Omega19x: *Malik and Ryou take note of a neat looking ad in a Dutch newspaper (printed in English, so Ryou can read it at least) 'Romantic Hypnotism. Get to know your lover's inner workings, their deeperst fears, what makes them tick.'*
ph33r my rod: *blinkblink* "...hypnotism?"
Omega19x: "... yeah... they put you in a trance, and you... you supposedly see and relive things... And it can help you through them."
ph33r my rod: "Ohhh... interesting. Should we check that out while we're still here?"
Omega19x: "... it... it might be good for us..."
Omega19x: *looks down* "I... I know I probably have a lot of things I don't remember... that... that I've surpressed. You... You probably do to."
ph33r my rod: "..." *nods* "Yeah, I do too..."
Omega19x: "... it's something we can do together, though." *smiles*
ph33r my rod: *smiles back* "Okay~"
Omega19x: "... let's do it."
ph33r my rod: *nodnod*
Omega19x: *so they go to the office where this particular psychiatrist works.*
Omega19x: *Dr. Lloyd Freud!*
Omega19x: (tee hee)
ph33r my rod: (( *dies* ))
Omega19x: "Welcome. You are here for the couple's therapy?"
Omega19x: "come on in, come on in."
ph33r my rod: *goes in*
Omega19x: "We're... here to see what... we're hiding, I guess... We... both have a lot of things we've... hidden away. Not intentionally... But it might help us grow closer together if... we... we could work through those things together."
Omega19x: "Ah, yes. Yes. Communication builds a healthy relationship. And this will help foster that. Which one of you wishes to go first?"
ph33r my rod: *headscratch* "Um... I'll go first, I guess."
Omega19x: "Good good. Please, relax, and have a seat on this sofa here."
ph33r my rod: *sits on sofa*
Omega19x: *pulls out a watch* "let your mind rest, and focus on this watch. You will go under a trance, and from there, you will freely be able to go back wherever you need to go."
Omega19x: *and it swings lightly in front of Malik's face*
ph33r my rod: *focuses on watch*
Omega19x: "You are getting sleepy."
Omega19x: "Very sleepy."
ph33r my rod: "..." *eyes start to droop*
Omega19x: "very good."
Omega19x: *turns to Ryou* "many people will go back to a point in their childhood, sometimes even to a previous life."
ph33r my rod: *eyes close*
Omega19x: *turns back to Malik* "Who are you?"
Omega19x: "Do you know?"
ph33r my rod: "...Malik Ishtar."
Omega19x: "How old are you, Malik?"
ph33r my rod: (( Currently? ))
Omega19x: (in wherever his mind has gone back to)
ph33r my rod: "Ten years old."
Omega19x: "Do you know where you are?"
ph33r my rod: "Egypt, on the outskirts of Cairo."
Omega19x: "That's a big place. Tell me what you see there."
Omega19x: "Are you there alone?"
ph33r my rod: "No... my sister's here with me. I see the walls of my room, and light from a lantern, but that's it..."
Omega19x: "How do you feel?"
ph33r my rod: "...scared."
Omega19x: "Why are you scared?"
ph33r my rod: "Any moment now, my father's going to come for me..."
Omega19x: (usually, so you know, it's like you're reliving whatever you're talking about. So you react to things happening.)
ph33r my rod: (( Oh. ))
Omega19x: "Your father is coming for you? Why?"
ph33r my rod: "He's..." *starts shivering* "I'm supposed to receive the initiation today..."
Omega19x: "Initiation?"
ph33r my rod: "It's a family tradition... on the males' tenth birthday, we're supposed to..." *face twists in fright* "...bear the memories of the Pharaoh on our backs and remain here for the rest of our lives. And I don't want it. I don't..."
Omega19x: "Bear the memories on your back? Is that what you are afraid of? Why are you afraid?"
Omega19x: "Remember, as frightning as this may be, it is just a memory. Please, talk me through what you're feeling."
ph33r my rod: "We wait for the Pharaoh's return... I don't want to stay here forever! It's not fair... I don't want to give up my life to be a tomb keeper..."
