May 21st - A Kind of Support Group

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:21 pm

"I suppose it reminds you that it's over. That you're not helplessly locked away in your own head anymore."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:25 pm

Will nodded. "How..how are YOU holding up? I've been complaining about me..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:32 pm

"Reasonably well, I suppose? Though it is kind of telling that right now I'm treating sleeping in the same bed as Sam and only waking up and panicking a couple of times as an achievement..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 8:47 pm

"Waking up panicking," he nodded. "Yeah--I suppose...I suppose it's only natural.

...is Professor McManus doing the same?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:07 pm

She nods. "We... don't get all that much sleep. And I know it hurts her when I wince away from her..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:10 pm

"How could she just so..callously mess with three people..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:16 pm

"She's a psychopath. She strangled two children when she was 11 years old."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:17 pm

"...what?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:19 pm

"Her real name is Mary Bell."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:26 pm

"...and that's someone?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:30 pm

"Kind of, though I didn't know either. It just... I feel it makes her less threatening. Like she's only a person. An incredibly disturbed person, but she's not Melpomene, Muse of Tragedy. She's just Mary Bell."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:37 pm

"...right. She's just a person. A normal, everyday, person. And...and WE'RE people too. We are. So....so she's not better than us..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:47 pm

"Exactly. And now that she's locked up there is nothing to worry about."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 9:57 pm

"...D'you believe that?" he asked, after a moment.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:03 pm

"I try to..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:12 pm

Will nodded. "Yeah...if we tell ourselves enough, maybe we'll believe it, aye?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:17 pm

"It's a mutant prison and she's wearing an inhibitor collar. She's not going anywhere. And yes, I'm trying hard to believe that." she smiles crookedly.

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:22 pm

"And how many times have we locked up Magneto? Or Mystique?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:29 pm

"She's alone. There is no one to break her out."

by **Will Stanton** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:06 pm

"Or is she? Didn't she used to have, like, some kind of super-gang?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 8:21 am

"Used to. There was a... bit of an incident."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:05 pm

" I don't wanna know, do I."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:24 pm

"Probably not. But her operations were thoroughly dismantled."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:45 pm

"Let's pray."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:08 pm

"Not a bad idea." she forces a chuckle.

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:12 pm

"...so, where do we go from here? Do we just...act like it didn't happen? Are we supposed to testify against her? What's...what do we do?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:24 pm

"We just move on. For me that's digging out those X-Men training guidelines I never really looked at, figure out how much of that Sphinx business is true and make sure no one's going to hurt me or Sam like this ever again." she says with determination.

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 4:39 pm

"And what does that mean for me," he said, barely whispering.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:13 pm

"You have a wife and a daughter. If that doesn't give you the strength to pull through this then I don't know what would." she smiles encouragingly.

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:09 pm

Will sighed. "Yeah....yeah, I've been kind of a dick to both, recently."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:12 pm

"I'm sure they understand. This isn't easy..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:29 pm

"Yeah---and, um, I suppose it's probably worse for you..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:30 pm

"It... doesn't help that she made you take her shape, no..."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:32 pm

Will sighed. "Great. Just...fantastic.

She perverted it."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:37 pm

"There are a couple of things on that list... What 'it' do you mean?"

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:38 pm

"Everything...your relationship...my power....my head....your...well, everything."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:55 pm

Nailah sighs. "She really did... But we can't let her defile something beautiful. She doesn't deserve the victory of taking those things away from us."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:04 pm

"No...no she doesn't deserve it..."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:12 pm

"Exactly. It is... like a shattered window you can't see. But in order to fix it you have to know how big the damage is, so all you can do is feel around the edges. Yes you'll cut yourself and it'll hurt but it's the only way to figure out how you're ever going to fix that hole."

by **Will Stanton** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 7:14 pm

"Or you just put a big piece of plywood in front and move on."

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