Prologue

Hm? But it just loaded... Why do you need a loading screen?
How did you gray out the screen like that? I can't find a function like that in the editor...
I wonder why Trucy's theme only came on when Phoenix entered the convo. Unless... IT'S ACTUALLY PHOENIX'S THEME! . . . . . . What? I thought it made perfect sense...
But Mr. Wright does do magic!! You can tell by the music playing in the background!
Oh no. Red text. Now this gets serious.
D'awww... he remembers the Feys after all!
DL-6? Wait, I thought that was 1-4... Not 1-2...
Maya doesn't want to be known? Now why could that be... I'm honestly stumped on this one, for now at least.
!!! Ok, that older Pearl picture creeps me out. A lot.
Run of the mill houseplant??? Apollo... you have no idea...
Why did Miles' Sprite disappear right before Phoenix said his name? Probably a bug, but maybe... EDGEWORTH IS A GHOST!
Yes Apollo. There is more to life than acquittals.
Sympathy?! Bahahahah! No.
Oh wow. Kristoph and Von Karma really are alike a lot, I guess...
Wait... You think Sl-9 is... Dude. The case where Edgeworth thought he killed his dad is DL-6.
Borginia?? Wat.... Ok that was random...
Tropical Storm Dahlia? Could Dahlia's spirit be in the hurricane???
Someone from his childhood... Ok that makes it either Larry or Edgeworth. Not sure which one yet.
Yea, he really has survived worse, believe it or not.
Way to tempt fate, Phoenix. Now it's a given Apollo will be accused of murder.
Lamiroir's back? Ok this is getting dangerously close to the plotline of Mysterious Sirens and Turnabouts....
Lamiroir telling those two she's their mother. Just like Mysterious Sirens and Turnabouts...
Lamiroir's going to tell them in the evening... A tropical storm is coming... well that's just a recipe for disaster.
OH MY GOD ITS THE BLUE BADGER
I think the incident with Ema skye wasn't called SL-9, since that name was given to another case referenced in 1-5.
OH MY GOD ITS OLDBAG. AGAIN. NOOOOOOOO- Wait I'm Phoenix. I guess it's not that bad....
What the... is Oldbag talking about video games? The fu-?
Well it pretty much has to be Edgeworth. I mean it's a childhood friend at the prosecutor's office.
Wait, I thought Trucy and Apollo were going to perform..

Day 1 - Investigation
Well it looks like Shelly just killed the 3 of them, but unless you happen to be wearing grade A fanbase flame retardant that's not what actually happeed.
0:05 A.M? What, is this some kind of alternate dimension?
Ok, they're all still alive. Shelly seems to always kill his targets, so it may not be him.
The legendary doctor? Someone from Trauma Team? (probably not, but hey I have my crazy theories...)
Oh come on, did the killer miss completely or something? Or does Lamiroir have the same Main Character Stamina that Phoenix has?
A bang on the head? Hm.
Ok, Ema clearly has something on her mind...
So it's a reverse situation of Mysterious Sirens and Turnabouts?? I'm sorry for referencing that case so much, but so far it looks VERY similar.
I'm suprised Ema isn't apolgizing for that... It's as if she wants to do this...
Ok one small apology, but only to Phoenix.
Gumshoe is an ace detective now? Why do I doubt that so much...
Two death sentences? As much as I want to see him killed twice, I wonder how they're going to pull that one off...
Wait... Nick actually said "special someone?" D'awww...
Edgeworth doesn't actually know either of them. I wonder why he was visiting them...
Really? He was sad because he wanted to face Apollo in court? -_-
Well rejection seems like a legit fear. *cough* Mysterious Sirens and Turnabouts *cough*

I'm glad you're enjoying this, but if you think you're confused now... wait until you play the trial section.

Loading screen is for the custom backgrounds.

Oh and why this is so similar to Sirens? Purely by accident. I created this game without even seeing Tap's game thread.

But he's happy with my approach to this, so it's not plagiarism. Just done from a different angle.

