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Matt Murdock (ninjaattorney) wrote in somerealityrpg,
@ 2021-01-28 14:27:00

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Who: Matt Murdock & OTA
What: Sometimes you wake up in Goodland and you can't read floating Entity Greetings and you need an assist
When: Thursday afternoon
Where: Not too far from the Villas
Warnings: ...just go watch Daredevil

It almost felt too good. Matt couldn't quite make himself relax. So many lives lost. While he knew he had done the right thing in not taking a life, plenty had been killed for him and because of him. Karen and Foggy had done their best to convince him that things were alright. Fisk was back behind bars, Matt's greatest secret was safe, and somehow despite everything, so were Foggy and Karen both.

That didn't keep his heart from racing or his stomach from churning.

It might be a bit before he was able to relax again.

He could tell the moment something changed, but he couldn't quite grasp what it was. Things felt different. It still sounded like the city he knew and loved. Traffic, constant chatter, the ringing of nearby cash registers, someone yelling at a man for cheating on them. But the air weighed differently. The smells weren't the same. It was like he had walked through a door, only he knew he hadn't.

Matt froze, trying to adjust to his surroundings. He wasn't that far from his friends, if he tuned in, he should still be able to hear Foggy laughing or Karen's giggle. But he heard neither. He didn't hear the elderly man in the Bodega on the corner scolding his son for whatever stupid choice he'd made that day.

The panic didn't set in immediately. All of his senses were still working as normal. Or as normally as his ever did. It didn't feel like a medical emergency. Just not...right. It was disconcerting and he made his way to the nearest bench, probably quicker than he should have, in an effort to sit and think this through.

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aracelypenalba
2021-01-29 11:17 am UTC (link)

Law school? She wrinkled her nose, trying to think if they'd had any lawyers before. Maybe a blind lawyer was another one of those people that didn't fit the idea that the Entity picked them for how useful they'd be. Or maybe he had a secret identity! It briefly occurred to her to see if she could check, but she let the idea slide past, too pleased with her accomplishment still to really consider it. "I don't know if we have the same laws here," she told him, sliding down a little in her seat. "I'm not sure what all the laws in real New York are either though. Or in Houston! Mostly we just did whatever we wanted and people were happy because we stopped the city from blowing up and being robbed by Santas and kept beating up the traffickers and taking their money away. People have been police before though so I guess there must be some laws or they wouldn't have anything to do either, and there's not lots of gangs running around. Oh, and there's parking wardens! So I guess there must be rules. You could probably still be a lawyer person if you wanted."

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ninjaattorney
2021-01-30 12:05 am UTC (link)

It was probably ridiculous, but Matt actually sighed with relief at her comment about there not being gangs running around. Parking laws he could do. He didn't know if he was quite ready for another sound of Corrupt Cops and Mob Bosses. Like cowboys and Indians, only even worse and slightly less racist?

"Well, if I'm here for the long haul, I'm going to have to find something, I guess. Whether lawyer person or not. But I'm honestly not sure what other beneficial skills I have." So. She wasn't from anywhere normal then. "I've learned that even letting people who just stop the city from blowing up do whatever they want isn't always the smart thing to do."

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aracelypenalba
2021-01-30 03:33 am UTC (link)

"That's probably true," she admitted without reluctance or hesitation. "Annabelle and Wally say Kaine makes bad life choices. He's not always very good at being a hero but he likes it even if he pretends he doesn't and sometimes yells at people for being stupid. Maybe that's why the Entity hasn't brought him here yet. I haven't seen him in forever." She sighed, realising that by now she'd probably spent more time without him than she had with him. It was a weird feeling - with the connection that let her feel his presence in the city around her she'd almost never felt alone. Reading minds or picking up people's emotions just wasn't the same.

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