Front door of the castle!
The group of Derpy, Wanderer, Dinky, and Katherine stood in front of the massive front door.
"Look out castle dwellers! Here comes Wanderer!" Wanderer yelled unexpectedly.
"I'm sure they have nothing to fear." Katherine bluntly added.
"Ouch, that hurts, but is true..." Wanderer admitted in defeat.
Opening the door led to a crime scene! Police tape blocked the way towards a pedestal.
"Well... it seems wherever I go there is some problem," Wanderer complained.
In the corner of the room is a middle aged man playing a six-string (it's a country guitar).
"I think you guys should go look for the Doctor without me." Wanderer admitted.
"Alright, but why?" Katherine asked curiously.
"Don't worry... I just want to find out what's going on here." Wanderer walked towards the man in the corner without looking back towards the group he left.
Update: Wanderer left his party! Duh, right?
Wanderer approached the six-string player and asked, "Hey, what's going on with that pedestal?"
"They are trying to figure out who took some treasure called the crown of this Celestia chap," He replied in an orderly British accent. He pulled out a flute, "I found this a little while ago... would you play with me, good sir?"
"Why not? I think I know how to play a flute..." Wanderer grabbed the flute and started playing along side this man.
Some of the proper mares and stallions walked past without giving them so much as a glance, but some of the lower ranking ponies threw a bit or two into the man's guitar case. After a few minutes passed... they both stopped playing and the man stood up, "That was very good flute playing! Unfortunately... I can't work with you anymore."
As if Wanderer knew the whole time, he placed his hand on the pocket that usually holds his wallet, "Really? Now let me guess..." The man ran off as soon as Wanderer paused, "That's what I was afraid of..."
The thief ran out the front entrance and jumped over the hand rail, Wanderer in hot pursuit, gave chase by doing the same thing. They both land simultaneously on the roof of a house and the thief jumps down towards a window that looked Asian.
Past the window was a group of women and mares in kimonos, drinking red tea. They all had taken a sip before the thief came barreling through the window, "Ah, hello fair ladies..." he said with a certain etiquette before jumping through the next window. Wanderer came through the window and followed the thief through the next window.
The thief had reached street level when Wanderer landed on the adjacent rooftop, he was making a mad dash for the exit to Cantorlot! At least Wanderer thought so...
The thief stopped in the middle of the streets and looked around for Wanderer, and he started walking towards the main road of the town. Wanderer snuck his way on the roof towards the thief and pounced onto him, "Give me back my wallet, you thief!" he yelled as he landed on the thief's back.
"BOTH OF YOU! FREEZE!" A violent voice struck through the air. The crowd parted to make a group of guards visible, the leader had a blue mane, white fur, and a shield as a cutie mark (A.K.A. Shining Armor, it's obvious), "Look what we have here, two thieves."
"Wait... neither of us stole anything... well except him, he took my wallet!" Wanderer let out an objective shout.
"We're taking you to the round table trial to decide whether that's true or not!" Shining Armor replied as all the guards surrounded them, "There's no use in denying that we're taking you either way."
Great... because of a simple thief, I have to go to court. Wanderer complained in his mind as they were dragged away to the courtroom lounge.
Inside the pre-court lounge...
The furnishing in here is nice at least... benches near the window are always good in my book! That thief won't stop trying to break the windows though...
"Why did I have to go to court for something so simple? Murdering someone is acceptable, but thievery doesn't seem very needing of a trial," Wanderer finally spoke aloud, "Could you tell me your name, sir?"
"Why do you want to know my name?" The thief spoke calmly, even though he was trying to break double paned glass a minute ago, "There is nothing to speak to you of little boy."
"Oh there is... a lot," Wanderer replied, "Besides, what is so bad about me knowing your name?"
"Fine... It's Vince..." Vince answered, suddenly his eyes narrowed at Wanderer, "Now allow me to ask, young chap, what are you going to present as your case against the round table?" The thief asked.
"The round table? You mean like King Arthur?" Wanderer asked, Is the round table that bad?
"Oh, it's worse than that... basically, the table is going to be filled with detectives, but if you know the right tricks..." Vince pointed out, "You can get by those chaps easily."
Wanderer raised his hands, "Whoa buddy, let's not lie on the stand here! If we do that, they can only suspect us..."
"Not unless I use my best poker face..." Vince objected.
"No, I mean I think that if you lie about where you were, then you won't be able to leave this place." Wanderer quickly pointed out.
