recolle | [OPEN] But Your Honor I Googled It Twice

WHO: Matt Murdock/Daredevil and anyone visiting
WHERE: Matt's dreamscape
WHEN: Late August
WHAT: Exploring the psyche of Catholic Guilt Man should be fun right?
WARNINGS: Threads will be labeled accordingly

[ Visitors to this dreamscape find themselves in the pitch dark. Despite the lack of light visitors are able to make out where their own bodies are without trouble as if they're the only thing light can catch in this place. Somehow they will also know instinctually that a certain number of paces one way or another they'll find a couple of doors, like how they know the layout of their own home with their eyes closed. The doors are the same except for the sign in braille next to each one. Pick a door!]

Door One, Memories from Canon

[ Behind door one explorers are greeted by the familiar sound of busy city streets and a cool breeze against their face. Stepping out into the scene they find themselves on a rooftop at night. Out in the distance, something seems to be visible for a second, like a flash of a photograph passing in their mind. It's the Empire State Building. Welcome to NYC. Slowly the surroundings start to fill in, not in detail, but in vague ghosts of shapes and edges that disappear when directly looked at.

There's a sound there on the roof, footsteps approaching.

ooc: Choose your guest. Alien, Ally, Criminal, Friend, or Teacher. Or request a specific memory. TW may apply.]

Door Two, A clash of current lifetimes

[ The second door opens on a courtroom that will fill in with detail for those who have been to the Recolle Courthouse, for those who haven't the setting remains dark or shifts and turns into a courtroom they saw on a television show or movie. Matt Murdock at least is easy to spot sitting at a table beyond the murmurs and coughs of people watching from the rows of seats in the back. A man's voice rings out from the judge's bench.]

We shall now proceed with the hearing. Defense, please call your next witness!

[ Matt rises from his seat to do so and pauses just short of speaking. He tilts his head, turning with a jerk toward the visitor who just entered. His eyebrows raise in surprise, mouth falling open, then the judge urges him. ]

Mr. Murdock?

Yes, Your Honor, sorry. The defense calls...

[ ooc: Congrats, your character is now a witness in the case of AU1 v AU2. They don't know Matt? Not a problem, they know Retropsec and their own confusion, right? The judge and jury could use some perspective on this delimma... ]

[ ooc: Question? Poke me.

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[OH SHIT. Foggy mirrors Matt's confused face and it sticks around after Matt calls his name. He should feel at home in a courtroom- former lawyer and Matt's partner at that- but what the hell is he meant to do as a witness? WHAT CASE IS THIS MATT? Foggy walks on up to the stand and takes a seat.]

Matty. What's going on? [He murmurs under his breath.] Not surprised there's a court in your dream but who is on trial here?

[ Foggy gets sworn in. Matt's smile is... uncomfortable. He squeezes the top of his cane between both fists and clears his throat. ]

Hi. Thanks for joining us.

[ He turns towards the jury. ]

Will you please tell the jury how we know each other, Mr. Nelson-Murdock?

Why yes Mr. Murdock-NELSON. We've known each other for years in more than one life. Best friends and business partners. I'm also the lucky guy who married you. [He tries to smile at the jury or whatever it is sitting in the box. MATT THAT WAS NOT A SUPER CLEAR CLUE TO WHAT THIS IS.]

[ He can hear that speeding heartbeat and smell nervous sweat. Don't worry Fog. He puts a hand on the stand since it would be unprofessional to reach out and touch him in reassurance. ]

I assure the court that I'm the truly lucky one. Now...

Please share with everyone here what you do for a living.

Sure! [He'll address the jury and judge as any quality speech should go.] I'm a record producer at ~~INeedAName~~ Entertainment. I helped open the Recolle branch of the company. I work with a multitude of different artists from different genres of music. It's been a really rewarding experience and a privilege to work with all these talented people.

And what was your background in music leading up to your current job?

[ Matt smiles brightly, he's still proud of Foggy's accomplishments. ]

[For all the trouble Rose got into when she was younger (and frankly still gets into), she never actually made it all the way into the courthouse for that. Still, she recognizes it. It's hard to forget the place where you fought for custody over your younger siblings and lost.

So suffice to say, the moment Rose walks through the door, she's already wildly uncomfortable at the scene. Seeing Matt makes it even weirder, especially when he calls her name as a witness.]

Wait, witness for what now?

[ Matt waves her closer, mouthing the words "Play along." If she gets close enough she'll see how wide his eyes are behind his glasses. ]

Ms. Geteilt is a witness to the actions of Retrospec, being a member of the network herself. She is also aware of the Defense's career in law.

Uh... Please take the stand and be sworn in.

Right...

[She's clearly confused by what's going on, but at least when she passes by Matt, she knows she's not alone in that. Even if this is some kind of dream, it's still a little more reassuring. So she takes the stand and holds up her hand, swearing to tell only the truth and all that. Of course, even with such a heavy oath, she sounds about as respectful and serious as she always does.

Which is not at all.]

[The second he looks around and figures out this is a courtroom, his heart starts beating hard and fast. Why was he here? Was his secret found out? Did it even matter anymore?

When he sees the other "calling" his witness, he didn't figure out it was him. Until he looked at the guy glaring at him, it felt like forever until he actually spoke with some panic]

ALBERT! Albert Matthews...sir...

What am I doing here?

[Asked rather nervously, shaking slightly as he does so]

Right, Albert Matthews.

[ He gestures towards the witness stand. ]

Please take the stand Mr. Matthews.

[ Matt turns towards the jury, a smudge of what seems to be people shapes sitting. ]

Mr. Matthews will provide testimony to the court about his life with the Retrospec application.

[Life with the app? What is going on? Regardless, he goes to the witness stand. He starts to stutter, but not as nervous as before. Retro-spec is on trail, not him. His heart beat calms down a little bit.]

The Retrospec App? Ummm...su-sure, what would you want to know?

I have be-been on the App for roughly three mo-months now.

Thank you for coming.

[ Matt flashes him a smile, hoping it will help him relax a little. ]

Three months, so you've been a part of it for the entire summer. So Albert, when you first discovered you had the app on your phone did you find anyone you were already familiar with on the network? A friend or family member? Maybe a fellow student you know from class?

[Al takes a deep breath, smiling back. He relaxes a little...just talk about Retrospec...whats the worse he could ask?]

Other then my older adopted brother and a friend of his? Not really, I have tried to be more social lately due to the app however. So I know a few more people now.

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