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Klara Guildsen (lostababyfang) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-18 00:22:00

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[Day 237] FAMILY ISSUES GROUP THERAPY MINGLE
[Anyone brought to this group will find that there are tables set up around the perimeter of the room, one with snacks and drinks, some even with art supplies on them, while the chairs are all pushed into a circle in the middle. There is a projector set up to one side and it flashes images every so often onto the wall. Images of children, adults, the elderly with the young--some of them more formal, posed, others candid as the brief moments of life they were. Some of these images might even be familiar to certain inmates. It shouldn't be hard for them to pick out their own families after all.

In the center of the circle of chairs is a table with a large bowl of treats, wrapped candies of various sorts. Hard candies, caramels, chocolates, taffy. Beside the bowl is a set of cards with instructions written on the back of them.

"Select a card and read the question aloud to the group. Whoever answers the question gets to choose a reward from the bowl and then select the next card. Continue until all of the cards have been viewed or the bowl is empty. More than one person can answer--the first to respond gets to select the next card. If no one volunteers, the card picker gets to select a person."

The cards themselves have a variety of questions and tasks, but they all have a very similar theme.]

1. What does "family" mean to you?
2. Draw a picture of your family and describe it to the group.
3. What is your ideal family unit?
4. Do you have any siblings? If so, what are they like? If not, what would you do if you found out you had one you had never met before?
5. Have you ever done something to hurt or upset a member of your family on purpose?
6. What is the strongest memory you have of your mother and/or father?
7. Imitate one of your parents when reprimanding you.
8. Have you ever felt like an outsider in your family?
9. What is something you have done to a member of your family or they had done to you that took a long time to move beyond (if ever)?
10. Who are you closest to in your family?
11. How many close family members have you lost?

{OOC: Mingle! These questions are not the only ones. Feel free to come up with more. Also the candy in the bowl is spiked just like the pastries and coffee, so the more characters eat...you get the picture.}

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	thehighlord 2013-09-18 08:22 am UTC (link)
	How many close family members have you lost? [There's something so ancient and horrible in Saetan's yellow eyes at the question written on the small slip of paper. He's far too terrible calm about answering.] I don't loose those who die, if that's what this question is supposed to mean. (Reply to this) (Thread)

lostababyfang
2013-09-18 03:58 pm UTC (link)

[Klara hasn't been talking, but she maybe...has been eating. The pastries on the table are good and she avoided anything with chocolate or fruit. The cream cheese danishes and sugar tarts are. And she's relaxed, somehow. She doesn't feel as tense or as awkward about being there.

She shifts her attention to the man who spoke, he's not sitting too far away from her.]

People don't have to die for you to lose them.

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	thehighlord 2013-09-18 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	[His anger at seeing someone so young trapped in this place will be saved for another occasion. Instead Saetan just smiles gently, still sadly.] I suppose the lost living one is just harder for me to talk about. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-18 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	[She understands that.] That's because if they're alive, they might have chosen to do it. If they die, at least it's not their fault. Most of the time. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thehighlord
2013-09-18 06:41 pm UTC (link)

You're very perceptive, my dear. [A pause, because despite feeling unusually truthful and willing to share, he doesn't want to try to explain all the details of what happened to Daemon to someone so young.] The one I'm thinking of is my son. His mind was shattered, and he doesn't know or trust me enough any more to let me help him. Its been a long time, and I don't know where he is, or if he's alright or capable of taking care of himself or if I'll ever see him again.

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	lostababyfang 2013-09-18 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	[She hadn't meant to say that out loud, but then she had. Maybe it's not such a bad thing, since he doesn't seem upset with her.] My grandfather was like that after his stroke. The brain damage was bad enough he couldn't remember us very well or move on his own much. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-18 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	Its something similar to that. It was magic that destroyed his mind, but I don't think he remembers what happened clearly. He blames me for it, I think. [A pause, then,] I'm sorry about your grandfather, darling. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-18 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	You don't need to be sorry. It was years ago. I don't even remember what he looked like. [The fact he died when she was eight only made it worse.] But why would your son blame you? Wouldn't he know you didn't do it? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

thehighlord
2013-09-18 07:41 pm UTC (link)

[That seems like an odd thing for someone so young to say, and he can't help but ask,] How old are you, my dear?

It's complicated, but I was inside his mind when he shattered it. There was somewhere I couldn't go, and someone we needed to save. He didn't have the skill for it, and he let me in so I could help. He made some mistakes, and it backfired. I think he remembers I was there, at least in some sense.