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Sam Winchester ([info]tallerthanthou) wrote in [info]marinanova,
@ 2013-09-16 17:49:00

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[Day 237] Relationship Issues Group Therapy mingle
[The relationships group therapy attendees will all get a message telling them to report to The Winery in Sector 2. Sadly for them the alcohol is locked away, but there is an assortment of food and non-alcoholic beverages along the bar for consumption. Many of the tables have been cleared out and the chairs rearranged into a circle with booths along the edges for more intimate therapeutic discussions.

And don't forget the party favors! The wardens have left some helpful games and activity ideas to get them started. There's a bowl full of folded slips of papers with various questions.]


How many people have you slept with? Do you regret any of them? Why?

How many relationships have you been in? Why do you think that is?

What was your longest relationship? Most serious? Shortest? Most casual?

Why did your last relationship end?

What do you look for in another person?

Are you happy?

Who is your ideal mate?

What was the biggest problem/complication in your previous or current relationship?

What do you need out of a relationship? Sexual experience?

How long have you been single between relationships? Why do you think it was so long/short?

What is the best way to break up with someone?

Do you believe in soul mates? Do you think you have or will meet yours?

Would you rather spend your life with one important person or several acquaintances? Why?

Are there any similarities between the people you've been with? If so, what are they?

Do you have trouble making choices? Give examples.

Do you think with your heart, your head, or your genitalia? Are you satisfied with this behavior?

Do you have trouble relating to people? If so, in what way?


[In addition to the questions there are cards with various prompts. One explains the game, I Never. Another suggests people pair off and roleplay they are in a relationship and then deal with various scenarios like what do to if one partner flirts with someone else or comes home late without calling.]


Who should do the dishes?

When is it appropriate to discuss getting blue bands/having sex?

When should you move in together if ever?

What do you do if you suspect the other is keeping secrets?

What do you say if your partner comes home with a haircut you don't like?

How do you respond if you find your partner crying?

How do you decide how to spend your time together?

Your partner's family doesn't like you. What do you do?

One of you is critically hurt. How does the other respond?

Your friends don't like the person you're with. What do you say to them? What do you say to your partner?

One of you wants sexual relations and the other does not. How do you balance your needs?

How do you communicate your desire for a particular sexual desire to your partner?

It is your partner's birthday. How do you prepare?

At a party your partner leaves you to socialize with others. How does this make you feel and how do you respond?

How do you show your affection?


(OOC: Mingle style. You are not limited to the questions, scenarios, or games listed above. Assume there are more! I recycled a lot of this from last time so if someone was in this group twice they can feel free to notice, but assume there are lots of questions and prompts, so they probably didn't see them all.)


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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-19 12:26 am UTC (link)
[Or ever--with him. He can read you like a book.]

What else that you don't want to tell me?

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-19 12:31 am UTC (link)
[Quiet for a time...]

It will only make Zero sad.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-19 12:49 am UTC (link)
[It's the wording that gives him pause. It will make him sad. Not 'It's sad' or something to the like. Meaning, it isn't something that really upsets her. Just him.]

Name one thing 'good' about home right now.

[He can't. At all. There is nothing to be happy about or look forward to.]

There isn't anything that might seem like potential good news to me. So really, I wonder what it might take to upset me at this point.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-19 01:07 am UTC (link)
[ More than true. Even still, she hesitates.]

Attempted suicide.

[ A quiet whisper. Although maybe that gives him a little hope. She wont mention the crime she saw beneath it. Even she can barely believe it. Suicide. It hollows her stomach out. Fingers shaking upon her skirt, she doesn't know when she'd begun to clutch it. At the very least, this is one thing he wont suspect. The fact that she's upset...the fact that she can't hide her shaking right now.

He'd take it to believe she's upset that she failed. Not that she succeeded. Closing her eyes, warm tears roll silent down her cheeks.]

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-19 10:19 pm UTC (link)
[His heart skips a beat from panic, a natural reaction to that phrase before his head can catch up. Attempted. That's a good thing, right? She doesn't succeed.

Is that what she's upset about? Her failure?

His stomach turns, nausea bringing bile into his throat. Even after everything here--she's still upset she didn't succeed? Why would she think that would make him upset. He expected this sort of thing--that's why they agreed to the terms of their relationship here. The chances of them being together again are slim in their own world. This at least gave them an opportunity. A chance. He couldn't be upset by that...]

You're leaving something out. We knew this might happen. It's what is expected. "Attempt" is a good thing--at least for me.

