Lt. Carter Blake (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2013-02-04 02:35 pm
lieutenantantichrist) wrote2013-02-04 02:35 pm
IC Contact
"Carter Blake. What do you want?"
"Carter Blake. What do you want?"
You're full of shit. I bet you get girls all over you.
Hah! That's got to be awkward. That's what you get for having hair that long. How do you get rid of them?
You're a real heartless bastard, you know that?
That's what I like about you.
That's what I like about you.
You better be real nice to me, or I'll let your secret out.
[Good morning, Blake! Today you have one (1) new message from Phoenix.]
I know I've been in and out of town the past few months, but before I left again I thought I'd go ahead and send you what I've come up with so far as far as laws go. It's a pretty basic outline for the MOST bare bones legal system I've ever laid eyes on, but it's better than nothing, I guess? That, and I didn't study a lot of civil law in my day, so you'll probably want to get someone else to do that part.
Also, I couldn't afford a computer, and typing on the Pokegear is hard. :(
Let me know what you think when you have a chance.
[Attached file: stillbetterthanmycollegethesis.docx
What Phoenix is giving him is, indeed, very basic -- more like an outline than anything -- but it does go over very rudimentary laws regarding murder, theft, fraud, assault, etc, how to try criminals in court (whenever they manage to get one of THOSE), and suggested sentences for each offense. There's a separate section that deals with unique issues regarding Pokemon and how that plays into the regular laws, all that good stuff. Phoenix did his homework!]
I know I've been in and out of town the past few months, but before I left again I thought I'd go ahead and send you what I've come up with so far as far as laws go. It's a pretty basic outline for the MOST bare bones legal system I've ever laid eyes on, but it's better than nothing, I guess? That, and I didn't study a lot of civil law in my day, so you'll probably want to get someone else to do that part.
Also, I couldn't afford a computer, and typing on the Pokegear is hard. :(
Let me know what you think when you have a chance.
[Attached file: stillbetterthanmycollegethesis.docx
What Phoenix is giving him is, indeed, very basic -- more like an outline than anything -- but it does go over very rudimentary laws regarding murder, theft, fraud, assault, etc, how to try criminals in court (whenever they manage to get one of THOSE), and suggested sentences for each offense. There's a separate section that deals with unique issues regarding Pokemon and how that plays into the regular laws, all that good stuff. Phoenix did his homework!]
Holy hell. You really did it.
[Blake takes a minute to check if the file is blank or some other kind of lousy joke. Then takes a much longer minute, because the damn thing is for real.]
This is some actually useful shit.
[It's a skeleton, yeah, but a lot of essential things that the place can only function so long without.]
[Blake takes a minute to check if the file is blank or some other kind of lousy joke. Then takes a much longer minute, because the damn thing is for real.]
This is some actually useful shit.
[It's a skeleton, yeah, but a lot of essential things that the place can only function so long without.]
You can thank me later.
[Phoenix likes to make good on his promises, even when they're made to dubiously sane corrupt police officers.
Not that it doesn't mean he'll revoke Blake's right to use that file the second Phoenix deems it appropriate, however.]
So what are we planning to do with it? Words on a screen don't really mean much if we can't find a way to have them enforced in Johto, somehow...
[Phoenix likes to make good on his promises, even when they're made to dubiously sane corrupt police officers.
Not that it doesn't mean he'll revoke Blake's right to use that file the second Phoenix deems it appropriate, however.]
So what are we planning to do with it? Words on a screen don't really mean much if we can't find a way to have them enforced in Johto, somehow...
I'll get you a cushy government job to show my appreciation.
Leave the enforcement to me. I'll take care of it.
Leave the enforcement to me. I'll take care of it.
[There comes a scratch scratch scratching of little Sandshrew claws on Blake's door. The pudgy yellow creature then sits down and fumbles with a small wrapped thing in her paws as she waits for an answer. Oh, gosh, she's nervous.]
[How did she get this address? A Rocket has ways.]
[How did she get this address? A Rocket has ways.]
[An irritated Blake opens the door.] I told you, I don't want any subscriptions to Bugtype Fancy--
[His eyes meet empty space.
They drift down until they find one of those armadillo-things.]
Oh. Hey, little guy.
If you're looking for a fight, you should try hanging out in the grass instead of going door to door. That's kind of how it's done.
[His eyes meet empty space.
They drift down until they find one of those armadillo-things.]
Oh. Hey, little guy.
