So, let's talk about your self-esteem.

[piper90npcs]

Who: Jorgmund therapists and patients.
What: One of the benefits of Jorgmund health insurance? Mandatory grief counseling!
Where: Side rooms of the medical bay.
When: In the days following Planker's death.
Warnings/Notes: Likely to delve into the personal issues of various characters, which may get dark or go into sensitive content.

In the days following Planker's demise, some of the hires get tapped for extra counseling, on the basis of being "excessively perturbed" by the passing of their most beloved trainer. Rather than be assigned to chore shifts, these unlucky hires are sent to a room adjacent to the med bay with a small fountain of smooth-flowing water over rocks and the general scent of patchouli for an hour a day.

It's a healing space. Breathe deep. Abandon your pre-conceptions and negativity.

Comments

[piper90npcs]

"Deflection," Dr. Lillian says, as if talking to herself as she writes a note on her notepad. "Leia, I can't let you leave the session before your time is up. That wouldn't be doing my due diligence as a counselor. But if you'd prefer that we explore grief through soundwaves or aromatic massage instead of talk therapy, we can do that. Whatever allows you to access your core most easily."

[alderaani]

Her jaw dropped to make a snide comment back just like she would have to Han, but this wasn't Han and the banter wouldn't resolve things for her.

"Stars, no." Leia looked affronted at the suggestion of aromatic massage whatever that was or the use of soundwaves in therapy. She'd been tortured well enough already by the Empire, she had no need of someone else messing with her mind.

"I suppose I haven't been sleeping soundly but that's been an ongoing situation for some time prior to coming here. It's not really recent." Would that mollify the good doctor?

[piper90npcs]

If it was intended to sate Dr. Lillian's curiosity, it unfortunately stokes it instead.

"Oh? Tell me about that. You know, if we don't get enough sleep, our subconscious can't process our deeper stressors."

[alderaani]

"It's... complicated." She wanted o say it was nothing but the woman had already proven she would not allow that sort of evasion.

"I come from a galaxy in the middle of a civil war, it's not uncommon for people to be under stress from it." She allowed with a shrug.

[piper90npcs]

"And have you been directly exposed to the traumas of war?"

[alderaani]

"It wasn't just me, everyone was. Whole planets, entire species eradicated their plan is control or genocide."

[piper90npcs]

"That didn't really answer my question, did it? That just made it about everyone else's pain. It's alright, Leia. This is a place where we can recognize your struggle without taking away from anyone else."

[alderaani]

"Yes." Fine, if that's what the woman wanted she could give a dispassionate account of her encounters with 'the traumas of war.'

"Shall I start with my capture, my torture or the destruction of my home planet while I was forced to watch?"

[piper90npcs]

Smiling blandly: "which one speaks to you more?"