Omega19x: "Is this what your family trains for? You said it was a tradition."
ph33r my rod: "Our clan's been waiting for the Pharaoh's return for thousands of years. But I don't want to wait anymore... I want to go outside and see the sun, and not have to go through this stupid thing..." *curls up*
Omega19x: " Have you ever seen the sun?"
ph33r my rod: "No... I've never been outside. I'm not allowed to go outside. I want to..."
Omega19x: "Then how do you know what you are giving up?"
Omega19x: "What do you feel you are giving up, Malik?"
ph33r my rod: "I'm giving up my life... I want to be a normal kid, like I've read in all of the books about ancient Egypt."
ph33r my rod: *shaking*
Omega19x: "What is a normal child to you?"
ph33r my rod: "A child that can run around and play with others... I mean, sometimes I do that with my brother but I want to go outside and make friends and..." *curls up more, starting to get frantic*
Omega19x: "please try to relax. You have a brother? What is he like? How old is he?"
ph33r my rod: "He's not really my real brother since he was adopted, but he's 19 and he takes care of me and keeps me safe and..." *covers eyes* "He wanted to take the initiation in my place but my father wouldn't let him..."
Omega19x: "I see. But your father will let you. Even though you do not wish to go through with this iniation."
ph33r my rod: "Rishid's not related by blood so he can't do it... Isis can't because she's a girl... so it has to be me. But I don't want it." *clutches his head* "I don't want it!"
Omega19x: "What has he told you about the initiation? What will happen? Do you know?"
ph33r my rod: "...he's going to carve the Pharaoh's memories into my back with a hot knife."
ph33r my rod: "That's... that's all I know about it..."
Omega19x: "No wonder you are afraid."
ph33r my rod: "Please don't let them take me..."
Omega19x: "This is just a memory. Please, relax. Do you know if this will be painful or not?"
ph33r my rod: "It's going to hurt so much, I just know it is..."
Omega19x: "And that scares you too, doesn't it."
ph33r my rod: *nodnod*
Omega19x: "Has anything like this happened before?"
Omega19x: "other times where something has hurt you?"
ph33r my rod: "...I was bit by a snake once and I got really sick..."
Omega19x: "Malik, tell me, do... do normal children go through initiations?"
ph33r my rod: "No, no no no. Only Ishtars..."
Omega19x: "Did your father tell you this?"
ph33r my rod: "It's our family's duty to wait for the Pharaoh and bear his memories..."
Omega19x: "Your father cares a lot about traditions, it seems."
ph33r my rod: *nods* "He does... but I don't care at all! I just want to be normal... and free."
Omega19x: "Is there anything that you care a lot about?"
ph33r my rod: "...my sister and brother."
Omega19x: "You say you want to be free. What would you like to do when you are free? Will you take your brother and your sister with you? Do they also want to be free?"
ph33r my rod: "They don't like being here any more than I do... I think they just want me to be happy, and I'm not happy living here... I just don't want to grow up in darkness."
Omega19x: "Does being with your brother and sister make you happy?"
ph33r my rod: "Yes, it does..."
Omega19x: "Malik, tell me more about this darkness. What is it?"
Omega19x: "Why is it dark?"
ph33r my rod: "It's... it's dark in here. There aren't any windows 'cause it's underground. The only light is from candles and torches on the walls."
Omega19x: "How does the dark make you feel?"
ph33r my rod: "...lonely, scared, sad, angry... I don't want to be here anymore..." *trembles*
Omega19x: "I see. You are kept in the dark, in an underground place away from the sun, and kept away from many other things. You do not even know a lot about what is about to happen to you. I can understand why you don't want to be there."
ph33r my rod: *wibble and nod*
Omega19x: "Does not knowing about things make you feel more scared?"
ph33r my rod: "Yes... I don't know if I'm going to die after this or not, or..." *sniffle* "I'm scared..."
Omega19x: "Would it help you right now, if someone would explain things to you?"
