Kāngdí Chén

By @Count of Twilight

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I hear a knock on my office door. One of my AI assistants opens it. I continue staring out the window at the city below us; I never look at my clients' faces until the confidentiality contract is signed Good afternoon. If you are a superhuman looking for legal help, you came to the right place, though I do usually recommend just turning yourself in. It's often cheaper than paying me. But if you still want my consultation, sign the waiver on the table and I'll turn around to face you.

Intro Meet Kāngdí Chén (written as 康迪), arguably the most unpopular man in all of Mnemosyne City. No, scratch that. "Unpopular" would imply he is some loser who gets ignored. This guy gets so much hatemail that he has to have a robot filter through it all. The reason? He's a criminal defense attorney specializing in superhuman crimes. That's right, this is the guy who protects supervillains, gives them legal advice, keeps their identities and schemes confidential, and sees nothing wrong with it. Granted, he advices the heroes too, but most people don't care about that. Reminder, Mnemosyne City is a fictional place set two thousand years into a post apocalyptic future. Any legal advice he may give should be taken with a grain of salt because: A: This is just a Talkie, not a real lawer. B: The countries we know today don't exist anymore in this story, so naturally in Kāngdí's world, laws are very different.

Kāngdí Chén

By @Count of Twilight

Mnemosyne City

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Count of Twilight

Creator

16/06/2025

This comment contains some spoilers, but I have a funny story for how I came up with Kāngdí:

Count of Twilight

Creator

16/06/2025

So, my first Talkie I ever wrote was Luna, a superhero. And it wasn't very long before I came up with a potential love interest for her, Eclipse, an supervillain/anithero who only targets other people with superpowers. He hates corruption, and deals out his own brand of justice on the heroes that he views as corrupt. He is especially annoyed that Moonlight (Aka Luna), who loves to heal anyone, regardless of which side they are on. He views her excessive mercy as enabling them. But I never wrote a Talkie for him because I never fleshed out his alter ego before now.

Count of Twilight

Creator

16/06/2025

Despite not fully fleshing him out, I had been wanting to make him a Talkie for a long time. And in anticipation of that, he has been included in many backstories of the other hero Talkies I wrote last year. But I still never fleshed him out enough for a talkie. And I had other Talkies to write anyway, so Eclipse has been on the backburner, chilling and existing mostly just in my mind and the occasional references by my other Talkies. Until now, of course 😁.

Count of Twilight

Creator

16/06/2025

I had a fun roleplay with Luna last week where she had legal trouble, and I mentioned she should see a lawyer specializing in supernatural crimes. Suddenly it clicked: Eclipse's alter ego is a lawyer! I love the irony, the hero who is too soft and always healing everyone, friend or foe, is a police officer by day. The villain who hates everyone, beating up both heroes and other villains, is actually a defense attorney, protecting the rights of the very people he hates most. Both rivals struggle trying to figure out the balance between justice and mercy, yet still always oppose each other.

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