Turnabout Goodbyes
-- Day 3 - Investigation --
December 27, 2:11 PM
Wright & Co. Law Offices
Maya: What was Mr. Edgeworth talking about...?
Edgeworth: A memory of a crime... that I committed.
A memory... of murder.
Maya: Do you really think Mr. Edgeworth killed...?
Phoenix: ...
I don't believe it.
Not Edgeworth.
Some painful memory has been troubling him recently...
But he'd never take someone's life! Never!
Maya: Nick...
Butz: Yo! How's everyone doing?
Whaddya think of my performance today?
I had 'em swooning in the aisles! Huh, Maya?
Maya: S-swooning? Me?
Oh... Oh, yes.
I do remember feeling faint.
Butz: Right on! Tell me the truth, it was like love at first sight, right?
Right, Nick?
Phoenix: H-huh? Me!?
I... uh, well, maybe my heart skipped a beat or two...
Butz: ...
I think you can do better than that!
C'mon! I saved Edgeworth in there, dude! Edgey!
You guys should be bowing before me! Yeah! Bow before your hero!
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Talk (Larry)
> Today's trial
Phoenix: Larry...
You really helped out in the trial today.
Maya: You did!
If you weren't there, Larry, I'm sure Mr. Edgeworth would have been found guilty!
Larry: Hah hah hah hah hah hah
hah hah hah hah hah hah!
But, seriously, Nick.
That boat shop caretaker guy is pretty suspicious...
But Edgey ain't off the hook yet!
Maya: Way to spoil the mood, Larry.
Butz: Hey, I'm just a guy sitting in the audience, you know?
But from where I was sitting, Edgey seemed pretty... edgy.
I mean, can you really know he's telling the truth about that night?
Phoenix: ...
Maya: Nick?
Phoenix: I don't know.
But... what I do know is...
I'm going to believe in you two until the end.
Butz: Us two?
Maya: Edgeworth and... who else? You mean me right?
Butz: Nah! He means me! Right, Nick?
Phoenix: Yeah, you, Larry.
Maya: Not... me?
...
B-but why you, Larry!?
Butz: Huh?
Um, actually, yeah.
Why me, Nick?
Phoenix: ...
Maya: Hmph. Enough with the silent treatment!
> Edgeworth
Maya: Nick...
Why do you trust Mr. Edgeworth so much?
I mean, he's changed recently, true.
But when we first met him, he was kind of jerk, don't ya think?
Phoenix: ...
You didn't know him back then.
Back when he wanted to become a defense attorney.
Maya: Wait...
Was that when you two were classmates?
Phoenix: Yes. In grade school...
They saved me...
Miles...
And Larry.
They saved me and I'll never forget it.
That's why I became a defense attorney, you know.
Maya: Whaaaat!?
Hey, hey, Larry.
What's he talking about?
Butz: Huh? Uh... umm...
Er, sorry.
I kinda forgot.
Maya: Hmph.
Okay, Nick. Out with it! I'm going to hear this story today, and that's final!
Phoenix: Okay, okay.
It's kind of a long story, so hang in there.
...
It was the beginning of Spring, 4th grade.
I was on trial. A class trial.
Maya: A c-class trial!?
> The class trial
Phoenix: You remember, Larry?
Spring, 4th grade?
A kid in my class got his lunch money stolen.
Maya: Lunch money?
Phoenix: Our school was really small.
Every month, kids would bring in an envelope with money for lunch from home.
Maya: Huh, I see.
Phoenix: Anyway, this kid's envelope disappeared. With $38.00 still inside.
Butz: Oh... Yeah, now that you mention it, I do remember that!
Phoenix: I can see why you'd forget, though.
You were out of school that day.
Anyway, the envelope had been stolen during PE class.
I was coming down with a cold, so I'd skipped PE that day.
I was the only one not in class.
Maya: So... they thought you did it?
Phoenix: Yeah. The kids in class said I should be put on trial.
