GG:JJ Case 1

<h1>Prologue</h1> **Ross:** After all the work i put into those levels... *Fade into scene: Ross is sneaking into the 10mph room, lit softly by the lamp above it illuminating the dinos and silhouetting the rest of the room.* **Ross:** After what you took away from me... **Ross:** ...We’ll see who the real goodboy is now, won’t we? *Crossfade into a slow pan on the next image of Ross holding the dinos, his face lit to see his sadistic expression* **Ross:** Finally... **Ross:** Hehe, Now this is a galaxy-brain move right here! *Fade to black, finishing with Ross’ digitized signature laugh with reverb for extra sinister effect.* >> [[Pre Trial]]

*Black Screen transition from prologue* **ARIN THOUGHT BUBBLE:** “It started out just like every time after our livestream. We had just finished a session playing Penix Wright: Facial Attorney, and Dan and I were discussing some very important matters…” *Fade into office background* **DANNY:** So that’s when I said, “that’s not mayonnaise!”, to which everyone responded by throwing up violently. **Arin:** What. Are you talking about, Dan. **DANNY:** Weren’t you listening? I was telling you a very important story about how I graduated from ninja party school. **Arin:** Ninja Party School? The infamous NPS? **Danny:** Yea dude! You were the one who asked me about it! You said it had something to do with the 10 minute power hour we were doing today. *realization* **Arin:** Oh yea that’s right, I remember now! Do you know what we’re doing for the ten minute power hour today? **Danny:** *(Annoyed Dan)* NO goddamnit, i’m asking you! *(Normal Dan)* You asked me about my graduation party saying it had something to do with today’s episode we’re filming. *(Concerned Dan)* You okay dude? Your memory is worse than usual today. **Arin:** Ooooooooooooh mybad? Hah, I guess I got distracted. **Dan:** *(thinking dan)* From what? **Arin:** Well I got the invoice for the bathrooms today, the plumbers just finished fixing the toilets in the north end of the building, and that got me thinking… **Dan:** You mean you asked me to tell you all about one of the longest nights of my life just to be distracted by that? **Arin:** Well you know how much I like poopin’! **Dan:** *(exasperated dan)* Yea, yea you do like poopin’. *(laughing dan for 5 seconds)* **Dan:** *(thinking Dan)* So what ARE we doing for the 10 minute power hour today? **Arin:** Well remember the dunking pool the second night of your graduation party? **Dan:** *(thinking dan)* You mean the whipped cream dunking machine? *(lightbulb)*. You don’t mean…? **Arin:** Yea dude! We’re going to give people a glimpse into what it means to be a Ninja Sex Party Dude™! **Dan:** *(shocked dan)* You gotta be buttfuckin’ me dude, really? **Arin:** Well, if i gotta be doin’ it Dan… **Dan:** *(confident dan)* This is no time for hilarious jokes, Arin, we have some tanks to set up! *(thinking dan)* Do we have two vic, ER I MEAN contestants for the tanks? *(laughing dan)* **Arin:** Well Jory volunteered, good man that he is, and we pulled straws and Ross lost, so he’s in the second tank. **Dan:** Ross?! He’s in the second tank? *(laughing dan)* That’s awesome! **Arin:** Right? Hilarious, I know, but we better get out to the set and help them out. They don’t know about