Turnabout Goodbyes (Part 7!!!!!!!)
As you guys were back in the office, well ... you remembered something Edgeworth said before.
(Y/N): You know, it's strange.
Ruby: You're still thinking about what Edgeworth said?
(Y/N): Yeah.
Flashback...
You all were talking with Edgeworth in the Defendant Lobby, and soon he mentioned something.
Edgeworth: There's something that has been on my mind lately.
Phoenix: What's that?
Edgeworth: A memory of a crime... that I committed. A memory... of a murder.
Blake: Huh?
Ruby: Memory of a murder?
End of Flashback...
(Y/N): Could he have killed his father?
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!
???: Yo!
Larry appeared from the door.
Larry: How's everyone doing? Whaddya think of my performance today? I had 'em swooning in the aisles!
Maya: Uh ... yeah sure! I was feeling faint!
Ruby: Yeah, what Maya said!
Larry: 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...
Larry: 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!
Yang: Don't push it Larry. But, still, you did help us out big time.
Weiss: Yeah, you know for you, that's saying something.
Larry: HAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh shucks! Seriously though, that boat shop caretaker guy is really fishy!
(Y/N): I know. I just know that he did it!
Larry: Edgey still ain't off the hook yet though.
Phoenix: Til the very end, I'm going to believe in the two of you!
Larry: The two of us?
Blake: You mean both Larry and Edgeworth?
Larry: Yeah! Who else.
Ruby: I know Mr. Edgeworth is a bit nicer now, but ... he was a massive jerk when we first met him.
Phoenix: ... You didn't know him back then. Back when he wanted to become a defense attorney.
(Y/N): Is it really true, Phoenix? You, Edgeworth, and Larry, were friends in grade school?
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?
Larry: Uh ... I kind of forgot.
Yang: What happened?!
Blake: Yeah, we want to know!
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. You remember, Larry? Spring, 4th grade? A kid in my class got his lunch money stolen.
(Y/N) and Girls: Lunch money?
Phoenix: Our school was really small. Every month, kids would bring in an envelope with money for lunch from home.
Ruby: Oh! That makes sense!
Phoenix: Anyway, this kid's envelope disappeared. With $38.00 still inside.
Larry: 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.
Flashback...
https://youtu.be/EtMfvQc-Rh8
A young Phoenix stood in front of a desk as he was surrounded by his teacher and other classmates.
Phoenix: I... I didn't do it!
Students: 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.
But then-
???: OBJECTION!
A young Miles Edgeworth spoke up!
Edgeworth: 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: You didn't steal the money, right?
Phoenix: N-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: But Miles, it was your money that was stolen.
Students: Yeah yeah! He did it! He's the one! We don't need proof! Make him say he's sorry!
A young Larry then spoke up too!
Larry: ALL OF YOU SHUT UP! 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: (Sigh) Very well, I will replace the money myself.
End of Flashback...
Phoenix: That's how it happened. After that, the three of us were always friends. That's what I learned what it meant to be alone. Totally alone, without a friend in the world.
(Y/N): Wow, what a story.
Ruby: (with tears) THAT WAS SO BEAUTIFUL! TRUE FRIENDSHIP!
Weiss: (Sigh) Mr. Wright, you're lucky to have a friend like Larry.
Blake: I still can't believe it. Edgeworth wanted to be a Defense Attorney like his father.
Phoenix: Yeah, he always said, "I'm going to become a defense attorney, just like my Dad! A famous defense attorney!" Then, a few months later, he suddenly transferred to another school.
Yang: DL-6.
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.
Larry: Still, what happened? He's nothing like the Edgey we used to know!
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.
Ruby: Maybe he just didn't want you both to see what he became. I guess the damage was done. von Karma molded him into someone else.
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.
(Y/N): THAT'S WHY YOU WENT TO STUDY UNDER MIA?! TO FIND HIM?!
Ruby: (with tears) MR. WRIGHT, YOU'RE SUCH A GOOD FRIEND!
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.
Larry: Is that why you defended me too, Nick?
Phoenix: Yeah, of course, Larry.
Larry: (tearing up) NICK!
(Y/N): Well, you're not doing it alone! We're here too!
Yang: YEAH!
Maya: We have to help Edgeworth.
