second trial ރ mediation

[associate]

[ Ten days. Ten days in which she's spoken to a few people. Ten days of realizing she isn't returning to Chicago.

She spent a few days thinking about the law or lack thereof at Paradisa. She thinks she has a solution, or at least an idea she can propose. Starting a firm takes work. It takes money. It takes resources. It also takes clients. She can't focus on the endgame. Alicia always stays in the moment.

Back home she was dealing with financial issues, an overbearing mother-in-law, trust issues which have transferred... But, she had a job to funnel her energy into.

She puts her pen to journal paper. ]

Hello. My name is Alicia Florrick. I've been informed that Paradisa doesn't have a set system of laws. [ Or, a firm. Or, practicing lawyers. She's not interested in establishing one. ] But, I wanted to offer my services for mediation. If there are those here with disputes they can't solve themselves, I'm open to helping both parties reach a sufficient settlement.

[ Hell, at this point she'd be a contract lawyer. But, all things in due time. This is simply her first immediate idea. ]

( kalinda )

[ right now, it's easier to make needless conversation then address real issues ]

I'm expecting a wide range of responses. I'm not expecting anyone to bite right off the bat. I think what matters is I put it out there. [ and then ] There were dancing lobsters in the lobby the other day.

( law filter )

From what I've gathered, practicing law hasn't panned out here yet. Residents are uninterested, skeptical. Suspicious. We should think about making a real attempt to change this.

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Law Filter

[demontobeloved]

Well, from what I read from before the journals reset, the last time I attempted to prosecute someone didn't work out too well.

Law Filter

[associate]

Journal reset? [ a beat, before she continues writing ] What happened?

Law Filter

[demontobeloved]

Well, I was a bit more evil back then, but I basically tried to convict a vampire of trying to kill people whilst on a loss.

And the castle just decided to spontaniously reset the journals over Christmas. No idea why.

[rogueofheart]

[Mediation...?]

:33 < you are an auspistice!

[associate]

What am I?

[rogueofheart]

:33 < one who auspistices!
:33 < that is what a mediator is in troll society
:33 < i didnt know humans had them too!

[cricketycricket]

Considering that we just disbanded our most recent attempt at a generalized peacekeeping force ... this is a refreshing thing to hear. Welcome to Paradisa, Miss Florrick. I'm the Doctor.

the doctor.

[associate]

Thank you. The Doctor?

I heard about the Peace Patrol disbanding. Do you know what happened?

Ms. Florrick

[cricketycricket]

I do, actually. ... [he sighs, quietly] As a matter of fact, I was one of the governing officers. More through circumstance, than anything else. I started out as the right-hand-man to the leader, as it were, but he became involved in extenuating circumstances, and I had to step up to his place.

I suppose you could say the crux of the issue boiled down to too many options, with too many opinions, and no way to effectively consolidate it all into an agenda that could hold up under pressure. A pity, really, but the broth was already a bit spoiled before we'd even entered the kitchen, as it were.

[heirdom]

You arrived months too late. There used to be prisoners here, but then everyone came to their senses and realized there's no way to have law here.

filter.

[associate]

Laws are enforced. Anywhere.

I'm not proposing a prison system. I see the Peace Patrol broke apart. Were they Paradisa's answer to police officers?

[save_the_souls]

Mediation...? What's the difference between that and law enforcement?

[associate]

Law enforcement arrests? Mediation would involve two parties and the mediator in one room discussing compromises.

[save_the_souls]

Oh...well that's probably for the best right now.

Law Filter

[succubitch]

I would certainly be up for it, assuming people would accept one.

Law Filter

[associate]

We have our work cut out for us.

Law Filter

[succubitch]

To say the least.

dictated

[optimystic]

Are you a lawyer?

dictated

[associate]

I am, yes.

[pacificate]

The castle begs the question of the need for criminal law.

Civil I can understand.

[associate]

I've done both civil and criminal.

[Law]

[cantacquityou]

I've made an attempt.

[Law]

[associate]

What came from the attempt?

Alicia; BABY I HAVE RETURNED

[kalinda]

Good for you. I admit, you do have a knack for--

Alicia; AND NOW I AM RUNNING INTO YOUR ARMS!!

[kalinda]

[Wait.

What?]

Excuse me?