"W-What!? How would you know?" Vince asked in surprise.
"Trust me... being the thief you are..." Wanderer held a guitar pick up to Vince's face, "You should respect your betters!"
Vince checked his pockets and praised Wanderer, "Very nice pick."
The bailiff comes into the lounge, "Trial... is about to be in session... Go take your seats." The bailiff sounds very bored out of his mind. So what if I'm getting like, sixty an hour? This job doesn't really speak to me... Wanderer figured that was what the bailiff thinking.
Round table courtroom...
It was as it was as the title of the courtroom entitled, the court didn't look like a regular court. More like it looked like a room with a single throne and a round table in the middle of it. Surrounding the table were Shining Armor, Princess Luna, and Applejack... there was also Princess Twilight Sparkle sitting in the throne. Wanderer and Vince took their seats and looked towards Twilight along with everyone else.
"Court is now in session for the trial of... who stole the crown of Celestia?" Twilight simply stated.
"Ahll right, your majesty. Time to show the evidence we have collected up to this point," Applejack said to everyone, "Luna, if you would please..."
Luna pulls out a bag of evidence, "The things we found at the crime scene were a phoenix feather, a pocketknife, and this gem..." Luna holds the gem with her magic for everyone to see, "This was once a gem in the crown, but it was taken out for an unknown reason. In any case, we think that this is proof that Vince took the crown and hid it in his hideout." Luna let out a long breath signaling that she was done.
"The first piece of evidence that has proof we're talking about is: Vince likes wearing those darned phoenix feathers." Applejack stated.
"She's right, I love wearing the feathers of any phoenix I kill," Vince admitted with a devilish smile, "I quite enjoy the feast they make is both scrumptious and hot!
"The second piece of evidence shows that he used it to open the glass casing," Applejack added to her last statement, "We couldn't find out why the gem was taken out, but it doesn't matter. What matters is that this varmint is the thief of the crown!"
"IGIARI!" Wanderer suddenly yelled, "Wait... sorry, got my language mixed up..." He tried this again, "OBJECTION! Though those two pieces of evidence have some merit, but... your logic is flawed a little." He shakes his head, "No, I don't see the thief wanting to stay near the crime scene just to play a little guitar."
"I also went back because I thought there was a phoenix in the area." Vince admitted with guilt.
That doesn't help your case at all!
"Then why did we find his fingerprints on the pocketknife?" Luna chimed in for Applejack, "If that doesn't prove his guilt, then what does?"
"Could we speak about the feather?" Wanderer asked, "Is there some kind of quality to it? Like for rubbing out something?"
A non-stop debate is about to begin! All characters, but Wanderer and Twilight will take part in this until Wanderer yells "OBJECTION!" Weak points will be highlighted in bold, but there will be multiple weak points, choose wisely because only one will work, Wanderer! That is how this works for you people who are not familiar with Dangan Ronpa. For more information... just Google it!
Begin non-stop debate!
Luna started, "The feather can't absorb fingerprints, but it does absorb the magic traces on an object."
"My feather was on the crime scene!? When did I leave it there?" Vince suddenly yelled.
"When you went ahead and stole the crown, that's when!" Applejack exclaimed.
"OBJECTION!" Wanderer yelled before anyone could add anything in. SUCCESS!!! A+!
"Why is that on the crime scene if our culprit was trying to keep his thievery a secret?" Wanderer asked, "The feather as you said, only absorbs the magic trace on an object. We humans have no magic."
"That's right, chap! If I wanted to take your crown, I would clean my fingerprints off of the pocketknife with a rag!" Vince added in, "Smashing, now can I leave?"
"Not so fast! Even though you made a good assertion, sugarcube, that doesn't mean he knew about it." Applejack objected.
"Well... that went well until you said that..." Wanderer scratched his chin, "What would he want the gem out for though? It's a crown, but I doubt it's weight can be too much with a gem in it." Wanderer shook his head, "This is starting to seem obvious who didn't do it, I'm sure of that!"
"Then let's talk about something else," Applejack remarked, "Shining Armor, how about you show off some more evidence?"
"Sure thing," Shining Armor enthusiastically said, "This piece of cloth of Vince's cloak had been found at the scene of the crime!"
You're basing all this on a piece of cloth? Seriously, dude? Wanderer thought to himself.
Begin new non-stop debate!
Shining Armor began, "That piece of cloth is all the proof we need, I'm sure of that!"
"And why, chap, is this affecting my smashingly open-shut case?" Vince asked.
