Board 8 > Wifebolo's Ace Attorney adventure continues! [progressive spoilers AA5+]

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Special Episode: Turnabout Reclaimed

I guess Pearls found some weird upside-down prints on the show stage's side ladder. We send Apollo to get the giant pill from Orla's stomach analyzed.

We talk to Sasha in the Detention Center, she was supposed to clean the orca pool with Shipley, but she went in early because of the fight the night before, and he never showed. Sasha reveals that Orla can't do more than one trick at a time - but she was supposedly singing and doing the lifesaver trick? We hand over the prescription bag from Det. Fulbright, and it's Sasha's medication for her heart condition. Because of this over concern for Sasha's health, Shipley was going to leave her out of the new show. Sasha was unhappy while she was cleaning, so Orla spiked the volleyball and accidentally broke the octopus figure. Sasha said she deliberately tried to prevent the new show from going on without her by moving the large skull sculpture from the show stage to the orca pool.

Azura Summers, the late trainer from last year, taught Sasha how to train Orla. Azura always wore a charm from her boyfriend, who had a matching charm - Sasha ended up with this charm after her death, supposedly she has never met Azura's boyfriend. Captain Shipley kept Azura's sword-shaped walkie talkie as a keepsake, but it wasn't found on his body when he died. This is strange, as Sasha remembers speaking to him on it.

Sasha is so nervous that Dr Crab is going to euthanize Orla. He was never into euthanizing before, but since Summers' death, he's been in favor of it.

I played the rest of this investigation, so I'll write up the rest later. Thanks!

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ngl this all very much smacks of Azura/Sasha being a thing but that's probably just my brain

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Yours wouldn't be the first brain

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yeah i think that's pretty believable that sasha was in love with azura
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Special Episode: Turnabout Reclaimed

Rifle ate the matching charm somehow, we find this out when she's regurgitating food for Sniper while in Dr Crab's lab. We also find her feet are pink - from the fresh paint on the sign that Sasha handmade.

We break a couple Psyche Locks on Dr Crab and find out he's got an illegal monitoring system called TORPEDO for the animals at the Aquarium. Smaller animals have a sensor directly attached to them [e.g. Rifle] and larger animals have a sensor attached to their tanks [e.g. Orla].

The Center for Dangerous Animal Control has called for Orla to be euthanized. There's a lot of weirdness involving bribes, calendars, etc. Apollo calls us back and it sounds like the capsule we sent him to analyze is a sleeping pill, and that the Aquarium recently bought a large quantity of it. In direct violation of HIPAA regulations, Apollo has also found out that Azura was on the same heart medication as Sasha. To court!!

Dr Crab claims in his testimony that Orla was in the show pool while the orca pool was being cleaned. Our luminol photo results show that to be false. We claim that he was trying to drown Orla since she was a witness to the murder. However, he didn't rush to the tank because he didn't know. Blackquill tries to pin it on Sasha, who was the only one there cleaning the tank. Dr Crab finishes by returning the charm to us that he had retrieved from Rifle, stating it isn't his.

We call Marlon Rimes to the stand. Rimes tries to tell us what happened, but his memories are blending with his memories of Azura's death. Phoenix and Athena work hard to reduce his emotional noise. We open the charm and reveal a photo of Marlon and Azura - Marlon Rimes was her boyfriend!!

Marlon's transformation into 'pirate' version was truly bizarre. I liked him before. o_o

We suggest that Rimes was trying to kill Orla, but accidentally caused Shipley to fall to his death in the show pool. We know from the TORPEDO system that Rifle got fed but Orla didn't. How did that happen? Somehow, Rimes was positioned so he couldn't see Rifle wandering in and eating Orla's food.

We end up cross-examining Orla, because LET THE WHALE TAKE THE STAND.

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5-6 is so bizarre because you get the big villain transformation and then he just...leaves for a while.

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that has to be like top 3 craziest transformations, right?

and i think it ain't 2 or 3
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Special Episode: Turnabout Reclaimed

We have a brief recess, get some info from DePlume and Dr Crab, and reconvene.

We press on every whirr, click and fweet to no avail. We decide to not pursue the cross-examination of Orla. We suggest that using recordings of Orla and Azura on the TV phone, Rimes could have manipulated Orla using that audio. We clarify that Orla cannot do more than 2 tricks at the same time, so we pick the song as being fake [Orla was supposedly doing the lifesaver trick and singing at the same time]. We point out that the walkie talkies issued to all Aquarium crew members can be used to broadcast to speakers inside the Aquarium. Rimes disses us, saying his walkie talkie is broken and there's no way to prove otherwise.

