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Tweak says, "Mmmm apple pie"

Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (pushedback) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-18 20:19:00

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:mingle, aradia megido, artemis crock, charlotte charles, dirk strider, mgann morzz, piter de vries, richie foley, seven of nine, sougo okita, spike

237 - Self-acceptance group mingle
[ The Accept Yourself Support Group is told to report to one of the rooms in the Sector 4 art center. The room is cosy and warmly lit with a bunch of plush armchairs set in a circle around a low table. On the table is a basket full of photographs, a stack of handheld mirrors and a card with the instructions. The photographs are all of inanimate objects, abstract patterns or landscapes, buildings or nature. ]

• Find a photograph that you feel represents you as a person. Take turns in the group to explain why you've chosen that card.

• Look at yourself in the mirror for five minutes. Take turns in the group to explain what it is you see in your reflection.

• Discuss why you see yourself this way. Discuss how you see those around you. Discuss the differences. Discuss how you can be more honest with yourself and your potential.

[ For those that are not yet ready to get going on the activities, there's plenty of delicious snacks and refreshing drinks available, as well as soothing music to ease the awkwardness. Let the self-examination begin! ]

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	smuppeteer 2013-09-18 03:50 pm UTC (link)
	[ Having come straight from the Relationships session, Dirk is already pretty doped up on therapy drugs. Plenty relaxed and all too glad to comply with the instructions. He roots through the photographs until he finds one of a dilapidated, crumbling building, and tosses it down onto the table. ] Hey, look. It's a broken-down piece of shit. How familiar. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	hello_mgann 2013-09-18 09:24 pm UTC (link)
	[Megan was looking through the photographs as well. She really didn't want to be here. This was not where she wanted to be. She was perfectly happy with herself... provided no one found out what she really was. She looks over at the one he tosses down] Is that the one for how you see yourself? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-09-18 09:26 pm UTC (link)
	It's the closest one here. Oh, no, wait. [ He grabs a picture of a tornado ravaging a peaceful little prairie. ] A natural disaster unable to stop itself from destroying everything in its path. Perfect. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hello_mgann 2013-09-18 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	[Megan looks at them curiously before shifting her gaze back to him] Why is that? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	$Dirk Strider: :\$ smuppeteer 2013-09-18 09:33 pm UTC (link)
	Because that's basically what I am. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hello_mgann 2013-09-18 09:35 pm UTC (link)
	You mean... like it is an ability that you have that causes this? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-09-18 09:48 pm UTC (link)
	No. Well, possibly, but I was just referring to the fact that I'm a narcissistic, neurotic egomaniac who tries to micro-manage his relationships as if his best friends were pawns on a chessboard. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hello_mgann 2013-09-18 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	Oh... [Well, that was blunt. She wasn't quite so far gone with what she had eaten yet. This was her first group and she writes it off to being his personality] I'm... I'm sorry to hear that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-09-18 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	Eh. Nothing you could do about it, anyway. I'm hopeless. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hello_mgann 2013-09-19 07:02 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I'm sure you aren't hopeless. Maybe just understanding more how it makes your friends feel. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-09-19 04:33 pm UTC (link)
	I understand perfectly. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hello_mgann 2013-09-19 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	Oh... Is there a reason why? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	smuppeteer 2013-09-20 12:51 am UTC (link)
	Control issues. I'm probably a sociopath to some degree. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)