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Tweak says, "It was love to me"

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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	thehighlord 2013-09-25 03:18 pm UTC (link)
	In some cases, certainly. I suppose it depends on the situation. My daughter has many friends with unhappy home lives who think of me as family because they have no one else. I have a close friend who is like a brother to me, as well. In the end I think we adopt people we care about into our hearts and our families without really realizing it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-09-27 06:09 pm UTC (link)
	[So she might have done so already, but simply not understood they were labeled as "family" in her heart and as according to the criteria she's come to know for the term? That's... an encouraging thought. That she might not be so removed from normalcy as she's feared] Do you have only a daughter? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-09-27 06:21 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, I have two living sons as well, and another in Hell with me. [And two other dead ones who never made it there.] The worst thing they have done to me by bringing me here is taking them away from me. I miss them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-09-30 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Excuse you what] ..."In Hell"? [No soul system has ever been confirmed on Auldrant, but of course there are stories... of a glorious land for righteous and an abyss of torment for the wicked. She grew up in what some would consider a "hell", but she knows that much worse could be out there, so] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-10-01 07:35 am UTC (link)
	I'm so very sorry, I suppose I should introduce myself. [After being so recognizable for so long at home its easy to forget that reputation doesn't carry over to here.] My name is Saetan SaDiablo. I'm the High Lord of Hell, among other things. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-10-06 12:02 pm UTC (link)
	[She notes he's awfully polite, more than one would consider a "lord of hell" to be, pretty much regardless of where they're from] And... what does that entail, in your world? Do you rule over metaphysical souls, or beings of flesh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thehighlord 2013-10-06 09:13 pm UTC (link)
	[Manners are a bit of a sticking point for him, yes.] Hell is its own separate Realm where the demon-dead reside. You keep your body in the same state you died, more or less, aside from breathing or a pulse or any other signs of life. I do my best to keep Hell a place worth residing in. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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