Upon examination, his walkie talkie has some strange teeth marks, not quite matching Orla, but matching the teeth marks Azura Summers' walkie talkie, carried as a memento by Shipley, would have received. We find out there were TWO ORCAS. One, named Ora, had a short tooth, compared to Orla, who has all her teeth intact. We blame Rimes for Shipley's death, and call in Sasha.

Sasha confirms that Ora, the first orca, and Orla, the second, are sisters. After Azura Summers' death last year, Ora was put down and Orla took over all her show duties. Phoenix objects before the Judge's ruling to point out the weird Ladder Fingerprints, showing that Rimes was trying to save Shipley when he fell... not kill him. Shipley's death was an accident, but Rimes was trying to get himself a guilty verdict because he felt bad about the situation.

Sasha Buckler is declared Not Guilty. Cue the confetti.

I guess Shipley's body was hidden in the Skull Rock, so when Sasha moved it in an attempt to sabotage the show she wasn't allowed to be in, she had no idea it contained Shipley's body. Rimes then manipulated Orla into performing the lifesaver trick in front of Ms DePlume.

Now that we all know the truth, Sasha will take time off until her heart condition improves, Ms DePlume will be on the Aquarium's side in her future writings, and Dr Crab reveals that the 'bribes' and his mysterious trips with Captain Shipley were to another aquarium, paying them to take care of Ora, the first orca, who had not been put down and was merely relocated.

We throw Orla a well-deserved fish, and Phoenix receives a surprise orca smooch!

We continue next time with Investigations! A big shout out to @colliding for offering up a copy of the game for me to purchase. Thanks so much.

I did buy SOJ during the store sale, so we will get to that after AAI and 2.

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Leonhart4 posted...

5-6 is so bizarre because you get the big villain transformation and then he just...leaves for a while.

Not to mention the level of culpability is Ken Dingling/Acro levels of 'I meant to kill someone else but yikes'.

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Llarian posted...

Rimes disses us

one of my all-time favorite testimonies

love the twist with dr crab and the second orca too
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Llarian posted...

Not to mention the level of culpability is Ken Dingling/Acro levels of 'I meant to kill someone else but yikes'.

the whole case is very much "2-3, but good"
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Llarian posted...

We continue next time with Investigations! A big shout out to @colliding for offering up a copy of the game for me to purchase. Thanks so much.

I did buy SOJ during the store sale, so we will get to that after AAI and 2.

Of course! Hope it brings you joy. I think it's got a number of great moments! I'm playing 2 now and it'll be nice to have your playthrough to remind me of what happened in the prior game. (Don't read my playthrough though!)

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It's sad that the only kiss Phoenix has gotten in the series is from an orca

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Leonhart4 posted...

It's sad that the only kiss Phoenix has gotten in the series is from an orca

Am I taking this too seriously? Yes I am.
To be fair, a lot of the more viable options are either too close to his cases to really be considered professional, or they're already dead XD
The rest are kids, teens, and significantly older people.

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Phoenix/Iris forever

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Leonhart4 posted...

Phoenix/Iris forever

Yeah, I also like that one for him. It's sweet, especially now that the demonic potential in-law thing is over. Plus she's still technically Maya's cousin and Pearl's half-sister. So that's fun.

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Genuinely curious what AAI is coded, SOJ is AA6. Ah well, I'll just call it AAI for now.

AAI-1: Turnabout Visitor

Someone gets murdered in Edgeworth's office! What! Why?!

Our trusty detective, Dick Gumshoe, is on the case!! Wow, this is really cute. I played hours and hours of AA just to get to this moment. You have the option of talking to Gumshoe when you want, which is what every AA game should have had. Would have made some of the lame moments in earlier games a lot better for me - "Hey, pal!"

The Logic function is a new one - as you make observations, you have to string them together in a way that makes sense, or suffer a penalty.

...is it just me, or is it completely adorable the way the sprites move? Gumshoe following Edgeworth around the room as though he couldn't conduct a conversation from anywhere in Edgeworth's unobstructed office.

Gumshoe wishes he could rest on Edgeworth's comfy couch, we find fresh flowers from Wendy Oldbag, who is still stalking Edgeworth... troubling. Edgeworth's teacup is broken, apparently the whole set is worth more than Gumshoe's monthly salary and can only be replaced in England. Dang. Makes me think of Wedgwood, but then... poor Gumshoe. That's only less than $200?

