studios, Employee Area

J and Jaden walk into the Employee area and find it quie simple and with a lot of open space, it was also a bit of a mess with dirty dishes, obviously it was like this since the crime yesterday.

"J!" Jaden said in surprise and smiles "This is where they do all the behind-the-scenes stuff! Hey! Look! There's Johnny's dressing room! No one's here this soon after the murder I guess. Let's take a look around!"

J nods and looks at the tables "The remains of Yesterday's lunch are scattered around. Everyone was probably too shocked to clean up." She looks at the plates "There's a t-bone on one of the plates, minus the steak."

"Mmm! T-bon steak!" Jaden said smiling "That would have hit the spot."

"You just had a burger!" J said annoyed.

"Yeah, but I have a second stomach just for steaks." Jaden said smiling.

'What?!' J thinks confused and looks at the dressing room door "The door to the dressing room. It's not locked."

"Hey, J! Let's take a look inside!" Jaden said smiling "Maybe we can find something as a souvenir….?"

"What do you mean 'find'?!" J asked concerned.

"You never know! There might be something like… the Saba Sword!" Jaden said.

"We don't need a spear!" J told him and thinks 'And that's the murder weapon for crying out loud!' She then looks and sees a bicycle "Looks like one of those electric-powered bicycles. I am not sure on these, what's the point of them?"

"It makes it a lot easier to go up hills!" Jaden told her.

"Don't organics cycle to get exercise?!" J asked and then sees an open grate for a drain "The metal grate on the drain here has been taken off. That's a pretty big drain. A kid could fit through there, I bet."

"Yeah, if you snuck in that way you wouldn't have to pay at the gate!" Jaden said nodding.

"Well, if you want to leave that way, be my guest." J said to him grinning.

"Right!" Jaden said smiling till it dawned on him what J said "Huh? Hey! I'm not a kid!" he said annoyed.

"Could have fooled me, anyway let's go to the dressing room" J said as they go in.


October 16, Vox Studios, Dressing Room

J and Jaden walks into the dressing room belonging to Johnny Bravo and look around.

'Johnny's dressing room…' J thinks looking around 'So this is where he was sleeping? Or at least, this is where he claims he was sleeping.'

"No one actually saw him taking a nap here, did they?" Jaden asked sadly.

"Right, and there's a picture of him near the crime scene." J said with a nod and thinks 'I hope he's telling the truth… for his sake!' J looks around and looks at the table "There's a bunch of snacks on the table. They must give these to the employees. Some tea and cookies…"

"J…I'm hungry!" Jaden said smiling.

"You just had a burger!" J said in shock.

"Yeah, but I have a separate stomach for sweets!" Jaden said grinning.

'How many stomachs does this boy have?!' J thinks shocked and looks to the mirrors and stuff on the makeup table "There's a vast array of cosmetics here."

"Ooh!" Jaden said looking at a wig on there "This is the wig he used in 'Hero Boogey-Woogey'! J! Try this on!"

"No." J said firmly and asked "And how can you tell the name of a show just by looking at a wig?!"

"I, um, kind of like superhero movies." Jaden said smiling.

'Kinda…?' J thinks and then looks at the couch that was made into a bed. "Looks like someone was sleeping here. Maybe Johnny did take a nap here yesterday…" She then looks at a bag on the floor.

"Hmmmm? This must be Johnny's bag." Jaden said smiling looking at the bag as well and goes to open it.

"Hey, don't open that." J told him.

Jaden then pulls out a keycard and said "Look!"

"An employee's cardkey." J said examining it and taking it "This must be Johnny's. It says, 'Studio One.'"

"Let's take it, J!" Jaden said grinning.

"Borrow it. You mean borrow." J told him and adds the Cardkey to the Court Record. She then heads out back to the Gate outside Studio One.


When they arrive they look at the gate which had Studio 1 written on it. J said "The entrance to Studio One. This is the studio where they found Malty S Melromarc's body."

"Let's go in and check it out, J!" Jaden said smiling.

"I wonder if this cardkey we borrowed from the dressing room will work…" J said pulling it out and uses it and the gate opens "It opened!"

"Alright! We're in!" Jaden said happily.

'He's way too happy for someone visiting a crime scene.' J thinks rolling her eyes as they walk in.


October 16, Studio One

They walk into the room where they see crime scene with a tape outline of where the body was lying. Jaden upon entering the room and seeing it looks down sad.

"What is it?" J asked him concerned but Jaden remains quiet "You're real quiet all of a sudden."

"Doesn't it give you the shivers, J?" Jaden asked her. "That white tape! It's so… so real!"

"Well, Evox did die here." J said thinking "And the White Ranger killed her. The murder weapon was the Saba Sword. Sounds pretty real to me…" Jaden nods sadly.

J look at the tape outline and said "They outlined where Malty S Melromarc's body lay with tape. Her body was found still inside the Evox costume. I guess that's why the head part looks like a helmet." She examined it more "Funny, I expected a sword stabbing would leave at least a few bloodstains. I guess the costume must have absorbed most of it…"

"Wow, look at that camara!" Jaden said getting J's attention "That must cost a ton!"

