02x02 - The Stolen Turnabout – 1st Trial

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PW: My name is Phoenix Wright,

PW: attorney-at-law.

PW: When my clients are accused of crimes they didn't commit,

PW: I fight for them, believing in them to the very end.

PW: That is my duty!

Time: The time is : AM.

G: The announced time has passed.

G: I'm glad the jewel is still safe.

Gum: It musta been our rock-solid security that scared him off!

Mask_DeMasque_Sa,Sign: Mask DeMasqueSalutations

Gum: We've been had!

Mask: Better luck next time, gentlemen!

Gum: The phantom thief, Mask DeMasque!

Gum: We shall meet again when the moon is next full!

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Sign: September , : AMWright & Co. Law Offices

Sign: Attorney — Phoenix Wright

Maya: What, you're cleaning the toilet again?

PW: I've got nothing else to do. The cases have dried up lately.

Sign: Spirit Medium — Maya Fey

Maya: How pathetic. I hope I never end up like you.

PW: And what about you? What happened to training?

Maya: It can take a backseat, since I'm so busy right now.

PW: Says the girl who spent all of yesterday on the couch.

Maya: H-Hey! I know all about your "secret" game sessions too, you know!

Pearl: I see you two are as close as ever.

Pearl: That makes me really happy.

Maya: Pearly?

PW: Pearls!

PW: I'm glad you're here.

Title: The Stolen Turnabout — st Trial

PW: So what's going on?

Pearl: Haven't you heard, Nick?

Child,Sign: I AM

Sign: Kurain VillageTreasure Exhibition

PW: Kurain Village? Isn't that...?

Maya: That's right! It's my and Pearly's hometown!

Pearl: The exhibition doesn't actually start until next week,

Pearl: but the promoter sent us some special VIP entry passes!

Maya: That's why I dressed up extra special today! What do you think?

PW: Uh, you look the same as any other day.

PW: This young lady here is Maya Fey...

PW: The younger sister of my friend and mentor, Mia Fey.

PW: I first met her two years ago.

PW: The case surrounding Mia's deathbrought us together.

Sign: Maya

PW: Kurain Village is the home of the mysterious Kurain Channeling Technique.

PW: And Maya's the daughter of the Kurain School's master.

PW: She's in training to become a proper spirit medium.

PW: And...

Sign: Pearl Fey

PW: This is Pearl Fey.

PW: She's Maya's cousin,and another spirit medium in training.

Mayoi: I didn't know they'd finished the poster.

Mayoi: That's a great shot of the sacred urn.

Pearl: I-I'm sorry I ruined it. I'm terrible atarts and crafts... and spelling, too.

Maya: D-Don't worry! I'm sure Mystic Ami's happy that you put it back together!

PW: One year ago, there was a m*rder in Kurain Village.

PW: And Pearls broke the urn which bore the name of the Kurain School's founder,

PW: Ami Fey, and contained her soul.

Signs: Ami

PW: It turned out to be an important clue in that case.

News: Breaking news.

News: There's been a theft in the treasure exhibit set to be held at the Lordly Tailor.

Scoop__Treasure_,Sign: Scoop: Treasure Stolen From Exhibition!!

News_Flash__Thef,Sign: News Flash: Theft In the Lordly Tailor Exhibit Hall

News: The Kurain's Sacred Urn, part of the exhibit, was stolen.

News: The authorities have announced

News: that they believe it was the work of the renowned phantom thief, Mask DeMasque.

Scoop__Treasure_,Sign: Scoop: Treasure Stolen From Exhibition!! Last Month Viewer-Submitted Footage

News_Flash__Acco,Sign: News Flash: According to Investigators The Culprit is Mask DeMasque Police Announcement

PW: Masque the Mask?

Pearl: I've heard of him.

Pearl: He only targets rare treasures.

Pearl: He's a phantom thief who's been the talk of the town recently!

PW: Phantom thief...

