Turnabout AJ4-2 Is A Prequel - Transcript

Turnabout AJ4-2 Is A Prequel
What?

Did you think I wouldn't find you?

I've had my eye on you for quite a while

You could say... I expected you.

nooooooooo

HELP

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cant let this door be opened....

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NO MATTER WHAT

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Goodbye.

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Nate:

Hey it's Nate here again.
 Are you enjoying Apollo Justice Ace Attorney 4?
 My contract says I legally have to assume you are.
 If you have any complaints, please feel free to file them to capcomlegalteam@gmail,com
 But let's move on!
 You beat Turnabout Trump and The Prequel Turnabout!
 If you have not beaten those cases already, please go back and do so. The following case contains spoilers for those.
 I don't make many appearances in those cases, but as the interface character, I hope you still find me memorable.
 For this case's "Nate's Tip Corner"...
 We'll be reviewing how to advance text again.
 You click the screen.
 That's all for now!
 I think you can truly understand visual novels after next case's Corner!

Apollo:

Wow, it sure has been 2 months and 37 days.
 We've had like 10 offers for cases, but that specific date hadn't arrived yet.
 Clem is working here as my underage magician assistant.

Clem:

Apollo who the fuck are you talking to?

Apollo:

He's running for President right now, but the polls aren't really in his favor right now.

Clem:

Is this really necessary.

Apollo:

While Clem has been failing miserably at his 1 goal in life, I've been working with Detective Pichuis to track down Wynaut.

Clem:

...

Apollo:

It's okay Clem, I'm just teaching you "targetted harassment" through example. Make sure to use it to win the presidential race.

Clem:

oh ok

Apollo:

Well, what should we do today?

pichuis:

Hey Apollo.

Apollo:

This is pichuis, the fan favorite detective.

Clem:

Are you going to do this for everyone

pichuis:

This is important, Apollo.
 Wynaut has been spotted in the city.
 We might finally get some answers today.

*(Talking about "Wynaut's Reappearance" leads to:)*

Apollo:

Where was he spotted?

pichuis:

He was spotted at subway, with a gun.

Clem:

Hey Apollo, remember that one joke you made about subway?

Apollo:

Yeah?

Clem:

I think I perfected it
 Absolute banger
 Wanna hear it?

Apollo:

Doesn't really work if you know it's coming.
 Geez, don't you understand comedy.
 Dumbass.

Clem:

...

pichuis:

Maybe slow down there a bit, Apollo...
 Don't you think your banter is more... mean-spirited, than funny right now?

Clem:

Nah, it's okay.
I get it
Too intimidated by my genius comedy.

pichuis:

Anyway, clem.
 Aren't you Wynaut's friend?
 Why are you being so cooperative?

Clem:

Wynaut is my GOAT, he won't get caught.

pichuis:

Alright, shall we go then?

Apollo:

Sorry, but I have to do the second talk option

pichuis:

I'll just summarize it for you.
 Clem is screwing up real bad.
 Stealphie has more political experience.
And then some really weird political commentary that doesnt really equate to anything
 Now let's go find Wynaut

Clem:

Tax evasion has a lot of similarities to horny people if you think about it.

Apollo:

(There's something vaguely bizarre about this group dynamic. It feels like something's changed.)

As a matter of fact, nothing had changed. Don't question my fucking writing again.

Apollo:

Let's find the witness.

???:

Hi
 Welcome to Subway, may I take your order?

Clem:

You work at Subway?
 Bro

Apollo:

So have you seen a guy who looks like Goku?

???:

Yeah, I saw him.

pichuis:

Could you describe what happened for us?

???:

There was a man who looked like Goku and who had a gun

Apollo:

Yeah, we knew that but do you have anything else to add?

???:

No, I just saw Goku with a gun.

Apollo:

Oh
 I kinda thought this would spiral out into a talk option. Probably something with an incident... or case...

???:

...

Apollo:

...

pichuis:

...

Clem:

You work at subway?
 Bro

Apollo:

Clem the time has passed

Clem:

...

Apollo:

Anyway, can we have a sandwich?
 I guess the Wynaut plotline is over, so let's just never bring him up again.

Clem:

Wynaut fans stay winning!

Apollo:

Now that pichuis's plot line is over you get to be the favorite child again, Clem.

pichuis:

Just... Tell us if you see anything

???:

Alright.