"Because it has a strand of your hair on it!" Applejack continued.
"But that couldn't prove it was me right chap? I don't think I would leave my cloth there to rot."
"OBJECTION!" Wanderer yelled. SUCCESS! A+!
"You're all wrong again..." Wanderer smashed a fly on the table, "If you knew by what Vince has already told us, then you would know that he wouldn't leave evidence pointing towards him. I'll admit..." Wanderer paused to look for the right words, "The real culprit was actually a unicorn!"
"Hold on, now! How can you prove that?" Luna asked, "You have no witnesses in this court, and there is little eviden-"
"The feather!" Wanderer snapped, "Why haven't you suspected that was used to eliminate all traces of magic? Come on, your highness!"
Applejack jumped at his conclusion, "So... the culprit is a magic-user that took the crown?" Wanderer answered with a nod, "But there's a problem with that! We can't pinpoint the real culprit in a town full of magic-users!"
"There's actually an easier way to do this..." Wanderer pointed out, "What if, only the ponies here are the possible suspects? Twilight, Luna, and Shining Armor can use magic, so we have to determine which of them is the true culprit!"
"What!?" Luna yelled in fury.
"I-I couldn't have done it!" Twilight said suddenly knocked back into reality with Wanderer's accusation.
"Sorry, but you neither of you two are my suspect, which means..." Wanderer points his finger in Shining Armor's direction, "You were the one who did it!"
"W-What!? No, I did not!" Shining Armor yelled furiously, "If it was me, then I want to hear some proof!" He pointed his hoof at Wanderer, "Proof that only I could've done it!"
"With pleasure..." Wanderer said in a cold voice.
A climax sequence is about to begin! This is one of the last puzzles in the round table courtroom! Try to reconstruct the crime's sequence of events and use them as the last nails in the culprit's coffin! That's another piece from Dangan Ronpa, so enjoy! Unfortunately, in Dangan you had to construct the events by yourself, so Wanderer is going into it immediately! So before he does exactly that, try to figure it out on your own!
Begin climax sequence!
"Now..." Wanderer began, "The first thing the culprit would have to do was steal the phoenix feather and pocketknife. The pocketknife had fingerprints because of its owner never having washed it."
Wanderer continued, "The owner was most likely off gallivanting with his six-string and earning money from the citizens. While he was doing that, the culprit slipped into the palace and used the pocket knife to open the glass case..."
"When he opened the case, he had to make it look like Vince had done it, by planting the pocketknife on the scene and cleaning it using the phoenix feather!" Wanderer elegantly danced the words into place, "But he knew that the crown was valuable and tried hiding it so that he could more intensely frame Vince."
"He made some obvious mistakes though, for instance saying that these items of importance were not clean..." Wanderer pointed out, "Which can only mean one thing..."
Wanderer paused-as the screen showed both him intimidatingly yelling and Shining Armor scared-before yelling a phrase.
"YOU'RE BUSTED, GOOD SIR!"
End of climax sequence!
"I-I-I-I object, to..." Shining Armor fell silent, "I... I... D..."
"OBJECTION!" A voice screamed out against this, and when everyone looked around, they all realized it was Twilight who had yelled at the top of her lungs, "He couldn't have done this, Wanderer! I know him well enough to know that he couldn't do it!"
Wanderer remained silent, Is she serious? It's frickin' obvious it was him! She can't refute anything I've said up to this point, can she? One way to find out... "If that's how you feel about this, then enlighten me."
Upcoming is the logic chess section! Wanderer only has this puzzle in front of him now! Logic chess works using statements as chess moves, but like real chess, Wanderer loses if he takes too much of our time. Twilight has two pawns, one queen, and one king on her side of the board this time. If you're wondering where this section came from, then the answer is: "Ace Attorney Investigations 2" Hope you enjoy it!
Begin Logic Chess!
Why do you think he's not the thief?
"If you think he's not the thief, then you must have some reason..." Wanderer pointed out.
"I do, Shining Armor was with me when this incident happened." Twilight replied.
Wait patiently...
"If you insinuate that he did this, then explain how he went there while with me!" Twilight said making every detective happier.
Go in for a question!
Wanderer sends a pawn forward, "I wonder what time it was when he was with you... care to explain?"
"He was with me in my room when the incident occurred."
Go in for the kill!
"If he was with you, then I'd like to know when you fell asleep, because..." Wanderer wagged his finger at Twilight, "He could've snuck out of the room at that time!" He sends the pawn to destroy one of the pawns, and succeeds!
