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  1. 2015-08-07 20:13:35 ~tubes|GM You sit outside the multipurpose room, now a makeshift office. Navpoint walks out, jammimn to whatever bizzare tune she's got playing as usual. "OH, CURE. HE
  2. SAID TO SEND YOU IN" she says. She's apparently trying to adjust her voice down for whatever she's listening too, but even adjusting down, she's practically shouting. ||
  3. 2015-08-07 20:16:59 panth_THE_CURE "RIGHT!" he shouts back at the same volume. He's learned it's the only way for Nav to hear anything - short sentences, VERY LOUD. Maybe sign language, one da
  4. y. Even so... ugh. A therapist. Might as well get it over with. He goes to the office door, knocking. "Cure reporting for mandatory session." //
  5. 2015-08-07 20:18:36 Teruzi|Temple Ted Temple is sitting down at a desk, apparently writing down some info into a small form. He nods at Cure after he goes in.
  6. 2015-08-07 20:18:46 Teruzi|Temple "Ah, hello there."
  7. 2015-08-07 20:18:58 Teruzi|Temple "Please take a seat wherever you want"
  8. 2015-08-07 20:19:16 Teruzi|Temple He gestures at the couple of sofas and chairs in the room. There's evena beanbag chair.||
  9. 2015-08-07 20:21:27 panth_THE_CURE "Hello, doctor," says Zack, formally. You never know with these head doctors. He's seen TV shows about them. He takes a chair, sitting up straight in it, his
  10. hands in his lap, waiting for the session to start. //
  11. 2015-08-07 20:23:06 Teruzi|Temple "Ha, no need to call me doctor. Please call me Ted."
  12. 2015-08-07 20:23:27 Teruzi|Temple "Or Mister Temple, whatever makes you feel at ease."
  13. 2015-08-07 20:24:13 Teruzi|Temple "What should I call you?"
  14. 2015-08-07 20:24:31 Teruzi|Temple Temple asks as he sits down in front of Zack, pulling out a small notepad.||
  15. 2015-08-07 20:27:04 --> Prothean|Angel (Prothean@FF32B3DE:D1290960:F866E687:IP) has joined #WDDallas
  16. 2015-08-07 20:28:10 panth_THE_CURE "Just Zack will do for now, I guess, Mister Temple." He should have taken the sofa - it's not exactly comforting, sitting right across the head doctor with n
  17. othing between them but that little notepad. //
  18. 2015-08-07 20:28:56 Teruzi|Temple Ted makes notes about Zack, some preliminary observations.
  19. 2015-08-07 20:29:06 Teruzi|Temple "You seem rather tense Zack."||
  20. 2015-08-07 20:30:52 panth_THE_CURE Yeeeeeeah. That's the kind of thing he's seen on TV.
  21. 2015-08-07 20:32:45 panth_THE_CURE He furrows his brow slightly. "First time I've had a session with a head doctor, Mister Temple, uh, no offense." He tries for a grin, but even he knows it's
  22. coming out awkward. //
  23. 2015-08-07 20:35:11 Teruzi|Temple "Ah, so that's why"
  24. 2015-08-07 20:35:35 Teruzi|Temple Temple writes for a moment in his notebook.
  25. 2015-08-07 20:36:11 Teruzi|Temple "You should try to relax if you can, after all I'm here to help you."||
  26. 2015-08-07 20:38:34 panth_THE_CURE Zack wonders what Mr Temple is writing in there. He hopes it's good. "Uh, okay," he says, easing back into the chair and leaning back against it gingerly. "S
  27. o... what did the Director say?" The Director had to have said /something/, right? //
  28. 2015-08-07 20:45:55 --> Raccoon (Raccoon@FA7C6B94:488AACE7:F505C3D6:IP) has joined #WDDallas
  29. 2015-08-07 20:46:00 Teruzi|Temple "Well, I'm not sure you want to know" Temple says grimly
  30. 2015-08-07 20:46:42 Teruzi|Temple He lets out a small smile. "Really, the director is pleased with your performance"
  31. 2015-08-07 20:48:04 Teruzi|Temple "I can tell you feel this is an evaluation Zack. But that's far away from the truth. Like I told you before I'm here for your benefit."