Gah! Edgeworth appeared for a frame and disappeared again! That's seriously creepy...
You can't remember. How typical. Can't we get a client that clearly remembers the entire thing for once?
Black Psyche locks. Just like-- Oh never mind, you get the idea. I just wonder if it's the same reason as Sirens (Because I have no idea what the ones in Sirens are for yet.)
The first time? Well I guess I shouldn't be TOO suprised. But did Lamiroir actually do anything wrong? Or is this another personal secret.
Trucy...
Even Ema admits Thalassa is innocent. Are they seriously going to try her?
Everything does happen for a reason. Perhaps not a good reason, or even a reason we understand, but a reason.
Oh come on, no evidence either? Seriously what the hell kind of judicial system are they running here?
OH NO THE COFFEE WAS POISONED
What the... Maya?
Yes. It was atroquinine. Phoenix didn't die because he has Main Character Stamina.
Am I the only one that's wondering what the heck the two of them are doing there? Maybe he thinks they're visiting, i dunno.
Maya knows Klavier? And she called him a Glimmerous Fop? Wat.
Oh come on, what kind of forensics guy forgets to use luminol?
Hey I just noticed, it's April 1. Does that mean all of this is a joke?
GUMSHOE KILLED PHOENIX. (Ok fine, I wasn't even trying on that one.)
WHa- But Lana's not a detective...
OH GOD ITS KRISTOPH! NO SERIOUSLY!
NO PHOENIX! DON'T LISTEN TO HIS DEVILISH WHISPERS! WE ALL LOVE YOU!
Yea we remember, you turned Super Saiyan. It's a miracle you didn't destroy the entire universe in the process.
Four more??? Apollo Trucy Thalassa and Phoenix?
OH NO PHOENIX DIE- Oh no he didn't. Nevermind.
Hm? Older Maya? But I though he hallucinated younger Maya...

Time for some chips, then to start the actual trial! I suck at actually playing trials though, so this should be interesting. I always tell myself I'm going to figure it out myself and ot use a walkthrough, but those always seem to go roughly as well as my New Years Resolutions. Well... Here goes nothing!

Day 2 - Trial
Is that a Courtroom Lobby remix I hear? I don't think there was the kick into it.... Hm. Maybe it's just me. What a great start...
YOU WEREN'T IN LOVE?!? WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS *Flameflameflameflameflameflameflameflameflameflameflameflameflame*
Oh cool, so Thalassa isn't going to rage at us when we tell the court.
A red envelope? Hmm.
Another letter?? And they're exactly the same! Except for the handwriting. Well, let's check if they're EXACTLY the same... What the... the last page is a duplicate of the third page!?! I hope that's not a bug, or else I'm in deep trouble...
Hm? A new phoenix sprite for the gallery background? Interesting. OO and recolored PW sprites too!
Cool! So the last 8 years never happened! Fine by me!
Presenting two profiles at once? Now how'd you manage that one?
-_- That's a low blow, Klavier.
Poor Phoenix
Oh cool, you did play in April 1 after all.
Again with the 0:05. If it's military time why did she refer to 11:45 earlier?
Dang, so it isn't Derek Stiles after all. And I was hoping for a crossover.
Possibility of Amnesia? Not again...
My god... so much evidence... and we haven't even started the first cross-ex yet!
Hm. So what happened to the third bullet?
Ok. Showtime.
Press everything first.
Wright all the time. Really? I almost thought I would get penalized for that...
Threaten him with luminol? Exactly how does that work...
! Wait a minute... Derek and Angie!?! Healing Touch!? IT REALLY IS A CROSSOVER!
Wow... I feel sorry for anyone who hasn't played Trauma Team. They might be more than a bit confused..
Always press further! Nothing can go wrong!
OO. Double press further. Ok now it's serious. We'll come back later.
Miles is the Chief prosecutor now? Way to go Edgey!
Kissed? OH GOD NO MOVING ON NOW
Well lets try the double press now...