Twilight jumps at this accusation, "Well... how could he sneak out anonymously? If he left my room while I was sleeping, then I think I would've known!"
Go in for another kill!
"You do realize that your brother is the leader of royal guards right? If he threatened them, then he could've walked out without you knowing!" Wanderer sends a knight to destroy one of the pawn, and succeeds!
Twilight tried regaining her composure and succeeded, I think... "I'm afraid that won't work on me..."
Huh? She's still going? What could be her excuse to save her brother this time?
What's the reason?
"You must have some reason for still believing your brother has a way out of this... spill the juicy deats!" Wanderer said.
"Alright... if he went out of the room, then he would've been getting some extra ingredients for my delicious tea." After Twilight said this, Shining Armor started motioning that the tea was a death sentence.
"Can I taste the tea?" Wanderer asked. As if in immediate response, Twilight shoved a cup into his face. Wanderer drank it, "Hmm... it needs a little less of... everything." He pointed towards the tea cup, "Never mind that! This tea tastes completely bogus! AHHH!" He started trying to wipe it off his tongue, "If Shining Armor really did get more of this, then he must want an insta-kill to his gullet!" Wanderer yelled while still wiping his tongue.
"I-It's really that bad?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, I don't think any sane person in the room would like a drink of this smashingly bad tea!" Vince replied after drinking a tiny sip, "The mixing is screwy, too much sugar was added in, and worst of fantastically all, this teacup is the worst one I've ever seen chap!" Vince being British, most likely having tea his entire life, could give the longest critique about a single sip of tea.
"O-Oh..." Twilight looked disappointed, and suddenly the queen was taken out of play!
Ask if there's another reason he couldn't be suspect.
"Anyways, enough about tea... is there anything else that Shining could've been doing instead of getting ingredients for tea?" Wanderer asked worried to hear if she had an answer.
"Other than the fact that he had duties that night, nothing else..." She said all the while smiling.
Great... now I have to prove he wasn't playing royal guard captain. Wanderer thought to himself, "Well... can anyone testify to saying she's right?"
Shining Armor spoke up, "She would be the one you need to ask."
"Hmm... I say it's possible!" Vince finally stated, "I know how Shining Armor assigned duties and stole the crown at the same time chap!" He turned to Wanderer, "Mind if I take over for a second, sir?"
"If this evidence of yours is without a doubt going to reveal the truth," Wanderer spoke in a serious tone, "Then go ahead, my friend!"
"Alright, then..." Vince began, "I'm going to let out the largest secret ever since the human's arrival chaps! So listen carefully!" He devilishly smiled while saying all this.
Perhaps I should've just said something else... however I must hear these juicy deats!
"The fact about Shining Armor is..." Vince continued, "He is very fond of my smashing music!"
"What're you going-?"
"He what-?"
"I-HUH-!?"
The words came flying out of everyone's mouths at hyper speed, and what made it clear that this was true was the fact that Shining Armor flinched at the accusation!
"W-What does that prove? So what if he likes your stupid music! I still say that he is innocent!" Twilight roared back at Vince.
"Wait... it makes perfect sense!" Wanderer yelled out to everyone.
"You believe-"
"That little-"
"Magnificent guitar player?" Shining Armor accidentally let that slip out.
"This is the true story behind the thievery!" Wanderer exclaimed.
Re-climax sequence!
"The real reason Shining Armor took his time outside of Twilight's room was because he wanted to hear the serenade of our thief," Wanderer began, "However, being the leader of the royal guard he was, he knew that Vince had to go to jail!"
"So to make him suspected of a crime, Shining stole the pocketknife from Vince and took a phoenix feather when Vince couldn't do anything about it!" Wanderer exclaimed, "If he hid the crown and left Vince's stuff there, then Vince would be seen as the culprit."
"So in total, Twilight..." Wanderer began, "You're brother was trying to get Vince arrested, but got arrested this time! Which means..."
The screen turned into Wanderer and Vince intimidatingly yelling at a angry Twilight, and they both yelled:
"YOUR BROTHER IS BUSTED, SISTER!"
The king on Twilight's side of the hypothetical board broke, and the entire courtroom fell silent. Not one of the detectives, Royal captain, or Vince said anything. Everyone knew what the verdicts were for Vince and Shining Armor.
Twilight remained silent until Shining Armor said this: "Sis, please say something to our winner."
