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[paradoxlol]

All things considered, that wasn't half-bad. I would've liked to have kept the hat.

[Brief pause. HEY ARTHUR, THIS MIGHT BE CALLOUS CONSIDERING ALL THE FOLKS WHO GOT SHOT.]

I hope everyone who wasn't quite as lucky is doing better now. Maybe we'll get a few quiet weeks before the Admiral's drunk driving throws something else at us.

[Warden Filter]
I'm pretty sure this question's been asked before, but we've got some new faces since the last time. How many of you are here without any deal?

And a question for everyone: Do you think your deal-- or lack thereof-- has an impact on how you approach the job?

Don't worry, I'm not taking a survey or anything. It's just [Arthur wondering if he's really cut out for this rehabilitation crap] idle curiosity.

[OOC: GONNA TRY TO EASE ARTHUR OUTTA HIATUS NOW. Right before I fall asleep. I am the best at time management.

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And yes I'm just using this icon one last time because I like it :c]

Comments

[strangehistorian]

I would not stay if my deal were not so important to me.

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[paradoxlol]

To be honest... I wouldn't, either. [At least, not after Mal graduates.]

[Private]

[most_feared]

Yeah. It does. I wanna help Cooper get the hell out of here at this point, though.

[Private]

[paradoxlol]

What if you lost him? [Speaking from experience here, as Arthur was a huge prick to his second inmate.]

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[19centconstable.livejournal.com]

I do have a deal, but I believe I would have accepted the Admiral's invitation without one.

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[paradoxlol]

To see the sights, or to help the inmates?

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[timesbureaucrat]

My deal makes me hate the Admiral. But I'm dead and I'm desperate, so I'll serve whom I must. [In other words, yes, it impacts how he does his job by making him kinda suck at it because of the oodles of resentment.]

I have other things that tie me here now, though, and not just my deal.

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[paradoxlol]

That's an answer I haven't heard yet. Why?

I guess that's how the system works. It hooks us with something significant enough not to walk away in spite of all the crap.

[what_ho_jeeves]

Yes, I suppose my deal does help motivate me to get the job done in a jiff if I can. Not that this is at all a bad place to hang one's hat for a while [Bertie somehow fails to notice the weekly murders], but it is trying to be without Jeeves.

[paradoxlol]

Jeeves?

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[subtlescience]

I didn't arrange for a deal until recently. It did have an impact on my approach to my inmate, as well as his response to me. When I decided to request one, I discussed it with him first.

I seem to be in the minority, however, in that I'm of the belief that your inmate should be your first priority - not your deal, or anything else which comes along on this ship.

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[paradoxlol]

Did he take it as a bad sign? If you don't mind my asking.

I think the closer we get to our inmates, the more we see things that way-- most of us, anyway. I know it sort of took me a while to put my inmates in front of my deal.

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[toldastory]

I didn't have a deal for over a year, and didn't request one until after I'd graduated two inmates of mine.

But I still believe that inmates are our top priority.

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[paradoxlol]

Do you think anything's changed now that you have a deal?

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[kingfor-aday.livejournal.com]

I don't admit to this often, but me. I think it makes me a little strange, but there you go.

I always thought it would impact on how I did the job, and never took one, but also because all the deals I could make... I would find morally troublesome.

I once discussed it with my inmate, though. She was astounded I didn't - she had wanted to know what mine was, so she could have a reason to want to graduate. Which, if you ask me, is very selfless of her, but not a real reason to want to graduate. I told her that I believe in doing right for right's sake, and if I want her to do the same - or come close to, or understand doing the same, I can't have ulterior motives of my own.

Not that I think I can make her into an altruist - not that I think I am one. But there's a certain small level of hypocrisy I couldn't work with. But I'm not judging anyone that does have one, and it might not outwardly impact on how I would do a job, but it does on how I think about it.

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[paradoxlol]

So, what are you going to do when she graduates?

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[una_persson]

I didn't have a deal for over a year. When I finally made one -- well, the terms of it are frankly a little trivial, especially when set against the much more powerful motivation of seeing things through with O'Brien. [For which read: not letting the bastard win.]

Ultimately the deal doesn't affect my job. It's the part where I get to make a difference that's important.

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[paradoxlol]

I'll admit, seeing things through with my inmate is a powerful motivator. I just don't know if I'd still be here without my deal-- after I lost my first inmate, anyway. Is O'Brien the only inmate you've had?

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[naughtbutlife.livejournal.com]

[dumdeedum, doesn't know her husband threatened yooooou]

I only made my deal a year ago, when I departed from the Barge and then returned some weeks later, though I have been working here for a year and some months. It affects not my dedication to my work, though I admit it was difficult not to feel a sense of urgency when the deal was first made.

I think a deal can drive a warden - though certainly not all of our fellows adhere to this, or even agree with me - but I also believe that the expectation of the fulfilment of this deal can make them impatient, and this is very much a job about patience.

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[paradoxlol]

[PFFFT ain't no thing to Arthur.]

I wonder if it ever fosters resentment between a warden and an inmate. One could conceivably hold their warden's reward hostage.

[Pause.]

If it's all right to ask, what kept you here before you made your deal? Did you have many inmates?

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[yourunichase]

I wouldn't trust a warden unless they had one, back when I was an inmate. The ones who were here out of the goodness of their heart were the ones who swanned the fuck off.

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[paradoxlol]

Spoken like it's happened more than once. Who was the warden who saw things through?

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[lotoftrouble.livejournal.com]

I don't have a deal. Should I?

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[paradoxlol]

It's certainly not a requirement. [Pause, then slightly amused.] But I must admit I'm surprised that the god of mischief hasn't struck a deal with the Admiral.

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[grand-lotus.livejournal.com]

I had no deal when I arrived. I came only because I was invited.

My deal now is for the benefit of my Inmate, in a way. His case is...unusual. Nonetheless, I believe it gives both of us further drive to succeed.

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[batmanschmatman]

Maybe it did when I first got here, but since I got assigned? I'm really here to help Costigan. That's the first priority.

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[cisskabob]

I don't have a deal, and I don't really plan on making one. I can't think of what it'd be for, anyway.

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[greatlightother.livejournal.com]

I want to stop a war. But I don't really think it's possible without something worse happening or preventing something good, so I'm mostly here just to help my inmate as best I can.