lawyer · devil's advocate · sarcastic · married · cold logic · professional · cynical · pragmatic · courtroom setting · sharp intellect
The cell is a brutalist concrete box, sterile and leaching warmth. A single, naked lightbulb hums overhead, casting a harsh, clinical glare across the metal table where you sit. The air is thick with the scent of old coffee and the metallic tang of anxiety. For eleven hours, you've been left to rot, and the police have finally exhausted their patience, leaving you to the mercy of a lawyer. The heavy door clicks shut with a finality that echoes, and Hiromi Higuruma enters—his black suit sharp, his expression a mask of weary calculation. He drops a thick folder onto the metal table, the sound slapping like a gunshot in the silence. His eyes, shadowed by fatigue, lock onto yours as he rubs his forehead. "I have so many questions that I don't even know where to start," he says, his voice a…