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

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Entry tags::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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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-18 09:33 pm UTC (link)
[Megan hadn't yet be to one of the therapy sessions. The name of it alone has her nervous. She doesn't want to share what she really is! And with all of these people she doesn't know around! She was really just looking for a way out.

In the meantime, she is snacking on some of the refreshments, not yet ready discuss her "problems"]

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[info]pushedback
2013-09-19 05:47 pm UTC (link)
[ Shy girls need company. She moves on over with a friendly smile. ] Hey.

Pretty awkward, huh?

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-19 08:53 pm UTC (link)
Hi. [She gives her a smile back]

Yeah it is... they don't make this easy do they?

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[info]pushedback
2013-09-20 05:39 pm UTC (link)
Not really. I guess it's just hard to begin though, with all these strangers around. I know I'd be more comfortable doing this if I was with friends, but when you're the new girl there's not a lot of those around.

I'm Kitty, by the way. Kitty Pimms. [ Not truth'd up enough yet to spill her real name. ]

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-20 09:28 pm UTC (link)
It is. It doesn't really seem like most of my friends are here. There is one... but he doesn't know either. So it's just very strange and I've never really shared a lot with people I don't know.

It's nice to meet you Kitty. I'm Megan Morse. [Still not drugged enough either to share her real name]

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[info]pushedback
2013-09-24 02:51 pm UTC (link)
It's nice to meet you too, Megan! [ A reassuring smile. ] So... I guess the only thing we can do is get to know each other better, isn't it?

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-24 07:57 pm UTC (link)
I guess so. That seems to be the point of this. That we get to know each other and we talk about issues that we might have with ourselves.

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[info]pushedback
2013-09-25 01:11 pm UTC (link)
Not a bad thing, if you ask me. I mean, it's not okay that they force us into it or anything but we don't have much of a choice but to make the most of it... don't you think?

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-25 07:19 pm UTC (link)
That is true. I wish they wouldn't make us do it, but there's not much we can do at the moment.

[She looks back at the group] I really wonder if others have the same problem as me.

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[info]borg
2013-09-21 01:11 pm UTC (link)
[ seven doesn't have a problem. she's accepted what she is, that she will spend the rest of her existence as part-borg human, and has made her peace with it. to be upset about it would be futile, as there was nothing that could be done to completely free her from the technology implanted throughout her body. she was a drone for too long, matured as one, and the doctor did all he could. and in truth, rendering her 100% human would likely be a more startling experience for her than leaving her as she is to deal with the prejudice she will encounter when and if voyager ever returns to the alpha quadrant.

she makes her way to a chair to megan's right. ]
Is this seat occupied?

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-21 05:07 pm UTC (link)
[Megan looks up from her snack and smiles at the woman who walks over. Part human? Definitely wasn't a concern for her]

No of course not. I'd like some company.

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[info]borg
2013-09-22 12:10 pm UTC (link)
[ seven sits down, posture as rigid as ever. she's anything but relaxed. she does not want to be here. ]

I did not choose a photograph. [ because she is choosing to abstain from that activity. the photographs are inaccurate representations, allegories and allusions that do not need to be made. pointless exercise is pointless. irrelevant. ]

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-22 03:36 pm UTC (link)
I didn't pick on either. I looked at that, but... I didn't quite understand the point of it. I didn't think it worked very well for me.

[She's fine with herself... as long as she could hide what she really was]

It seemed rather silly.

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[info]borg
2013-09-22 05:02 pm UTC (link)
It is silly, as is the exercise where we're expected to study our reflections.

[ as if they haven't looked at themselves in a mirror before and know what lies there. ]

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-22 06:33 pm UTC (link)
Yes! That one is strange as well. It's not like all of the apartments don't have mirrors in them. I don't know what they are expecting us to do with that.

Then again, I'm not sure why they are doing this in the first place.

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[info]borg
2013-09-29 11:05 am UTC (link)
[ finally, someone who goes ??? at human ways of dealing with things as much as seven does. ]

I believe they hope to encourage more rapid rehabilitation in us by forcing those of us who are not ready to confront or problems to do so. Efficient, but ultimately ineffective.

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-29 05:06 pm UTC (link)
It seems like that is the ultimate goal, but they are doing it in a strange way. I don't think its going to help most people, doing it like this.

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[info]put_it_in_gear
2013-09-23 11:30 pm UTC (link)
[Oh well Richie guesses he might know why M'gann got pushed into a group like this with all these soul-searching questions. Doesn't mean it's not crap considering no one should be trying to force anyone to make themselves that open. And being mad on her behalf means he can ignore how awkward he feels on his own.]

You hanging in there, Meg?

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-24 07:10 am UTC (link)
[It was obvious to those who knew her. She basically had spent her entire in Marina pretending to be human. She smiles over at him as he came over. Seeing a familiar face in the group wasn't something she was going to complain about]

I am. It's all just so... nerve wracking. How are you doing?

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[info]put_it_in_gear
2013-09-27 10:08 am UTC (link)
Yeah, last time they did this, it wasn't as bad, but... [This time feels different. Maybe the questions are worse. Too close to home.]

But hey, at least we ended up in one together. Better than being stuck alone.

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-09-27 10:14 pm UTC (link)
It wasn't quite as forced as it is now?

Yeah, that's a good thing. We have each other here.

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[info]put_it_in_gear
2013-10-01 11:20 am UTC (link)
Uh...more like I got stuck in a group that didn't really fit me and ended up talking about things that had nothing to do with it. As long as we talked, they didn't care about the topic.

[He looks at the questions again.] Guess this time, they're trying to keep up on task.

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-10-01 07:35 pm UTC (link)
Oh... how odd. Compared to last time then it seems like they are trying harder to get us to do something useful this time.

[She looks at the list and then looks down] Why do they have to make this so awkward?

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[info]put_it_in_gear
2013-10-03 03:08 pm UTC (link)
"Useful" is relative when they're not really giving us much of a choice and no one wants to do it.

[At least that's how Richie sees it.] I don't think they really know how organic lifeforms think... If they did, half of their rules wouldn't exist. [And he's not even talking about the creepy ones related to sex that he doesn't think about.]

But we can probably talk about something and as long as we look involved, the robots won't bug us too much.

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[info]hello_mgann
2013-10-03 08:11 pm UTC (link)
That's true. Well, they think it is useful. We think it is weird.

Well, no, they are computers. Of course they don't. [Seemed obvious enough to her]

What should we talk about? Oh, are you taking any classes at the school? Does that work?

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