Casting Call for To Each A Tempo

Mr. Lowe. I need you to be honest with me: were you involved in this murder in any way?

You were wearing a suit and sunglasses. And you help people, but can't say how. If you're anything like your friend, Stella, if you help people the same way, you're an Elite Beat Agent.

Bobby Fulbright - the 'addlepated detective'... Nobody would have questioned it if he had made this number of mistakes, but you? "The Phantom"? A spy who has run rings around the police for more than seven years? It reeks of self-sabotage! 

You don't believe in Agents?! They stand for everything good in the world, Nick! They're defenders of the innocent! Helpers of the underdogs! Shining beacons of truth and justice!

Not much at the crime scene ... I wonder if Detective Gumshoe knows anything else, something he's not telling us. Or maybe it really is too early for the police to find anything, and we can grab a few clues?

So, is there a cool secret agent entrance? Maybe a DNA test? Or a retina scanner? Do we get to backflip through laser beams?

S-she-- I just wanted to say hello, I didn't do nothin' to the lady, nothin'! She's not a nice lady an' she didn't hafta do that, I didn't do nothin'!

Mr. Wright, Ms. Fey? Agent Spin, here. Just in time, I was nearly done with my serenade.

Hello, is it me you're lookin' for?

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

Someone tampered w. secureity camera. Broken wires

She's not the perp. It's gonna be someone else we know.

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

She turned, quivered with new courage and wide hands came anyway, with a snarled demand for what she carried. Hop and shimmy, flow with the baseline and press harder, brighter.

Phoenix thought of the detention center, of someone trapped there, alone and frightened. It always stirred a feeling he couldn't name -- aching, fiery and full of teeth.

He got as far as imagining poofy white lace and a cake big enough for Maya to have twenty-six servings of, and that was when sympathy pain began in the general area of his back pants pocket. Weddings went through money like it was going out of style.

Murphy, I think we got a jumper. Ten floors up, east side of the building. Target's in his office, I'm gettin' walls and paperwork.

If anyone can wrangle her, it's you.

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

Thank you, Agent. And welcome, Mr. Wright, Ms. Fey, to base Alto. I am Commander Kahn, head of the task force we call the Elite Beat Agents. Thank you for joining us.

To be frank, yes. We're asking you to lie, Mr. Wright. But it's for the good of everyone involved. This team does good work, I have the utmost faith in every member and I wouldn't compromise this Agency for anything. Maybe someday ... the world will understand. Maybe Agents will be loved and cheered for. But that day isn't today, and it won't be anytime soon if Agent J is accused of murder.

I see. And there were possible secondary spirit-channelling effects, in the wake of the largest gathering of musical aptitude this Agency has ever seen. You did this despite a known security risk working actively against the area Agents.

She does everything herself. I just do the baking a-and some of the prep. A-and I wash dishes. LaFlamme takes care of the food, the inventory, bookkeeping, serving the tables. I-it's cheaper than hiring anyone. I-I haven't seen her outside the bistro in... in, ah, goodness. Years.

T-the baguettes!They're-- they're, oh dear, they're fine. Uhh, perfect timing, a-actually. Y-You're right, I'm needed here. Thank you so much!

It doesn't matter. You can't do this anymore! Can't you see yourself, c-can't you hear it, I do every day and you're not the p-person I f-- I w-won't let you-- Tell the truth, Cherry!

--the inspiration for these acts could be from any number of sources. And while these Agents wear suits, the uniform of the people, just what end are they working toward?

A reporter? I haven't got the credentials for that, I'm afraid. All I write is what I know to be true. Please take those copies, I've made them to share. You might find them enlightening.

I'm sure there's some motive to their madness. But all I truly I know about Agents is that they descend without warning, and they ... have a power over the human mind. When I worked for Nexus Broadcasting, I had everything, I had a career and a future -- until one moment of weakness, one report I lacked the sources for. They knew somehow. They must have planned which vital term report to sabotage, because before I knew it, I held my desk's contents in a cardboard box! The ten-year pen and a handshake one day, a pink slip the next! How many others have you ruined, Agent? You must forgive me for asking, your patterns are quite difficult to track.

Welcome to base Alto. And thanks so much for coming, you're the perfect team for the mission, I just know it!

She'll be on the stand, Nick! You can handle anybody on the stand, I've seen you make stubborn people spill! And Ms. LaFlamme has something to hide, I just know it!

