Topic: Sanitarium! (Read 76788 times)

Drakilian · « **Reply #100 on:** May 18, 2015, 09:57:26 pm »

Archie has an edgy look on his face.

"I snuck a peek at the nurse'so logbook today, apparently we're all hopeless cases. What the hell are we doing here being "reformed" if we're hopeless? They're going to get rid of us, kill is when they're done Farking with us like they always have!"

Sethaniel · « **Reply #101 on:** May 18, 2015, 11:14:19 pm »

Helen perks up at the mention of Farking. "Mmmm . . . Who's Farking us? Where do we go for that . . .?"

She nods to Betty. "I've got something. . . special. . .from the directors office. . ."

Not Aman · « **Reply #102 on:** May 19, 2015, 12:00:52 am »

Betty nods.
"Oh good. I was worried you'd miss it." Betty says to mildred. "Keep it, but I'll need it later."

She then looks at Rupert.
"We don't have problems, you waterhose. See? Everyone here tried to steal something and all of us enjoyed it, right? Having fun isn't a problem. The sickos are the one's treating us." Betty says.

Hearing Helen's statement, her face beems.

"Ooh, whatd you get?!" She quickly asks, excitedly.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #103 on:** May 19, 2015, 05:46:47 am »

Francis folds her arms, listening to the back-and-forth.

"You all can do what you want and I won't tell," she says.

"Probably a good thing Harvey is out cold though; he's a bit of a squealer."

Not Aman · « **Reply #104 on:** May 20, 2015, 11:56:30 am »

"Francis, these creeps want to change you from a she to a he. You cant possibly want to let them do that, right?" Betty asks.

"We need to get out. All of us. Includinh you."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #105 on:** May 20, 2015, 12:11:42 pm »

"I have nowhere else to go!" Francis cries. "Don't you see that? There is no escape for us. Not in here and not out there. Unless we can be cured, we can never go back!"

killa_robot · « **Reply #106 on:** May 20, 2015, 12:52:12 pm »

Quote from: Tanstaafl on May 18, 2015, 09:56:41 pm

"I'm not sick," Mildred protests. "The voices call me from below, and I'm going to find them to prove it!"
"Also, who's Fred?"

Rupert shakes his head violently.

"Fred is Fred. He slays me..."

He says, suddenly giggling to himself.

"Everything is Jake. Fred will make it better."

Sethaniel · « **Reply #107 on:** May 20, 2015, 03:49:34 pm »

"Then . . . Let's not go back. . ." Helen says to Frances. "Let's go . . . forward? . . Or maybe down. . ."

To Betty's question, she replies, "I'll show you later. . . Unless you want to see me take my clothes off now. . ."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #108 on:** May 20, 2015, 04:39:38 pm »

"Please," Francis replies dismissively, "I'm not that type of girl!"

Not Aman · « **Reply #109 on:** May 20, 2015, 06:20:30 pm »

Betty rolls her eyes.
"Maybe later, Helen." She says, before shaking her head at francis.

"No! You don't get it. You have everywhere to go. These bulls dont get to own the world, and they sure can't torture us for their own sick pleasure. We deserve better. And if they dont give us what we deserve, we have to take it ourselves. Right guys?"

Sethaniel · « **Reply #110 on:** May 20, 2015, 07:01:55 pm »

Quote from: BerkaZerka on May 20, 2015, 04:39:38 pm

"Please," Francis replies dismissively, "I'm not that type of girl!"

Helen sighs. "Why does everyone always assume I'm talking about sex?. . . I meant we should literally go . . . down. . ."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #111 on:** May 20, 2015, 07:17:37 pm »

"Down?" Francis asks.

Then she gasps, "Did anyone else notice the silence in the basement today?"

"Ruth wasn't screaming anymore... God, I hope they didn't do anything else to her."

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #112 on:** May 20, 2015, 11:12:20 pm »

"How long is Harvey honked out for?" Mildred asks with a frown. "Maybe it'd be better if he died, then..."

She shakes her head, "I want to investigate the hospital tonight, or soon, anyway... They've started telling me where to find them."

