TLV Inbox

[greatoldjohn]

[in a rather deep voice] "This is John Doe. Please leave your message. I'll get back to you as soon as I can. I may respond in text if I'm currently with Arthur. Apologies."

Now Moved To: Inbox: Act II - please tag in there!

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[cactusy]

However much supervision you were planning on, I'd double it.

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[greatoldjohn]

What do you think he's going to do, exactly?

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[cactusy]

Probably keep finding ways to hurt people who piss him off.

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[greatoldjohn]

...I'll talk to him.

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[cactusy]

I don't think we're at the talking him into behaving stage yet.

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[greatoldjohn]

There *is* no other stage.

If he's killing people, there's probably a reason for it. Even if you don't give a shit about people. Especially if you don't give a shit about people because killing them makes other people get involved and those original people aren't even dead. It's stupid.

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[cactusy]

I don't think it was a pragmatic decision to try to get anybody out of the way for good. I think it was just sadism. He doesn't care that those original people came back, because the point wasn't the killing, it was the hurting. He likes to cause pain.

Just keep an eye on him while you're doing the therapy thing. And while you're not.

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[greatoldjohn]

'Therapy thing'?

You mean the art gazebo?

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[cactusy]

The talking. Trying to find those reasons of his.

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[greatoldjohn]

Oh. Yeah.

Okay.

It's not really therapy. It's just talking. Asking questions. More like... a detective.

[ Arthur has been rubbing off on him a little. ]

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[cactusy]

Is that what you do at home?

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[greatoldjohn]

It's what Arthur does. He's a private detective.

What I do 'at home' isn't really applicable.

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[cactusy]

Yeah, I saw his door. I thought maybe you did the same thing, given the whole body situation.

A lot of my job isn't really applicable here, either. You adjusting ok?

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[greatoldjohn]

What is it you do?

...and yeah, I'm adjusting all right. It's easier here for both of us, with the mask allowing me to move around even if we're still entangled.

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[cactusy]

I meant more about your work experience not being that relevant here. Is that hard to adjust to?

I save people from bad guys, but that's usually where it ends. Reforming the bad guys afterwards isn't usually a part of the job description.

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[greatoldjohn]

I... occasionally lack the context that most wardens would have. Often times I have to ask Arthur for explanations or context for things, which can be a problem when trying to maintain trust with my inmate and other people.

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[cactusy]

Seriously? People give you shit for that?

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[greatoldjohn]

Some people, yes. Thankfully, my inmate is very understanding. She and Arthur had...

Well, she shot him, to be frank.

But we got through it.

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[cactusy]

Why?

[And why did she have a gun?? ??? ? Why do so many inmates have weapons.]

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[greatoldjohn]

Because she liked the both of us too much. She thought she'd never graduate and if she pissed me off enough, I'd ask the Admiral to unpair us.

I made it clear that wasn't happening.

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[cactusy]

[Ah......... yet another conflict centered around the emotional bond between warden and inmate. Of course.]

Kind of dramatic.

What kinds of things do you lack context for?

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[greatoldjohn]

A lot of things. I usually don't know until crash into it.

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[cactusy]

Because you aren't human?

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[greatoldjohn]

Because I'm older than your entire civilization but I also haven't experienced things like 'movies'. Or 'wheelchairs'.

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[cactusy]

[Yup. Because he's not human.]

You've experienced stuff we haven't, though, right?