the robot prostitutes or how they fit into all of this, so you have to let them know what’s what. **Dan:** Totally dude. *(confident dan)* I’m on it! *(door opening sfx)* **???:** Actually guys we’ve got a problem… **Arin:** Huh? Jory? *(dan fades) (Sheepish jory)* **Jory:** Yea, so apparently the dinos were missing when we started to set up for the episode, and we spent the last 10 minutes looking for them… **Arin:** So the dinos went missing? But it’s only been 10 minutes, they can’t have gone far… **Jory:** Well that’s the thing… we already found them. **Arin:** So then what’s the problem? **Jory:** The problem is… apparently they were found in my backpack **Dan:** What? **Arin:** Did you take them? *(angry dan)* **Dan:** ARIN! **Arin:** What?! Don’t “Arin” me like you’re my gosh dang-el mother, it’s a legitimate question! **Dan:** Obviously he didn’t do it, look at his face! Is that the face of someone who is guilty? *(Sheepish jory)* *(Fade out jory)* **Arin:** …Yes? *(stab sfx, angry dan)* **Dan:** No! Why would he come to us then if he’s guilty? Tell us what happened Jory. **Jory:** Well… uh, the long and short of it is that we were about to set up to film the next 10 minute power hour, but we couldn’t find the plastic dinos, and as you know the office rules state that no 10 minute power hour can be filmed without the dinos being present first… **Arin:** We owe all our channel’s success to those dinos. It’s a good rule. **Jory:** Yea… anyway, we couldn’t find the dinos so we started searching for them, and 10 minutes of looking later Ross found them in my backpack. *(shocked dan)* **Dan:** Ross found them? Really? **Jory:** Yea I know. What’s worse is that he called me out on it, said I was trying to prevent today’s episode from happening, just like last time. **Arin:** Last time? **Jory:** Yea, don’t you remember? I took the dinos last time for a 10 mph episode. Y’know, the whodunnit episode? **Dan:** Oh yea I remember that! We bothered everyone in the office for the whole episode, only to find out it was you! **Jory:** Yea, well that’s how we planned it to go down. *(Jory smiles)* it was a good episode. **Arin:** Yea it was. So everyone thinks you did it now? **Jory:** Yea, everyone is calling for my goodboy coins to be taken, after all the work I put into getting these. They’re even having Brent come to the office on his day off today, and he says he’ll hold a trial for it and everything, and I’ve got nobody in my corner! **Arin:** That sucks dude. **Dan:** Arin, don’t you get it? **Arin:** get what? **Dan:** He wants US to defend him in this trial! Right Jory. **Arin:** Whaaat?! *(sheepish Jory)* **Jory:** Well, I guess so. I didn’t really know what to do, and you guys know I’d never do anything like that. **Arin:** Well, you ARE in the dunk tank for this episode… **Dan:** ARIN! Cmon bro, be a bro and bro this one out for our bro… Brory. **Arin:** This is no time for hilarious jokes Dan, this is serious! The thing is Jory, we don’t know anything about defending anyone in a trial, we’re just idiots who say stupid things for laughs on the internet. How’re we supposed to help you? *(sheepish jory)* **Jory:** Yea… I don’t know, I didn’t really have a plan or anything, the whole thing has just thrown me for a loop and I’m kind of