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Tweak says, "Wrong lever!"

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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	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 06:48 pm UTC (link)
	Anyone gone-gone, or are you just not in touch? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Two are dead, yeah. Two disappeared and the other two are as far gone as you can be even keeping in touch. [Hn. He stretches his arms up over his head.] You? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 06:55 pm UTC (link)
	No one's dead... as far as I know. Not anymore, anyway. Three disappeared and my mom... she's still around but not all there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 06:57 pm UTC (link)
	[Well isn't that interesting. Karev stares at Reid for a moment.] What, she a basket case or something? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 06:58 pm UTC (link)
	[ Ouch. There's a bit of a disapproving frown but if you guessed that this isn't the first time he's gotten this harshness, you'd be guessing right. ] Paranoid schizophrenic. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	[Excuse his inappropriate response of chuckling beneath his breath.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	[ Jerkface. ] What's so funny? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:03 pm UTC (link)
	[Everything.] Nothing. [Rather long pause.] You probably think it'd be easier with siblings, but it ain't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	What? [ Wait wait wait. He's got this. ]...You too? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:06 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, my ma flew hiiiigh over the cuckoo's nest. [...] Dad's remedy was a slap to the face, so he wasn't much help. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:08 pm UTC (link)
	[ Little wince. ] Mine left when I was four. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:27 pm UTC (link)
	Mine bailed when I beat his face in in High School. [It was finally too much.] The reason I became a dumb jock was to defend myself, for the record. [Remember how you judged before?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	The danger of relying on stereotypes. [ As close to an apology as you'll get right now. Pot, kettle, black. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	We can skip the hugging and the feelsy moment, right? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:41 pm UTC (link)
	Please. I wouldn't do that even if it was required. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:45 pm UTC (link)
	[Hm.] We're the cream of the crop here, huh. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:47 pm UTC (link)
	What do you mean? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	Issues. We've got 'em. [Probably more of them than the rest of the room combined.] Whoever stuck us here knew what they were doing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, right. [ Hn. ] Wouldn't surprise me if our captors know just about everything there is to know about us. Some of the things they do... it's eerie. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	[...] I'm still only two steps away from self-medicating. [Only Reid'd really understand what he means here; that fear of insanity.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thisiscalm 2013-10-12 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	[ A beat. ] You can't think like that. I mean... I'm still not sure if this is one huge psychotic break or whatever it is, but... It has to be the last possibility. It's hard enough, even without- [ You know. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	evilspawn 2013-10-12 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	I already know my family's genetic tree sucks, I'm not crossing anything off the board. [It's a bit easier to adjust to now that he's not sleeping in coffee shops.] But I'm still not wholly convinced this is reality. This is some sci-fi crap straight from the tv. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)