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Badstar Strunner: Ace Attorney./case1
Court Record
Evidence
- Attorney's Badge - My badge. I never leave without it. Its proof that I'm a lawyer.
- Pipe - Used to destroy Dolan's machine. Has oil all over it.
- Photo - The night of the arrest. Doesn't really help my case...
- Tape - A tape of an episode of "Ethan and Dolan". Something about it is different from all the others...
- Award - A certificate awarded to Dolan for winning the inventor of the year competition. Looks like it tried to be destroyed.
- Machine - The broken machine that was smashed with a pipe.
Profiles
- Badstar Strunner - Thats me. I'm 19 years old and already a defense attorney. I'm semi-famous.
- Ethan - My client. He's an orange cyclops-like creature and he seems easy to anger.
- Dolan - A friend of Ethan. An important project he was working on was destroyed. He thought Ethan did it, so he's suing him.
- Jon - Detective and is in charge of homicides at the precinct. He's a good friend of mine.
- Husk - Student at Metropolis University and my assistant. Can split himself in half.
Places
- Detention Center
- Ethan And Dolan's House
- Dolan's Lab
Transcript
{Open to a dark labratory}
DOLAN: ...H-hey! Who's there?
{Shuffling is heard.}
DOLAN: E-ethan? Is that you?
{A dark figure approaches. The figure raises a pipe.
DOLAN: H-HEY! What are you going do!?
{The pipe comes down hard onto a large machine and destroys it within minutes}
???: Heh heh... consider this... revenge. {The figure runs away}
{Cut: Badstar and Co Law Offices}
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Its been a while since I had a case... I wonder if I'll ever get o-}
{Jon runs in}
JON: Hey there, pal! Guess what?
BADSTAR: New case?
JON: Awwww, ya ruined the surprise, pal!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Trust me, Jon... its no suprise}
JON: Anyway, you should get down to the detention center!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Sure, don't tell me anything like always! I don't mind!}
>Move: detention center
BADSTAR: Here I am... now wheres this cli-
???: THIS IS INJUSTICE! INJUSTICE I TELL YOU!!! YOU SHALL PAY FOR THIS!!!! YOU'LL ALL PAY!!!!!!!!!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: What the...?} {Turns to cell to see a short, orange cyclops-like creature with blonde spiky hair}
JON: Well, heres your client!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: ...Oh dear god, what have I gotten myself into?} Oh well... {Looks at Ethan} Errr... hello, I'm Badstar Stru-
ETHAN: Hey, you Badstar Strunner?
BADSTAR: ...Yeah...
ETHAN: Great! I'm Ethan! ...NOW GET ME OUT OF THIS FRIGGIN HELL HOLE!!! I'M INNOCENT, INNOCENT I TELL YOU!!!!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: This is gonna be a long day...}
>Talk: Ethan
- The Arrest
- Full Details About The Crime
>Talk>Ethan: The Arrest
BADSTAR: Listen, mr Ethan... could you tell me why you were arrested?
ETHAN: Well ya'see, it started last night. Apparently some psycho or something broke into the house and broke an important machine that my friend was building. Then, YOU WON'T BELIEVE THIS! HE RATS ME OUT! HE TELLS THEM I DID IT!!! NOW I'M BEING SUED FOR DAMAGING THE DAMN THING!!!! INJUSTICE I TELL YOU!!!!!!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Jeez! Remind me not to get on his bad side. Wait, maybe I should ask him about this friend}
- The Arrest (already asked)
- Full Details About The Crime
- Your Friend
>Talk>Ethan: Your Friend
BADSTAR: So, about this friend...
ETHAN: You mean Dolan? Well, I always thought he was an okay guy... UNTIL THE TIN CAN RATTED ME OUT FOR SOMETHING I DIDN'T DO!!! Anyway, he thinks that I did it! AND NOW HE'S SUING ME FOR IT!!! THAT JERK! When I get a hold of him...
