Room 115 - Mental Cases

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:30 am

"What? I picked my codename at Muir. They said it was a mental exercise. Positive thinking, gives you a sense of control over the situation."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:38 am

"Well, the ladies in your head claimed that they are the Morrigan, so that exercise might have sunk in a little too much."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 12:41 am

"Well I just thought... she's a shapeshifter too, and all. It's Irish myth."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:18 am

"You don't have to explain yourself. I named myself after Greek mythology. But your subconscious seems to have taken it a little more seriously."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:20 am

"Well I'm not... you know, I don't think of myself that way."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:14 am

"Your subconsciousness respectfully and also rudely disagrees."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:18 am

"Well... great. Just great." She sighs.

"And now there's something wrong with Will, too?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:44 am

"I don't think there's anything wrong with anybody."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:47 am

"Okay, but... there's something you think I did to Will."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:57 am

"There's some kind of focus in Will's mind that seems to be where all their mental defenses converge. It felt like it didn't belong. It made no sense when I encountered it, but it has your signature on it, for lack of a better word. It also has three locks that are color coded to the three lovely ladies in your mind."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:59 am

"What do you mean? Like it feels like me?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:06 am

"Yes. It's not particularly hidden and it'd make sense. Just don't flagellate yourself when it turns out your subconsciousness did do something."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:07 am

"Is it harming him?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:19 am

"No, it just kind of hung there. Threw me for quite the loop when I tried to open it too."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:21 am

"Well if I can help I'll try, I just don't want to hurt him."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:46 am

"Then you probably shouldn't tell him, her, whatever, about your exploits in the woods."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:48 am

"Well I didn't... go into all the gory details. I just... well I did tell him it weirded me out a bit in retrospect. That's why he recommended going to you."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 2:59 pm

"Seriously, Sam? She turns her gender inside-out so you'll 'feel more comfortable' around her and you tell her about that time you went crazy with someone in the woods. That's not something Will needs to hear."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:38 pm

"Well I didn't think it was going to result in him trying to kiss me!"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 3:51 pm

"Sam, you are amazingly dense sometimes. Especially for a telepath."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:11 pm

Sam sighs.

"Alright, just get it out of your system."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:21 pm

"Believe it or not, I don't enjoy insulting you. I'm trying to help."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:27 pm

"So what am I supposed to do? I don't think I've been leading him on, or anything."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 4:35 pm

"Look, if this was just some guy I'd say just ignore it. It's their problem. But Will doesn't know how any of this works. Just don't rub it in her face."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 5:57 pm

"I'd just assumed that Will was... kind of asexual."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:20 pm

"She's curious about being a person, of course she's going to stumble into that. Mentally she takes on the characteristics of what she turns into. This is just the natural consequence of encouraging her to be a person."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:33 pm

"And you still think that's a bad thing, aye?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:38 pm

"I think it's an excellent way to introduce doubt and heartache, but I won't stand in her way if that's what she wants. I'd just like if you wouldn't try your best to make it harder on her."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:59 pm

"Well we've got most of the bloody surprises out of the way now, don't we?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:13 pm

"Who knows. That's why they're called surprises, yeah?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:14 pm

"I guess I'm just... steeling myself for this box in Will's head."

"After all, you just dumped a load of surprises on me."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:45 pm

"Look, that box isn't going anywhere. Take this at your own pace, okay? And if you want I'll be there with you."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:03 pm

"So I haven't scared you off yet, aye?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:12 pm

"Sam, you'll have to try harder to scare me off. Like I said, you're not the only one who had to put their mind back in working order at Muir."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:17 pm

"I guess I'm just somewhat used to it."

"...though has anyone ever told you that your avatar is bloody creepy?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:26 pm

"My tutor at Muir hated it. He tried not to let it show because he knew it'd be disrespectful but it's kind of hard to hide that kind of thing from me."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:31 pm

"I guess it's just... an odd choice, aye?"

"Not that I've got room to talk on odd choices..."

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:41 pm

"It's not like I handcrafted it, that's just the shape it took and what I feel comfortable with. I certainly see no reason to change it just to placate others." she says a bit defensively.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:43 pm

"I've got three fanciful personalities running around my head, thus making me some sort of high-functioning crazy person. Do I really seem like I'm judging?"

by **Miriam Bell** » Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:46 pm

"I didn't think you were, but it's come up. From people who should know better. It's... personal."

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