13301/Forms In Triplicate

Forms In Triplicate
Date of Scene:	07 November 2022
Location:	6C - Matt Murdock
Synopsis:	Jessica Jones comes by to pick up some legal papers from Matt. Boxer doesn't attack her.
Cast of Characters:	Matthew Murdock, Jessica Jones

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Matthew Murdock has posed:
Matt Murdock traces his fingers over the document one last time. Reading it via feeling the extra thickness of the printed letters on it. If he were in the offices of Nelson and Murdock, or before a client, he would be using a little scanner on it that translates the words onto a braille pad. But no need for it when it's just Matt and Boxer here.

Boxer being the cat that is curled up on his lap at present, having sought out the warm spot once Daisy left for the Triskelion.

"Well," Matt says to the cat in his deep, even tones. "I think this should work well enough for a boiler plate client agreement for Jessica," he says, setting the page back into the small stack of documents he's prepared for her to use with her clients.

Jessica Jones has posed:
Jessica is miraculously not late to the meeting she set with Matt, knocking at his door almost on the dot, leading one to suggest that just maybe she didn't spend the night drinking away for a change. Her outfit, however, is pretty much the usual Jessica Jones 'uniform', considering she rarely is seen in any other getups.

She waits for Matt to finish his final review before reaching for the stack of documents, "thank god, really appreciate your help, can't believe that sleazeball Stewart fucked me over with his Lawyering Fu, was really about time I get a proper lawyer fix me a better contract boiler plate."

Matthew Murdock has posed:
Matt Murdock isn't wearing his usual suit, suggesting he's not planning on going into the office today. He's already on his feet at the sound of Jessica's footfalls arriving on the floor and coming down the hallway. He meets her at the door and lets her in.

"Well, it didn't really cover everything you'd want," Matt agrees, if being kind to the one who drew up her previous set of documents. "It's a little longer, but I tried to keep it short enough that it wouldn't freak anyone out, either," he says.

Matt closes the door behind her, and motions her over towards the couch, where the paperwork is sitting out on the coffee table for her to go over. "Cup of coffee? Or some water?" he asks her, pausing in the space between the couch and the nearby open kitchen.

Boxer hops off the couch while Jessica is still on her feet, moving over partway to her. Sniffing from a distance.

Jessica Jones has posed:
"I don't speak lawyer, but I'm sure whatever you put in there is better than what I had, not getting paid for BS really fucked me up good," Jessica grumbles, a slight twitch in her eye, "imagine, having to battle over words as well...fucking perfect." Jess eyes Boxer as he sniffs at her direction, asking Matt, "no chance that thing will jump at me, is there?" Before nodding at the mention of the coffee, "yeah, coffee would actually be a nice touch this morning."

Matthew Murdock has posed:
Matt turns his head towards Boxer, not that he's looking at him, but he knows the mannerism helps the sighted who are used to reading such things. "I don't know. I guess depends on how good of a judge of character he is," Matt replies, his tone nice and level as it usually is - it's a great trait for a lawyer to have - yet Jessica can tell there's a bit of joking there from his expression as he delivers the line that could be taken two different ways.

"Boxer's a good kitty," he says, reaching down to pet the cat. Matt didn't seem the cat type. He wasn't. Yet he was won over in the end. "Well this one should be tougher for anyone to contest," he tells her. "There's a phrase, a 'meeting of the minds', which the old one didn't spell out quite clearly enough what all services you would and wouldn't provide. Left room for the argument you might not have done enough, in areas that really you shouldn't be expected to," he says.

He moves into the kitchen, starting a fresh pot of coffee going. "So I haven't gotten word from Colleen or Elektra in awhile," he comments. "Have you heard from them?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Imagine being judged by a cat," Jessica sounds exasperated, as she cautiously moves towards the kitchen along with Matt, keeping a suspicious eye on Boxer.

"I'm sure he is, can't think of anything in your vicinity, that ever would be evil. Except Elektra." Yeah, Jess can also play the 'not sure if compliment' game. "I heard from neither, I mean, Elektra tends to disappear in her scheming Hand related bullshit errands. I personally think she's living the high life while away from us...Colleen though? Not like her to disappear. She's annoying enough to make sure you'd know she's around..."

Matthew Murdock has posed:
His back to Jessica while he's preparing the coffee, Matt repeats, "Imagine being judged by a cat? Jess. You don't know much about cats, do you? That's all they spend their time doing is judging their human servants," he says, that voice so even that he could be speaking of the traffic report without changing it.

He pours two cups of coffee into mugs. The mug that Jessica gets has the word 'Hacker' struck through to be replaced beneath it by "Security Professional". Matt sets some creamer and sugar on the counter for Jessica, though he's guessing she won't need it. He adds a little creamer to his own, stirring it in.

"After their attempt on us, have been more worried about them," he says of the Black Sky attack that took place at Josie's Pub. "I'll try them again in a bit," he decides.

"So, how is everything else going for you?"

Jessica Jones has posed:
"I know they like to knock stuff off tables and annoy everyone," the P.I. offers her take on cats, "ah, human servants, guess that's a reason I don't have one." She chuckles at the mug, "is that Daisy's touch? Funny, I like it."

Jessica indeed doesn't touch the sugar or creamer as she sips the coffee, "not bad, is that a regular store brand or something fancy for fancy guests?" She asks, joke being she's as far as you'd get from fancy, though she could play the part, some might be surprised to learn of the places she cheated admittance into in her P.I. profession.

"Yeah, I'm still replacing bandages, those blades are fucking sharp, and a pain..."

