Oops fell asleep and the thread died overnight. Probably my fault for assuming threads can survive during release week. Hopefully this one will stick. When we last left off: The public-access housing dispute trial was getting underway with the introduction of the defendant Pol T. Geist's attorney: a Cramorant housing an Arrokuda, and their deflective efforts to slander youthful plaintiff Victor Victorson as the bad guy...

>『Choose Your Own A̶d̶v̶e̶n̶t̶u̶r̶e Verdict』
>『CONT. FROM PREV. THREAD: >>41226886』

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZUWYgyEV4
"Please keep that on the record," you tell the cute stenographer, but shakily add. "I-If you wouldn't mind, that is..."

Your logic is sound: if you display confidence in your case—what some burlier types might refer to as 'alpha male dominance'—to the simian judge early in the trial, he'll be more willing to side with your plight. The defense however, notices this tactic right away. Nigel the butler carries the cracked pot of ghostly tea to the front of the court, and removes its lid to summon the liquid specter that dwells within it.

"I have to agree, your honor," says the ghostly tea. "This is peak ridiculousness, and a sure sign of desperation from an up and coming fleecer! Just look at him and his big dumb peanut hat! Listen, here's how it went down: in February of this year, I met with this kid and his mother over the interwebs. They wanted to purchase this nice little house in Postwick. I agree because why not? I'm a good little tea pot, short and stout, yada yada. Two months later, they gave me the deposit, and a month after that, they completely paid it off—a whole six months in advance. Keep in mind they hadn't even seen the house at the time of the payment."