text; t.maruki

[snaccs]

Hi there.
I'm Dr. Takuto Maruki, and for those of you I haven't met, I'm a licenced counsellor in my home world. That means I help people with their mental burdens and prior trauma by offering advice and a confidential space where they can speak about whatever is bothering them.

I recently registered myself as a counsellor here in Avalon, so if any of you have any problems — whether that's with ongoing events here, your arrival, or even problems from your home world — you can drop by and chat to me. I'll do my best to help, or at least provide a space for you to vent.

I'm located on the outskirts of town and my office will be open every day. You can come as often or as rarely as you need! It's all up to you.

Well. Thank you for reading, and I hope this can be helpful to you all.

( ooc; the linked post can also be used if you want to thread out any sessions with him. feel free to just drop in there, or his IC inbox, if your character doesn't want to approach him on the network. note that any therapy threads may be replied to slowly, simply because they're quite mentally demanding, so if you want to handwave or work things out in advance, PM me or send me a message at exits#8071 at Discord. )

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[snaccs]

( a persona with a fucked up life? that truly is the rarest of characters!!! )

No, that's not it...

( rewind, let him try to explain himself better. )

Let's take the example of being placed in a new world like each of us are. That's something that would sound fantastical to anyone from my own world. But it's also another form of abduction, which does occur in my world. I can recontextualise the event in this manner and consider the approaches towards treating a victim of abduction, someone who is dealing with sudden and unwanted change, and so on.

[fruitknife]

[Sounds fake, doesn't it?]

'Different part of the trauma' is definitely better than 'pretend it's only good shit.'

[buuuuut he's still skeptical. Inherent distrust of authority figures is a Thing with Shinji - that was not helped by Ekoda or Ikutsuki, even if he only heard about their respective worst moments secondhand.]

[snaccs]

( Shinji's valid AF and a sense of scepticism is necessary when talking to flawed adults. )

Yes, you might be right there.

( but if you could fully erase that trauma... well, he's still not near figuring out how to make that happen in Avalon yet. )

[fruitknife]

[He believes that even now that he is, technically, one of those flawed adults. Which is why he told Alice she's exactly right not to take his word for anything.]

Only 'might'? Not really encouraging.

[Yeah no. You can't make things not have happened, especially things that impacted more than one person.]

[snaccs]

Well, I can't speak for the truth of a place like this. Maybe magic will open doors we never thought possible back home!

( he's... sort of joking. trying to, anyway. )

[fruitknife]

Just because you can open a door doesn't mean you should. That's the kind of shit that got us the Dark Hour.

[snaccs]

The Dark Hour?

( 👀👀 )

[fruitknife]

People fucking around with shit they should've left well enough alone managed to add an extra hour to the day. That wasn't what they were trying to do, either.

Ever heard of Apathy Syndrome?