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Post by Eric Davenport on Jun 19, 2017 12:49:44 GMT -6
Eric rushed through the crowds that covered the sidewalks down 1st Street, hoping to make it on time to the special presentation the University was hosting for its students and faculty. He had lost track of time during his free period, when he had left to go drop off some important documents he had found for Arista earlier that morning.
Finally arriving at the front doors of the building, he made his way towards the auditorium where the speaker would be giving his presentation. Eric hadn't heard a whole lot about who was supposed to show up, other than the topic of the presentation would have to do with law and order, specifically with court cases, and that it was highly encouraged that everyone attend.
Perhaps it's a lawyer or a judge, Eric thought as he entered through the large doors and found a seat near the back. Luckily he had made it on time, though he was surprised to find the place was packed. In past seminars, it was usually just a handful of students and teachers in the room, as most young adults enrolled in the University found the sessions too long and boring.
Did I miss an important memo? he thought as he looked around at the excited faces surrounding him, most of them being women.
Puzzled, he turned towards the front of the room where a large blackboard had been set up, noticing a few letters written against the black surface in stark-white chalk. He frowned when he read the sentence - or rather, the name - written there in fancy, cursive handwriting:
John Diveriõ.
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Post by John Diveriõ on Jun 19, 2017 20:47:12 GMT -6
John was just busy backstage, getting his papers and making sure they were properly placed so he didn't misplace the notes, yet again, if he did; he knew law like a person would know their name. Besides he just had to teach about, laws and court cases. And to think he had to just be in the court; someone was accessing the Black Market to access a deadly street drug to make an explosive that could kill anyone in the matter of a day; for one of the 'oh so many' deadly mafias which were around the city, but that one was amateur. So getting rid of it was a peice of cake.
He quickly entered the room, putting the papers on the table, John smirked turning back and took his blazer off, and whenever he did, it was partially dramatized because it was fun that way, John turned back, he definitely had everyone's attention. Actually a few people went to the front seats or trying to jam themselves in the tight space. Aww poor things, I guess they just don't have fun, now do they? John let out a chuckle and put the blazer on the edge of the black board and than looked at everyone.
"So I'll be talking about law and order," He went to the black board, drawing a balanced symbol and a lady with her eyes covered in a cloth, atleast he was a good drawer, John smirked and said, "At the end of the day, I'm guessing we all want justice for the innocent party, but alas that's not always the case. And what truly aches unfortunate reality is either the misuse of a law or rule for ones personal gain, or to slyly use it that makes one seem innocent when that isn't the case; laws are misused and unless if carefully implemented for room of little error such as misuse or overuse; claiming one law in the constitution for defense and it's repetitive, so anyone can combat you if they know, even if you're innocent. Because like the world, it isn't actually fair." And for anyone who wasn't listening, he took the chalk creating a kind of mind map and wrote what he said in dot points with a few words so they could write it. Just as they were writing the notes down, he noticed a man giving him a suspicious eye. And John chuckled, amused as always.
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Post by Eric Davenport on Jun 29, 2017 15:15:55 GMT -6
Eric watched as the tall, blonde speaker walked out and whisked his blazer away, much to the sighing adoration of the swarm of female students cramming towards the front of the auditorium. The man seemed to laugh at their response as he immediately grabbed a piece of chalk and started drawing the lady of justice on the blackboard.
"So I'll be talking about law and order," Mr. Diveriõ called out as the white medium worked its way across the board. "At the end of the day, I'm guessing we all want justice for the innocent party," he continued, his face turning up into a hint of a smirk. "But alas that's not always the case."
The speaker then continued to talk about the faulty justice system, how the laws marked innocent people as guilty and vice versa... It was an interesting way to start out the overall presentation, and Eric frowned, not quite sure what to make of the guy.
He couldn't quite refute the idea that there wasn't a hint of truth to Diveriõ's words; he had spent a good amount of time in D.C. studying the country's history to know that the justice system didn't always work well in protecting the innocent and condemning the guilty, especially now that crime had risen to new heights lately. It was something every civilization and group of people faced throughout the history of mankind on a daily basis.
But when it came to Gatsberry specifically, the justice system was enormously flawed, proved in just the fact that Don Korso Marcello had such a hold on the town that any crimes that Eric was almost sure were done by the mafia couldn't be pinned on the guy. Usually it was either from lack of evidence or contradicting witness reports, both of which left the police force brave enough to stick around frustrated. And most people who had anything to say openly about their dislike of the way things were in the town were gone before they could even blink - one of many reasons as to why Eric quietly continued to live his life the best he could without getting into trouble. But as he stared at the speaker up front, he couldn't help but feel off by Mr. Diveriõ.
Who is this guy, anyway? Eric wondered as he watched him with a wary eye. Everyone else around him seemed to be enamored by him, but while his works sounded sweet, Eric wasn't quite so sure the man's tongue matched the person on the inside. Hearing Mr. Diveriõ talk about twisting country and state laws for a criminal's own personal gain kept coming back in his mind as the guy continued to speak.
