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Tweak says, "Hold the door!"

vikingly (vikingly) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-09-19 15:01:00

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:mingle, annabelle, damon salvatore, data, eric northman, klara guildsen, piter de vries, rebekah mikealson, saetan sadiablo, seven of nine, spike, stefan salvatore, yvaine, zero kiryuu

[237] Struggling with my humanity or lack thereof therapy
[ Considering the nature of the group, it's unsurprising that it is being held in The Blood Shack. There is a sign on the door announcing that the bar is closed for therapy adding that if you're here for the 'Struggling with my humanity of the lack thereof' therapy session, please come in and make yourself at home. Someone (not Eric) has made over the bar so that it looks a great deal like an AA room rather than a bar. The tables are arranged into a square shape (yes, the way you used to sit in school). The bar is open, but the alcoholic beverages have been locked up. The blood taps are available and there's a selection of bottled blood sitting on top of the bar. It is clearly self serve. There's also a selection of pastries on the bar for those that like a little nibble with their blood. Next to this is a large fishbowl filled with folded slips of paper. There's a small sign next to it that urges each participant to take a question from the fishbowl, help yourself to some refreshment and have a seat.

On their folded slips of paper, participants will find such questions:

Were you ever human? If so, when was that? What are you now?
How do you define 'humanity'?
What is your opinion of humans? Why? How did you develop this opinion?
Discuss the relationships you currently have with humans.
What is the most important factor in maintaining your humanity? Do you feel it's important to maintain?
Has there been a change in your humanity, for the better or worse? What prompted that?
Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of humanity.

Just in case anyone has any doubt that we're here for business and not pleasure, the jukebox has been locked down as well.]

ooc:as with other posts, don't feel limited by these questions. Feel free to add your own and assume these are just some of the questions in the fishbowl. Mingle, make new threads, interrupt threads and enjoy! Note that your character does not have to be non-human to be here! Humans struggle with their humanity sometimes too!

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notamasochist
2013-09-19 09:44 pm UTC (link)

[The bots had to deliver this one by force. The Blood Shack is not a place that Zero typically willingly stepped into because he refused to accept everything that had happened to him. Accepting others had gotten easier during the past year, but accepting himself isn't something he'd quite reached yet.

This whole battle within himself was still being waged with no signs of ending anytime soon.

Stubborn beyond belief when it came to this subject, Zero was still unwilling to do this therapy session. He was steering clear of the food and questions. Instead he took a seat in the very back as far away from everyone else as he could get and just glared at everyone in the room.

The problem is--this is his third therapy session and he's long ago broken into he refreshments at those.

So the bot delivers him a question before leaving. With a sigh, Zero can't help but to open it and read it outloud.]

Were you ever human? If so, when was that? What are you now?

[Fuck you and your stupid therapy Marina.]

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	easily 2013-09-19 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	[Rebekah's eaten a few pastries at this point which is why she gives this honest answer:] Yes, though it was over a thousand years ago. My parents made me and my siblings into our world's first vampires. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-19 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	[Interest piqued. Maybe he can keep the topic off himself and onto someone else--particularly when it's a subject he's interested in.] You're an ancestor in your home world? How did your parents do it if there weren't any others at the time? The oldest known vampire in our world is over ten thousand years old. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	easily 2013-09-20 02:27 am UTC (link)
	It was a spell they created to try to make us stronger, more able to protect ourselves from the wolves. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-20 10:35 am UTC (link)
	A spell? [That's a new one he hadn't heard before.] What sort of threat were the wolves at the time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	easily 2013-09-20 06:05 pm UTC (link)
	They had already killed my youngest brother, Henrik. My mother was a powerful witch, she didn't want to lose any more of her children. [But those kind of spells always have consequences.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-21 08:29 am UTC (link)
	Did any of your siblings or you inherit her abilities or talents for magic? I can't see any parent willingly giving any of their children this sort of life, though I know it happens. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	easily 2013-09-21 05:26 pm UTC (link)
	We might have, but once we were turned it didn't matter. You cannot be both a vampire and a witch. They regretted it later, of course, which they tried to fix by trying to kill us. [Family problems: she's got 'em.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-23 09:01 pm UTC (link)
	[He can't say he blames them. It's common for a hunter to commit suicide after being bit. Not always but often.] Really? I wouldn't think those would have much to do with the other. We only have hunters or vampires back home. You can be both though. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	easily 2013-09-24 04:30 am UTC (link)
	It's a balance of nature sort of thing. Witches are connected to nature, to life -- vampires are dead. We've had one case of a hunter-vampire. One of my mothers attempts to fix her crimes, I suppose. He's dead now though. [Rebekah saw to that herself.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reaction 2013-09-20 12:55 am UTC (link)
	[ Guess who's waiting on Zero to answer that question? This guy right here. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notamasochist 2013-09-20 01:04 am UTC (link)
	[He feels your eyes on him. He doesn't want to play this game. Does. Not. Want. To. Play.] Three questions seems a little unfair. I should just draw again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reaction 2013-09-20 01:22 am UTC (link)
	Tsk, tsk. Feeling ashamed? [ He lets out a smirk. ] Pretty sure there's a group therapy for that too. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	reaction 2013-10-05 12:26 pm UTC (link)
	[ Wow. Totally did not expect this sudden burst of words coming out of Zero. Did he suspect the guy's a vampire? Yes. So it's -- nice to have that confirmed. ] Hold up. [ He's got plenty of questions now. ] When you say... devoured an original pureblood vamp, are we talking cannibalism here? [ Because that's what it sounds like. ] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)