It was all Rory and Oliver's fault that they were here. Well, also Jordan's, since it was his brilliant idea to visit the asylum as a surprise birthday present for Dakota that had gone horribly wrong (when he should have just gone home instead like everyone and their mother at least commented on once). Instead of it being any sort of "fun", Rory and Oliver took it out of their schedule to startle Raven's ghost and lock them in there. Honestly, if it weren't for Officer Pratt and Bentley arriving half-drunk, they could all be dead right about now.

Instead, Raven was ever determined to become whole with his other half and landed them in here. It was a good choice, honestly, and it was recommended by Ezana, so Raven knew there would be little spooks and scares along the way, but definitely some hardships. It was basically the spiritual world's equivalent of a mental illness, wasn't it?

So on the day of the introduction for the NEST program, Raven did everything in his power to try to avoid it. Dakota made it much easier as he ranted on and on about the experiments that he and Rory made in the closet of their dorm, something about KFC communists plotting to take over the world and how the Wendy's empire would come out victorious in the end. Oh, and something about how Raven lacked "discipline".

Raven just nodded his head absentmindedly and stared out the window. [i]What was his obsession with fast food, anyway?[/i] What was more annoying, dealing with Dakota's incessant ranting or dealing with a few other ill individuals? Sighing, Raven was forced to make up his mind. "Dakota, we're late," he remarked with little emotion or concern.

"Oh, ok," his other self sat up on the bed before getting up, "Where are we going?"

"To room A3-214. Now walk quickly, we're late."

[center][b]---[/b][/center]

It only took them about six or seven minutes to arrive there, but it was mostly due to Dakota's distractions and one-track mind. When they finally arrived, the two "brothers" stepped into the room where there was a crowd of others sitting, "...Uhm.. this wouldn't happen to be for the NEST program, would it be?"

Everyone in the room looked fairly normal, so there was some doubt -- was that a cat? And a doll? Was this some sort of sick mental picture out of someone's strange mind?

[i]Oh boy, this would be definitely be interesting.[/i]