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[caycay]

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[loveisall]

Cater? My name is Godric. I'm your new warden for this month.

[caycay]

Oh, hey! You’re my first, so be gentle with me, LOL!

[Yes, he said “LOL” out loud.]

[loveisall]

[Fortunately, Godric is up to date with...most...lingo.]

How long have you been here?

[caycay]

About a month now, but who’s counting?

[He certainly sounds chipper about the whole death and inmate thing, anyway.]

So, like, how does this work, exactly? You’re basically my chaperone, right? That mean I can do all the fun big-kid-inmate stuff now?

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[citizendetective]

Cater! Hi! I am so sorry for not touching base with you yesterday; things have been a little weird for me over the past couple days. I actually had to take a trip off-ship! But I'm back now, and I want you to know that this lack of prompt responsiveness is not indicative of a lack of dedication to wardenhood. How are you?

[It's been less than a full day since the pairing post went up, Misty; calm the fuck down.]

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[caycay]

LOL OMG. [Is she seriously worried about that?] It's totes NBD, FR fam!

[Honestly, his expectations for any warden he has is basically 0. Like, does it really even matter? He's yet to think yes.]

Should I say welcome back?

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[citizendetective]

Sure, if you want! But, um-- FR?

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[citizendetective]

Cater! Cater, I'm so glad that the Admiral gave us this opportunity, because I loved your file.

[Things that are probably weird to say: that. Oops.]

Let's meet up, um, FR. IRL! It turns out that we have some personal connections in common that I'm excited to discuss!

[caycay]

Yeah?

[Misty is so funny--she's really got the spirit! He's not sure why she's so excited, what was in his file that inspired this, but of course he's more than willing to find out.]

Sure, I'm down! Where you wanna hang?

[citizendetective]

How about your cabin? That way, we can also talk about anything you might like changed. Kill two birds with one stone!

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[citizendetective]

[Midmorning - late enough that Misty assumes Cater is probably awake, but early enough that she hopes to catch him before he leaves his cabin - Cater will receive a knock on his door.]

Yoo-hoo, anybody home? I brought breakfast!

[caycay]

[Being a teenager, Cater's definitely succumbed to the instinct of staying up too late and sleeping in now that he doesn't have to wake up early for school. He's awake, at least, but still dozing on-and-off in bed when the knock comes at the door. He swings out of bed to answer, yawning.]

Breakfast? What'd I do to deserve a special delivery?

[Food is the perfect way to get a growing boy up and on his feet, even if he's still in pajamas.]

[citizendetective]

Being paired with me!

[She chirps, flashing him a grin; once inside, she picks the nearest flat surface and starts unpacking pancakes, eggs (sunnyside up and scrambled), toast, and - perhaps a little incongruously - congee.]

My warden and I used to cook breakfast for each other all the time, so - I wanted to continue the tradition by cooking for my inmate.

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[citizendetective]

Hi, Cater! How's your homework assignment going, and even more importantly, how are you doing in general?

I'm so sorry for how late this is

[caycay]

Hey, Misty! Would you believe me if I said I'm nailing it and everything is going amazing?

[Because she shouldn't.]

no worries!

[citizendetective]

Of course! I would never accuse you of lying.

[Not without clear evidence, anyway.]

But that just means I want details about all the things you're nailing and all the amazing things that are happening! Who did you choose to have your honest conversation with?

[artistinexile]

Good day, Cater Diamond.

My name is Thrawn. I work alongside you on custodial duty. If you are interested, I have a one-day experiment for us. Should it succeed, it may reduce your workload there, in half the time. It may also - and this could be either a warning or an additional incentive - irritate Richter Belmont.

Are you interested?

[caycay]

Hiya, Thrawn!

[This is a weird introduction, but hey!]

I'm all for making things easier. Think it'll be fun? If so, I'm deffo in!

[He doesn't really have any stakes, otherwise. What's the worst that could happen?]

[artistinexile]

Excellent. I believe it will be.

Richter believes that the most efficient use of his bloated team of fifteen inmates is to go floor by floor, every day, scrubbing everything down. When I told him this was ill-advised, he dismissed me as attempting to militarize the ship.

I am reaching out to all of us on custodial now. We pick one day in the near future - just one day - wherein all of us take a single floor. No top-down work, with the more difficult levels 1 and 2 being assigned more than one person.

He believes he knows the best way to conduct things but he misunderstands that we can accomplish the same goal in half the time and manpower. I plan to humiliate him by proving otherwise.

Do you think you can be ready in five days' time?

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[citizendetective]

You know, I recently compared this place to Reddit, but this workplace drama is eclipsing that! Now I'm thinking it's more like breakroom bulletin board drama.

Also, I want you to know that I'm proud of you.

[caycay]

LMAO. The vibes are kind of, like, PA post-it notes, aren't they?

[But, anyway--]

What did I do? Not that I, like, don't appreciate it.

[citizendetective]

Regardless of your motives, are you going to help out that woman who reached out to you? The "new kid in town"?

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[citizendetective]

[Bright and cheery and utterly delighted:]

Hi, Cater! Can you come see me in my cabin, please?

[caycay]

[Oh, Misty sounded like she was in a good mood! He wondered what the occasion was.]

Sure thing, Queen! I'll be there in a jiffy.

[As promised, one Cater Diamond is knocking at her cabin door moments later!]

[citizendetective]

Thank you!

[She singsongs, before hanging up; when he arrives, she pulls open the door before he's even finished with his knock.]

If you had to guess, what would you say is the best possible news that someone can get on the Barge?