out_of_time: Jack howling upward in sorrow (MY WIFE IS DEAAAD)
Jack Bauer ([personal profile] out_of_time) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2012-11-19 05:53 pm

Heads of state who ride and wrangle

WHO: Jack Bauer and Sue Storm
WHERE: NoHOPE
WHEN: Monday afternoon
WARNINGS: Probable discussion of violence and torture
SUMMARY: As part of Jack's therapy, Susan is going to interview him and work out what makes him tick.
FORMAT: Prose

They were going to make him talk to someone new today. Part of some new therapy they wanted to try on him. Jack didn't exactly like the sound of that. He had generally cooperated with the staff so far, but he didn't want anything experimental anywhere near him.

The first step was apparently an interview. That was manageable, he had done lots of interviews. Some of them had involved acid, beatings, electric shocks. He'd handle this one like the others, Jack told himself as he was led into the room and sat down behind the table. Just like his previous talks with the staff, he'd keep his cards close to his chest on the personal matters. On the things that could hurt the most.
invisibly: (sarah palin hair)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-19 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Susan wasn't a medical doctor or a mental health professional. She was a scientist, pure and simple, and quite honestly the idea of being placed in charge of interviewing patients prior to their treatments made even her eyebrows raise. By many accounts, this was unorthodox. However Mr. Bauer had access to other staff members if he required their intervention. Sue wouldn't be performing any tests on her own or even today. Today they would simply talk, and hopefully she'd get an idea of what sort of therapy would help him on his road to recovery.

"Hello, Mister Bauer," she said with a friendly smile as she took a seat across from him. His records were in a file in her little briefcase, along with her pad and pen for note taking. "I'm Doctor Storm."
invisibly: (puzzled)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-20 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Sue nodded, managing to maintain her cordial expression as she opened her case and pulled out her paperwork. It had taken several heart to hearts with the 'first wives club' to help her come to terms with what had happened with Victor at the U.N., for her to realize that what he'd done hadn't been her fault, even though the technology had been her doing.

"My role here today isn't as a counsellor. I'm here so that we can discuss your therapy options." It was more or less the truth. "Danger has several different programs designed, so today we'll be deciding which of them would be the best option for you."
invisibly: (i need to tweet this)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-22 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll be including your own personal preferences as part of my recommendation to Danger. Ultimately she and your other care providers will make a decision on which course of treatment will be best." She tried to seem optimistic about this. It was never easy to break it to patients that what they wanted for their treatment wasn't always what the professionals thought was best. "Are you ready to begin the interview?"
invisibly: (nerdette)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-22 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay," she said, maintaining her pleasant demeanor as she glanced over his files. There were many starting points she could choose. His early life, his career in his homeworld. But what seemed most pertinent at the moment was his life in the City. Everything in his life led him to be in this room with her, but understanding how he'd falled so far meant truly understanding what he'd been up to in the first place.

"I'd like it if you could tell me a few things about your arrival into this world. It can be anything you like, your first impressions, perhaps, or maybe something memorable about your first few days in the City."
invisibly: (over there)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-24 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
So he was paranoid, mistrusting. Sue didn't expect that he'd trust her, given his history and situation, but the clarification did shed some light on why he'd made the choices he had. If, from day one, his first thought was of conspiracies and betrayal, it could perhaps explain why he'd wound up in NOHoPE in the first place.

"You worked for the government, isn't that right?" She looked up from the paper where she'd been jotting down a few notes. "Did you think it was the government that brought you here?"
invisibly: (shut the fuck up)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-25 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
That all gave her pause as she scribbled her notes furiously. Personal revenge. That wasn't something she would normally associate with government work, with a counterterrorism agent. In Susan's mind, that was professional work, not something that made an individual a target. Not unless he'd done something else.

But that was all speculation on her part. And it would make for interesting scenarios for Danger to explore with Bauer.