It's so tough to get used to the old-school gameplay. I was spoiled on the dialogue review option in Dual Destinies.

Gumshoe came in while Edgeworth was away and cleaned his office regularly. What. That's so sweet. Whaaaat. I can't handle this game.

I've collected some info - I'll use Logic without the training wheels next time. See you next week!

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Yeah, AAI tends to be the shorthand there.

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LeonhartFour posted...

Yeah, AAI tends to be the shorthand there.

Thanks!

Sadly I forgot to bring the DS with me today, so I will play more when I get home and write up later.

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Llarian posted...

It's so tough to get used to the old-school gameplay. I was spoiled on the dialogue review option in Dual Destinies.

weirdly i almost never actually used this in the 3DS games. just played slowly to absorb most of the lines/do writeups

the walking sprites are hilariously awkward, i love them

and at least on b8, i usually use AAI1/2 to delineate the games and E1-1 to note the first AAI case
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AAI1-1: Turnabout Visitor

They give you Logic on training wheels the first couple of times, which I appreciated. 'Thinking like other people' is not exactly one of my strong suits - now that I've said that, this sure is a weird franchise for me to enjoy.

Deduce is also a great function - you Examine and then point out the part of the item that doesn't make sense. In this case, we have a pistol that has fired one shot, into the victim... but there's another bullet hole in Mr Edgeworth's early prosecutor suit frame on the opposite wall! Therefore, another gun is in the mix somewhere. We also get the 'Eureka!' interjection from Edgeworth at the time of his deduction. I have seen this on various items of fan merch, and wondered where this came from, so that clears up the confusion.

Jacques Portsman busts in and bothers us, accusing both Mr Edgeworth and Det. Gumshoe in turn of killing Faith, our victim the detective, who's dead on the scene. He forces us away from the scene of the crime as he urges another officer to take some photos of him mourning with the body. I mean, I've seen self-absorbed fictional characters, but this is bordering on take selfies with the deceasedfrom Weird Al's 'Tacky'.

We find a secret safe in the wall behind said suit frame, and it's now no longer secret. >_> Gumshoe has kept the office spotless, so it's really obvious that the safe is undisturbed...but the number pad has been wiped clean of prints! Suspich!

Mr Edgeworth wonders if the motive was theft, and we rearrange the files that were carelessly pulled off the shelf during a struggle... We'll have to see what that reveals to us.

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you're assuming that the writers of Ace attorney think like normal people either

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Deduction is a great idea in theory but I feel like it leaves open too many holes. The problem is there's often more than one way to mentally think of a contradiction, but the game only has one answer.

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NFUN posted...

you're assuming that the writers of Ace attorney think like normal people either

colliding posted...

The problem is there's often more than one way to mentally think of a contradiction, but the game only has one answer.

More than fair. This is the typical issue [aside from getting ahead of the game's process] that I run into. I am buckling up for several This Is Completely Plausible But Not What You Wanted moments in this game. XD

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AAI1-1: Turnabout Visitor

Have you ever thought, 'wow this is a substantial amount of blood'?

The angle of the bullet entering Faith's body is all wrong. Gumshoe had put the files back where they actually go - but if you didn't have that knowledge or forgot how it was originally... you would put the zeroes at the beginning. Gumshoe rearranges the files this way, and they prop up the body. It matches the lower abdominal wound now, plus makes the reversed bloody handprints make more sense.

Now that we've moved the body, we see that not only is the name 'Gumshoe' written on the files behind the body in blood, but a file is missing! Edgeworth fixates on the missing file while Gumshoe sweats, everyone in the room suspecting him of being the killer! Portsman jumps all over it.

Yeesh. Mr Edgeworth is going to have some substantial cleanup, plus likely floor board replacement. All the victims in this franchise taking time to neatly write killer names in blood. So nice of them.

What could it all mean? See you tomorrow!

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That Jock Sportsman

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Leonhart4 posted...

That Jock Sportsman

Thank you, I had figured out the 'sportsman' part but couldn't for the life of me sort out the rest >_>

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Bump
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

Bump

Thanks for this. Writeup over lunch.

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AAI1-1: Turnabout Visitor

We hear Mr Portsman out as he accuses Gumshoe of killing Det. Faith. Edgeworth points out that the missing file, if stolen by Gumshoe, means he would have seen his own name there. Plus the file was stolen after the murder.

A desperate Mr Portsman then attempts to push the blame off on one Ms Maggey Byrde, the building's security guard, because of course she is. For whatever reason, even though she refers to her many mishaps to Edgeworth later, Maggey seems a little bit more appealing this time around.

