open Canterlot's Insane Asylum {Reboot RP}

[Eddie 23]

Eddie kept staring at his own blood on the floor as he still kept hearing zzzzzzs due to his concussion and blood loss "i havent stole enough....if i give up those rich crooks will win" Eddie breathed heavily throught his nose "no one will fight against them but me...i done the right thing putting those 4 bastards in the hospital ssssAAGH!" he started rubbing the sides of his head

 

"i swear i fell last...i mean i feel like my head is split open, pfff it wasnt before? SHUT UP! you annoying....get away"

Eddie got up, his hooves were wably and he crashed on his bed "so where are they? you want gansters? pick one. HEHAHAHA... sss-AAAAAAAH!!"

Edited August 4, 2013 by Eddie

[longgone 873]

@,@@Grand_Finale,

 

"I'm fine...fer now. I might have to take a break when I get to the winter..."

 

"C-cholera...never in my life have I seen a disease that was more horrid...more rapid. You could have a lad sittin' right next to ye, sippin' his cateen...then....h-he'd be on the ground, vomiting...then the diarrhea...then he'd be dead in four hours. over 80 men died in one day...one bloody day! The generals decided to move...lest the whole army would be killed by the damn disease. Everypony was terribly emaciated. The old seasoned veterans could barely carry their own packs, we could only march for 5 miles at a time, instead of the usual 12 or 20!"

 

He began to sob. "Such young lads..."

 

He sat there for a few minutes, trying to bring himself back together. "I...I need to t-take a break. Just to get a cup of water" he said politely, rising up and exiting the office. He asumed they would have water depenser near the entrance, which they infact did. He passed by the reception desk, got a cup, filled it and began turned around, drinking it.

 

Then he saw him.

 

He froze, he eyes fixed on what he could not believe. "No...no.." he muttered, his whole body beginning to shake violently. He dropped the cup and collapsed on the floor, buying his face in his knees. "No, no! It can't be him! He...he.."

[HigurSan 195]

@,
Steeleye looked over to a stallion whom had just collapsed nearby the reception desk. Once again a little piece of his past was dropped into the present. Unpleasant as this was going to be, he only knew of one way to deal with a patient of Golden Eye's background: discipline. Military Discipline. He looked to the woman currently at the desk and said, "A moment if you will." He then put down his pen and walked over to Golden Age and shouted an order, his hooves cracking together in a perfect 'at attention' stance. "Steh auf Soldat! Haben sie ihr passwort vergessen? Your drill sergeant would have your sorry hide kicked in so many different directions that you're grand-foals would be able to feel. Now get up and -Stand At Attention-!"

[longgone 873]

@,

 

(OOC: My German isn't that good XD)

 

"Ficken Sie..You...bloody...lowly....HEATHEN!"

 

It was then that Goldie lept up and tackled Steeleye to the ground. "If only I had my bayonet with me! Then you'd be done!" He grinned widely, with an expression that was a mixture between malice and insanity. How's you boys doing? I bet they're doing good! Care to know how mine are doing? Oh! They're nice and comfortable, they're burried in the bloody ground! You and yer bloody guns!"

 

Golden Age was on the verge of snapping completely.

Edited August 5, 2013 by ~HistoricallyInaccurate~

[HigurSan 195]

((OOC: I just used google translate. It meant: Stand up Soldier! Have you forgotten your training?!)

"Offenbar nicht," Steeleye cursed to himself when Golden Age tried to haul him to the ground. He dodged to the side, letting the wild tackle pass him, hopefully letting Golden smash into the receptionist desk. "My boys Golden? They lay frozen in the perma-frost, same as yours. The only ones you have to blame for all those losses are the Russians." He spread his legs and his horn flared. "They led you into the killing field and you know it. Now quit being a fool and get a hold on your mind. I know what you went through, but they'll still send you to the Criminal Asylum if you attack me again. Is that what you want Golden Age? Is a moment of petty revenge worth that miserable hell-hole. Let me answer for you: Its not. I've been in there. Whatever you saw in the Motherland, it is nothing compared to the horror and depravity you will experience if you are locked inside."

[longgone 873]

"You're in the artillery! You haven't experienced the infantryman's woes! 12 hours of trench duty, just to come up barely awake, starving and muddy, to be sent on detail to go grab food from Balaclopva! They worked us to death...when the oxen and horses all died, we had to take their bloody place!"

