Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Episode 5, Chapter 7
Pazu (lon_lsama@hotmail.com)
Rise from the Ashes
Day 3 - Investigation
February 24, 3:12 PM
Wright & Co. Law Offices
Ema: I'm so sorry, Mr. Wright.
Ema: I'm sorry for what my sister
said...
Lana: Drastic crimes require
drastic measures...
Lana: That's just the way it is.
Lana: We did what we had to...
in order for him to get the
verdict he deserved.
Ema: I... didn't know.
Ema: I never knew that the
"SL-9 Incident" was just
another name for...
Ema: the "Joe Darke Killings."
Phoenix: (Sounds like everyone's heard
about these killings but
me...)
Ema: Lana wanted Darke convicted so
badly!
Ema: That's why she used me...
That's why she used what
happened to me.
Phoenix: What do you mean, "what
happened" to you?
Ema: It's all there in the file...
Ema: Joe Darke's last victim was
Prosecutor Neil Marshall.
Ema: When he murdered Officer
Marshall's brother,
Ema: he left behind an
incriminating piece of
evidence.
Phoenix: But what did you have to do
with those killings, Ema?
Ema: On the night Prosecutor Neil
Marshall was murdered, Joe
Darke... tried to kill me.
Phoenix: What? He tried to kill you!?
Ema: Officer Marshall's brother...
Neil... was only trying to
save me.
Phoenix: So that means you...
Ema: Yes.
Ema: I was a witness in the Joe
Darke trial.
Phoenix: (I didn't see that one
coming!)
>Examine: Desk
Phoenix: Mia's desk.
Phoenix: I sit here even less now
that I've stopped taking
cases.
Ema: Uh oh! I have a math test
coming up next week!
I'd better study!
Ema: I'm borrowing this desk, okay?
Ema: 1 + 1 = 2
1 + 2 = 3
1 + 3 = 4
Phoenix: (If that's what they're
teaching in high school math,
we're in serious trouble.)
>Examine: Bookshelf
Phoenix: Difficult-looking legal books
stand in a formidable row.
They mock me.
Ema: Oh, I tried studying one of
those just now.
Ema: Remember what they were
talking about in the
trial yesterday...?
Phoenix: Oh, right, evidence law.
So, did you learn anything?
Ema: Well, when I tried reading
it made my head hurt.
Phoenix: Oh...
Ema: Then, when I closed it, it
slipped out of my hand and
fell on my foot.
Phoenix: (Oddly enough I find myself
identifying with her on this
one...)
>Present: Goodman's ID /
Lost Item Report
Ema: Mr. Goodman didn't have this
on the day of the crime,
right?
Phoenix: Right. A few days before he
was murdered,
Phoenix: he had filed a lost item
report.
Phoenix: (Although "stolen item" is
more like it...)
Phoenix: (Swiped by that lone wolf who
dressed up like him.)
Ema: I never would have thought
Officer Marshall the type to
do something like that.
Phoenix: It didn't come as much of a
surprise to me...
>Present: Edgeworth's Knife
Ema: So... Mr. Edgeworth's knife
was the murder weapon?
Phoenix: Right... or so the witness,
Ms. Starr, claims.
Phoenix: She saw your sister stab
Mr. Goodman with this knife.
Ema: Ugh...
You know, all of this is
that Angel Starr's fault!
Phoenix: She's not the one on trial
here.
Ema: Well, no, but she must have
seen it wrong!
Phoenix: Her eyesight isn't on trial
here, either.
>Present: Lana's Cell Phone
Phoenix: According to Ms. Starr's
testimony...
Phoenix: Ms. Skye used her phone right
after the murder... she called
you, right?
Ema: B-but...!
She hung up right away.
Ema: And it was a bad connection.
I couldn't hear anything.
Phoenix: (It was an underground parking
lot, I suppose...)
Ema: She did say something about
a "muffler"...
Ema: But like I said, she hung up
right away.
>Present: Victim's Shoe
Phoenix: There was something strange
about this shoe, wasn't
there?
Phoenix: Let's see, what was it...?
Ema: The traces of blood on its
sole.
Ema: There wasn't any blood found
at the Prosecutor's Office's
underground parking lot.
Phoenix: But we did find blood on the
floor somewhere, didn't we?
Phoenix: Where was that again...?
Ema: In the evidence room at the
Police Department.
Ema: Now stop using me as your
memo pad!!!