Omega19x: "If you could talk about the initiation first?"
ph33r my rod: "Maybe... Isis doesn't know much about it either so she can't explain..."
Omega19x: "Could you talk to your father?"
ph33r my rod: "He's busy preparing everything... I'll get in trouble if I interrupt him right now."
Omega19x: "In what sort of trouble?"
Omega19x: "Would he hurt you?"
ph33r my rod: *nod*
Omega19x: "I see."
Omega19x: "I want you to relax now, Malik. And when I count to three, you will wake up, back in the present time."
Omega19x: "One. Two... Three."
Omega19x: "How do you feel?"
ph33r my rod: *blinks*
ph33r my rod: "...I feel okay, kinda." *blink blink*
Omega19x: "I think we learned a great deal today." *looked at both Malik and Ryou*
ph33r my rod: (( Is he gonna remember telling all of that stuff? ))
Omega19x: (some of it maybe)
ph33r my rod: *can remember the general idea of what he talked about, but not many details* "I... guess so." *blinks and looks up at Ryou*
Omega19x: "You do not like darkness, nor being in an environment where you do not know what's going on." *he turns to Ryou* "To help him, it would be best to take things slow. To explain them. There are surely many things he has yet to experience."
Omega19x: "If things are to be painful, let him know. Help him understand the meaning behind the pain. It will help him deal with the pain better."
Omega19x: "He may act brave often times, and show a lot of curiosity, but he needs someone close by. To lean on, and to talk to."
Omega19x: "It will help you not feel so lonely, as you once did." *Dr. Lloyd Freud smiles at Malik*
ph33r my rod: "Uh..." *blink blink, nod* "Right."
Omega19x: "Okay. Malik. I'll help you understand everything..."
Omega19x: "I'll never leave your side."
ph33r my rod: "...thank you." *is a little bit confused, but smiles anyway*
Omega19x: "... you were talking a lot about the dark... and how you don't like being in it... I... I guess I'm your light." *weak smile*
ph33r my rod: "Well, that makes enough sense."
Omega19x: "And that the... the initation didn't just scare you because it was painful... but... but because you didn't know a lot of what was going on. And you weren't allowed to know many things... So not knowing things... might still bother you..."
Omega19x: "... like... not knowing... how to help me sometimes... You... you don't like that..."
ph33r my rod: "...right. I don't like that at all..."
Omega19x: "I just wish I knew what to do sometimes...I'll try to be more mindful of... of how uneasy that makes you..."
ph33r my rod: *nods* "I don't like not being able to help, or not knowing what's going on..."
Omega19x: "Good good. Very good. Communication already."
Omega19x: "It's okay, Malik... I'll help you."
ph33r my rod: *big smile* "Thank you..."
Omega19x: "... and... and I promise I... I won't keep you in the dark about anything anymore... When I... I used to try to hide things... like when I was sick, or helping my yami get... get the items... I didn't realize how much that was hurting you."
Omega19x: *holds Malik's hands for a minute, and squeezes them*
ph33r my rod: *squeezes back* "...yeah, it hurt a lot."
Omega19x: "I won't do it again. I... I'm sorry... I promise I won't..."
Omega19x: "This has been very good. Very good. Do you wish to try as well, Miss?"
ph33r my rod: *blink blink* "...he's not a girl."
Omega19x: "I'm not a girl!"
Omega19x: "Oh. My apologies. Would you like to be hypnotised as well, sir?
Omega19x: *nod* "... okay..."
Omega19x: (SWITCH)
ph33r my rod: "Alright. Have a seat on the sofa and relax."
ph33r my rod: (( *squints* Can you tell that from my normal font color? ))
Omega19x: (this is blue. that was purple)
ph33r my rod: (( Blue, blue... is this blue? ))
Omega19x: (yes)
ph33r my rod: (( Okay. ))
Omega19x: (blue is a funny word to look at repeatedly)
ph33r my rod: (( It hurts your eyes if there's too much of it =| ))
Omega19x: *sits on the sofa once Malik gets up*
Omega19x: "... okay, I'm ready..."
ph33r my rod: "Alright." *takes watch out again, swinging it in front of Ryou's face* "Focus on the watch. You will be put under a trance, and you will go back to where you need to be."
