Bracelets for the soul

    His saddened expression morphed into one of shock after the scientist confirmed the housewife's hunch before slowly settling into a heated snarl directed at his soulmate. What sense does that make? Going into this, he thought he had a good enough grasp on his partner's feelings toward all things punching, kicking, and sometimes throwing, but now he truly felt clueless. It seemed as if no matter what he ended up doing, whether he behaved himself or if he raised absolute hell, his partner would still be displeased with him to some degree, which brought some rather unsettling concerns to mind. You don't trust me? You'll worry whenever? Is it really the fighting that bothers you or.. is it...? Whatever. he thought, shaking the bad vibes away soon after. Whatever the case may have been, there was no changing the severe levels of disappointment he'd been feeling ever since their relationship's security had been breached. After the smoke from the infamous first date had cleared, he was under the impression that things were looking up for the two of them, yet, unbeknownst to him the opposite was happening probably the entire time. Even during the better dates.... Ugh.  Alti uncrossed his arms as he turned in his chair to face the scientist, his face reddening in annoyance at that last sentiment despite the more vulnerable vibes his soulmate was giving off.

    "Wh-! So even if I don't get involved, you'll still get stressed?" he pleaded, "How is that even fair? I'm actually making an effort to fix that for you! What more could I possibly do?"

    "Hmmmmm! I don't know," Alti sarcastically hissed, leaning slightly forward to make his yelling clearer to his soulmate-turned-opponent, "Maybe that you don't know what you're talking about and are just making assumptions and jumping to conclusions like this hag," he said, tilting his head off to the side in the direction of their exasperated therapist, "wants you to! I just fucking said that the people I hurt aren't 'victims' in my book! They're complete shit and I like seeing them suffer, OK?"

    "Also, let's just get one thing straight here!" he spat, pointing a finger at Cyrus, "That fight you love mentioning so much only happened because Vale fucked up first. And you can't even say he 'didn't want it', cuz' he told me to kick his ass, remember?" Alti sat back up and re-crossed his arms before he continued, the red on his face almost refusing to fade. "So unless anyone else here has a death sentence in mind, what happened on the first date ain't gonna happen again." Lowering his voice just a tad, he leaned heavily against his chair, his eyes still focused on his soulmate's as his tone shifted from angry to just plain irritated.

    "And oh my god, you're bringing that up again?" he inquired, almost pouting at the scientist's incessant worrying, "I thought we settled that last week that you're not boring me. You're...... fun. The way I see it, I won't get sick of 'sitting' it out because I simply can't get sick of you! I do have some control, you know?" His eyes narrowed as he began to internally question some of his soulmate's past actions before speaking. "Where's all this worry coming from, anyway? Do you just not trust me or what?"

"Working out?" Albany squinted at the headless individual. "Please, elaborate. You wouldn't have mentioned it if it wasn't important to you, Aberdeen.

She glanced over at Amil, who had also shared a bit. "Alright, than Ami. Then let's skip forward a tad. How was your relationship with your family AFTER you were 18? When things started getting worse, based on your statements?"

Albany smiled at Maicy, "I'm glad to hear it wasn't as bad as some of the other aspects of your life. Having a good relationship with your parents is important to healthy development as a child, and I can see some of that reflected in you today."

"Piami, I'm sorry to hear that," Her eyes softened. "Divorce can be hard. But please, do continue. I'm sure your soulmate would appreciate knowing more about you, since you two seem to be so drastically different."

"Your aura situation?" This seemed to have captured Albany's attention, but she left the question hanging, not pressing but clearly expecting a response in return.

"Elaborate," Albany said in response to Galystris. Since it seemed the woman didn't appreciate small talk, she wouldn't waste any extra words on her. Short and to the point.