grasping here… **Dan:** Sorry dude, but Arin’s right, we’d probably just screw it up. We’re not lawyers, the closest things we’ve been is playing that Penix Wright™ game! And that’s just a stupid game that everyone likes and is in love with! **Arin:** Sorry Jory, but if we could help you we would. *(Sheepish Jory)* **Jory:** Yea, I understand guys. *(Door opening sfx)* **Jory:** Huh? What’s this? *(Lightbolt sfx)* **Arin:** A letter? Who’s it from? **Jory:** Huh, it’s from…My dad? *(Surprised Dan)* **Dan:** From Jory Sr.? **Arin:** Open it up, what does it say? *(paper rustling sfx)* **Jory:** .... It’s from my dad alright, but it’s addressed to you two! *(realization sfx)* **Arin:** Us? Like… me and Dan? *(quizzical dan)* **Dan:** I thought we made that up for our episodes. **Jory:** Well, judging from the handwriting and the way it’s written, I think it’s the real deal. **Arin:** Let me see that! *(paper rustling sfx)* **Arin:** ....Damn, he’s right. Penix Wright! *(exasperated dan)* **Dan:** … **Arin:** uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, anyway, yea, it’s from Jory Sr. for sure **Dan:** What does it say? **Arin:** *ahem* “Hello Grumps, first of all I want to thank you for all the work you’ve done taking care of my son, Jory Jr.” *(exasperated Dan)* **Dan:** you gotta be kidding me. **Arin:** *(continuing)* “I’ve heard what happened to my son with the dinosaurs, and while I know it looks bad I know my son is a good son who only does good things, and I know you know that too. So please, defend him in court. Show the world he is innocent of such a heinous and despicable crime and find out who the real culprit is.” *(crying dan)* **Dan:** wow, that was beautiful. **Arin:** *(Continuing)* P.S., remember, the second most important thing to winning this case is love and trust! And the most important thing is I have something for you if you win! **Dan:** Wow… that was… beautiful? **Arin:** Wait, there’s one more thing “P.S.S., I hope you two have been continuing to provide my boy with wholesome food as well, and that you’ve been avoiding giving him milk as he’s deathly allergic to it. **Dan:** huh… **Jory:** … **Arin:** … **Dan:** … so…? **Arin:** Isn’t it obvious, Dan? Jory, don’t worry, we’re on it buddy, because we trust you! *(sheepish Jory)* **Jory:** Oh, uh, ok. *(Surprised dan)* **Dan:** Really Arin? **Arin:** Yep! I have no doubt we’ll clear your good name Jory! *(Happy Jory)* **Jory:** Wow, thanks guys. I guess I’ll head to the, uh, “Courtroom” then. They turned the main grumps office space into a makeshift courtroom just for this. So uh, see you there. *(door close sfx)* **Dan:** Wow, I didn’t expect you to change your mind so quickly like that. I guess what Jory Sr. said about trust and love made a difference huh? **Arin:** Yea, trust and love and whatever. What do you think Jory Sr. is going to give to us when we win? *(angry dan)* **Dan:** Arin! **Arin:** WHAT? We’re helping him aren’t we? That’s the whole point, right?! **Dan:** You are just… UN… **Arin:** … … … I’m wha-- **Dan:** BELIEVEABLE! *(arin laugh audio file)* **Arin:** Ok ok, let’s get ready. I just got a new suit just for something like this. You’re gonna love it. *(Fade out)* **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter** [[Trial Part 1]]

