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EVENT: Truth in Therapy
On Day 237 there will be another mandatory group therapy day sponsored by the wardens in an effort to improve the mental health and curb the criminal tendencies of those inmates!

Like last time, this means that ICly your character will receive a message telling them they need to report (or be forced there by bots) somewhere (locations determined by the poster of each group) to talk to other inmates. They will be given some ice breakers and exercises they can use to get them started or for them to mock and ignore. Here are a few, but please feel free to develop your own. The message will make it clear they can leave sooner if they are talkative and there will be bots to make sure they get there and stay there.

It's your choice (not your character's) who they fall in with. Groups can be any size and run as mingles. They can also be seemingly random or run by topic like "addicts." Although the activities and people in the group may lead a character to believe they are in an addicts group there won't be anything in the message that says so explicitly. Therapy won't take up their whole day so please feel free to continue with other plans as well. You can assume your character is being sent to either one or two sessions, but they are welcome to attend others voluntarily.

Unlike last time the wardens are adding something special to the mix. Remember all those lovely treats at the therapy sessions? The stale donuts and bitter coffee? They are getting an upgrade! There will be fresh, delicious pastries and gourmet coffees, teas, juices as well as water and blood options. There might even be a platter of mini-sandwiches, veggie trays, or something that appeals to your character here. The wardens just want this to be a pleasant experience, you see. Just that and, well, the food is spiked.

Once ingested, the character will gradually feel more relaxed and forthcoming. In fact, they'll find it increasingly more difficult to lie or even hide the truth. Alarming! Except that feeling of relaxation makes it harder to be alarmed. Harder to want to lock themselves in a closet away from others. Effects will taper off toward the end of the day and be fully out of the system by Day 238.

But my character would know it was spiked.
The additive is completely odorless, colorless, and tasteless of course. Too many people with advanced senses running around for it to be anything but perfectly undetectable. It won't even set off a vague sense of foreboding or premonition!

But my character has special metabolism/immunities/whatever.
The wardens know who is in their prison, and they have waaaays of making things work. It doesn't play by the same rules as other digested things. It's very advanced. SCIENCE!

But my character would see this happening and not eat or drink!
The effect is gradual. Anyone who takes a bite of danish and jumps up on a table to confess all their greatest sins immediately didn't read this post. All the therapy classes are mandatory and the first ones start at the same time. There is a limit to how much straggling can happen. There's also really no need to be suddenly suspicious of food that has never been a problem anywhere else in the dome.

But...opt out?
Simple! Your character didn't eat or they worked hard in dodging the bots to skip therapy completely. If they dodged you must go directly to jail. Er, the IC rules page to sign up for the crime of missing an mandatory warden therapy session.

Questions? Ask them here.

Plotting? Do it here! Just like last time you can propose a specific type of group and be the one to put up their mingle post complete with themed ice breakers. Unlike last time we won't be running the sorting hat since so many people signed up and didn't follow through with their groups.

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