Winner? What does he mean? Wanderer thought to himself, He probably means me, but why am I being called winner?
"Heh, you're right!" Twilight seemed to regain her composure after that accusation thrown at her, "Congratulations... Wanderer!"
Wanderer made a surprised grunt before asking, "Wait... was this all planned out? You wanted to see what I could do here?"
"Yes, and well... some other reason, but that doesn't matter," Twilight began, "I wanted to see if you still existed... All I had ever seen of you was of the news story, "A Wanderer saves Ponyville! What heroic deeds shall he do next?" Remember that day, Wanderer?"
"I do, but was everyone in this?" Wanderer asked.
"I was," Admitted Luna.
"Shucks, I had a hoof in this too." Applejack admitted next.
"I must admit, seeing you squirm for my sake was rather smashing, chap." Vince said in his usual British accent, "Then allowing me to provide a statement to save my own life. Rather impressing..."
"Even I had a hoof in this, and you accusing me was actually scaring me more than it should've." Even Shining Armor admitted to acting in Twilight's plan.
Everyone knew what the actual use of this trial was? That's totally unfair! Wanderer whined in his thoughts, Then where...
"Where did the crown actually go then?" Wanderer asked with much curiosity edged on his voice.
"Like you figured, I hid it in my room!" Shining Armor answered enthusiastically.
OH, WHAT THE HECK! I figured it out by following this charade!? Wanderer added up.
"So, this was a fake trial all along?" Wanderer asked while grinding his teeth nearly to dust.
"Pretty much!" Twilight uttered those words in a ignorant voice, "So... trial adjourned... Wanderer follow me please."
In Twilight's chambers... (Psst... there's nothing lovey-dovey going on between them!)
The room was pretty much a library instead of a private room, but it had two beds in one upper area, and a table to eat off of, so it must be a living area.
"I know it must not seem like much to you, but make yourself at home!" Twilight insisted that Wanderer come into her private chambers for a questioning session.
"Okay, okay! I'm coming in!" Wanderer exclaimed as he was basically pushed into the room.
"Now, first I want to know how you came here mister!" Twilight used as her first question.
"Go ask Pinkie, I'm sure she can look back a few chapters..." Wanderer avoided the first question with a fourth wall break, it was pretty successful at least!
"Okay then... how about we talk about your cards?"
"Again, talk to Pinkie."
"Enough about Pinkie! Answer the questions for me!" Twilight suddenly snapped.
"Nah... I think you're forcing this a little too much, so I can deny anything that you say." Wanderer admitted.
"Why do you refuse to answer my questions? They're just simple! Answer with complete honesty: what is your real name?" Twilight shouted again.
"If you-" Wanderer said partway, but then Twilight slammed her hooves on the desk before Wanderer said anything else, "Look... I don't want to say anything about myself, don't you get that? Now, I think I want to go back to my personal investigation if you don't mind."
"Answer my last question then," Twilight begged, "Who do you think you are?"
Wanderer silently glared, but eventually gave this as an answer, "I think I'm just some human trying to make this place a little better for everyone... either that, or I'm just the world's fool. I think I like either option, but I'll go with world savior." Wanderer waved goodbye, "Tell Vince I want his next phoenix feather."
Wanderer left the room and the party he left was heading up the hallway, "Wanderer? What are you doing here? Why are you here?" Derpy asked quite suddenly when she spotted him.
"Just a little visit to the princess... she's nice, but not my style!" Wanderer playfully skipped along to another section of the palace, and found a maid that stared at him strangely.
She finally asked, "I think I want a word with you."
He expressed his answer in an elegant bow and moved into one of the maid's quarter's dormitories.
When they went into the room and closed the door, the maid suddenly changed into Chrysalis, "I needed to speak with you Wanderer." She sounded afraid, but didn't look at all harmed, "I know who put my parents in that fire of yours."
"Really? I've been waiting, what," Wanderer playfully started, "Five chapters now? Seriously lady, get your info faster!" Wanderer shook his head.
Chrysalis ignored this statement and put this on the table: "He isn't like you or me! He is dead, but at the same time alive! You must know who I'm speaking of, he's worse than me, or Discord! He even just took over the Crystal kingdom! He's..." Chrysalis opened her mouth to spell out the name that has been avoiding us for about seven chapters, but suddenly...
Cliffhanger! The end of Chapter 8!
Sudden cliffhanger!? This calls for some, ANIME-LOUD SAVING!!!!!!!! MAKE YOUR CHOICE NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!
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