BADSTAR: {Thinking: I feel sorry for this Dolan person...}
- The Arrest (already asked)
- Full Details About The Crime
- Your Friend (Already asked)
>Talk>Ethan: Full Details About The Crime
BADSTAR: Could you give me a little more detail about the incident?
ETHAN: ...Why? Thats pretty much it. ... {Sigh} Fine. Let me sum it up. Robot man's machine goes bye-bye. Me framed for vandalism. You help me. Got that?
BADSTAR: ...Yeah.
ETHAN: Great. Now... GO AND PROVE MY INNOCENT DAMMIT. GO GO GO.
BADSTAR: B-but wait! Where do I go?
ETHAN: God, do I have to do everything...? Here. {Scribbles something down on a piece of paper and shoves it at Badstar} There! NOW GO GO GO.
BADSTAR: Fine, I'm going, I'm going!
>Examine: Paper
BADSTAR: These seem to be directions to the scene of the crime.
ETHAN: They are. ...NOW GET A MOVE ON
BADSTAR: {Thinking: ...Wait! Before I go I shouls test Ethan and see if he's really telling the truth...} Ethan, don't take this the wrong way, but... did you break Dolan's machine?
ETHAN: .......No.
{No aura appears}
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Alright... its okay to defend him. Now I should probably leave...}
>Move: Ethan & Dolan's House
{Cut: Ethan and Dolans House. At the side of the house is a small window. The window is surrounded by yellow police borders. A silver pipe is in front of the window. The edge of a photo is peeking out of the snow. Other then that, everything looks normal. Jon apporaches Badstar}
JON: Hey there, pal! Glad you could make it!
BADSTAR: Thanks Jon. Now do you think you could-
JON: Ask me a few questions? Sure thing pal!
BADSTAR: Errr, thanks. What I really wanna know about is-
JON: That window on the side? Alrighty, I'll tell you everyt-
BADSTAR: Could you please stop finishing my sentences first?
JON: Erk! Sorry pal...
>Talk: Jon
- The Window
- The Pipe
- Dolan
- The Night Of The Arrest
>Talk>Jon: Pipe
BADSTAR: So, whats with that pipe over there, Jon?
JON: Oh, that? Thats the murder weapon pal!
BADSTAR: M-MURDER!?
JON: Oops! Sorry bout that, pal. Kinda got used to saying murder weapon since all you cases until this one have been a murder case...
BADSTAR: As you were saying Jon?
JON: Oh! Right! Anyway, that pipe was used to destroy the victim's machine.
BADSTAR: Hmmm... {Walks over to the pipe. Picks it up and puts it in court record.}
JON: H-HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOIN' PAL!?!?
BADSTAR: GAH!!! I-I'm gathering evidence!
JON: Oh... sorry bout that pal!
Pipe added to court record
- The Window
- The Pipe (Already asked)
- Dolan
- The Night Of The Arrest
>Talk>Jon: Dolan
BADSTAR: So Jon, could you tell me some more about-
JON: The victim? Sure thing!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Dammit, Jon. What part of "Please stop finishing my sentences do you not understand?}
JON: The victim's name was Dolan. As strange as it sounds... he's a robot. Whats stranger... is that he actually CREATED the defendant! Talk about weird. Anyway, he and the defendant are the stars of a big show here in Wiki City. Even I heard of it! Its called "Ethan And Dolan"!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: How creative...}
JON: Anyway, the defendant does a lot of crazy stuff on camera. All of it unscripted! Then one day on camera... well... Dolan told Ethan off. Sorry pal, but... that means Ethan probably has a good motive for destroying the machine. I heard he's short tempered too...
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Wow, thanks for the encouragment...}
- The Window
- The Pipe(Already asked)
- Dolan (Already asked)
- The Night Of The Arrest
>Talk: The Window
BADSTAR: So about that window...
JON: Oh, that? Thats were the culprit snuck in and out. Thats our guess anyway. You see, the machine is down there. Going up the stairs would've taken much more time, see? So wanting to get out quick... the perpatrator escaped through the window! {Grins widley} I came up with that myself too!
