Support Groups! | Super Mega-Live

[worldlyafflictions]

Who: Anyone
Where: Hotel ☆G floor
When: Day 320, early afternoon

[People who tune in to this Live notification or people passing through the lobby today will notice that all the tables and chairs from the sitting area and kitchen have been arranged into groups or circles for people to sit at, and each table has supplies on it, like dry-erase tent cards or stacks of poster board and markers for making signs. There are also 'Hi My Name Is ___' name tags in case people feel like making introductions easier. Pink is seated on a couch with Izanagi, waving at the camera.]

Hey fellow idols--unwilling and willing!--it's been an unnervingly quiet chunka time, hasn't it? But the Christmas episodes have come 'n gone and probably a new year started at some point or another! So let's do a recap episode, or what I'm gonna call the Annual Support Group Live. Basically, I've got a simple survey question for ya: what support group could ya start? What sorts of people do ya feel empathy for 'cause ya've been through the same shit? Or what other crazy thing is more common than ya might expect? Ta answer: shout it out! or better yet, make a sign!

[Gestures to the stacks of supplies and name tags.]

There's all kinds of things people might be going through, right? This is a great opportunity to find others like you! Like, "I'm from a world without all this newfangled technology and it confuses me!" or "My world doesn't have magic at all, but everyone else has super powers and it's not fair!" Our units are important, but finding people who have gone through similar experiences can really help - it's just good self-care to make sure you have someone to talk to about your problems after all!

So come one come all! We'll be making noise down in the kitchen 'n sitting area off the lobby! There might even be spillover in the laundry room, who knows. Other units are welcome ta contribute! After all, for Lilis it's a great opportunity ta explore your feelings, and Taisho knows confession has been ritualized for centuries! I'm sure everybody's got plenty ta add ta this Mega-Live! Let's all get some bonding in while stuff's still chill!

((ooc: Top-level to start a "support group" and put the name in the subject line! They do not have to be serious! This is mainly a self-running live though hosts and cohosts may be around, so feel free to go wild jumping threads. Also, making multiple support groups is legit! Please check out the CO-HOSTS TOP-LEVEL if you want to help make this a Megalive or just for additional Live elements you can reference while threading!

Points Tally:

Hosts and Counter-live Hosts: row 1
Unitmates of Hosts or Counter-live Hosts: row 2
Everybody else: row 3))

Comments

CO-HOSTS

[worldlyaffliction]

((THIS COMMENT IS FOR CO-HOSTS ONLY! If you/your unit has something you'd like to contribute to the overall Live--be it material things like a set piece or food, or an activity, or just a declaration of how Support Groups relate to your Lives--go ahead and comment here with your Live contributions and all participants can assume it's an element they can interact with and earn points for ON THE MAIN POST. Cohosts can feel free to interact with the rest of the post on the assumption that they're doing host duties. THIS COMMENT IS NOT FOR ACTIVE THREADS.

If you want to COUNTER-LIVE (where others should comment directly to you to participate and receive points), please make your own top-level to the main post so people can thread with you there!))

EXAMPLE: pep!pep! | Survey

[worldlyafflictions]

[Pretends to adjust invisible glasses and clears his throat.]

Alright, ya wanna jump in but you're not sure how ta get started. Consider asking--and answering--some of these questions for yourself ta see what kinda group ya might like ta join:

- What have I struggled with that I'd like ta help someone else with?
- What's something I've wish I could confide?
- What's something unusual about me that I've wondered if others can understand?

Once ya've got some answers for those ya should have a better idea of where ta sort yourself!

BORING BITCHES SUPPORT GROUP

[liarliarliar]

[puts up a little BORING BITCHES sign]

For everyone who isn't a cool kickflip ninja samurai demon with a degree in asskicking or such. Very admirable and interesting people but they shine because they have us common folk to rise above! Can't have heroes without civilians! A dramatic antihero needs someone to scold their misunderstood efforts towards a better world! Villains need someone weak to menace! Romantic comedies need the straight man character to exclaim over the trials of a love triangle! Note I am not straight do not misunderstand I am extremely bisexual. If you're not standing out like a star that's okay because supporting the main cast is helpful in its own right!

[sips some tea]

Also I brought us tea.

[he did bring a pot of tea and some cute tea cups]

Re: BORING BITCHES SUPPORT GROUP

[mathphysicsandzzz]

Can I join even though I have no memories?