 

He sat there, breathing heavily and calming himself down. He realized it was pointless to make a fool of himself and be sent to the Criminal Asylum.

 

"Inkermare...was hell. The fog was too damn thick...the Russians were right on top of us. Fighting and dying over the same bloody ground over and over again...the artillery got off to a rough start, granted. But...they haven't known what we go through...you don't know what we've gone through.

[Grand_Finale 529]

"That is enough! Now I can only handle so much, and fighting is certainly not one if them! I think you both need to return to your rooms and calm down. Mr golden I apologize but I think it would be best to resume this discussion tomorrow" she said, leading them back to their respective rooms

[HigurSan 195]

((OOC: I find your post funny, because it hadn't occured to me that ponies might use oxen as beasts of burden. As for horses... they're like the same thing as ponies so... XD))

"I think, perhaps it is safe to assume that neither of us knows what the other truly went through, Herr Golden Age," Steeleye responded carefully. Golden Age may have appeared to calm down for the second, but there wasn't anything other than his own mind keeping him from starting up again and his mind seemed to be fragile. "True... the Artillery Regiments didn't suffer in the same way the Infrantry did. Perhaps it would be worth knowing that we did not suffer any more or less than you did, just in a differ fashion. Being the largest target in any given battle does have... disadvantages. The Russians were also good at ambushing us, I think you will remember. No, we may have not been a front line unit, but we in its own way that made us vulnerable. When they managed to close in, it was a nightmare. The unicorns I commanded were trained to do the same thing, loading shells, over and over again. They weren't able to handle the quick decisions and chaos of close range fighting. At least... they weren't until the very end, when only the most hard bitten were left alive."

 

"My regiment... it actually became -mine- about halfway through the war. I'd been a major up until that point. I think it was a little before the friendly fire accident you suffered that I became Colonel. My predecessor... Celestia I can't remember his name. He'd taken a cut on his leg but insisted on inspecting all of the guns himself. Something in the mud infected the wound. He died painfully, unable to move or do anything in his final days as his body rotted, while I was watching. We were at.... two thirds strength at that point. Got some fresh faces a just after the incident with your regiment. Even so... we'd taken ninety two percent casualties by the end of it all. Seventeen of that ninety two percent were permanently crippled, Another ten or so went insane, confined to either this Asylum or the Criminal Asylum. The rest... seventy-five percent, three quarters of our total number including the reinforcements... they were all dead. I've had to live with their deaths on my watch for such a long time now. So no. I do not think either of us will truly understand what the other went through."

 

"But we are here now. By some stroke of fate I am a doctor and you are a patient. Will you let me do my job and do what I can to heal you, along with the assistance of my colleagues?"

Edited August 5, 2013 by Higurashi

[longgone 873]

(OOC: Oh yeah, good point, didn't really take the time to think that one through XD)

 

"...Aye..." he said apathetically.

 

He stood up, bringing the brim of his hat downward. "I reckon it would be proper to assume we don't know another's troubles.

 

"Lots of ponies don't undestand the concept of PTSD. We've been called cowards, traitors, deserters, weak, childish...almost shot as deserters on a few occassions. Superior officers seem to think mental disease is something you can cure by discipline..."

 

 

"But...h-how are you...sane? Granted, I'm alright compared to others I've seen, but...you seem...mentally unscaved..."

[HigurSan 195]

Steeleye did not answer for a moment, considering his words for a long time. It was not something he could explain easily, or even partially to most ponies, whom had not seen the nightmare that was the Russian Campaign. Even though Golden Age had been there and seen the worst of it close up, it still took much consideration to put it into thought. Eventually he had to capitulate and move on. "What went on towards the end of the war...," he started, pausing to look at what he was saying again. "While words seem to be failing me at this point in time Herr Golden, I promise you that one day I will find a method by which I can tell you how I remained sane. For now... I think it will be enough to say that I exited the Russian winter scarred not just in body, but in mind as well, as all the others did. I shall think on it."

 

"Now then, for patients such as yourself who suffer PTSD, little to nothing is known. A wide slice of the medical community does not even recognize it as a disease, calling it something wrong morally rather than mentally. I choose to keep an open mind, as I have seen cases where it was one, the other, or sometimes both. Here at this institution, I seek to learn more about those who are wounded mentally. Sometimes patients are born with this issues, but others like you received them from horrible experiences. Unfortunately, rather few soldiers came out of the wars with enough sanity to be sent to this Asylum. Most have ended up in the Criminal Asylum..." He seemed to be thinking on something personal for a moment. "While that is a tragedy in of itself, it also leaves me with few patients that I can study. So, hopefully the two of us can stay away from our combat knives long enough to figure out what is really going on. Wouldn't you agree?"
 