Daedalus · « **Reply #113 on:** May 21, 2015, 07:37:44 am »

"The shower voices?" Earl asked interested.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #114 on:** May 22, 2015, 06:23:56 am »

11:30pm - The Mice Will Play...

Everybody takes a page or two from one of the cheap novels in the mill room and tries Harvey's idea of wedging the door latch.

When the doors are shut, the latches on Rupert, Earl, Betty, and Helens' doors fail to engage, but the doors look closed.

Mildred's door latch engages with a click and she is locked in.

Archie's door doesn't stay closed and, for a moment anyway, the guard looks like he is about to inspect the lock and foil everyone's escape bid - but then he simply slams the door a few times until it latches (locking Archie in).

Francis didn't bother to try to rig her door.

By eleven thirty, the guards can be heard snoring at their guard post behind the elevator, but the night nurse and orderly (Doris Archer & Margaret Helms) still seem to be chatting idily in the nurse's station. Their muffled laughs are audible through the wall now and then, though what they are joking about is not intelligible - meaning that as long as everyone is quiet, they shouldn't be caught immediately.

Rupert's pet rat comes out of the wall and scurries over to the cell door, as if waiting to be let out.

Mildred meanwhile, hears the piping music in her head once again; only this time, it is soft and soothing in the background of her mind. It gives her a sense of calm euphoria for some reason...

Not Aman · « **Reply #115 on:** May 22, 2015, 06:39:37 am »

Betty silently exits the room, and looks around for the others.
"Come on guys, lets go." She whispers

Daedalus · « **Reply #116 on:** May 22, 2015, 11:34:00 am »

Earl will go get his booze and head for the shower area, to see if he can communicate further with the magical showers. he will also inspect the bullet hole.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #117 on:** May 22, 2015, 12:39:52 pm »

It occurs to Earl that he can't do any of those things without the aliens probing him a good one for not paying attention to his surroundings.

Daedalus · « **Reply #118 on:** May 22, 2015, 01:26:52 pm »

"Probing is bad." he says quietly with the best pokerface he can manage and decides to follow Betty's lead for nowm

Sethaniel · « **Reply #119 on:** May 22, 2015, 02:17:49 pm »

"What do you think?" Helen quietly whispers to the others. "Should we try to sneak out of here . . . or take on the guards? Sounds like they're sleeping. . . "

Drakilian · « **Reply #120 on:** May 22, 2015, 02:31:26 pm »

"Hey guys!"

Archie whispers from his cell.

"Get us out of here!"

killa_robot · « **Reply #121 on:** May 23, 2015, 12:19:11 pm »

Rupert cautiously opens his door and lets Fred out.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #122 on:** May 23, 2015, 12:37:09 pm »

Rupert's rat quickly heads south along the bars, and then to the east wall in the south portion of the second floor where a tall book shelf stands bolted to the wall at the top (to prevent it being moved or tipped over).

It seems to wait for Rupert to see it, and then slips behind the book shelf.

killa_robot · « **Reply #123 on:** May 23, 2015, 01:05:07 pm »

"Fred!"

Rupert attempts to yell and whisper at the same time, resulting in an odd sounding whimper. He then exits his cell and attempts to get to the bookshelf without being heard or seen.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #124 on:** May 23, 2015, 01:55:32 pm »

Rupert scampers over to the book case.

Getting on all fours to look behind it, he sees his pet rat back there, waiting in front of a cast-iron vent in the wall that allows air to circulate up into the second floor from the stairwell on the other side of the wall. The vent heretofore, has been hidden behind the book case, though Rupert does recollect (now that he thinks about it), seeing the vent up at the top of the stairwell many times; though he had never paid it any mind.

The rat then ducks into the vent and disappears out of sight.

The cast-iron vent itself, is about sixteen inches wide and twenty eight inches high. It is held in place with six half-inch diameter flat-head screws and has a matching faceplate on the other side of the wall (over the stairs) - which would also be held by the same screws. The book case would have to be removed from in front of it however, if anyone wished to try to access the vent.

killa_robot · « **Reply #125 on:** May 25, 2015, 01:50:10 pm »

Not wanting to draw too much attention to himself, Rupert brings his face down close to the vent and whispers into it.