"Why would terrorists target you personally? Why would they go after your family? Why not... go after the government they've been targeting all along? Why single out an individual person?" An individual of no apparent import, as far as she knew. It wasn't as if he was a politician or religious figure.
invisibly: (i hate your face)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-26 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not a counterterrorism expert, Mister Bauer, or a psychologist. I'm simply a scientist." A biologist, with no credentials to be having this conversation, and letting this man spill out his soul to her. But here she was anyways, listening to his story, imagining a world she'd never even wanted to consider before.

Their worlds were so different. Not just the builds of them, but the arenas in which they operated. She had no exposure to anything like that in her world, though she had no doubt such people existed. She wondered if Jack had ever seen the things she had, the pure beauty of humanity working as one to solve scientific problems, to search for medical cures, to improve the status of those around them instead of invoking fear.

"You worked your way through the ranks rather quickly. Your department... S.T.A.R.S., can you tell me about them?"
invisibly: (this is bull)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-29 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
She didn't take his grumpiness personally. She'd been around that sort of attitude too much to let it truly bother her. Besides, she could be just as grumpy when the mood struck her. She had a job to do, whether or not Jack Bauer thought she should be the one doing it.

"And was that the only team you've commanded?" She didn't bother looking up from her paper and she scribbled down her notes. The page was getting messy. She would have to better organize her thoughts later.
invisibly: (so not impressed)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-11-30 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Were there any particular field missions that stand out in your mind?" She raised one eyebrow, wondering if perhaps a mission gone wrong could unlock the key to Bauer's mental state. The stress related to a situation like that could easily have pushed him over the edge, or in turn be manipulated to allow him closure on some of these career path related hang-ups.
invisibly: (your mom)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-02 08:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Susan had heard of that incident, though she would certainly need to look into it further now that she knew how important it had been for Jack. She made a note of it before looking back to him, ideas making themselves right at home in her head.

"I think I have an idea of what I'd like to suggest to Danger."
invisibly: (tie)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-03 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm going to recommend she create a program that will simulate what happened with the HIVE. It may not be the root cause of your stress, but I think working through what happened then will be good for you, cathartic even." She offered him a polite, sympathetic smile.
invisibly: (this is bull)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-05 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Sometimes pushing through your trauma is the only way you can overcome it," Susan said, gathering up her paperwork again.
invisibly: (your mom)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-07 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm not doing anything, Mister Bauer. The final decision about your treatment will be determined by the doctors overseeing your care."

She tried to look sympathetic, even as she stands up from her chair.
invisibly: (i will strangle everyone)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-08 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
She looked down at him, eyes narrowing. "I hope for your sake that wasn't a threat."
invisibly: (Default)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-08 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"What I've done is try to help you. You're a troubled man, Mister Bauer. You're paranoid, prone to acts of violence, you have a lot of trauma that it would seem you've never dealt with." Susan's voice was calm, not spiking any even though on the inside she wanted to scream. She didn't like this, not at all. "If you're not willing to experiment and try, things will never improve for you. Are you really willing to give up your chance for recovery because it might be difficult?"
invisibly: (whining)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-12 07:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Forgive me for being blunt," Susan said, pushing her chair in so that she could rest her hands firmly on it's back. "But if you're taking responsibility for your own actions, why are you in this hospital instead of a prison? The lawyers and judges and doctors who decided your case felt strongly enough that you needed help that they chose to send you here. These people, everyone in the facility, we all want to help you, Jack. Don't give up before you've even tried. If you do that..."

Sue trailed off, thinking a moment. She'd seen too many people lose themselves in insanity. Reed had seemed to teeter on it so often. She'd lost and been betrayed by Victor twice. True, she barely knew Jack, but she didn't want to lose another person to the terrors of their own mind.

"If you don't try, you could be here for a very long time."
invisibly: (johnny you're so dumb)

[personal profile] invisibly 2012-12-14 08:05 pm (UTC)(link)
"This hospital has undergone a lot of changes since Danger took over. She doesn't have the political motivation to keep you here if you're not really sick." She shook her head sharply. She could be just as stubborn as he could.

"The system isn't stagnant. It's changing, Jack. Our presence is altering this world, for better or worse. Giving up isn't going to fix it. It's going to break it and leave us with nothing. Think about that."