[T] The Empty Turnabout ●

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[T] The Empty Turnabout ●

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(Please consult the walkthrough instead of refreshing if you're down to your last life or something - my DropBox thanks you)
Spoiler : Walkthrough :
The Empty Turnabout

Chapter 1
-- Gumshoe: Facts of the Case --
Press Statements 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
Present the Master Key on Statement 6

Type "Autopsy Report" [Also accepted: "autopsy report", "the autopsy report", "The autopsy report", "autopsy", "The autopsy" "Autopsy Report", "the autopsy"]
Type "The Body" [Also accepted: "body", "the body", "Body", "victim", "Victim", "Victim's Body", "victim's body", "Victims Body", "victims body"]
Present The Study Door
Point to the balcony

-- Gumshoe: Right... The Body --
Press Statement 1 -> Select "Are they positive the room was inaccessible?" -> Select "Actually..." -> Present the Master Key -> Present Bridge Info
Present Arts' Profile on Statement 4
Present Master Key
Select "Err..." (OPTIONAL: Say "Not Mars...", present the Bridge and afterwards select "I got nothing..." - no penalty)

-- Denial --
Exhaust all talk options, Move -> Cafe Risorgimento, Exhaust all talk options

-- Adair: Bang, Bang --
Press Statement 1 -> Select "How did you know Arts?" -> Select "Yes" [Statement 1-1 added]
Press Statement 1 -> Select "Sudden invitation"
Present Arts' Invitation on Statement 1-1 [Statement 1 Replaced, Statement 1-1 removed]
(OPTIONAL: Present Mansion Floorplan on 4 or 5, no penalty)
Press Statement 7
Press Statement 8 -> Select "After" [Statement 8-2 added]
Present "Erasing" Arts on Statement 8-2 -> Select "Not a goddamn thing"

Select "I can't"
Select "The defendant was in the room" -> Present The Mansion Floorplan

-- Smith: Trouble Afoot... --
Press Statement 2 -> Select "The Mask" -> Select "Truly never seen his face?"
Press Statement 3 [Statement 3-1 added]
Press Statement 4
Press Statement 5 -> Present Balcony (OR The Mansion Floorplan -> Point to the balcony) [Statement 5-1 added]
Present the Balcony on Statement 5-1
Present the Master Key on Statement 5-1

Select either (...obviously)
Type "Confession" [Also accepted: "confession", "The confession", "the confession", "The Confession", "Defendant's confession", "defendant's confession", "Defendant's Confession", "Marston's confession", "Marston's Confession", "The defendant's confession", "The Defendant's Confession", "the defendant's confession"]
Select "Outside the room"
Point to the area directly next to the balcony, outside of the actual room
Select "Did neither"
Select "True"
Present the Bridge
Point to the other side of the abyss (lower left edge, next to the bridge)
Select "...The weapon!"
Type "Sniper"
Present Arts' Profile OR Arts' Invitation
Present Arts' Invitation
Select "Doesn't Matter" (OPTIONAL: Select "I might have an idea..." -> Present Arts' Invitation [OR Smith's Profile OR Bridge])
Present the Balcony
Present Arts' Body OR Arts' Profile
Present Arts' Blood

Select "An actual gunshot in the room"
Present the Balcony

Chapter 2
-- Marston: Can't always get what you want --
Present the Handgun on Statement 15
Present Marston's profile
Present Mary's Profile OR Arts' Body [OR Smith's Profile] (OPTIONAL: You can present Marston's profile here, too, but you'll be redirected back)

-- Edgeworth: A Matter of Murder --
Press Statement 3
Press Statement 4
Present the Balcony on Statement 4
Select "...Was not of sound mind!"

-- Marston: The Shot in the Dark --
Press Statement 5
Present Arts' Body on Statement 5

Select "The victim ran towards the balcony"
Present Arts' Body
Point to the lower (bedroom) balcony (OPTIONAL: You CAN point to the study balcony, as well without a penalty)
Present Arts' Body
Present the Handgun
Type "silencer" [Also accepted: "Silencer", "a silencer", "A Silencer"]
This pick one that I guarantee you won't fail...

