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[watchthedetective]

I know this place is hard to deal with at the best of times, and the past couple of events seem to have been especially bad. If anyone is interested in getting together in a group setting to discuss the things that have happened to them here and share knowledge, coping skills, and emotional support, please respond.



Private to Sherlock Holmes:

I'm sorry if I was intrusive.

Comments

[throughthedark]

Yes. I suffered through it, just as most of the house seems to have done.

[...] I suppose, with everything suddenly out in the open anyway, there's no harm in discussing them.

[watchthedetective]

There's that.

And doing it ourselves this time.

[throughthedark]

Taking back the control the mysterious and unseen forces took away from us?

I suppose there's some value in that.

[...] Out of curiosity, what is your perception of the event? I mean, what did you perceive these "shadows" to be?

[watchthedetective]

All the ones I saw looked exactly like the people they were harassing except that they had yellow eyes.

Is that what you're asking?

[throughthedark]

Not quite.

The report that they were actually a part of us, just made manifest when normally hidden away. Do you believe that?

[watchthedetective]

[There's a long pause before a reply comes.]

That's a complicated question.

[Another pause.]

I know she said some things I recognize in myself. It's no harder to believe than anything else about this place, but I think it ends up in a lot of "what is Self?" philosophizing.

[throughthedark]

I wouldn't be surprised if the entire exercise was a tacky instance of forced "what is Self?" philosophizing. An unconventional form of torture, but hardly inconceivable.

[watchthedetective]

Interesting hypothesis.

[And one that got a chuckle out of Joan, so points to you.]

[throughthedark]

I'm glad you think so. I can't entirely take credit for it.

[Sometimes, all you can do is laugh. Giles has a lot of practice at making bad situations seem funny.]