Turnabout Joker (MPC 69D, 69X, 51C) [Completed]

“Prosecutor Angewomon, you may begin.” The judge MagnaAngemon said as he sat down on his high seat.
“Thank you, your Honor.” The very attractive, yet very stern and scary prosecutor nodded, while crossing her arms in front of her (ample) bosom. “The defendant has been charged for the crime of awakening Zeed Millenniummon, the two-headed dragon of destruction.”
The crowd of spectators erupted in loud booing at that, showing their clear dislike for Jokermon, who in turn scowled at them. “Bah! If you want to boo someone, boo this mockery of a court!”
“Order! Order! Order!” MagnaAngemon banged his gavel repeatedly, instantly silencing everyone. “I will not have the pure of heart and noble Digimon of Luminas behave like a common, mindless mob in this very court! And you, Mr. Jokah, would do well to show some respect. One more disrespectful comment like that and you will be held in contempt of court!”
“Contempt of court, in my own trial?!” The demonic jester exclaimed.
“Yes, in your own trial! Prosecutor Angewomon, for the love of all that is sacred, proceed!”
The female angel nodded. “Of course, your Honor. Now, as you all know, an ancient prophecy has foretold that if the two-headed dragon were to ever wake up, it would bring about the complete annihilation of the Digital World.”
“If everybody already knows that, why are you bringing it up? You sound like an actor reading from a bad movie script.” The Clown Prince pointed out, leaning lazily on his chair.
“Defendant! You may speak when given permission to speak!” The judge barked at him.
Angewomon smirked slightly at that. “Thank you, your Honor. I was about to tell this clown the same thing. The reason I’m bringing up the ancient prophecy is to prove to this court that the defendant awoke Zeed Millenniummon knowingly. His actions were not accidental - as his half-baked lawyer will no doubt claim - but entirely premeditated.”
“Objection!” Yuko outstretched her arm and pointed with her finger all dramatic like. She then slammed both of her palms against her desk. “Ancient prophecies are always full of riddles and cryptic bullshit. That prophecy could be talking about ANY two-headed dragon!”
“Mind your tongue, little girl!” Angewomon scowled in annoyance, before revealing a fat stack of papers sitting in front of her. “I have collected a number of signed testimonies from individuals throughout the Digital World, who swear that Mr. Jokah is an egocentric, narcissistic, sociopathic, whimsical maniac with no morality to speak of, and also a very bad person that they don’t like. In other words, he perfectly fits the criminal profile of someone who would awaken an ancient evil with the express goal of having it wreak havoc upon the world.”
“Objection! The fact that Jokah is a huge jackass is unrelated to this case!” Yuko, well… objected.
“Will you stop yelling ‘Objection’ to everything I say?!”
“Ms. Himura has a point.” MagnaAngemon interjected, rubbing his chin in deep thought. “We cannot, at this point in time, draw a conclusion regarding the defendant’s motives, or lack thereof.”
“Fine! Let’s assume it really was an accident then.” The female angel groaned, impatiently drumming her fingers against her arm. “That doesn’t undo the damage caused due to this clown’s criminal negligence.” She added.

Yuko turned towards the judge. “Your Honor, I’d like to ask that you let Jokah testify. He’s one of the few eyewitnesses who saw what really happened. The court should listen to his own side of the story.”
“Ms. Himura, you can’t request for a witness to testify without submitting the appropriate paperwork first.” MagnaAngemon sternly told the girl.
“C’mon, pleeeease?”
“How do you know the magic word?!” The angelic Digimon exclaimed in sheer shock, before calming down and nodding affirmatively. “Very well. Mr. Jokah may take the stand and testify about what happened after Zeed Millenniummon awoke. But first, a 15 minute break. I could really go for some fried noodles right now…”

