First Session: Kalik

Bloos · May 12, 2019

"Tell you about it?" Kalik frowned hard at Valli. He started to think about where to start which would be the moment he got kidnapped. His thoughts just quickly went from that to all the worst possible things that happened. The frown turned to a face of fear and worry as Kalik scrubbed at his face. "He wants me to tell him what you did..." Kalik voice was low as he glanced to the side of him.

He opened his mouth to speak but no words came out which made him afraid even more. It felt like his tongue was gone again despite it still being there. Sadness became fear, fear became despair, and despair became....

Kalik eyes drifted to his arms. "Is seeing the scars not enough for you? The branding?" Kalik stated. He didn't realize what he even said. There wasn't a single scar on his body from what Valli can see. Kalik skin looked well....blue and healthy.

Romi · May 13, 2019

Oh dear. Realistically speaking, someone breaking into his office should have been Valli's first hint that something was wrong with Kalik. Something beyond just trauma. He was talking to someone who wasn't there, for one. He was referring to things that weren't there for another.

But he'd been trained for this. To not say what scars, there aren't any at all?

But he didn't know his name, which made it harder.

"Can you tell me what it is that I should be seeing?"

Bloos · May 13, 2019

Kalik looked confused when Valli ask what he should be seeing. He took a glance at his arms and then at Valli. "Nothing...." They were still there, no matter how much they seemed to heal Kalik could still feel each and everyone. "You don't see them....of course you don't. They aren't there yet they are still there."

Romi · May 13, 2019

It was so much easier if he knew their name. But he didn't, which meant sir was going to have to do, or something like that.

"Sir," he said, keeping his tone as gentle as he could. "I believe that you're hallucinating. I can't see what you're seeing. The person you spoke to before isn't visible to me either." He couldn't just say you're hallucinating. Not on Manta Carlos. There was no way to be sure that he wasn't actually seeing something.

"I think you came to me because you were looking for help," he said. "I'll do what I can to help you. But I think you need more help than any one person can give you."

Bloos · May 13, 2019

Kalik was remaining as calm as he could be. No one could see Kofi, he knew this already. Kofi was dead and he was just seeing shit. "You don't think I know that already? No one sees him but me. No one hears him but me."

He was trying reaaaally hard to stay calm.

"And what do you more help? So you saying you can't help? I'm not getting held captive again. Never again."

Romi · May 13, 2019

Well, that was a good point. That he knew he was the only one who saw... 'him'. Just one person. Kalik definitely reacted like someone who had some major instability, but it wasn't that hard to guess why when he talked about being held hostage.

That was why he was there, after all. Because he knew Valli had suffered, and sought someone who had been through something similar.

"No," he said. "I'm not saying I can't help. I should be able to, and I'll do what I can to help. But you probably need official help. Not just visiting me at random."

Bloos · May 13, 2019

No? Kalik seemed to visibly calm down when Valli said no. That was....that was a good thing. Valli wasn't going to just pawn him off and abandon him. "Okay...okay.."

Kalik's glanced beside where Valli was and just frowned. He quickly turned his attention back to Valli and sighed. "What do you mean by official help?"

Romi · May 13, 2019

"Therapy isn't over in one session," he said. "It needs... officialness. Multiple sessions. Multiple people. Normally I work with other therapists and resources. I rule out other options. Physical possibilities, magical posibilities. And while doing that, we work through things."

It was a good response, and he was relieved to see him relaxing.

"There's an order to things. Names, for one. Appointment times, for another."

Bloos · May 13, 2019

There was a reason Kalik didn't want an official appointment but that reason was mostly out of paranoia. Maybe he could trust Valli? He honestly wasn't sure.
Kofi was pointing out all the wrong that could happen from trusting him and that wasn't really helping either.
"Names....and appointment times."

Kalik sighed and stared at Valli. He was trying to tune out Kofi just for this little bit. "My name is...was Jafar."

Romi · May 13, 2019

Jafar. He nodded, making a mental note.

"Well then Jafar," he said. "Why don't we start at the top? The very beginning. Whatever you say in here is going to be confidential. Unless someone is in immediate danger, I can't share anything in here with anyone else without your permission. Aside from that, I should let you know that I have a weak aura. It makes me look more put together than I might otherwise, but won't change how you view me any more than brushing my hair a bit more would."

He was being a bit to the point, but it was an extremely unusual session.

"I assume you already know my name, but feel free to call me Valli, or whatever else you'd like. I'm very easy about names."

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