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Case 3, rest of trial part 1

things go a little better for us after the summation examination. we slowly chip away at the witnesses - one bloody glove to two bloody gloves to two bloody hands - and eventually suggest that there was a third person in the seat. anyone familiar with ace attorney knows that this couldn't have been the accused because the series lives on these kinds of inconsistencies, whether it's one hand vs. two, left handed vs. right handed, or anything it can grasp onto that's concrete.

we call McGilded to the stand only for him to say that a third person, a girl, was on the omnibus. after he suggests that she might be in the court room, we get SMOKE BOMBED and evacuated from the court room. sure, I guess?

the details aren't what caught my imagination while I was going through this. let's talk about the prosecution. Van Zieks is.. not exactly intimidating. I actually had to look back to find out what his name even was, because he's just that passive. dude hasn't really made his presence known yet at all. some prosecutors, like Blackquill or Nahyuta or whatever, really leave an impression. this guy?

I'm not asking for him to badger the witnesses like von Karma or anything, but at least make your presence known? this case is different in that you're just kinda thrown into it, but when I think back to 5-2 or 6-2, I think of how the prosecutor is the star of the first day of trial. this guy? he was built up strong before we walked in, but boy, he hasn't seemed notable yet. maybe he becomes moreso in part 2, but so far I'm basically running this trial solo.

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