Two - Turnabout Reopening [video]

[ace_attorney]

(You know, for all the oddness that came with that time warp thing, it definitely fulfilled one of my college wishes: to have extra time to study for my exam. So I guess I shouldn't complain.)

[Phoenix clears his throat, then activates the video. He's sitting behind his desk at his rather vacant-looking law offices.]

Hi, everyone. This is Phoenix Wright... Thanks to everyone who helped me when I got here last month. I guess I'm settling in a little bit, for better or for worse. Again. If you knew me from before, I'm sorry, but I don't remember most of you. It's, uh, nothing personal. I'd actually like to talk to as many of you as are out there... to kind of see what "I've" been up to before, if anything.

As far as further news goes... I guess coming on the heels of the last post, it's as appropriate a time as any to mention that Wright & Co. Law Offices are open for business again for anyone who needs a defense attorney.

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[ace_attorney]

I've already been embarrassed by doing it! It's not any more or less embarrassing when I hear about what's already happened.

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[acemedium]

I guess you're a glutton for punishment after all!

[But as long as he doesn't find out about Yaha... That was the worst of it]

Well, okay, what do you want to know? I'm feeling generous.

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[ace_attorney]

(Better than being just a plain glutton, Maya...)

I was here several times before, right?

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[acemedium]

Once once when I was here. Mr. Armando and Franziska and Mr. Edgeworth were here longer, though.

[Action] (Once once... Does that mean twice?)

[ace_attorney]

...I see. But I thought I saw myself introducing, um, myself a few times on the network records.

[Action] (It means.. SHUT UP SIMME)

[acemedium]

It was probably before I showed up, then.

...Unless you went back in time to clean more toilets!

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[ace_attorney]

...I wouldn't go back in time just to clean toilets, Maya!

(Unless they were so dirty they would be uncleanable in the present...)

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[acemedium]

[SHE WOULDN'T PUT IT PAST YOU, PHOENIX WRIGHT]

Then you'd go back in time to show off your badge to the toilets before they got dirty!

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[ace_attorney]

No, I wouldn't! Toilets can't be impressed by my badge!

(...Some would argue that no one can be.)

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[acemedium]

Not like that would stop you!

.. Anyway, how's your investigation going? I'll help [TELL HER EVERYTHING]

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[ace_attorney]

(It got sidetracked by your accusations, Maya!)

Okay... Well, for starters, what kind of cases did we deal with?

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[acemedium]

No, no, I mean with other people!

Murder cases. [QUEL SUPRISE]

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[ace_attorney]

Oh. Well, I decided the best way to do it is just go through the whole network log and see where "I" said something or made an entry... Then talk to the people who are still here. I don't recognize half these faces, though...

Are the records around here somewhere?

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[acemedium]

[Maya's so grateful Yaha isn't around anymore. But could there still be traces of him in the old network posts? She doesn't remember....]

Yeah, a lot of them disappeared.... You've started talking to some people who were still here, right?

Of the cases? Umm, I bet I've got some where all the files are... Probably...

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[ace_attorney]

Yeah, it's weird... The turnover rate here must be pretty high if people who were here just a year ago aren't here now. I haven't found that many people to talk to yet.

...Okay, I'll sort through them later.

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[acemedium]

The Core's kinda weird that way. Just picks people up and sends them home like that.

But you found some, right? Who?

[...!]

Um, I can get it.

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[ace_attorney]

Well, there's Ms. Katsuragi, from before... And someone whose name I can't pronounce at all. Ms. Nelliel. Don't bother, Maya... I'll need to go through the files later anyway. It's probably more useful than the network posts... Some of those are just plain crazy. (There were more than a thousand replies to your post about burgers! This place might be as insane as you!)

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[acemedium]

Don't worry, I can't pronounce Ms. Nelliel's name either! [She says it like it's something to be proud of]

Nah, it's okay. I'm the greatest assistant ever, so I can get them for you. [And she's about to hop off, but--]

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[acemedium]

... Oh, yeah, the network posts... [Urp.]

They do get pretty crazy. Especially when it's a lot of people at once.

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[ace_attorney]

(I can't say I'm reassured, since you can't tell the difference between a regular ladder and a stepladder, either.)

...Well, all right.

[He turns back to the NV, then, scrolling through more posts.]

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[acemedium]

[And quickly rushing off to get those files, because she wants to see what he's looking at...]

So is that it for your investigation so far?

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[ace_attorney]

That's about the size of it. I haven't looked through as much of it as I wanted to, because of the bar, but I'll have more time now.

(...Now that I'm actually working? Is that how it works?)

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[acemedium]

It's better to talk to people than look through posts, Nick. They're not like files.

[Speaking of files, she's looking over the ones she's gotten before presenting them as evidence]

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[ace_attorney]

Yeah, but some of the people aren't here anymore, so they're about the best I can do.

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[acemedium]

[Oh, she's found the Joker case file... that can go on the bottom of the list]

I guess so, but it's boring...

Oh! What about the people that were still here? Yako and Ms. Neliel, right? What did you find out from them?