Klapollo Ace Attorney *Apollo justice*

"Lies Of The Cell Phone"

'This cell phone was found yesterday... ...in the Meraktis Clinic garage!'

'The Meraktis... Why, that's where the victim lived!'

stickler couldn't believe this, he gripped on tighter to his books as he cried out in shock

'Yeeeeeerrgh! Th-That's impossible!'

he insisted, however, at this point nobody would believe him, apollo semi-glared at him as he spoke in a serious voice

'Mr. Stickler, you lied to the court, didn't you? If your cell phone is here, how could you have called the police!?'

stickler jumped as he cried out again in panic

'Weeeeeeeeeeeeeouk!'

but then, after his piercing screaming, ..he finally admitted to not having a cell phone

'It... It's true. I didn't have my cell phone that night. That is why it can be said that I called the police from a public pay phone'

'A pay phone! So you didn't call on your cell phone after all...'

the judge said, apollo nodded, then asked him

'Just where was this pay phone located, Mr. Stickler!?'

'Well, to indicate it with a startlingly high degree of accuracy... ...it was right around here'

he said as he pointed at the diagram in front on of the court, the judge eyes widen when he saw where it was

'That's... quite a ways from the park. But... But why did you lie?'

apollo answered the question forhim

'There can be only one reason. He didn't want the court to know he had lost his cell phone. Because it was found... ...in the victim's garage!'

'Wh-Wh-What are you saying!?'

stickler said in a worried tone of voice

'Mr. Stickler... You broke into the Meraktis Clinic garage on the night of the murder! This cell phone tells all!'

apollo said firmly, however, stickler refused to admit anything yet

;B-But that's ridiculous! That makes it sound like... Like I snuck into this fellow's garage to commit some crime! As though I were trying to kill him!'

'Well, Dr. Meraktis was killed that night'

the judge pointed out

'W-Well y-yes, but no! This line of reasoning has to be against the rules! Yes, it's true! I lost my cell phone! But you can't prove that I lost it that night!'

he said, apollo however, was already working on it, the judge looked over at him

'Hmm... Well, Mr. Justice? If that cell phone was dropped the night of the murder... ...it does raise considerable suspicions as to a connection with the crime'

trucy gave him a n encouraging smile

'Now's your chance, Apollo! Connect Mr. Stickler to the crime!'

'Oh, he's already connected enough. I just have to prove it'

he said with certainty, then said out-loud to the court

'Of course I have evidence!'

klavier smiled at him, very interested in what he had to show, this was getting interesting

'Ooh, I like your swagger, Herr Forehead. Hit it'

he said, apollo would've been taken aback if he wasn't so into the moment and busy trying to prove of his clients innocence

'The court will see this evidence. Mr. Justice, "hit it", as they say!'

'The evidence that proves the cell phone was dropped on the night of the murder is'

he said, as he gently took out the broken car mirror, and presented to the court

'That's... a side-view mirror?'

the judge said, a little confused, apollo nodded

'As it so happens... Dr. Meraktis's car was in an accident... ...that took place the night of the murder!'

'An accident!?'

stickler said, apollo again nodded

'An accident. It happened a little after 9 PM, just outside People Park... our murder scene. Dr. Meraktis's car hit a pedestrian!'

stickler panicked again as he started to tremble

'Wh-What are you trying to say?'

apollo took ot his notebook as he very quickly read through everything before he spoke

'From the absence of a mirror, it's clear that the car was parked after the accident. Which means it was parked there after 9 PM on the night of the murder. If your cell phone had been dropped before the car was parked in that garage... ...then it would have been crushed. After all, it was lying on the ground, right under the wheel!'

'Urk...'

stickler mumbled nervously with gritted teeth

'Ergo, Mr. Stickler! The only time you could have dropped this in that garage... ...was after 9 PM the night of the murder in the park!'

'Weeeeeeeeoooorrgh!'

stickler cried out again as he flipped through the pages of his book, apollo crossed his arms 

'Mr. Stickler! You know what this means? You did break into the victim's garage that night'

the court started to murmur and murmur until the judge banged down his gavel

'This is most unexpected! Mr. Justice... Are you naming the witness as a suspect in the murder of Pal Meraktis!?'

'N-No, stop! This is too much! This can't be happening! P-P-P-P-Prosecutor! Say something!'

he begged, klavier thought for a moment before he spoke

'I suppose it is worth saying this: No connection has been found between Wesley Stickler and Pal Meraktis. That is, other than this'

he reasoned, the judge took that in as he decided on what should happened

'I believe our next testimony will be most... revelatory. Is the witness prepared?'

he quickly nodded as he complied

'Y-Y-Yes, Your Honor!!!'

apollo has seen that nervous look on a persons face before, the last time he saw something like that, was with two people

"I know that face... That's the face of guilt!"

trucy stayed silent of she studied him closely with her sharp eyes