"I'm not too bad, a bit slower in new cases, those I do get are run of the mill cheating spouses, case in point why I don't even try to get married...and then I been thinking of going back to that guy I been telling you about, Saki whats his face...from the Brooklyn Dojo?"

Matthew Murdock has posed:
Matt opens the cabinet to pull out the brand of coffee. Not one she's seen before, likely. "It has the fewest additives," he tells her. "This one has beans from Peru, which are usually the best. Sometimes they get them from Bolivia and they have a bit more of a..." he says, pausing as if finding words to describe the flavor.

He gives up and instead shrugs. "Well, I'm pretty particular. It's not just my sense of smell that's acute you know," he tells her. "Speaking of, you probably want to stick with letting me pick restaurants if you don't want to know the details about the hygiene of a favorite place," he says with a quiet chuckle.

Matt nods, carrying his coffee mug back into the living area. "Yes, Daisy's mug," he says. "Sometimes I wonder that she ended up in SHIELD instead of jail," he says. "Though sometimes I wonder how much difference there is," he adds in a wry tone.

Taking his seat, leaving room for Jessica in front of the papers, he says, "You know I could teach you meditation to help with that." Indeed his wounds are all gone. "Thinking of going back? Must have made a good impression on you."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Yeah, I'm not that concerned about additives, we're all fucked and gonna die anyways." Jessica sagely offers, "but it makes since you'd have the good stuff, definitely tastes better than Dunkin' coffee."

"She's really into the whole hack your life kind of thing? Tell to not hack with my sheet, my balance sheet that is!"

"I didn't punch him in the face, and he talks like he really believes I'm not a bad person, it's nice to hear..." Jessica notes, before quirking a brow, "meditation for that bullshit? How does that even work?"

Matthew Murdock has posed:
"It's not really the health aspect," Matt explains about the additives. "I taste each ingredient as strongly as you would if you just drank down a cup of it by itself," he says with a small shrug. "Or near enough to it, depending on what we're talking about. And don't even get me started about thread count on sheets," he says, the last seeming meant as a joke if also a real topic.

Matt leans back in the couch, taking a slow sip of the coffee. He motions with his hand towards the core of his body. "With enough practice you can gain more control over your body. Over what it does. Including healing. Instead of a cut taking a week or two to heal over, can get through it in a day or two. Assuming that's all I do, is meditate and focus on stimulating the body's healing," he tells her. "It was something taught to me when I was younger. The one who taught me a lot of my fighting."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"That's quite a curse you have there, Matt, remind me to..." Jess starts but seems even she has her limits, as she scoffs, "nevermind." As she drinks from her mug, her eyes widen as Matt explains something that sounds surreal, if not outright magical, "and that's something actual people can learn? Not just saints and magic ninjas?"

Matthew Murdock has posed:
"It is," Matt replies. "It doesn't require anything but a lot of dedication. A lot of focus and willpower," he tells her. "It took me a couple of years before I was able to make much difference at all, and a decade to get anywhere near to where I am now," he tells her. "I don't know, can you handle sitting meditating for four hours a day, every day for a few years?" he asks, giving his friend a wry smile as if he's guessing what her answer would be.

He gives a tiny shrug then at the other topic. "It's just something I had to get used to," he tells her. "The hardest part about all of it, was learning to tune things out. Which I can do with my sense of taste at least to some point. But the less I need to, the better."

Jessica Jones has posed:
"Is that so...?" Jessica sounds skeptical, nodding along to the usual schtick of 'willpower' and 'focus' she heard all that self help stuff. But then Matt gets to where his method is different, was that 'years' he just said? Was that followed up by 'decade'? Jessica is sooooo out! "Nope! Can't do that, no way, no how, just 'N' 'O' 'P' 'E' in all caps."

"That's actually useful," Jess starts excitement, before sighing, "don't tell me. Years..."

Matthew Murdock has posed:
Matt's grin grows a bit as he gets from Jessica the reaction he was expecting. Though it does make him wonder how long he could get her to still to meditate, should he ever induce her to try sometime.

His head tilts the side thoughtfully. "Well, you wouldn't need it nearly to the degree I did. But not years to make enough of a difference it might help you pick out a conversation from a crowd. I mean you'd still have to be near enough to hear it of course," he says, thinking. "For me, it made a difference quickly. In days, a few weeks, to not be overwhelmed by all the sounds withing blocks of me. To focus in on a single one of them was longer, but you wouldn't take it that far," he says thoughtfully.

Jessica Jones has posed:
"I don't know, sounds like a lot of effort..." Jessica notes, "there are all kinds of gadgets that let you do that without the decades of meditation, you know?" She does concede Matt's situation is a bit different, as she sighs, "we all have our issues we're forced to learn to contend with..." yup, Jessica Jones, number conteder of issues...of alcohol and recklessness were valid approaches.

Matthew Murdock has posed:
Matt takes another sip of his coffee. He's not going to try to talk Jessica into it. The kind of discipline that Stick used isn't really her kind of thing. "Yes, we do. Everyone's got something else to deal with," he agrees in a thoughtful tone.

It's about as much as he's going to come out and ask her, but it is a lead into her own issues and what she's gone through. Though Matt isn't going to do more than open the door for her if she wants to go through it into that conversation. Not unless he thinks she really needs it.

Boxer has wandered back over. He sniffs Jessica's pants leg for a bit, and finally jumps up onto the couch, and lays down against the side of her leg. "Well, guess he made up his mind," Matt says.