LogFAQs > #954521084

Down the hatch we go, to the secret 51st floor, where we find a bunch of evidence from AAI whose significance is lost on me, because I chose to skip replaying it before I played this one. I had no problem whatsover sending that game to Wifebolo for her playthrough (which you should read/follow/comment on by the way)! I thought it was fine, but too tedious to warrant a playthrough: I do vaguely remember the Alice Red statue from E1-2, and I also recognize Mr. Monkeys head and Redd Whites table. It is obvious that the candelabra and the Jammin Ninja mask both came from here.

Someone is selling old evidence on the black market. Edgeworth gets lost in thought pondering the fate of the Iron Infant, son of the steel Samurai and the Pink Princess, cursed with responsibility similar to his own. He's so lost in thought he doesn't notice when Lotta Hart appears from behind the Alice Red statue. Thankfully, she brought the witness theme from the first AA game with her! An underrated track. Maybe the most surprising aspect of this is that Edgeworth remembers her name on the first try. I generally like Lotta, though she's looking a lot whiter than I remember. The boilerplate response here is probably that Lotta was never meant to be dark-skinned, but that's not exactly "better"!

It turns out I was right about the Nicole/Lotta connection from Case 1. Somehow, Lotta is respeccted enough to take on pupils. She's switched her specialty from mythical creatures to ghosts to crime bosses, I guess. We gotta logic chess Lotta here which shouldnt be hard given that shes dumb as a post. Her timer is less generous than the prior logic chesses, but pretty simple. She's been hiding in the evidence room for the last day and a half, long enough to witness the Conductor arguing with someone. Lotta has a picture of raincoat guy; it seems this person likely killed Crane then went up to the roof, where they confronted Kay.

The body mustve been hidden around here, so that means its time for some good old fashioned scientific forensics, courtesy of Ema and her trademark luminol. I swear, Ema's just a walking talking spray bottle of luminol at this point. It's too much to ask for meaningful character development in a gaiden game, I understand, but can we not be so blatant that this is a game mechanic disguised as a character? She even takes time to co-opt Edgeworths lines Lets spray luminol on every suspicious looking nook and cranny. Not every nook and cranny, John! (There's a bonus extra L O S T reference for you).

Theres blood on the ladder, the lift, and a costume trunk. Edgeworth surmises the body was hidden in the trunk, but Lotta says it was locked up already when she got there. Strange.

All of a sudden I'm slightly suspicious of Ray. I love the guy, but maybe my "death" vibes are actually "secret culprit" vibes. Something about the way he warns Kay about getting on the lift is weird. Also, I thought it was weird how he offered me candy in Case 2. A bunch of small things. Probably nothing.

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