1155/A New Institute Welcome

**Pharma has posed:**
    Assuming Glyph had signed himself up to volunteer at the New Institute at Deltaran, he'd find himself among a fairly sizeable group of other volunteers being ushered into one of the larger conference rooms. Pharma and Triage are there, along with another member of Deltaran's staff.

    Upon seeing Glyph though, Pharma greets him personally. "Glyph." he says pleasantly as everyone starts taking their seats. "Nice to see you again."

**Glyph has posed:**
Glyph follows the group of volunteers into the room, and grins when Pharma greets him personally. "Oh hey," he says, "definitely. Been awhile. Heard Ratchet quit. How are you handling things without him?" he says with a chuckle. "Just fine, I should hope and think."

**Pharma has posed:**
    Pharma shrugs. "Nothing is much different, I still work with him at the Decagon plenty. So needless to say, I don't miss him." he chuckles good-naturedly. "Besides, his bedside manner wasn't the best anyway."

    Once everyone is settled and Triage and gotten a holoprojector set up, Pharma goes to the front of the room. "Hello, welcome everyone. Thank you so much for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come here, and for being willing to help us deal with some of the most difficult mental health situations. I'm Pharma; this is my assistant Triage, and this is the program director, Beacon." he says, gesturing to each mech in turn.

    "Beacon studied medicine for many vorns before the fall of the Senate, and has been with Deltaran for--well as long as any of us can remember." he finishes with a smile. "He is the most experienced mnemosurgeon on staff here, so I'll stop talking now and give him the floor."

    There is a soft level of applause Beacon stands up, smiling as he takes the floor. "Thank you, Pharma."

**Glyph has posed:**
"Ah, bummer," Glyph says, "I would have thought you'd miss him at least a tad? Guess I better keep my oral processors shut about how little you miss him next time I see him, then. Seems like the sentimental type who'd like to be missed but won't admit it."

 Once seated, Glyph laser focuses on Beacon, taking careful note of his demeanor, appearance, and choice of language.

**Pharma has posed:**
    Beacon does look like he has been around for a long time--a very experienced physician, no doubt. He nods toward Pharma as the introduction is finished. "Yes, as Pharma said, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude for all of your willingness to assist us in a very important and often difficult task."

    "Now you've probably all read the brochures, but I'd like to begin by going through exactly what it is we do here at the New Institute. Really, it's simple; When someone reached the end of their last cable, when someone has exhausted all of their other options, we intervene and set their minds right. Now, there are a few different therapy methods that we usually make use of, or some combination thereof."

    The projector flips on, and a bulleted list comes up:

    \* Memory Repla<span class=" bold\_fg\_r bg\_n ++ ement
    chr">\* Personality Regression
    \* Perspective Remediation
    \* Selective Memory Purge

**Glyph has posed:**
Glyph just smiles and folds his arms, leaning back in his chair. He tilts his helm to one side, continuing to observe Beacon carefully. When the projector turns on, he reads each of the bulleted points, then turns towards Beacon and raises a hand politely. "Sorry for interrupting, I can save this for later if you'd like, but if you don't mind, then..."

**Pharma has posed:**
    Beacon begins to go through each different method, beginning with Memory Replacement. "Memory replacement is just what its name implies, the practice of completely replacing the memories that may be causing errant behavior or attitudes with something less stressful--"

    But then Glyph raises a hand. "Certainly, if you have any questions at all, feel free to stop me. What did you have in mind, sir?"

**Glyph has posed:**
"This is all well and good," Glyph begins, "but you of all people probably are highly aware of the fact that these kinds of operations are ... very sensitive and require careful consideration by the individual, as well extensive expertise by the physician themselves. Now, I'm more than certain you're more than fully capable, but I also hardly know anything about you, and trust is an important aspect of this kind of therapy. Certainly, you would agree." He pauses, then continues half-jokingly, "I guess what I'm trying to say is you've hardly gotten an opportunity to brag about yourself, and what you've accomplished in your lifetime as a mnemosurgeon for the Autobots. I mean, Pharma gave you a one liner, surely you're not gonna let him get away with that, right?" He grins and winks good-naturedly at Pharma, before turning to face Beacon once more.

**Pharma has posed:**
    Beacon arches a brow at Glyph, wondering what exactly the mech is trying to get at. Brag about himself? He chuckles nervously. "Ah, well the purpose of this meeting is to enlighten our new volunteers on what we do around here and how we do it. If you would like to know more about me, however, please feel free to make an appointment for another time."

    Needless to say, he's drawn several looks from the other volunteers, some of them annoyed, while others are a bit puzzled.

**Glyph has posed:**
Glyph shrugs, not appearing bothered or put out at all. "Well, another time, then," he says, "I've been to a lot of informational volunteer sessions off world, and an introduction is typically customary. Heh, guess I've been away too long. Funny how home can stop feeling like home after you've been away for too long..."

 He then sits down, appearing to be done with interrupting for now.

**Pharma has posed:**
    "Certainly." Beacon says, smiling again, though he doesn't really buy it. Why did he mention trust first, if it were just a longer introduction he had been looking for?

    "Right then, as I was saying. Memory replacement typically involves completely replacing problematic memories with less stressful or traumatic ones, as. Usually, the patient's attending physicians, therapists, and/or close kin or friends are consulted for the content of the fabricated memories, if the patient himself is not able to give his own recommendation.

    "Now, sometimes, if the patient had a previous state of mind that was known to be stable, Personality Regression is often used. This is a process by which the patient's programming is reverted to a previous state in order to restore psychological stability." he contiues, moving on the second point. "This sometimes causes certain memories to be purged or lost, but preserves the overall structure of the database."

**Glyph has posed:**
Glyph doesn't further interrupt though. He listens attentively to the rest of the presentation, looking for all world like he's very interested in the material. He nods quietly to himself as Beacon speaks.

**Pharma has posed:**
    "Perspective Remediation is a less involved procedure, wherein we do not alter the actual content of the memories, but only the patient's perspective of them to a less extreme one. Sometimes this is possible, if the events causing the errant behaviors could have been viewed in a different light with a shifted point of view.

    "Selective Memory Purge is again as its name implies. Simply purging or removing the problematic memories. Completely removing the issue at its source."

    The rest of the time is spent going over day-to-day operations that are necessary in accordance with the various therapy techniques used. When he's finally finished, as one might have expected, he opens the floor for any questions..

**Glyph has posed:**
Interestingly enough, Glyph doesn't have any questions to ask. In fact, a couple breems before Beacon opens the floor for questions, Glyph gets up quietly and politely and excuses himself, exiting the room as inconspicuously as possible. He'll probably pass Triage and Pharma on his way out, though.

**Pharma has posed:**
    As Glyph is leaving, Triage tries to get his attention and pull him aside right outside the door. He gives the mech a sympathetic, and almost apologetic look.

    "I'm sorry about Quartz..." he says quietly, before letting him go and returning his attention to the Q & A session.

**Glyph has posed:**
Glyph doesn't seem surprised. "And I'm sorry about Epitaph," he says, his expression unreadable. Then he turns and takes his leave, heading down the hallway back towards the atrium.