  32. 2015-08-07 20:49:11 Teruzi|Temple "I'm more worried about how you're holding up after your encounter with the cartel capes."||
  33. 2015-08-07 20:55:07 panth_THE_CURE Zack wrinkles his nose without thinking. "It's... I don't know. Haven't been thinking much about it." Which is true - between the singed hands and the debrie
  34. fing at the Director's office, he's been keeping himself busy enough. "They got what was coming to them, though."
  35. 2015-08-07 20:55:57 panth_THE_CURE He rubs his hands a bit. "Dunno. Guess it just all sort of happened..." //
  36. 2015-08-07 20:57:44 Teruzi|Temple "You believe that don't you?" Temple asks as he writes some more notes.
  37. 2015-08-07 20:58:06 Teruzi|Temple "Aren't you afraid of getting hurt on the line of duty?"
  38. 2015-08-07 20:58:11 Teruzi|Temple Temple smiles again.
  39. 2015-08-07 20:58:19 Teruzi|Temple "You know, more than you already have"||
  40. 2015-08-07 21:01:26 panth_THE_CURE "Got singed a couple times," he admits. "Knew the risks when I signed up, though, and my power protects me a bit." More rubbing of his hands. "Guess I could
  41. do with being more careful, though..." Maybe that's what the Director is getting at, then? They don't have a healer cape here, that's true... //
  42. 2015-08-07 21:02:06 Teruzi|Temple "Tell me Zack, why did you join the Protectorate?"||
  43. 2015-08-07 21:06:16 <-- Backstage (Backstage@dlp-3961D94F.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net) has quit (Quit: http://www.kiwiirc.com/ - A hand crafted IRC client)
  44. 2015-08-07 21:08:25 panth_THE_CURE "I had to," says Zack simply. It's a long story, and he wonders if Mister Temple doesn't already have his file. "It's... safer. And I get to help the place -
  45. I mean, we took down a bunch of cartel dudes. That's something." //
  46. 2015-08-07 21:11:09 -- soulpelt| is now known as soulpelt|sleep
  47. 2015-08-07 21:11:13 Teruzi|Temple "Mhm"
  48. 2015-08-07 21:11:16 Teruzi|Temple More notes.
  49. 2015-08-07 21:12:02 Teruzi|Temple "Well, Zack, it gives me the impression that you're scared of your power. Would you say this is true?"||
  50. 2015-08-07 21:15:34 panth_THE_CURE His brow furrows. Scared? Sort of. Not /scared/ so much as... "Maybe at first, I don't know. Found out I had it because I..." his mouth twists a bit. This pa
  51. rt is harder to admit, somehow - the old hobo was different from the Cartel people - "...well, it was dangerous, you know? Is. Didn't know its limits then." Or now. He gets the feeling his power co
  52. uld...
  53. 2015-08-07 21:16:38 panth_THE_CURE ...go a lot farther than he's gone with it so far. "So... that, I guess." He puts his hands down, leaning forwards a little slightly. //
  54. 2015-08-07 21:19:25 Teruzi|Temple "So you would say you know the limits of your power now?" Temple asks while looking at Zack directly.||
  55. 2015-08-07 21:21:11 --> Dolyn (Dolyn@dlp-76718DD4.hsd1.or.comcast.net) has joined #WDDallas
  56. 2015-08-07 21:21:13 --> Thalia (thal@dlp-182C5BC3.dyn.centurytel.net) has joined #WDDallas
  57. 2015-08-07 21:27:30 --> Tricky (Tricky@dlp-D728CD5C.hfc.comcastbusiness.net) has joined #WDDallas
  58. 2015-08-07 21:47:33 -- Teruzi|Temple is now known as Teruzi
  59. 2015-08-07 21:49:07 -- Teruzi is now known as Teruzi|Temple
  60. 2015-08-07 21:50:20 -- Raccoon is now known as Raccoon|Megacarpus
  61. 2015-08-07 22:00:05 -- Prothean|Angel is now known as Prothean
  62. 2015-08-07 22:00:19 panth_THE_CURE That's a tricky one. "Don't think I've really pushed it to its limits," he says honestly. "I've seen things on the Internet, you know? Horrible bacterial inf
  63. ections. I've never tried any of that." He winces. "Don't plan to, either. Don't know." //
  64. 2015-08-07 22:01:15 -- apoc is now known as apoc|Shikigami
  65. 2015-08-07 22:02:29 -- Prothean is now known as Prothean|GM
  66. 2015-08-07 22:02:46 Teruzi|Temple "Ah, of course."