"Freeeed!"

Whether he sees Fred or not, Rupert will look for a way around to get to the stairway.

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #126 on:** May 25, 2015, 09:13:13 pm »

Using the wire whisk, Mildred attempts to get out-- and also anyone who is still stuck in their cages.

"Okay, so now we're out..." Mildred whispers, "So now what?"

Not Aman · « **Reply #127 on:** May 26, 2015, 05:57:42 am »

Betty looks at Mildred.
"First, gimme my lockpick, old coot. Then we should take out the nurses. Not our nurse though, the other ones."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #128 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:21:06 am »

Mildred attempts to pick the lock of her cell with a wire from the whisk.

She fails miserably.

Betty however, has a little practice in the field (apparently) and easily opens Mildred and Archies' cell doors.

She notes that Francis's cell door is still closed, though Francis is not at it.

Not Aman · « **Reply #129 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:46:51 am »

"Huh. Guys, Francis isnt ar her cell. Anychance she's ratting us?"

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #130 on:** May 26, 2015, 08:27:41 am »

Betty hears snoring coming from Francis's cell, looking into the dark room, she sees that Francis is in fact still in there - just asleep.

Not Aman · « **Reply #131 on:** May 26, 2015, 08:55:31 am »

Betty shakes her head sadly.
"Ne'er mind, she's just sleeping." Betty says, opening her cage and sneaking around inside, lookinh for anything cool she keeps.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #132 on:** May 26, 2015, 09:45:57 am »

Betty messes with the lock for a bit and finally gets it open. She then enters Francis's cell and manages to find a small makeup kit without waking Francis.

Not Aman · « **Reply #133 on:** May 26, 2015, 10:07:41 am »

Pilfering random nonesense is pretty much betty's profession, so she takes the makeup and quickly heads out. Maybe she could find some use for it soon.

She then closes the locked door. If francis wants to stay, she can.

"Okay guys, so, should we skip the nurses and check out the basement first? It sounds super intereting."

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #134 on:** May 26, 2015, 01:39:27 pm »

Quote from: Aman on May 26, 2015, 10:07:41 am

Pilfering random nonesense is pretty much betty's profession, so she takes the makeup and quickly heads out. Maybe she could find some use for it soon.

She then closes the locked door. If francis wants to stay, she can.

"Okay guys, so, should we skip the nurses and check out the basement first? It sounds super intereting."

"Yes..." Mildred nods, giving back the wire whisk, "That's where the voices are calling from. I need to take them with me, I think."

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #135 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:01:35 pm »

Mildred hands the wire whisk back to Betty, after Betty had used it to open the doors (including Mildred's). Nice trick. XD

Not Aman · « **Reply #136 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:05:36 pm »

Mwhahahahaha. *betty's internal voice

Drakilian · « **Reply #137 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:28:02 pm »

Archie whispers over to Betty.

"Hey, bribe Francis with the makeup, we could use, uh, her help."

killa_robot · « **Reply #138 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:34:33 pm »

Desperate to get to Fred, Rupert begins to pull and push on the bookcase in an attempt to move it out of the way. He'll continue to do this (getting increasingly desperate), until it breaks off or he's stopped.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #139 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:43:50 pm »

Rupert is able to pull the bottom of the book case out from the wall far enough to crack the bolt holding it at the top.

Unfortunately, the floor creaks loudly as the heavy book case is moved and the bolt rips the plaster out of the wall with an equally heart stopping 'CRACK!'.

The talking in the nurse's station stops abruptly, though the snoring from the guard post continues...

Sethaniel · « **Reply #140 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:50:15 pm »

Quote from: Drakilian on May 26, 2015, 02:28:02 pm

Archie whispers over to Betty.

"Hey, bribe Francis with the makeup, we could use, uh, her help."

(Bribe her with her own makeup?)

Quote from: BerkaZerka on May 26, 2015, 02:43:50 pm

Rupert is able to pull the bottom of the book case out from the wall far enough to crack the bolt holding it at the top.