Weiss: I agree. You know, at first I wasn't sure, but after learning about all of this, we have no choice. Edgeworth is in so much pain. For all those years, the loss of his father, being raised by a man who wanted to shape him into being just like him, and now ... put on trial for a crime he didn't commit, it's too much.
Ruby: And the only way we can do that, is to figure out who the Boat Shop Caretaker is!
Phoenix: Exactly.
(Y/N): Well, let's go!
Soon...
You guys went to visit Edgeworth at the Detention Center first.
Ruby: Hi Edgeworth!
Edgeworth: Welcome back ... again.
Yang: Still as grumpy as ever.
Edgeworth: Hmph.
Weiss: We heard about the class trial.
Edgeworth: Class trial? What class trial?
(Y/N): You defended Phoenix when your lunch money was stolen.
Edgeworth: Oh, now I remember.
(Y/N): Yeah, he became a Defense Attorney because of you.
Edgeworth: Really now? It does sound like that kind of thing you'd do. You haven't changed a bit, have you, Wright? So...simple. To a fault, even.
Phoenix: Well, maybe yeah, but... I think you changed too much, Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: Perhaps.
(Y/N): Say, why did you become a prosecutor? Phoenix told us you looked up to your Dad so much.
Edgeworth: Simple. I had to face reality. My father was taken from me, and me defending criminals? I couldn't do that. I'm not that good of a person.
Blake: Speaking of, the man who was supposedly your father's killer was Yanni Yogi, right? The baliff?
Edgeworth: Yes. He had to be the shooter, any way you look at it! Yet... he was found innocent. That defense attorney got him off the hook! On that day, 15 years ago... The three of us were trapped in that elevator for five hours. When we were rescued, we all suffered oxygen deprivation. I had lost all memory of the murder. Even now, I can't recall what happened in that elevator. That was the crux of Yogi's argument in court. He claimed Yanni Yogi had been "not of sound mind" due to the oxygen deprivation. Yogi was released due to a lack of evidence... innocent. That's when I changed my mind. I started to hate defense attorneys.
Ruby: And von Karma took you in as his protege.
Edgeworth: That is correct. He is a perfectionist in all things. In court... In his personal life... He is obsessed with doing everything perfectly. In all the cases he has taken on, none were left unsolved. And not one suspect was declared innocent. Ever.
(Y/N): But- Some of them could have been innocent! You would follow a man who doesn't give a shit about other people?!
Edgeworth: I know. It's possible some of the suspects were indeed innocent. However, it is impossible for us to accurately determine that in every case. All von Karma does is his job, to find the suspect guilty, perfectly. In any case... It's nigh well impossible to find a weakness in him. Should a weakness appear, he would do everything in his power to make it go away.
Phoenix: Um, Edgeworth? If what you're saying is true, you're headed for a guilty sentence tomorrow!
Yang: Yeah! He may have been your mentor, but now he's your enemy! Don't praise that bastard!
Edgeworth: Mmph... It's a strange situation in which I find myself, I'll admit.
Soon...
You guys reach the boat rental shop, and-
???: AHEM!
Everyone: Mr. Grossberg!
The old Defense Attorney appeared.
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?
(Y/N): Well-
Grossberg: Listen friends, if you ever need advice, just stop on by, I'll be there.
He takes off.
Ruby: Thanks again for always being helpful, Mr. Grossberg! You know, he's actually a really nice guy, even with his shady past.
(Y/N): He really is.
You all head into the shack, and-
Parrot: "Hello! Hello!" (squawk)
Maya: Hey! It's Polly! I wonder where your owner's gone, Polly?
Parrot: "Hello! Hello!" (squawk)
(Y/N): Poor bird. Wait! He's gone, so we can check out the safe!
Ruby: That's right! And Polly knows the code!
Maya: Polly! What's the combination to the safe?
Parrot: "1228"! (squawk)
You then put then combination in, and-
(Y/N): YES! It's open!
The moment you open it up-
(Y/N): All that's in here is a letter.
Blake: What does it say?
(Y/N): "Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth... this is your last chance! Now is the time to get revenge on the two men who ruined your life!" HOLY CRAP!
Phoenix: What is it?
(Y/N): It's all here! Killing Hammond near the boat shop, luring Edgeworth onto the boat, framing him as a witness! All of it is here!
Phoenix: That means that the old guy was following someone's orders!