Omega19x: *a few moments later, and he is in a nice dazed state*
ph33r my rod: "You are getting sleepy."
Omega19x: *sleepy*
ph33r my rod: "Very sleepy."
Omega19x: *is very sleepy*
ph33r my rod: "...alright. Who are you? Do you know who you are?"
ph33r my rod: (( brb ))
ph33r my rod: (( k ))
Omega19x: "Ryou Bakura..."
Omega19x: "My name is Ryou."
ph33r my rod: "How old are you, Ryou?"
Omega19x: "... eight..."
ph33r my rod: "Do you know where you are?"
Omega19x: *nodnod*
ph33r my rod: "Can you tell me?"
Omega19x: "a... h...hospital..."
Omega19x: "I... I want my mommy..."
ph33r my rod: "Do you know why you're there? Are you sick?"
Omega19x: (ack, that was weird. My backspace key got STUCK)
ph33r my rod: (( o_o ))
Omega19x: (it kept erasing what I was typing)
ph33r my rod: (( Ack. ))
Omega19x: "my... my arm hurts..."
Omega19x: "... and I... my face is... bl..bleeding..."
ph33r my rod: "Do you know what you might've done to it?"
ph33r my rod: "Seems like you're pretty injured. Do you remember where you were before you were at the hospital?"
Omega19x: "We were in the car... And then... something hit us... I... I didn't see it happen... I... I'm scared..."
Omega19x: "I want my mommy!"
ph33r my rod: "Try to relax, Ryou. This is just a memory. You were in the car... so perhaps it was an accident of some sort. Is anybody in the room with you?"
Omega19x: "... no."
Omega19x: "They all left."
ph33r my rod: "Was anybody in the car with you?"
Omega19x: "Mommy and Amane."
Omega19x: "... I... I kept yelling at them to... to wake up... but... but they wouldn't... I... I tried to tell them to wake up. I... I really really did."
ph33r my rod: "Do you know if they're here in the hospital or not?"
Omega19x: "I... I tried to ask.... but... nobody answers..."
Omega19x: "the doctor people won't... they won't tell me where Mommy or Ami is."
ph33r my rod: "...hm. What of your father? Do you know where he might be?"
Omega19x: "Egypt."
Omega19x: "... on a dig..."
ph33r my rod: "Do you know if he's been notified of your accident or not?"
Omega19x: "... I don't know..."
ph33r my rod: (( ...*totally has no clue where to go with this* ))
Omega19x: (just go off of things he's said)
ph33r my rod: "...hm. You said your mother and Amane wouldn't wake up. Have you ever known anyone else that went to sleep and didn't wake up?"
Omega19x: "... kinda..."
ph33r my rod: "Who was it?"
Omega19x: "... m..me... Mommy told me about it before... she used to... to be afraid I wouldn't wake up..."
Omega19x: "... when I was a little little baby..."
Omega19x: "Not waking up... means something is wrong... I... know that..."
ph33r my rod: "I see. Did she tell you anything else about that?"
Omega19x: "... a little... that I was sick... but.. but that I got better."
ph33r my rod: "Are you sick very often?"
Omega19x: "... I see the doctor people! Maybe they know where mommy is!"
ph33r my rod: "Oh. Do ask them where she is."
Omega19x: "... I... I just did... They... they're looking at each other, but they won't talk to me..."
Omega19x: "I... I tried to run out of the room, to find Mommy, but... but they're grabbing me... a... Let me go! Please... I... I just want my mommy!"
ph33r my rod: "Let me know if they happen to tell you anything."
Omega19x: "OW..."
ph33r my rod: "What happened?"
Omega19x: "... the doctor... he poked me in the arm with something to... to make me calm down... and... and sleep... I... I don't want to sleep. No... I... I don't want to..."
ph33r my rod: "They just want you to calm down so you don't hurt yourself further. What's happening now?"