  67. 2015-08-07 22:03:10 -- Raccoon|Megacarpus is now known as Raccoon
  68. 2015-08-07 22:03:15 Teruzi|Temple "Well, then you would say that you have good control over your power?"
  69. 2015-08-07 22:04:36 Teruzi|Temple Ted was curious about this.||
  70. 2015-08-07 22:06:16 panth_THE_CURE "Yeah, pretty much," says Zack, happy at least to be on firmer ground. This at least is definite. "It only comes out if I push." //
  71. 2015-08-07 22:06:47 Teruzi|Temple Ted lets out a laugh. "Well, that's a relief, isn't it?"
  72. 2015-08-07 22:06:59 Teruzi|Temple He makes some scribbles on his notepad.
  73. 2015-08-07 22:09:08 Teruzi|Temple "I mean of course, to you. It says here in your file that you seem rather close to your family."
  74. 2015-08-07 22:09:30 Teruzi|Temple "It must be nice having enough control over your power that you can keep being close to them without fear."
  75. 2015-08-07 22:09:49 Teruzi|Temple ||
  76. 2015-08-07 22:13:00 panth_THE_CURE "Yeah," he says, smiling a bit now. "Went through a lot of wet wipes in the first few days - it's better now, though." Not that they've ever been a particula
  77. rly physically demonstrative family, but it's still nice to have things back to... almost-normal, on his days off. //
  78. 2015-08-07 22:14:23 Teruzi|Temple "Do they .. know about your powers? or that you work here?"||
  79. 2015-08-07 22:15:19 --> BR (BR@dlp-AD35DF83.ppp.ucc-net.ca) has joined #WDDallas
  80. 2015-08-07 22:16:01 panth_THE_CURE "Yeah - I had to tell them, still live there and all..." He shrugs, matter-of-factly. "They've been encouraging, even if they're a bit disappointed there's n
  81. ot going to be another doctor in the family." //
  82. 2015-08-07 22:17:55 Teruzi|Temple "Ah, well. If it helps, I think what you're doing is an important service to the city. Your family will come around eventually."
  83. 2015-08-07 22:18:29 -- Nonagon_ is now known as Nonagon
  84. 2015-08-07 22:18:30 Teruzi|Temple Ted writes down some more notes. Taking care of The Cure's family seemed like an easy way to hold his loyalty.
  85. 2015-08-07 22:19:30 Teruzi|Temple "Now, regarding the cartel capes" Ted says as he goes back a couple of pages back on his notepad. "You said they had it coming."
  86. 2015-08-07 22:20:13 Teruzi|Temple "What do you mean by this?"||
  87. 2015-08-07 22:22:28 panth_THE_CURE These head doctors. Just when you think the conversation's going somewhere easy, they have to twist it back... "They staged a surprise attack on the Director
  88. , and then broke out of the holding cells," he says neutrally. "We were there both times to stop them, and they deserved their fate for it." Sure, they'd died. But they'd attempted /murder/. //
  89. 2015-08-07 22:23:06 Teruzi|Temple Ted makes a pointed note.
  90. 2015-08-07 22:23:34 Teruzi|Temple "I'm not judging you, Zack, I'm just curious as to why would you use that sentence in particular."