<h1>Trial Part 1</h1> After court is called into session, Dan notices that **Brent** is the Judge. He's super shocked. "Being the manager of Game Grumps is just my side hustle. My main job is right here. Presiding as Judge over the Attitude City Courthouse. After all, what is a judge if not a manager of the law?" - **Judge Brent** Next, the prosecutor **(Tutorial Boy)** introduces himself and outlines the basics of the case. The dinosaurs were stolen from the set of the 10 Minute Power Hour Set! Despite the fact that this mock trial is "easily the stupidest thing I've ever been a part of," as Tutorial Boy says, he intends to take it very seriously. He enters **[Jory's Backpack (do we still need the backpack itself?)]** into evidence as the place where the dinos were found. He explains that at the time when the theft occurred, the entire staff was filming a Livestream with the exception of Ross who was in his office **[working on Gameoverse]** on the other side of the building from the livestream and 10MPH sets. Trivia Boy then enters a **Record of Livestream** into evidence. It verifies that Jory left the livestream giving him an opportunity to steal the dinos. The Record does also state that Jory was polishing his Good Boy Coins on the livestream. Lastly, he enters the **Stolen Dinos** into the court record. They are stained with what appears to be Good Boy Coin Polish, presumably from Jory when he stole them. Tutorial Boy ends his opening statement by saying that beyond all this evidence against Jory, there was an eye witness who saw Jory steal them! Arin, as the defense, gets his own opening statements. He says that while the evidence against Jory looks bad, Jory is like… a total bro. He enters Jory's Good Boy Coins into the court record, they are noted as freshly polished and scraped/bent, as evidence that Jory is a good dude. Arin explains what good boy coins are here to establish that. Judge Brent tells Arin that his opening statements were "fucking stupid." "Don't you realize that those coins are damaged by being in the same pocket in the backpack as the stolen dinosaurs? A literal manifestation of the way Jory's reputation as a 'Good Boy' is irreparably damaged by the dinosaurs he has stolen?" - **Tutorial Boy** "Objection! Poetic language is banned in this office other than haikus, everyone knows that!" - **Arin** "The dino stolen Damage done, Good Boy no more It's snowing on Mt Fuji" - **Tutorial Boy** Jory is called to the stand by the prosecution. The prosecution asks Jory for his account of events. Jory explains that the livestream was going well. The Grumps were playing Penis Wright (An Ace Attorney porn parody). He was on the stream, but using that time to polish his Good Boy Coins as he does twice a week every week. Arin's Switch shuts down due the viruses it got by playing the shittiest games Arin could find (Radiation Island specifically killed it). So, Jory, being the Good Boy that he is, agreed to go run and grab Ross's Switch from the break room so they can continue the livestream. The prosecution asks if he saw the dinosaurs when he retrieved the Switch, to which jory responds with “I don’t remember” **[PERHAPS HE HAD PLANNED TO TAKE THE DINOS BUT ROSS BEAT HIM TO IT, WOULD BE FUNNY AND IRONIC ESPECIALLY IF HE ADMITS TO IT AFTER THE TRIAL].** The prosecution then claims that he in fact knew where the dinos, because he was the one who stole them. The prosecution claims that Jory knew the next day they were planning to film the next 10mph episode, which had jory **[swimming through a pool filled with chocolate pudding, a flavor which Jory hates in particular as he much prefers bscotch and cinnamon flavored pudding].** He then makes the claim that jory hid the dinos in his backpack to prevent them from doing the episode, which not only has worked in the past as the prosecution notes that the dinos have gone missing before in the relevant 10mph episode, but it was Jory himself who ADMITTED to taking them in that episode! Thus, Jory had MOTIVE. Plus, his time away from the livestream gave him OPPORTUNITY. The prosecution claims that Jory had taken the dinos before, so that means he could have done it again, supported by the fact that the dinosaurs were found IN HIS BACKPACK by **[Ross O’Did-it-van]**. Even more evidence in the case against Jory. Jory claims he had no idea what the plan for the 10MPH episode was. He is clearly frustrated by that concept for the episode (even if he would've gone along with it if asked). Tutorial Boy uses Jory's outburst as evidence that stopping the episode was a solid motive. Arin tries to reason that Jory seems to have not known the episode idea until this point, meaning it couldn't be motive. But Tutorial Boy just counters by saying that defendants often lie to protect themselves. **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter, Jory's Backpack, Record of Livestream, Stolen Dinos** [[Trial Part 2]]

