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expiationnet2024-07-04 07:06 pm
devilsavocado) wrote in expiationnet2024-07-04 07:06 pm
video; un:mmurdock
[ This video starts with neither of the men remotely in frame. They're both wearing dark sunglasses -- dark enough that you can't see their eyes. And they have kind of like... well, maybe not the same mannerisms, but similar enough. One tells only truths has dark brown hair, while the other tells only lies is a red head. They do not look alike. The dark haired one begins to talk: ]
Hey, everyone. So it looks like we have an office here in the city now. [ He shrugs, like that's... totally normal? ] Matt and I will be opening a new firm here, called Murdock & Murdock, in the next couple of days, for anyone who needs any kind of legal services. We'll offer things like reviewing contracts, legal counseling, conflict resolution... basically we're pretty small, but between the two of us we should have just about any practice covered.
[ He doesn't gesture much as he speaks, in fact he's pretty still. This isn't trial, after all. It's a stark comparison to the redhead. ]
Also the building is crazy weird. Our office is the only thing in it? Everything else is locked but there's [ Here, he drops his voice like he's delivering the climax of a horror story at a campfire, ] no one there. [ There's a beat, and then he laughs it off. ] Pretty cool, right? Kinda gives murder vibes, but I think that's a draw to the kids these days.
Cut it out. [ The dark-haired Matt elbows the other one lightly. ] Anyway, if you have any questions about legal counseling or need to hear our credentials or anything, feel free to let us know. Office hours are going to be a little on-and-off since it's just the two of us, but you can message either of us if you need to come by the office. We're "murdock" and "mmurdock" on the network, so you'll get one of us even if you mess up the spelling.
[ ugh fiiiiine dad. The red-haired Matt manages to roll his eyes even behind those dark shades. ]
Also, I'm just saying, that when someone is accused of a crime, it's generally a good idea to speak to a lawyer. But that's just me. Here's your first piece of free advice: if the cops (or Jerry, this is really "cops" in the metaphorical sense) ask you a question you should just shut up before you further incriminate yourself without an advocate.
Right, there's that too. [ He pauses... What else? Oh, yeah. ] This is Matt, by the way. He's also Matt. It's confusing. Don't worry about it.
((ooc: Replies will come from both Matts!! But yes, come get your legal representation, Aldrip))
Hey, everyone. So it looks like we have an office here in the city now. [ He shrugs, like that's... totally normal? ] Matt and I will be opening a new firm here, called Murdock & Murdock, in the next couple of days, for anyone who needs any kind of legal services. We'll offer things like reviewing contracts, legal counseling, conflict resolution... basically we're pretty small, but between the two of us we should have just about any practice covered.
[ He doesn't gesture much as he speaks, in fact he's pretty still. This isn't trial, after all. It's a stark comparison to the redhead. ]
Also the building is crazy weird. Our office is the only thing in it? Everything else is locked but there's [ Here, he drops his voice like he's delivering the climax of a horror story at a campfire, ] no one there. [ There's a beat, and then he laughs it off. ] Pretty cool, right? Kinda gives murder vibes, but I think that's a draw to the kids these days.
Cut it out. [ The dark-haired Matt elbows the other one lightly. ] Anyway, if you have any questions about legal counseling or need to hear our credentials or anything, feel free to let us know. Office hours are going to be a little on-and-off since it's just the two of us, but you can message either of us if you need to come by the office. We're "murdock" and "mmurdock" on the network, so you'll get one of us even if you mess up the spelling.
[ ugh fiiiiine dad. The red-haired Matt manages to roll his eyes even behind those dark shades. ]
Also, I'm just saying, that when someone is accused of a crime, it's generally a good idea to speak to a lawyer. But that's just me. Here's your first piece of free advice: if the cops (or Jerry, this is really "cops" in the metaphorical sense) ask you a question you should just shut up before you further incriminate yourself without an advocate.
Right, there's that too. [ He pauses... What else? Oh, yeah. ] This is Matt, by the way. He's also Matt. It's confusing. Don't worry about it.
((ooc: Replies will come from both Matts!! But yes, come get your legal representation, Aldrip))
video; un:mmurdock
Yeah, I doubt Jerry will start listening to us just because we have JDs. It'd be representation more among those of us who are stuck here, solving disputes between us and the locals seems more likely.
[ He gestures as he talks, this is courtroom mode for him. ]
Though Matt and I both have some experience finding loopholes in contracts, so it's possible we could find ways for people to work out their sentences in ways that the Council didn't have in mind, for starters.
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[ Judging by her tone - even without seeing her expression - she sounds kind of impressed. Nothing over the top, but the shift in her voice is obvious enough when her tone was so flat only a moment ago. ]
The whole locals thing might be the most important part of that, actually. I've been here for about a year now, and it seems the locals go through this weird cycle where they worship us like heroes for a month or two and then suddenly turn around completely and start hating our guts for a while instead. The latter periods are usually a huge pain.
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[ I mean, he learned a lot more than that, but that's a big one. He's glad to hear she's taking him seriously, if nothing else. ]
That's... pretty strange. I mean, most of us don't try to stick our necks out too much. But I think I remember hearing something about Those Who Were? So maybe it's some kind of superstition. Feels like there's a lot we don't know.
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I guess I have to first put a disclaimer that this is all speculation on my end. Especially with what you are.
[ Hah! Lawyer joke.
Even if Ange says it so flatly that it kind of takes the humor straight out of it. ]
But I feel like the people here aren't like us. I'm not sure what that means, if they're some sort of soulless constructs or whatever, but-- what is important about that is that I think it means they can easily be influenced by the beings in charge of this place. Those Who Were, or whatever you want to call them. I don't think they make up their opinion about us individually, but it feels more like they are some sort of weird hivemind that's being controlled from somewhere up top, if that makes sense. [ Ange knows that would sound like wild speculation anywhere else.
But hopefully he's already gotten enough of an impression of this place to realize it's entirely possible here. ]
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[ But surely not?? ]
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[ Just the fact that she calls it 'computer stuff' alone should probably say enough about that by itself.. ]
But some people have been saying that this entire situation we're stuck in is a simulation. In that case those people aren't real, right? I don't think othering people is all that bad when they are.. I don't know, bits of data? I think that's what someone called it before?