Maya: O-Our most valuable treasure...

Maya: The Kurain's sacred urn...

Maya: The urn!

Offices,Sign: Wright & Co. Law Offices

Godot_Blend___,Sign: Godot Blend{\fs}#

Godot: Richness that stimulates the throat,and a sourness that lingers on the tongue...

Godot: It's exquisite.

Godot: Life is nothing without stimulation.

Godot: Getting too close to heaven or hell on earth

Godot: will only leave a bitter aftertaste.

Live__The_Ultra_,Sign: Live: The Ultra-Popular Mask DeMasque!

Passionate_Fans_,Sign: Passionate Fans Gather at the Lordly Tailor!

News: Here at the Lordly Tailor, where the police are still investigating...

God: It's time for the party to begin.

Sign: September , xx:xxLordly Tailor Department Store

Kurain_Village_T,Sign: Kurain Village Treasure Exhibit

Kurain_Village_T,Sign: Kurain VillageTreasure Exhibition

Do_Not_Enter,Sign: Do Not Enter

Maya: Curse that phantom thief!

Maya: How dare he steal the Kurain's sacred urn!

Pearl: Nick! Now that it's come to this, it's up to us to catch that villain!

Maya: Yeah! Get the urn back for us!

PW: But I'm an attorney, not a private eye.

Pearl: That doesn't matter in the least!

Pearl: If you're a real gentleman, you'll do whatever it takes for your beloved!

PW: Man, oh man. There's no winning against Pearl's fairy tale image of love.

PW: But it won't be easy to get inside...

PW: Ack!

Maya: Excuse me. Coming through.

Cop: Sorry, off-limits to outsiders.

Maya: I'm no outsider!

Maya: I even have a lawyer! And that's my cousin!

PW: How does having a cousin help?

AA: Mr. Wright!

PW: Ms. Andrews!

AA: Thank you so much for your help back then.

PW: I was so surprised to see you here.

Sign: Adrian Andrews

PW: This is Adrian Andrews.

PW: I came to know her on a case six months ago.

AA: Life has changed.

AA: I'm now in charge of planning and promotion for Lordly Tailor.

AA: Um... I'm truly sorry!

AA: I let a precious artifact be stolen.

AA: As the one responsible, I... I...

Maya: No! Mask DeMasque is the one in the wrong!

PW: Yeah, so don't blame yourself.

AA: Sorry...

AA: And thank you.

Pearl: Please tell us what you know about the theft.

AA: Actually, that phantom thief sent a calling card ten days ago.

PW: A calling card?

AA: It said he would steal the most valuable item in the exhibit.

To_Lordly_Tailor,Sign: To Lordly Tailor Security

I_shall_take_the,Sign: I shall take the most valuableitem in the Kurain VillageTreasure Exhibit for myself.You'd best keep an eye on the sacred urn.—Mask DeMasque

PW: Is that urn really so valuable?

Maya: Of course it is! It's got Mystic Ami's soul in it!

PW: Nobody cares.

AA: But the appraisal said it had zero financial value.

Maya: Zero?

AA: But I did my best to polish it so it'd look more valuable!

Maya: But it's got her soul in it.

AA: O-Of course, money isn't everything!

AA: I'm perfectly aware of how important it is to the Kurain Village!

AA: I-I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!

Sign: September , xx:xxLordly Tailor — Basement Warehouse

AA: The urn was being stored in here before the exhibit.

PW: But this doesn't look likethe scene of a robbery at all.

Gum: You guys again?

Sign: District Police — Detective — d*ck Gumshoe

PW: Detective Gumshoe!

Gum: Why is it that every time something bad happens, you always show up?

PW: I should be asking you that.

Pearl: Oh, look.

Pearl: It's Mystic Ami!

PW: Huh... Very impressive.

AA: Why is it over there?

PW: Is something the matter?

AA: Oh, no.