"Yeah! So don't touch it!" J told him firmly.

Jaden tries to lift it and said "Whoa! It's heavier than I thought…."

"Hey! You! No touching that!" A female robotic voice said. Who appeared was a cybertronian who was purple and silver with blue visor with a rado receiver on one ear receptor on her right (her POV).

"Ah, um, sorry, my partner is kind of, you know…" J said rubbing her head.

"'You know'?! No I don't know!" Jaden said annoyed.

"Ummmm… who are you?" J asked wanting to change the subject

"Who me? I'm an assistant here." The bot said smiling "I help with props and stuff. Moving them around, ordering new ones, etcerera. You can call me Hashtag."

"We're lawyers representing Mr. Johnny Bravo." Jaden said smiling.

"Oh, you're JB's people." Hashtag said smiling.

"'JB'…? Oh, Johnny Bravo. J.B., I get it." Jaden said thinking.

"I don't envy you guys one bit!" Hashtag told them and adds "But… do what you can for JB, okay? He'd never hurt a fly! He has to be innocent."

"Don't worry, leave it to us!" Jaden said firmly.

"First answer some questions for me." J said and Hashtag nods. She then asked "Could you tell me anything about the day of the murder?"

"Yes. I was in the studio the whole day." Hashtag said recounting. "I was the only assistant on the staff that day, you see."

"Only one assistant?!" Jaden said in shock.

"Yes, well, the studios isn't doing so well right now." Hashtag admits rubbing her head. "And yesterday was only rehearsal for our action sequences."

"Oh, I see." Jaden said nodding.

We then flashback to the rehearsal practise of the fight scene between Malty and Johnny, the latter who had fallen down all while Stan was watching as Hashtag explained "In the morning we went through the action sequences in the employee area. JB and Malty were there, along with everyone else."

"The employee area that's where Johnny's dressing room is, right?" J asked thinking.

"Yes, that's the place." Hashtag said nodding. We then see a different flashback where everyone was eating lunch, Melty was standing getting ready to leave. Hashtag said "After eating lunch there, Miss. Melromarc went to Studio One. Then I saw JB go into his dressing room."

We then return to the present and Hashtag finished saying "But I didn't see either of them after that."

J nods to that and asked, "Did you know that Mr. Bravo was sleeping in his room?"

"No! I wouldn't go in there unless I had some urgent message for him…" Hashtag said shaking her head. "I mean, it's his private… What kind of a fembot do you think I am?!"

"W-what kind…? No, no, I'm sure you're a fine fembot." J said in a panic "Um, sorry." She thinks sighing 'So much for getting a confirmation of Johnny's alibi.'

"What do we do, J?" Jaden asked concerned "We haven't found anything. If JB was the only one who came to the studio…Then he has to be the killer! They even have a photograph..." He looks down.

"Hmmm…." J thinks on what to do.

"Ummm…" Hashtag speaks up "Sorry…I know you're busy."

"Not really." J said shrugging.

"Actually, there's been something bothering me." Hashtag said thinking.

"Ah hah!" Jaden said cheering up "That's what I'm talking about! A clue! A lead!"

"Well, I don't know about that, but that day, just after noon, I sensed someone was here…" Hashtag admits.

"You 'sensed'?" J asked confused.

"Yes, several times." Hashtag said nodding "I am part surveillance van so it comes from that."

"Some other studio employees, maybe?" J suggests.

"No, I don't think so." Hashtag said shaking her head. "The only thing we had scheduled was an action scene run-through. I was the only assistant here that day. I have a feeling it was someone from… outside."

"R-really?!" J asked wide eyed.

"But wait, if someone had come in here…" Jaden said thinking on it "Wouldn't that security man have noticed them?"

"Yeah, you're right." J said with a nod.

"I'm sorry I don't have any better information than that." Hashtag said with a nod.

"No, thanks!" Jaden said with a smile "That helps us a lot. Anything helps. Let's go put that security man on the spot!"

J nods and looks to Hashtag and asked "So you sensed that someone other than the regular film crew was in the studio?"

"Yes… I think." Hashtag said thinking.

'"I think" doesn't cut it in a witness testimony.' J thinks on that.

"J! What about that security man!" Jaden told her "If someone else came into the studio, he must have seen them!"

J nods to that and heads back to the main gate.


October 16, Vox Studios, Main Gate

J and Jaden arrive at the main gate and standing at his usual spot drinking some soda was Stan who sees them approaching.

"What? You're still here?" Stan asked them. "Really! You look as though you've seen a ghost!" He then sees the look on J's face "What? I saw that suspicious look on your face!"

"I wanted to ask you again about yesterday…" J said arms folded "You came here at 1:00 PM, correct? And the estimated time of Malty's death was 2:30. Are you sure that Johnny was the only one to go though here between those times?"

"Sure, as can be!" Stan said with a grin.

"But we have a witness who thinks there was 'someone from outside' here that day." Jaden told him.

"What?!" Stan said surprised.

"Are you absolutely sure you were here watching the whole time?" Jaden asked looking serious. Stan remained silent. "Sir?"