  91. 2015-08-07 22:24:03 Teruzi|Temple Ted looked at the imposing man in front of him. As far as he knew, Zack seemed to follow rules religiously.
  92. 2015-08-07 22:24:24 Teruzi|Temple His change of tone was obvious as well. Perhaps this was more of a sore point that he had thought at first.
  93. 2015-08-07 22:24:59 Teruzi|Temple "It sounds a bit 'an eye for an eye' doesn't it?"||
  94. 2015-08-07 22:32:00 panth_THE_CURE "...I suppose you could say that," says Zack, still carefully neutral. "They committed serious crimes, so they received their due punishment." The way the Di
  95. rector had gone off about it still smarts, though. //
  96. 2015-08-07 22:35:21 Teruzi|Temple "Do you know what did you infect them with Zack?" Ted asked as he pulled out another paper. A field report apparently.||
  97. 2015-08-07 22:37:59 panth_THE_CURE "Um." Zack scratches the back of his head uncomfortably. "Don't really remember. Made them puke and shit themselves, mostly?" He catches himself a moment lat
  98. er. "Sorry about that, doc." //
  99. 2015-08-07 22:39:37 Teruzi|Temple "Oh, I don't mind that" Ted smiles. "They did shit themselves."
  100. 2015-08-07 22:39:48 Teruzi|Temple "But then, this brings a troubling question to mind."
  101. 2015-08-07 22:40:11 Teruzi|Temple Ted stops smiling and looks at Zack carefully, thinking on how to phrase his thoughts.
  102. 2015-08-07 22:40:51 Teruzi|Temple "While you say that your power is under your control. It strikes me as odd that you wouldn't remember what symptoms did you recreate with the cartel members.
  103. "
  104. 2015-08-07 22:41:56 Teruzi|Temple "Of course, you were under a lot of stress in that time."
  105. 2015-08-07 22:42:43 Teruzi|Temple "But do you trust yourself enough that under similar situations, you could keep control over it?"||
  106. 2015-08-07 22:46:28 panth_THE_CURE "It was a fight," points out Zack slowly, wondering if Mister Temple has ever been in one. "Things get a bit fuzzy. But my power only goes when I push, so I
  107. don't think there's a risk of it going out of control." He thinks for a moment. "The symptoms aren't contagious, either..."
  108. 2015-08-07 22:47:50 panth_THE_CURE He rubs his hands again. "I've never tried to kill with it" (but once, thinking of the hobo) "and I... don't know if I ever would. Maybe." He's clearly uncom
  109. fortable with that. //
  110. 2015-08-07 22:48:31 Teruzi|Temple Ted smiles again, making another note on his notepad. And in an official looking form.
  111. 2015-08-07 22:49:25 Teruzi|Temple "You know, in your first assessment, one of the concerns was about your confidence in the field, given the implications of your power."
  112. 2015-08-07 22:49:39 Teruzi|Temple "I must say, they seem to be unfounded."
  113. 2015-08-07 22:50:19 Teruzi|Temple "It seems to me that it's clear you are the one in control."
  114. 2015-08-07 22:51:04 Teruzi|Temple "If anything, Zack, I think that your distrust of me is a more serious issue."||
  115. 2015-08-07 22:55:35 panth_THE_CURE "I guess," he says, leaning back with a kind of what-do-you-/want/-from-me? expression. Not really much to say about that. Head doctors, man. "First time do
  116. i
  117. ng this kind of thing." //
  118. 2015-08-07 22:56:57 Teruzi|Temple "Well, it's certainly something when most of the session would be focused on, well, being open for the session." Ted smiled again.
  119. 2015-08-07 22:57:44 Teruzi|Temple "Tell me, Zack, do you believe this talk is necessary?"||
  120. 2015-08-07 22:59:27 panth_THE_CURE "The Director said it was," says Zack. "I don't feel like I've got any issues to work out, though. Been going out there, patrolling, doing my job. If anythin
  121. g was funny in my head mom or dad or friends would've noticed by now." //
  122. 2015-08-07 23:01:50 -- Nonagon is now known as Nonagon|Sleep
  123. 2015-08-07 23:03:01 Teruzi|Temple Ah so that's what it was.
