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Case 4-4 - Turnabout Succession

I have to say, yall are the most supportive bunch Ive ever met. Thanks in advance for that.

This case has been plugging along fairly easily. I have definitely looked up the first Perceive spot in this case and was glad I did [sweat during this specific phrase in the right armpit, really?].

Brushel testifies that he saw Drew Misham drink the coffee and fall over dead immediately. He is incorrect, as the poison is slow-acting - meaning that if the poison was on the mug, he would have had time to finish the cup before keeling over. He claims that he came early by 15 minutes and entered without knocking, he saw Misham stuffing a yellow envelope, putting a stamp on it, and mailing it. Well - we only have a Red Envelope. Said yellow envelope if mailed is long gone.

Det. Skye helps us analyze the contents of the Red Envelope further, uncovering poisonous residue from an included stamp. It is suspected that Drew Misham had no stamps and took the poisoned stamp out of its mini picture frame on his desk and licked it to use on the yellow envelope. But why would he do that, if he had an inkling that it might be poisonous?

We suspect the red envelope and its promised $100,000 payment is not for a forged painting, but instead for forged evidence. Perhaps Drew Misham was not the forger, but someone else.

We realize the forger is likely Vera, which would explain why Drew wouldnt have had any reason to suspect the stamp and used it. It would also explain why there was poisonous residue only on the lip of the coffee mug and not in the coffee - it was remaining from licking the stamp and came from contact with Drews tongue, not from the coffee itself.

Poor Vera takes the stand and keeps staring at Klavier with an unsettled look on her face. o_o

She testifies to having sold her first painting at 12 and also to forging other items that her father then sold, e.g. signatures, handwriting, fingerprints, etc. Drew conducted all transactions and posed as the forger, while Vera completed the actual engineering and the two of them stayed holed up in their home/studio, away from prying eyes.

Vera framed the stamp because she liked the design, a commemorative portrait of her favorite magicians - the Gramarye Troupe. She had no idea that it was poisoned.

Klavier starts wigging out and asks about a diary entry in a book with a silk hat on the back cover. Vera confirms that yes, in fact, she had been asked to forge a diary entry in such a book. He mentions that Phoenix Wright hasnt told us everything about that case 7 years ago that led to his fate. He asks Vera who the client was, who asked her to create the diary entry. She seizes up, and manages to choke out, ...the...De...vil before collapsing to the floor.

It turns out that Vera was poisoned with atroquinine, the same poison used on the stamp, but a smaller amount than the lethal dose. Shes unconscious.

I am so tired of Klaviers guitar riff. It was fun the first few times, but this case seems to move at a good pace - then I have to wait the 8 seconds for him to air guitar. Again. And again. And again. It was nice seeing him sweat and freak out at the end - I wonder what happened?

Looks like were going to have to go back 7 years to the old case to get some more info! See you then!

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