byakkoyagirl | ✯ Seventh Session ✯ [Voice]

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✯ Seventh Session ✯ [Voice]

[Through the weeks Paprika has been noticing more people coming through, signalling another cycle. It seems that most of the arrivals have already come and still no Atsuko. Well, that's probably for the best anyway. She can't say she would be happy to see the woman stuck here. For some reason she's been thinking about it. Probably because of the rain. The cold, dim demeanor reminded her of her creator. Kind of sad actually.

In the morning, she flips open the journal and begins. She has something she wants to address and given the rain, more people will probably be inside reading to see it.]

So, I see we got some new arrivals in the village. I'm sorry that you all got stuck here. ...Well, only half-sorry. If you actually want to be here, that's fine too. [A small smile.]

My name is Paprika and I'm a psychotherapist. For anyone who doesn't have 'people doctors' in their world, psychotherapists help people cope with certain issues they feel they can't resolve on their own. Like mental stress or the like. Specifically, my specialty is dream therapy. Psychotherapists are known for having interpersonal relationships, so it's like getting to know the person inside and out and not just talking to them for an hour a week.

I'll get to the point: if any of you have things you want to talk about, but don't feel like you have anyone who will listen or want to keep a matter private from others, I'm willing to lend an ear. Everything we speak about is confidential between us and I won't force it on you. I already learned to make unhackable filters on this system. Or, if you prefer, we can talk in person.

It's just an offer I'm willing to give to anyone who needs it. We have plenty of medical doctors, but sometimes the deepest wounds come from within the psyche. This goes for current residents too. Luceti can be a stressing environment and no one would blame you for getting stressed to a point where you need help, if you can acknowledge you need it. I'll be here all day to answer in.

[ooc: replies come when I wake up.]

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It's not bad at all. I know a few people who would probably like being here than back home. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

[Well, that's reassuring. The kid tends to run his mouth pretty often about his own opinions, forgetting about what others may think. He asks about it but he's afraid that with him being so happy of being here people would get angry.]

Okay! Thank you!

[A pause, he is going backwards to the first message, let's see if he can pick something else from there.]

So you like to talk to people?

Yes, I do. Talking to others is always a rewarding experience for me. I get to learn something new every time.

I like to talk with people too! It's fun and interesting! I think I like to talk with people just as much as I like to play with them. And you can do both things at the same time! Do you like playing games too?

[She giggles. This kid is so adorable.]

Yeah, I do. I get scolded a lot if I did back home, because I'm supposed to be an adult, but playing games is always fun for me.

Adults can't play games? Ke-... I mean, Gojyo always plays with me and Hakkai and they are adults. The only one to scold them is Sanzo, but he's worse that us three! He broke the window of his own office once playing baseball with us!

[The kid laughs. It wasn't really the way things happened but it was how he perceived them.]

[She laughs too.]

Adults normally are looked down for playing games, unless they have children or work with children. It's a matter of growing up and not doing the things children normally do.

That's not fair! Why can't adults have fun too? It's stupid.

Adults have to work hard, so that the kids can have fun. You wouldn't want to do boring work in my place, would you?

If work is boring then it shouldn't have to be done... Or it could be done with friends, it can be fun that way.

Ah!! I know! If your work is boring I'll help you with it and make you have fun too!

[He's a genius! See him all proud of his idea.]

[She giggles again. So adorable.]

My work isn't boring to me, but I bet some people would think it is. Besides, someone has to do work even if it is boring. The world wouldn't move otherwise.

That's good then! Konzen always had lots of work but he didn't like it and was always too lazy to do it, but then he always got angry when I played with him there!

[It made no sense, if you don't want to work why get angry with the kid playing around and not letting you work?]

The world moves because of people working?

Yes that's right. If no one worked on the crops then we wouldn't have food. If no one worked in the clinics then we would always be sick and injured. Work sometimes has to be done. It can be fun too if you like it enough.

Then adults just should work in what they like, right? Then it will be fun for them!

Some jobs have to be done, even if they aren't fun. For example, I doubt everyone likes to clean, but if no one cleans then everything would be dirty.

Cleaning is fun! Back at Heavens Ken-niichan, Konzen and me helped Ten-chan to clean and organize his office. There were tons of books and Konzen kept complaining about being there but it was fun to do it all together. Ken-niichan left while we were at it and Konzen got angry while Ten-chan laughed and I found a great book about the magic land of meatbuns and the adventures of the flying pork meatbun!

[She giggles. You are the cutest.]

Magic land of meatbuns? I hope you didn't get hungry afterward.

Actually I got hungry, but it was time to eat anyway so Konzen didn't get angry with me for saying that I was hungry!

[The kid laughs happily.]

He can get angry so easily, you know? He's very pretty, when I first saw him I thought that he would be even prettier if he would smile, because he didn't do it at all... It's not true though, he looks weird if he smiles. I don't know anyone else who looks weird when they smile though, do you?

I do. Some people you just get so use to seeing frown or have no emotion, that when they show some it feels unnatural and scary. It's not a bad thing, but you just get use to seeing them so angry and mean that seeing them being nice is bizarre.

Yes, that's exactly it! Konzen is always looking so angry and bored, even if he's a good person, when I saw him smile I thought he had hit his head badly or something. Because just before I had pushed him against the wall by accident, but he was back to normal in an instant.

I don't think he needs to smile anymore though, because once when we all where up in the middle of the night having fun under a cherry tree he had the same sour look as always but he still seemed happy. I thought so at least, can people look happy even if they don't smile or laugh?

Yes, they can. Not everyone has to express a smile to show their happiness. My co-worker, for example, almost never smiles herself, but I can always see when she's happy.

Then she's just like Konzen! But why is it that we can tell that they are happy even if they don't smile? I always thought that smiles were needed to show that one was happy and tears to show that one was sad.

We can tell because we're close enough to see through their faces. We can see into their hearts and know what they're really feeling on the inside. That's the most important thing.

But I wasn't staring at Konzen from that close! I'm sure I never saw through his face, that would have been scary, as if he was transparent or something, like a ghost. And he probably would have got angry if I stared that close to him.

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