Maya: Trial...?
Phoenix: So the next day we held a classroom trial, with me as the defendant.
Phoenix: "I... I didn't do it!"
"Guilty! He did it!"
"Guilty! It was you!
"Thief!"
"Give me my money back!"
"You're such a meanie!"
"No one play with him!"
"Just admit you did it!'
"You can't hide the truth!"
"Tell us the truth!"
"We're not gonna play with you anymore!" "Yeah, and no borrowing my eraser!"
"He shouldn't be allowed in the relay race!" "Or on the library committee!"
"Give me back the 50 cents I loaned you!" "Hey, did you rob that bank the other day?"
Teacher: "Now, Phoenix, you know you shouldn't steal people's money! It's not right."
Phoenix: In the end, even the teacher thought I'd done it.
Teacher: "Apologize to the class, Phoenix."
Phoenix: I... I didn't know what was happening.
I was so sad...
I couldn't stop crying.
Everyone was staring at me like I'd done it...
I tried to apologize.
I went over to where the boy was sitting...
...
That's when it happened.
OBJECTION!
"He shouldn't have to apologize!"
"The only thing that belongs in a trial is evidence!"
"Anything else has no place!"
"You should all be ashamed... amateurs!"
Teacher: "M-Miles?"
Edgeworth: "It wasn't you who stole my money, was it?"
Phoenix: "No..."
Edgeworth: "Then you shouldn't apologize!"
"Everyone's been shouting you did it, but no one has any proof!"
"That is why, Your Honor, this boy is innocent!"
Teacher: "B-but Miles, it was your money that was stolen!"
"Yeah yeah!"
"He did it! He's the one!"
"We don't need proof!"
"Make him say he's sorry!"
"Why don't you all just shut up!!!"
Butz: "This is always how it is, everybody ganging up and picking on one person."
"Just think how he feels!"
"He said he didn't do it, so he didn't do it!"
...
Teacher: "Very well."
"I will replace the money myself."
"This class trial is over."
Phoenix: That's how it happened.
After that, the three of us were always friends.
Maya: Wow... I had no idea!
Butz: Yeah... I had no idea, either! I mean, I forgot.
Phoenix: That's what I learned what it meant to be alone.
Totally alone, without a friend in the world.
Maya: You did a good thing, Larry!
Butz: Um, yeah, well...
I was just lucky that I took the day off from school.
If I'd been there they would have thought I'd done it!
So, I took it kind of personally, see.
Phoenix: ("When something smells, it's usually the Butz.")
> Edgeworth's goals
Phoenix: Anyway, Edgeworth and I talked after that class trial.
That's when I heard his father was a defense attorney.
I remember, his eyes would shine when he talked about his father.
Edgeworth: "I'm going to become a defense attorney, just like my Dad!"
"A famous defense attorney!"
Phoenix: Then, a few months later, he suddenly transferred to another school.
Maya: The DL-6 Incident...
Phoenix: Right. I'm not sure, but the transfer probably had to do with his father's death.
Maya: That's so sad!
Phoenix: ...
It was several years later when I heard Edgeworth's name again.
There was an article about him in the newspaper.
The headline was something like "Dark Suspicions of a Demon Attorney."
Fabricating evidence, manipulating testimonies, covering up facts...
The article said he'd do anything to get a guilty verdict. Anything.
Butz: But why?
What happened!? I mean, that's not the Edgey I used to know at all!
Phoenix: That's what I thought too.
I tried to get in touch with him I don't know how many times...
He never replied.
Maya: I guess he didn't want to see his old friends...
Phoenix: I couldn't just drop it, though.
I wanted to meet him, to know why he had become who he became.
That's when I decided.
Maya: ...!
Wait... You don't mean...?
That's why!?
That's why you became a defense attorney!?
To meet Edgeworth!?
Phoenix: If I was a defense attorney, I knew he's have to meet me whether he wanted to or not.
In court.
...