[She might still feel differently.]

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-19 10:48 pm UTC (link)
[She is, but how can she even share with him when reeling from the very concept herself. She's a little numb, her own mind not yet quite sure how to process it all.]

If- [A pause, swallowing thickly.] If I failed, doesn't that mean that Kaname succeeded?

[He's the one who told her of his plan. That would mean instead, that she was no longer a vampire. Instead...]

That would mean that I'll be turned human.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-20 12:54 am UTC (link)
[They have had this conversation before, Yuuki. You know where he stands on this. Nothing has changed.]

Is that such a terrible fate? I'd much rather have you alive--I don't care if as a human or a vampire.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-20 07:42 am UTC (link)
That's easy for you to say, Zero!

[And whether that happens to her or not, she doesn't know, but she does know this.]

I wont have anything! Not Kaname, not Zero, they probably wouldn't even keep me with Headmaster! [Tense, and clearly upset]

Do you know what that's like at all!? I know what I did was wrong. But even still, to not have a single thing! It's the most frightening thing imaginable!

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-20 12:34 pm UTC (link)
[He knows she's upset, so he tries not to take her words to heart because it's obvious she's wrapped up in her own pain right now.]

So you'd rather just give up and die? I didn't realize the life you rebuilt after losing your family and being turned human the first time was so miserable an experience for you for those ten years.

[His hand grasps her chin gently, forcing her to look at him without distractions.]

We have both had to restart our lives and change our courses several times. I've lost everything important to me more than once. So, yes, I know what it's like.

In the world we seem to be facing back home--your death destroys all hope. There are thousands of ways our stories can end just as long as you continue to struggle. Your way slams a door on all of them.

Yes, what you did is wrong but the fear of the unknown means anything can happen. Find a single bit of hope in that darkness to keep you going.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-20 08:23 pm UTC (link)
I don't want to die, Zero.

[Honest, watery gaze on his while he forces her to face him. She's never once wanted such a thing. In the end it had been the only solution she had seen as possible.]

But there wont be another Kuran to wake me. It wont be like with Zero, who was able to remember. It will all be gone forever. Every single memory. Mother and father all over again. Zero and Headmaster, Yori-chan and all the rest.

[Tears streak down her face, eyes glistening as she begs him to understand. Can't he see?]

It's no less painful than death. It's those memories that have made me the happiest. Without them I'm just a little lost girl all over again. With no one to turn to.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-20 08:50 pm UTC (link)
That isn't a future I can accept. Death isn't painful for the life ending, you know. It's everyone that is left behind that finds it hard.

[A thumb brushes across her cheek, wiping away the trail of tears only to find it replaced immediately.]

To never see you again--none of those you care about would wish for that. It would devastate them. If you honestly think that Sayori Wakaba would not move the very earth in the other direction to find you--you don't know her very well.

She'd probably think I had something to do with it and demand I come with her to find you even if I had no idea who you were.

Maybe he'd leave you with your old memories.
Maybe you would be able to build a life with just as much happiness.
Maybe you could find another way to stop him and none of this would even be necessary.

A world without Yuuki is a world I don't want to experience.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-20 09:06 pm UTC (link)
[A small disbelieving sound.]

Leave someone with their memories? Impossible... [There's a sacrifice needed. And not just by the person creating the spell. She can't think of any other way.

She's silent for a moment. The one thing that carries a small bit of truth is that, as long as Yori's memories remain untouched, her friend would go to ridiculous lengths to see her. Even dangerous ones.

Leaning forward, she buries her face against his chest. Warm tears strain the fabric below.]

I'm just so scared. [So reminiscent of a time before. Has she really made no progress at all?] I'm scared, Zero.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-20 09:32 pm UTC (link)
I know. Yuuki has never liked the unknown.

[Hand on her head, he just holds her tightly against him. Tears soaking his shirt as he gently strokes her hair.]

And that's all we know right now, the uncertainty. Which is why I try to focus on 'here'. Don't look ahead--just focus on what we can do right now. Here. Here we have time.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-20 10:00 pm UTC (link)
[Silence stretches out, with only a faint nod against him. There isn't much to say. What can she do about a future she has no control over?]

I'll try...

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-20 11:06 pm UTC (link)
[He doesn't let her go, but can't help the sense of loneliness that comes over him from time to time when she's like this. Even after all this time, there is this distance about her that he can't seem to ease. Doubt. The feeling of one sidedness that doesn't ever fade. Fear that everything will be gone in a single moment. Again. Maybe the roles have just reversed and this is how she felt during those years they were together.]