AA: That's a statue of the inventor of the Kurain Channeling Technique, Ami Fey.

AA: It was delivered here yesterday afternoon.

Pearl: As successor to the Fey family,

Pearl: you'll become a master just like her someday, right?

Maya: Huh? I-I guess?

Luke: Greetings, ladies and gentlemen!

PW: What's all this?

Luke: Welcome to my private little Banquet of Chaos!

Luke: Now I see. It's all becoming clear.

Maya: Wh-What do you see?

PW: Zvarri! The truth has once again been elegantly revealed to me!

Luke: A lawyer, and a spirit medium.

Luke: Neither very advanced at their trade.

Maya: How did you know that?!

Luke: "How," you ask? To a universal skeptic, how is nothing but a question of why.

Luke: I am a traveler of both time and space,and a swimmer of dreams.

Maya: What is he talking about? I can't make heads nor tails of it.

PW: His rambling aside,

PW: the exhibit poster had information about you.

PW: And I'm wearing my attorney's badge.

Luke: Let me introduce myself.

Sign: Ace Detective — Luke Atmey

Luke: The name is Luke Atmey.

Luke: Ace Detective.

PW: "Ace Detective"?

Pearl: I saw him on the news, in the "Great People of the Town" segment!

PW: I've never even heard of that.

Luke: Oh dear, Sir Lawyer.

Luke: I had no idea anyone was left in this city that had not heard of me!

Luke: Very well.

Luke: Let my legend enthrall you!

Luke: I am Mask DeMasque's arch-enemy, the Ace Detective Luke Atmey!

Luke: At this moment, there are two mighty figures which loom large over this grand city!

Luke: On the night when the veil of dark evil covers the capital,

Luke: the curtain shall be raised on our duel!

Maya: Boy, I'm really lost now.

PW: Same.

Luke: I have been personally on the heels of this villain since his first crime.

Luke: And I thwarted his very latest loathsome larceny! I stole his target back from him!

Luke: And I did it all by myself!

Luke: One could say Mask DeMasque is my arch-enemy and my greatest rival!

: And last night at : AM,

: here in the bowels of this store,we were locked in a most glorious battle!

PW: I see. : AM...

PW: Hang on a second!

PW: You were here last night?

Luke: Naturally!

Luke: Wherever DeMasque goes, you will find Atmey laying his elegant traps.

Maya: And he out-eleganced you to make a beautiful getaway?

Luke: I allowed him to escape with the illusion of victory.

PW: But why were you guarding this place?

Luke: That lady there requested my services.

Luke: It was twenty days ago, ten days beforewe received the calling card.

Maya: Huh? You were hired beforethe calling card even arrived?

AA: Yes. I had a premonition that something bad might happen.

Luke: And her worst premonitions were realized!

PW: A calling card arrived.

Luke: Yes! And, Ace Detective that I am,I laid a trap and waited for him alone.

Maya: Why didn't you go to the police for help?

Luke: Why would I seek help from a useless group of nincompoops?

Gum: U-Useless?

Luke: Don't forget that I retrieved the stolen treasure last time.

Luke: As Ace Detective, I am the only one who can match up to him.

Luke: Meanwhile, he gave you cops a good runaround.

Mask_DeMasque_Sa: ,Mask DeMasqueSalutations

Luke: Sir Lawyer, it seems to me as though you'rein serious pursuit of the phantom thief.

Maya: That's right! We're gonna find the urn, no matter what!

Luke: Excellent! I permit you to take a look around while I investigate elsewhere.

Luke: Well, Sir Lawyer, if you'll excuse me, I have much to do!

PW: What was that all about?

Gum: Useless nincompoops, my foot!

Gum: Hello?

Gum: Huh?

Gum: Mask DeMasque turned himself in?!

Sign: September , xx:xxPrecinct

Visitor_s_Room,Sign: Visitor's Room

Gum: Hang on a sec.

Gum: The guard will bring him soon.

