Nuklear Wright: Power Attorney - An Unbeelievable Catastrophe! A Honey of a Crime!

[Loyal]

I see. It's unfortunate that you still cannot form a clear memory, Mr. Man, but I thank you all the same. I think I can drop this line of questioning. For now.


However, since we haven't conclusively determined the reason behind your alleged altercation with NonCon, I'd like to ask if you knew him prior to the incident.


And if it's not too prying, would you mind telling us exactly what you are a student of?

[Ryanderman]

However, since we haven't conclusively determined the reason behind your alleged altercation with NonCon, I'd like to ask if you knew him prior to the incident.

I've seen him around, had a few friendly discussions and political debates.
The normal kinda stuff we get up to at NPF.
I don't know him very well, and as far as I know nothing in our history would cause him to have it in for me.

And if it's not too prying, would you mind telling us exactly what you are a student of?

Of course I don't mind discussing my studies.




Though I doubt it's relevant to the case.




But that's not up to me to decide, now is it?




I'm studying Mechanical Engineering. Specifically, my thesis is on Resonance in Viscous Damped Micro-Structures Under Forced Vibration With Semi-Random Waveforms.




And I know what you're thinking, "But Mr. Man! If the waveforms are semi-random how would you ever achieve any sort of sustained resonance?"
Well it's actually very simple. You see-




-None of you actually care, do you? Bah.

[Loyal]

(I ... see ...)


(I guess that rules out the possibility of his ... "major" being involved in whatever scuffle he had. I suppose I should ask...)


I have just one final question before I leave it to my colleagues: Did you see the security footage presented earlier? It seems an obvious question, but I'd like to ask where you believe this footage came from if you weren't anywhere near the compound on the night of the crime.

[Ryanderman]

Originally Posted by Loyal

I have just one final question before I leave it to my colleagues: Did you see the security footage presented earlier? It seems an obvious question, but I'd like to ask where you believe this footage came from if you weren't anywhere near the compound on the night of the crime.

I'm an engineer, not a film major!
I certainly wasn't at the compound that evening, so I don't know where that video came from.
Though if I were one to speculate-




-And boy am I ever!




I would have to guess that the video was created either by careful image editing, or by a clever disguise.



Though seriously, how careful or clever was it really?
You've seen the footage.




Laughable!




Well, except for the part where it got me arrested.
That wasn't funny.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

I personally have no further questions.

[Rejected Again]

No further questions, Your Honor.

[POS Industries]

All right, prosecution. He's all yours.


Better make it count.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Originally Posted by POS Industries

Better make it count.

Are you implying that the prosecution is incompetent like the Defence?


Now you claim that you spent all night at the Local Drinking Establishment. I ask you this how much time do you spend there? I would assume that a young Engineering student like yourself would be stressed with classes and working on such an important project for NPF that you would spend more time at the bar then what is healthy?


You also claim you were nowhere near the cannon compound that night, but we have video evidence of you being there.



Of course you claim that the video evidence could be falsified. Which is possible given the age we live.


But how does that explain the honey on your clothes? The same honey that was confirmed by Forensics being from the cannon compound!


Is it possible that you have a drinking problem and in one of your drunken black outs you went to the compound and trashed everything?

[Ryanderman]

Originally Posted by Dorkworth

Is it possible that you have a drinking problem and in one of your drunken black outs you went to the compound and trashed everything?

...




Really, Mr. Edgeworth? Is this what the prosecution is resorting to in its attempt to smear me?
Baseless accusations and unfounded character assassination?




Very well. If I could point your attention to statements I made mere moments ago, I believe I can thoroughly refute your ridiculous assertation.




I know, I know, Mr. Edgworth.
Five minutes is such a long time ago, and a man of your limited mental capacity shouldn't be expected to keep track of all the complicated facts being presented in this courtroom.
But I beg of you, for your own sake, please at least try to keep up.
I'll go slow.

Originally Posted by Mr. Man, mere moments ago

The entire evening was kind of a blur.
I remember having drinks and conversation with Flare, but everything after that gets fuzzy.
I remember confronting the man who spiked Flare's drink, but I don't recall any details.

I must have had too much to drink myself.

Which is odd, because I generally don't have that problem, and I don't remember drinking all that much.
But perhaps I can't hold my liquor.

...

Hm... If someone spiked my drink as well as Ms. Cobra's, that would explain why that evening is such a blur.

I knew I could hold my alcohol better than that!

If you'll recall, I speculated about the reason for my difficulty remembering the details of that evening.
I conluded with the best explanation I could think of given the information I had, that I had had too much to drink.




But I quickly dismissed that conclusion, as I have no history of excessive drinking, and I remember not having much to drink.




I went on to speculate that perhaps I have a low tolerance for alcohol. Something I could be uncertain about, due to the fact that I do not drink much.
But once Mr. Justice presented a new possibility that my drink had been drugged, I realized that it was a far more logical explanation for the discrepency that had been bothering me.



I will be more specific now, Mr. Edgeworth, to make sure you understand, and to refute your foolish accusation.
Not only do I not have a drinking problem, I have never blacked out in my life.





You see, Mr. Edgeworth, there is a significant difference between being unable to remember the details of the evening, and blacking out entirely.
In my initial testimony, I stated quite clearly.

Originally Posted by Mr. Man

So with the evening pretty much a bust, I went home and went straight to bed.

I did not make that up, Mr. Edgeworth, nor did I merely assume that is what happened. I remember going home and going to bed.




I shall explain the difference between a blurry memory and a blackout for you, Mr. Edgeworth, so that you do not make the same tragic error in comprehension with the next innocent victime of a frame you attempt to perpetrate a miscarriage of justice upon in this courtroom.



My evening, Mr. Edgeworth, was blurry. I cannot remember the details of the events of the evening.
Imagine, if you can, wearing glasses with the wrong prescription, earplugs, and mittens. Imagine also spinning in an office chair until even after you stop, the room continues to spin.
That, Mr. Edgeworth, is how I remember the evening.




But even with my memory tainted by the wrong glasses, earplugs, mittens, and dizziness, I still know where I was and what I was doing.
The details of the people I saw may be fuzzy, but I still remember seeing them.
The exact words spoken in conversation may be impossible to recall, but I still remember having the conversations, and remember their general tone.
The details of the bar may be indistinct, but I still know where I was, and what I was doing.
And Mr. Edgeworth, I can still recognize my own bed.




So to answer your question with a simplicity you can understand: No.
It is not possible that I "went to the compound and trashed everything."

Originally Posted by Edgeworth

But how does that explain the honey on your clothes? The same honey that was confirmed by Forensics being from the cannon compound!

I would assume, as any logical observer would, that the same personwho doctored the video also planted the evidence on me so that even Det. Gumshoe could connect the dots.
Really, Mr. Edgeworth, you must try to use your brain. For your own sake.

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Damn.


So you said that the night is a blur. Then obviously you would not remember going to the compound, even if it were an accident


Then I ask you this Mr Ryanderman, if you believe you were drugged, would it be possible that, while under the influence, you went to the compound.


Personally I don't buy your edited video theory.


Also you said that someone else may have used your clothes to implicate you in the vandalism. Are you implying that someone came to your place, undressed you, took your clothes, dressed themselves up as you and went to the compound? Only to return to your place. How does that explain the honey on your hands?


How well are you received at the compound Mr. Ryanderman? Are you well liked there?