I JUST WANNA SPAR SOMETIMES SUPPORT GROUP

[crimeson]

[he puts the whole subject line in a sign and flops in a chair

his nametag is 'Hi My Name is L☆ance']

I can feel my skills rusting! Solo practice can only do so much! C'mon, who's with me?

Re: I JUST WANNA SPAR SOMETIMES SUPPORT GROUP

[420blazeit]

Me! I have a few people I practice with, but everybody has skills they can offer and all that~ [ he gets poked from behind as she sashays to his front. ]

IT SEEMS I CANNOT FORM A SUPPORT GROUP

[untiltheend]

At least, not according to the requirements of the hosts. [Haha, "empathy". #little sociopath things]

[Consequently, this is not a support group; he's cheating by doing Calligraphy out of his sign instead. But like, others can join him in drinking tea anyway.]

[worldlyafflictions]

Worry not, sir, they weren't requirements but suggestions! What ya believe excludes ya could itself be.. a support group!

TRYING TO TRY NEW THINGS GROUP

[mourningson]

I'm trying to develop hobbies and interests, the lack thereof caused by my dearth of memories...

[that's definitely why]

...so I thought a "support" group for those who do not know what they enjoy, but want to find things they could enjoy, would be beneficial. It could become a "club" of sorts.

Re: TRYING TO TRY NEW THINGS GROUP

[1istheloneliest]

Oh. That actually sounds pretty perfect for me...

FORMER/CURRENT ASSASSINS

[deicider]

[The sign is self-explanatory so Cardinal is going to kick back and read a chemistry textbook while they wait for people.]

Re: FORMER/CURRENT ASSASSINS

[time5kip]

Really curious to see who else shows up.

I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS AND I HATE IT SUPPORT GROUP

[avestan]

The sign says it all.

text

[crimeson]

[not participating in this support group but]

W☆R GOD: baaaaaabe

ADRENALINE JUNKIES NOT-SO-ANONYMOUS

[420blazeit]

[ she’s not sitting because she can’t sit still. instead, she’s standing and wagging her tail like some sort of excited golden retriever. ]

It’s a group for adrenaline junkies looking to get their fix~ and maybe we can help each other try new & exciting things, or find sick spots in the city to do awesome stunts or other crazy ass things!

Re: ADRENALINE JUNKIES NOT-SO-ANONYMOUS

[bondsofsuffering]

[Sitting his ass down here, hello.]

I've been learning snowboarding, for one. There's some pretty crazy slopes at the ski resort.

MY UNIT IS GREAT

[nutsandrevolts]

[Is this even a support group, who knows.]

Eheh, lookit you, pally~! Workin' hard, almost like yer a respectable sort!

Peppers are tops, s'clear to me, but if ya wanna make a case for yer own peerages, I'll hear ya out!

Re: MY UNIT IS GREAT

[worldlyafflictions]

You're tryin' ta embarrass me, aren't ya...

MY PARENTAL (???) FIGURE IS QUESTIONABLE SUPPORT GROUP

[dumbjockenergy]

[ 'questionable' is Adora speak for 'a total bitch', of course. ]

Seriously.

Re: MY PARENTAL (???) FIGURE IS QUESTIONABLE SUPPORT GROUP

[nohalation]

Does questionable include bad?

GUN USER BUT AMMO IS TOO EXPENSIVE Support Group

[vitainmorte]

[ scribbling this on a board in marker,

also her clothes are sparkling and her face is a bit flustered and she probably smells a LITTLE like booze, so. ]

Admittedly, I just wanted to complain about it...

Re: GUN USER BUT AMMO IS TOO EXPENSIVE Support Group

[presentational]

Would a points donation help?

Only Partially Human Support Group

[inspiteful]

[ Just writes that in a sign. Then adds on in much smaller handwriting: 'Or mortal, or what have you'.]

For the purposes of this particular group, I mean this quite literally and discounting whatever weirdness that this place may have foisted upon some of us. Otherwise I get the feeling we'll be here all day.

Re: Only Partially Human Support Group

[forgottenmercy]

I, ah, know it isn't the same, but...

SWORDS

[soulcarve]

[ It’s written in big capital letters, taking up the whole sign.
There is another sign next to it: ]

Other weapons also OK

[ ...And a third: ]

NO KNIVES!!

