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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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lostababyfang
2013-09-18 08:54 pm UTC (link)

[She sees too many things in black and white when it comes to family. Too many of her own expectations being put on others. But in a way she understands. You can't save two people at once. You have to pick one to save first.]

So now he's gone and doesn't want anything to do with you because he blames you for what happened.

[She's blunt and quiet, face almost expressionless.] It was for his sister. It's not like you did it because you hated him. Maybe he'll forgive you someday.

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	thehighlord 2013-09-18 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	I don't think he will. [Quiet, ashamed, and so desperately sad.] This isn't the first time I've lost him. He was taken from me as a child, a long time ago and he grew up in pain because of it. I've made a lot of mistakes where Daemon is concerned, I'm afraid, though I never wanted to. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-18 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	[She tightens her hand a little around the pencil she holds.] People make mistakes. Sometimes really bad ones. But your family. You can't hate family. [She doesn't sound so sure of that last statement.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-18 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	I love my family more than anything, and unfortunately every hurt that has ever come my way has been because of who I am. If I were to start listing everything we would be here all day. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	But that doesn't mean your family should hate you. They'll love you anyway. It's what families do. [Doesn't it? Everything that has happened in the last twenty years has been because of what she is now. Her father doesn't hate her for it. He loves her. Her mother... She doesn't want to think about.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that's what families do. [A faint smile.] That and cause trouble. And you, my dear? Do you have family? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 02:15 pm UTC (link)
	[She gives a nod, but doesn't elaborate at first. Talking about her family is hard. Still, she feels more relaxed now than she had earlier. She's not as tense.] My dad and my mom. I don't see them very much. They're busy. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	I'm sorry to hear that. You don't have anyone besides them? [It is easier to talk here, and to ask questions, somehow.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 02:36 pm UTC (link)
	...Not since my grandfather died. That was a long time ago. Both of my parents are only children. [As far as she knows.] I had a nanny for a while, but she died. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 02:47 pm UTC (link)
	It must have been hard to be brought here, then, and be separated from them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 02:49 pm UTC (link)
	It might be better this way, for them. [At least her father doesn't have to be held back by her any longer.] They don't have to worry about me, now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 02:55 pm UTC (link)
	They'll always worry about you, I'm afraid; its part of the job description. I'm sorry, I don't mean to make you miss them by saying such a thing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 03:05 pm UTC (link)
	If they knew I was here, they'd know that I'm right where I should be. [But they don't know, and Klara wonders if her father thinks she broke out and went off to kill people.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 03:10 pm UTC (link)
	You think you should be in prison? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 03:13 pm UTC (link)
	It's where people go when they commit a crime--and I don't mean being out after curfew. That crime is nonsensical. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 03:22 pm UTC (link)
	Do you mind if I ask what you did that is so horrible you think you deserve this? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 03:30 pm UTC (link)
	I killed someone. [It slips out so easily, simple and to the point.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 03:31 pm UTC (link)
	To protect yourself, or for other reasons? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 03:35 pm UTC (link)
	Nothing justifiable. And she's dead, so in the end, that's what matters. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	It must matter a great deal, or you wouldn't think you deserved to be punished for it. Do you regret it at all? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	lostababyfang 2013-09-26 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	[She looks at him incredulously.] Why wouldn't I regret it? Do you think I'm that much of a monster? Feeling bad about doing something doesn't get you out of being punished for it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-26 04:01 pm UTC (link)
	It does where I'm concerned. I know I don't have any power here, but I do judge the dead in Hell, and if its any comfort or consolation I've never condemned anyone who truly understood and regretted their actions. I don't think you deserve to be punished for them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lostababyfang
2013-09-30 09:41 pm UTC (link)

[He judges the dead?]

But people are judged for bad deeds all of the time. That's why we have a criminal justice system. If you feel bad, you plead guilty and take your punishment as you should.

[If there was one thing her parents ingrained in her well, it was respect for the law and order. There were rules and she was meant to follow them. Not following them would lead to punishment. It wasn't about guilt it was about consequences for your actions.]

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	thehighlord 2013-10-01 07:38 am UTC (link)
	Certainly, and I'm very grateful for it. And I must say my dear, few people seem to view it in such a levelheaded way as you do. But everyone dies, and everyone answers for the way they lived their life, and frankly I'm a rather big believer in second chances. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

lostababyfang
2013-10-03 04:44 pm UTC (link)

[She looks down at the paper she had drawn all over, covered in doodles of nothing and then a face here or there. She hadn't realized she'd been drawing them at first, but by the time she did, she was already shading in her father's peppery gray hair.]

Because you're a nice person. Not everyone deserves it even if they do feel bad. Especially if they might do it again.

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