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

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:mingle, alex karev, asami sato, calliope-caliborn, data, euphemia li britannia, hatsuharu sohma, hei, helix wamtani, jessica hamby, klara guildsen, lelouch vi britannia, liz forbes, piter de vries, saetan sadiablo, sarah manning, sougo okita, spencer reid, stefan salvatore, tear grants, yuuki kuran, zero kiryuu

[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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	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	I-It's not as weird as it might look. [Great. It's that guy.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ophiuchus
2013-09-18 06:22 pm UTC (link)

[Caliborn ignores her and continues on, waving a marker around for emphasis as he talks really fast to avoid trying to let her get words in edgewise.] Having so many father-men and other potentially capable males. Is actually a pretty good idea? A cult of bros. And I don't mean brother-bros. That's a different pile of shit.

But. There is no call for you to have two copies of yourself. Like. That's two too many? Have some fucking respect for the time continuum.

And what's the deal with the guy in the cherry red. Why did you cross him out. I bet he's the most interesting one of all.

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trappedinresin
2013-09-18 06:31 pm UTC (link)

[Grrr. She pulls the page closer to her, and glares in his direction. What would he even know about it. And there is no way she's going to touch upon her uncle with him, because she's sure that he'll just praise the monster.]

I only made two copies of myself to illustrate the fact that after my biological parents died, I was adopted.

[She points to the figure labeled 'Adoptive Father'.] Headmaster also took guardianship of Zero, so we're all down below.

[It was also difficult to illustrate the complex relationship between her and Kaname, and then throwing Zero into the mix makes it even more complicated. Actually... why did she even bother to draw this all out to begin with? OTL ]

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	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 06:36 pm UTC (link)
	[Caliborn just keeps his smug and mocking look locked on his face.] Messy messy. How did they die? Your parents. Spill it. Like the drops of blood I assume they spilled. Out of their soft fleshy torsos. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

trappedinresin
2013-09-18 06:53 pm UTC (link)

[ FANGS CLENCHED. She sits rigid, hands fisted so tight her knuckles turn white. A sharp gust of air shoots his way, cracking one of glasses upon the table. The same invisible shard grazes along his cheek to embed into the wall. The angered aura is heavy and thick, her glare dark.

She hadn't meant to lose control of her emotions but she doesn't much care.]

That. Has nothing to do with this class.

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ophiuchus
2013-09-18 07:00 pm UTC (link)

[Caliborn hisses, distinctly serpentine, and clutches his cheek. He brings his hand down and looks at the little smear of cherry red blood, the smell of which is unmistakably sweet.]

[He looks back up at Yuuki and the smug look returns. Not only because he pissed her off so badly, but also because Calliope won't be able to go out in public for a day or maybe even two, he's sure.]

No need to get all hysterical. Do you shoot fancy glass mind bullets at everyone who says something you don't like?

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	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 07:20 pm UTC (link)
	[She's never wanted to silence someone so badly. Not permanently of course, but even still it wouldn't be all that difficult to simply take his ability to talk for a while.] That was an accident. [A breath while she attempts to calm down.] Had it been intentional, we'd have a tragedy on our hands. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 07:23 pm UTC (link)
	[Caliborn giggles nastily.] You don't know the half of it. Put your big girl pants back on. And we can continue discussing your atrocity of a home life. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	[He's a terrible person. ... Or whatever he is.] It's too bad that there isn't anything I want to discuss with you. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	[It's true.] Good. See. Everyone should be happy that I'm here. Discouraging all the whining and crying that would otherwise go down. About everyone's filthy familial mudpits. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	You're here, aren't you. [Although she suspects that the one who has genuine family problems is the sister. His are just more bad intentioned complaints.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 07:46 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah. My presence here speaks to some goddamn ethnocentric thinking. [Where did you learn that word, Caliborn.] As far as I'm concerned. Calling that bitch my "sister" is just a linguistic convenience. She ain't nothing like that for real. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	[She doesn't even know what it means but whatever she just skips over it.] You're right. She shouldn't have to consider someone so cruel as you related to her. Blood doesn't always mean family. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 07:59 pm UTC (link)
	[He rolls his eyes, idly fussing with the little cut on his face. Aggravating it a little, even] Please. I'm not being melodramatic. What do emotionally damaged humans call it when they pretend they aren't related? "Disowning"? Yeah. That's not what I'm saying. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	I don't care much what you call it. I only care how she views it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 10:32 pm UTC (link)
	[He sighs and leans back in his chair.] Explaining this to a woman is basically impossible. But whatever. If you trust her ridiculous "opinion" more than mine. You'll find it's exactly the same. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-18 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	[Oh lovely, not only is he a sick sadistic freak, but he's also sexist too.] You know, for someone who's so widely disliked within the dome, you sure have a high and mighty attitude. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Caliborn grins and puts his feet up on the table.] See. I don't have the defect where I need people to like me. Like you social beasts do. Like I said before. It's ethnocentric. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	[Caliborn's grin widens.] Absolutely. Hold that thought. While I whip up a work of art. [He grabs for a few markers and sets to work, cheerfully scribbling. That is not hyperbole, as he is making actual color-coded scribbles.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-18 08:35 pm UTC (link)
	[He's seen a lot of bad pictures in his lifetime (having spent several years living with Yuuki. This takes the cake.] Explain it now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ophiuchus 2013-09-18 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	[The pride quickly turns into mild annoyance.] It's obviously a picture of me and my so-called "sister." I mean. It's not fully accurate. But it's basically fucking impossible to draw us both at once without being misleading. Also. We aren't chained up anymore. As you can clearly see in my drawing, if you stop being a shit head about it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)