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

My friend needs your help, Mr. Wright, he's been arrested for murder. But he'd never do that, I know he wouldn't!

I'll let the Commander explain our theory on that. You've got a challenge on your hands, Mr. Wright. We'll help you any way we can, but ... It's still going to be a trick to pull off.

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

They took my suit for testin', I don't mind that, but the shoes, well... I really don't want 'em outta my sight. The police checked 'em already, they're lettin' me hang on to 'em.

You can't be half an Agent. I made my choice, an' ... The music sense, s'like breathin', I could never just sit when I know somebody's in trouble. I can feel how scared an' lost they are, an' how all they want in the whole world is a friend to help 'em out. How could anybody turn their back on another human being like that?

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

The prosecution will prove that Mr. Stewart Lowe is the only reasonable suspect in the murder of Ms. Morna Beasley. He was apprehended fleeing the scene of the murder, mere moments after its occurence, and this places considerable suspicion upon him.

You changed your story today. You grasp at straws, Wright, you stall and bluff and pull all manner of absurd stunts, but you never. Change. Your story.

You know, it's a curious thing... When I was in Europe, I saw a play; Orestes. It featured both Athena and Apollo. It is based on the trial of a man who killed his mother, in return for killing his father, et cetera. An unbroken chain of 'just' deaths that had continued, spanning back over many years. It fell to the goddess Athena to decide if he should also die in turn, or be spared.

Yeah, and the ladies like that kind of stuff. I promised Latisha I'd take her there, I just need a paycheck first!

Eleven? Nah, I was long gone by then. I hit up the wedding party with these things but they were starting the karaoke. Geezers trying to sing, man! Nobody in their right mind'd stick around for that! I went to the other end of the park, there was some kids' soccer game that just let out maybe half an hour ago.

Drop by the Orchard, where the finest seasons of the flavour grow!

Look, Phoenix, you have an entire network of highly skilled operatives at your back, from what Maya says. And I'll be there tomorrow, too. You'll do fine. Leave the coffee alone and get some sleep.

This should be interesting. Things really have changed between you two, haven't they?

We just need to keep pressing. He's sure to mention something important.

Not all secrets are painful, Mr. Nick.

You can always try again. Now just isn't the time.

It ran out? Mr. Nick, you should have told me!

Loud and clear. Defendant Lobbies One through Five are clear of interference, on the move to Six now.

She led very well for the circumstances. She assessed and had her team in place within seventy seconds. She then chose basic alpha set, and had a firm enough grasp of the target's situation to relay effectively.

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

So. Scenario's up on the whiteboard. As near as we can tell, that's what happened. J's the yellow dot, and the victim's in blue.

You'll do fine, J. Agents are just assistants, the specifics aren't important. You can do this, I know you can.

Please sing a verse or two of a song you like, so I can get a good grasp of your singing voice.

Why, that's nice! They'd never give her up, or let her down!

I hope some more concrete testimonies will be brought forth. This wouldn't be much of a court of law without any proof! Mr. Edgeworth, you may proceed.

HOLD IT! You know, I've always wanted to try that!

Suits?! Oh, yeah, you think you can just walk in anywhere you please like you own the whole rice-fluffin' place, don'tcha, Mr. Thirty-Six Dollars An Hour Plus Benefrickin'fits?! Why, I oughta-

Oh, yeah. Buncha old hens. They go out for lunch and usually take over a whole Bavarian-cream-filled restaurant to play cards and fuss over every French-fryin' detail of everyfrickin'thing. Have you ever made a coffee, with one and three quarter sweeteners in it? Peas and rice, coffee shouldn't involve fractions, what the hell is wrong with people?!

I had to! Damnit, Wright, caramel-coated croque-en-bouche, they talk about the place like it's just any greasy dive, you should hear the rumours those crones spread around but they keep stock-stewin' coming back, what's a respectable chef supposed to do?!

I would be Cecilius T. Vanderspiegle, proprietor, director and executive supervisor of Extravagant Wedding Services and all related ventures. Really, Mr. Edgeworth, there is no need to be uncouth.

Of course, mmyes! I meet with each new employee as soon as they express interest in employment. How else am I to ensure that they can provide the proper Extravagant experience?

I must apologize, truly. If I had paid closer attention to my business's records, I may have been of more assistance during today's proceedings. I do hope Mr. Lowe wasn't ... shall we say, slandered in any way because of my oversight.