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Tweak says, "why the long face?"

MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2017-05-08 11:56:00

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:jaden, :mary wesson, :mingle, aidan reilly, alex karev, ianto jones, jack harkness, james howlett/logan, keith, malcolm reynolds, martha jones, nico di angelo, peter parker (stnas), pidge, prompto argentum, sara lance, sarah williams, spencer reid, spike, wade wilson

427 - Group Therapy Mingle

THERAPY GROUPS
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Turning a New Leaf
Polyamorous Individuals
PTSD and You
Murderers Anonymous
Addicts Anonymous
Counting Days - Managing Life with a Chronic Illness
Phobias and You
Impostor Syndrome
Abandonment Issues

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	pocket_sized 2017-05-14 10:40 pm UTC (link)
	Ray gives a soft huff of a laugh and shakes his head. "Yeah, abandonment issues. That really makes the whole thing seem even worse actually." Here he is with his problems and there's two kids who probably had it infinitely worse than he's ever had. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-15 01:05 am UTC (link)
	Which thing? The therapy session or the being drawn into this place part? [Shiro only knew they'd had it rough because he'd been around them, had seen them upset by people not being there or the thought of them being gone. He didn't need to ask anymore] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-15 01:08 am UTC (link)
	The latter. I don't know if I'd have come but I feel this weird compulsion too, also if I talk too much, probably should say something because I've been sitting here trying to keep from actually spilling my proverbial guts. Which, you know, awkward. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-16 01:18 am UTC (link)
	Really? You felt like you had to come to this one? Not that you wanted to come? [He didn't really like that idea and he glanced over at Keith and Pidge. What if they had felt like they had to be here?] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-16 01:36 am UTC (link)
	Partly. I mean it's absolutely be good to talk about it with someone and I usually don't let it bother me but, it does. But yes, I feel like I need to tell someone and it's basically taking all of my willpower not to traumatize someone, probably one of these two, with my problems. [He's pretty tense, actually.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-16 02:36 am UTC (link)
	[Shiro turned back to Ray. Well, if he was saying that he didn't want to traumatize them, there was probably something there that that they shouldn't hear] If it will help, you can tell me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pocket_sized
2017-05-16 09:42 am UTC (link)

[That may have been a bit of hyperbole but there was plenty of heavy stuff. He nods and takes a moment to gather his thoughts.]

The reason I came to this group specifically, there's been a few events in my life which it describes a bit on the nose.

I think I'll spare you the romantic woes. Those are...

Complicated is an understatement.

Anyway, a couple of years ago, I built a super suit, the ATOM suit. Sorta my way of trying to make the world a better place, as well as using my wealth and resources to improve the quality of life of my city. See, two terrorist attacks in two years tends to leave you a little disenfranchised.

Then, I basically blew the roof of my company's building, shrunk myself, and was declared legally dead in the span of six months, while I was lost, three inches tall, wandering around in a construction site trying to contact someone for help.

And when I come back, I find out all my work, philanthropy, and city restoration efforts were basically for nothing. Nobody cared about what I left behind, so much for a legacy. All that success meant nothing.

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herdsspacecubs
2017-05-17 02:14 am UTC (link)

[Shiro listened patiently to the story, definitely surprised]

That's... that's some story. I am sorry though that for all the work you did no one noticed when they thought you were gone. That's rough when you thought to you were making a difference.

[He'd been lucky. Keith had remembered him and Pidge and Lance had both recognized him after a year of being gone and even with all of the physical changes. He couldn't imagine how painful it would have been if Keith hadn't remembered him, hadn't cared he'd been gone]

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	pocket_sized 2017-05-17 05:03 am UTC (link)
	[He sighs through teeth and nods his head to acknowledge that response, which is not a surprising one.] At least they did change the city's name in my honor. And I kinda saved the world a few times since, so that's a bonus. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-18 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Well, there is that I guess. Did they know that you had saved the world or was that more a secret? [He'd seen some strange things in his time so it was hard to be phased hearing what Ray was saying. Sometimes it was easier to go with it. He did pilot a sentient robot lion after all] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-18 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	Being a time traveler means that saving the world is a thankless job. Actuall I'm pretty sure I died a week ago. But me, as in a future version of me, which came back in time to stop us from failing a second time around. [Its nice not to be surroundes by agreeable yes men.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-19 02:12 am UTC (link)
	[Okay... that confused him] Wait... what? You can shrink and also travel through time? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-19 02:15 am UTC (link)
	I'm... [He pauses.] Well, no I don't personally have that ability but I probably could have figured out the model T of time travel if I had the time and knew it was possible, before I got recruited to actually go out and be a time traveling superhero. So it's not all bad. At least I'm doing something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-20 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	Huh... so someone recruited you to time travel? [Confusing but interesting] That's not something I'd ever thought I'd hear, but that's amazing. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-20 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	[Time travel usually is.] Yeah, a man named Rip Hunter recruted me, and a few others who didn't quite fit in to for a team and hunt down an immortal psychopath bent on world domination. Gave me purpose, after legally dying, losing my company, and... [Two loves in relatively short succession.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-22 12:11 am UTC (link)
	Well, except for the time traveling part, sounds oddly similar. [Since yeah... Zarkon had been alive for longer than Allura had without the cryopod] Having purpose is good, especially after all of that. It's bad to just continue to dwell on something. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pocket_sized
2017-05-22 12:46 am UTC (link)

I tend not to dwell on things, really. I mean most of the time I'm the guy who keeps the morale up. Doesn't mean It doesn't add up over time. Worse when you're reminded of the things you'd rather not.

A year ago I was trying to move on, engaged, and then a time travler tried to get to us by threatening our loved ones.

I had to see my fiance again, who had died two years prior.

So yeah. Rough.

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	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-22 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Oh, man... that's... I'm sorry. That is rough. Unfortunately the morale guy does have it hard. You're the one who can't show there is a problem so you never have an outlet. [Not him. But he knew which person on his team that was] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

pocket_sized
2017-05-22 01:05 am UTC (link)

You know, I guess maybe I'm not nessicarily the morale guy, its really a cliche. The legends are pretty gopd humored. I'm just optomistic.

Except when things tend to get needlessly grim.

Or confusing.

My other Ex is here. [And before they even had a relationship, pavong way for a completely different dynamic.

Also why can't he stop talking? Why?]

Which is problematic since shes only known me a few weeks where as I've known her two years.

And thats what I'm dealing with.

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	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-22 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	Still have similar problems. So you have the issue where she's from a different time than you and the problem is that you are in different places with the relationship? [Since he had said "ex"] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-23 06:22 am UTC (link)
	From my perspective, we're close friends, from hers, I'm her boss, whom she knows as a eccentric billionaire. Which is fair, and I have two years of shared events over her, which is also complicated. [And a long pause.] And I'm still in love with her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-23 01:38 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah that would make things awkward, I'd think. Have you talked to her about this? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-24 04:09 am UTC (link)
	She knows we had a relationship in her future, my past. Kinda hard to hide. She's remarkably perceptive. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	herdsspacecubs 2017-05-25 02:36 am UTC (link)
	So she could tell something was different between the two of you? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pocket_sized 2017-05-25 08:02 am UTC (link)
	Yep. I mean, I used to be her boss, so the decorum of being someone's boss as opposed to being a lover, and later close friend, is vastly different. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)