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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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	mysterymelody 2013-10-06 11:52 am UTC (link)
	I'm sure that encouraged him, Euphemia. [She did say "was", though, so] Is he... no longer alive? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-10-08 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	Ah... That's right. He died shortly after going to assume authority of Area 11. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-10-19 03:53 pm UTC (link)
	Area 11... That's the country Japan in your world, right? Suzaku spoke of it a bit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-10-19 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, that's right. What did he tell you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-10-20 12:08 am UTC (link)
	Just that it was his homeland. That it was lost to your country in a war when he was a child and recently struggling for peace, but you were working very hard towards that goal. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-10-28 12:30 am UTC (link)
	Yes, it... Well, it has been a difficult time. [That hardly says it all, but then Tear knows of the massacre at least, right?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-10-28 01:24 pm UTC (link)
	[Unfortunately. And what follows...] ...Would it being difficult stop you from going back and continuing, if you were able to do so? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-11-04 12:08 pm UTC (link)
	[Her words fail her for a moment, breath hitches slightly.] ...It's better if I don't return. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-11-04 07:24 pm UTC (link)
	...Why do you think that? [Softly. Of course, the natural reason would be that living with the backlash of the massacre would be so painful and difficult, but she wants to hear Euphie's own words] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-11-07 05:25 pm UTC (link)
	I was still under the geass. If I go back...I won't stop. [Until someone—Lelouch—stops her.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-11-07 06:28 pm UTC (link)
	[...Right. It just might not be possible to suppress the compulsion on her world] But if not for that... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-11-08 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	If not for that I would want to go back and do whatever I could to help put things right. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-11-12 11:47 am UTC (link)
	That's the Euphemia I admire. [Smiling, it's clear she's being entirely sincere] Many people would stay away, distance themselves in guilt and shame. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-11-17 09:04 pm UTC (link)
	You...admire me? [Don't look now, Tear, but your head has become a peacock or some other strange phenomenon.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	mysterymelody 2013-11-28 12:51 am UTC (link)
	[For a moment she starts to wonder herself if there isn't something wrong with her face, with a stare like that. Very self-conscious all of a sudden!] Of-- of course. You're a wonderful person, Euphemia; I'm sure many people do. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	friendly_fire 2013-12-16 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	[As long as you don't count those horns growing out of it, everything is fine! Also, there are no horns.] You flatter me, Tear. [And surprise. Don't forget surprise. Even before the massacre she would not have expected admiration.] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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