If you're looking for a fight, you should try hanging out in the grass instead of going door to door. That's kind of how it's done.
[Bossy's little ears perk up and she instantly shakes her head.]
Shrew shrew! Sandshrew!
[She puts her wrapped gift down and brings her paws up to the sides of her head to mimic Steve's droopy ears.]
Shrew shrew! Sandshrew!
[She puts her wrapped gift down and brings her paws up to the sides of her head to mimic Steve's droopy ears.]
[Blake looks at the little animal for a minute. He turns his head and calls into the house.] Steve! I think it's for you.
[There's the click of claws on the floor, then Steve bursts out onto the step. She yaps hello excitedly to her friend, as Blake stands back watchfully like a chaperon.]
[There's the click of claws on the floor, then Steve bursts out onto the step. She yaps hello excitedly to her friend, as Blake stands back watchfully like a chaperon.]
[The little Shandshrew brightens when she hears the tell tale click click clack of her friend's claws. She gives her own happy screeching sound in reply to Steve's yapping and quickly shoves the wrapped bundle forward before she loses her nerve.]
[Inside is the shimmering collar and or necklace she has been working on for ages. Every stone is either fished from sidewalk cracks outside jewelry stores or straight up stolen from rich ladies and their pampered Pokemon.]
I-I thought the green stones would look nice with your pink fur.
[Inside is the shimmering collar and or necklace she has been working on for ages. Every stone is either fished from sidewalk cracks outside jewelry stores or straight up stolen from rich ladies and their pampered Pokemon.]
I-I thought the green stones would look nice with your pink fur.
[Steve's paws go to her face.] A present? For me?
[She loves presents.
She tears the wrapping open with her claws, and her eyes go wide. Blake leans over her, and so do his.]
It's beautiful, Bossy.
[She holds it against her fur and admires the sparkle. Meanwhile, Blake is staring.]
Tell me that's fake.
[She loves presents.
She tears the wrapping open with her claws, and her eyes go wide. Blake leans over her, and so do his.]
It's beautiful, Bossy.
[She holds it against her fur and admires the sparkle. Meanwhile, Blake is staring.]
Tell me that's fake.
[While Steve admires her gift, Bossy scrubs at her face to try and chase away the blush on her snout.]
I'm glad you like it!
[The Sandshrew's ears twitch when DISAPPROVAL FROM ABOVE interrupts their Moment. She looks up at him and wrinkles up her nose.]
Shrew!
[How dare he!]
I'm glad you like it!
[The Sandshrew's ears twitch when DISAPPROVAL FROM ABOVE interrupts their Moment. She looks up at him and wrinkles up her nose.]
Shrew!
[How dare he!]
[Steve is holding it up to see it sparkle. Her trainer sounds strangely unhappy.]
Don't mind him. He doesn't appreciate pretty things very much.
[Blake's eyes are going back and forth between the necklace and the Pokemon.]
You're Ralph's, right? Where did you get this? No way he bought it for you.
Don't mind him. He doesn't appreciate pretty things very much.
[Blake's eyes are going back and forth between the necklace and the Pokemon.]
You're Ralph's, right? Where did you get this? No way he bought it for you.
Edited 2015-12-10 09:42 (UTC)
[Bossy keeps her attention on Blake but keeps one ear turned Steve's way.]
Mine doesn't either. It's a shame.
[And then to Blake:]
Shrew shrew! Sandshrew! Sand sand shrew!
[Bossy makes a pantomime of herself holding a pickaxe an a shovel and toiling away for MONTHS. She even wipes her little brow.]
Mine doesn't either. It's a shame.
[And then to Blake:]
Shrew shrew! Sandshrew! Sand sand shrew!
[Bossy makes a pantomime of herself holding a pickaxe an a shovel and toiling away for MONTHS. She even wipes her little brow.]
[Blake's brow furrows. He thinks he gets what she's trying to say, but that doesn't mean he buys it.]
You just dug those up. All of them. And got them all cut and polished, too.
[Steve shows off just how polished they are by giving a twirl.]
You just dug those up. All of them. And got them all cut and polished, too.
[Steve shows off just how polished they are by giving a twirl.]
[Bossy plants her paws on her hips and gives Blake a firm nod.]
[That is EXACTLY what she did.]
[More or less.]
[That is EXACTLY what she did.]
[More or less.]
And made the setting, too.
Instead of, say, just picking it up from a jewelry store when nobody was looking.
Instead of, say, just picking it up from a jewelry store when nobody was looking.
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