And we're standing on top of our hopes and fears

[cheerhealer]

Who: claire bennet and anyone who wants to visit her
Where: the jail
When: 2/16 starting early morning and going for a little while i guess
What: claire got in a little trouble with the law, and there's no nathan or noah to bail her out. uh oh.
Warnings: none?

Her injuries are healed now, but Voids are still around her, blocking out her ability. It's a little irritating. She should have been more careful, but ... No use crying over spilled milk, right? She had exercised her right to remain silent to the fullest extent, unwilling to give up any information or motive.

She sat in the visitors room, arms crossed. The orange jumpsuit reminded her of when she had been taken in by the government back home.

Comments

[ace_attorney]

Er... Well, I suppose that would require putting up bail. Or if it's somewhere I can get to it, I can get it myself.

[cheerhealer]

My uncle said he would pay for my bail.

[ace_attorney]

All right... Then it'll have to wait until then.

Can you tell me more about what happened when you were confronted by security?

[cheerhealer]

There isn't really a lot to tell. They confronted us, I tried to distract them, and then it turned into a short fight. [ a short painful fight. ]

[ace_attorney]

Well... Who were "they"? What kind of force did they use on you?

[cheerhealer]

I don't know, the Voids that were the security. The worst they did was taser me.

[ace_attorney]

Well, they'd certainly be justified in that...

To be honest, Ms. Bennet, I'm not sure I see too many options here. What have you told the police so far? Anything?

[cheerhealer]

I haven't told them anything. Everything they know is whatever the security told them.

[ace_attorney]

(A lot of help that that is...)

Well, unless there's something in that document that would justify this in some sense, Ms. Bennet... The best bet either way is some kind of plea bargain.

[cheerhealer]

What would that be? [ She liked it better when her dad(s) got her out of trouble. ]

[ace_attorney]

In general? Pleading no contest or guilty in return for a reduced sentence, and ideally not involving being turned over to AGI at any point.

If there really is proof of their crimes on that document, though... Well, frankly, it's a matter of negotiation between us and the AGI lawyers.

(Not the cleanest side of the law, of course.)

Who was "we", by the way?

[cheerhealer]

Okay. [ she hesitates. ]

I don't want him to get involved in any of this. He's just a kid. [ kind of ]

[ace_attorney]

It's a pretty important fact, regardless, Ms. Bennet, if there was someone else there.

[cheerhealer]

I'm not getting him involved in this. It was my idea.

[ace_attorney]

(Doesn't that mean you did get him involved in this?)

It's not a matter of getting him involved in it, necessarily... But it's part of the facts that I need to know.

[cheerhealer]

[ Shh don't question her logic. ]

Why? He didn't do anything wrong.

[ace_attorney]

If they find out in some other way, I need to be prepared, for starters. The most important tool of a lawyer is knowing all the facts.

(Plus, if he was there, he was already doing something wrong... But I'm not a prosecutor, anyway.)

[cheerhealer]

They won't find out. [ If he keeps his mouth shut. Which ... she hopes he'll be able to do. At least until she gets out and can talk to him. Still, she sounded fairly confident (and more than a little stubborn). ]

[ace_attorney]

You can't be sure of that, Ms. Bennet. It's better to be prepared. Statements like this are confidential, so, please, don't hide anything.

[cheerhealer]

I'm not telling you who it is.

[ace_attorney]

(Right. I forgot how much I missed having clients like this.)

Why not?

[cheerhealer]

I already told you. He's just a kid; I'm not having him involved in any of this.

[ace_attorney]

You already have gotten him involved in this, Ms. Bennet. It won't do any harm to tell me now, in case they find him first.

[cheerhealer]

[ ... Damn your logic, Wright! ]

Fine. His name's Loki. I don't know his NV number off the top of my head, but he's on the network a lot.

[ace_attorney]

All right... I'll try to talk to him. Confidentially, as I said.

I'll arrange with your uncle about the bail, then. Is there anything else that I should know?