<h1>Trial Part 2</h1> The evidence so far proves that Jory had motive and opportunity. The dinos being found in Jory's backpack with what appears to be Good Boy Coin polish on them is very strong circumstantial evidence. But the definitive proof against Jory is an eye witness! **Tutorial Boy calls Ross O'Donavan to the stand.** Ross is introduced as a local animator/Mario Maker enthusiast, masochist, and friend of the Grumps. Judge Brent states for the record that this is not the first time Ross has been in this courtroom. Prompting Ross to sheepishly admit that he was found GUILTY before of buying too many games. He was sentenced to have to play them all. **[Being found guilty in Judge Brent's court also caused Ross to lose all his Good Boy Coins.]** "Not that I'm bitter or anything! Sure I lost all my coins, but I only had a couple. It's not like I was Jory, Mr. Goody Two Shoes with his five whole Good Boy Coins. Most in the office. Cleaning and polishing them all the time and showing them off." **- Ross, expressing some jealousy and passive aggression.** “Looks like Mr Goody-two-Shoes isn’t so perfect after all” Judge Brent asks Ross to begin his testimony. **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter, Jory's Backpack, Record of Livestream, Stolen Dinos** [[Trial Part 3]]

<h1>Accusation of Jory</h1> Ross begins his witness testimony. He says that he was just quietly animating on the other side of the building, he had no idea anything bad would happen that day. But then he saw Jory do the unthinkable! At 4:20 PM, he saw Jory steal the dinos from the 10MPH set! He didn't think it was nefarious at the time. Probably just for a bit or for an art reference, not theft. But when the dinos were found to be stolen for realsies, Ross knew Jory had to have taken them for realsies! Arin at first despairs at how good Ross's testimony was and how hopeless it is. He asks Dan what to do. "Have you tried being a fucking lawyer? Cross Examine his ass! Find how he's lying." - **Dan** "You think Ross is lying?" - **Arin** "Either he's lying, or the case is over and we lose. And we don't lose. Your the video game boy!" - **Dan** "I'm the one who wins! So, how do I cross examine his ass?" - **Arin** "Just look for things in his testimony that don’t add up dude, he totally had to have lied somewhere in there” - **Dan** When the player presses Ross on seeing Jory at 4:20 in the 10MPH, they ask Ross why he was on that side of the building and so far from the office at that time and near the 10MPH set? Ross claims he was going poop. He drank a lot of milk and had to take a maaasssive dump. Dan says that something feels wrong. Prompting a multiple choice question for what feels wrong about Ross pooping. [[The Bathroom was broken->Trial Part 4]] [[Ross doesn't poop for religious reasons->TP3 Wrong 1]] [[The bathroom is nowhere near the 10MPH set->TP3 Wrong 2]] **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter, Jory's Backpack, Record of Livestream, Stolen Dinos**

<h1>Trial Part 3 Option: The Bathroom was broken</h1> **Present Plumbing Invoice** Ross begins his revised testimony Ross explains that he lied about why he left his office for a good reason, he didn't want to ruin the surprise. He was grabbing his Switch from the Break Room, which is right near the 10MPH set. Ross claims he took his Switch back to his office to work on a secret, surprise Mario Maker level based on the Game Grumps inside jokes! Sorta like a Game Grumps Fan Game made with Mario Maker! And he saw Jory steal the dinos from the 10MPH while walking past it. "A Game Grumps Fan Game? What a dumb concept" - **Tutorial Boy** Arin despairs that Ross's new testimony is even more air tight! He doesn't think pressing is really gonna help this time. Dan responds by suggesting Arin use evidence. "Evidence?" - **Arin** "Arin…" - **Dan** "What! I don't know! I'm new at this and I skipped the tutorial! Give me a break, dude!" - **Arin** Dan explains how to use evidence on contradictions. **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter, Jory's Backpack, Record of Livestream, Stolen Dinos** [[Present Jory Sr's Letter->TP4 Wrong 1]] [[Present Jory's Backpack->TP4 Wrong 2]] [[PResent Stolen Dinos->TP4 Wrong 3]] [[Present Record of Livestream]]

<h1>Trial Part 5</h1> There is now suspicion that Ross planted the dinos in Jory's backpack. The defense has made a claim that there is a possibility that Ross could have been the culprit the whole time, but the prosecution claims that it doesn’t make sense because they were found by Ross in Jory’s backpack, which was witnessed by the grump team when they were all searching for the dinos. But that seems odd for Jory, because that's where he put the good boy coins and he takes very good care of them! So nothing else goes there! The good boy coin pocket is inspected and indeed **the coins have been scuffed.** The coins being scuffed proves that the dinos were indeed in the same pocket as the good boy coins, and proves that it can't be Jory because he would take care of his coins. What is our evidence for this beyond hearsay? Is there some kind of ridiculous certificate or collection we could use? Is there something about that pocket that extra-protects the good boy coins, such as a plastic covering, that is torn by the dinos? The answer to this question is that there is just enough room for just the coins since they lay flat, but when the dinos were stuffed inside haphazardly by ross, the dinos scratched and bent the coins! Ross tries to claim that the dinos were found somewhere else - perhaps the main pocket. The main pocket of the backpack is opened - to reveal potatoes. There's still no definitive proof that Ross did it though. He claims Jory faked being so interested in those coins to throw everyone off, and judge Brent agrees that the defense doesn’t have any definitive proof that Ross was the culprit All is lost! Until someone notices that there is a white stain on the dinos... **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter, Jory's Backpack, Record of Livestream, Stolen Dinos** [[Trial Part 6]]