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Post by John Diveriõ on Jun 30, 2017 4:52:58 GMT -6
(Sorry if it's really long! John had a lot to say XDD)
John grinned widely as his eyes looked around the room with one specific male, who didn't seem to be so 'pleased' with his presence but it wasn't John's fault, he was technically one of the best lawyers in all of Gatsberry. Considering he knew how to use the messed up laws to his advantage at winning an argument, yes; that was messed up, yes; that wasn't fair, but all he could do to live and get some lovely cash in his pocket with ease.
John smirked, "But alas," John gave a dramatic, sad sigh. As a bit of a joke, "the punishments and the ways the laws are implemented are not humain, per say," John coughed, "it's either, you being set free if you have the money, connections and social skills to get out or," John chuckled and got the chalk, and drew a line where the lady of justices neck was, than looked back at everyone. "may death do their unfortunate luck part." He put the chalk on the presenting table."So, considering the laws are two extremes, their is no equilibrium. Which causes genuine mayhem and scrutiny, so this is one way on being careful when pleading a case; do it well? Than your client lives, if not?" John smiled making an 'X' on lady of Justice's eyes, one on each. "Death will reach them pretty quick." He knew Korso was ruthless and anyone who'd 'Dare' to go openly against Korso would die from his men on a typical day.
"So the best thing to do is have an argument that doesn't have one repeated point, but a multitude." He took the eraser for the board and wiped the drawing off, he wrote down, "So first we have the 'main point'; where you tell your cases side of the story, the second part, after your opposition speaks of course, is; evidence, what 'took place' and where they were at, during the scene and how that makes them innocent." As John wrote 'Main point' and 'Evidence' on the board in bullet point formation. On over the other, and for more visual learners he made a half circle that was closing in, where he wrote 'Main point' in the first gap and evidence in the smaller gap. "And one important thing, when you're talking about evidence; It's CRUCIAL that you don't say it all at once, let your opposition speak out whatever and when it comes back, you can easily counterattack their points with yours since they didn't excpect the sudden 'knowledge', you can easily counterattack. But make sure it's something that's correlated because uttering random garbáge doesn't help."
John waited for everyone to write down in whatever way they felt comfortable wether it be bullet points or a more visual representation, "And last thing is, conclusion. Yes, I know this sounds like English class but bare with me." He said jokingly, causing most of the people to chuckle, "That's pretty simple, just say what your client 'actually' did and how the other person is not innocent, sounds simple." John folded his arms and smirked, "And considering you've been awfully attentive; I'll give a lucky few the chance to do a live demonstration on what I've been talking about, since I'm sure half of you are tired from sitting on your asses for a while." That wasn't soo conventional, nor ways it professional but the students chuckled and so did the faculty, because that was true! They would be tired at sitting in boring classes. But some were still writing so he waited for them.
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Post by Eric Davenport on Jul 7, 2017 12:23:41 GMT -6
Eric continued to listen to the presentation with a wary ear, occasionally glancing at the other faculty members to gauge their expressions. But while Eric seemed to be cautious, the majority of the teachers were nodding their heads along with him and occasionally laughing along with the speaker.
Is this guy really that appealing? he wondered as he looked at the audience's enamored faces. It made him slightly confused, leading him to doubt his own feelings slightly. Maybe I'm just being paranoid... Everyone else seems to enjoy the presentation except me... And it wasn't like Mr. Diveriõ said anything overly disturbing. At least, not something that was blatantly concerning.
But even with the thought that he was just being overly anxious for no reason, Eric couldn't shake the feeling that something was off with this fellow.
"And considering you've been awfully attentive," the speaker named John continued to say, "I'll give a lucky few the chance to do a live demonstration on what I've been talking about, since I'm sure half of you are tired from sitting on your asses for a while." The audience started to laugh along with Mr. Diveriõ, all with the exception for Eric who was currently looking at the speaker with a raised brow.
Exactly what kind of demonstration is he talking about? he thought, his eyes wandering ever so slowly over towards the chalkboard with the decapitated and crossed-out Lady of Justice John had drawn.
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Post by John Diveriõ on Jul 15, 2017 3:36:17 GMT -6
John's eyes moved across the room at the speed of light, still catching that one male who seemingly didn't seems as pleased as everyone else, naww~! John thought that he could protest against the saying "You cant please everyone", what a sad little man, maybe he could join? John bursted into laughter, causing the audience to look at him confused. And John's gaze went straight to Eric, making it obvious to EVERYONE who he was looking at, since the dark haired male's 'seeming paranoia' was interesting, to say the least.
He chuckled slightly and said loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear him, "SOMETHING THE MATTER MR. DEVANPORT?" John was inruiged to see how the other male would respond, considering all eyes were on him, everyone just waiting for an answer.
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