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The owners of the asylum keep an accurate record of all of the staff and patients at their asylum in a dusty back room in the basement. Not many are aware that exists, let alone possess the means to access them. Records are sorted alphabetically and divided into certain categories based on the disorders of the individuals. Staff are all kept under one file.

Sub-boards: * violence ,, * insanity ,, * addiction ,, * disorder ,, * suicidal ,, * phobic ,, * asylum staff ,

Don't post here until after you're accepted! Face claims reserves are currently not allowed, however, if the site starts to get new members at a rapid rate we may allow a period of reservations, just in case. Keep in mind that the same celebrity claim is only allowed in the case of twins and when they drastically change their opinion. For example, someone could use Emma Watson with her long hair, another person with short. Different hair colours also apply. Dormitory claims are also under this board, just make sure that you remember that girls and boys are separated.

Plot pages go under this board. If you want to get more friends/enemies/lovers for your character, feel free. You can also post the really fancy relationship trackers with lyrics and colours and all that. Keep in mind that every member has the right to refuse relationships with their characters. After all, they belong to their creator, who knows them a hell of a lot better than you do. If you're going to have fancy plot pages, please make one for every character separately, but for simple request threads feel to combine all of your characters if you find easier.

In the asylum, the patients really don't have many places to vent. Therapy scarcely counts, considering most of that is written down and counted toward your many list of problems. You've got to watch what you say. So many people keep a journal, to log the events going on at the asylum, or simply to escape into a world of thoughts for a while. Just... make sure that you don't leave it lying around. Then anyone could read it.

If you want a certain character in your characters life to be taken over, feel free to request it here. Perhaps they have a friend who's also at the asylum, or a sibling, even a love interest. Just make sure that if you're going to have a celebrity in mind that they aren't taken. We'll also ask your opinion of the biography if it's taken, so that we know it meets your standards as well as ours.

This is generally a board for STAND-ALONE POSTS. That is, posts that only involve your character with or without your own NPCs such as parents and non-player asylum staff. If you want to post a memory from your characters past, you can also feel free to do so. Just please remember to include the year it occurred in, and the location, so that we won't get confused! Also, make sure the threads abide to the normal rules of the board.

Sometimes when you've got multiple characters or are just ridiculously active on one of your accounts, it gets hard to keep track of which threads you're in. Some people lose track of their threads and stop posting, and those threads die off and get moved to the archives. Thread trackers come in handy, because you can keep a record of which threads you're in, and with who. They don't have to be fancy, but feel free to make them so if you wish.

The dormitories of the Level Two patients aren't much more secure than those of level one, they're just closely monitored. Patients who cause harm to themselves rather than others are usually kept in the second level, and thus aren't much of a threat to the asylum as much as they are to themselves. Sharp objects and anything akin to rope are forbidden from these rooms.

Sub-boards: ROOM 101, ROOM 102, ROOM 103, ROOM 104, ROOM 105, ROOM 106

Most patients with addictions short of any other problems are roomed on Level Three. The rooms are built for detox, and don't have many places where drugs and similar contraband can be kept. Their doors are left unlocked unless they're going through withdrawals, in which case the door is locked for the safety of the staff and other patients in the asylum.

Sub-boards: ROOM 101, ROOM 102, ROOM 103, ROOM 104, ROOM 105, ROOM 106

Level Four deals with patients with violent tendencies. These patients are generally kept under close watch by the guards of the asylum, and will sometimes be restrained if they attempt to assault a guard or other staff member. The rooms are kept locked at night just in case, but if one of the patients needs to get out to use the bathrooms, they are generally allowed with staff accompaniment. Most of the violent patients are kept in this floor, but some are the worst of the worst, and are transferred to Level Five instead.

Sub-boards: ROOM 101, ROOM 102, ROOM 103, ROOM 104, ROOM 105, ROOM 106

These dormitories are always kept guarded, even on the most peaceful of nights. The patients are forced to head inside after curfew, and the door will remain locked and bolted from the outside until the morning, with very few exceptions. If a patient needs the bathroom, they're out of luck. There are cuffs attached to each bed, so that the patient may not assault the guards if they enter the room. The rooms are usually personalized, seeing as they don't have to share. Every three days, a search is done to ensure no weapons are hidden in the room.

