Trial of Ian: Day 3

Characters present on Day 3
The following NPCs that were in this Event (in order by questioning):
 * Robots
 * Gino Gambino
 * Ian

Gaia 9 Action News
Cindy Donovinh here live from the Durem Courthouse.

Yesterday we finally saw some forensic evidence placing the defendant at the crime scene! It seemed quite damaging to Ian's case. In retaliation, the inside word is that Ian himself will take the stand to clear his name... but we'll just have to see about that now won't we?

Let's go to the courtroom, the trial is about to continue!

Gino: DefenseBot

 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] Defensebot, please call your first witness of the day.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] The defense calls Gino Gambino to the witness stand.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Please verbally state your designation and occupation for entry into the court record database.


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] My name is Gino Gambino. I am the son of the most powerful man in all of Gaia, Johnny K. Gambino.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Gino, is it true that Ian helped save you when you washed up on the beach several months ago?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] Well, I was unconscious during that time, but when I came to at Sasha's house, Ian was there. He helped Sasha get me better.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Then Ian did, in fact, play a role in helping you get better?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] Yes, yes he did.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Do you believe that Ian has any illwill or bad intentions towards you or your family?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] I don't see why he would. I have no beef with him nor his family. Why should he be any different towards me and mine?


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Has Ian ever threatened or harassed you?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] No.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Has Ian ever so much as laid a finger on you?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] No. Never.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Thank you, Gino. End sequence of questioning.

Gino: ProsecutionBot

 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] ProsecutionBot, you may cross examine the witness.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Mr. Gambino--


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] Please, call me Gino.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Pardon me, Gino. You say that Ian never laid a finger on you is that right?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] Yes sir. That is correct.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] I believe you. Of course he didn't touch you. Did you know that Ian wanted to leave you on the shore to die that day?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] I ... had no idea.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Come now, Gino. When you were caught in the burning mansion, Ian left you there to die as well didn't he?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] But he had to save Sasha... In fact, I told him to--


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Please answer the question, Gino. Did he or did he not leave you to die in the burning mansion on the night in question.


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Please answer the question.


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] He ... he did.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Did you also know, Gino, that Ian has long resented your family and your father especially?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] But what does that have to do with me?


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] It has everything to do with you Gino. Even now, don't you feel responsible for the actions of your father?


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] I ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] I don't think I need to remind you that you are under oath here.


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] ... yes, I do feel responsible for my father's actions...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Well, Ian feels the same way as you do! He blames YOU for the actions of your family. And it angered him when you stole Sasha away from him--


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] OBJECTION! Speculation and badgering the witness--


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] --adding one more betrayal to the list of offenses that the Gambino family has done to him!


 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] That will be enough counsel!!


 * [[File:toi Gino.jpg]] I ... really had no idea ... I would never hurt anyone.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] I'm done with this witness your honor.


 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] Indeed you are. Gino, you may step down.

Ian: DefenseBot

 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] Defensebot, please call your next witness.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] The defense calls the defendant, Ian, to the witness stand.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Please verbally state your designation and occupation for entry into the court record database.


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Ian. I own and run the Barton Boutique. Well, at least I used to run it before all of this happened.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Is that your full designation?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Yes, it is.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] How long have you been running the Barton Boutique?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Well, including my time when it was in Gambino, since I was a little boy really. It is my family business and was handed down to me by my father before me.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Would you say that the people of Barton have come to depend on you for all of their discount purchases?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Of course. For the cheapest clothing and accessories, there no place cheaper than Barton Boutique. Many people all around Gaia depend on me for that. Everyone trusts me.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] OBJECTION!


 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] The defendant will please refrain from making claims about his own character.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] I see no reason to delay this question any longer. Ian, did you commit arson at the Gambino mansion on the night of October, 30?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] I did NOT, sir. I would never do such a thing! I am not a violent person and I would never harm a living thing.


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] Thank you, Ian. End sequence of questioning.