Oh come on. No motive? (It's only fair when I do it... I mean it's Manfred Von Karma in my trial, it's not like he'd have any trouble getting away with it at all...)
Ok, the contradiction is probably in this new statement.
Hm? What happened to the bloodstain we found earlier? Well we can't present that.
It's probably Lamiroir's medical report. Why would she be bleeding? Though the fact that the 3rd bullet was never found is kind of odd. I guess that's my plan B.
Darn. The report didn't work. Since the weapon was fired 3 times, and that info is found in the weapon report, that's probably my best bet.
Woot! I got it right!
Now that I think about it... what kind of a revolver only holds 3 bullets....
Well there has to be a reason... It was obviously DeKiller!
Hm. Again, I can only think it was Lamiroir's Medical Records. Perhaps the bullet grazed her temple somehow? But it's not like DeKiller to miss... Hmm...
Well, here goes nothing...
Cool! And on the first try this time!
SPEED LINES BATTLE! AWW YEAH!
Custom sounding objection!?! Who in the world could this be....
Lana? Why are you trying to be a boss?
Ema has an objection too!?! And it sounds just like her sister's!?!
"Good work Jack. But this is where it gets interesting."
Maya!? Oh wait it's a fake.OR MAYBE A GHOST.
Nice save Phoenix, though you're going to have to tell them eventually.
Ok, better check the letter to see if this is exactly right.
Might as well question further...
Dang it, misclick. I guess I pressed "don't press further."
Ok, I think I'm just going to accept that anyone can appear at any time and roll with it.
An envelope that matched his passion? The red envelope, maybe?
Well the contradiction is in the red envelope, since they received it the morning of the murder...
Ok, no it isn't. Thank you for the penalty, Edgeworth.
Wha- Receieved from Thalassa? I don't remember that, but yes that's a huge contradiction!
Or not. Dangit I'm going to be out of health in minutes at this rate...
Well it pretty much has to be one of the two letters now, there's no way that it could be anything else.
Hmm... Red or white... I choose... RED
Finally...
Well she couldn't have known the contents and the color of the envelope if she was lying about either of them... but which one is it? Let's try the letter.
Crap. Envelope then?
This should be easy. There's only two possible choices, and one of them should be impossible. But which one is it?
She couldn't have made a copy. She isn't good with computers. So she must have sent neither one!
EVEN LAMIROIR HAS AN OBJECTION!?!?! Does the judge have one too?!?!
Crap. Thinking outside the box time.
Ok, we have to prove that she didn't send either letter with a single piece of evidence. One is already proven beyond a shadow of doubt that she didn't send it, which would most likely be the white one. This leaves two possible pieces of evidence: the red envelope and the red letter. Ok, Gumshoe somehow found the red envelope. Now how in the world would that happen? I guess we'll have to try that one first.
HA! GEESE LOGIC WINS!
By jove? Who in the world is jove?
Now that I think about it, why is Klavier prosecuting? He surely doesn't hate Lamiroir, or want to see her off to jail... Then again he liked Apollo and Trucy as well. But even still that doesn't add up yet.
Did Lamiroir bluescreen?
Lol did she fall asleep? That might make a bit more sense...
Big reveal in 3...2...1...
Wait, she isn't revealing she is Thalassa?
Oh, there we go.
Accursed. Oh now you've gone and done it.
Honestly, why is the trial still going on? Anyone with any heart would know she couldn't have done it at this point.
Zeus?? Damon Gant kind of resembles Zeus with the lightning bolts. SHE MARRIED DAMON GANT?!?!
Well she's opening up. She must still be hiding the whole story though, since the Black psyche locks mean she will never ever tell us.
Back into court we go!

