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Sam Winchester (tallerthanthou) wrote in 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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readystopwatch
2013-09-25 08:17 am UTC (link)

Did you save the world? [Ianto asks with a watery sniff, starting to finally get his tears under control even if emotionally he's still a wreck. His head is pounding from sobbing so hard, and he leans froward against Jack again, head finding his shoulder once more. The hands on his back feel good, at least, but he wishes all this could have happened differently. What is he supposed to do now that he knows this?]</font?

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foreverjack
2013-09-25 09:12 am UTC (link)

[There’s a second’s hesitation before he answers, but he’s still finding it impossible not to answer direct questions.] Yes. But it didn’t really feel much like a victory. I got rid of the aliens and managed to save most of the children, but I’d lost you, and the Hub and everything in it, and Steven and Alice. [Forgetting for a moment that Ianto doesn’t even know Steven and Alice exist, let alone what happened to them.]

It really wasn’t what I’d class as one of my best days ever.

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readystopwatch
2013-09-25 03:32 pm UTC (link)

{Ianto wants to know more, but at the same time he's far too frightened to ask. When they get home, when he feels safer and less emotionally vulnerable he will, but right now he's worried the details will make him start panicking all over again and he's only just gotten himself under some semblance of control.]

Can we stay here forever? [Its a stupid, childish, selfish wish and he can only whisper it. But he doesn't die in this place, and here in this dome Jack loves him and they have a place they think of as home and he's safe, like its some stupid, sad little fairy tale.]

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foreverjack
2013-09-25 03:56 pm UTC (link)

[He grins fiercely against Ianto's hair.]

We could grow old together, here. Well. You know what I mean.

[Saying they could stay together here for the rest of Ianto's natural life after which Jack would have to lose him all over again isn't quite so romantic, after all.

He squeezes Ianto again, and realises Martha has left them. He feels a small pang as he wonders what she made of all that, but he has very little attention left for anyone who's not Ianto right now.]

Actually, in some ways, I'd be happy to tay here for quite some time. It's not like I was actually doing anything with my time, out there, and I like the people here.

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readystopwatch
2013-09-25 05:15 pm UTC (link)

I know what you mean. [And they both know it won't happen, not really, so it doesn't matter. No matter how long they stay here Jack is always going to have watched him die, and now he's always going to know that happens.]

Do you think we can leave? The therapy, I mean. I need... I don't know, I need to not be trying to deal with this here. [He feels like he wants to hide.]

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foreverjack
2013-09-25 06:09 pm UTC (link)

[He glances round. He's normally fine with doing almost anything in public, but right now he wants to get away almost as desperately as Ianto does. Perhaps a part of that is that he wants to shield Ianto from others' scrutiny.

To his relief, the room definitely seems emptier than it was at first, so he assumes the bots are starting to let people leave if they feel they've done enough 'sharing'. And he feels like he's done way more than his share of sharing!]

We can try, at least. Come on.

[Grimly, gathering strength to get them both up onto their feet.]

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readystopwatch
2013-09-25 06:23 pm UTC (link)

[Ianto is fine to stand and walk on his own but he clings to Jack anyway because he can't let him go right now. He feels like if he looses that contact he'll just drift away into nothing and cease to exist. He isn't paying much attention to the room and has no idea who is still here or who has left. They don't seem to have a problem getting out though, which is a relief. He can't deal with being in that room any longer.]

Thank you for trying to protect me by not telling me. I'm sorry for what I said.

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foreverjack
2013-09-25 06:34 pm UTC (link)

[The clinging is absolutely fine because there's no way in hell Jack's letting go of him either. It leaves them staggering out of the Winery looking as if they've been consuming its usual fare rather than just coffee and pastries, but Jack really couldn't care less. All he cares about is getting Ianto home, where he can hold him in comfort. He doesn't plan on really letting go of him much for probably the rest of the day.]

Don't worry about it. [Little bit gruff.] I don't think anyone could blame you for reacting like that. I wish - fuck, I wish I hadn't had to tell you!

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