Clem:

What even was his name?
Oh he's gone

pichuis:

I'll just go search around

Apollo:

Search this ratio

...

pichuis gave me a simple pat on the shoulder, and left.

I was just about to accept that I had wasted my time when I saw her.
 Shuichi Greyerl.
 She was seated in the corner.
 (I knew she was relevant to Turnabout AJ4-2 Is A Prequel, so I approached her.)
 (Pretty massive coincidence she was in the same Subway as us, it must have meant something.)

Rei:

Hey Apollo...

Apollo:

Are you okay? You seem to have large drops of water emerging from your eyes, to an unnatural size.

Rei:

Sorry,,, I don't really want to talk about it.

Apollo:

Can you at least give me talk options about it?

Rei:

...

Apollo:

Jobless!(Image of you)

Clem seemed to jot something down behind me

Rei:

Sorry, could you just go...

Apollo:

This isn't very funny, can we change the music.
 There we go.

Rei:

Do you even care about this? Why are you doing this?

Apollo:

Idc whatsoever.
 I just need to do something rn.

Rei:

Is this just your hobby? Harassing people?

Apollo:

Harass this ratio

Look, if you want to know that bad, here.

Rei slid me her phone.
Attached was a series of messages between her and a The Clinic.
One of it's patients had apparently entered critical condition, with only a few months to live

Rei:

It's my brother. They're saying I'll have to say goodbye to him soon...
 I don't know what to do...

Apollo:

(Well, this didn't feel satisfying at all)

I distanced myself from her. I didn't want to have to deal with a conversation like this. My sibling experience didn't exactly coincide with hers.

All of my leads had led me to absolutely nothing.
 I still had absolutely no idea what that vision of Wynaut murdering someone meant.
 And why was D4nk there? Shouldn't he be alive after this?
 I calmed my mind. Wasn't this exactly what I'd been avoiding doing? Destroying my happiness in a quest for answers?
 Well, today hadn't exactly been a pinnacle of happiness either.

Apollo:

(Why was I thinking so much. This bizarre lump of emotions just didn't feel natural.)

I shook myself from these inner thoughts, just as pichuis returned.

pichuis:

Nothing.
 Just more dead ends.

He sighed.

pichuis:

Did you see what was up with Rei?

I looked over, and it seemed she left.

Apollo:

Oh you noticed?

pichuis:

I would be quite a bad friend if I didn't notice my friend crying.

Apollo:

Didn't you still ignore her to look for absolutely nothing?
 Still kind of a shit friend

pichuis:

...
 Is this how you act without a Lauren?

Apollo:

What kind of shitty writer has a character just explain the comparison? Maybe let the viewers figure it out?

pichuis:

What are you even...?

Apollo:

Maybe finish your sentences next time

pichuis got annoyed and left.

SGB:

Your sandwiches are here.

I already knew his name from Case 1, there wasn't exactly a point to keeping it like that forever.
 Though, while I thought about it. Didn't he show up in the intro too? Maybe I could ask...

Apollo:

But... We didn't even make the sandwich?

clem:

I might be a terrorist

SGB:

what

Clem:

I might be JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

SGB:

Uhhh, well here's your order.

SGB put down a 2 lovingly-crafted sandwiches in front of us.

SGB:

Your total amounts to $21.00.

Will this be cash or credit?

Sir, please pay, I only get any real cash through commission.

Well, this certainly helped explain why his Case 1 section was so unfunny.

SGB:

Cash or credit?

Clem:

We should make a new nation where everything is free for GOATs.
 We could call it ClemNation

I proceeded to tune out SGB. He wasn't doing too well as a straightman anyway.

Apollo:

If you succeed in the election, you should just rename the US to ClemNation

Clem:

Adding that to my campaign promises rn
 A country only for the GOATs

Apollo:

You might win now bro

Clem:

ClemNation would ALWAYS have won

Apollo:

Nah, you were losing pretty bad.

Clem:

Not as much as this guy's losing his pay for the day.
 Jobless! (Image of SGB)

Me and clem had just finished our sandwiches, when pichuis returned.

pichuis:

Sorry, I guess I was a little annoyed after today.
 I can now see your genius metacommentary for what it truly is.

Apollo:

He gave me a pat on the back.
 This little interaction had gone back to consequence free.

pichuis:

Oh, they're not paying for food?