Glad to see you're still enjoying it... wait till the second half of part 3...

It's ok Ema, your still several steps above Gumshoe in my book.
Five more pieces... Are you serious? First of all, how in the hell do you miss FIVE pieces of evidence, second of all, the Court Record is going to get even fatter!?!
Even the Judge agrees with me... and he's like 157 years old or something.
How are Thalassa's lockets not relevant?
Wow, what in the world is that bracelet made of? Unobtainium?
Umm... I don't see a broach in that picture... but ok.
Hmm.. apparently we need to press, but we didn't get any new stuff the first time around. Let's try another round of pressing.
Hm. I must have missed that statement somehow.
HA! I WAS RIGHT! IT WAS DEKILLER! But that card... looks a bit different than normal...
Ok, we're going to need MUCH more than a cup of coffee for this one...
Lol, I can only imagine what this must look like to other people... "HI GODOT ITS NICE TO SEE YOU"
Oh come on, Phoenix doesn't recognize the card instantly? That's just sad.
Thalassa's back. I'm not sure what's she's supposed to testify on, since she said she couldn't remember a thing.
Hm. I wonder who this friend could be?
What is it with the Gramaryes and Dying!?!
Athena Gramarye. Zues and Athena. And Apollo. I wonder who the next Gramarye will be....
Hm? Does the Judge know Zeus? Or did he make the same connection I did?
And here's where the black psyche locks should come up... Huh? They aren't? Then just what is supposed to trigger them?
Yep, the Judge definitely knows Zeus, and I'm sure we'll get another reference to a past case any day now...
OH MY GOD IS THAT REALLY ZEUS? AND HE USES DAMON GANT'S SPRITE? WHAT IN THE- ...I DON'T EVEN- ...WHAT.
That makes two of us, Phoenix.
What the... Not sure if the Judge grew a pair, or what...
It's official though, we have to try and bring this up again, and in front of the Judge. That's how a series like this has to go.
Ok, so theoretically those black psyche locks are there because she was told not to talk about it. But something about that still bothers me. What in the hell could have happened to her to motivate her to the point of black psyche locks appearing?
So that's Apollo's mom,, but she's being really vague about it.
Real magic? Does that mean you can make the charges disappear? Like magic? No? Ok then, nevermind.
Well this stands in stark contrast to the judge's "YOU WILL NOT TALK ABOUT DAMON ZUES'S TRIAL OR YOU WILL GET THE BANHAMMER K?"
Ok, now to actually get past this cross-ex. I only have room for 1 mistake, so I'd best be very cautious. Now, didn't that 4th statement have some sort of clue in it?
Something that can "force her" to tell you? All I can think of is the magatama... and there's no way that would work. I mean real psyche locks haven't even shown up yet!
Or maybe Apollo's bracelet? But it won't work on Phoenix, he doesn't have the magic.
Dang it, what on earth am I supposed to do here?
Now that I think about it, what was in that locket? It's a decent idea to present that as well. Perhaps the adopted mother's picture is in there... But I feel like I was told that Apollo's picture was in there earlier, and I just can't remember when...
Well... I'm not getting anywhere without trying something. Let's start with the magatama.
Only failed once? When was that?
What? The way they said it, there's no contradictions... but then what on earth could it be? Perhaps 2 presses are required for something here...
No, nothing new came up. I'm running out of options here... and I have one shot to get this next one right.
I honestly have no idea what else it could be, so I'm going to guess Thalassa's locket on statement 3. But I'll save first, just incase...
Nope. Congratutions, you have officially beaten me, ApolloGrimoire. I'm stumped here... time to take a look at the walkthrough...
There's no walkthrough. Crap. And since I still have no idea, I'm going to have to dig a bit...
Actually, forget that. Every time I've tried that I've spoiled myself. I'll give it some more thought and try again later.
Or maybe a certain trial author could give me a hint

