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Pictured above: live footage of Blaise Debeste destroying my Nanowrimo manuscript. Now more Forgotten Turnabout!

Sebastian shows up, singing the Mighty Mouse theme song. Did he develop a new gimmick, or has he always been a singer? Franzy whips him nearly immediately after he begins speaking - she knows garbage when she sees it. Judge Courtney is also here, and she reveals that Nu-Kay is actually Jill Crane, an attorney in the PIC. Debeste accuses Kay of the murder. The ID card number gimmick from 1-5 comes back. Side note: why do these records have blank names next to the numbers? What purpose is the ID card record if I have to figure out the number/name match on my own? It's fun, so whatever, but isn't this kind of a bad system if the computer can't automatically cross reference the ID numb-YEEEOWCH *gets whipped for thinking too seriously*

Courtney presents an incriminating letter from Kay to Crane, saying thanks for working together. Kay gets something, while Crane gets revenge for 12 years ago. Do I smell yet another flashback case? Already? I've barely finished shoveling the IS-7 incident into the corner of the brain that stores my MK fatalities and hidden block locations.

The letter is pretty fishy, but once I point out that it was found in the victim's bloody pocket but is conveniently missing puncture marks from the candelabra, it becomes obvious it was placed there after the murder. Having played 1-5 before in the MASON system, we can assume, Edgeworth suggests we figure out who the other blank on the keycard list is. Courtney stops him right there: it's her. Not particularly suspicious, given that this is her workplace I guess.

Why do I hear boss music? A new character appears: Chairman Debeste, Sebastian's dad. I don't know how I feel about this guy. He's pretty obviousIy evil; I'd even wager the final boss of the game given his extremely evil theme song. But beyond that, I'm confused by his gimmicks. His character design is going for a daredevil motif, I think, like Evil Knievel? But it could also be a biker outfit, which would explain the big beard. But he also cries all the time and has to dump the tears out of his goggles? Gross! And occasionally he'll pull out a lighter and play with it, sometimes lighting some random papers on fire. That explains the "Blaise" pun, but what is this guy's deal? I DON'T UNDERSTAND. How was this guy ever a chief prosecutor/chairman of the PIC?

He also has a gimmick where he's verbally abusive to his son: Im the proud father of that idiot over there. I mean... Sebastian is pretty dumb, so the shoe fits. But that's not cool. It's pretty clear to me that this toxic relationship is meant to parallel Gustavia's from the last case, and the Edgeworth/Von Karma dynamic. All of these can be juxtaposed with the healthy relationship between Edgeworth and Gregory that was cut short.

Blaise quickly moves to shut down the investigation and arrest Kay, saying that any further actions will result in Edgeworth losing his badge. Sick of being constantly threatened with this, Edgeworth just blows the whole thing up. He takes off his prosecutors badge and resigns on the spot. Franzys upset, Gumshoes upset, Kays upset and whoops, there she goes.

Edgeworth, now jobless, chases after her. He runs back to his office, hoping Kay will be there. One letter off, it turns out, as Ray shows up. He cheers Edgeworth up a bit, and they go investigate the rooftop garden again to see if they can figure out Kays memory loss issue.

And now I'm officially caught up with the writeups.

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