(Y/N): We have to tell Edgeworth!
And so...
You all raced back to the Detention Center!
(Y/N): EDGEWORTH!
Edgeworth: AGH! Don't scare me like that!
(Y/N): Sorry. Look at this!
You showed him the letter.
Edgeworth: WHAT?! Revenge on me?!
Maya: Who is that old guy? Why does he hate you?
Edgeworth: I... I don't know.
Phoenix: Could he be an innocent defendant you got declared guilty or something?
Edgeworth: Nice, Wright. But I don't remember that old man. Not at all. Hang on, the two men who ruined his life, apparently that's me and Robert Hammond.
(Y/N): And the last chance. It could be talking about the statute of limitations for DL-6!
Blake: Then who is-
Edgeworth: Yanni Yogi. He has to be Yanni Yogi!
(Y/N): THE BALIFF OF THE DL-6 INCIDENT?!
Edgeworth: Yes. I can still remember being trapped in that elevator with my father and him.
Flashback...
https://youtu.be/DYtvhoAlV7I
Edgeworth, his father, Gregory Edgeworth, and Yanni Yogi were stuck in the elevator.
Yogi: H-HELP! I CAN'T BREATHE!
Gregory: Quiet! I said quiet! You're not making this any easier!"
End of Flashback...
Edgeworth: That's all I remember... When I came to, I was in a hospital bed, staring up at the ceiling.In court, Yanni Yogi's mental condition was called into question. They claimed the oxygen deprivation and stress had caused temporary insanity. In the end, the claim passed the court, and Yogi was found innocent.
Maya: Huh... But, isn't that strange? This letter tells him to "get revenge on Edgeworth"... Why would he want to take revenge on you?
Edgeworth: ... Wright.
Phoenix: Yeah?
Edgeworth: There's something that's been troubling me these last few days. I... didn't know whether or not I should tell you.
(Y/N): The nightmare?
Edgeworth: Yes. You all deserve to know now. For the last 15 years, I've had the same dream almost every night. I wake up in a fearful sweat, every time.
Maya: What kind of dream?
Edgeworth: It's a dream about my father's killing... in the dark.
Back to DL-6 Incident...
Yogi began to get delirious from the lack of oxygen.
Yogi: STOP BREATHING MY AIR!
Gregory: What? HEY!
The two began to fight, and suddenly Yogi's pistol was knocked to Edgeworth.
Edgeworth: He's attacking Father, I have to stop him! STOOOOOOP!
He threw the gun, and it fired!
????: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
End of Flashback..
Edgeworth: And with that scream... I wake. It's a bone-chilling scream. A scream that has rung in my ears for the past 15 years.
Ruby: But it's just a dream, right?
Edgeworth: ... That thought is the only thing that has kept me sane for the last 15 years. But what if I'm wrong? What if it's real? They say that sometimes people shut out memories in self-defense. Maybe it was I who killed my father! If you think about it that way, this letter makes sense. "Get your revenge on Miles Edgeworth." Think about it. Yogi was really innocent. That's why he wanted revenge against me! It was me. I was the true criminal of DL-6. I shot my father!
He began to get into a slump.
Blake: This is not good.
Yang: What now? How can we-
(Y/N): We know someone who can help.
Phoenix: Yeah! Someone who knows about DL-6!
Everyone: Mr. Grossberg!
Soon...
You all went to Grossberg!
Grossberg: Oh, hello friends. How-
Blake: Mr. Grossberg, we have something to tell you.
Grossberg: Well? What is it?
You all told him about what Edgeworth said.
Grossberg: I see... So, Edgeworth dreamt he shot his own father?
Maya: It's o-only a dream! Only a dream!
Grossberg: ... I wonder...
Maya: W-what...?
Grossberg: If that's the case, then why do you all look so troubled, hmm? Yogi quite certainly holds a deep grudge against Miles Edgeworth. So deep, he'd want to frame him for murder. This leads me to surmise... That Mr. Edgeworth's dream was NOT a dream. It was real. As you imagined. Miles Edgeworth threw the pistol to save his father... the pistol fired... and the deed was done. ...
Ruby: NO! He couldn't have!
(Y/N): Could he?!
Grossberg: Yogi was suspected of murder, and his career as bailiff was irrevocably wrecked. Thus, he sought revenge on Miles Edgeworth. This was his last chance, of course, with the statute of limitations so close.