Ian: ProsecutionBot

 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] ProsecutionBot, your witness.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Ian, is it?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Yes... *gulp*


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Is that your full name? That is, do you have a last name?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Of course, it's--


 * [[File:toi DefenceBot.jpg]] OBJECTION! Relevance?


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] I'm sure many people would like to know.


 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] The law does not require last names to be announced. Everyone here knows who the defendant is here. And this is totally irrelevant to the case at hand.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Withdrawn. Ian, how is it that you know the Gambino family?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Well, who doesn't know the Gambino family? They are only the wealthiest and most influential family in all of Gaia!


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Do you know them personally?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] No, not really.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] But you have dealt with Johnny K. Gambino in the past?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Well, sure, I helped pass out gifts at the Anniversary Ball a couple years back...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Is that all?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Well, sure it is.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] You run the Barton Boutique, formally known as the Gambino Boutique, did you not?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] ... yes.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] AHA! Earlier, both Ruby and Meredith testified that you had prior dealings with Johnny K. Gambino when your Gambino Boutique was taken from you! Why did you hide that fact, Ian?!


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] NO! I didn't ... I mean ... well, I don't like to think about that.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Why did you LIE, Ian?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] I didn't mean to ... it's just ... it was a hard time in my life. I had a lot of pressure on me ... to make the boutique succeed. My family entrusted it to me. The "boutique" has long since been a family trademark, a business passed down from generation to generation. Every owner of a "boutique" ran his business with a talking cat. It was tradition. And a good business gimmick as well... When Rufus became the last in his line of talking cats, I knew I would be the last of the "boutique" owners... there was a lot riding on me to succeed... I ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Well then, how did you feel when the shop's prime real estate was taken from you by the Gambino family?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] I ... well, at first I was upset... I didn't know how I felt really. I went through a bunch of phases... anger, denial, depression, etc...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] You were angered?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Of course, I hated myself... I hated that I couldn't step up to the plate and succeed. My father had succeeded before me, and his father before him, and his father before him...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Success was very important to you.


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Yes... it was. I didn't want to let everyone down.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] So, then, you would do ANYTHING to succeed?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Yes... erm... no.... that's not what I--


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] What did you do after you lost the Gambino Boutique?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] I, well, went away for a little while. Ended up in Barton Town. I worked really hard for the past few years to get the Boutique where it is today.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] But your sales have never amounted to much compared to what you were making on the Isle de Gambino?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] No, but I'm ok with that. I've learned that I don't want to be in charge of so much pressure and responsibility... I... I just want to be happy. I just want to be lo--


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Sasha.


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] S-s-sasha...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] How do you feel about Sasha?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] Sasha?!


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Yes. Sasha. And let me remind you that you are under oath here.


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] I ... *gulp* erm ... I ... I love her.


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] But she doesn't love you, Ian.


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] In fact, from all of the media coverage we've seen from New Year's, it's quite obvious her heart belongs to another man ... a GAMBINO, in fact!


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Tell me, Ian. How do you feel about that?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] Does it anger you to know that the woman you love was taken from you by the same blood that took your family business from you?


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] I ...


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] YES or NO, Ian? Does it anger you to know that all of your hopes and dreams were dashed away by the GAMBINO's?!


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] ...yes. *sob*


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] And you would do ANYTHING to get back what you lost, wouldn't you? WOULDN'T YOU?!


 * [[File:toi Ian.jpg]] ... I ... yes. *sob* *sob*


 * [[File:toi ProsecutionBot.jpg]] No further questions your honor.


 * [[File:toi JudgeBot.jpg]] You may step down, Ian. I believe that is the final witness of the trial. We will now take a recess while the prosecution and the defense are finalizing their closing statements. We will reconvene with the closing statements tomorrow at which time the jury will be able to decide the defendant's fate. Court is adjourned!

Gaia 9 Action News
Well, there you have it! Today is a close call, I have no idea who did better today. We'll just have to wait for the closing statements until we can get a better idea! And GAIA 9 Action News will be there with coverage. You can count on it! See you then! Cindy Donovinh, signing off!