Ophelia Mae Teller
HOGWARTS ALUM TRAINEE HEALER AT LIFE EMPATHIC TOUCH
416 posts
played by Lisa
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last online Jan 28, 2024 22:46:12 GMT -7
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Jun 3, 2022 10:49:38 GMT -7
Post by Ophelia Mae Teller on Jun 3, 2022 10:49:38 GMT -7
Ophelia sighed. Everything Heleen was saying was spot on, and she knew it. She knew this wasn’t her; this revenge-seeking woman. But if she just gave up, would that mean Sarah got away scott free? She definitely didn’t deserve THAT. “I just want to live in a world where good people survive and evil is dealt with justly,” she said softly, looking up at her friend. “Is that too much to ask? Because it feels like I’m asking for a lot,” she questioned. She was normally such a happy-go-lucky person. But something horrible had happened to her; not a lot of people have the courage to talk about losing a child, a very wanted child at that. She hadn’t opened up that much about it, except to her friends and family. But perhaps that was the difference she could make. To help people like her not feel so alone and judged by society for something that was not their fault. “Perhaps…” she trailed off, not sure how to phrase what she wanted to say. “I know that there are other people like me who have miscarried so close to delivery. I know that probably not all of them experienced the trauma in how it happened, but the result was still the loss of my child.” Ophelia paused. “Maybe…I can somehow help them. Feel not so…alone,” she finished, letting out a long exhale. “That’s something else that kills me. Sarah HAS a child. She knows that love between mother and child and she can imagine how she’d feel if her son died. Why didn’t she extend that courtesy to her own brother?” she asked, knowing Heleen wouldn’t have any definitive answer, but Ophelia was trying to talk it out now, so hopefully her friend would have something to say. @seph
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last online Apr 25, 2024 8:00:31 GMT -7
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Jun 12, 2022 8:48:23 GMT -7
Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2022 8:48:23 GMT -7
Heleen hated the fact that Fee was right of course. She hated it at the core of her being. Why couldn't good people survive and justice be dealt to evil appropriately? But it simply wasn't. Heleen was quite for a moment. "It really shouldn't be." She said after a moment, her voice calm and sober. "But for some reason it is. Most of the time you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain. It helps not to strive for either good or evil. Do the best you can and make sure you're not the bad that you hate. It doesn't mean that life will be fair or that justice will be served, but at least you'll know you're not bringing others the pain you felt." She pasued for a moment. What else to add. Luckily Fee had more to say and questioned the mind of the villain of her own story. It was hard to imagine what went on in the mind of somebody like that. "I think that helping others suits you far better." Heleen saids gently, smiling a small smile at her friend. "You bring good things to the world. Revenge will only bring pain to others. It might avoid future suffering, but the victims of what might be will never know. You are kind and compassionate and you can do so much more and so many beautiful things." Heleen promised her friend. "I don't want you to lose some of the most beautiful parts of who you are in a helpless bid for revenge against somebody that might not even be capable of the same feelings as you are." She felt her jaw clench for a moment as she sought for a way to describe Sarah that wouldn't... sound too invoking. "I don't know if she knows. Not everybody can feel it. For all we know, her child is simply a prize to her. An asset with some shape or form of use. You have compassion, but she hasn't shown herself to be the same. Maybe she is fueled by hate, which is even more reason for you not to do the same. Maybe she simply lacks compassion. Whatever her reasons are, you can't change that. I think the idea of helping other people with the loss of their child is the best you can do. I'm sure you can make a positive change there, which might bring you much more peace than revenge ever would. You're a good person. Stay true to that." She wasn't sure what else she could give in terms of advice, except reminding her friend of the person she was before she got hurt. Remind her of the person that loved helping others, not seeking revenge but simply to make the life of others better. That part of her wasn't gone, simply snowed under in the storm of her life. Maybe it was time to do some digging? Ophelia Mae Teller
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Ophelia Mae Teller
HOGWARTS ALUM TRAINEE HEALER AT LIFE EMPATHIC TOUCH
416 posts
played by Lisa
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last online Jan 28, 2024 22:46:12 GMT -7
INACTIVE
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Aug 30, 2022 10:40:14 GMT -7
Post by Ophelia Mae Teller on Aug 30, 2022 10:40:14 GMT -7
Ophelia smiled at Heleen’s reassurances. She knew she was a good person, but it was nice to be reminded of it every once in a while. A lot of what she said about Sarah and Sebastian struck her though. If Sarah viewed her son as leverage against her baby daddy, Ares Lestrange, why would an unborn niece of hers matter? She knew Dakota and Sarah had loathed each other in life, so while she would never condone murder, that didn’t come as much of a shock. If she thought along the lines of Heleen however, Sarah never viewed her as a person; why would she view her unborn child differently? “I will continue to help grieving parents. It’s hard work, but I do feel that I am making a difference to these people. Nobody should have to bury a child, whether or not they took a breath in this world,” Ophelia commented, a determined look on her face. It was a harsh and horrible reality, but it was life. As her late mother would say, the world works in mysterious ways and it is not for us to judge. But Ophelia would judge Sarah for the atrocities she committed. If that meant a little piece of her was devoted to that, then so be it. It was not a feeling that would simply go away overnight. Not wanting to worry her friend, Ophelia smiled. “Perhaps you’d like to come to St. Mungos’ sometimes. You don’t have to talk to grieving parents, but they’re always looking for volunteers to sit and spend time with patients who don’t have many visitors.” Ophelia did this already of course as not many people seemed to want to handle these particular patients - there was a reason after all they didn’t get visitors. Still, more volunteers would put them in a better state of mind, Ophie was sure of it. @seph
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