-- Cykes: Unreasonable Accusations --
Press Statement 1 OR 3 -> Respond affirmatively -> Present Athena's Profile (OR Present Athena's profile on Statement 1 OR 3)
Present Arts' Invitation

-- Cykes: Dead End --
(OPTIONAL: Press Statement 2 [Statement 2-1 Revealed] -> Present Arts' Profile OR Smith's Profile or Statement 2-1)
Present Smith's Profile on Statement 7

Select "Accuse Mary"
Select "The evidence isn't in the Court Record"

-- Defendant Lobby --
Exhaust all talk options
Present -> Mary's Profile
Talk -> "Reasons for Doing this"
Move -> ???

-- ??? --
Examine
Exhaust all talk options

Chapter 3
-- Adair: Mate in Two --
Present Athena's, Smith's or Marston's profile on Statement 2 (the last statement, that is)
Present the Mansion Floorplan -> Point to the hallway (on the study's wing, of course) -> Present Mary's, Smith's or Athena's profile OR the Study Door (ALTERNATIVELY: Present the Balcony -> Present Marston's Testimony -> Select "The second testimony")

-- Adair: The Bullet in Him --
(OPTIONAL: Present the Bridge on Statement 5)
Present the Handgun OR Mary's profile on Statement 4
(IF YOU DIDN'T DO THE OPTIONAL CONTRADICTION) Present the Bridge
Select "I can prove she got it!" -> Present Mary's Profile (OPTIONAL: Present Arts' Profile -> Present Smith's Profile)
Select "It's the only way"
Spoiler : Credits :
Writing
DWaM

Sprites
Nathaniel Marston - Lind
Mary Adair - Dragon Trainer
Edmund Smith - cozysnoozy
Judge - Tap
Athena - Rajin
Front!Apollo - Tap
Old!Edgeworth - Sligneris
Crying!Trucy - Tap
Side!Apollo - Lind

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Spoiler : SoC :
it's time to BASH SOME 'THENA

owait i should probably play in firefox shouldn't i

can't be a dwam case without grimdark polly

c'mon it's only 6 months, there's plenty of time between cases in the games.

I'm sure glad you got over your whole grimdark phase, DWaM

I like how his nametag is "Justice" lol

the faaaaaaaaaade

WAIT WHY DON'T WE HAVE AN ATTORNEY'S BADGE, WORST CASE EVER

you took the case cuz you think the defendant's cute. didn't you.

I expected "I'm fine"

"No matter what happens..." are you going TSotST on me? (I mean, it wouldn't be the first time your sprites have done that)

I think this is Zelda music but I don't remember exactly what, hmm

he mentioned the jurists? HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH DD AT ALL????

how did he get so wealthy if he was just a policy officer...?

(Polly knows that Marston is innocent because POLLY HIMSELF IS THE KILLER. oh man, you ARE
going TSotST on me, aren't you.)

what are you talking about nick, this isn't familiar at all (esp not to me)

dat ZE music

DW, I HAVE THE BADGE, I TOTALLY HAVE THE EVIDENCE TO DEAL WITH THIS TESTIMONY

no randomized failure convo, disappointment/10

Looking at this floor plan i can say
the victim deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeefinitely wasn't shot from the bedroom. totes.

Edgey the character is a demon, but this trial was made by *DWaM*, so it'll totes be easy peasy

A party that's not a party in a mansion that's not a mansion (with a murder that's not a murder. ASSISTED SUICIDE TOTES.)

How did he get into the study? THROUGH THE DOOR~

...How did he aim in a totally dark room? lol

C'mon Polly, how many times do I have to press before you ask about the window?

HOW CAN YOU AMMEND THE AUTOPSY REPORT IF YOU DON'T PRESENT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE? EDGEY PLS

I'm not sure how you perform an autopsy without a corpse...

So are you going AAI2-3 on me, or is the guy not dead? (Oh, or the guy isn't actually Ian Arts!)

Polly... Arguing for The Sixth Man is all well and good... but what if the person who moved the corpse wasn't the killer?

oooo custom picture

THE KILLER WAS THE TABLE

THE MANSION IS ENIES LOBBY

you just wanted to use the word "abyss" didn't you

"No surprise there. IT WAS THE BUTLER."

c'mon, how DO you present "he wasn't actually dead"?

there we go

IT WAS A CORPSE
IT WAS A CONSPIRACY
IT WAS PIGEONS

This is... Hotel Dusk? (or maybe Last Window, but w/e close enough)

dat sprite

magical changing coutroom :D

grieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeef

polly's bedroom is depressing

ALSO I KNEW YOU WERE GONNA TSOTST ME

these sfx

polly pls, she's not nao kanzaki

I like jelly better than jam

I'm... pretty sure "conspiracy to murder" is a crime

Of course people will literally want his head. That's just how sexy Marston is.