PW: You sure are in a happy mood, aren't you?

Gum: Yup. We beat that weird detective, after all!

Gum: Well, I need to file the damage report.

Gum: See you later!

PW: He surrendered, so I don't know if that really counts as winning.

Maya: That's right, Nick!

PW: What's gotten into you?

Maya: If you think about it, we're the victims here!

PW: Well, I guess so.

???: Um...

Maya: We're always on m*rder cases,

Maya: so I'm used to thinking of the victim as a dead person.

???: Excuse me.

Maya: Damn it! We have to get the urn.

???: Don't just ignore me!

PW: When did you get here?

Pearl: Is that him?

Ama: U-Um... I'm Ron DeLite.

Sign: Mask DeMasque? Ron DeLite

Ama: You know me as, uh, Mask DeMasque...?

PW: You're the phantom thief?

Ama: Th-That's right.

Ama: Wait, is it?

Ama: I don't really know if I can say{\fs}one way or the other...

Maya: This guy is kinda lame, Nick.

Pearl: I didn't catch the last part.

Ama: D-Don't look at me like that! I don't need your pity!

: O-Okay...

Maya: Anyway, give back our urn!

Ama: Of course! I promise I'll give it back!

Ama: Wait, can I?

Ama: I shouldn't make promises{\fs}I can't keep...

Maya: Jeez, make yourself clear!

Ama: D-Don't yell at me!

Ama: I, uh, lost the Kurain urn!

Pearl: Huh?

Maya: Wha...

All: What?!

PW: What do you mean?

Ama: Y-You know, these things happen...

Ama: You're on the train, you get distracted, and you forget your bag.

Maya: You forgot our urn on a train?!

PW: You went on the train dressed like that?!

Ama: N-No... I was just speaking hypothetically.

Ama: Anyway, I'm sorry!

Maya: No way...

Des: Ronnie!

Ama: D-Dessie!

Mar: Don't worry. I'll always stand by you.

Ama: Dessie.

PW: Uh...

Mar: Oh, sorry. I'm Desirée DeLite.

Sign: Desirée DeLite

Ama: She's, um, my wife.

Maya: Th-The phantom thief has a wife?

PW: I'm Phoenix Wright, a defense attorney.

Mar: A defense attorney? Will you defend my Ronnie?

PW: Uh, I'm afraid I can't say yet.

Maya: Besides, we're the victims here!

Mar: Wait, are you Maya?

Pearl: You know her?

Mar: From the exhibition poster.You're the Kurain master's daughter, right?

Maya: Gosh, am I that famous? You're making me blush!

PW: What happened to being the victim?

Mar: Ronnie did what?

Mar: That's impossible! Why would he steal an urn?

PW: Hey, Desirée.

PW: You must know, right? About your husband and Mask DeMasque?

Mar: Mask DeMasque? I know all about it.

Mar: Ronnie's his biggest fan.

PW: Fan?

Mar: Yes, and he can be pretty delusional sometimes.

PW: W-Wait a second.

PW: What do you mean, delusional?

Mar: Poor Ronnie actually believes that he's Mask DeMasque.

Mar: Well, that's part of what makes him cute.

Mar: He's so timid, he looks up to heroic figures.

Maya: Heroic figures? But Mask DeMasque is a bad guy.

Mar: Anyway, if he really had stolen the urn, wouldn't he still have it?

Maya: W-Well, I suppose so...

Mar: The one thing I won't stand for is ill*gal activity.

PW: I had the feeling you didn't.

Mar: Somebody framed my poor Ronnie,I just know it.

Maya: Framed?

Mar: I know I'm being presumptuous,

Mar: but could you defend Ronnie?

Mar: There's more to this case than meets the eye!

Mar: Please! I beg you!

PW: Desirée...

PW: I understand.

PW: First, we'll need to investigate.

Mar: Really?

Mar: I'm so glad! Thank you, Phoenix!

