10-31-2017, 04:47 PM
Gaston sat in a room, his lawyer standing across from him, tapping his finger impatiently against his leg.
"Well? How do you wanna do this?" The lawyer began pacing as he spoke.
"I told you, I did attack them! I don't see how it matters. It was a heroic act!"
"Dammit, Gaston! I told you, with your prior criminal record they're not gonna let you off. Best thing you can do is make an alibi now."
"Argh! You don't understand! I must be known for this! I need a new lawyer." Gaston's lawyer started to protest, but Gaston just got up and left the room. "I will be my own lawyer," he proclaimed to a cop outside the room.
The cop let out a laugh. "Alright, if you say so."
The cop lead Gaston into the courtroom, at which point Gaston immediately sat in a small wooden booth.
"I'm acting as my own lawyer!" Laughs came from around the courtroom, but Gaston ignored them. After all, they'd never laugh at him. "So, of course, I attacked those people. And yes, they are in your healing taver-hospital. Your hospital. But they deserved it! They were attacking that man!"
"OBJECTION!" cried a voice from the opposite side. "It's clear this man reacted to the problem with no legal warrant. He was not under attack, and wasn't being affected by the collateral. The proper action to take should've been contacting the police."
"I did try to contact the police!" Gaston gave no indication that he was lying, his characteristic grin having remained straight the entire time. "But as I was writing in the number, the gang member noticed me and charged to attack!"
"Do you have any witness for that?"
"Yes, of course! My partner!" Gaston pointed into the jury, where his partner was sitting, annoyed that he had been forced to come.
"What? I didn't s-"
"Don't you remember how I was attacked?"
"Oh, yeah. So uh, it's just like he said. He was attacked by the uh, gang." The judge looked unconvinced, but she was clearly too bored to care.
"Listen, I've been working too long today to really care," she said. "So let's just, uh, give him another year of community service."
Gaston grinned. He managed to avoid a harsh sentence!
"Well? How do you wanna do this?" The lawyer began pacing as he spoke.
"I told you, I did attack them! I don't see how it matters. It was a heroic act!"
"Dammit, Gaston! I told you, with your prior criminal record they're not gonna let you off. Best thing you can do is make an alibi now."
"Argh! You don't understand! I must be known for this! I need a new lawyer." Gaston's lawyer started to protest, but Gaston just got up and left the room. "I will be my own lawyer," he proclaimed to a cop outside the room.
The cop let out a laugh. "Alright, if you say so."
The cop lead Gaston into the courtroom, at which point Gaston immediately sat in a small wooden booth.
"I'm acting as my own lawyer!" Laughs came from around the courtroom, but Gaston ignored them. After all, they'd never laugh at him. "So, of course, I attacked those people. And yes, they are in your healing taver-hospital. Your hospital. But they deserved it! They were attacking that man!"
"OBJECTION!" cried a voice from the opposite side. "It's clear this man reacted to the problem with no legal warrant. He was not under attack, and wasn't being affected by the collateral. The proper action to take should've been contacting the police."
"I did try to contact the police!" Gaston gave no indication that he was lying, his characteristic grin having remained straight the entire time. "But as I was writing in the number, the gang member noticed me and charged to attack!"
"Do you have any witness for that?"
"Yes, of course! My partner!" Gaston pointed into the jury, where his partner was sitting, annoyed that he had been forced to come.
"What? I didn't s-"
"Don't you remember how I was attacked?"
"Oh, yeah. So uh, it's just like he said. He was attacked by the uh, gang." The judge looked unconvinced, but she was clearly too bored to care.
"Listen, I've been working too long today to really care," she said. "So let's just, uh, give him another year of community service."
Gaston grinned. He managed to avoid a harsh sentence!