Edgeworth believed in me, and I believe in him.
He's in pain...
And no one's on his side.
I'm the only one who knows the real Edgeworth. I'm the only one who can help him.
Butz: Whoa... Nick.
S-so, is that why you helped me out for free?
Phoenix: Uh... yes.
I helped you because I believed in you.
(Except I don't remember saying I'd do it for free...)
Butz: Aw, Nick! Nick!!!
Maya: Nick!
We have to save Mr. Edgeworth if it's the last thing we do, okay?
Phoenix: Right.
(It very well may be...)
Maya: First, there's that rental boat shop caretaker.
We need to find out who or what he is!
Phoenix: I'd settle for who.
(I guess I can clean out some of this evidence I no longer need...)
(...)
Okay, let's go!
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Present (Larry)
> Irrelevant Evidence
Butz: Woo hoo, I was hot in there. Hot!
Phoenix: (I'm glad someone's happy about how this case is going...)
(He seems too happy to care about anything I show him.)
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Maya: One day left, Nick.
Phoenix: Yeah... I know.
Maya: Well, no time to waste! Let's get going!
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Talk (Maya)
> What to do
Phoenix: What do you think we should do now, Maya?
Maya: You would know best, Nick!
Just do what you do! That should work.
> Any ideas
Phoenix: Well? Had any good ideas?
Maya: This is all tied to the DL-6 Incident...
We'd better find out as much as we can about that murder before tomorrow!
Phoenix: (Something that happened back then has a hold on Edgeworth and it won't let go.)
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Present (Maya)
> Irrelevant Evidence
Maya: Stop showing me stuff and let's get cracking!
We only have today to get to the bottom of this!
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December 27
Gourd Lake Park
Entrance
Gumshoe: Hey, pal! Long time no see!
Maya: Oh! Detective Gumshoe!
Gumshoe: Close one today, eh!
I got so worked up, I snapped my tie in half!
Phoenix: Uh... Sorry about that.
Gumshoe: No prob, pal! Thanks to you, we now know who really did it!
Maya: You mean, the boat shop caretaker?
Gumshoe: Look, I'll make you a promise.
I'll have that scoundrel in my custody by trial time tomorrow!
Come what may!
It's my duty to you as a police officer!
Now, I'm off to catch me a criminal!
Maya: ...
Detective Gumshoe sure is... active today.
Gumshoe: Oh, one other thing!
Maya: Eek!
Gumshoe: No one can go into the woods today.
Maya: The woods?
Phoenix: (Where Lotta was camping?)
Gumshoe: The woods are off-limits to camping, and apparently the park ranger found out.
He got pretty mad. No one can go in for a while.
Maya: I guess Lotta's in a 'lotta' trouble...
Gumshoe: Anyway, I'll be seeing you tomorrow!
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December 27
Gourd Lake
Public Beach
Phoenix: Huh? The Steel Eyesore is missing...
Maya: "Eyesore"!?
Phoenix: Looks like the hotdog stand is closed, too.
Maya: I guess Larry's been too busy with the trial to show up for work...
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Examine
> Lake
Maya: This lake sure likes to cause problems, doesn't it.
Phoenix: Huh?
Maya: I mean, everything that happened here turned out to be a lie!
Gourdy was a lie, and the charges against Mr. Edgeworth were all lies.
Phoenix: I guess you're right.
Maya: I mean, I'm glad the charges were all lies, but still.
> Hotdog Stand
Phoenix: Guess Larry has today off.
Maya: He was pretty happy about saving Mr. Edgeworth.
Phoenix: True. We owe him big.
> Bench
Maya: No one's going to sit here on a cold day like today.
Well, unless they were eating a Samurai Dog!
Phoenix: (How would that change the temperature, I wonder?)
Maya: ...?
You seem troubled, Nick.
Phoenix: N-no, who? Me?
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December 27
Boat Rental Shop
Maya: That old caretaker got away...
Phoenix: Yep.
