#and he inspired apollo and klavier to pursue the truth

[mekatrio]

what was kristoph gavins motive.

[turnaboutnerd]

Sample Game Script for Ace Attorney Investigations: Klavier Gavin

I’ve been thinking about my post wherein I share some of what I’d like to see in a game titled Ace Attorney Investigations: Klavier Gavin, and I decided to put together some game script based on it.

I put a lot of thought into this, so I hope you enjoy!

(Context: Near the opening of the first case, in which Simon Blackquill assists and serves as the player’s tutorial. Klavier is called into Edgeworth’s office).

KLAVIER GAVIN: You wanted to see me, Herr Edgeworth?

MILES EDGEWORTH: Gavin. Come in. Yes, I have new case for you. A woman was found bound and dead in People Park. Her boyfriend has already been arrested, but I have my doubts. I want you to go to scene to check it out.

KLAVIER GAVIN: Check out the scene?

MILES EDGEWORTH: I know the truth matters to you as much as it does to me. I generally trust our partners at the LAPD, but this one hasn’t sat well with me.

KLAVIER GAVIN: Why’s that? (Ah... he knows me too well. If there’s even a trace of doubt... Can you really trust me, though, Herr Edgeworth? I was once negligent in my investigative duties, and an innocent man paid dearly for it for seven years.)

MILES EDGEWORTH: Rather than explain it, I think you should get a look for yourself. ... Ah, Blackquill. You’re here just in time.

SIMON BLACKQUILL: You called, Edgeworth-dono?

MILES EDGEWORTH: Yes. I would like you to accompany Mr. Gavin to People Park and assist him with investigating a crime scene there.

KLAVIER GAVIN: (Oh. So he doesn’t trust me. He thinks I need another person to keep me accountable. ... Well, perhaps he isn’t wrong).

SIMON BLACKQUILL: ... I suppose I have nothing better to do.

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(Context: During the second case, Trucy reports to the LAPD that one of her magic props — something lovingly handmade by a WAA member who is implied to be Apollo — has gone missing. She suspects it was stolen, and she relays such to Klavier when she catches him outside the police station. Turns out, the prop was stolen — and it was used to bludgeon another man to death. Trucy is understandably upset and wants to find the murderer as well as retain her prop).

KLAVIER GAVIN: Ach, rest assured Fraulein Magician, I will help restore your precious prop to you once this is all cleared up. You don’t need to come to the crime scene. It could be rather... grisly, ja?

TRUCY WRIGHT: Oh, don’t worry about that! I used to go to crime scenes all the time.

KLAVIER GAVIN: (Ah, right. She often would assist him during investigations when he was still a rookie defense attorney).

TRUCY WRIGHT: Besides... if I help, maybe you’ll treat me to a new song? A Klavier Gavin solo, not something from the Gavinners!

KLAVIER GAVIN: Well... (I don’t know how to tell her that I haven’t been able to write any music since the Gavinners broke up—but I can’t say no to that smile). All right—you can tag along.

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(Context: When the player examines a ladder at a crime scene during the third case).

SIMON BLACKQUILL: That’s just a ladder.

TRUCY WRIGHT: Stepladder, Prosecutor Blackquill.

SIMON BLACKQUILL: ... What?

TRUCY WRIGHT: That’s not a ladder, it’s a stepladder! My daddy tells me they’re two different things.

KLAVIER GAVIN: (... That’s a rather odd distinction for Herr Wright to make to his daughter.)

SIMON BLACKQUILL: Gavin-dono!

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... !

SIMON BLACKQUILL: Your input?

KLAVIER GAVIN: Ach. Well, of course I must side with the young fräulein!

SIMON BLACKQUILL: ... Detective Skye is right about you: You are a fop.

KLAVIER GAVIN: You wound me, Herr Blackquill!

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(Context: During the final case, in which a man has died of atroquinine poisoning). 

KLAVIER GAVIN: I... I don’t think I can keep up with this.

SIMON BLACKQUILL: ... !

TRUCY WRIGHT: What do you mean?

KLAVIER GAVIN: An envelope contaminated by atroquinine, one of the rarest poisons in the world... Either we have an extraordinary coincidence on our hands, or...

SIMON BLACKQUILL: ... There is a distinct possibility for that.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... I can’t do this. I’ll tell Herr Edgeworth to take me off the case.

SIMON BLACKQUILL: No.

KLAVIER GAVIN: No?

SIMON BLACKQUILL: You can’t run away from this. You need to face it head on, Gavin-dono.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ...

TRUCY WRIGHT: That’s right! You can do it, Prosecutor Gavin. And Prosecutor Blackquill and I will support you all the way!

KLAVIER GAVIN: Trucy... Simon... (Deep breaths. They’re right. You can’t keep running away from him.) ... All right. It’s time to pay my brother a visit.

