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[crisscrossing]

[It's snowing lightly, the gorillas are frolicking, Marcy might be wearing jumbo-size tentacle mittens--and someone short and irresponsible is headed across camp with a saw.

SO WHAT SHENANIGANS ARE YOU UP TO THIS SATURDAY, CAMP?]

(( feel free to use this for any and all mingling purposes! I'LL BE AROUND ))

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[drfeelgold]

[ is doing yoga in one of the barns which has been converted into a fitness center. currently holding steady in the plow position! ]

[fuckseptember]

Yoga was never my thing. You're Josh, right?

[drfeelgold]

[ well, snap. opening his eyes now and looking up at you ]

There's some free weights too, if that's more your speed. Yeah, you're... Peter, right?

[fuckseptember]

Yeah, Peter Bishop.

[holds out a hand]

[drfeelgold]

[ ... gets out of plough position, rolling to sit up on the floor so he can briefly shake your hand ]

Nice to meet you. So, did camp volunteer you for this much the same way it did me?

[fuckseptember]

Yeah, but I don't think I mind it as much as everyone else seems to.

[drfeelgold]

I think people are probably just a little put out about being volunteered for such a thing without their consent first, let alone for something as personal as speaking about whatever problems they may have.

[fuckseptember]

I have a solution for that, sort of.

[drfeelgold]

I'm all ears.

[fuckseptember]

I don't think it's fair to expect kids to trust some random stranger, so I tell you a little about me first, what I've gone through, and if any of it relates to what you need counseling on, you tell me about it.

[drfeelgold]

That's nice of you but... it's okay, you know. You really don't have to put yourself out on my account.

[fuckseptember]

I want to help.

[drfeelgold]

I appreciate that sentiment. If you want to talk, then I'd be happy to listen, but again, please don't feel like you need to talk about anything you might find to be too personal to discuss.

[fuckseptember]

Thank you... I wasn't really planning on going into details. Just general... subjects.

[drfeelgold]

Like the weather and maybe your dieting habits?

[fuckseptember]

No, like traumatic childhood events, dysfunctional family, absentee father, bullying, coping with loss, coping with loss by murder, apocalypses, and feeling like an outsider.

...

I could keep going.