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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))
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[Foggy and Matt clearly went on a completely different path, because this Matt and Foggy must still be close-- the joint law firm says that, clearly. But her path is also so different. Just that chance that she would be the one that got the bite from that spider, rather than Peter, when it was Peter that was bitten so many other times over.]
Yeah. He's worked really hard for it. [Even if he doesn't say specifics, she wonders if he's hinting to what she thinks-- that it's tough being Spider-Woman, when your dad has that position. Because it 100% is. She's not exactly hiding that it's her anymore, and it's easy enough to piece together. Her and Peter are the same and the opposite, both at the same time.]
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[ He'd found the thing with Foggy strange, but the differences started even sooner than that. It's no wonder things were so different... ]
Hopefully that's not too hard on you. [ He pauses. Enough to make it clear that he knows, because. Well. ] That he's busy all the time, I mean.
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[It was so wild. How their worlds were so similar yet so different about things. How, even when the timelines fell differently, the same big things still happened to all of them. They were all connected, no matter what. She really wasn't alone, even if it felt like it sometimes.]
It's...tough, sometimes. But he's a great dad. And he does really great things for the city. I'm lucky to have a dad like him. [Even if there was no way he'd ever understand her and why she does what she does.]
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[ Since, you know, he's a totally normal blind lawyer, and not a superhero. Nope. ]
That's good that you have him and don't take it for granted. I know for me, I'd give anything to have my dad around, still.
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[God, she hates that. She's heard it a hundred times, herself, and even if people mean well, it always just.. falls short. Like it's just something you say.]
I lost my mom. A few years ago. It... sucks, so. I know how you feel.
[Sometimes just understanding is enough. It doesn't really get better, you just learn to live with that pain. She's still learning, honestly-- same with Peter's death.]