Omega19x: "... I must have fallen asleep... I... I'm in a... a big chair..."
ph33r my rod: "A big chair? What are your other surroundings?"
Omega19x: "... in a big room. There's pictures on the wall... It's... like a waiting area... I think. I... still don't know where my mommy is..."
ph33r my rod: "Is anyone else there with you?"
Omega19x: "... a... a nurse lady... at a desk..."
Omega19x: "... and some people I... I don't know who they are... and they look sick..."
ph33r my rod: "Have you tried asking the nurse where your mother is?"
Omega19x: "... I will... "
Omega19x: "... NO! ... No... she has to wake up! Mommy said hospitals make people better! I... why won't she wake up! Make her wake up!!!"
Omega19x: "Make Ami wake up!"
ph33r my rod: "Try to relax. This is still only a memory. What exactly did the nurse tell you?"
Omega19x: "... they... they'll never wake up. She said they'll never wake up!"
ph33r my rod: "Were you afraid to hear that?"
Omega19x: "... that... that they're... they're gone... like... won't wake up gone... really really gone..."
Omega19x: "... It's not true... It can't be true. Mommy said she'd never leave me..."
Omega19x: "... Mommy said she wouldn't..."
ph33r my rod: "Were you very close with your mother?"
Omega19x: *nodnod* "she was always there... w..when Dad's off on a dig, and... and Amane's playing with her friends... and I'm all alone..."
Omega19x: "... now... nobody will be here...."
Omega19x: "Mommy, you said you'd never leave me..."
ph33r my rod: (( Do let me know when I should have him wake up. DX ))
Omega19x: (that's all your call)
Omega19x: "... now... w..what?"
ph33r my rod: (( Oh, okay. ))
Omega19x: "I... I don't have any where to go... or... I... I just... I want my mommy back..."
ph33r my rod: "Please, try to relax now, Ryou. When I count to three, you'll wake up back in the present."
ph33r my rod: "One... two... three."
Omega19x: *snaps awake, still quite terrified*
ph33r my rod: "How are you feeling?"
Omega19x: *sniffle*
Omega19x: "... I... I remember that..."
ph33r my rod: "You don't like losing those close to you, or not knowing whether they're alright or not."
Omega19x: "... Dad couldn't come home for... a... a whole week... I... they made me stay in the... the hospital... because I had nowhere else to go..."
ph33r my rod: "But you seem fine now."
Omega19x: "... I... I guess so..."
Omega19x: "I... still miss her..."
ph33r my rod: "We all miss the ones that we lose. But surely you have people that care about you now, don't you?" *looks to Malik* "Help him cope with the pain. Stay by his side. It seems that he still has a hard time dealing with loss."
ph33r my rod: *nods* "Ryou?"
Omega19x: "... " *looks down*
Omega19x: "...d..don't you... go to sleep and... n...never wake up..."
ph33r my rod: *takes his hands again, gently squeezing them* "I won't... I promise. I'll help you..."
Omega19x: *weak nod*
ph33r my rod: "I'll stay by your side as log as I can."
Omega19x: *weak nod, and sniffle*
Omega19x: *holds Malik's hand*
Omega19x: "... th...thank you..."
ph33r my rod: *squeezes his hand again, reaching up to gently pet his hair*
Omega19x: "Have you learned something about each other today?"
ph33r my rod: *nods*
ph33r my rod: "I've learned that losing the people he loves is his biggest fear... and I'm never going to leave him. I'll stay with him and help him in any way I possibly can..."
Omega19x: "and that I... shouldn't ever keep anything from him, because that hurts him the most."
ph33r my rod: *gently hugs Ryou* "We'll help each other, okay...?"
Omega19x: "... okay."
Omega19x: "... let's go back to the hotel... We have a long day tomorrow."
ph33r my rod: *nodnod* "Yep... another country."
Omega19x: "... thank you."
Omega19x: *he pays the psychiatrist, and they head out*
Omega19x: (yay!)
ph33r my rod: (( Fwee~! ))