arkster | MORNING WARM-UP

I am sure this has already been fansubbed; don't care. This was my 20-minute warm-up this morning. Creative liberties have been taken; also don't care. The tradition of Phoenix Wright is to discard cross-language accuracy in favor of internal consistency + lulz.

Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney: Trailer

Can be viewed on the second tab, right next to 'TOP', once you've dragged open the book. (The book is entitled 'The Witch Trial'.)

[Open scene: An old-timey courthouse.]

Layton: The perpetrator who's been using magic to throw the town into chaos... is you! [Dramatic point!]

Crowd: *gasp, murmur*

Clearly Innocent Girl: No. I'm not a witch.

Layton: Then how is it exactly that you knew the contents of a book you couldn't have read?

Phoenix: OBJECTION!

[dramatic point to end all dramatic points]

Professor, there's a gaping hole in your logic!

CUE TITLE:
PROFESSOR LAYTON

VS

ACE ATTORNEY

[MONTAGE OF EXPOSITIONAL SCENERY]

[Screen text]

A mysterious incident in Labyrinth City

Archaeologist versus lawyer
The two will take on the shocking case of

[Screen text, BURNING]

THE WITCH TRIAL

[Mob with torches chases CIG across a deserted plaza; she screams]

[Maya and Luke in a musty library; Luke reading]

Luke: Everything's turning out just like it says in the book.
Maya: [gasp] No way. That can't be possible!

[Old dude with a quill. DRAMATIC WRITING.]

The mastermind controlling the entire city

The ultimate culprit
~THE STORYTELLER~

[The woods]

CIG: I know I'll be killed. It was written in the Book.
Phoenix. We're not following some book's plotline.
Layton: Mr. Wright.
We may have committed a grave misunderstanding.

HERSHEL LAYTON
PHOENIX WRIGHT
The shocking collaboration

Layton: Upholding the law doesn't always mean the same as doing the right thing, Luke.

Phoenix: ... You know, I have to be honest. That top hat really does piss me off.

Professor Layton vs Ace Attorney
Level 5 x Capcom

The answer to the riddle will solve the contradiction