nextgen_parent (nextgen_parent) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-10-07 19:06:00

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Bendytime: Therapy
Leonard hadn't done any work for BH6 before.

In honesty, he was a little wary about working with any daughter of Logan. In comparison, a 'normal' CPTSD case, if that's what this Keiji Oyama turned out to be, would be easy.

Yeah, because 'normal' happens so often in this business.

They're given some office space, and it's time to meet the patient. "Keiji-san. Nice to meet you. I'm Dr. Leonard Samson."

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	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 09:37 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji comes in, a little nervous, but relatively stoic. "Arigatou, Samson-san. I admit..I am somewhat at a loss of what to do." (Reply to this)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 09:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Well, that's why we're here." The door closes. "Sit down, get as comfortable as possible." Samson does the same. "So.... why do you think Amiko Kobayashi called me in?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 09:45 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji sat down, though he didn't look particularly relaxed. "Because I promised to try and work through my past. Realistically I don't want to be a burden to Amiko-san. I need to try." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 09:46 pm UTC (link)
	"A burden in what way?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 09:49 pm UTC (link)
	"Aside from leaving the Hand, and thus bringing their considerable resources to bear on anyone who gets in their way of trying to avenge the slight..I.." Keiji takes a breath, it wasn't easy to admit. "..I am not a stable person." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:01 pm UTC (link)
	"So, aside from circumstances outside your control, what most concerns you is violent outbursts?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:05 pm UTC (link)
	"It hasn't happened yet, but it's possible. For years I didn't have to think about my state of mind, but now..recently I had a conversation with Amiko-san and she sounded upset. The tone caused me to have a flashback to my childhood. I don't remember the incident itself, but that was Amiko-san said happened." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:10 pm UTC (link)
	"I see. And this is where we fall into a classic psychiatric stereotype." Samson takes a breath. "Tell me about your mother." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji raised an eyebrow at the question, but didn't ask why the man mentioned her specifically. "I didn't know her long. She went missing when I was six." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:16 pm UTC (link)
	"Six is a long time by some standards. There used to be an old Western saying about 'show me a child until he is seven, and I will show you the man.' What do you remember about her?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	"I don't much care for Western sayings... Sorry, that was uncalled for." Keiji apologized. "She never smiled. She'd prepare me in the event that I may have to continue the family vendetta against Wolverine." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:21 pm UTC (link)
	"How'd she do that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Hand-to-hand combat training. Being told the reason why and how it was our duty to avenge our family honor." Keiji swallows for a moment. "Becoming accustomed to pain and learning how to endure it." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Pretty tall order for six," Samson says blandly. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	"Perhaps, but it was necessary. I had no healing factor. Another solution had to be found to counter this." Keiji says this as if giving a simple explanation. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:30 pm UTC (link)
	Samson shrugs. "I'm no expert on proper mutant training regimens. How do you remember thinking about her, at that age?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:35 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji considers the question. "I don't remember a lot. Confusion, pain, shame." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Shame? Did you think you were doing something wrong?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	"I was ashamed because I kept crying out. Mother told me I had to embrace the pain, to conquer it." He pulls his sleeve down to reveal the series of scars on his arm. "I kept failing her. I didn't accomplish what she set out to teach me until years later." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	"Masochism's not always a quick habit to pick up. Pretty hard to shake, though, I hear." "Have you upset any other female authority figures in your life?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji's eyes narrow a little. "I do not enjoy pain. The goal was to suppress it, not to let it govern my actions..but I digress." Keiji thinks on this. "Most of my teachers and superiors after my mother disappeared were men. The only female in authority I've really dealt with since has been Amiko-san." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:49 pm UTC (link)
	"And what do you think about her? Yes, Doctor-patient confidentiality does apply her." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-07 10:56 pm UTC (link)
	Keiji isn't entirely comfortable revealing everything, so he goes with the partial truth. "I respect her a great deal. She gave me a chance to better myself despite the things I've done. Despite who I am..she gave me a chance." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	nextgen_parent 2011-10-07 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Uh..huh," he says very quietly. "You think maybe she was separating the 'who you are' part from the 'what you'd done' part?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	clawed_progeny 2011-10-27 03:54 pm UTC (link)
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