Episode 2: Trial, Part 2
Judge Venom: Alright, skrubs. Court is back in session for the trial of Eljay on the murder of Invictus. At least, that’s what the prosecution states. However, I’m having a hard time believing that after the points Kahi seemed to make. However, I don’t think we have enough information to pass a verdict yet, especially since we don’t know whether Invi actually died or not. So that’s cool.
Varderan: Don’t exactly see how that’s cool, your honor, especially when we’re pretty much in between a rock and a hard place.
Kahi: (Oho, we won’t be soon, Varderan. The truth is finally adding up from here. Now to unveil it and show what Viper is really trying to hide…)
Venom: Alright. Mr. Varderan, you may bring up your next witness.
Varderan: Of course, your honor.
Kahi: (I don’t like that face Varderan is making…)
Varderan: The next witness I’d like to call up happens to be… Eljay.
Eljay: What!? Me? Why me?
Kahi: I dunno, but from what I see, Varderan is gonna pull something. I was depending on Dee Viper’s testimony on this. Now it looks like he’s gonna pull a fast one…
(What should I do? Should I raise an objection?)
Kahi: Sorry, Mr. Varderan. But Eljay can’t remember a single thing about the incident.
Varderan: I disagree, Kahi. Perhaps he can… Recap… His memory.
Venom: I have to agree with Varderan on this one. Perhaps asking Eljay questions will help him remember the events. Therefore, objection overruled.
Eljay: Ooh… This is gonna be bad, I’m sure.
Eljay: Sheesh, this doesn’t seem so bad after all.
Varderan: State your full name and occupation, please.
Eljay: My name is Lewa Johnson, and I work not only for irrigation work, but also as a member of the TTV Cast. I work on recap and recent reviews.
Varderan: Continue with your testimony.
Eljay: It was just two days ago when I was at the park to film my Recap Review on Gold Good Guy. Afterwords, I was leaving the scene to put my stuff away, when I remember seeing something that caught my eye. What it was, I don’t remember. Actually, that was the last thing I remembered before I woke up on the grass and was arrested.
Varderan: Hm. Is that all?
Eljay: It’s all I can remember. Kahi told you it would be useless.
Varderan: Hmph. I disagree.
Eljay: ~gulp~
Kahi: Eljay, you said you were at the park filming. Did you manage to find any camera footage from the park?
Eljay: Sadly, no. I stopped filming once I was done “stabbing” Gold Good Guy. And I don’t have possession of my camera. Actually, I don’t know who has it.
Kahi: Hmph. Perhaps we should find it.
Varderan: There is no time, Kahi. We’re in a trial.
Kahi: Eljay, I’d like to ask you more questions.
Eljay: Yes?
Kahi: I’m going to show you two objects. I want you to see them so you can recap your memory on them. Yes, I know it’s risky, but we must find out the truth.
Which one should we show him first?
Unfortunately not. Since you never were actually attacked (Cronk stopped it before it happened), the only thing you could charge her with is attempted assault, but even then, who’d believe Cronk?
Eljay: Hm… I vaguely remember that. But I can’t identify who had it. I just remember someone leaving it there while I was filming.
Kahi: You have to remember something about it, Eljay!
Eljay: Well, did you ever get the prints on it?
Kahi: Well, no…
Eljay: Well, it’s definitely not mine. I was busy with Gold Good Guy.
Kahi: What about this scarf?
Eljay: Wait a second… That scarf. It… It looks so familiar. I remember… Grabbing onto it for some reason. And the owner of it…
Kahi: !
Eljay: Agh. The owner… They had a relation with the case. But I don’t remember the face.
Kahi: Very well.
Varderan: Hm hm. Typical of Eljay. Only remembering the most colorful things, like red and blue pins for example. Hm. I wonder why you’d remember both of these things. [Did they, by chance, belong to YOU?][3]
Eljay: Impossible. I didn’t bring a Zaktan set.
Varderan: Oh really… Then why are your FINGERPRINTS on it?
Eljay: WHAT!?
Varderan: You’re honor, look at this report given by Cronk once they examined the canister. It happened to contain Eljay’s finger prints!
Kahi: WHAT!?
Var: The prosecution therefore claims that there can only be ONE person in this case that inflicted harm unto Invictus: Eljay. He had possession of both 2006 sets.
Eljay: But… But I don’t believe you! That set isn’t mine!
Var: But the evidence shows, Mr. Eljay.
Kahi: (No no no! He’s got me cornered! I need to stop him! What can I do?)
Kahi: But Eljay’s a collector!
Varderan: That further concludes my point. He could have ANOTHER Zaktan for collecting purposes.
Kahi: The canister is unopened, Varderan!
Varderan: Oh, I wish you looked at your own evidence before making conclusions. Look at this line:
This can only mean one thing: it’s been opened.
Varderan: I beg to differ, Kahi. Fingerprints are everything.
