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trāmitem ([personal profile] tramitem) wrote in [community profile] tramitem_log2021-03-01 08:54 am

Support Group - March 2021

Who: OPEN (Including to all the new characters who app throughout the month)
What: Bureau Run, Non-Mandatory Support Group
When: There are meetings at various times during the week, whatever works for your character between 8 am and 10 pm
Where: There are meetings at various locations around NYC, whatever works for your character
Rating/Warnings: We ask that players put appropriate warning labels in the subject lines of their threads as they become necessary


There’s a generic spread of food on a table off to one side of the room: donuts, muffins, bagels, and cookies; coffee, lemonade, water, and because one of the Different asked for it, hot chocolate. Maybe you’re hungry enough to try it—it’s free after all.

Or maybe you can’t stomach anything, given the event you’re attending.

The space is a local rec center. The beige-painted cinder block walls and the fluorescent lighting are a terrible combination. Maybe they are reminiscent of the public school you attended in your youth?

Why are you here? Curiosity? Maybe the Bureau official will say something that will help you make sense of things? The meeting was interesting—who knew there were so many people like you, receiving memories of a past life? The group was led by someone from The Bureau—the Department of Medical Services. Some people are staying in their chairs and chatting—they must know each other from previous meetings. Some of them are gravitating towards the food.

How do you feel about tonight? Has it helped you come to terms with the dream of memories you’re having? Maybe it’s time to talk to others, get an understanding of their experience.
scotch_egg: (you believe that)

[personal profile] scotch_egg 2021-03-02 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
He shrugs and sits down in a nearby chair, looking disheveled usual with a Starbucks coffee cup in his hand that's sadly full of tea. Wasn't his choice.

"It's fine. Welcome to hell." He sips his tea. :What are you writing?"
Edited 2021-03-02 06:01 (UTC)
tobodlygo: (shock)

[personal profile] tobodlygo 2021-03-03 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"To- Hell?" That's enough to shake him out of his momentary embarassment. Oh god, just what is going on?

"Ah, Notes. I was taking notes on the sesssion," he says, showing the notebook to the gentleman; though unless Alec's familiar with Teeline Shorthand, only the date and the words "Meeting Mins" are legible.
scotch_egg: (you can't be serious)

[personal profile] scotch_egg 2021-03-04 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
He doesn't know a lick of shorthand.

"Hell." Another sip. And then: "Really? Out of this? And you're getting useful information?"
tobodlygo: (coffee)

[personal profile] tobodlygo 2021-03-04 06:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Well alright then!

Jim takes Alec's disposition with a grain of salt, but files it away nonetheless.

"And- Well, sort of? I might not have any idea of what's actually going on, but I figure I'm at least getting notes about who they are," he says, gesturing at the Bureau Rep.

"If I make notes I can always read them back afterwards. I'm mostly just transcribing at the moment."

"I'm Jim, by the way."
scotch_egg: (you believe that)

[personal profile] scotch_egg 2021-03-04 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Find that out and you'll discover something worth knowing. I'm not even sure if they can be trusted yet." But there you are.

"Crowley." He regards the man. "Get ready for traumatic memories, super natural powers and on occasion marauding robots who come trying to kill you. I wasn't there for the last go round thank christ."
tobodlygo: (confused yelling)

[personal profile] tobodlygo 2021-03-05 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim wasn't exactly going to trust the people he woke up to and then told him that there was an extra-dimensional distortion going on until he'd seen more proof either, hence the notes.

He also thought they were pretty ass-holeish, too.

"Ready fo- Did you just say robots? Like. Multiple robots? Many robots that are trying to kill us?"
scotch_egg: (mild concern)

[personal profile] scotch_egg 2021-03-06 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Yep. If you don't believe that there's a portal or two still open, I think. Another world just over the doorstep. You can practically trip into them." He doesn't sound pleased.
tobodlygo: (Look up)

[personal profile] tobodlygo 2021-03-08 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"A... Portal. Like, an honest to god, universe breaching portal that just... lets stuff into our world?"

Jim might need to go home and have an existential crisis after this.
scotch_egg: (what)

[personal profile] scotch_egg 2021-03-09 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
"You catch on quick. And don't bother calling the crises hotline. No one will believe you. Here there is only us." The Different, he means, the Bureau.
tobodlygo: (Arms crossed)

[personal profile] tobodlygo 2021-03-12 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I mean if someone came up to me before all of this talking about an actual portal I could visit I wouldn't've believed then either..." He totally would have gone though.

"And... I mean, how long has this been going on?"