  124. 2015-08-07 23:03:11 Teruzi|Temple "Are you afraid of this meeting Zack?"||
  125. 2015-08-07 23:06:23 panth_THE_CURE "No," he responds at once, slightly nettled. "Just... don't really see the point in it. I'm fine, and there's been no problems with my performance, after all
  126. , right?" //
  127. 2015-08-07 23:07:55 Teruzi|Temple Well, that was an interesting reaction.
  128. 2015-08-07 23:08:35 Teruzi|Temple "This is not really about your perfomance. Of course, there have been no issues whatsoever in that front."
  129. 2015-08-07 23:09:56 Teruzi|Temple "Imagine for a moment that you're the director, Zack. Tell me, why would you order these psych evaluations?"||
  130. 2015-08-07 23:13:04 panth_THE_CURE He exhales long and slow, slumping in his chair. "Find the funny people with issues, fix them, I guess. Make sure nobody's going to go join the Slaughterhous
  131. e 9." //
  132. 2015-08-07 23:14:12 Teruzi|Temple Ted is taken back for a moment. Geez.
  133. 2015-08-07 23:14:22 Teruzi|Temple "Uh, wow."
  134. 2015-08-07 23:14:49 Teruzi|Temple "You know that your mental health is as important as your physical health, don't you?"
  135. 2015-08-07 23:15:06 Teruzi|Temple "I'm not here to root out the 'funny people', Zack. This is not a witch hunt."
  136. 2015-08-07 23:15:22 Teruzi|Temple Ted puts down his notepad and leans towards Zack.
  137. 2015-08-07 23:15:58 --> Kazasu (Kazasu@67ED90D3.6E70F4E3.1511304F.IP) has joined #WDDallas
  138. 2015-08-07 23:16:22 Teruzi|Temple "Everyone has issues, Zack."
  139. 2015-08-07 23:16:35 Teruzi|Temple "And there's no shame in needing help."
  140. 2015-08-07 23:16:52 Teruzi|Temple He lefts the implication unspoken but clear.||
  141. 2015-08-07 23:21:29 panth_THE_CURE "Guess so," says Zack, uncomfortable and sitting back straight up against the chair. "Still don't think I have issues though, Mister Temple. Really. My power
  142. 's under control and I'd never do that, I swear." //
  143. 2015-08-07 23:24:16 Teruzi|Temple "Hm, well. If you believe so." Ted says, as he sits back again. He pulls out a file and reads a little bit as the room sits in an awkward silence.
  144. 2015-08-07 23:24:23 Teruzi|Temple This is of course, not intentional.
  145. 2015-08-07 23:25:03 Teruzi|Temple "I see here that you ... charge? Yes, you charge your power with constant trips to the hospital."
  146. 2015-08-07 23:25:24 Teruzi|Temple Ted reads more of the file and makes a face as he does so.
  147. 2015-08-07 23:25:50 Teruzi|Temple "What do you think of these trips?"||
  148. 2015-08-07 23:30:26 panth_THE_CURE "They were rough the first few times," Zack mutters, looking away. The patients had been... moaning, wasting bodies amidst a maze of tubes and wires. And the
  149. never-ending beeps and lights and the /smell/...
  150. 2015-08-07 23:33:31 panth_THE_CURE "Got used to them, though. Getting used to them. Still rough. Always different people there, when I go." He rubs his hands. "Have to go, still. Can't do my j
  151. ob as well if all I've got is the flu. Don't use the things I get from there, though. Just use them for strength and durability." //
  152. 2015-08-07 23:34:44 Teruzi|Temple Ted nods once.
  153. 2015-08-07 23:35:41 Teruzi|Temple He puts away the notepad, he would rather have his notes, but it was clear that Zack didn't appreciate them.
  154. 2015-08-07 23:37:32 Teruzi|Temple "I think it says a lot about your character that you keep going."
