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Tweak says, "It's only time"

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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	notamasochist 2013-09-27 12:53 am UTC (link)
	[That's right. If they are displaying it, they have access to it.] Not a bad idea. [And just like that--the image is gone again. Replaced by a group of unfamiliar people.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-27 12:57 am UTC (link)
	[Once it's vanished, she turns back to him again. Frowning, she knows it wasn't up long enough. Not long enough at all. A hand reaching out, it gently brushes across his cheek in a gentle caress.] They were beautiful, Zero. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-27 01:10 am UTC (link)
	[He just shrugs. It's not a huge deal. The picture was a familiar one that he'd seen for a number of years at home before their murder.] Cross took that. I think we were nine. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-09-27 01:13 am UTC (link)
	[Her eyes widen again and she blinks] Wait... Headmaster did!? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notamasochist
2013-09-27 01:32 am UTC (link)

Yes. Normally he'd come to visit with Shishou. He always had a camera and liked to take shots of Ichiru and I. We'd always heard a lot of stories around about him--which sounded nothing like the idiot taking our pictures. I just figured the previous freak of the hunter association was entertaining himself with the new freaks.

[It was just how things were. He wonders how much you actually know though.]

He just happened to be here on a day when our parents were home for once.

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	trappedinresin 2013-10-26 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	I had never known... [She frowns.] I wonder why he never took me along. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-11-12 09:52 am UTC (link)
	I don't know. He tried to hide that part of his life from you for some reason. [Zero just shrugs. He doesn't see it as a huge deal.] Our parents tried to be careful about who we were around. Any outsiders would have been a risk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-11-24 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	He felt guilty, I think. He didn't like to be associated with that kind of past. [Although now, he was the president of the association. It was a little ironic.] Although the me from back then could hardly have been considered a risk. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-11-26 04:15 am UTC (link)
	...because bringing a pureblood disguised as a human into a village specifically for Vampire Hunters would be a smart thing to do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-11-30 02:26 am UTC (link)
	. . . He brought me to the association. I was fully human back then! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-11-30 02:30 am UTC (link)
	[You don't remember that correctly.] I took you. He tried to talk us out of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-11-30 02:32 am UTC (link)
	Eh... I guess that's true. [He fretted the entire time] Although had it been really bad, he might have put his foot down... [She's trying to think of an occasion where he's ever really put his foot down...] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-11-30 03:05 am UTC (link)
	He knew we wouldn't find anything. [He says it bluntly and maybe with just a little anger in there.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	trappedinresin 2013-11-30 03:10 am UTC (link)
	Mm... I guess that's true. [In the end she's not sure what to think about it all. Upsetting that so many people knew and never told her. But... to an extent she understands, too. She merely sighs.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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