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The Hanniger Trial

Mar 12, 2011 03:47

Who: Phoenix Wright (Defense) lawyerific , Godot (Prosecution) beenwaitinglong , Tom Hanniger (Defendant), various witnesses, and you.
When: Friday 11th March
Where: Courtroom 1
Summary: The trial of Tom Hanniger for the Valentine Day Murders, and the incident surrounding his arrest.
Warnings: R for mention of his crimes

Opening statement: The prosecution's opening statement
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franziska von karma, maya fey, phoenix wright, godot, rochelle, jinx, dr. john seward

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axemeaquestion March 12 2011, 04:47:00 UTC

[Guess who decided to make up her mind and come to the trial? Rochelle chose not to testify, but she decided to come and watch. At least see how things panned out.

She wasn't sure if she did the right thing. But as particularly painful as this was going to be to watch, maybe she would find out. The producer was sitting down, cross-legged, listening to everything that was being said.

If anything, this could be her way of giving Tom a chance.]

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 05:42:03 UTC

[Franziska, in a small lull with her own work, had taken the opportunity to watch this trial -- as she'd been busy with the rescue efforts on Eagle Mountain back home, she'd never had as much opportunity as she would have liked to watch Prosecutor Godot preform his role in the courtroom.

However, she's surprised to see Rochelle in the gallery, and not in the lobby as she would have expected. Quietly, she approaches the other woman, trying to figure out what she should even say in this situation. Perhaps understanding what's happening is the best way to start.]

Ah, hello. You're not testifying?

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 06:27:09 UTC

[Ro almost jumped hearing the other voice. She had been so focused on the trial that she hadn't paid much attention to the rest of what was around her. Even when nothing was happening, she wound up thinking or paying attention to nothing else. She gave a tiny gasp, before slapping her hand over her mouth. Her head whipped around to see who it was--

Oh.]

Jesus.

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 06:45:10 UTC

[So perhaps the quiet approach hadn't been the best idea. Quietly reproaching herself, Franziska inclined her head, feeling somewhat sheepish. It was a strange feeling, and not one she was altogether familiar nor comfortable with experiencing.]

My apologies. I didn't mean to frighten you. So ... why are you up here?

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 06:55:50 UTC

[After a few seconds she realized she had been holding her breath, and finally let it out.]

You scared the shit out of me... [Her hand went down, and she leaned forward to rest both hands on her knees. Brown eyes first glanced back to the trial itself, then Franziska.

They never stayed on Franziska long, always wandering to this place and that place.]

No, I'm not testifying. But I thought I could at least--[Pause.] See how it all turns out.

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 06:59:46 UTC

I usually prefer to announce my presence by way of a sharp whip crack.

[Here, her fingers stroked the handle of her whip absent-mindedly, although she made no move to wield it.]

Yet, the courts here are surprisingly less tolerant of unnecessary noise than the ones back home. [Which meant that she'd been reprimanded for such behavior recently.]

But what I meant to ask is ... you're not testifying yourself?

[It was a sensitive topic, to be certain, but ... if it had all happened to Franziska herself, she knew she would be hell-bent on making sure justice was served. Legal culpability or not, the man was clearly a threat to society.]

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 07:08:47 UTC

[Rochelle eyed the whip briefly. It would have been a good time to quip with a 'gee, I wonder why' or something to that effect, but she found herself lacking the energy. Her gaze stayed mostly on the trial.

So ignoring anything about the whip, she only answer Franziska's question. Short and sweet.]

No.

[... Okay, maybe Franziska deserved a little more information.]

But Godot asked me.

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 07:23:00 UTC

[Of course he would have asked, as there was no doubt that Rochelle's testimony could have been vital to the outcome of the trial.]

And you refused him. Why?

[She paused, then, and after a moment, found herself adding:]

If you don't mind me asking.

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 07:37:38 UTC

[Her eyes narrowed as she looked down on the trial.]

I don't mind you asking if you're not going to try and convince me out of it.

[But it was a little late for that.]

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 07:43:01 UTC

[Franziska's gaze followed down to the ongoing trial; it was certainly a different experience, watching it up from this angle.]

... Even if I wanted to, I couldn't. I wouldn't force you into anything. Not for a case like this.

[While she couldn't be sure if that was entirely truthful, Franziska felt as though they were the right words to say.]

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 07:56:51 UTC

He was my friend. One of my best friends here.

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 07:58:21 UTC

[Oh.]

I didn't realize.

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 08:10:04 UTC

Yeah, well...

[She looked down. Quiet again. Unsure of what to say.]

... I didn't know what to do.

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 08:18:15 UTC

It is a difficult situation. Especially considering the state of the defendant --

[A pause, and then she looked away, her gaze becoming somewhat distant.]

-- it's hard to know what to do in such situations.

axemeaquestion March 13 2011, 08:28:26 UTC

--Yeah.

[That was all she said. What else COULD be said? Describe what it felt like to have one of your best friends hurt you? Her thoughts and secrets and emotions throughout the whole thing? Ask if she was doing the right thing? Neither testifying for or against Tom, she found herself in the middle. Figuratively and literally in the middle. She was angry for what happened, believe her. She was PISSED. But at the same time, he had been her FRIEND. One of the first friends she ever made here. And even then she didn't know if she could believe the circumstances and this whole "Harry" thing and...

She squeezed her eyes shut.

She didn't know what to do. She didn't know what to do. She didn't know if she had decided was the right thing and she just didn't KNOW.]

I just--I didn't know...

dancing_pierrot March 13 2011, 08:43:58 UTC

[Franziska just watched Rochelle attentively, wishing she knew what to say. She never did, in these sort of situations. Several months ago, she wouldn't have cared. It had never been her responsibility to take care of other people, at least, not other adults and thus, she had never developed the capability do so. Suddenly, she felt determined to improve. Rochelle, of course, wasn't the first person she knew who had been so affected by a return from the dead. With a sudden twinge, she felt guilty again about the way she had treated Miles when he had made his own. No, this time would be different; she would weigh her words carefully before she spoke.]

You ... you didn't know what?

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