barok van zieks

[grigori]

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week 0; monday

[grigori]

[ okay, for a change of pace where is van zieks? rameel will be right behind him when he turns around. ]

A complaint? You didn't like the gift?

[winebar]

[HM, TERRIBLE. Lets say he was just out by the lighthouse, staring into the fucking sea. He startles when he turns around just to see this clown.]

Is that your way of referring to those ridiculous outfits? Then yes, I did not like the gift.

[grigori]

[ a clown who is doing one of those "kawaii selfie" poses. ]

Were they really that ridiculous? I thought it was quite flattering on everyone; it brought out best assets from some of you.

[winebar]

[Van Zieks: god fucking damnit why are there so many fucking clowns in this city.]

You were incorrect.
[THE AMOUNT OF SKIN THOSE OUTFITS SHOWED!!!! WHILE THEMED AFTER NUNS???? HIS VICTORIAN SENSIBILITIES, RAMEEL!!!!!]

[grigori]

[ because it's a circus. honk honk honk. ]

Was I? Shame. I don't have the receipts for them anymore to return them either, then again, some of your burned the gift.

You're a destructive lot, meow.

[winebar]

[Folding his arms. He's just gonna. Ignore that meow.]

That wasn't me. Though given how haphazardly we were welcomed here, I can hardly blame people for their frustration.

[In any case;]
What are we here to do?

[grigori]

[ they're striking a "cat" pose with every new sentence/meow. ]

You haven't heard yet, meow? That's really strange, meow.

You're here to settle a conflict, meow.

[winebar]

Stop meowing and explain properly.

[PLEASE HE IS SO TIRED.]

[grigori]

Nyahaha.

I am explaining things. You're here to settle a conflict of two sides. I wager you can guess what those two sides are?

[winebar]

The Celestials and the Temporals, I presume. Does that mean you are not allies of the three that emerged from the tower earlier today?

[grigori]

Correct, meow.

[ in a suddenly serious tone. ]

I don't hate them, but I'm not about to befriend them. They stand in the way.

[winebar]

And what is this conflict? It seems I was "assigned" to you Temporals, but what if I happen to disagree with your side of the dispute?

[grigori]

To my original knowledge, you weren't supposed to be "assigned" but decided on your own to join the Temporals.

[ hmm. still serious. ]

What would you say is most important to you, van Zieks?

[winebar]

[HM. Things sure are all sorts of Not How They Were Supposed To Be, huh!!! At least this question is an easy one to answer.]

The truth.

[grigori]

How far would you go for that truth, van Zieks? How many people would you step over for it?

[winebar]

I am a prosecutor. My pursuit of the truth occurs within the confines of the law. If you are asking whether I would partake in wanton vigilantism for the sake of my "truth," then no. Sometimes what seems to me to be the "truth" of some matter is wrong. That is the function of a court of law. Multiple eyes and minds are needed to ascertain things for what they are.

[grigori]

"Wanton vigilantism".

Interesting that is where your mind went. It wasn't what I was referring to, however. [ they'll lean back with arms crossed. ] You might not like me van Zieks but I think I'll like you a lot.

You remind me of someone.

[winebar]

It's something I was routinely accused of until very recently. You may attribute that for why my mind leapt to such a conclusion.

What were you referring to, then?
[JUST IGNORING THE LATTER HALF BECAUSE HE'S NOT YOUR FRIEND, GUY.]

[grigori]

This is a judgement free place, van Zieks.

[ they just want to be friends wow? ]

How many people would you step on in order to obtain your truth? You said "within the confines of the law", but we don't have laws here. We're a self-governing society.

The rules we have in place are ones we've unconsciously decided as a collective.

[winebar]

I don't intend to "step on" anyone, and I hardly see why I should have to oppress others just to find the truth?

[grigori]

So you would see it as "oppression". Interesting.

No comment on how we currently exist in a lawless land?

[winebar]

What do you want me to say? This city is deserted. You've apparently had to enlist foreigners for outside help. Obviously it hasn't worked.

[HE WAS TRYING TO BE POLITE BY NOT POINTING IT OUT!]

[grigori]

[ don't be polite around them. ]

I haven't enlisted anyone; someone else above me decided to do that. Is this place truly deserted? What of the children?

Won't anyone think of the children...

[winebar]

[He's a Victorian aristocrat he can't just be openly rude he has to be passive aggressive.]

As far as having any semblance of law or order. Street children surely aren't involved.

[grigori]

[ hmm. ]

No desire to put law and order in place?