(Y/N): What do you know about Gregory Edgeworth?
Grossberg: ... He was a defense attorney without peer. It sounds trite, but it's true. Well, he may have had one peer now that I think about it. Your mentor, Mia Fey.
Maya: S-Sis.
Grossberg: Gregory Edgeworth was very disapproving of Mr. von Karma's techniques.
(Y/N): Heh, I agree with him on that fully!
Grossberg: von Karma is an extreme man. Forged testimonies and evidence are nothing to him. The result: he has a perfect win record in court. To beat him, Gregory Edgeworth tried to call attention to his methods.
Maya: And...?
Grossberg: He lost. And died in despair, as it were.
(Y/N): And then the police called Misty, Mia and Maya's mother to summon his spirit. He must have blamed Yogi for the whole mess, and yet Yogi was found innocent.
Maya: That's when my mother left us. Everyone called her a fraud.
Grossberg: That's right. Everyone thought she was, you see. Yet... now that I think about it. It seem the one who lied was Gregory Edgeworth's ghost... Gregory Edgeworth must have known who shot him.
Phoenix: I don't believe it... So you're saying he falsified his "testimony"? That Edgeworth's dad lied to protect his son...?
Grossberg: It's a possibility.
(Y/N): Say, Mr. Grossberg, what do you make of this?
You showed him the letter to Yogi.
Grossberg: So this is the letter? It does seem that Yogi was following this letter... when he killed Hammond.
Weiss: Why would Yogi want to kill Hammond, though? He defended him and got him off the hook.
Grossberg: Hammond was a skilled defense attorney. But... he defended clients not for their sake, but for his own. He never trusted his clients, that one. The only thing he trusted was his own ability. He won that innocent verdict for no one but himself. Yogi was a free man, but socially, he was ruined.
(Y/N): Ouch. What a dick. Now I actually feel a bit bad for Yogi.
Grossberg: WAIT! THIS HANDWRITING! It's ... VON KARMA'S HANDWRITING!
Everyone: WHAT?! VON KARMA?!
Grossberg: I knew it.
Maya: What do you mean?
Grossberg: von Karma is trying to get revenge on Gregory Edgeworth. It was fifteen years ago... von Karma met Gregory Edgeworth in court, and von Karma did win... But he didn't make it through the trial unscarred.
Phoenix: What happened in the trial between Edgeworth's dad and von Karma?
Grossberg: von Karma got the "guilty" verdict he wanted. He won the trial. But Gregory Edgeworth accused von Karma of forging evidence. And though he lost the trial, Mr. Edgeworth's accusation stood. It was the only penalty von Karma has ever received in his career as a prosecutor. Gregory Edgeworth dealt a blow to his perfect trial record.
(Y/N): Wow. Now I wish I got to meet him. I would have liked to work with him.
Ruby: What happened to von Karma after that?
Grossberg: He took a vacation for several months.
Yang: He doesn't look the type.
Grossberg: Yes, an unusual event for the man. That was the first, and the last vacation he's taken in his many years of prosecuting.
(Y/N): Wow. SHIT! THAT BASTARD IS GOING TO BRING IT UP!
Grossberg: Listen here, you know accidental murder is still murder.
Phoenix: We know! I just believe in Edgeworth's innocence! I can't believe he'd kill someone!
Grossberg: I understand. Go and check the police files. You might find something that could help.
Phoenix: Right!
You all begin to leave, but-
(Y/N): Mr. Grossberg.
Grossberg: Yes, my boy.
(Y/N): When I first met you, I didn't know what to think when you turned Maya down, but ... I'm glad I can say I forgive you. Thank you for helping us again and again.
Grossberg: Of course. I bet even Mia would agree with your words.
(Y/N): I bet.
Soon... at the police records room...
You all entered to see a cabinet open.
Phoenix: Someone must have been looking in it recently.
Maya: The label says, "Unsolved Cases: Evidence"
Ruby: Let's see, it says- AGH! THE DL-6 FOLDER IS GONE!
Yang; How c-
???: WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!
von Karma appeared.
Ruby and Maya: v-v-v-v-v-v-v-von Karma!
(Y/N): YOU!
von Karma: Who are you people?
Phoenix: We're Miles Edgeworth's Defense Team!