Sub-boards: ROOM 101, ROOM 102, ROOM 103, ROOM 104, ROOM 105, ROOM 201, ROOM 202, ROOM 203, ROOM 204, ROOM 205

The first glimpse you'll ever see of the asylum, and likely the last of the outside world. The front office is warm, welcoming, and practically screams wealth. Wide and filled with light, it would make anyone think they were sending their child or loved one into paradise. There's a door leading into a hallway which turns off rather sharply. What the parents don't see is the large and intimidating steel door that's intended to trap patients inside... perhaps for good. There are several chairs in the front desk, a waiting area of sorts, and several large potted plants that provide false sense of security.

There are five floors and a basement in the asylum, thus a lot of halls and corridors connecting the many rooms. The fifth floor is generally kept away from by the more gentle patients, and the basement can only be accessed by staff and those few patients that get dragged down to confinement in the cells. There are cameras in every hallway, so trying to do anything questionable isn't advised. They'll just catch you.

One of two places without cameras, the other being the female washroom, the bathroom is where most of the questionable activity in the asylum goes down. There is often writing all over the walls, mirrors, and stalls. When a patient gets into trouble, they are often forced to clean the bathrooms and scrub the graffiti off of the walls. The glass of the mirrors is behind a sheet of durable plastic (which is what is written on) to stop the patients from breaking the glass. Some manage to remove the pane and smash the glass anyway, however.

Like the boys, the girls washroom is also absent of any cameras, with a protective covering of plastic on the mirrors. There are no urinals, only stalls, so of course the female washrooms provide more places to hide things. Students are sometimes caught trying to do a little more than flirt when a guy manages to sneak his way in, hence the reason there is usually a guard in front of the door. He can be distracted, however.

The staff need a place to kick back and relax away from the patients they care for. This room is scarcely ever empty, usually with at least one tired therapist or guard hiding out here. The door requires card key and palm identification, so the patients can't usually break in unless they override the ID system and swipe a card from one of the staff members. It's difficult, but it's definitely been done.

This place is a privilege, one which all patients start off with. If they lose the privilege, it's quite hard to earn back, but it has been done in the past. It's one of the few places where many patients from all different levels, social groups, and disabilities come together and talk. Even some of the Level Five patients are allowed in here, though the security guards usually stand close by and keep an eye on them, just in case.

All patients are required to go to therapy sessions at least twice a week, though the staff sometimes assign them extra sessions if they sense the condition needs more attention. There are also group therapy sessions with three or more patients and a single therapist, designed to get the patients used to admitting and sharing their problems to and with others. Some react well to group sessions, but others just won't have it.

As the asylum is designed from criminally and mentally troubled youth, many haven't had the chance to complete their educations before they were admitted to the institution. The government has made it mandatory for the asylum to cater to such needs, and so an older wing of the asylum was converted into a sort of school, offering both basic and advanced problems for the kids. Student patients can earn their degrees quickly if they show the capabilities, but they're also capable of going slow for those struggling.

The library was mainly for the sake of the staff until the opening of the Education Wing, at which time it was unlocked and made accessible by the patients. It holds many books on every subject you could ask for, as well as some books that aren't geared toward education. Patients may take out books if they prove they can be responsible with them. There is an area in the back of the library where patients and staff can sit down and read in peace, always monitored by the fierce librarian, who makes sure no one vandalises the books on their watch.

This is, essentially, the cafeteria of the asylum. The food isn't always great, but there is one day a month where well-behaved patients may choose what they want to eat for that days dinner. Meals are served on the dot every single day, so if you miss one, you're shit out of luck. Breakfast is from six in the morning to seven thirty, lunch from twelve to one, and supper from eight to nine in the evening.

If someone gets sick or injured, they can't very well have them in a hospital quick enough, the Institution is so remote. So instead, they built a new wing a couple of years ago and hired a medical staff. There are surgeons as well as mere nurses, so most injuries and illnesses can be dealt with on-site. Only the worst of injuries require the patient to be removed and shipped to the nearest hospital.