>Present: Switchblade Knife
Phoenix: Why would this have been
in the car's exhaust pipe?
Ema: It's evidence from an
old case, right?
Phoenix: Right... the SL-9 Incident.
It was solved, apparently.
Phoenix: (This knife was stolen on
the day of the evidence
transferal...)
Phoenix: (Maybe I should look into
this "SL-9 Incident"...)
>Present: Luminol Testing Fluid
Ema: This stuff is pretty
expensive.
Phoenix: You don't say. How much?
Ema: I'd say about $10 per gram!
Ema: I save up my allowance
to buy it.
Phoenix: Your allowance...? Does
your sister give you that?
Ema: Yes.
We don't have parents...
Phoenix: R-right...
Ema: Sometimes she even gives me
a bottle instead of my
allowance!
Phoenix: A bottle of luminol testing
fluid...?
Phoenix: (Man, I'd just take the
allowance myself...)
>Present: ID Card Record
Ema: There's only one number left
to check out.
Phoenix: That's right. We now know the
other numbers aren't related
to the murder.
Phoenix: "7777777"...
An "executive officer."
Ema: Sevensevensevensevenseven-
sevensevenseven...
Phoenix: Uh, I believe that's one
"seven" too many...
Phoenix: (We can't find out whose
number this is unless we have
some incriminating evidence.)
Phoenix: (That's going to be hard to
dig up by tomorrow...)
>Present: Fingerprinting Set
Ema: Mr. Edgeworth is so kind,
giving us something like this.
Ema: Hey! You don't think he...
he... likes me, do you?
Ema: ...
Phoenix: Are you okay, Ema?
Ema: Mr. Wright! Hurry!
RUN!!!
Ema: AHH-CHOOOO!!!
Phoenix: ...
Ema: ...
Ema: Here, I'll wipe those
fingerprints off your face.
Phoenix: (Might as well wipe my dignity
away too while you're at it.)
>Present: Screwdriver
Phoenix: This screwdriver was at
Edgeworth's office, wasn't it?
Ema: Yes. He said it didn't have
anything to do with the crime.
Phoenix: ...
Phoenix: Then what are we doing
carrying it around?
Ema: Hey, don't ask me! I'm not the
one making the decisions
around here!
Phoenix: (If I recall...)
Phoenix: (Edgeworth said Chief Gant
asked him to take this to
the Prosecutor's Office.)
>Present: Unstable Jar
Phoenix: This jar's pretty fragile.
Ema: It looks like it's about to
break apart!
Phoenix: What do you mean, "about to"?
It's already broken.
Ema: I meant again...
Phoenix: (This piece was found in
Detective Goodman's evidence
locker.)
Phoenix: (That means...)
Ema: This is somehow related to
that other incident...
>Present: Marshall's Prints
Phoenix: This fingerprint was left on
the locker when Marshall
was stashing his bloody coat.
Ema: I guess that blood wasn't Mr.
Goodman's after all.
Phoenix: Nope. Just that of an overly
zealous patrolman.
Ema: So there wasn't a murder at
the Police Department at 5:15
in the end.
Phoenix: (I wonder what's going to
happen to Officer Marshall
now...)
>Present: Security Video
Ema: We owe our entire success in
court today to this tape.
Phoenix: At first I thought it was a
joke,
Phoenix: but it turned out to be a
goldmine of evidence.
Ema: I counted a total of five
clues in it.
Phoenix: It also gave the Blue Badger
some publicity...
Phoenix: of the negative sort, that is.
>Present: SL-9 Incident Files
Phoenix: It seems everything is
somehow related to this
incident.
Ema: What was it labeled, again?
The "SL-9 Incident"?
Phoenix: Yes. The name of everyone
connected to this trial is
listed in here.
Phoenix: All that's left...
Phoenix: is to figure out just what
role everyone plays in this
case.
Phoenix: If we search hard enough, I
think we'll find our answers.
Phoenix: (What exactly did, or didn't,
Lana do?)
Ema: I'm not sure I want to know
everything...
>Present: Gant Team Picture /
Neil's Autopsy Report /
Letter of Resignation
Phoenix: Here, see this?
Ema: Ahh! I've noticed that defense
attorneys have a tendency to
want to show people things.
Phoenix: (What is this? A behavioral
study of lawyers?)
>Move: Detention Center
February 24
Detention Center
Visitor's Room
Ema: Looks like they're questioning
Lana again.