Portsman continues an incriminating series of assertions, and Maggey points out she couldn't have used the master key to get into Mr Edgeworth's office because it was not in her possession at that time. Portsman insists that between the missing file and the secret safe, Maggey's intent was thievery. Edgeworth points out this can't be the case as Maggey wouldn't have even known about the safe. Only a prosecutor would have known about it.

Portsman kicks us out into the hallway, where we find the missing file under a bench. We poke around various areas of the hallway, including the basketball hoop that Portsman keeps outside of his office. Maggey posits that Portsman had wanted Edgeworth's office, 1202, because his birthday is Dec. 2nd.

We find from examining the doors that the door plates can be moved easily. I suspect swapping occurred.

Maggey talks about letting Mr Portsman in to his office since he forgot his key and locking up when he left. Other than that, the key was missing during the appointed time. Hmmm...

Probs time for some Logic! See you tomorrow.

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One of the few birthdays in the series we actually know!

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wow I don't remember this case at all. these writeups are a nice trip down memory lane, except the streets are empty.

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Bump
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AAI1-1: Turnabout Visitor

There's a note left by the victim under Portsman's door ['sorry I missed you, brought you some evidence' kinda thing], and the basketball hoop looks like it's been moved. The door to Mr Portsman's office is locked tight. Maggey admits she didn't actually lock it that night, so why is it locked now?

You take a look at Edgeworth's office door knob, and it's been wiped clean of prints. Hmmm...

We go back into Edgeworth's office and point to Mr Portsman being the culprit. He balks at this, insisting he never used the master key - but with Maggey, he did not personally have to. We point to the moved Basketball Hoop as evidence that the hoop may have been relocated to let Portsman into Edgeworth's office instead.

Portsman insists he was in his office the entire time, we present the Victim's Note, saying he missed Mr Portsman during his visit. This is dismissed as the two men just missing each other, and that Mr Portsman didn't notice the note upon entering his office. Mr Portsman makes an alibi for himself during the time the master key was missing, and Gumshoe is able to corroborate his story based on testimony from the officers down in Criminal Affairs.

Perhaps there was another person, other than the victim and his killer, who had entered Edgeworth's office? Upon pressing Mr Portsman, he reveals that Det. Buddy Faith brought 2 pieces of evidence related to an old case. However, according to the Victim's Note slid under Portsman's actual office door, Buddy Faith brought 3 pieces of evidence. We investigate on Portsman's person and find he was hiding a blood-stained VHS tape.

Portsman had tricked Maggey into letting him into Edgeworth's office. Portsman then poked around the secret safe and the files, which he put back incorrectly. Det. Faith comes along, leaves the note regarding the evidence, then is alarmed at noises coming from Edgeworth's office - someone who should be currently out of office. He investigates and Portsman snatches his gun, killing him to eliminate Faith as a witness. Portsman wrote Gumshoe's name in blood to try and pin it on him. Portsman then requested Maggey lock up, but she pretended to do so using her house key [the master key was missing at this time]. Portsman spends time in Criminal Affairs building his alibi.

Another thief entered the now-unlocked office of Edgeworth, ignored the body, stole the file they needed, and was about to leave when Edgeworth entered. There were some threats, a shot was fired, and the thief made off with the file, leaving it in the hallway after taking what he needed.

Maggey thanks Edgeworth, and Gumshoe talks about how Portsman is thought of as being generally corrupt. We wonder about the stolen file we found in the hallway. Apparently, the famous thief Yatagarasu left his calling card - this thief prefers to steal information on corrupt companies, and gives the info to the press to report on. This jogs Miles's memory about something that happened two days ago.

What happened? We'll find out next time! See you then.


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The final cross-examination music is so good

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AAI1-2: Turnabout Airlines

It all started two days ago, on a plane at 9,000 feet...

Turbulence knocks over our dear prosecutor, leaving him unconscious for about 10 minutes. When he wakes, he finds someone else's travel wallet in his pocket, and when he finally works up the courage to settle down [turbulence resembles earthquakes] and use the elevator [Don't forget DL-6!] ...there's a dead guy in the elevator. And the dead guy is pretty handsome. [I will go for the glasses almost every time XD embarrassing, I know]

Since Miles Edgeworth was the one who found the body, and because the flight attendant claims to have 'incriminating evidence', he's the primary suspect. Now everyone's in a tizzy in first class bc of the murder, and Miles is sitting there, handcuffed behind his back, insisting on his own innocence. Ngl, this sprite of him leaning forward with his hands behind his back is making me feel some kinda way.