<h1>Trial Part 6</h1> The members of the court had it in their assumption that the stench of the dinos were jizz. Arin decided to reveal the truth by sniffing it. IT IS MILK! Which Jory DOES NOT DRINK! But ROSS does! In fact he's even holding a cup of milk right now! *(Ross spits out milk)* Ross BREAKS DOWN because YES IT IS HIM WHO IS THE CULPRIT. Here we can talk about his motive - jealousy. Jory is declared a GOOD BOY. Arin and Dan win! [[Back to the start->Prologue]] <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jkk0GQGtGLxVY-eGlkMb-rViK8P-M5Ka-YYW8bwGOQM/edit?usp=sharing">Leave feedback here</a>

Hello there! Thanks for playtesting the first case of Game Grumps: Joint Justice! This playtest is for **story structure** and **flow**. Basically you will run through the **events of the game** - prologue, trial statements, evidence, contradictions, decisions. The prose, dialogue, and flavour text is still under development, but you may see samples of that here. Don't worry about typos or minor errors just yet. (Also, different writers worked on different sections of the script, so if the format or style jumps around, that's why) Please <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Jkk0GQGtGLxVY-eGlkMb-rViK8P-M5Ka-YYW8bwGOQM/edit?usp=sharing">open this Google Doc in a separate tab/window</a> and put in your feedback there. You can leave your name there if you like and be as thorough or concise as you need. Feedback we'd like: * Does the story make sense? * Are there any glaring plot holes? * Were you able to solve the mystery? * What clues or information would you need to help solve the mystery? * What content is redundant/unnecessary? * Anything else you can think of! [[Now let's play!->Prologue]]

<h1>Trial Part 3 Option: Ross doesn't poop for religious reasons</h1> Obviously wrong! [[Back to Trial Part 3->Trial Part 3]]

<h1>Trial Part 3 Option: The bathroom is nowhere near the 10MPH set</h1> **Present office map** Disproven by looking at the map of the office and seeing that the bathroom is right next to the 10MPH set. [[Back to Trial Part 3->Trial Part 3]]

<h1>PRESENT: Record of Livestream</h1> The player uses the **Record of the Livestream** (which explains that they were using Ross's Switch) on Ross saying he was grabbing his Switch as a contradiction. **OBJECTION!** Clearly Ross can't have been grabbing his Switch from the break room because his Switch was in use at the time! Ross was lying again! Ross starts to panic and the courtroom is going nuts! **OBJECTION!** Tutorial Boy objects and says that what Ross was doing doesn't matter. What Ross saw is all that matters. And he saw Jory steal the dinos! Not only that, but only Jory didn’t have an alibi at the time of the theft, and he was the only one who was in the room during the livestream Ross regains his composure and agrees with Tutorial Boy. "New testimony: Jory did it. Case Closed. Guilty verdict. Take his Good Boy Coins. Let's order Thai Food." - **Ross** The court goes fucking crazy at what Ross said. Judge Brent calls the court to order. Jude brent remarks that the prosecution has a good point asks if the defense agrees. Arin hesitates, but then Dan jumps in saying that there has to be something else they are overlooking, giving the player an option to give input. Arin Objects, saying that there is another person who could have taken the Dinos! He suggests that Ross was also not present during the livestream and could have feasibly messed with the dinos! The court people make noise. Brent demands order! **EVIDENCE PROVIDED: Plumbing invoice, Jory Sr's Letter, Jory's Backpack, Record of Livestream, Stolen Dinos** [[Trial Part 5]]

<h1>PRESENT: Jory Sr's Letter</h1> Wrong option! [[Try again->Trial Part 4]]

<h1>PRESENT: Jory's Backpack</h1> Wrong option! [[Try again->Trial Part 4]]

<h1>PRESENT: Stolen Dinos</h1> Wrong option! [[Try again->Trial Part 4]]