Maya: Nick...

Pearl: I'm disappointed in you, Nick!

PW: Pearls?

Maya: Yeah! How can you defend him?

Maya: We're the victims here!

PW: But what if Ron isn't really Mask DeMasque?

Maya: You mean how she said he was delusional?

Maya: Come on! She could be lying!

PW: Or she could be telling the truth.

Pearl: I can't believe you'd defend this person after what he did to Mystic Maya.

Pearl: I'll... I'll never ever forgive you!

Maya: Pearly!

Pearl: I'm sorry, Mystic Maya.

Pearl: Because of me, you two are...

Maya: Don't be. You did nothing wrong.

PW: But what if Ron isn't really Mask DeMasque?

Pearl: What should we do now?

Maya: Let's go meet Desirée one more time.

Maya: I want to know more about Ron.

Pearl: Right!

Sign: September , xx:xxAtmey Detective Agency

PW: Excuse me.

PW: I'm coming in!

PW: Our ace detective is out, huh?

PW: I need information about Mask DeMasque, so I guess I'll have to wait.

Sign: September , xx:xxMask DeMasque's Hideout

Tape: Better luck next time, gentlemen!

Mar: I'm so glad you came.

Maya: Sorry for showing up without notice.

Mar: It's fine. It was a pleasant surprise that you two came to hang out.

Maya: Anyway...

Pearl: This is impressive.

Mar: Ronnie's a crazy Mask DeMasque fan. I don't know what to do with him.

Mar: So, what'd you wanna talk about?

Maya: Right, well...

Mar: Sorry, give me a sec. I'll get us some tea.

PW: I want to see what's inside.

PW: Wait, I'm not Maya.

PW: But what if she were here?

Maya: Come on, Nick! Look inside!

PW: No way! An attorney can't do that!

Maya: What are you talking about?Now's your chance!

Pw: W-Well...

Pw: I guess a little peek wouldn't hurt.

Maya: Come on, Pearly! Time to investigate!

Pearl: R-Right...

Maya: No doubt about it. This is a phantom thief's hideout, all right.

Pearl: Are you all right, Mystic Maya?

Mar: Coming!

Maya: That's...

PW: What is this? It's hard and smooth.

Luke: I have returned!

Luke: My, Sir Lawyer,

Luke: I'm shocked to see a servant of the court ignoring the law so fragrantly.

PW: S-Sorry.

Luke: Well, it matters not.

Luke: Anyway, I heard that you'll be defending the phantom thief in tomorrow's trial.

PW: Where did you hear that?

Luke: I'll be taking the witness stand tomorrow.

Luke: And Zvarri... I shall put an end to you,

Luke: minion of the phantom thief!

PW: Minion?

Luke: It is not I that is your greatest enemy.

Luke: There is a far more dangerous threat that you will face during the trial.

PW: What?

Luke: If you're a defense attorney, you must've heard of him.

Luke: The prosecutor whose equal cannot be found in this country.

Luke: The man Ace Prosecutor Miles Edgeworthacknowledged as the best in this country.

Luke: His name...

Sign: Prosecutor — Godot

Luke: Godot!

Godot: I must do battle with you.

Godot: That is why I've returned from the depths of hell.

Sign: Ace Attorney

Sign: Season

PW: Objection!

PW: The case of the stolen Kurain urn continues.

PW: The trial of Mask DeMasque—Ron DeLite—begins.

PW: Standing before me is the self-proclaimed undefeated, legendary prosecutor, Godot!

PW: And the witness who takes the stand is...

PW: When something smells, it's usually the Butz!

PW: Everything about the mysterious detective Atmey's behavior is fishy, too.

PW: Where does the truth lie?

PW: Find the contradictions!

PW: Reach out to the truth!

PW: Next time: "The Stolen Turnabout — nd Trial"!

Sign: Next Episode The Stolen Turnabout — nd Trial

PW: Take that!