Maya: Yeah! How do you not recognize us?
von Karma: Oh that's right. Mr. Wright and his idiot assistants. I beg your pardon, you see, I rarely remember defense attorneys. They are like bugs to me. Needless things, to be crushed.
(Y/N): von Karma, we know that you hated Edgeworth's father.
von Karma: Me? A grudge against a mere defense attorney? Why?
Phoenix: Because he dealt a blow to your otherwise perfect trial record?
von Karma: Hmph.
Phoenix: So you did... but what I don't get is... Why did you take his son under your wing afterwards? The son of your most bitter rival?
von Karma: ... That, Mr. Wright, is none of your business. Tomorrow will be the last day of this trial. It's been a while since I've had a defense attorney last this long. Still, you will lose in the end. Miles Edgeworth will admit his own guilt.
(Y/N): You mean DL-6, right?
von Karma: Yes. You've done your research. Now, if you'll excuse m-
You punched near him.
(Y/N): No. We know what you did.
Ruby: Uh oh.
Maya: Uh ... why does (Y/N) sound scary?
Phoenix: (Y/N), look now isn't-
You showed the letter.
(Y/N): You wrote this, didn't you? YOU TOLD YANNI YOGI TO MURDER HAMMOND AND FRAME EDGEWORTH!
von Karma: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! How many years has it been since I've heard him called by that name. He's a fool. I told him to burn it after he read it.
(Y/N): So you admit it! It was you!
von Karma: Yes, boy. I must thank you for bringing it to me. You saved me a lot of hassle.
von Karma then pulled out a stun gun!
Ruby: What the?
Weiss: What is that?
(Y/N): A stun gun!
von Karma: Indeed. 600,000 volts will course through your body like a dog touching an electric fence!
Ruby: WHAT?!
Phoenix: 600 THOUSAND VOLTS?!
Maya: YOU'RE INSANE!
von Karma: Don't worry, people don't die from it, usually. Now, give me the letter!
(Y/N): You're not touching it!
Yang: YEAH! BRING IT A-
Maya: GET AWAY FROM THEM!
Maya began to attack von Karma!
von Karma: GET OFF OF ME YOU FOOL!
He then hit Maya with the stun gun!
Maya: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Everyone: MAYA!
(Y/N): YOU BASTARD!
You punched von Karma to the other side of the room, dropping the note in the mess!
von Karma was hurt, but he could still walk, he grabbed the note and ran!
You didn't even care if he got the note, seeing Maya hurt really made you angry!
(Y/N): MAYA! MAYA COME ON!
You were starting to tear up.
Phoenix: It's okay (Y/N), she's still got a pulse, she's alive.
(Y/N): Thank God. Thank goodness, sh- Huh?
She was holding onto a piece of evidence.
(Y/N): "DL-6 Incident, Evidence No. 7 Taken from the heart of Gregory Edgeworth."
Blake: Maya must have grabbed it when she attacked von Karma!
Weiss: She's waking up now! She actually did it!
Maya: Did von Karma get away with the note?
(Y/N): Yeah. Sorry, Maya, I-
She began to cry.
Maya: I couldn't stop him. I jumped as fast as I could, but one shot from that thing knocked me out cold. I'm useless. I'm not good as a lawyer, or a medium! I can't even call my sister. Not even now, when we need her the most. I wish I hadn't woken up at all. I-
Weiss: IDIOT!
Weiss slapped her.
Weiss: DON'T EVER SAY THAT! YOU SAVED US!
Maya: Wh-What?
(Y/N): Weiss?
Ruby: Weiss, are you-
Weiss: NEVER EVER CALL YOURSELF USELSS, YOU HEAR ME?! SO WHAT IF YOU CAN'T CONTACT MIA, NOW?! SO WHAT IF YOU CAN'T BE A LAWYER?! YOU'RE NOT USELESS! IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU WE ARE GOING TO WIN!
Maya: W-Weiss?
(Y/N): She's right Maya. Believe it or not, you've helped us out a lot. So don't ever call yourself useless, you hear me?
Maya: (Y/N). I ... I ...
She began to cry hard as she hugged you.
And then-
Phoenix: We still have a chance.
Ruby: We do!
Yang: Heh, Maya, it's a good thing you've always been helping out.
(Y/N): von Karma. You won't get away with this. You're going down!
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