If I try to examine the stormclouds, I just get a "(W"

throwing my attorney's badge at the sky does nothing, wtf?????

cafe risORGImento (hello)

TIME TO DRINK SOME grape juice

QUICK POLLY STAB HER

why is athena 20

this is NOT the dd!athena that i've come to love to hate

but... the badge is right there in the CR...

You threw the coffee on her, burning her face for life, right?

"Bang, Bang" I think I can already see the contradiction

fades died yay \o/

Edgeworth is getting oddly specific.
K NICK I WROTE IT DOWN JUST LIKE YOU WANTED <3

>21 years old
>"experienced investigator"
...k

I know why you spend an hour in the bathroom before you go anywhere, Nick
...but if i say it here, the mods will get mad :<

What if the victim wasn't Arts, but Arts actually HAD been murdered in the study--just earlier.

I tried presenting the door and the balcony, but the true way to present "how to enter the room" was the floor plan alone... You have disappointed me, as usual, DWaM

i'll admit it
i expected de killer

IMMORTAL VAMPIRE
TOTES THE ANSWER
YOU CAN'T FOOL ME DWAM

WOW HE LIED ABOUT HIS TESTIMONY TITLE, YOU'RE FIRED

omg the door moved to the back of the CR. worst case ever

no "TAKE THAT!" when you present the balcony. you're lucky you aren't NN, otherwise I'd shame you

WHAT IF THE KILLER GLUED THE KEY BACK TOGETHER?

...wat. Why can't I present my "Killer shot him from the bedroom" theory????

i... i don't see how a sniper could position themselves for this at all considering how the mansion was at the top of a peak
(if it was surrounded by mountains it'd make sense... but at the peak?)

also did i srsly just have to present the invitation twice

IT WASN'T A SNIPER RIFLE. IT WAS A SNIPER FISHING ROD, AND THEY REELED THE BODY BACK INSIDE

and now you're playing the case for me. rude.

so if it's HIS game i guess edgey is dwam
and im the sexy hobo
so who's polly? hmmm

Gooooooooooo Trucy!

the faaaaaaaaaaaaaade

even trucy needs to drink in grimdark dwamland lol

it was just a sip
and then u died
CUZ THIS IS ACTUALLY PLATINUM, SUCKA
(and now you're in hell
aka grimdark dwamland)
yup i totally cracked the case just now

We Are [Not] Alone
now we just need to turn Thalassa into a mecha and we'll be set

strange hobo man moar liek sexy hobo man

i knew it was cuz he was cute

dat random music change

...I can't check the study door (specifically, the chain) for fingerprints to see if the victimw as wearing gloves..? WHAT IF THE DEFENDANT TOOK THE GLOVES OFF AFTER THE MURDER AND THREW THEM OVER THE BALCONY INTO THE ABYSS????

...Oh. I thought it was cuz he couldn't premeditate that the balcony door would be open xD

(Also I was kinda wondering about this earlier lol. "THE DEFENDANT'S PLAN FOR MURDER which involved just staying there in the room")

lmao, "GEE I WONDER WHICH ONE I PICK" worked

hi krissy

i swear i've heard this song before
oh this is VLR, isn't it?

THE KILLER WAS CROUCHING DOWN
MARSTON TRIPPED OVER THE REAL KILLER

like i said earlier
deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeefinitely not from the bedroom

I'm pretty sure Polly has been gunning for Athena, but the last one at the room was Mary...

I'M GOING TO GO WITH MY LO--oh dwammit

welp. c'mere, athena

hmm
if he was shot on the balcony
wouldn't he end up near the balcony, not the center of the room?

also if there was random blood around the room
from the struggle
shouldn't there have been other wounds on his body, besides the gunshot wound?
I mean yeah, the gunshot would be the main thing to pay attention to while checking the body...
but if the bloody was around the room...
shouldn't there also be rips in the clothes and stuff?
and that'd be pretty noticeable imo
hmm

i like how "SO FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN" doesn't match her sprite at all lol

we're... we're really just going "you're you"? dwam pls

just... just because you *think* the others are credible doesn't mean they actually ARE...

dat gotcha

Ever since Mary said she was the last one at the crime scene, I've been wondering if Smith or Athena was there first...

ofc she did

It's APOLLO Justice!!

i thought a minute ago polly said he wasn't a brat

WHERE'S POLLY'S TATTOO WHERE WHERE WHERE

this reminds me of TSub and Rhea lol

no custom breakdown sprite? lame

DWAMMIT, I TRIED TO ACCUSE MARY EARLIER WHEN WE HAD THE 3 CHOICES

you know
this whole thing could've been avoided if smith had just mentioned athena in his testimony the first time

i tried presenting the gun because it's police issue
c'mooon

dw TRUCY TO THE RESCUE~

this really IS like TSub lol

c'mon, no gramarye theme? it's perfect for spectacular entrances/exits!

