Hey who the hell is this guy? (Open & Closed)

[quizpersona]

Who: A man who isn't going by "Gogol" right now
Where: Aldrip (now with better accuracy!) The Inn, an abandoned house at the edges of town, at a diner.
What: The assorted shenanigans related to a certain local murder clown who has faked his own perma-death to assume a different identity. There will be various toplevels in the comments. This is "closed-ish" because it's not 100% closed but there's a lot of ooc plotting and scheming going on so please come join in on the plotting scheming instead of blitzing in with a "hey you guys that's obviously Gogol" when other people are investigating.

Getting short-lived CR with the nice, helpful, and well-mannered salaryman is 100% open though because frankly that's funny.

Edit: now including a top level for his sentencing failure.

Warnings: Kidnapping, nsfw dialogue, law advice for the dubious, torture (includes finger trauma).

Comments

[notthekingpin]

[ Goosebumps, really. Listen to him go. The anxious gestures with the steady heartbeat. Beautiful. 10/10. ]

Of course. You tell him I'll be here when he needs a listening ear. It's all confidential, anyway, like confessing to a priest.

[ What about any of this is fun indeed... Matt takes a moment to consider that, shifting his weight crossing his legs under the table. ]

It's gallows humor, I apologize if you find it disquieting. But the thing is...the more serious the crime, the harder the defense. I like a challenge. I like getting my hands dirty and digging down and figuring out how to get all the little pieces to line up nicely. Justice is best served by an adversarial system, and I have no problem playing the devil's advocate.

[ he moves the salt and pepper shakers and lines them up with the jelly holder and the napkin tin, making a neat little row, and with each piece that he puts down, he articulates it with one of the following: ]

Kidnapping, torture, murder, arson. Those are all complicated crimes. Complicated crimes have complicated elements, and each element must be proven. Easy crimes are a dime a dozen, but what's the point? Why play around with the local pussycats when you can be a tiger?

[quizpersona]

[ "Like confessing to a priest" pulls out a sensible little chuckle, but the tail end of the sound ends up as something a bit incredulous. As the makeshift chess pieces get lined up he watches along like it's the most intriguing puppet show in the world. ]

So, in other words, it's all about finding something that'll actually pose a challenge to you in the first place.

[ It's the last statement that's the most interesting though. Makes it sound like there's some kind of ambition. Disrupting the neatly ordered line of items he plucks the pepper shaker up, seemingly for scrutiny, but his eyes slide over the top of it to settle on the law man instead. ]

What's that? ...Do you consider yourself to be a tiger, sir?

[notthekingpin]

Of course. Can't you see my stripes?

[ Matt loves making jokes about sight, they make people so uncomfortable you see.

But this is more than just ambition--this is confidence. He's so certain. He knows he's better than the rest. ]

[quizpersona]

My apologies, I suppose not. You camouflage quite well after all. Although, something tells me that I'll still be able to spot you out in a crowd.

[ Pinching another onion ring for the road he slides out form the booth and offers a polite bow to dismiss himself. He could stay longer and honestly is tempted to for a moment. But he's got plucky teenagers who have stolen his property to teach a lesson to. ]

...He'll be in touch.