Maya: I never imagined he might be the real murderer!
...
???: *Ah-HHHEM!*
Phoenix: ...!
(I'd know that clearing-of-the-throat anywhere!)
Grossberg: Ah hah, hello!
What might you be doing here?
Out for a walk, hmm?
"Ahh... the days of my youth... like the scent of fresh lemon..." you see.
Maya: Mr. Grossberg!
This is no time for idle reminiscing!
Mr. Edgeworth's trial ends tomorrow!
Grossberg: Er... that is true, yes.
But, from what I saw of today's trial, Edgeworth should be fine, right?
Phoenix: Well...
I'm not so sure about that.
Grossberg: Ho ho!
What do you mean by that?
Phoenix: Well... I'm not sure.
Grossberg: Hmm...
If you find anything out, come by my office at once.
I may be able to offer you some assistance.
Phoenix: Thanks...
(Bye...)
Maya: What do you think Mr. Grossberg was doing here anyway?
Phoenix: Who knows...
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Examine
> Boat Rental Shop
Phoenix: The boat rental shop. Doesn't look like anyone is around.
Maya: The caretaker must have run for the hills, huh?
Phoenix: Yeah, looks like it.
Maya: He didn't seem like a bad person...
> Woods
Phoenix: There's a forest here beyond these bushes.
Maya: Nick! The forest!
There's someone in there!
Phoenix: ...
You're right. There's a few policemen in there.
Maya: They must be looking for the caretaker!
Phoenix: Good luck...
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December 27
Caretaker's Shack
Phoenix: ...
Maya: Nobody's home.
Parrot: "Hello! Hello!"
*squawk*
Maya: Hey! It's Polly!
I wonder where your owner's gone, Polly?
Parrot: "Hello! Hello!"
*squawk*
Maya: I can't believe he'd run off and leave his poor parrot to fend for herself!
Parrot: "Hello! Hello!"
*squawk*
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Examine
> Stove
Maya: It doesn't look like he used this kitchen much.
Phoenix: You're right.
Maya: I guess the whole pasta restaurant thing was a lie.
Phoenix: What, you thought he was telling the truth!?
> Fish Pictures
Maya: Say, Nick.
Don't people usually put pictures of fish up on the wall to boast about them?
Phoenix: Uh, yeah, I guess so. You mean picture of the fish they caught, right?
Maya: Right... but don't all the fish on the wall here look really puny to you?
Phoenix: Well, you know what they say...
"You shoulda seen the one that got away!"
Maya: Except the one that got away from us was the caretaker! And we did see him!
Phoenix (Why do I feel like we're having two different conversations here?)
> Table
Phoenix: Hmm. Everything's cold. Looks like he didn't turn his heater on.
I guess he hasn't been back here since the trial.
> Parrot
Maya: Maybe I should take care of Polly, Nick?
Phoenix: You probably shouldn't just kidnap her.
The police know about her anyway.
I'm sure they'll do something.
Maya: Well... okay...
Sorry, Polly.
He says I can't take you.
Phoenix: (Great, now the bird's going to hate me.)
> Television
Maya: Aah!
Phoenix: W-what's wrong?
Maya: Huh? Oh...
N-never mind.
Phoenix: What? Tell me!
Maya: Just, when I saw the TV, I remembered...
They're showing a Pink Princess special this week...
Phoenix: ...
Oh.
Maya: See? That's why I didn't want to tell you.
> Safe
Maya: That reminds me, Nick!
Polly here knows the number to this safe, right?
Phoenix: Yeah, that's right.
Maya: Polly, what's the number to the safe?
Parrot: "1228"!
*squawk*
Maya: Let's open it, Nick!
C'mon!
Phoenix: I'm sure there isn't any money in there.
Maya: Aww...
But, hey!
He keeps it locked, right? So there must be something of value in there!
Phoenix: I'm not so sure...
Maya: Okay, Nick, let's see what's in there!