UR-1 late 6th anniversary.
Good evening, everyone. I know the date of the UR-1 incident already passed, but I'd figure I'd post this anyways, just to get my story out there. With this being one of the two incidents that caused the Dark age of the law, and with the recent trial where Famous Defense Attorney Kristoph Gavin, was found out to have murdered two people, id figured I'd share my own experience with the UR-1 incident.
My name is Neil Collins. I'm a mechanic for the Cosmo Space Center. I worked on Rocket ships and the robots, and have been for 9 years, will be 10 next year. I was at the space center when that awful murder occurred. It was 6 years ago, but I can still remember much of it.
It was a normal day at the center. Everyone was so excited about the the Hat-1 Launch, myself included. (Just to clarify, im not in the picture above, of the Hat-1 Team. I just put it there so the post wouldn't be one big wall of text.) Anyways, it was around 3 or 4 PM when the police came, and we all learned about Ms Metis Cykes murder. It was so shocking.
Everyone knew Ms Cykes very well, and it was very shocking and sad when we gained the knowledge of her murder, especially who the main suspect was; Simon Blackquill, who was a prosecutor, and Ms Cykes student.
The murder itself was very bloody and horrible. The photo of her body on the robot repair table still gives me chills everytime I look at it. Ms Aura Blackquill, who was the main engineer on the robots, and Ms Cykes work partner, was deeply affected by her death, and since then, she's become more bitter, and cynical.
But the one person I felt for the most, was Ms Cykes daughter, Athena.
I saw her after the murder, when the police came, and she was covered in blood. Poor kid must've saw the whole thing. That's something no kid should ever experience. Anyways, i went to Simon's trial for my own curiosity. He was declared Guilty, of course. Pretty much all the evidence pointed to him. He was sentenced to death, (which his execution date, is next year in December, just realized that.) But the strangest thing happened during the trial.
Athena was called to the stand, and, while I was watching from the gallery, she said the following:
"Please! You have to listen to me!"
"He didn't kill her! His heart is screaming that he didn't kill her!"
I had no idea what she meant, at the time at least. I could also tell that the defense, the prosecution, and the judge couldn't either. I was pretty sure she was just in denial. Because, Simon was Ms Cykes student, im pretty that meant he was close with Athena, and that they were friends, and due to that, Athena just couldn't accept that her friend murdered her mom. It was honestly so upsetting to me, and I could tell the other people in the gallery were feeling the same. Eventually, Athena was taken away from the stand, still crying out Simon's innocence.
That brings me to today. 4 days, after the murder's anniversary. I'd figured I'd share my experience here. That murder still gives me chills everytime i look back on it. Sometimes I still wonder: what if Mr Blackquill was Innocent? What if Athena was telling the truth? If I'm remembering correctly, Athena had some kind of condition where she could hear people's emotions, or something like that. Maybe that's why she thought Simon was Innocent? Because Simon was feeling sad and depressed over Ms Cykes death? I'm still not sure.
I'll stick around a little bit to answer any questions or comments you may have, sorry for the long read. (If there are also any typos, I apologize as well.) But who knows? Maybe with Phoenix Wright potentially getting his Lawyer's badge back, maybe he'll reopen the case, and find the truth? Maybe, that new lawyer Apollo will also help out? Only time will tell....