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Jon seems awful proud of himself...}
- The Window(Already asked)
- The Pipe(Already asked)
- Dolan(Already asked)
- The Night Of The Arrest
>Talk: The Night Of The Arrest
BADSTAR: So, what exactly happened while Ethan was being arrested?
JON: Well, we had some of our men take a look in the lab. Other then that... wait! I just remebered! While we were arresting the defendant... lets just say we wasn't too happy... he made such a scene that neighbors came out and watched! In fact... I think one even took a picture! Though I think it got lost in the snow...
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Hmmm... maybe I should try looking for that.}
>Examine: Picture... but find it first
BADSTAR: Wait, whats this? {Pulls edge of photo out of snow} Is this... the picture?
{In the picture, it shows Ethan being taken away, yet Ethan is fighting back.}
BADSTAR: This... doesn't look good.
Picture added to court record
JON: Sorry pal. ...Oh, I'm sorry to make matters worse, but... do you wanna know who the prosecutor is?
- The Window(Already asked)
- The Pipe(Already asked)
- Dolan(Already asked)
- The Night Of The Arrest(Already asked)
- The Prosecutor
>Talk>Jon:The Prosecutor
JON: Hate to tell ya this, pal... but the prosecutor of this case is Franziska Von Karma.
BADSTAR: OH CRAP! ...Wait, who?
JON: Franziska Von Karma. Von Karma first started her career as a prosecutor in Germany... at the age of thirteen! She has a near-perfect record, too!
BADSTAR: Near perfect record?
JON: Yeah. She's only been beaten twice. By a guy named... um... I forgot. Something Wright... aw, well. It doesn't matter. But I gotta tell ya, pal. You barley have a chance! In fact... I don't really think you have a chance at all!
BADSTAR: Thanks, man... thanks a lot.
JON: {Obviously doesn't notice the sarcasm. Smiles} No problem pal! Anyway, you should probably start investigating if you still wanna go for this. If I were you I would check the victim's lab...
BADSTAR: Got it! Thanks, Jon.
>Move: Dolan's Lab
{Cut: Dolan's lab. A few feet away is a broken machine with a puddle of oil surrounding it. Not too far away also is what looks like a set for a TV show. Along the wall is a shelf. It appears to have tapes of previous episodes of Ethan and Dolan. One tape seems to be on the floor.}
BADSTAR: Looks like nobodys here.
???: Hey, Badstar! Why didn't you tell me you had a new case?
{Husk appears in front of Badstar}
BADSTAR: Oh, Husk! Sorry bout that... {Thinking: This is Husk. He's my assistant. I defended him a few months ago for another case. Husk was framed for murder, but I proved him innocent. He's been my assistant ever since. Anyway, I eventually gave him the details of the case.}
HUSK: Wow. Sounds like you're kind of in a tight spot...
BADSTAR: {Thinking: Not you too, Husk...}
HUSK: Anyway, if you wanna prove this guy innocent, then we better get to work.
BADSTAR: Right!
>Talk: Husk
- Any Ideas?
- Last Month
- The Crime
>Talk>Husk: Any Ideas?
BADSTAR: So, any ideas on what we can do?
HUSK: Well for one, we should probably investigate the crime scene. Its pretty easy, too. All you have to do is examine anything that looks important.
BADSTAR: Wow, you certainly know what you're talking about.
HUSK: Well, I did volunteer in the crime department at Metropolis U. from time to time... oh, and we could also talk to anybody important. But it looks like nobody's here...
BADSTAR: {Thinking: He's got that right... looks like we're gonna have to investigate for now...}
- Any ideas? (Already asked)
- Last Month
- The Crime
>Last Month
BADSTAR: So, its been what, about a month since you were framed for murder?
HUSK: Yeah, I think so. Thinking back, without you, I probably would've been screwed.
BADSTAR: Wow. I'm flatte-
HUSK: Though I suppose I could've gotten somebody else. I mean, I have read about some guys much better then you.
