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Michel ([personal profile] singlemalts) wrote in [community profile] expiationnet2023-04-22 05:47 pm

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[ He's taken a whole day to find his bearings in these new surroundings. Get used to the technology, so to speak. When he finally chooses to address the rest of the network, he's still in his expensive clothes, the Forèstiere jacket slung around his shoulders. Misplaced.

Michel seems unusually calm about it, looking off to the side with a contemplative expression. Maybe faintly amused. ]


Taken into account that I'm currently waiting to be sentenced, I'm surprised at the lack of legal representation available to me. Am I supposed to represent myself? Don't the people who've kidnapped me know I'm the worst lawyer you could imagine?

[ A slight huff; back home, it would've been a laugh. Here, who knows?! ]

I certainly wouldn't want to be represented by me. I'll get life, for certain!

[ A wave of one hand, nonchalant or unsure, it's hard to tell on him. Finally, Michel turns his attention down on the charm, something like eye contact with the grand, big audience he can't yet make out. ]

Unrelated, but I'm wondering whether they have truffles here. As such, I also find myself wondering where I might get a dog or a pig with a nose for that kind of treasure. [ Pause. ] Truffle hunting is one of the only types of hunt I've never tried, but it seems time might be on my side for a while yet, so why not take advantage of it?

[ And like that, a wide, beaming smile forms on his lips, giving his words a cheerful edge that might not match the context entirely. ]

At my age, it's the moment or it is death. What a choice, yes!
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[personal profile] theleadingman 2023-04-23 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, this gentleman is certainly fashionable, Balthier notes— and seems to share some of the same concerns he had also experienced upon his arrival, many of which still hold true.]

Yes, it's certainly like no court of law I've ever encountered. It hardly seems fair, though I confess that is what I'd expect from a court of law.

['Fair' rarely seemed to be a part of the equation.]

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if you found something resembling what you seek out in the wilds— the truffles, that is, though there are certainly animals to be found, as well. You do seem in remarkably good spirits for someone who's just found themselves imprisoned.