We'll listen to Ms Teneiro the flight attendant's testimony next. See you then!


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Good news for you because the game will give you multiple opportunities to see that sprite because they didn't want it to go to waste!

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on the topic of Edgeworth thirst, I think one of the series' best running gags is older women finding Edgeworth irresistible

not saying TC is a Wendy Oldbag-esque simp or anything

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Leonhart4 posted...

Good news for you because the game will give you multiple opportunities to see that sprite because they didn't want it to go to waste!

Excellent. This is the good news I needed today.

colliding posted...

on the topic of Edgeworth thirst, I think one of the series' best running gags is older women finding Edgeworth irresistible

Agree completely. He's got that well-dressed, stick-in-the-mud charm that none of the grandmas can resist XD

AAI1-2: Turnabout Airlines

We speak to Ms Teneiro, the flight attendant. I'm realizing her hairbun is layered squares of hair. o_o Weird.

Apparently Ms Teneiro confused the travel wallet that Edgeworth picked up with the murder weapon, claiming it was dripping blood. Edgeworth points out that it is a wallet, not heavy enough to be lethal, and the dripping she witnessed? It was grape juice. You can still smell it on the wallet. The two investigate to see whose wallet it was - and it belonged to a Mr Akbey Hicks, according to the passport.

...The same Mr Akbey Hicks whose dead body we found in the elevator.

He is from Borginia. Bruh, awkward. Isn't that...

Ms Teneiro has more to say, so we'll get into that next time. See you then!


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AAI1-2: Turnabout Airlines

We're able to prove our innocence to flight attendant Ms Teneiro, at least enough to get her to remove our handcuffs [oh, darn!]. We meet a rich guy named Zinc Lablanc II, he's apparently an art dealer and English is his second language, after his native Borginian. He is Not Having It with trusting Edgeworth, but the captain allows Edgeworth to investigate the crime scene provided Ms Teneiro supervises.

Many things were knocked over during the earlier turbulence, but we find some good clues [spilled grape juice with footprints leading out of the elevator, plus a rare collectible of the iFly airline's mascot with fresh blood on it matching our victim's blunt force trauma to the back of his head].

Ms Teneiro isn't super bright but she is perky, and that's what matters.

Edgeworth figures out that the killer must have been in the elevator with the victim, Mr Hicks. We gotta figure out how to win the confidence of the airline staff and build a case to save our reputation. See you next time!

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The clouds...they tell me nothing.

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following along - not the greatest case, but some decent moments here!
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Yo posting more soon, traveling these days

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just don't use iFly Airlines

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LeonhartFour posted...

just don't use iFly Airlines

Thankfully, I didn't. Writeups to continue next week.

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AAI1-2: Turnabout Airlines

Edgeworth determines that Mr Lablanc's clock was set to another time zone, opening up the window on our time of death. Another flight attendant shows up, a hot mess named Cammy Meele. Why is she so dishevelled? Cammy's got dead eyes, a wide grin, a teddy bear, and her uniform is unbuttoned to reveal her decolletage. She has Larry Butz's thinking sprite, which is hilarious. Cammy claims to have seen Mr Hicks in his seat at 5AM, since there was refueling and everyone returned to the plane.

We determine that the little iFly piggy bank was in the shop briefly before the turbulence at 5:40AM. Ms Teneiro gets called out by Cammy for not having permission to fully investigate. Ms Teneiro storms off in a huff.

What's going on? Cammy's in charge? Let's buckle up for a wild ride. See you next time!

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Ah yes, Cammy Meele. Every man of culture's favorite AA character. Not a huge fan myself, personally.

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Cammy has that Mike Meekins type of character design that just feels like it doesn't belong in an Ace Attorney game.

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Leonhart4 posted...

Cammy has that Mike Meekins type of character design that just feels like it doesn't belong in an Ace Attorney game.

Very true. Plus she's very slovenly and sleepy. From a personality standpoint, AA characters have a lot of energy in SOME direction.

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AAI1-2: Turnabout Airlines

We determine that the iFly statue was missing its hat, found in the gift shop display case. We keep poking around there. The glass was broken from the inside of the case! Mr iFly was taken from the case after it fell out during turbulence.

The murder happened before the turbulence, ruling out Mr iFly as the murder weapon. Cammy Meele reveals that Ms. Rhoda Teneiro has the keys to everything, so she could have grabbed anything out of the display case without having to break things.

Not sure what all this means, but we'll look again during lunch. See you then!

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