Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread II

[Shayuri]

Thessaly shrugs. "I know I wasn't much help. I just meant, once you're actually in a relationship, things change usually. When you're dating, the guy'll be trying to impress you. Afterwards...not so much. That's all."

A little nervous from the vibe she's getting, she pries a little. "Are you okay? You just seem really down."

 

[Victim]

Megan shrugs. "I have a hard time thinking that this can go well, even with your help. And even if it does... I don't think I could really believe it. When things are going too well, it sort of feels like I'm getting set up for a fall. Do you know what I mean?"

 

[Shayuri]

Thessaly nods. "I think I do. And in a way, it's even true... Because no matter how good things get, there will always be bad times, and problems too. Of course, that works the other way around too. When things aren't going right, there's better times coming."

"What I've found is that if I have confidence...if I have faith in myself...I don't worry about things going wrong. Because I feel like whatever it is, I'll be able to handle it. It's only really bad when I feel bad about myself, and I don't feel like I'll be up to the challenge. Then everything seems bleak and hopeless and even things I like seem like they're not worth doing anymore."

She nods. "Once I figured out that the problem wasn't really in the world outside...but instead, it was in ME...then I could deal with it, because I knew when I was down, and I felt like the world was unfair...what I was really feeling was bad about myself."

 

[Victim]

"Well, yeah. Who else would be responsible?" she replies, starting to get upset. "I had that kind of confidence once... Some things are still impossible, even if you believe in yourself."

"Sorry. I know you were just trying to make me feel better. Couldn't you just use your power though?"

 

[Shayuri]

Thessaly opens her mouth, frowns a little, then shuts it.

After a second she asks, "Use my power to do what?"

 

[Victim]

"I don't know exactly; it's your power," she shrugs. "Like when you undid Phobos' attack or something. That made me feel better."

 

[DM_Matt]

"I guess I should start from the beginning...." Hope said and did just that, starting from when she had lost her partner, leaving nothing out, stating the unvarnished facts.

When she was done with that, she also told the lady about the previous fights and in particular, this last one where she had nearly skewered Wren by accident.

"I don't know anymore...." Hope said quietly. "I lost it, completely this time. As soon as I touched that damned weapon, it was...." she shivered, hearing the screams, so much more intense than anything she had ever experienced before. "It's not just my postcog gift that's affecting me. Ever since I found out that Faust was alive, it's brought it all back. Everytime I see something vaguely demonic or even resembling him in power, I loose it." she looked grim. "I even had to bring Nitro and Viridian in with me to interrogate Faust, so if I lost it, they could contain me."

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I'd say that she's probably suffering from clinical depression and maybe even post traumatic stress disorder, given what she went through with that particular case, not to mention what she experiences with the postcog alone. Those two things would probably account for her um.... erratic behavior of late.

Hmmm. Wouldn't the Trust have access to mind-healers or magicks dealing with mind-healing? Something perhaps that could be roleplayed out.

(I'm honestly not sure how to deal with this. Hope does have serious issues, but I'm not really qualified to write as a shrink. Also, there is something kind of unheroic-feeling about her getting medication for it...Imagine SpiderMan with some Prozac -- actually, never mind, bad example, he might be a lot less annoying RE: Mind healing, that seems like kinds of a cheat She should probably evolve out of her issues, rather than have them erased by a telepath.)

 

[Shayuri]

"Feel...oh! Well." Thessaly shifts uncomfortably. "That was to counteract some power he was using, you know? I mean...it would work now too. It would make you feel...but...see...the problem is that feeling bad is like pain in the body. It's a warning that something else is wrong. I'm just worried if I just take it away, that's the easy way out and it won't really be doing you any favors."

She chews her bottom lip, then quickly adds, "But there might be something I can do to help. It's not forcibly changing your mood...but it help you to feel better."

"I could draw down the moon."

 

[kirinke]

(I'm honestly not sure how to deal with this. Hope does have serious issues, but I'm not really qualified to write as a shrink. Also, there is something kind of unheroic-feeling about her getting medication for it...Imagine SpiderMan with some Prozac -- actually, never mind, bad example, he might be a lot less annoying RE: Mind healing, that seems like kinds of a cheat She should probably evolve out of her issues, rather than have them erased by a telepath.)

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Actually, I was thinking more of um a kind of spiritual/mental quest type thing, where she is sort of forced to deal with her inner turmoil, only with the guide of a mind-healer. You know, sort of where she has to face herself, both good and evil, light and dark. Right now, she's hiding behind a kind of shield of self-denial, or simply violence. She'd still have some issues, but at least she'll have the tools to deal with them. Right now she's very much unanchored and they need her probably badly enough to where they'd do something like that. Plus, it'd be a chance to earn some HP.

Heh and she is kinda being heroic if you think about it, admitting that she does have some serious problems and is willing to take care of them, even face them.

If you watched teen-titans, that was sort of addressed with Raven and that mirror thingie.

 

[Victim]

"Feel...oh! Well." Thessaly shifts uncomfortably. "That was to counteract some power he was using, you know? I mean...it would work now too. It would make you feel...but...see...the problem is that feeling bad is like pain in the body. It's a warning that something else is wrong. I'm just worried if I just take it away, that's the easy way out and it won't really be doing you any favors."

"Didn't you just say that the way you felt about something was more important to your well being than the situation itself?" she asks. Megan stiffens as Viridian talks about pain, "And you really don't know what you're talking there." So shut up.

She chews her bottom lip, then quickly adds, "But there might be something I can do to help. It's not forcibly changing your mood...but it help you to feel better."

"I could draw down the moon."

"If I consented, it wouldn't really be forcibly, would it? But what's that moon thing?"