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Dr. Bedelia Du Maurier ([personal profile] participatory) wrote in [community profile] entranceway2016-09-12 11:14 pm

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[Well. It seems it's that time again.

Bedelia sits in an armchair a few feet from the camera, much as she was the first time she made an announcement over the network. One leg is folded over the other, a red high heel just visible. She adjusts the end of one of her jacket sleeves before looking up at the camera.]


Hello.

[She's seen what's been happening. She would have to be blind not to. But she's been careful, managed to stay away from nearly everything suspicious and everyone unfamiliar. She hasn't come away entirely unscathed, but you won't find any hollow look of distress behind her eyes. The fortunate consequence of keeping to oneself and making few friends. This is not her first rodeo.

And she is, definitely, absolutely, not enjoying this. ]


I should start by saying that I am aware of the losses many of you have suffered recently, and that I’m sorry. [She drops her gaze, the picture of sincerity.] It has occurred to me that there may be quite a few people left shaken by what has happened here over the last few days. For those who may still be unaware, I want to extend my services as a psychiatrist.

I’m opening up my availability to accommodate for any influx in people who need someone to speak to. Walk-ins to my office will be accepted at the same times as always--9 to 5--but I will also make myself available at any hour to those who contact me. If you would rather not visit my office to speak, we can meet elsewhere, or speak over the network.

[She pauses a moment, thinking. Then she gathers herself, uncrossing her legs and leaning forward, hands resting together on her lap. She stares pointedly into the camera, speaking to whomever may most need to hear this.]

We all suffer, and we are all alone in it. Know that you do not need remain that way. Whatever has happened to you, whatever you have done, you don’t have to be alone.

[No, she is not enjoying this at all. That would be a highly inappropriate response. Were anyone particularly perceptive to look closely at the video feed, very close, you definitely would not see the smallest glint of eagerness behind all that practiced sincerity. Nothing to see here.]

Thank you all.



(ooc: This will be the main therapy post for this month. I will accept video, text, audio and action, and will match prose or brackets. Feel free to PM me if you'd prefer a closed log.)
postictal: (what the fuck boy)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-13 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Therapy. It's bizarre to exist in a world where that isn't mandated for him anymore.]

what do you specialize in?
postictal: (what a sad fucking panda)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-15 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
[Does it...count as a personality disorder? God, he's not even really sure.]

does it matter what trauma it is? Like if it's something you're not maybe legally allowed to talk about

["Legally" and not "ideologically" sounds...way better, doesn't it?]
postictal: (barely got a lid on it)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-16 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
how unusual are we talking

[Goddamnit. He should know better than to ask questions like that. He sighs, and sends a hasty text of amendment.]

nevermind. patient confidentiality and whatever. but i think i could be interested yeah.
postictal: (tim pretends he doesn't give any shits)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-18 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
["Legally," hah. Yeah, looks like she's got his number. Well, whatever, right? He's not gonna talk about the stuff that'll get other people hurt, but he's not sure how much he's willing to hold everything inside him.

Doesn't have to talk about everything, after all. Just the stuff that - that a person like her would be good at helping him with.]


yeah sure. i'm pretty new here but i think i can find it
postictal: (that boy needs therapy)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-18 06:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[The time rolls around quickly enough. He's used to waiting patiently (ha, patiently) for appointment times to free up. He goes through a third of the fresh pack of cigarettes he scrounged up from the closet in the room he's reluctantly chosen to be "his" in the meantime before he remembers that this probably isn't the best first impression to be making to someone who, ideally, will be his next psychological professional.

Maybe she'll be better at helping him sort out his problems than literally any other therapist has.

Or maybe not. Kinda depends on him, doesn't it?

He locates the place without trouble and raps knuckles against the door as he tries not to look as nervous as he feels.]
postictal: (that sounds like total bullshit my guy)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-19 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[He almost crams his hands in his pockets before it strikes him that this might make things weird, especially since she holds out a hand and everything, so he takes it and gives a firm shake, once, and then he shoves his hands in his pockets.]

Right, right. Yeah. That was me. Tim.

[He winces, as if the mere act of forgetting to introduce himself is an imposition on her - like, as an individual, or something.]

Sorry about that.
postictal: (tim pretends he doesn't give any shits)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-20 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[He enters and sits obediently, trying not to drum his fingers on his knees, his arms, the surface of the table. That'd probably be rude, or something. People don't like nervous fidgeting, it makes it seem like you've got something to hide. Which, yeah, he does, but he doesn't need anyone picking something like that up.]

Yeah, pretty much. Showed up with everyone else and then just kinda...stayed, I guess.
postictal: (look at all this bullshit)

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[personal profile] postictal 2016-09-25 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess, yeah.

[No more or less disorienting than waking up anywhere else with no memory of where he got there. So he supposes he has that minute advantage, the knowledge that he's just - used to it. Figures.]

No worse than anyone else, I think. People here've caught me up on how things work. How stuff...happens here. [He shrugs tiredly.] It's weird, but what part of this isn't?
postictal: (begging for help im screaming for help)

no worries! i backtag indefinitely :3

[personal profile] postictal 2016-10-04 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, he'd kinda figured. Most of the people here seemed to discuss the way Wonderland was with a sort of world-weary resignation, like they'd just accepted their lot in life and accepted that it was to be surrounded by a bizarre, eclectic, surrealist nightmare.]

Not really, no. Not unless you got anything against Alabama.

[Though maybe that's not entirely honest of him, is it?]
postictal: (shit boi i die)

[personal profile] postictal 2016-10-09 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never not had someone who's kinda, uh...mandated. I guess.

[The answer comes out easily. It's not wrong. It's not dishonest. It's not complete, sure, but when has he ever laid his cards on the table with no strings attached?

He makes a vague gesture near one of his temples.]


Got some "issues," it turns out.