Jenna Elizabeth Raleigh (lizzyraleigh) wrote in sog_ic, @ 2012-08-19 18:57:00 |
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Who: Lizzy Raleigh
Where: Lizzy's Office, Gotham City Hall
When: Sunday, August 19, 2012 - just before 6pm
What: On a quiet Sunday afternoon, Lizzy is contemplating her city after finishing some paperwork.
Rating: G
Lizzy liked working on Sunday afternoons. The office was deserted, and she can get a lot more done without the ringing phones. She had four cases to do with the morning, but fortunately three of them were plea bargains and the other was an arraignment. So all she really had to do was finish the paperwork. She was meticulous about dotting all her I’s and crossing all her T’s. She didn’t want to have to deal with some low paid public defender coming back and trying to overturn her leniency with these defendants on a technicality.
She strongly believed that most of the people she had to prosecute were victims of circumstance. After all, it had been proven time and again most criminals came from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. They simply didn’t have the same options that someone is privileged as she had. So she felt that it was her mission to rehabilitate these people and break the circle of poverty. After all if they had educational options, or even vocational options, they wouldn’t need to steal, sell drugs, or engage in the other criminal gang behaviors that seem to get so many young people in trouble these days.
With a last of her paperwork finished, she stood up and stretched, walking over to the window that overlooked Gotham in her office. There seemed like a darkness that was spreading over the city. She felt unsure as to why it suddenly felt so dark. Maybe it was the fact that Bruce Wayne had died. Though she hadn’t really known the man, she knew enough about his philanthropic work to realize how precious he had been to the city. There was a certain sadness knowing that her sister would grow up in a city that didn’t know Bruce Wayne.
When she lived in California, a lot of people didn’t understand how she could love Gotham so much. In fact, her college roommate was not allowed to come visit because her parents feared Gotham, and its reputation for being so dangerous. However, Lizzy knew Gotham was more than that. Even though as a teenager she longed to escape it, she now realize just how precious the city was. Her city was Kane Park, and watching people playing Frisbee with their dogs. It was living in Red Hook, and being able to walk and get almost anything she wanted- from groceries, to fine dining, and even an evening at the opera. It was the rare beauty of Robinson Park. But most of all, Gotham was home, and Lizzy wasn’t about to let anyone ruin her home. She wanted to see the city grow to be a safe place for her sister.
She sighed and walked back over to her desk, and picked up the files she would need in the morning. It would be easier to go straight to court and bypass her office in the morning. It would also allow her a chance to go by her favorite deli and grab a bagel and some coffee to prepare for a long morning of waiting.
She glanced at her watch. It was almost six, and she knew that her stepmother would be upset if she was late for dinner. Even though she was nearing 30, she still made a point to make family dinner once a week because it meant so much to her father. Besides, she wasn’t a great cook and it was nice to let someone else do the dishes.
She grabbed her keys, and then looked back over her shoulder out the window. Someday soon Gotham would be safer, the Lizzy just wasn’t sure how that would happen. She wanted trust the system, but the system was failing. She sighed, picked up her files, and headed to her car. What the city needed, was someone who is really willing to take a stand. Someone like Batman.