Four is Death
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Location: Wales. That little place next to England.
Rank: Ace Attorney
Joined: Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:14 pm
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"Witness, your name ad profession for the court." said Sutwil, who was looking to be more annyoing then any other prosecutor Phoenix had gone against before.
"Sarai Field, prosecutor." said the wtness, Saria. She was elanign on the stand a bit, Phoenix noted. The bullet was putting her in slight pain, even thought it had been removed.
"Very well." said Sutwil. Phoenix noted that his voice had slight gentleness in it. Phoenix knew why. After all Saria and Sutwil were lovers. Despite Sutwil's little 'overeaction' to private bits. "May the witness please testify as to what happened."
"Yes, I will." said Saria. Between the pair of them, they could easily run the court.
"Oh, god." thought Phoenix "Saria's hard to crack as the prosecution. If she lies on the stand, then we're cooked. We won't be able to crack her testimony unless we are very good."
"But, then again, we are Nick!" said Maya, perky as always.
"When I was shot, I was sitting down, on a wooden chair."
"When the bulle hit me, I went backwards from the force, as did the chair."
"Upon hitting the gorund, the chair broke into splinters."
"Unconsienceness was immediate."
"I awoke when sutwil Fe passed out.
"I lost too mcuh blood, so he give me some of his. He gave about 1 litre."
"I had lost 1.5, so the amount given to me was enought to kepp me alive."
"However, before I fell unconsciense, I did see the face of my shooter."
"It was Karuma. Without a doubt."
"I see no room for questioning." said the Judge.
"Nick, did you hear that?" said Maya, starting to panic. "If there's no room for questioning, we can't cross examine!"
"Eep." said Phoenix. It was all his brain could muster.
"Mr. Wright. Unless you see a contradiction now, I'm afraid I will not let you cross examine." said the Judge
"..." said Phoenix, thinking. "No, Your honour. I see no contradiction."
"W-w-w-WHAT..." said Maya. It was her turn for her biran to go into Overload. "But... but..."
"MAya, there is no contradiction. We saw it, we can't prove anything against her testinmony without sutwil smashing it to pieces." said Phoenix, his voice jumpy with nerves.
Sutwil was not enjoying this. Of course there was no contradiction. He'd gone over the testimony 7 times. From every angle. In fact, there was no way that Phoenix could orove anything. He'd called Saria up to make sure Phoenix knew what he was in. the answer was ; over his head. If it was quicksand he was in, he would have died long again. But Phoenix had good guts to spare. Sutwil could easily win this now, but he wanted to see Phoenix give this up. After all, of Phoenix, or Sutwil, had known was going to happen later, Karuma would be dead by now. However, Sutwil decided to give Phoenix a lifeline. And it wasn't Ask the Audience. "Phoenix Wright, I will give you a chance. Give this case up now. Either that, or I call my next witness." said Sutwil, full of bravado. He was actually basing his actiosn on other prosecutors Phoenix had gone up against. Maya had video-taped all of phoenix's trials. Excpet his first. and the time when he was the defndant against Payne... Then again, Payne wasn't exactly a 'brilliany' role model. More likely a disaster waiting to happen.
"..." said Phoenix, thinking about whether or not to take it."I decilne your offer, Mr. Fey."
"Very well. After Ms. saria is off the stand, I will call my next witness."
"Very well." said the Judge. Saria got off the stand, and went back to the hospital, where she thought about everything that had happened. In the courtroom, a small girl came up to the stand.
"Will the witness state her name and... age." said Sutwil, breaking from what normally happened.
"Pearl Fey, I am 9." said the witness, who was.... No, it wasn't Billy Bob Jones. It was Pearl. Maya's jaw fell open.
"Very well. Testify as to what you saw."
"I saw Karuma burst into the room."
"He then raised his gun, and fired at Saria."
"That was a... very brief testimony." said the Judge.
"Indeed it is, your Honour." said Sutwil. "But, nevertheless, it is decisive. A cross examinaition is pointless, unless Mr. Wright can cast doubt on this case, a ruling must be given.
"well, Mr. Wright?" Can you cast doubt?" asked the Judge
"..." said Phoenix, thinking. He saw one way. "Maybe the shot Karuma fired was a blank, and there was a gunman outside. They fired, and hit Saria, knocking her over. Then after everyone in the room was either unconiense, or had gone to get the police, that gunamn came in and set the scene up." suggested Phoenix finally.
"Very well, Phoenix. A cross examinaition is not needed, but the prosecutor needs a day to deide on the best course of action."
"Very well. Court is adjourned!"
In the lobby, Karuma had already been taken to Detetnion. Phoenix used his cell phone to contact the center, and found out that he could walk right in. In fact, anyone with the surname 'Fey', 'Wright', or 'Von Karma' could go right in.
At the detention center, Sutwil was waiting outside the door. He was chewing on something in his mouthm before swallowing it. He then rpoceeded to look into the corner. Two teenagers were smoking in the corner. Sutwil scowled, he didn't like people smoking. Other then them two, and Sutwil, the third person was Franziks Von Karma. When Phoenix go to the center (the room for private talks not open), he asked Franziska why she was there.
"Karuma's related to me. Quite distant." she said, bluntly. Phoenix got the impression she didn't like to be related to a would-be murderer. He noticed Sutwil, then saw one of the teenagers throw one of the burnt out butts (of the cigeratte) at Sutwil.
"Ya want won?" asked the person who threw it (That was actually how it sounded to everyone in the room)
"Them things," said Sutwil, gesturing to the tobacco in one of the teenagers hands "Are very bad for your health. And if they're not, I am." he finished, with just a touch of ice.
"Hahahahaha. Some won like yoo bate us oop? Ya've got no chance, mate!" said the other boy, smirking.