Looking at the medical record, I have no idea what could be contradictory in it, but nevertheless let's see where it takes us...
There's nothing wrong? Then why do we have to present evidence? Shouldn't there be some kind of question in the press instead? The failure convo hinted at the fact that the backstory was completely truthful, but... can't decide whether that's actually fair or not. Difficult, definitely, but fair?
The general puplic? I'm guessing public is the real word meant here...
I'm still completely baffled on what line of logic led Mr. Wright to figure that out... This whole objection in general....
Oh. A wild guess. Normally I'd complain, but for Ace Attorney I guess this is par for the course.
Um. We're back at the testimony again. Ok.
One statement has been added, and it yields nothing. Not again... Maybe something else changed and I didn't notice. Press everything just to make sure.
What? Suddenly she's willing to talk about going to Borginia? Well that was pretty well hidden...
The melody matches the lyrics... That's pretty clever.
Someone else?? Odds are its someone we don't know yet. But if it's someone we do know... it's
-Kristoph. He's just that crafty, and knowledgable enough to possibly figure our Lamiroir is Thalassa.
-DeKiller. He failed once, tried again, and failed again. I highly doubt this though, as DeKiller wouldn't mess up like that TWICE in a row...
Can't present either of them though, so let's move on...
Ok, well now we have more statements to work with. We should be in better shape this time around.
I'm pretty sure Phoenix reunited you with your children, but I doubt that's the contradiction.
Well, at least we know now there are no real contradictions in this testimony. But what could we use now?
I've already technically lost once, so I might as well just try things.
Screw it, I've got to be close to the end of the trial, there's little left to spoil. I'll just search the thread.
Geez, even with the thread's hints, took me like 20 tries to find it, but I found it.
Oh. That is completely unfair. Why couldn't we simply get a profile picture of him earlier somehow and then present that? And how does Lamiroir's profile even contradict that testimony? Even though this one makes a bit more sense than the last contradiction, NOWHERE besides maybe the failure convo does it say that you aren't looking for contradictions. And if you aren't looking for contradictions, then what are you looking for? The leap in logic required here is HUGE. [/rant]
What kind of motive is that... If I saw a loved one back from the dead, I sure as hell wouldn't try to kill them...
Wait a second.. Double jeopardy applies here. If someone was tried for Thalassa's murder, they couldn't be tried again... But that still leaves the question for why they would want to kill her a second time in the first place...
What does he want? Hm. If it's anything like the movie Double Jeopardy, then he wants revenge, because the victim ruined his life by faking a death.
Instant The End. I guess it's the other one then. You could at least give a failure convo...
Where did that rumor originate from? Well I would assume tabloids, but I don't really know.
Phew. Another break. This trial turned Nintendo Hard so quickly...
"My father's old acquaintance." Ok, who does Nick know that is a man and has a child... Unless I don't have all the info I need yet, I don't know who that could possibly be.
My clients... Wait a second. DeKiller would consider Wright an acquaintance. THIS GUY IS DEKILLER'S SON! IT ALL MAKES SENSE! THAT EVEN EXPLAINS THE DIFFERENCES IN THE CARD, AND WHY HE FAILED TO KILL LAMIROIR!
Twice?? I'm assuming this was the first time she was shot, and at the Gavineers concert.
Holy shit. I'm sorry for the profanity, but nothing else will do this adequate justice. Is Valant actually DeKiller Jr.? Or part of some crime ring?
Cool. We got that as evidence. I'm absolutely sure we're going to need that. Wait, we can't check it? Wow. Really!? How am I going to remember that convo word for word!?!
Oh cool. Trial's over then.
Trucy's crying sprite... The lullaby
1000 kudos for this scene alone. It has to be the most emotional thing I've seen on AAO.
Why would she admit to that... Apollo already hates her...
You can't talk about what happened... Like the trial earlier... Like the judge... THE JUDGE IS THE MUR- Ok that's just rediculous...
And here comes the- ANOTHER OBJECTION Oh it's just Maya again. Is Klavier hallucinating too? Why is Phoenix surprised? He's pretty much been with Maya the entire trial.
Oh wait, this is the real Maya? WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO- *pant* *pant* OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Wait. Maya's here. Can she channel someone important for us now?
Ok. Final Testimony. We can do this. GEESE LOGIC GO!
Well that's short. At least there isn't as much room for error.
I assume the little one is Pearls, but wouldn't she be like 16 by now? Hm. Something's off.
Ok, lets try double pressing everything.
I'm about 99% sure the contradiction is in the third statement. What comes to mind is that she would hear the bullet ricochet off Apollo's Bracelet. I'll save, and then present the bracelet.
Nope. Ok, where else would it be.. Third Bullet, maybe? No?
I'm not sure anymore whether this trial is REALLY long or I'm just taking forever.
In fact, ever since the testimony I got stuck on, this has been one massive headbanger. You really should put up a walkthrough... I can't be the only one getting this frustrated.
Didn't find the answer in the thread, time to frameskip. Hopefully this won't break anything.
Oh come on. She didn't say anything like that in the testimony. She only said he took the first bullet.
Well at least this question is easy, but I don't see why I couldn't just present that first.
HOORAY MORE SPEEDLINES
Even a noob. Just like me
Only since I'm at 1/6 of my life, this makes no difference.
OK, Geese logic ti- WAIT WHAT
FINALLY A CORNERED THEME. GOD I've been waiting for that for a long time now.
A more lenient penalty. Only it STILL DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE FOR ME.
Well I have quite a few choices here. Any of the 5 pieces of evidence, and either of the 2 letters.
The most obvious choice would be the locket. How on earth did it get welded shut in the first place? To be honest my mind is too fried from this trial to think about it. I'll just start from the locket and try things.
OH NO WAY! WOOOOO! I AM A BOSS!!
Oh right, I had forgotten about that. Of course there's no way I would have remembered, that happened like forever ago.
Wow. And I thought it was beyond Klavier to be such a douche...
Finally. Good. God. That was a lot of stuff. And I'll have to remember every single bit of it for the next part of the trial, whenever that comes out.
Haha. If I hadn't known better, you would have actually killed Phoenix. Though I must wonder if he's actually dead, and you're going to revive him, or you're just playing tricks on us.
My theory: He contracted the Rosalia Virus. Or maybe a strain of GUILT. What? Trauma Team crossovers are fair game, apparently.
Well. I'm certainly anxious to see the rest of the trial, but apparently that will have to wait. Spectacular job with what you already have, though! I could only dream of making a trial like this of my own...
By the way, thank you for putting the Nintendo Hard sections of the trial in. It's inspired me to never make anything in my trial that far-fetched, or at least hint towards it somewhat.

Nick dies from poisoning? The last contact he had with anything was with Ema's coffee and Klavier's mug (but Gavin gave it to him so that he could relax from all the hallucination, meaning that the Flop is out of the picture). So that leaves Ema. It doesn't neccesarily have to be her. Maybe someone came after the scene was empty and poisoned EVERYTHING in Phoenix's office. Now I have to admit that his death shocked me, but I'm happy in a way because it gives the spotlight to other characters.

This is as good as Relieved and Memoirs!?

Making this game Nintendo Hard was completely unintentional, but my original idea to press the stamements in Thalassa's Past testimony was not going to work in the end. And for the logic steep concernting Apollo's adopted mother... just par for Phoenix.