[longgone 873]

Aye, the guards took away me weapons anyway...." he said with a semi-friendly smile. "Bastards even took away me fathers sword...devils..." 

 

He twiddled his hooves for a while. "An' if the 'study sessions' don't involve too much pain, I reckon I'd agree. Soo...I assume I should stop by yer office on the morrow?" he asked nervously 

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Grand_Finale,

 

"Of course," Dume replied. He waited til the mare had entered, then said, "I'm sure that you read the papers I sent you about how this asylum is run. Most of the inmates are highly dangerous and therefore must be kept locked up for most of the day. If you go and talk to any of them, make sure that they are restrained in order to protect yourself. I've got a list here of the new inmates; it would be a good idea to go and speak with them thru the speaking opening in the door, just to get their names. We don't have a receptionist to do such things; it all lands on us."

 

@,

 

Glory smiled. "Gardening would be very good for you, I think. You can work in either the flower garden or the allotment."

[HigurSan 195]

@@Pripyat Pony,

((OOC: Hey, Pripyat, if Glory talks to Steeleye's interred friend fun will occur! ))

 

~snip~

 

"I promise that the sessions won't be painful, if I have anything to say about it," Steeleye replied with a light chuckle. "But don't blame the guards for doing their job. I'll see about your father's sword. Still won't be able to let you have it most of the time while you're in here, but it'll be waiting when you get out. Sound fair?" Steeleye cocked his head at Golden Age, thinking. "Tomorrow will be the first session yes. One tid-bit. It may seem inconsequential, but I'd like you to write down any dreams that you have while asleep. Some paper and a pen will be in your room."

[Sunbro 4 Lyfe 939]

(I do apologise for me lack of posting over recent days. My internet has been out.)

Honey jars was both so interested by their yelling and completely horrified by it. So much so that she snuck behind the counter. And pretty much stayed there as long as she needed to.

[Eddie 23]

Eddie kept laying on the bed, all pale from blood loss and feeling weak "i swear i feel like im...like im aaaactually dying....pfffff....im a tired motherbucker.....DOCTOOOR!! could somepony HELP ME??!! HAH! im dying i dont give...i mean im dying and TH-they dont give a damn. First days of beings here im already feel like im about to throw up" he kept turning side to side hoping the nausea might go away, he also kept forgeting why is he turning side to side mostly due to delusions, amnesia and blood loss all together

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

Glory smiled. "Gardening would be very good for you, I think. You can work in either the flower garden or the allotment."

Vinyl looked out of the window again, then turned back to Glory after a few moments of thought. "I'll work in the flower garden. I'm glad I got some of the other patients to make a small window garden for me a while back. Now I can actually garden it. Then I'll actually have something to look at when I look out my window."

[longgone 873]

@, 

 

Golden Age stopped by Steeleye's office. "Had a lovely dreams last night, Doc" he said sarcastically. He reached inside his coat pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper "Care to hear 'bout it?"

 

Without waiting for an answer, he walked into the office and sat himself down.

Edited August 9, 2013 by ~HistoricallyInaccurate~

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

Vinyl looked out of the window again, then turned back to Glory after a few moments of thought. "I'll work in the flower garden. I'm glad I got some of the other patients to make a small window garden for me a while back. Now I can actually garden it. Then I'll actually have something to look at when I look out my window."

 

"That's fantastic, I'll arrange that for you the next spare moment I have," Glory said, with a smile. "I'm starting to hope that you might actually get better. I look forward to that day."

@@Eddie,

 

Jay was in the cell next door. She heard the sounds coming thru the wall and tapped nervously on the wall with a hoof. "Are you alright?"

[Eddie 23]

Eddie quickly looked around as he got spooked by the noise and the voice "am i hearing things?" Eddie whispered to himself, as he wasnt sure, he responded "im...i dont know, i kinda need a doctor...and are you alright? whoever you are"

Eddie sat on the bed with his back against the wall, putting his ear to it and listening in

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Eddie,

 

"My name's Jay," the indigo unicorn mare replied in a murmur. "I'm in here cuz of my evil personality, Jinx, hurt some ponies. She's bad. She can't do magic here cuz of a ring they put on my horn, but I just know that she's gonna do something bad eventually. Why are you in the Criminal Asylum?"