Varderan: Do you forget this note? Of course you do. It points directly at a 2006 set. What other piece of evidence points to 2006?
Kahi: You’re still missing a motive, Varderan.
Varderan: I won’t need a motive once you get Dee Viper’s testimony. Plus, you’re still not able to prove Eljay DIDN’T do it. Eljay can’t prove it, either. In fact, I bet he thinks he did it.
Eljay: Well, I mean… Maybe I did? I don’t remember, so don’t use that against me.
Kahi: (Gah. This is a mess. I knew he had something up his sleeve when he asked Eljay to come up here. There’s got to be something I can do to throw this off track.)
Kahi: But the scarf, Varderan. You’re forgetting all about the scarf. Someone else HAD to be there, which still gives us a reason to believe there was another suspect. Plus, there was also another person’s prints on the canister, where there not?
Moreover, I think Varderan is trying to pin Eljay as the suspect without any evidence that points to him being the only suspect!
Varderan: Urg… Then explain-
Kahi: I’ve had it with all your bogus questions, Varderan! All you do is try to make Eljay look bad while you keep forgetting the facts of the case!
Kahi: Moreover, you keep ignoring the facts on how SOMEONE ELSE can obviously be the murderer! In fact, I don’t even think this trial is legitimate in the first place!
Var: Your honor! Kahi is undoubtly trying to prevent me from asking more questions to convict Eljay of his terrible crime!
Kahi: Somehow, I have a hard time believing Eljay even commited a crime. If anything, I think he’s a VICTIM!
Judge Venom: You have some of the best points here, Kahi. In fact, I feel like I’m able to pass a verdict right now. I think it’s obvious to everyone that Eljay clearly is not the one who should be on the stand. (Also, this is more entertaining than the last trial, lol.)
Var: But… Venom… He won’t even allow me to…
Venom: Too late, Var. I’m think I’m ready to pass the verdict.
Dee Viper: Your honor, the prosecution isn’t done yet, I’m afraid. We still have one more witness… Me.
Varderan: Y-yes. I still never got to have Viper speak. Your honor, I ask that you don’t pass down your verdict yet, as I’m not finished prosecuting.
Kahi: (Nuts! He’s trying to get out of it! I need to do something…)
Kahi: (Hm… Maybe I can make light out of the situation. This will be the last testimony, after all. I need to get that not-bootleg verdict for Eljay.)
Venom: Might as well do the next testimony. I want my money’s worth of the popcorn, anyways.
Viper: I hope all of you realize I’m here to tell nothing but the truth. Now to tell you what I saw.
I was on a bench near the scene, where I was writing the script for “History of BIONICLE” in pen. However, I became distracted when I saw Eljay start arguing with Invictus over something I could not hear all that clearly. All I heard was something along the lines of “you’re never going to come back after I’m done with you.” Of course, I then saw Eljay pull out a pencil and a piece of ripped paper from his jacket, giving it to Invictus to write some kind of “death note.”
That was when I had enough. I stomped right over there like the British woman I was and told Eljay to leave Invictus alone. However, before I did so, he pushed Invictus over the edge of the bridge…
It was terrifying. I then ran up to him and tried to grab his arm. He shrugged me off, and when I tried to flee his range of grasp, he grabbed my purple scarf I had on me. I screamed, but nobody was around. Eventually, I tried to yank the scarf away from him, and it ripped. I fled the scene, but I saw Eljay throw his part of the scarf into the river.
I fled from him, but eventually he got more of my scarf. Of course, I yanked again, and this time he tripped when running while holding onto the scarf. He fell over and bonked his head. I managed to flee the scene without the scarf.
Viper: I already told you about these two things. The pen clearly is mine. And the scarf is also mine, the result of Eljay trying to make sure I didn’t see his terrible crime.
Eljay: Kahi, if you can’t find the contradiction, press her statements or present something! I would recommend the former in this situation!
Viper: I don’t know what you mean. Where did you get the Zaktan from? Note that I haven’t even gotten a good glimpse of the thing in the first place. I wouldn’t know anything about it.
Viper: I already answered this in my previous testimony. Invictus was probably writing a death note, and yes, he was threatening him.
Viper: No no. I was pretty sure Varderan announced that I was helping out with it. Do you have any evidence that he said I wasn’t?
Viper: Well, for jacket, I’m talking about what he’s currently wearing, as he’s wearing a business jacket.
Viper: Oh. That must be the second piece that Eljay ripped up and tried to throw away. Good thing you got your hands on it!
Kahi: Ms. Viper, I have a hard time believing “2006 Zaktan” is a death note. In fact, I don’t even think Eljay would allow that to be written.
If anything, it’s a clue to the person who actually owned the original set!
Viper: Right. And that’s Eljay.
Kahi: That’s not an absolute, Ms. Viper. In fact, I doubt he even owned the original set! I say that YOU did!
Viper: Oh yeah? Prove it then. Prove I owned that Zaktan!