Sutwil snorted; he found it very funny. PHoenix wouldn't have even questioned about the boys smoking. "Now, now, gentleman. We all know, that if you fight, you'll lose and go crying to Mummy." said Sutwil, mocking them.
As far as the smoking boys were concerned, the red-haired staranger had crossed the line. He'd involved their mothers. "Yoo knaw what ya got yoursalf intew, righ? We're gonna duff yoo oop!" said one. "Yeah, we will doo that!" said the other. They began to come closer to Sutwil, thinking their 17-year-old frames could easily take the starnger's smaller one. While Sutwil was naturally tall (unlike most Feys, his frame was small. Long and thin. While Sutwil eat well, he just prefered not to eat.
"If you want to fight me, three rules." said Sutwil, smirking with extreme enjoyment "No spitting, no scratching, and no tattling to Mummy." The boys just charged at him.
Phoenix and Franziska moved straight out of the way. Pearl and Maya came in, and saw the boys rushing at Sutwil, who was just smiling an eerie smile. It seemed to be saying "Fools, fools, fools.", as if speaking to the teenagers, who had their ciggarette packets and lighters in their hands, running at him, having no desire to stop. The medium seemed to be chuckling at this foolishness.
Then, the boys were nearly at him. At the last moment, Sutwil put his body down, spreading his arms out wide. It caused the two boys, in their haste, to fall over. They also let go of their cig and lighters. The tobacco from the ciggeratte fell out immediately. Then, Sutwil picked up the two empty cigs, and put a cork on the end. By now, the boys had rolled over, intending to get up. But, half-way Sutwil had stood on their foot. This completely immobozilied them, or so they thought. Actually, moving would give them 5 seconds of extreme pain, and that was it. Otherwise, harmless. Sutwil pulled out a small bottle of Ocean Spray (the populaur drink made by Steele, or Gunther Khar, which was his real name, who had recentely won rights to manufacture it, after the Manic Street Preachers attempt to sue him) and poured it into the cigerattes. One of Ocean Spray's properties was that it was very much flammable. So, when Sutwil used the lighter to set the (full of OCean Spray) cigs, the result was smoky. Sutwil then placed the burning cigs into the boys mouths. "Take... That." said the red-haired demon. The boys finally stood up, and run out, with the burning cigs in their mouth.
"Honestly, you'd think they'd have brains!" said Sutwil, scowling heavily
"Hmph. No need to be so melodramatic." said Franziska. Phoenix thought she was being puty at not being able to whip people, as Sutwil had her whip. He'd yanked it off her before Phoenix came in. He'd promised to give it back to hear the moment he left the Detention Center. Likely story. He'd deliver it to her office. He din't trust Fran with the whip from a whip-length away.
"No need to be puty, my happy dog." said Sutwil, in reurn, mocking her whip. He was using the whip to lead a metaphor.
"Heh. I never thought a fool could be a prosecutor. Then again, you'll lose in a heart-beat, I'm sure. After all it was your foolish lover who got shot... By her own stupidity... Haha." laughed Franziska, taunting him back. to be honest, at the moment Phoenix thought she was a foolishly foolish fool, foolishly spouting foolish words to get herself foolsihly attacked. Phoenix suddenly ntoiced his thought had been mirroring what Franziska would have said, he shook it out of his mind. Maya sheld Phoenix's hand tightly. Not Pearl, she was watching with wide eyes. Then, Phoenix heard talking at the desk. But, his attention then went back to Sutwil and Franziska. Sutwil, with his huge height playing quite a difference, was standing in front of Franziska, looking down at the female prodigy. He then stepped back, and lifted his arm. Franziska just smirked; who would DARE to hit her? Then, Sutwil put a bit of spring on his arm and smashed Franziska in the face, breaking her nose. She gasped in shock, then yelped in pain; someone of her social status would NEVER do something like that, would they?
"Never insult Saria." said Sutwil, simply.
Franziska staggered back in continued pain; she's never been punched before. She ahdn't met someone with sincerity, but ith no self-control. she didn't know that Sutwil actually did have plenty of self-control. But he did things that no civilised person would do, all because he would not stand for things that put the people that he loved in danger. Or things that might hurt their feelings. Sutwil had great understanding of physcological effects, and he knew that damaging people'e feeling was no help to anyone. Then,the very person who had been insulted verbally, Saria, came in.Franziska knew better then to speak up. Sutwil would be aiming lower down next time, she didn't doubt.
"Hello." she greeted, curtesying slightly. "What are you all doing here?" she asked, smiling. She'd recovered from the bullet.
"Client." said phoenix, not speaking in full sentences from shock at the blow at Franziska.
"With Nick." said Maya, and Pearl said it as well. It was a more or less pbvious answer, everyon who heard it saw it coming.
"Relaition." said fraiziska. Phoenix made a mental note to ask her.
"Case." said Sutwil, who was now biting his lip.
"Franziska von Karma! Your related to... Karuma?" asked Saria. Phoenix bit his lip. She'd beaten him to it.
"My great-great-great-grandmother had an illegitimate child. Karuma comes from that line of illegitimate relatives." said Fraziska, with more then a slight bit of ice. Try a glacier.
The PA in the corner crackled, and then settled down into the tone of Harry Fowl.
"Dude, the Karuma dude's cell, has been opened by the dudes there. You, little dudes, are free to go in, dude." then came the cracking knuckles.
"I wish they'd fire him already." said Franziska, opening the door. When Phoenix went in, sutwil put his forr by the door.
"Franziska needs her alone time with him." he said, grinning. 5 minutes later, Franzika walked out of the room, blushing slightly. Sutwil then said "Get in.", and opened the door (moving his foot obviously) and walked in. Maya, Pearl, Saria and then Phoenix followed.