"Who was it?" Stan asked serious. He then gets mad and said "Who told you that? Who dares question ME?!"

"Eek!" Jaden said jumping surprised.

"Alright you better tell me and tell me quick, you pig-tailed trashcan!" Stan yells out angry "Someone's been complaining about the work I do, eh?!"

"Uh…. Um, we were just talking to the assistant in Studio One." Jaden said gulping.

"Her! She's not even a full-time employee!" Stan said still angry. He then goes into a long angry rant and soon runs off running to Studio One.

"He left…" J said in surprise.

"Well, J?" Jaden said smiling "This is our chance to do what we can without him looking over out shoulders!"

J nods and goes to the guard station and goes to the computer. She said "The computer that runs the studio security cameras."

"J!" Jaden said smiling. "Maybe we can see that photo of Johnny with this computer!"

"Yeah, maybe." J said nodding and tries it "Okay. Let's give it a try."

"You know how to work these things, J?" Jaden asked surprised.

"Looks like I just have to enter in a few numbers." J said thinking "Let's see… first, I need the date of the murder." She said working on it and thinks 'It looks like the camera turned on at 1:00 PM that day…1:00… That was when the security man arrived at the guard station.'

"Please enter the number of security camera" The computer red and J thinks and remembers the camera in question had ST1-307 and enters it.

"There! Entered!" J said smiling and sees the printer come to life and print a picture out.

"Hey! It printed out the data for that day!" Jaden said smiling.

"Let's see what we got…" J said looking at it and sees a picture of the White Ranger walking past the camera with the Saba Sword in hand "Huh?" J said confused.

"How is this a picture of Johnny Bravo?" Jaden asked also confused.

"Well, he is the one who always wears that suit…" J said thinking about it "I guess that's why the security man thought it was him."

"I don't imagine the detective was very happy with this photo as evidence." Jaden said thinking about how N was when talking about this. He looks at it "Hmm? Something's printed on the back."

"Huh?" J said and looks at it "[Oct 15, 2:00 PM, Photo #2]"

"What does that mean?" Jaden asked.

"Maybe there's more photo data from that day?" J guessed thinking.

"Nope that's the only one in the computer." Jaden said checking. J adds Johnny's(?) Photo to the Court Record anyway. "Hey, hey, J! Can't we use this photo as evidence for the trial?"

"Yeah." J said with a nod.

"We'll put that security man in his place with this!" Jaden said with a grin.

"Right, we'll put him in his place…" J said nodding.

"Hey, that's what I said!" Jaden said and chuckles "Anyway…Let's show him this photo and see what he says!"

"Wait. Let's not." J said thinking

"Why not?" Jaden asked confused.

"It's never a good idea to reveal your hand to the enemy too soon." J explained to him smiling.

"J! You're craftier than I gave you credit for." Jaden said with a smile. "Why, you could be the next….Evox!"

"Hey! Why do I have to be the villain." J said to that.

"Relax, it was just a joke!" Jaden said laughing "So, are we done for today?"

J nods and looks at the photo "I think this photo is what we needed for the trial. Still, it'd be better if we had some idea who the real killer was! Maybe it really is that security man…?"

J and Jaden head back to the office to prepare for trial tomorrow.


Well they may not know who the true killer is but they least have evidence to put in doubt for the Prosecution's case, next time the trial begins

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Also I have started a casting call for Episode 4:-

Episode 4: Turnabout Goodbyes (Seven spots open)

Miles Edgeworth: Darious Deamonne (Owl House)

Manford Von Karma: Belos (Owl House)

Yanni Yogi: ? (A former court Bailiff who was the prime suspect in the DL-6 Incident, due to the incident he lost his job and fiancee and became resentful and angry, he became a tool for Manford to use as he killed Robert and pretended to be him to frame Miles for the crime. He puts on a senile act but it is a facade and when confronted he drops the act and admits his guilt)

Polly Jenkins: ? (Yogi's fiancee who took her own life due to the events that ledt to Yanni's life being ruined. Her memory was preserved by Yogi naming his parrot after her.)

Robert Hammond: ? (A defense Attorney who worked at Grooseberg's law office and the victim in this case, he was Yanni's lawyer for the DL0-6 case and has a desire to win trials even if the results would be negative to the clients, this ultimately led to his death)

Lotta Hart: ? (A photographer whois fierce and loud, but well-meaning. She defends her secrets ferociously, but she is always willing to help just not for free. She is often single-minded in the pursuit of her goals and gets aggravated if she thinks people are mocking her or her homeland. Nonetheless, it is easy to get her to spill information once she calms down, or when acquaintances are mentioned. She is also southern.)

Missile: ? (A police dog, Shiba Inu, who Detective Gumshoe is in charge of looking after and is one of his seven secret weapons, however he proves unreliable in this case as he promptly ate all of Larry's Samurai dogs)

Polly: ? the Chatot (Pokemon) [Note who ever Polly Jenkins will be is what the name of Polly will be]

Gourdy: Lugia (Pokemon)

Blue Badger: ? (The mascot for the Los Angeles Police Department created by the Chief Detective of Criminal Affairs)