n the meantime, over in another universe where the laws were enforced with the use of a system installed in every individual in the universe, another unfortunate lawyer unloaded his pent up frustrations on a very considerate friend,who also happened to be his recent system-assigned client. "Ohhhhmahguuuh,lista,do you know what this document meaaaans?" ken Farrier's voice ended on a high note,punctuated by shrieking sobs loosed as he buried his damp cheeks in Alistair Montague's shoulder, unreservedly unleashing a rain of fists against Alistair's upper back. "As if that weren't bad enough, you somehow got yourself in trouble and now You're stuck with me as your trial lawyer. What bullshit is this, being sued for embezzling from the widows and orphans fund your own family oversees?"
"Oh,that," Alistair nodded as he frowned. "I had a feeling that would come through soon,but how did you get assigned to it? That's an outrageously clear conflict of interest." <<Incorrect assumption: the system shows no conflict of interest found, if anything, the assigned lawyer is more likely to be very interested in exonerating the defendant. Additional note: lawyer Ken has one quest left before demotion and removal from level C city privileges. If this quest fails, lawyer ken will be forcibly moved to the nearest level D city. Additionally,if lawyer Ken fails,plaintiff's family will be stripped of all rights and demoted to level G citizens. However,in the impossible case of lawyer ken's successful defense of Alistair, lawyer ken's system rating will be reset to 0 and be reinstated as a level A citizen,based on his birthright rather than his job skull level.>>hearing and seeing the system's message regarding Alistair's case,ken visibly wilted, climbing in his friend's lap to continue sobbing uncontrollably. "We're doomed,old friend. You should abandon me while you still have status have your parents pull strings, whatever you can do to get away from this damned curse of mine. Speaking of! I called you earlier to share a document i found while looking for laws in my parents law books for your case. Turns out i WAS supposed to be a pastry chef as I thought! My rating as a pastry chef was even triple S, that's unheard of! My lawyer rating has been at D+ level since it was assigned by the system, and there have been no quests i could complete to raise the rating. My parents got around the system assignment process by calling in these heritage rules, look. All because my great great grandfather raised his job level to triple ZS. It's too bad i got none of his talent for it. I'm too soft. I need to learn to be ruthless. I just know I can do it for you! I'll win this bullshit case and countersue! Unless your parents can get you a real lawyer who can save you. You don't deserve this mess, Alistair." Ken curled up against his best friend, huddling under a blanket as he slowly drifted to sleep with tears drying on his cheeks Alistair was suddenly startled by a sudden snore erupting from his congested and damp friend, scooped the underweight and no-doubt-stubbornly-starving friend, gently and calmly placing him in his bed before gentlyt ucking the covers around the young man, patting his head as he turned to leave the room. His phone suddenly rang, the lyrics of an old favorite ringtone claiming the singer to be"white and nerdy," blasting from his pocket. Quickly answering,Alistair muttered "yea?" Into his handset, holding it up to his mouth like he was eating a piece of pizza. A youthful young man whined from the handset, asking his big brother to take him to school because he was late again. "No problem. I'll be there in ten, make sure you have breakfast too." Hanging up, Alistair shoved the phone into his back pocket, snagged Ken's apartment keys to lock up behind himself, not that Ken's neighbors would do anything worse than sneak snacks into his cupboards or magically find fresh milk in his fridge.
<<Beeep beep beep- host must awaken to avoid missing the first day of trial in Alistair vs kimbowlcut trial. Beeeep, wake up wakeUp mr. Farrier cease thine slumber immediately.>> Ben was startled into wakefulness by a sudden andoud blaring echoing from what he perceived as his brain. Deeply confused, ben rubbed his eyes to scrub a crusted layer of dried tears that seemed intent on keeping his eyes glued shut. Finally opening his eyes,he struggled to focus on bright red and yellow warnings flashing on either side of his peripheral vision. Blinking rapidly,he finally recovered the words, which matched the loudly yelling voice "ok I'm awake,pipe down strange voice. What the friggity fraggity fucktoad is going on?"