Viper: AGH! I already told you, I’m tired of everyone saying I love Zaktan! And now you present that to me? Stop it. Stop it I tell you! I’m tired of all of this!
Kahi: But you know it’s true. You like Zaktan!
Viper: But I don’t have a stupid obsession with him! You’re just like everyone else, you… You jerk! AGH!
#Crack!
Kahi: (Wow. She even broke that one thing that came out of nowhere. That’s pretty upset.)
Viper: NOW SHUT UP ABOUT ZAKTAN! I don’t want to hear anymore about him!
Kahi: Your honor, I want to request that we examine the fingerprints on the Zaktan Canister as well as compare it with the pen’s!
Venom: I’ll allow it.
Varderan: Hah. You’re still missing something, Kahi. While you’ve made Viper truly upset, and your waiting for your evidence, you still have yet to divert it to her. In fact, this testimony has proven, if anything, her innocence.
Kahi: (I got to do something while I wait for those results!)
Kahi: Your honor, do I have permission to kick this guy out of court? He’s being disruptive.
Venom: Leave him for now. But if he disrupts again, I will have to kick him out.
Varderan: I knew you’d ask that. To answer that for you, no, nobody else was at the park. If there were, the police would have placed them here as a witness here. Also, she was the one who actually CALLED the police in the first place.
Kahi: Your honor… She attacked me!
Venom: She did? How rude. Say your sorry, Viper.
Varderan: Your honor, please. He has no proof of that ever occuring. What is he gonna do? Call Chronicler and make him confess of it? Please. Chronicler is incompetent. Now please, come up with real reasons to question her testimony while we wait.
Eljay: Kahi, you gotta ask more questions! I know, ask more about the note!
Viper: Finally, a real question. Well, it turns out Eljay tried to rip it when I came up to him in order to stop him from berating Invictus. When he was chasing me, he accidentally left the “Zaktan” one on the bridge and still had the 2006 one on him. Does that answer your question?
Kahi: Viper, I think it’s about time you stop lying and tell the truth for once in your life.
Viper: What do you mean?
Kahi: You know exactly what I mean. It’s impossible for the Zaktan note to be left on the bridge…
Because we found it near the trash!
Viper: AGH!
Kahi: And I have a feeling there’s more holes in your testimony, isn’t there? You’re hiding something, Viper. I know it!
Varderan: I’ve had enough of this, Kahi. This is one inconsistency. So what? Viper didn’t know where the paper actually fell. This is probably a supposition.
Viper: Y-yeah. What he said. Actually, now that I think about it, Eljay threw away the whole thing.
Kahi: (Now she’s just coming up with stuff!)
Kahi: Viper. Your gig is up this time. Your secrets are about to be revealed.
Viper: What? What do you-
Kahi: Eljay could not have gotten the time to THROW AWAY the note if he was busy chasing you while holding onto your scarf. In fact, the only person who could have thrown it away…
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[WAS YOU, Dee Viper!][3]
Viper: ARGH! You…
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Kahi: I have a theory. Maybe it was YOU who pushed Invictus, and when Eljay tried to stop you, you pushed him away, making him rip apart some of your scarf. Then you discarded his part and left your scarf in order to set him up!
Viper: I… Ah… Well…
Kahi: (I got her good. Just gotta ask more stuff before the evidence comes in to really rub it in!)
Kahi: You seen pretty sensitive about people thinking you love Zaktan. Did Invictus ever call you a Zaktan Fangirl? And ARE you a Zaktan fangirl?
Viper: N-no. He didn’t! And I’m not a Zaktan fangirl!
Kahi: Oh. Is that the case, then? So you wouldn’t mind if I threw the Zaktan canister… Like this?
#STOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOP!!!
Viper: You… You… You almost got me there…
Kahi: So you are a Zaktan Fan Girl, then?
Viper: Y-yes… And I’m tired of people calling me that! Tired tired tired of it! They should all die in a hole!
Kahi: So I’d imagine you’d be upset if Invictus said that, no?
Varderan: You… You have no proof of him doing that! And besides, badgering the witness is against court rules! Your honor, stop him!
Venom: No way! This is getting good!
Kahi: (Good! I finally am digging the truth! Now I just need to do one final thing before the evidence arrives…)
Kahi: You knew about Zaktan didn’t you? You couldn’t bring yourself to destroy him so you decided to hide him in the park.
Viper: Yes… And I was gonna go to retrieve it until I noticed it was stolen. But… But that note… It could mean anything!
Kahi: Do I need to arrange them in the way they originally where before you ripped them up and tried to discard them?
Viper: …
Kahi: Well. Looks like your finally seeing the truth.
Varderan: You’re doing such a good job, Kahi. But, one question… Why would Viper have her hands on the note and rip it if it has Eljay’s prints, and it was Eljay that had the pencil along with Invictus?
[3]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNwbkPtDUU0