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Character Name: Saga Anderson
Character Journal: <lj user=viking_seer>
Status: Warden
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Saga will see her role as a warden a little more officially than most, seeing her inmate as an assignment and a 'case' file to assemble and work through to help. This isn't to say she won't have empathy and sympathy, but she's definitely a puzzle solver by nature and that's going to be a big part in how she helps someone: figuring out what needs to be done, what pieces are missing, what pain needs to be addressed, to progress the 'case'. As for how she'll engage her inmate, she'll see this as a way to get them out of here, a case that she's solving WITH them and FOR them and she's going to try and make them see why it makes sense to do this even if it isn't fun along the way.

Strength-wise, she's very good at figuring people out, she's brave, she's thoughtful, she's a very warm and loving person who helped to temper her hard-case partner, and she's someone who tries to work with people and find middle ground instead of immediately setting herself up against them even though she is willing to and able to stand on her own if she has to. She's a quick learner and very observant, the kind who's willing to accept whatever paradigm she needs to and work in it. She's naturally curious and willing to experiment, willing to consider new avenues and new information without pride or 'this is too weird, it CAN'T be true' getting in the way, and she just Wants To Know a lot of the time.  Not much shakes her, accordingly; she just assimilates information and moves on.

Weakness-wise, she can be stubborn and when she has a non-negotiable it is NON-NEGOTIABLE, for all that they're few and far between. She does *have* insecurities about herself, specifically about her role as a mother and a partner given her love of her job and her willingness to go out on cases away from them and if someone wants to dig in, there they are. She's sometimes a little *too* willing to dive into the thick of it and her ability to see has sometimes had her wander off the beaten path and into danger where others didn't think to go. Further, that curiosity can sometimes be a little much, such to where she's got to know everything about everything and that tendency to want to connect the threads and put ideas into neat little boxes can backfire when she doesn't realize she's going down the wrong path.

She'd do best with someone who's evasive and difficult, who needs a no nonsense personality paired with the ability to sympathize and empathize. Someone who's got a complicated story and a complicated problem would definitely be good for her; she's all about doing that work.

A simple 'I'm an asshole because I like being an asshole' and/or monster type inmate wouldn't do as well with her. She'd feel like their keeper and it'd lead to a lot of frustration on both sides with her looking for motives and issues that just aren't there. It could work but it wouldn't be her strongest pairing without other circumstances.

She's got some Weirdness around her (see her <a href=https://viking-seer.dreamwidth.org/2519.html?style=mine>permissions</a> post) but she's lived most of her life Normally. Also she's from the same world as Jesse Faden and Alan Wake, so... there's that. This will be her second deal so she's at least got some proven chops for those interested!

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