Don't force yourself. I know you have a heavy burden to hold, but it's meaningless to me if you're not genuine. I don't mind carrying part of the burden for you. I just don't want to waste any of my time with Yuuki.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-21 08:51 am UTC (link)
[Her fingers curl, arms moving around to hold onto him tighter.]

It's fine, Zero. [Gently reassuring, and soft.] You don't have to worry about me so much. [Calming, Calming...] I'm not going to do anything drastic, you know. Not again, especially if it didn't work to begin with. And even more so especially not here.

[Pulling back a little, her fingers reach up to cup either side of his face. He's the one that she's always worked to comfort, isn't that right? So right now, she'd rather focus on reassuring him.]

There's nothing wrong with me, and I'll be fine. I'm sorry if I upset you. I'm better now, though.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-21 09:09 pm UTC (link)
[That wasn't exactly the reaction he had wanted. He knows she's just trying to ease his worries and take the focus off herself.]

I'm not someone who is just going to leave you alone when you're upset. Be sad when you're sad. Get angry. Be happy.

[Forehead leaning against hers, he smiles gently.]

I want you to be able to share all that with me without feeling that it's a burden. Yuuki is not a burden.

I can tell when you're just saying things for my sake. Yuuki's never been very good at hiding her true emotions from me.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-21 09:25 pm UTC (link)
Coming from mister talkative...

[But it earns a small smile. It's difficult. That hallow feeling still lingers in her stomach, but she can't focus on that right now. Not upon what she saw. Eyes closing, she nods.]

Thank you, Zero.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-23 10:23 pm UTC (link)
I'm trying...

[Genuinely trying to be more open about everything.]

I know how much not being open about everything has cost me through the years. I love you and don't want to put you through that again, so I'm trying my hardest to work at it.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-23 10:39 pm UTC (link)
[It shows. She's noticed of course. It would have been difficult not to. But it's his words that cause her to pause. Eyes widen in surprise. He's never... not until now, those words...

Her fingers gently curl back into his shirt, tighter than before.]

I... [ Heart racing, her mouth suddenly feels dry. Zero... ]

I love you. I love you too, Zero...

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-23 11:23 pm UTC (link)
[He actually didn't realize what he said until the minor reactions she made alerted him to her surprise. It hadn't been intentional, those words. Her own response is out before he can get the hand over her mouth. There were reasons he hadn't said them before--so maybe he really did belong in this group still.]

You don't--there isn't--I know. You don't have to say it until you're ready.

[He hadn't intended to let it slip out of his mouth until he was feeling a little more confident in where she was at in their relationship.]

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-24 07:39 am UTC (link)
[Her eyes widen further as his hand suddenly lifts to cover her mouth. Surprised, she blinks up at him. Ah...? Quiet, she watches him without comment for a moment, before her own fingers lift to gently remove his hand from her.]

That isn't... something Zero needs to worry about. Although maybe I hadn't voiced it, long before now, I already admitted it to myself.

[Has been upset over, even. But she isn't afraid to admit it to him, and to be honest with her feelings in this regard.]

I've always loved Zero. In the past I maybe hadn't recognized it right away, but... that isn't like now.

[A small smile]

I love Zero.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-24 10:25 am UTC (link)
[There is always this shadow over everything that he can't ignore though. He tries to put it out of his mind and can usually be successful, but there is a reason he's never said those words to her.]

I know you do.

[But he also knows there will always be another.]

I know I'm not one that says those words often, I'd rather just...show you. I know I'm working more on saying what it is I want, but this is different. Actions are a lot more proof than words to me.

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[info]trappedinresin
2013-09-24 08:27 pm UTC (link)
It was a little surprising to hear Zero say it... [Hands lifting with a smile] Not a bad one of course. I... like both, I like to know that I am cared about.

[A little quiet.]

Zero has... always been honest with me. [While he may have hidden things about himself, he doesn't lie.]

One of the things I've always appreciated is that if you tell me something, I don't worry or doubt that you've told me the truth. Zero would not deceive me. Especially... in an instance like this.

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[info]notamasochist
2013-09-25 09:55 pm UTC (link)
[He's not entirely sure about that. He doesn't feel like he's not lied over the past two years. Omissions. Threats. Saying things to protect himself. Hiding from his own emotions.]

It's the things I don't say or lie to myself about...

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