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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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	satomobility 2013-09-24 06:20 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry to hear about your sister. I lost my mother when I was eight. What... happened to her? If I can ask. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bottomless_pit
2013-09-24 11:02 pm UTC (link)

[ he stirred himself after a long moment, looking up from the card in his hand to stare at the woman asking her question. After another moment, he blinked. ]

She was a victim of war. It was her life or everyone else.

[ he still wasn't a hundred percent sure it had been worth the sacrifice. It was only knowing it was her choice that eased the guilt. ]

... What happened to your mother? [ because while he may be compelled to answer with the truth, it did not likewise get rid of the unease. This was not a subject he easily discussed. ]

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	satomobility 2013-09-29 07:51 am UTC (link)
	There was a break-in at my home. Something went sour, and the robbers killed her. [She chews her tongue a little, mulling over the rest of the story.] My father blamed the killers' powers, but you can do good or evil with or without bending. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bottomless_pit 2013-10-01 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	[ bending, he's heard that term before. ] Ah... I see. Man has always had the capacity for dark things. I'm sorry to hear you had to see the results first hand. [ And after the acknowledgement, he bowed his head, allowing the silence to descend in a moment of respect for the dead to replace the long years between the here and then. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	satomobility 2013-10-02 07:24 am UTC (link)
	Yeah. My father showed me plenty more of it, though. Him and his revolution. [She practically spits out the word.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	bottomless_pit 2013-10-02 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	[ his eyes immediately widened as he reared back ] A revolution?! [ he's flabbergasted. ] He must have loved your mother greatly if he went that far. [ it was the obvious conclusion, even if her tone suggested otherwise. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	satomobility 2013-10-04 08:37 am UTC (link)
	He did at some point. [She folds her arms and scowls. Those are some painful -- and still fresh -- memories.] But he lost sight of everything by the end. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

bottomless_pit
2013-10-27 09:41 pm UTC (link)

[ Hei nodded ]

Men often do.

[ he paused, frowning. That was not what he had meant to say at all, but he could no more take it back then unthink it. He had known too many people in a position of power to doubt it. ]

Did you try to remind him of what he had lost? [ he spoke softly, not wanting to dig up new pain, but trying, sometimes, helped ease the pain. ]

((ooc: starting to come off my month long hiatus. If this thread is too old to pick up, I understand!))

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