Re: SWORDS

[avestan]

What if I really like knives, though.

LOSING THE ARCADE HIGH SCORE (+game recs)

[bondsofsuffering]

I worked so hard for it, too...

Re: LOSING THE ARCADE HIGH SCORE (+game recs)

[mourningson]

Tell me, who is capable of defeating you.

I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS AND LOVE ALL PEOPLE BUT WE'RE IN HELL

[failedsafe]

[lily is writing in a journal]

Re: I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS AND LOVE ALL PEOPLE BUT WE'RE IN HELL

[crimeson]

[pat the lily]

I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS AND I LIKE IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS THEM OR DEAL WITH THEM

[rollplayinghouse]

[After some consideration of Doodle's sign Glory writes her own.]

[deicider]

[Cardinal reads the sign and rubs a hand over their face.]

I WANT TO FIGHT IN EARNEST /calligraphy live

[auguryofinnocence]

[Fine a certain Marnielance is insisting he make his own SO.....here's a man looking very grumpy. Perhaps one might say tsun.

There's another sign: This isn't sparring. If I can't kill something or I'm not in any danger of being killed myself then I don't care at all.

And another, smaller sign: I will make use of Common Law to prevent permanent injury and allow us to fight beyond a well placed stab. No guns.]

Re: I WANT TO FIGHT IN EARNEST /calligraphy live

[untiltheend]

[.....Okay. He wants this so much, but.]

Defeats it not the purpose, if neither combatant will be truly able to die?

NOT HUMAN AT ALL

[featherbeaned]

[ Tea's here eating a tray of these things with one hand, and writing a few other signs with the other:

"SHOES BAD"
"WILL BITE NEXT PERSON WHO PICKS ME UP" ]

Re: NOT HUMAN AT ALL

[586]

[ plops down beside her and leans against her. ] My favorite group.

UNCOMFORTABLY AWARE OF OTHERS' FEELINGS

[softlyfalling]

[ you know

to go with all of your too many feelings ]

Re: UNCOMFORTABLY AWARE OF OTHERS' FEELINGS

[forgottenmercy]

[perching nearby]

SICK OF ALL OF YOU OBSESSING ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS ALL THE TIME

[hissterics]

Seriously, does anyone around here talk about anything else? Ever?

Re: SICK OF ALL OF YOU OBSESSING ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS ALL THE TIME

[avestan]

No, because feelings suck more than anything else.

BEING NAIVE AND TRUSTING

[weenwoon]

[Since that's apparently what he is! Levity doesn't really expect anyone to come up to him, though, other than maybe to try and bully him. He's seated at his lonesome table with a book and his robobird perched on the other chair. Some of you might recognize it from the vore dream.

After a brief time, something seems to occur to Levity, and he hastily scribbles another sign.

NOT KNOWING WHEN PEOPLE ARE FLIRTING WITH YOU UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE

He's been having a bit of a streak in that department.]

[failedsafe]

...Honey.

[she's here to offer support.]

FISHING, NOT FEELINGS

[theyregooddogs]

Anyone have some good spots? Also, building a boat is cheaper than buying. If you're interested in learning.

Re: FISHING, NOT FEELINGS

[we_meet_again]

I'd like to learn, if you're offering!

MARRIAGE?

[tenebraecious]

Ah, that is, I would like your thoughts on it. Either here or back home, what you recall or know regarding marriage . . .

[yeah, she is wearing a ring]

Re: MARRIAGE?

[forgottenmercy]

I was, ah, married, back home...

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY FEELINGS BUT NEED SOMEONE TO YELL AT ME BEFORE I WILL

[debatemebro]

I want to be clear that I am not making this group for myself. I have no feelings to talk about. However, I am willing AND able to relentlessly browbeat anyone who requires it. I will provide this service free of charge.

Re: I WANT TO TALK ABOUT MY FEELINGS BUT NEED SOMEONE TO YELL AT ME BEFORE I WILL

[avestan]

[bye]

LITERALLY A MONSTER (also, counterlive: riling up)

[earthquaked]

Like, an actual monster though, especially physically. Vampires don't fucking count unless you actively hunt and kill humans, get the fuck out of here with that weak shit.

Sexy bloodsucking has no place here, this is the VORE ZONE.

Re: LITERALLY A MONSTER (also, counterlive: riling up)

[avestan]

[can't believe i'm locked out of the vore zone]