[Eddie 23]

"shes bad yeah wuaaaaaah...hehehe HHUH? oh she is? and why am i here? well...because well they should of more..." Eddie shook his head "they should of actually sent me to prison or a dungeon but they found in and out i have some kind of mental problems and sent me HEAR!" Eddie forgot to tell the mare why was he sent here "i realize that if we were sent here, then we will die here...because what are the chances that we get realesed? huh? NONE!!"

 

"friendship and social things dont mean ship, i mean think why are we even living...

ill tell you, we are born....to die and thats exactly what they are trying to do, they put you here just like saying 'die bitch'....trust no one Jay they will tell you that you have to live peacefully and around ponies and for what? so you can give birth to a colt/filly so they can die 70 years later."

Eddie kept banging the back of his head on the wall lightly "all i want is revenge all of YOU made me like this, i would LOVE to see this world go up in flames with everyone in it, because think if there wouldnt be any ponies in the world do you think id still be here? well awnser me"

[~The Snowy Wolf~ 1,579]

"That's fantastic, I'll arrange that for you the next spare moment I have," Glory said, with a smile. "I'm starting to hope that you might actually get better. I look forward to that day."

 

"Sweetie, that day couldn't come soon enough. I've gotta really start thinking of what I'm gonna do afterwards. I think we already kinda sorted out living arrangements. Now I'm gonna have to think of a job. Maybe I can stay at home and become an artist. I've always been pretty good and ponies will pay good money for a piece of art." Vinyl sat down on the bed and smiled up at Glory, then reached under her bed and pulled something out

 

 

"I had a couple nurses sneak in some paint and brushes while you weren't paying attention. I have a lot of time at night, after I wake up from the nightmares. It was supposed to be a surprise for you, for the six months we've been 'together,' but I thought, 'what's a week's difference?' So, do you like it?"

[HigurSan 195]

 

 

~snip~

((Sorry this took so long.))

Steeleye was prepared for the patient's arrival, having set up his office so that it was less cluttered than usual. Still, there was a lot of loose paper lying around in stacks. "I certainly hope that they were lovely," Steeleye replied, pouring some tea for them both. "Or they could have been horrible, if you feel like being a smartass. But that won't get either of us anywhere if we act like that now will it." Gingerly, he levitated the paper over to himself and unfolded it to read the contents. "Do tell me what went on."

[longgone 873]

@,

"More or less the latter"

He threw his hat on the ground beside his chair and slouched down in his seat to get himself more comfortable. "Well..." he began nonchalantly "I had two dreams last night, the first one isn't of any importance, has nothing to do with my shellshock. The second dream is where it gets rather lovely, I'm sure you'd love to hear it"

He spoke the last parts of this with a queer sense of happiness and eagerness, as if it were a discussion of a vacation over a cup of coffee.

"Well...started out at the Quarry's...we were formed in battle lines and were advancing 'pon the Russians. It wasn't until we got close that things got peculiar. As they took aim, preparing to fire into our ranks, a blast, a-a wave of...cold a-and...frost raced towards us. The wave itself didn't cause any harm, although the grass frosted and snow...came up from the ground. Clouds filled the sky that was pure blue and sunny moments ago. Slowly, the appearance of our entire line became altered. The lads grew skinnier, they're clothes turned into ragged pieces of red cloth and their faces..."

With a brief shudder, he continued.

"Eventually, one by one, the boys began to fall down dead into the snow, this continued until a lonely mixture of rankers and I were the only ones left. And then I woke up" he stated. His abrupt end led him to cover his head with his hat once more and slid the brim downward, almost completely covering his eyes.

Edited August 12, 2013 by ~HistoricallyInaccurate~

[Pripyat Pony 2,608]

@@Eddie,

 

Jay was about to reply, when she stopped with a gasp. Another voice spoke thru her mouth, a harsher, rougher voice.

 

"What do I think?" said the new voice. "Well, I think that if I ever get out of here, I'm gonna make sure that a few more hearts stop beating."

 

Then Jay speaking again. "Jinx, you mustn't! That's what got us thrown in here in the first place!"

 

@,

 

Glory looked at the picture, then at Vinyl. There were tears in her eyes. "It's beautiful," she said. "Just like you are. And thank you, so much."