Unfortunately, the floor creaks loudly as the heavy book case is moved and the bolt rips the plaster out of the wall with an equally heart stopping 'CRACK!'.

The talking in the nurse's station stops abruptly, though the snoring from the guard post continues...

Helen does whatever passes for hiding, in whatever place seems appropriate. She gets the whip,ready though, to hopefully use on the nurses if they come to see what's going on.

killa_robot · « **Reply #141 on:** May 26, 2015, 02:53:35 pm »

"Freeeeedd", Rupert whispers through the vent, grasping it with his hands and pulling to break it off.

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #142 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:16:25 pm »

The cast iron vent is no match for the determined lunatic!

Bracing both feet against the wall, Rupert gives a great heave and rips the vent out of the wall with such force that he hurtles back into the book case - toppling it over!

The heavy wooden thing crashes to the ground - shaking the entire floor!

If they hadn't heard the loud shuddering of the vent being ripped free, they certainly heard the book case falling over.

Sure enough, the Guards in the guard post spring awake and yell aloud "WHAT THE FARK IS GOING ON IN THERE?!?"

The door from the nurse's station is also starting to open.

Rupert is just a kick or two from knocking the vent on the other side of the wall out so he can get through.

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(OOC - Combat Rounds have started)

Drakilian · « **Reply #143 on:** May 26, 2015, 04:58:03 pm »

Archie runs right back into his cell.

He ain't getting caught now...

Not Aman · « **Reply #144 on:** May 26, 2015, 05:43:08 pm »

Damn you rupert! Betty thinks to herself, as she quickly heads to the doors Close to the nurses to jam it.

"Guys! The plans busted! Kill the Farking guards!"

Daedalus · « **Reply #145 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:09:11 pm »

"Probing time." Earl says with a malicious smile as he cracks his knuckles. He looks around for anything to use as a weapon.

killa_robot · « **Reply #146 on:** May 26, 2015, 06:35:57 pm »

Rupert quickly kicks in the other vent and crawls through.

Tanstaafl · « **Reply #147 on:** May 27, 2015, 01:59:56 am »

Assuming she couldn't get back into her cell in time, Mildred, scared and scarred as she is, attempts to run away to hide in the linen closet. God damnit... Should have waited until I actually had a weapon. Stupid Voices!

BerkaZerka · « **Reply #148 on:** May 27, 2015, 05:50:32 am »

Rupert kicks the vent out of the other side of the wall and crawls through. He is now at the top of the landing, looking down the stairs that come up from the first floor supply room.

He sees his pet rat looking at him from the bottom of the stairs, where it darts around the corner and into the supply room.

Rupert can hear the Dobermans in the security office barking and Night Watch Captain Frank Anderson cursing.

Archie meanwhile, gets back to his cell and closes himself in.

Mildred jumps into the linen closet. She sees a mop, broom, bucket, dustpan, etc (in addition to all the linens). Any one of those might make an acceptable weapon.

Betty rushes to the south door in the wall of bars and tries to jam it up. She's not sure how long it will hold.

The door to the nurse's station opens and Nurse Archer and Orderly Helms come out.

They see Betty at the barred door and exclaim - "Betty? What on earth are you doing?!?"

That's when Helen cracks her whip at them through the bars, hitting Nurse Archer in the cheek for 3 Damage and bloodying her up pretty good.

Nurse Archer screams and begins to retreat back into the nurse's station.

Earl, looking for a weapon, picks up a folding chair.

The two guards rush around from the their post to see what is going on.

"AW HELL NO!!!" they yell, seeing the residents out of their cells (but having not yet noticed the open hole in the wall, where Rupert has just gone out).

"Y'ALL GOT ONE CHANCE TO GIT YER ASSES BACK IN YER CELLS - OR IT'S HELL TO PAY!!!"

The Guards then begin to unroll the fire hose behind the elevator, which they will no doubt turn on the residents, through the bars, in a matter of moments...

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(OOC - Combat Round 2)

Sethaniel · « **Reply #149 on:** May 27, 2015, 05:53:52 am »

Helen follows Rupert through the vent (again assuming that's something she can do,quickly.)

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