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Meanwhile, the ‘cranky prosecutor lady’ was none too happy about this development. “I am none too happy about this development. This story was obviously made up. Your Honor, you can’t possibly believe this clown’s lies. Objection, objection, objection!” The Angewomon kept screaming.
“Overruled.” MagnaAngemon sternly said, placing both of his arms on his desk. “I don’t believe anyone would be foolish enough to lie in this court… Not even him.”
The female angel crossed her arms in front of her rotund chest and loudly harrumphed. “Hmph! Even if you won in the end, why would you engage Zeed Millenniummon in battle in the first place? That’s suicide, plain and simple. You should have run away, that’s what I would do. See, your Honor? His testimony is filled with holes!”
Jokermon smiled an impossibly wide smile, red lips peeling to expose his shiny, white teeth. “Don’t be so hasty, my charming friend. I haven’t gotten to the surprise twist yet… Your Honor, may I answer the prosecution’s question truthfully?”
“By all means, only the truth!” MagnaAngemon nodded, thus giving his blessing.
“It was necessary for us to battle Zeed Millenniummon and defeat it, otherwise we couldn’t have extracted this!” The eccentric Demon King explained, before materializing a neon green band of floating code in thin air.
“A piece of Zeed Millenniummon’s suppression ring?!” The judge exclaimed in shock.
“You said that you would run away, didn’t you, Ms. Angewomon? I wonder… were you planning to do that before or after Zeed Millenniummon leveled Luminas, leaving the city in ruins and in desperate need of a new leader?” Jokermon asked the prosecution with that big, toothy smile of his.
The female angel clenched her teeth hard and slammed her fist against her desk. “No! This wasn’t supposed to happen! My plan was flawless! Flawless!!”
“P-prosecutor Angewomon, what is the meaning of this outburst?!” The angelic judge stuttered in his bewilderment, banging his gavel once again to get the wild crowd to quiet down. “Order! Order!”
“Fufufu… Allow me to explain, your Honor.” The demonic clown chuckled. “This is indeed a piece of Zeed Millenniummon’s suppression ring, but its code has been tampered with, quite recently I might add. It was repurposed into a spell meant to control the two-headed dragon, in particular commanding it to destroy Luminas specifically instead of the entire world. And the person who wrote this - quite ingenious, I have to admit - code was none other than… actually, I’ll let Yuko do the honors.”
“With pleasure.” Yuko grinned widely, outstretching her arm and pointing her finger at Angewomon dramatically. “The person who wrote that code was prosecutor Angewomon! She was the one behind everything, including Zeed Millenniummon’s awakening!”
“You… you brat! GYAAAAAAAUGH!!!” The beautiful angel showed her true colors at last, roaring furiously and pulling at her own locks of gorgeous blonde hair.
“I humbly submit this to the court as evidence. You will find that her digital fingerprints are all over it.” Jokermon smugly said, willing the band of code to float over to MagnaAngemon, who in turn absorbed it into his shield.
“Prosecutor Angewomon, if any of what the clown just said is true, then God help you. Guards, take her away!”

As a pair of Gargoylemon escorted the still fuming angel out of the courtroom, MagnaAngemon rose from his seat, gavel in hand. “In light of the recent revelations, it appears that this case is more complex than we initially thought, but one thing is clear: There is no evidence that directly incriminates Mr. Jokah for what happened. I honestly can’t believe I’m saying this, but I declare the defendant not guilty!” He declared his verdict in a celebratory fashion, and there was much rejoicing in the court.
“Phew! That was close, huh?” Yuko sighed in relief, turning towards her partner. “If you had such a strong piece of evidence against Angewomon, why didn’t you present it at the beginning of the trial?”
“Why, to build dramatic tension of course!” The Clown Prince of the Dark Area cheekily replied, turning on his heel and walking off, but not before turning back again and taking a deep stage bow before the entire court. “Thank you all for your attendance, dear spectators. We hope you enjoyed the show.”
“Godspeed, both of you.” MagnaAngemon said to the duo as they both made their leave. “What a chap. It appears I was wrong about him…” The angelic Digimon mused to himself, eventually sitting back down… only for a loud noise like blowing raspberries to resound throughout the courtroom. With a scowl of anger on his face, he reached down to grab a whoopee cushion that the prankster clown had so sneakily placed under his seat. “JOKAAAAAAAH!!!!”

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