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TheRock1525 posted...

So be honest: Barok van Zieks' theme.

Great prosecutor theme?
Or greatest prosecutor theme?

There is now a challenger to this title!

Our next witnesses are even zanier than the last. Fabien de Rousseau and Peppino de Rossi are comic criminals in the Skulkin style, with Peppino constantly implicating them both without thinking, and being seemingly unaware of the gravity of the situation around them. Sadly they're not as enjoyable as the Skulkins, I don't mind them but these are pretty well-tread archetypes now. Peppino in particular somehow manages to hit new heights of national stereotyping for the series!

The cross-examinations are fine, and eventually lead us to a twist I did not see coming. Gossip is not a random pedlar at all, but is actually Hugh Boone, the renter of the property Gregson's body was found in. And shortly after that we find out he's actually our missing Daly Vigil! Looking now I can see the resemblance in the pictures, and we had explicitly been told that Daly's face had no distinguishing characteristics. I'm a bit annoyed at myself for not catching this one, I had taken Gossip's appearance completely at face value. I really like this twist, the game completely tricked me into thinking he was an inconsequential comedy witness with a distinct character design, and the reversal from 'he couldn't possibly disguise himself given his appearance' to 'his appearance is the disguise' is done well. Good job, game!

Looking back, we were incredibly lucky that Evie went to Sholmes when she did so we had all the info we needed. Pretty unlucky for Daly not to get away with this! The ensuing tale is interesting, hell yeah Shady Gregson is back! He hired Daly to pretend to be him many times (I don't know how Mr Vigil provided for his family in the years before Gregsy showed up), and seems to have been secretly working on the Reaper case himself. I wonder how this ties in to his Paris trip, did he think he'd have the case solved by then or did he realise his time would be up soon somehow? He mentions the possibility of his own death to Daly, in any case.

Just as things appear to be winding down for the day, it's time for the Kazuma show to recommence. Woo! Asogi Jr is hellbent on finding out the truth behind his father's death, pushing Mr Vigil into remembering horrors he had buried very deep into himself. Kazuma's determination is a little frightening for Ryunosuke, and his speech about the human spirit being crushed is worrying to say the least. Nonetheless we help our friend, and poor Daly collapses after being forced to remember what looks like his own suicide attempt. Jeez. Part of me wants Ryunosuke to pull Kazuma back from the brink before it's too late, and another part of me wants to see just how far he can go and how much he can accomplish on his mission.