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[Yes, it's taken Claudia a while after port ended to get this up, but. Hopefully no one's been too worried about her. When she turns the communicator on, she's sitting on her floor with her guitar in her lap, though she moves it and sets it aside, leans back against her bed and sighs a little. There is no streak of color in her hair this time, and the black paint on her nails is chipped... She doesn't seem too concerned about it.]

Yeah, I pulled a stupid. Sorry about that. [Some may find that insincere, may even think it's sarcastic (she does have a tendency towards sarcasm), but in truth she feels quite like a five-year-old having run off on her own into a dangerous situation, without even really thinking about it. She is sorry.] I'm fine, though. And I'll... try to be more helpful at port next time. [She seems a little iffy on that. To be honest right now she's feeling like maybe she doesn't even belong here.]

[She reaches her hand up to pull a file down from on top of her bed.] Looks like I got a little assignment to do in the meantime. Guess who's been handed an inmate? Is there any surprise at all in who it is?

[She flips the file open, lips tilting just slightly as she reads over it, then looks back up at the screen.] Willow Rosenberg. I've been working on a little present for you since I got back from port. We need to meet up so I can give it to you. [And by "present" she means a bracelet with an ability to shock the wearer, starting at 20k volts and tune-able up to a (insert much higher but non-lethal volt charge here, mun will figure out later, too lazy to research at this moment). Claudia has a matching bracelet that will turn the other one on at a press of a button. She's already wearing this bracelet, but among her other bracelets and rings, it would be hard to tell that it was made for such a purpose.]

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[She runs a hand through her hair. She looks... tired. Maybe even sort of depressed, if you're any good at reading emotions on people's faces.] So apparently the type of vampire Willow is doesn't have an actual soul. And from what I've heard and read... She's probably going to need her soul back, if I want any chance at all in redeeming her. Basically, what I'm asking here... Is there anyone that could help me with doing that? Is it as simple as asking the Admiral for her soul back, or do I need... some sort of spell? Magic?

[Private to Buffy]

At some point I really think I need to talk with you, about... Well, yeah, you know. But there's really no rush at all. Just... whenever you think you'd be.. more comfortable, I guess? With talking about that.

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Private

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Not yet, no. [She's sort of been holed up in her cabin since she got back from port, actually.] Guess I probably should though, huh? She'll probably need to be prepared. And probably I'll need to be prepared for her hating me for it, too.

Private

[takeyouapart]

Probably, yeah. Although it's my experience that some Inmates'll hate you for a lot of things. Some people in general.

...

Are you alright? After port, I mean. [He almost points out that she doesn't have any weird colours in her hair but a) she knows and b) he's not sure if it's reasonable to take that as an indicator of anything.]

Private

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Someone else warned me of that earlier.

[She gives a not-very-convincing smile.] I guess? I feel bad for rushing in without thinking. Sometimes I forget that my impulsiveness can, you know, affect other people, too.

[She looks down then, away from the screen, and appears to be fiddling with something off-screen.] ...And I know you said the whole "not being sure" thing was good, but... I don't know. I guess I'm sort of... questioning my ability to warden?

Private

[takeyouapart]

[A long pause while he marshals his thoughts, then:]

There aren't many Wardens who did anything in their own world which was like the job they're asked to do here. I didn't. When I first came here, assigned an Inmate for a first time, I...I was rubbish. It took me so long to be able to even communicate with him, and...he disappeared before he graduated, in the end.

I suppose what I'm saying is, nobody really comes here with the ability to warden. It's something you learn while you're doing it, and....you shouldn't give up. The Admiral wouldn't have invited you here if he didn't have faith in you.

Private

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((Ooc; doing this on my nook in the hospital waiting room, so I apologize for the formatting.))

[She looks back up at the screen, bites her lip for a moment in silent thought.] ...thanks. [And here she gives a much more authentic smile.] That's good to know.

[She actually laughs a little at what he says about the Admiral having faith in her.] Well, at least someone does.

Private

[takeyouapart]

I do as well. I know we don't really know each other, but...that you're even worried about this is a good sign.

Private

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[She smiles a little more, and nods a bit.] ...okay. [She's about to say "thank you" again, even opens her mouth to do so, but then figures it maybe isn't necessary. She runs her fingers through her hair again before continuing with something else.] Hey, uhm... Sorry about your first inmate, though... Have you had many since?

Re: Private

[takeyouapart]

Two. Cara vanished as well after a few months, and Reaver...he's still here. I've been working with him for almost a year now.

Private

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That's a pretty long time. But, sheesh, I've had several people tell me now that they've had inmates disappear. Kind of a scary thought. [She's not even sure what it means, exactly. Do they disappear in a port? Get thrown overboard never to be found? Or suddenly just don't have a cabin anymore? She's hoping the last one, if any. Seems less... disastrous.]

Re: Private

[takeyouapart]

...it is. The Admiral's never said what happens to the people who are...lost, like that.

Private

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...have any ever come back?

Private

[takeyouapart]

Not many, but yes, they have. Sometimes they don't remember ever being on the Barge, sometimes they do. I think some Inmates have even gone home for a while and then come back here.