  155. 2015-08-07 23:38:29 Teruzi|Temple "You can stop whenever you want, of course. But I get the feeling you wouldn't really do it."
  156. 2015-08-07 23:38:55 Teruzi|Temple Ted looks at the time.
  157. 2015-08-07 23:39:49 Teruzi|Temple "I understand your reluctance about this meetings, Zack, but I really believe it would be best for you to keep coming to meet me."
  158. 2015-08-07 23:40:06 Teruzi|Temple "I will make sure the department schedules it."
  159. 2015-08-07 23:40:28 Teruzi|Temple ||
  160. 2015-08-07 23:41:02 <-- Raccoon (Raccoon@FA7C6B94:488AACE7:F505C3D6:IP) has quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds)
  161. 2015-08-07 23:42:40 panth_THE_CURE Well, yeah. He'd signed up for it, hadn't he? "I... guess," he says, not really looking forwards to the prospect, but... well, the Director said these were m
  162. andatory. Just gotta stick by the rules. "See you next week, then, Mister Temple?" //
  163. 2015-08-07 23:43:53 Teruzi|Temple "Most likely, and Zack before you go? I have a personal favor to ask."||
  164. 2015-08-07 23:43:53 Teruzi|Temple "Most likely, and Zack before you go? I have a personal favor to ask."||
  165. 2015-08-07 23:44:58 panth_THE_CURE He stops mid-movement, half off the chair already, looking at the head doctor. "What's it?" //
  166. 2015-08-07 23:46:47 Teruzi|Temple "My sister, she has migraines you see. For once I would like to experience what she does." Ted says with a dark expression. "You're the last visit of my day,
  167. and I figured this was a once in a lifetime opportunity."
  168. 2015-08-07 23:46:54 Teruzi|Temple "I admit that I've always wondered."||
  169. 2015-08-07 23:49:51 panth_THE_CURE "I..." Zack pauses. Never had somebody actually ask for it. Heh. Figures it'd be the head doctor who went in for these things. He checks through his charges.
  170. .. yeah, there it is. "Yeah. I can do that."
  171. 2015-08-07 23:50:27 panth_THE_CURE He puts out his hand. "Just shake." //
  172. 2015-08-07 23:52:19 Teruzi|Temple Ted shakes Zack's hand with a weird sense of anticipation. It wasn't that he wanted to feel the migraine, if how his sister complained was any indication. Bu
  173. t his morbid sense of curiosity wouldn't let him pass this opportunity.
  174. 2015-08-07 23:52:32 Teruzi|Temple Really, good for everyone.
  175. 2015-08-07 23:52:36 Teruzi|Temple ||
  176. 2015-08-07 23:54:20 panth_THE_CURE The moment they touch, Zack pushes the symptom into the head doctor - he wanted a migraine, he'll get one. //
  177. 2015-08-07 23:55:03 Teruzi|Temple Oh shit.
  178. 2015-08-07 23:55:12 Teruzi|Temple Ted bites down hard at the pain.
  179. 2015-08-07 23:55:40 Teruzi|Temple "Alright. I'll ... see you." He said through gritted teeth.
  180. 2015-08-07 23:55:43 Teruzi|Temple ||
  181. 2015-08-07 23:57:46 panth_THE_CURE "See you, Mister Temple," says Zack, letting himself out of the room. He mops at his forehead outside, resting against the wall and exhaling deeply - damn, b
  182. ut air-conditioning is a godsend. //
  183. 2015-08-07 23:58:47 Teruzi|Temple Ted pulled out his notepad again, writing some last notes. Eager to give the migraine, had to look out for.
  184. 2015-08-07 23:58:54 Teruzi|Temple Ugh. It was hard to think.
  185. 2015-08-07 23:59:06 Teruzi|Temple He couldn't even see straight, one of his eyes apparently not working properly.
  186. 2015-08-07 23:59:38 Teruzi|Temple He would have to ... see Zack again later.
  187. 2015-08-07 23:59:41 Teruzi|Temple ||||||||
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