Roden let out a heavy sigh as he walked out of the school after the day had come to an end. He moved quickly through the crowd, making sure to keep a lookout for Octavia, not wanting to have an awkward encounter with her right before he needed to drive himself and Sapphire back to the appartment before he could head off to work. After managing to break free of the crowd of students he saw Sapphire waiting for him by his car, tapping her foot impatiently. "Sorry for keeping you waiting, had a little trouble getting through the crowd."

"We could have gotten here sooner if you didn't keep dodging in and out of people to avoid Octavia..."

"Quiet Zeri."

"Let's just get home, I have a ton of homework I want to get out of the way so I can relax." Sapphire said on a more neutral tone was she opened the passenger seat on the hummer.

Roden raised a brow before climbing into his car. "Are you alright? You seem a little...out of it." He asked with concern as he started the bummers engine.

Sapphire folded her arms and avoided eye contact. "I'm fine, this is just how I act after a long day." She dismissed.

Roden analysed her, looking over her body for signs of stress or uncomfortableness. "It seems to be a little more than just a long day."

"Look, can we just get to the apartment?" She asked slightly annoyed.

"Alright, I won't pry any further." Roden said while turning towards the wheel and pulling out of the schools parking lot.

"She doesn't exactly seem like someone who likes to talk about things that bother her."

'I noticed, but in time I'm sure she'll open up...if only a bit.'

"Trust me, it's going to take a lot more than time to get her to open up, you'll need to start getting closer to her."

Roden simply frowned under his scarf and kept driving down the suprisingly empty highway towards Maretropolis.

Later, at Dr. Rodens Therapy Practice

"So Mister Bloodcrawl, I would be right to assume that you now realise that your anger towards your victims did not come from your delusions, but the way you yourself where treated in your youth. You need to learn to challenge these thoughts through none violent means, try taking up some kind of creative hobby and channel that energy into something you enjoy." Roden said with a hidden smile as he wrote down a few notes on a notepad while he looked up to the large, muscular criminal that had been sent to him over the past few weeks.

The large man looked to his hands and looked confused. "I...guess you could be right..."

Roden nodded his head and handed him a sheet of paper. "Here's a list of things you could try while in prison, if none of these work tell your supervisor I had assigned for you and I'll get a new list for you."

The inmate took the paper and nodded. "I guess I can give these a try, not much else to do in there anyway. Thanks Doc."

Roden smiled and patted his shoulder. "No problem my friend. Now I'm afraid that's all the time we have for this session. If you feel that you still want a session next week make sure to tell the supervisor, if not then I wish you luck."

The man nodded and shook Rodens hand before squeezing himself through the door where two guards cuffed him and led him out of the building. "Bye Miss Pommel." He said to the secretary as he was taken out.

"Goodbye Mister Bloodcrawl, safe journey." The young Coco Pommel waved as she watched him leave. Roden stepped out of the office and took a sip of a cup of tea his assistant had made him. "You've made amazing progress with that one Doctor Roden."

"Indeed, I hope this sets him on a path that will allow him to rejoin society." He smiled as he looked to a clipboard on the desk. "Alright, let's see who's next." He marked off the previous patient and began to look down the list. "Miss...Gaige?" He raised a brow and looked to a teenage girl sitting in the waiting room with her arms folded and an annoyed expression on her face. "Huh...didn't think the PoME group allowed characters from other franchises."

The girl had messy brown hair with two ponytails sticking out of the sides of her head. She wore a pair of yellow goggles on her head and a sleeveless denim top with a red shirt underneath that had a cartoon skull on the chest. Seeing a character from a franchise other than MLP was a bit confusing for him, but he knew better than to question what went on in other universes and this one.

"Guess her writer got bored of the whole high school romance shtick that the groups library is full of. Oh well, a patient is a patient. What is she here for Coco?" He asked as he set his empty cup down and looked to his assistant.

"She was sent here by her brother for anger management, apparently she...unleashed a killer robot on someone that angered her?" Coco stated confused.

"So that's why there was a hole in the back of the school..." Roden muttered. "So who is her brother?"

"A person named Treble Mix."

"Oh, she's Trebles sister? This should be interesting." He coughed into his hand and prepared himself for whatever it was he would be dealing with. He grabbed his notebook and walked over to the girl. "Hello there."

"Hey..." She muttered under her breath, but Roden heard her anyway.

"You're up next Miss Gaige, so could you please follow me into my office so we can get started." He said with a kind voice, trying to help her feel welcome.

"Wow, you're writer really had to make you be the nice guy didn't he?" She groaned in an annoyed tone.

"Another fourth wall breaker?"

"How many are there in this story?"

"Let's just get this over with. I want to get back home to my games..." Gaige groaned as she walked into the office without Roden.

He took in a deep breath and sighed. "This is gonna be a loooong session..."

Author's Notes:

Gaige belongs to Broken_Muffin