GAME 3 - Day 2 Trial

[protoshepherd]

[ whatever you're doing, wherever you are, suddenly, you'll see proto badger on any reflective surface. ]

Trial begins now. Talk about who is guilty.

Tell me in mind when ready.


(( VOTE HERE!! ))

Comments

[cardboard_journalism]

Kahk kahk kahk...

Um...

Everybody? I got a scoop to share with you all.

The scoop is...

...

Prosecutor Blackquill is guilty.

Like, 100% guilty. So says the prosecutor.

...

Okay, scoop done!

[and she'd collapse under her box] [STEALTH MODE: ACTIVATED]

[bewrightback]

[And there's a lawyer hovering near the box, looking very serious.]

As much as I don't want it to be true... I vouch for Miss Scuttlebutt's words. I know that it may be hard to take her 'scoops' at full value. This suspect in particular is one whom I wanted to believe in and defend. But... I am also fully confident in the honesty of her 'scoops' and her position. Many of your minds may be set on this point, but I would like to urge you to listen to us and to come forward if any of you have anything else to add. Please believe in us, and I've believed in so many of my clients in the past.

...And, er, speaking of defense attorneys, if there happens to be a certain type of defense attorney among us currently, I would suggest putting Miss Scuttlebutt under your protection.

[cardboard_journalism]

[then she'd burst up again, RAWR]

Hey! Whaddya mean, "it's hard to take her scoops at full value"?? That, Mr. Wright, is defamation of character!

[thefaceofjustice]

But Mr. Lawyer, the "prosecutor" hasn't submitted any evidence or even stepped forward! Anyone could lie about it. And probably would!

If a fake prosecutor were to frame someone else as guilty, they'd likely do it to someone who's already been convicted of a murder in the past, to make it easier to convince the others. Like Prosecutor Blackquill.

[cantread]

Okay, let's see the evidence then.

[He says this like he is fully expecting Phoenix to have something to support his words.]

[usefulanalysis]

Um. Are you completely, absolutely certain, Mister Wright? Because it looks like this game is for keeps. And...you know I don't want to doubt you? But [She lowers her voice.] Someone's life is on the line.

[stagewright]

If Daddy says so, I'll agree whole-heartedly! He's the best at this!

[arurests]

Normally, I'd agree that prosecutors are guilty, but where's your proof, box girl?

[cardboard_journalism]

Kahk kahk kahk...

[fine, she'd stand up]

I just told you, the prosecutor told me!

--The badger-game's prosecutor!

[deverybeste]

So says the prosecutor? Which prosecutor? Prosecutor Blackquill himself? [He watches the now-collapsed box closely, using his hands to try and stick it in a frame.]

Hmm... An admission of guilt is as good as any other evidence, right?

[cardboard_journalism]

[she'd stay under the box for now] Kahk kahk kahk... the prosecutor that the badgers made into a prosecutor!

Uh... if it's true, that's called a confession. It's usually solid evidence, yes.

[thefaceofjustice]

That's not possible. I've spoken privately with Prosecutor Blackquill, and he's assured me he is innocent!

[arurests]

Private or not, that doesn't mean he's telling the truth!

Unless you have a polygraph on you, then that just makes things different. [ and he laughs. ] But like a machine's ever going to work properly.

[cardboard_journalism]

O...kay.

...

And you sure he didn't... y'know... lie?

[cantread]

[Sticking his head in one of the box holes to stare at her.]

Are you sure?

[cardboard_journalism]

[the cat could talk? Sure, the cat could talk]

Yes! I'm sure!

Now STOP COMING IN MY BOX!

[shacklebreaker]

Seven years... For seven long years I have made clear my guilt. I'm no coward who would change his tune at the eleventh hour.

However, I will give a few words of advice: without evidence and sound reasoning, these farcical trials are nothing more than a leap of faith. It is easy, after all, to claim to be the prosecutor, or to claim to speak on behalf of them. To say nothing of the corrupt prosecutor who stands to gain from such misdirection... Thus, any conclusions drawn at this stage are based on naught but hearsay.

Now, are there any questions? Unlike my accusers, I've evidence. Fool Bright has me under escort, so there is nothing he cannot corroborate.

[deverybeste]

[Sebastian is listening very closely, occasionally nodding. Okay, he's gonna do it for real, this time. He's gonna listen to reasoning, and then question that reasoning and use Logic and all those other cool things that Mr. Edgeworth can do. YEAH!

... By the time they get to the end of it, he's already forgotten what Blackquill talked about at the start.]

HOLD IT! ...Fool Bright? Who is this Fool Bright person?

[shacklebreaker]

Good grief. I suppose it would have been too much to ask of a fourth-rate prosecutor to pay attention...

Fool Bright is the irritatingly loud detective who serves as my handler outside of the clink.

[cowboycop]

If this place is a game to them Badgers and it ended up in two people gettin' murdered? I'm bettin' this trial's real too, an' the death penalty applies. So, without any definite evidence pointin' to anyone, we're willin' t' send someone to the hangman's noose fer a murder when they might be innocent?

[Getting all these bizarre flashbacks to SL-9 is really starting to get to him.]

... I can't in good conscience vote fer anyone t'hang at high noon, pardners. It ain't right. Not 'til we find some real evidence fer once.

[cantread]

There's still time to sort stuff out.

[shacklebreaker]

Good grief... If it will assuage your bleeding heart, I have already made it clear I am guilty of a crime, thus I am already well on my way to the gallows.

This little ill-fated party has but delayed the inevitable.

[usefulanalysis]

[You're not alone there, Jake. Not at all.

Ema...pretty much sits down nearby.]

I'm...I kinda agree. I mean, it's not right to condemn someone for a crime they didn't commit. If Mister Blackquill is a criminal in a different case, then it doesn't mean anything about this one.

Even if it does make it easier to accuse him.

[stagewright]

Even if it's not solid evidence...if Daddy believes it's true, and Myriam as well, I think they have a good reason! If there's some sort of "prosecutor" to give us clues in this game, we have to at least give it a shot.

[cardboard_journalism]

Kahk kahk kahk...

If you mean "real evidence" like "something tangible you can hand around and show off," then... you aren't gonna get it.

The badgers aren't gonna make anything easy for us.