W...Who has Polly brownnosed? lol

MWAHAHAHA, NOTHING CAN *TRULY* BRING THE ACE HOBO INTO THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR

chatting in xat reminded me that Rune and I basically already used the contradiction from the first CE in TPairs xD

lol, I totally called the broken courthouse. Can't be DD without it! (Even if this isn't DD at all.)

Well, ofc Mary isn't the kind of man that gives up at the first sign of trouble. She's a WOMAN.

of all the times to switch to ch3
THEN?

also why wasn't the attorney's badge revealed from the start? lol

c'mon mary. i thought you were an EXPERIENCED INVESTIGATOR?

c'mon. what if they saw the blood stains on the floor? wouldn't that be enough?

How come I can't present the door to say that light should've been coming through the door...?

LADY JUSTICE~

You struck a cool pose, Trucy, BUT YOU DIDN'T GET THE MUSIC CUE RIGHT

Yeah, I thought that testimony about the gun was a bit TOO obvious...
But it doesn't matter! With the power of The Ten Teacups, this problem can easily be resolved!
...if i can actually present the answer
......cool music btw

Using evidence from a past case for personal revenge? WHY SO TSOTST??
(also that present was.... idk. I liked using Arts' gun better.)

C'MON POLLY YOU HAVE MAGIC EYESIGHT, SEE THROUGH HER BLUFF

huh guess i was wrong about my theory

athena lost her badge (I guess?) boo hoo

...We skipped IV, didn't we?

so Nick was right about the killer from the start
ACE HOBO
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let it be known that gumpei is the laziest butt

(glad you finally released it tho)
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FTR: This was originally going to be released during the case comp that DWaM and Enigma hosted. :)

(But yay releasing things. I enjoyed reading it.)
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@Gumpei: lazy?
Spoiler : zomg major spoilerz dont click :
i take it you haven't actually seen the ending
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sleepy time

updated my first post
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Damn, only on V5. That means the saving is still bad. At least it encourages me to use the version with the player interface I like better, I guess.
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I SHALL ANSWER THE AGE-OLD QUESTION THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE ME
Spoiler : :
It's from Skyward Sword. The name of the track is "Silly Groose".
Anyway, thanks for playing it so far (but don't you quit on me dammit).

EDIT: (Regards to chapter 2)
Spoiler : :
HE ASKED YOU, THOUGH

HE ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE SURE

AND YOU SAID YES

YOU ARE TO BLAME FOR YOUR MISERY

...okay here's an avancement, I guess: http://aceattorney.sparklin.org/jeu.php ... ement=3064

ignore the double gun

also, not picking Mary and accusing a select group of people gets bonus alternate endings!

also note that the game becomes pretty buggy after using avancements, just so you know
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DWaM wrote:
Spoiler : :
HE ASKED YOU, THOUGH

HE ASKED YOU IF YOU WERE SURE

AND YOU SAID YES

YOU ARE TO BLAME FOR YOUR MISERY
I have a habit of instead of clicking on the "instant text display," leaving it off and double clicking every text box, so that the text advances, and instantly displays. Ofc this goes wrong, a lot of times and I end up advancing it one too many times or selecting a choice because I didn't know it was coming soooo
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Welp, glad you enjoyed it!

Stay tuned for the totally real sequel that's coming soon!


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darn it, i thought that song was from one of the WW trilogy LoZs

(still got closer than Spyromed tho)
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Thanks DWaM... Now I need to look at some cats... I have *never* been so depressed at a case ending before.
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Well, while I personally found it to be quite the opposite (at least, when compared to some of my other endings), I suppose that everyone looks differently on certain things.

In any case, thanks for playing.
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DWaM wrote:Well, while I personally found it to be quite the opposite (at least, when compared to some of my other endings), I suppose that everyone looks differently on certain things.

In any case, thanks for playing.
Your welcome... and you are correct...

NOTHING is more depressing than "Turnabout Curtain's" ending... :calisto:

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Wow, spoilers.
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