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[thorny]

My apologies for neglecting you for so long, Garden. I'm sure that you've longed after the soothing sight of my lavender text splattered across the forums for quite some time now. I'll attempt to make amends by diligently hounding our communal online space for the next week or so, leaving no subthread untouched by my conversation. Hopefully this should prove to be balm enough to heal your emotional wounds.

The cause of my distraction was none other than a few trinkets from home dropped my way during the holiday season. Let it not be said that my opinion of Time Compression is one purely composed of blind hatred - it seems that the phenomena can be quite magnanimous when the proverbial mood strikes it. Perhaps not for you, given the nature of my gift, but I'm certainly enjoying myself to the utmost. Even if more than a few objects were martyred by fire in the name of gaining experience.

Speaking of sacrifices, I don't believe that I've ever mentioned my vested interest in the field of psychology. I bring this up solely as in the past few days I've managed to acquire my first patient here and thought that perhaps some others would benefit from similar services. I promise to keep things confidential and not trigger any waterworks during the first session, which is more than most counselors have any right to claim. We can work out the details of a schedule at your discretion.

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[thorny]

Incredibly non-magic knitting needles. And yes, my weapon of choice forces me to fight almost exclusively at close range. It's not much of a danger if you know exactly what you're doing.

I'll be sure to pencil it in for one of my slower days; you'll likely not have to wait long. Of course you'll be waiting an even smaller amount of time for my impromptu magic show, which I suspect is an even greater joy for you to hear.

[bratbeyond]

The regains were pretty schway, once TC took back those slagged portraits. I can't say that I disliked my gift either.

- Damian R.

[thorny]

The portraits were a bit vexatious, weren't they? To be sure they offered an interesting insight into the delicacies of one's choice as well as nature versus nurture, which is fascinating on its own. But I'm just as glad as you are to be rid of them, especially for a winning trade-off such as this.

[cowmeron]

um.
are you ok? :(

the whole time compression dealie kind of bummed me out too.

[thorny]

Perfectly wonderful, all constant negative bombardments given due consideration and subtracted from the equation. I've had more than enough distractions to keep my thoughts from sourly too intolerably, which is a new occurrence for this dingy universe. I hope that the same can be said for yourself.

[cowmeron]

if you say so!
but uh, even though i know you have the whole you are a strong feminist independent woman thing going on, you can talk to me if you have problems ok?
the offer is there whenever you need it.
just saying!

i am ok now!
which reminds me...
stop trying to claw people in your creepy psychobabbly stuff!
i don't think getting minds dissected is a fun family activity, hehe.

[thorny]

Should the doctor of the mind ever require an outside opinion on the workings of her own brain you'll be the first I run to, never fear. Not even my passionate beliefs in my own competency will stop me.

Considering that any family that comes to me would be my first true group therapy session I imagine there would be a few kinks to work out before I become accustomed to the style. However, as a whole your worries are completely unfounded. I'm perfectly capable of aiding people in seeking a healthier state of mind.

[bratbeyond]

I don't think anyone liked them. :/ they were kind of schwarbage.

but you weren't kidding about liking that psychobabble stuff. ever think you could unleash it on those girls? the ones who hate all off-worlders?

[thorny]

Indeed. The shock factor wasn't even relatively high enough to denote them a successful joke.

If they decide to open their venomous maws at a time when I have an even lower tolerance for such narrow-minded trash than usual I'd likely make short work of them. It's a little bit like beating a paraplegic, however; if they didn't bring it upon themselves I might feel relatively guilty for the ease at which I'd devastate them.

[tortileghostwriter]

[...oh fuck, those fucking things. he remembers those. this is far from the best sign.]

its occasional magnanimity hardly serves to redeem it by any stretch of the imagination

though it would appear a certain gap has been closed

[thorny]

[you're just jealous that your gift was so lame in comparison, ok.]

I never said that I was inclined to forgive it, did I? Merely that its actions aren't as hellbent on procuring maximum misery as hitherto believed. Unless of course I'm to be made a pawn towards that end through my new toys, but somehow I don't feel it's quite clever enough to design such machinations.

[tortileghostwriter]

to play off of an old and tired maxim spouted by dull parents the world over
artifacts of the furthest ring are not toys

[and just because he can't resist provoking her...]

though i suspect yours may as well be in regards to efficacy

[thorny]

[girl you did not just go there]

Now, now. Not all of us can be gifted with flimsy plastic theater props to wave about when the time calls for useless blustering. You can't fairly pass judgement on them anyway, having never personally seen them in action.

[tortileghostwriter]

[he did]

am i to take that statement as an invitation then

[thorny]

[oh it is on now]

Considering the tragic fact that I've just recently run out of my gilded and embossed stationery I'm afraid so. You'll forgive the casual manner in which it's issued, I'm sure.

[cowmeron]

ok good!

are you sure the whole therapy thing is legal?
don't you need a degree for that?
what if you get like... arrested and stuff?

[thorny]

To become licensed one must first pass a proficiency test, and how am I ever to ace the exam with flying colors if I'm not allowed to gain some rudimentary practice before attempting to go legitimate? Besides, I highly doubt that this universe has a militant version of the American Psychological Association.

[cowmeron]

ok if you say so!
that is still a creepy hobby but whatever.

[thorny]

Of all the possible interests I possess you find my fascination with the inner workings of the mind the most unsettling? That's more telling about you than myself, John.

[cowmeron]

rose are you suggesting i am afraid of what is "brooding" and "festering" in my think pan?
that is dumb!

[thorny]

You're the one who made that allegation, not me. But I won't deny that it's a possibility.

[cowmeron]

that is silly!
i am 100% sane.

[thorny]

Your sanity was never called into question, although your repeated and vehement denials don't make your case look any more legitimate. Perfectly sane people can still have mental roadblocks which require a professional's help to overcome.

[cowmeron]

you mean like anger management?

[thorny]

Since that seems to be the first issue which springs to your mind when I mentioned the vague and general topic of 'mental roadblocks' I don't think it would be too presumptuous to look into it.