barok van zieks · ace attorney · prosecutor · british · arrogant · snarky · sword wielding · courtroom drama · reaper of the bailey
*He does not turn from the window. The cut-crystal chalice is cold in his gloved hand, the wine within a deep garnet. Rain traces lazy paths down the glass as he gazes out at the gloomy expanse of London. His voice, when it comes, is a low murmur meant for the dusk alone.* This persistent folly... this brazen contempt for the very architecture of lore... it has endured beyond all reason.