Even though the two were fighting and occasionally making negative remarks towards her and her son, Albany beamed at them as though she were going to give them a gold star. "Excellent, excellent! Real communication here!" She clasped her hands together, pleased with the progress being made. She eyed Alti a bit and her smile became less cheerful and resumed its oddly neutral appearance. "Alti, this kind of discussion needs to happen between you and your partner more regularly. You may not be as concerned about these talks, but its clear Cyrus is. I want you both to practice opening up to each other before bed every night. Discussing things that happened that excited you and presenting the issues that you weren't comfortable with. You both have uncertainties here, and working this into your daily routine will help you grow closer and smooth over those uneasy ridges that I so easily formed with a few questions. You need to strengthen your trust in one another and not ignore these thoughts." The last sentence she directed at Cyrus.

She looked a bit around the room again to survey how everyone else was doing with her other question. There was a moment her and her son made eye contact. Her smile fell entirely and she averted her eyes.

She didn't press him for any information like she had the others.

Maicy smiled back.

"Yeah, my home life is pretty chill. One of the things that helped me keep going."

Her expresion soften, however, as she hear the other's homelife story.

"Hm.." Maicy looked down as her partner talked about their step father. Judging by the air-quotes, seems like their father is a not good person. She remember taking note what Aberdeen said during the 2 Truths 1 Lie game.

That statement begins to make more sense now.

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Piami gulped. "Uh... well...."

She looked down.

"My mother cheated on my dad who was not being happy with his life at the time. I don't really remember why dad was unhappy." Piami looked back up at Albany. "But... that's what happened. After that, mainly my entire family feel apart, since the man my mother was dating was.... not a good man...."

Just then looked over and heard the other's family life.

Piami's wise widen as she heard what happened with Amil's home life.

Yeah, she's a little bit a afraid of him (not so much as Vale before this session.) but no one deserves that type of home life..

Alraada knew she said too much.
She didn't want to lie of course, she knew this was for her benefit.
But it was possible that someone would know about the situation of she went too much into detail.
"There was a thing that happened...and uh...I lost my supernatural aura...." She immediately regret speaking.
She slipped up in the past, but she said it publicly (sort of).
"...P-please don't hate me....." She couldn't help but say.
She knew she was saying too much, and now everyone saw her blubbering like an idiot.
Again.
and reveal herself to be the abomination she was this time.
"W-wow holy fuck look at me go with the personal stuff. Someone just shut me up right now...haha...." She spoke, her new happy tone shown to be very unconvincing.
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Galystris chuckled, still not looking up from her book.
"Hmm, ok. Maybe I'll give you some details." She spoke almost dismissively, glancing only briefly over at the therapist.
"I was born in a military hospital, grew up in a shelter away from my single living parent who was fighting. When I was thirteen I would join her in that fight, despite the fact that she wanted to do away with me. Family isn't something anyone bothered with for me." She spoke, seemingly unfazed by her own words.
She seemed to be unnaturally fine with her 'family life.'


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Albany's neutral smile twitched at the mention of using violence as a method to release anger. But she kept her thought to herself. "And how was your relationship with your step-father?" Albany pressed, still not seeming to be done with them. 

Hearing Amil's story had her swiveling in her chair, worry in her eyes. "Have you talked to your partner about this incident?" She also gestured to Nace. "Homophobia was something both my son and this brute were lucky enough to not be severely exposed to. Our religious beliefs do not condone it as a sin, as some do, and marriage in general is much more open. I think having this talk with your partner could help him get to know you more. Help him see things through your eyes."
"That's quite unfortunate..." She looked over at Galystris, clearly expecting a response from the partner, but getting none.


"You don't have to go into more detail if you don't want to," Albany whispered to Alraada with a motherly tone.

Vale gently squeezed her good shoulder. "Yeah, we can talk in private if you want, darling. They don't have to know everything." Another meaningful glance between mother and son before Albany moved back to Galystris. 

"So you're fine with all of that? None of that bothers you at all?"

Albany shrugged. "Ultimately, its your choice. I can't direct you past this session."
Albany allowed this blow up without saying a word until it was finished, her hands crossed pleasantly in her lap. "If this topic concerns you then we'll move onto the next one. The one both of you skipped?" She looked between the two men. "Any family life you'd like to talk about Alti..." She noticed the glance the salt pillar gave Amil, "... or Cyrus?"