Okay, Okay haha. This is the entire wip. It probably won't be expanded on.
Witness: I have an amazing eye for finding and identifying gemstones. I can tell, even from here, that the defense attorney's studded earrings are real diamonds!
Athena: I didn't know you were the type, Boss.
Phoenix: OBJECTION! That statement immediately calls into question your credibility, Witness. If your talent for identifying gems was really that good, then you'd be able to tell that these aren't diamonds, they're cubic zirconia!Ā
Witness: N-no! Those are real diamonds!
Judge: Defense, did you buy these earrings yourself?
Phoenix: ? No, Your Honor. My friend gave them to me as a birthday gift over five years ago. They told me they were cubic zirconia.
Judge: Quite the gift to receive from just a friend! And to wear them still after all this time?
Phoenix: Wellā¦ these are my birthstones, so I don't see it as a strange gift. Diamonds are, actually, but zirconiaās way cheaper. And of course I'd still wear them! I love these earrings, they're from my greatest friend!
Judge: Well, does the prosecution have anything to say about the witnessās mistake? If he claims to be so good atĀ
Edgeworth: ā¦ Zirconia and Diamond are incredibly similar to each other, Your Honor and the earrings are quite small. A mistake such as that could be made by anyone, no matter how talented they areā
Witness: Hold it! But those are diamonds! They glimmer too brightly! The facets are completely different! Zirconia can not be that clear!!
Edgeworth: Urghā¦! (I suppose it would only help my case if the witness's abilities were verified. But it might throw the court into a bedlam.)
Edgeworth: Iā¦ Your Honor. I suppose itā¦ would be an easy mistake for someone like you or I to make. But my witness can name clear differences between the two gemstones. I believe we should trust his judgment.
Phoenix: OBJECTION! This friend of mine wouldn't make a mistake like that! The costs for zirconia and diamond are wildly different! And a jewelry store would NOT skimp out on the price of a diamond! He would notice!
Edgeworth: Objectionā¦ perhapsā¦ your friend lied to you.
Edgeworth: Mr. Wright, you come from a poorer upbringing, do you not?
Edgeworth: It is safe to assume that this friend of yours believed you wouldn't accept diamonds.
Judge: But if someone was so poor, wouldn't the friend think he'd pawn any jewelry he had off? Especially five years ago? I heard his disbarment was quite hard on Mr. Wright.
Edgeworth: Objection! Your Honor! ā¦ As the defense claims, he considers the person who gifted him the earrings to be his āgreatest friendā. Anyone who knows Mr. Wright personally would know that he cherishes everything he's given!
Edgeworth: ā¦ Or it is evidence in a case.
Judge: I seeā¦ but the defenseās point still stands, Mr. Edgeworth. Do you have decisive proof that his friend lied to him about the earrings?
Edgeworth: Objection! I don't see how that has any bearing on the trial todayā!
Phoenix: Objection! It's incredibly important, because we need hard proof that what the witness claims is true! Otherwise I call his credibility into question!
Edgeworth: URRGHHH!!! (I just wish he'd let this go and we could talk about this later! But I NEED this testimony to go through! And I'm sure if it doesn't, it'll only help his case.)
Edgeworth: The proofā¦ is in my possession.Ā
Edgeworth: Well, not on my person, but the receipt for the earringsā purchaseā¦ is at my house. They are real, recycled diamond earrings.
Judge: A-and why do you have that receipt?! Were you planning on bringing this friend as a witness?!
Edgeworth: (As sharp as ever, Your Honorā¦) No. I am the friend who gave them to the defense.
Gallery: *Chatter* *chatter* *chatter*
Judge: A-ah! I see! B-but! Wh-why would youā
Edgeworth: As the defense said! Diamonds are his birthstone. But I had a feeling he wouldn't accept it, because of their price. So I led him to believe they were cubic zirconia.
Judge: Th-that's still quite the expensive gift!
Edgeworth: What does it matter?! Zirconia, Diamond, it could be the most expensive royal crown jewels! No gemstone will ever come close to being as brilliant nor as precious as Mr. Wright is to me!
The courtroom erupts. Phoenix goes beet red. The Judge tries to get everything under control.
Edgeworth: ERGO! My witness is 100% correct when he identifies the defenseās earrings as diamonds. His abilities to identify gemstones stands, and the fact he can tell what they are, despite standing some ten feet away from the bench and the earrings being smaller than a fingertip.
Judge: W-well, uh, errā¦ yes, I believe that. Proves the witnessās credibility. U-unless the defense has something toā¦ add? Where is the defense?
Phoenix is under the table.
Phoenix: Th-the defense needs a minuteā¦ to regain the feeling in his kneesā¦
Athena: Uhh! We concede! Please proceed to the testimony!
Despite Edgeworth fighting harder to prove the defendant's guilt, Phoenix still wins the case.
Phoenix: He thinks I'm preciousā¦
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