Counseling and Guidance

[totallynotanoni]

Katherine Takada 9/3 near Recolle University

For those of you who don’t know me, which is likely many of you, my name is Katherie Takada. I am a licensed counsellor at Recolle University, and as such this message is directed towards students, both returning and first years, of Recolle University. For most of us with the Recolle App the last month has undeniably been difficult. For those of you on the app who are students at Recolle University, I will be offering one-on-one counseling and guidance for emotional support and any other concerns there may be. Although my current week is at the moment busy with other duties, I will be available for the rest of the semester and onwards. For non-RU students and others who are seeking counseling, I would like to direct you to this post by Fiacre Lachance, who will also be offering counseling for the next few weeks. Please contact me if you have any further questions or concerns.

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[totallynotanoni]

Katherine Takada I'll be expecting you.
Katherine Takada You know where the counsellor offices are, right?

Sounds good! [Action]

[blind_badass]

[It does take him a bit of time to get to the offices, not to mention the one he wants. Because it's a hallway, he walks with his hand running along a wall, counting the doors until he reaches her office.]

Hello, I do believe you invited me here.

[totallynotanoni]

[ In hindsight she probably should have given him directions.

Kath will be waiting behind her desk, going through paperwork, when he finally comes in. She perks up at his arrival. ]

Yes, please come in. [ She moves to get him a chair. ] You must be Light Averly, right?

[blind_badass]

Yes, that would be me, Ms. Takada.

[He tilts his head to one side, as though trying to gauge the room. What he's actually doing is listening to how their voices play across the space so he knows roughly where all the large objects are and how to avoid them. That's why he's able to find the chair and sit down.]

Have you served your counseling post for a long time?

[totallynotanoni]

About three years now.

[ She watches in a bit of quiet fascination at his little process of location, also making note of the prosthetic arm he sports. ]

And please, just call me Katherine. [ Ms. Takada sounds way too formal. ]

[blind_badass]

[His arm is quite interesting. He can move the fingers through electrical impulses and actually do quite well with it. It looks enough like a normal arm that unless he's wearing short sleeves (to show where fake and real arm fit together), you wouldn't be able to tell it's not real at first glance. Unless you heard the quiet sound of gears moving. He can't do fine motor control with it, however. Technology can only go so far.]

Thank you, Katherine. It would seem that this city is a bit more unsettling than I'd first imagined it would be.

[totallynotanoni]

[ Katherine is familiar enough with prosthetics to spot one, even if she doesn't have her own. ]

I'm sorry it feels like that; up until I got the app, it felt like all this craziness was normal or nonexistent. [ She sits up in her chair, clearing her desk of any stray papers as she does so. ]

How long have you been in Recolle?

[blind_badass]

About a year or so. I started my master's work last year. I just don't understand how I didn't hear or perceive anything until now.

[totallynotanoni]

[ Yeah, thats how she felt when all this stuff started happening. ]

There's sort of an explanation for that, if it helps any. For some reason, anyone without the app is unable to comprehend or recognize whats going on around them, or they believe everyone going on is normal. People don't know what blue is, think horses are mystical creatures, and that any changes to our bodies were always there to start with.

[blind_badass]

[Snake follows along with that explanation...until that last part.]

I'm sorry, did you say changes to bodies? You mean, like getting small? I seem to have heard something about that.

[totallynotanoni]

A little bit more than that, I'm afraid. [ Oh boy, this is never an easy topic to think on. Its whats been keeping her eyes on the mirror every time she wakes up. ]

You see, its not just memories people are getting back. Some people have received items like weapons and keepsakes. Others, like I said earlier, have literally begun to change to look like their counterparts. I've heard of changes in eye color, hair color, and have personally seen a tail appear on someone

Oooh, get to use this icon for a change

[blind_badass]

Change how...what?

[It's evident how truly taken aback Snake is because he opens his eyes. He usually keeps them closed, but every so often when he's really startled, they do open up.]

What do you mean "counterparts"?

[totallynotanoni]

[ Yeah, that reaction is definitely worrying. ]

Ummm... [ Maybe she could've worded that in a way that didn't seem to freak him out. ] Sorry if thats rather startling, "counterpart" isn't exactly a good phrase to use. I'm not one hundred percent sure myself in some ways.

I meant that we each seem to get a certain set of memories or items from an individual "source".

[blind_badass]

[Snake with his eyes open is a little disconcerting as they do definitely look like they can't see anything at all. So he closes them again.]

Memories? We get other memories from someone else in addition to the world following its own logic?