SRK MAFIA GAME VIII: PHOENIX WRIGHT - JUDGE, JURY, AND EXECUTIONER (Special thanks to @AlphaCommando for doing the story write-ups)
============================================
– Click here for Rules and Info about this Mafia game –
– Stories –
PROLOGUE - TURNABOUT BETA
“Nick! Nick, wake up!”
Phoenix awoke in a daze, struggling to remember where he was or how he got there. As he opened his eyes, memories started flooding his mind. Maya had been working on a new form of spirit channeling that would allow her to view the last four minutes before a person’s death. Phoenix and Pearl had been observing Maya’s experimentation, and questioning the amount of burgers needed for the ritual. As she focused, Maya’s Magatama had started glowing and the room had gone silent, almost in anticipation for the white light that had been the last thing that Phoenix saw.
“NICK! GET UP!”
Phoenix’s mind was drawn back to his current situation, surrounded by many familiar faces. Some of the faces came from people he had considered friends over the years of his career as an attorney. Others belonged to people who weren’t so friendly, and definitely weren’t people he’d expect to be looking at him with a worried expression. In the centre of them all was a face that he couldn’t forget if he tried. A face that had become impatient waiting for Phoenix to follow her advice to get up, and had begun yanking his arm with a force that had pulled him up before he could acknowledge the pain that the tug had sent through his body.
‘GYAAAAAAAAHHH. MAYA, what’s the rush? Why are we…’
His words drifted off as his pain was replaced with confusion. Where was he? Why were all these people he knew here? Suddenly, a familiar voice interrupted his train of thought.
“I’ve called you here to help me.”
‘And why would I help you, Kristoph?’ Phoenix responded.
“I’m afraid you have me confused with someone from your reality.”
Phoenix stared at Kristoph with a puzzled expression, before Kristoph started speaking again.
“First of all, let me introduce myself. You may call me AlphaCommando. I’ve brought you to my reality to help me find the people responsible for the death of my friend, SWBeta. To answer your question as to how you got here, your friend accidentally managed to swap your reality with ours during her channeling of SWBeta.”
Phoenix rolled his eyes at Maya as she avoided his gaze.
“It’s not entirely her fault. I assisted in the transition in order to get you here to find The Corrupt.”
Before Phoenix could ask, AlphaCommando began explaining.
“The Corrupt are a group of people within our reality that have been using their position in order to ascertain power. The 30 people you see around you are the Jury Members for this case. They will be assisting you in deciding who is a part of The Corrupt, but be warned. I believe the members of The Corrupt are a part of the jury.”
‘So you guys use the jury system here?’ Phoenix replied.
“Yes, but not like the jury system that you’ve had in your reality. You see, the jury decides who gets put on trial by submitting their suspects to Noodlehead here.” AlphaCommando explained as he motioned to the man Phoenix knew as Guy Eldoon. “The person with the majority of the votes gets put on the stand. Then you and our Prosecutor will use the evidence that you’ve gathered over the day in order to help the Judge reach a verdict for the accused.”
Before Phoenix could ask Edgeworth and the Judge their ‘reality’ names, AlphaCommando continued.
“Unless the jury cannot decide on a person to go on trial, by the end of each day, we will have found one person guilty. Then, they will be thrown into The Bottomless Pit in order to tell if they were a member of The Corrupt.”
Phoenix recoiled in shock as he realized how easily an innocent member of the jury could be killed if he didn’t defend them to the best of his ability. But who would he defend? Having only one day to determine a person’s guilt only complicated the matter.
‘How does throwing people into a Bottomless Pit tell you if they’re innocent or guilty?’
“A member of The Corrupt will make a sound when they hit the bottom.”
Before Phoenix could question the method of this Medieval Witch Hunt, he saw Maya shaking her head, reminding him of the magic that had brought him here in the first place.
“My Detectives have been investigating The Corrupt for quite some time now. However, there seems to be some confusion as to how many members there are. One of them says there are 7 members, the other says there’s 8.”
Gumshoe and Franziska both twitched at the disparity.
“If you manage to find all members of The Corrupt guilty, I will send you back to your reality. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to return, both of us will likely be killed if The Corrupt members manage to equal or outnumber us.”
Maya and Pearl shifted at the idea of being thrown into the Bottomless Pit.
“It’s all up to you now, Wright. Just remember, the people you see around you aren’t who they are in your reality, so don’t judge them by their appearance.”
Phoenix grimaced as he noticed Dahlia smiling at him with the expression he knew only too well.
“Court will be in-session in 48 hours. Please use this time to gather evidence and talk to the Jury Members.”
And at AlphaCommando’s words, everyone split-up, looking for clues as to who among them was a member of The Corrupt. Phoenix, Maya and Pearl all stayed behind in order to figure out how they were going to deal with the situation.
“You don’t think I’m a member of The Corrupt, do you Nick?”
Maya’s words surprised Phoenix, because it wasn’t even a concept he’d contemplated. In this reality, it was possible that Maya was a member of The Corrupt, and his Maya was somewhere else. But for now, he needed to keep her on his side.
‘Of course not, Maya. Although, we do need to be careful as to whom we trust in this reality. The people we consider friends in our reality might not be as friendly here.’
“Does that mean you suspect me, Nick?”
The sound of Pearl’s voice along with her expression almost broke Phoenix’s heart, as he quickly worked to make her feel better.
‘No way, Pearls! AlphaCommando brought us three here from our reality, so we couldn’t be one of them.’
Phoenix’s words echoed in the smile that spread across Pearl’s face. And with that, they headed off in order to get the evidence they needed to go home.
DEADLINE - 5PM ECT TUESDAY
=============================
**Players: 30/30
- Vynce
- sikwidit
- DaRabidDuckie
- Oerba
- highlulu
- Hecatom
- great cow lord
- Icege
- Exodus.
- BullDancer
- Bious
- RadicalFuzz
- The Co-Jones
- SSRagna
- crotchpuncha
- WTF-AKUMA-HAX
- NinetiesArcade
- Doofenshmirtz
- Immaculate
- Missing Person
- Cyntalan
- KillaFox
- Pimp Willy
- pietastic
- Saitsu
- GodotsRevenge
- SoVi3t
- kaz
- Combo_Knight
- The Chief
Hope it’s not as confusing now.