TLV - Graduations & Demotions

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GRADUATIONS & DEMOTIONS

Inmate graduation is a vital aspect of the game, and occasionally, warden demotion crops up in play as well. If you're planning to graduate your inmate or demote your warden in the near future, please fill out this short form!

Graduations and demotions are character decisions made at player discretion, but in the rare situation that we find ourselves concerned that a graduation or demotion is premise-breaking, the player will be contacted privately. Once we've read through a comment and confirmed that it doesn't contain anything premise-breaking, we'll reply with a confirmation.

Once a graduation comment has been confirmed, the warden of the graduating inmate should reply to their inmate's comment either confirming that their character will be fulfilling the deal laid out in their application, or - in situations where they changed their mind about their deal during their time in-game - receive a verdict about whether the new deal idea is doable.

GRADUATION

<b>Player Name</b>: <b>Character Name</b>: <b>Path to Graduation</b>: How have they changed while aboard the Barge, and what helped cause this change? What were their key milestones? What have they come to regret about their past, and what are they going to do differently now going forward? If they're going to be staying on as a warden, what do they have to offer an inmate? We're not looking for more than a paragraph or two of basic overview here, but if you'd like to TL;DR at us, feel free!

DEMOTION

<b>Player Name</b>: <b>Character Name</b>: <b>Path to Demotion</b>: What actions or choice(s) are causing their demotion, and how did they get to this point? What makes them no longer suited for wardenhood, and what issues will they need to work on as an inmate? We're not looking for more than a paragraph or two of basic overview here, but if you'd like to TL;DR at us, feel free!

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[onlyhearmusic]

Player Name: Aisu
Character Name: Dennis Collins
Path to Graduation: The biggest change Collins has undergone is that he has finally admitted that he enjoys the company of others. He has friends and people he cares about enough to protect. This is a huge step for him to allow himself to feel emotion, admit that it's real, and learn about compassion as a means to happiness rather than bloodletting. He's still working on being nice and helpful, but the biggest hurdle has been scaled and he's begun to settle and calm down a little. (He still hates the Barge, he will always hate the Barge, and this system sucks forever. But. He can be less murdery. A little.)

It began slowly but he developed attachments to the likes of Trevor and Sheehan, both of whom he killed in his fit of passion and rage towards events that left him feeling empty inside. Killing them did not help. In fact, it made it a little worse. Killing them broke their friendly relationship and caused him more unhappiness than he could have predicted. Thankfully, Trevor was forgiving enough to rekindle their friendship and that helped support Collins a long way. Collins also made an effort to change with Sheehan's help, and while that didn't quite pan out, it did at least show that he was willing to make an effort if given a reason. And Collins continues to try to listen to Sheehan even if they are on a more rocky terrain than before. Either way the two of them have definitely helped him come a long way.

Collins also has friendships with others like Sweeney and Astarion that are important to him. But the third biggest factor in Collins's change of heart has most definitely been Aerith. She has pushed all his buttons, forced hims to confront himself and his growing emotions, and always been there to have a good time with him and support him even as he threatened her life. In his most recent acting out of anger, the mere presence of Aerith caused Collins to abort his murderous intentions because he could not withstand the idea of hurting her in any way and eventually even admit that he could feel love for another person. This admittance is the final push to graduation for him as it led him to realize that she (and numerous others) is right about his capacity for emotion and caring for others has a reward, even when it is bittersweet sometimes, rather than just a weakness. It wasn't just an admittance that he could feel emotions, but that deep down he wants to feel them and live life with others around him for more than a night or two.

He has plenty more work to do and things to learn, but that's the biggest thing he's ever going to realize that will change his life around. He doesn't feel regret, not truly, for his past and all the lives he's taken as a contract killer. He doesn't even want to stop being a contract killer. But he does want to enjoy life to its fullest and he wants to care for and protect people in his life. He wants more than just another contract to fulfill.

Collins will be staying on as a warden. Less for the desire to help someone else out and more for selfish reasons. He will be quick to point that out as he hates what he considers the hypocrisy of all the altruistic wardens that claim not to have any stakes in having someone graduate. No, they get rewards and now Collins wants his. He doesn't see the point in going home until he has assurances. So he'll stick around for a deal. As for what he will bring to the table... honesty and freedom are the top two things I can think of. There will also be sympathy and understanding for those that did not agree to be here. He gets that. He won't coddle anyone but neither will he restrict them without being forced. He will punish an inmate due to it being the accepted practice here rather than a desire on his own part. He will listen and he will provide and he will treat it as a job and as such there is no room for failure. More than likely this will be a(nother) huge learning experience for him as much as any inmate that he's paired with.

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Unscreened! Please have Collins' warden comment here to confirm what his deal will be.

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Zichen confirms! He is very proud of Collins and he will continue to keep an eye on him while he can.

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What will Zichen's deal be?

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His original deal was: "He wants his life back. He doesn't want to be a Fierce Corpse. Then he can wander the world and help Xiao Xingchen's soul to heal."

But it has been altered slightly: "He wants his life back. He doesn't want to be a Fierce Corpse. Then he can live peacefully with Xue Yang."