I guess SGB said something to him. Should've ratioed him instead of ignoring, I guess.

pichuis:

Apollo, why don't you just pay him? You can't be that poor.

Clem:

Why don't you get a job :fire:

Apollo:

(Clem had come up with a comeback before even me. Maybe he did have a chance at presidency.)

pichuis:

Alright...
I'll pay.
So how much do I owe you?

While pichuis was paying, I just left with clem.

Apollo:

(What a complete waste of a release.)

Apollo:

Another completely pointless day.
 Why would the case even start here.

Clem:

The fact you stopped looking for the GOAT was kind of a #ClemNation win.

Apollo:

Tbh, I don't even really know why I cared so much.
 Well, might as well put this all to rest. I have to watch the office, so you can just head off on your own.

Clem:

I don't really have any place to go actually...
 I've just been sneaking in and sleeping here

Apollo:

Where did you sleep before AJ4-2?

Clem:

Let's just watch a movie or something

Apollo:

Good idea

We ended up watching The Game(1997).
It really matched my sense of humor, though not through a very conscious choice.
 It was still a fun time.
 Unfortunately you can't see our reactions due to our deep care for copyright.
 During the night, I heard the doorbell ring, but I just ignored it.
 The incident date had passed anyway.
 And that was the end of that day.

Apollo:

(I was surprised to find that the case was still going.)
 (Yesterday had been pretty uneventful, after all.)

The first thing I noticed, was that clem and I had slept more than 5 meters apart.
I would've made an outdated vine reference, before I remembered this kid was definitely under 15.

Apollo:

(The legal implications of that assessment confused me too much to think about.)

I stretched my arms, before getting up and greeting the day.
The morning was rather normal.

Apollo:

Well, what am I supposed to do today?
 (I sighed.)

I readjusted my ears, before I realized my phone had been ringing since I woke up.
 Sadly, we don't have the money for phone sound effects.
 I picked up the phone.

Apollo:

Hello? Is this Gyro Zepelli?
 (I had been watching too much shitty anime)

???:

Is this Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney?

Apollo:

(The voice came out as distorted. I guess they must be using a voice modifier.)
 This is indeed the protagonist of the fourth Apollo Justice game.

???:

I've come to you with quite the undeniable defence request.

Apollo:

I've come to you with quite the ratio.
 (I had forgotten Clem wasn't awake to back me up.)

???:

Please wait, I believe this may be of interest to you.

Apollo:

Nah, sorry I'm quite satisfied with this canon timeline.

I prepared to hang up when I heard it.

???:

My name is \*\*\*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*

I froze.
That name had shocked me so much it didn't quite register.
It had come out as Higurashi censoring.
That name just couldn't exist...

Apollo:

Sorry... Could you repeat that?

Shelly DeKiller:

My name is Shelly DeKiller.

Apollo:

That's not possible...

Shelly DeKiller:

I'm afraid I won't be taking questions at this time.
 I have a simple request for you. But first, why not check the news?

Apollo:

(I immediately jumped to my flipphone, and checked the local news.)

News:

Likely President-Elect Arrested On Suspicion Of Murder
 Stealphie D. Jaspen, Secretary of State and frontrunner in this election, has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an ex-coworker.
 Wynaut Obama served as Obama's security guard prior to his death, and went missing a few days after. Though, police were shocked to find him as a fresh corpse, in the remote location of Little Canada.
 More details will emerge as Ace Attorney Investigations 3 continues.

Apollo:

What...?

Shelly DeKiller:

My request is simple. Defend them.

Apollo:

And if I refuse?

Shelly DeKiller:

I'm sure your friends in Hawaii won't be too happy at this decision.
 If you refuse, I will detonate an explosive, and turn nearly everyone you have ever known to ash.

Apollo:

Alright, fine. I'll bury the truth if you want me to that bad.

Shelly DeKiller:

You misunderstand,
 As simple as it may seem, I don't call you merely because I intend to protect a person in power's image.
 My demand... Is for you to discover the truth.

Apollo:

What?

Shelly DeKiller:

Who really killed Wynaut? Leave this answer unfilled by the end of Stealphie's trial, and your friends and family may never exit Hawaii, at least not while their hearts still beat.
 I don't need your final answer here. You know what to do.

-Beep-
 The phone hung up.

1. Nate

To Be Continued...[p]