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(Context: Simon and Trucy accompany Klavier to speak with Kristoph while in solitary confinement).

KRISTOPH GAVIN: Ah, it’s you, Klavier. I was wondering when you would decide to come see me again. Tell me, what’s the reason for this visit?

KLAVIER GAVIN: ...

SIMON BLACKQUILL: ... Gavin-dono?

TRUCY WRIGHT: We have some questions for you!

KRISTOPH GAVIN: I recognize you. You’re Wright’s daughter. My, you’ve grown quite a bit since I last saw you.

KLAVIER GAVIN: Don’t talk to her.

KRISTOPH GAVIN: You’re the one who brought her here.

SIMON BLACKQUILL: Never mind that. We’re here because of a murder. A man’s been poisoned by atroquinine.

KRISTOPH GAVIN: Ah? And you suspect me, Klavier? There’s no loud defense attorney for you hide behind this time.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ...

KRISTOPH GAVIN: Tsk, tsk. Why so quiet? ... Well, I have nothing to hide. Investigate away, if you must.

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(Context: After investigating Kristoph’s cell and unsuccessfully pressing him for details that could connect him to the murder).

KLAVIER GAVIN: (Is there really nothing?! Or am I missing something important? What could I be missing?! My hands are starting to get clammy!)

KRISTOPH GAVIN: Are you finished now? Are you satisfied?

KLAVIER GAVIN: ...

TRUCY WRIGHT: Prosecutor Gavin! Don’t lose heart. Just remember what’s important to you!

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... ! (Those words... Those were the same words that defense attorney said to me when we faced off at the lowest point of my life. With those words, he pulled the darkness of self-doubt out of me and gave me the strength to pursue the truth then. I’ll forever be grateful to him for that... Right. I have not forgotten what’s important to me!) Kristoph.

KRISTOPH GAVIN: ... ?

KLAVIER GAVIN: Tell me true: Did you kill this man?

KRISTOPH GAVIN: Does it matter? It seems you’ve already made up your mind, dear brother. I’m an easy target. Just pin the blame on me, and reap the rewards for yourself. That’s what you want, isn’t it?

KLAVIER GAVIN: It does matter. I don’t seek victories. I seek the truth. If I falsely pin the blame on an innocent man, he will suffer the consequences while the real criminal gets away, free to bring harm to others. You have your own sins to pay for, Kristoph. But I will not add to them if they are not the truth.

KRISTOPH GAVIN: ... I did not kill him.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... (I have no reason to believe him. And yet, I do. Okay. If it’s not him, then it’s someone else. We have to keep moving forward.) ... Then we are done here, for now.

KRISTOPH GAVIN: “For now”? Ah, of course. You can always fall back on me if your little investigation fails.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... Goodbye, Kristoph.

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(Context: After the final case resolves, and it is discovered Kristoph is in fact not the murderer).

PHOENIX WRIGHT: Prosecutor Gavin.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... ! Herr Wright? ... To what do I owe the pleasure?

PHOENIX WRIGHT: Edgeworth told me about the case—and about Kristoph being a suspect.

KLAVIER GAVIN: Ah—that’s— (What am I supposed to say? Why is he even speaking with me?) —Well, he wasn’t the one responsible.

PHOENIX WRIGHT: No, he wasn’t. Not this time, anyway. Still...

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... ?

PHOENIX WRIGHT: Edgeworth was right. It took a lot of guts for you to do what you did. You’re a great prosecutor—and a good man.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ... ! W-Well, I don’t think I would have gotten anywhere without your daughter or Herr Blackquill’s help.

PHOENIX WRIGHT: Ha, you sell yourself short. ... Hey. I wanted to tell you something: What happened to me nine years ago, I don’t hold it against you.

KLAVIER GAVIN: You—You don’t?

PHOENIX WRIGHT: No. You were young; you were manipulated by someone you trusted. I know what that’s like. ... I forgave you for it a long time ago. I hope you can forgive yourself, too.

KLAVIER GAVIN: ...

PHOENIX WRIGHT: Prosecutor Gavin?

KLAVIER GAVIN: N-Nothing. Thank you, Herr Wright.

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(Context: Right before the credits play, the screen is black, and the player sees this introspective monologue from Klavier).

KLAVIER GAVIN: (I went home with a song in my heart. I don’t know what possessed Herr Wright to say all that to me—maybe Herr Edgeworth put him up to it—but I’m grateful. I’m also grateful to Trucy and Simon... and to that other defense attorney for that matter. I wouldn’t have made it through this without them. ... I’m feeling inspired. Maybe I should pick up my guitar and write this down).

(The credits begin. The music is new, something that hasn’t previously played in the game. Presumably, it’s Klavier’s new song).