BADSTAR: ... {Sighs} {Thinking: Last month Husk was accused of murder. The victim was a fellow student by the name of Aruseus Parker. The true culprit... an attention seeking neopet... lucario... robot thing. After that case, he became my assistant for reasons the author is too lazy to give explanation on}
HUSK: ...Hey, I was just joking! You don't have to give me the silent treatment...
- Any ideas? (Already asked)
- Last Month (Already asked)
- The Crime
>talk: Any ideas? (Already asked)
BADSTAR: So, any ideas on what we can do?
HUSK: Well for one, we should probably investigate the crime scene. Its pretty easy, too. All you have to do is examine anything that looks important.
BADSTAR: Wow, you certainly know wh- ... didn't we just have this conversation a few minutes ago.
HUSK: ...Yeah.
BADSTAR: ...
HUSK: ...
BADSTAR: Um... okay then.
- Any ideas? (Already asked... twice)
- Last Month (Already asked)
- The Crime
>The Crime
BADSTAR: So do you understand the situation?
HUSK: Pretty much. The defendant is being framed for damaging an important machine belonging to his partner, Dolan. And Ethan's supposed motive is that he was angry at Dolan for yelling at him on their show.
BADSTAR: Wow, nice research. So did you meet the defendant?
HUSK: Yeah. ...He thought I working for the government to make him "fess up", so he tried to break through the glass and attack me...
BADSTAR: ...Huh. Well, we better get to investigating now.
>Move: California
{Cut: Badstar and Husk walking away from Disneyland wearing mousehats and laughing while carrying souveniers.}
HUSK: Wow, Badstar! What a great idea!
BADSTAR: I know, right? ...Wait. I suddenly have the feeling I'm forgetting something.
{Badstar's foot touches a newspaper. Badstar looks down and picks up the newspaper. The headline is "CYCLOPS IMPRISONED FOR VANDALISM".}
BADSTAR: ...FFFFFFFFFFFFF
GAME OVER
...
...NAH JUST KIDDING
TIME REWIND
BADSTAR: ...Huh. Well, we better get to investigating now.
>Break and Enter: Judge's House
{Months later...}
{Badstar and Husk are in the same cell as Ethan, dressed in jail uniforms}
HUSK: WHY DID WE DO THAT!?
GAME OVER
...SERIOUSLY THOUGH STOP IT
TIME REWIND
BADSTAR: {Glaring, through gritted teeth} WELL WE BETTER GET TO INVESTIGATING NOW
>Murder: Husk
NO. GOD DAMMIT NO. NOW {bleep}ING PLAY THE FREAKING GAME
> Play: The freaking game
BADSTAR: Yes. Thats what you should be doing RIGHT. NOW.
> Gang: Split Up | Husk: Crime Scene | Badstar: Other Suspects
BADSTAR: Alright, gang! Lets split up! Shaggy and Scooby, you take thay haunted house across the street! Husk, investigate! I'll look for other suspects!
HUSK: ...Wait, wh-
BADSTAR: {Runs off}
HUSK: ...Guess this is up to me... lets see what I can find.
>Examine: Uhh... *scans page* The video tape on the floor. It's so conspicuous it has to be impor-
HUSK: Its a tape. Its probably from the shelf... but something seems off. Its near a small trash can... like somebody was trying to throw it away. Could be important.
Tape added to court record
> Dig through the trash like a dirty hobo
HUSK: {Sticks head in the trash, whistling} ...Whats this? {Pulls out a frame of some sort. Inside the frame is a piece of paper saying "This awards goes to Dolan, victor of the 7th annual, Wiki City inventor of the year contest". The glass seems to be broken} A piece of evidence the police missed! ...Though I guess I'm the only one to dig through the trash...
Award added to court record
> Examine: Broken machine
HUSK: The machine the criminal broke... hmm, its a pretty small machine... I bet I can pick it up. Lets see...
{Husk, struggling for a bit, picks up the machine}
Crime scene tampered w- I mean Machine added to court record
>Consider where the hell you're putting all this stuff