Phoenix: (I guess we're not the only
ones who want to question
her...)
Ema: Well, since we've come all
this way, why don't we go see
Mr. Meekins?
Phoenix: Uh...
Let's not and say we did.
Phoenix: (I'd rather come back and
do that later.)
>Move: Underground Parking Lot
February 24
Detention Center
Underground Parking Lot
Phoenix: No one's here today...
Not even Ms. Starr.
Ema: Everyone's probably busy
looking into what exactly went
down in the evidence room.
Ema: That must be where the
detectives are.
Phoenix: But we proved in court today
that no one was murdered in
the evidence room at 5:15 PM,
Phoenix: on the day of the crime.
Ema: Yeah. I thought we were
finally making some headway in
our case!
Phoenix: But instead it looks like we
just ended up making Lana look
even more guilty.
Ema: Hang in there, Lana...
Phoenix: (I've got to find all the
answers by tomorrow!)
>Examine: Wall
Ema: So, this is the famous
divider.
Phoenix: It sure helped us knock a
hole in that testimony
yesterday.
Phoenix: Come to think of it, this
divider helped our case more
than the actual witness.
Ema: The great divider!
A chip off the old parking
block!
Phoenix: It's just a wall.
(Scientifically speaking...)
>Examine: Oil Drum
Phoenix: So, this is the famous
oil drum.
Ema: Well, no time like the
present! I'll try to kick
it over myself!
Ema: Hii-yah!
Ema: ...
Ema: ...
Phoenix: Th-that's okay. Don't cry.
(That Lana Skye must be a
powerful woman...)
>Examine: Trunk
Ema: That's where we found
that note.
Phoenix: "2/21 SL-9"...
The SL-9 Incident.
Ema: A case that was due for
transferal the day of
the murder.
Ema: I never knew...
The "SL-9 Incident" referred
to...
Phoenix: The Joe Darke Killings.
Phoenix: (Everyone in this case played
some part in that incident.)
Phoenix: (This has to be more than just
sheer coincidence!)
>Examine: B Block Fence
Phoenix: "B Block" is through there.
That's where visitors park.
Ema: So...
Ms. Starr climbed over
this fence!?
Phoenix: I-it seems so, yeah.
(That fence is 9 feet high
at least!)
Ema: Well no time like the
present! I think I'll
give it a little try!
Ema: Eeeek!
Ema: ...
Ema: ...
Phoenix: I-it's okay, don't cry.
(Maybe there's a Lunchland
Olympics team?)
>Move: High Prosecutor's Office
February 24
High Prosecutor's Office
Room 1202
Ema: Mr. Edgeworth isn't here.
Phoenix: Maybe he's being questioned
by an inquiry committee?
Phoenix: (He took a real beating in
court today...)
Ema: Yeah, with Lana admitting to
falsifying evidence two years
ago...
Phoenix: I guess we'll just have to
come back later.
>Examine: Bouquet
Ema: My, my, my! What an amazing
bouquet! Just right for
Mr. Edgeworth.
Phoenix: No kidding. Hey, there's
a card on it...
Phoenix: "To be or not to be -- Wendy"
Phoenix: ("Wendy?" ...
I've heard that name
somewhere before.)
Ema: And beside it...
A giant Steel Samurai!
Ema: Wow, I want one!
Phoenix: Huh? There's something
written on the bottom
of his foot.
Phoenix: "To every cloud, there is
a silver lining. -- Wendy"
Ema: Was this the same message
that was here yesterday?
>Examine: Window
Ema: Whoa!
Ema: What a view! It must be
nice to have an office on
the 12th floor.
Phoenix: I guess you would feel...
important.
Ema Incidentally...
Ema: Were you to jump out this
window, your chance of
fatality would be...
Ema: ...
Ema: Got it!
99.9998 percent!
Phoenix: (There's a 0.0002% chance
you'd live?)
>Move: Underground Parking Lot
>Move: Police Dept. Entrance
February 24
Police Department
Entrance
Marshall: Howdy, Bambina.
Ema: Oh, Mr. Marshall!
Marshall: I never thought things'd turn
out this way when I woke up
this morning.
Marshall: Que serà serà. You never know
where life'll lead you, eh
Bambina?
Marshall: I should've known my luck had
run out when ol' Billy dried
up this morning.
Ema: Billy...?
Phoenix: Must be his pet cactus.
Phoenix: Say, where are you headed?
Marshall: Just over to the Prosecutor's