The word 'asylum' has been taken and twisted by society to mean something bad. It's a place where the unwanted, deranged, and violent people go to live out their miserable existence. It's a bad place; a scary place. But this isn't what asylum means. Asylum means haven, refuge, hideaway. It's a place were one goes when nowhere else will take them. It's a shelter from the storm, a friendly smile here and there, and a bed to sleep in.
The insane have been labeled as violent people: heartless, cruel, cunning, and murderous people. For some, this may be true, but for others, they are just as human as anyone else. They are just as sick as a patient with cancer, only they don't receive the pity. They are cast out from their homes, shunned from society, and treated like criminals. The last place for them to go is the very place that has been the subject of nightmares: the asylum. The very place that is portrayed in horror movies, video games, and spooky tales is the place these people call home; sometimes the only place they have left.
Here, we can follow the lives and times of the pariahs.
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In case you didn't notice, I really love crazy people. This RP will take a different from the typical 'horror' genre that most asylum RPs have. I want a realistic, true to life story of your schizophrenics, antisocials, psychopaths, bipolars, ect. This may require research if you don't know your stuff already. I don't want the poorly portrayed, slasher film psycho that most people have come to know as the 'typical' insane person.
They will be living in a privately owned mental health hospital that charges next to nothing for it's patients to stay there, receiving it's funds from donations, charities, state, whatever. Most of the patients there are paid for by family members or disability checks. The hospital allows them to stay as long as they need, until they're ready to live in the real world, or until the day they die.
The staff may seem nice enough, but one has to remember that nurses are people too. Taking care of the patients is their job; they get paid for it. As such, some may be just as thrilled to do it as you are with your own job. Others may be genuinely thrilled.
The hospital offers double occupant rooms for those that enjoy company, and single occupant rooms for those that don't. There is are plenty of social areas to encourage mingling: a TV room, art room and music room, a small gym, ect. They is a cafeteria that offers a fairly wide menu: three hot meals a day, and sandwiches/salads/wraps for those who don't want whatever their serving.
All and all, it's a fairly nice place. Still, it's a hospital, and a mental hospital at that, so there's bound to be drama. This nurse doesn't like that patient, that patient doesn't like this nurse, this patient doesn't like that guy, this guy tried to piss on that guy, ect.
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In each hospital, there's a social foodchain. Each link is very important, despite what they may think. You can play any of these people.
Doctors
You went to medical school 10 years for this shit; of course you're at the top. In most cases, what you say goes.
Nurses/techs
The heart and soul of the hospital. You deal with the patients more than anyone; you put up with their crap, you grow attached, and you sometimes you just can't wait until your shift is over. It's your duty to ensure that each patient is treated with dignity, comfort, and safety. They may not be all there in the head, but they're still human beings.
Part of your job is ensuring that the patients are kept clean and hygienic (especially the schizophrenics who would let themselves go to hell otherwise). You may be a go-for to get them food, drinks, blankets, ect. You will have to escort them around the hospital to ensure they don't cause trouble. Most of the time, you'll be assigned a handful patients specifically.
Interns
You're still learning, you are often paid only in experience, and when a patient shits themselves, guess who gets to clean it up. You.
Secretaries/janitors/other staff
Who gives a shit, honestly.
Student shadows
You follow the nurses/techs around, watching but not doing. Most are highschool students who are there for a psychology class. The hospital sees you two different ways:
1: A chance to teach the youth
2: An insurance liability
Patients
Patients could go at the top OR the bottom, it all depends on how you choose to treat them. The days of forcing treatment on unwilling, mentally ill people are slowly coming to an end. But at the same time, sometimes you have to do what you have to do to. A normal patient in a regular hospital has the right to refuse any procedure, even if it could save their life. A mental patient, however, may not realize the importance of what you're trying to do. They're scared, confused, and sometimes it's just easier to drug them up.
Most of the patients wear scrubs, just because they're easy to clean and comfortable.
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Codes:
Code blue: Patient is in cardiac arrest
Code black: Bomb threat
Code walker: A patient has wandered off/ is missing
"Paging Dr. Armstrong": A combative patient/person. Nurses need backup.
Code White: Evacuation for whatever reason.
Code red: Fire
Code brown: Internal disaster. Be is a dangerous spill, the roof falling, whatever.
"Paging Dr. Pain": A patient has hurt themselves.
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Name:
Age:
Gender:
Position: (doc, nurse, patient, ect)
Diagnosis: (if patient)
Personality:
Other:
Appearance:
History:
The insane have been labeled as violent people: heartless, cruel, cunning, and murderous people. For some, this may be true, but for others, they are just as human as anyone else. They are just as sick as a patient with cancer, only they don't receive the pity. They are cast out from their homes, shunned from society, and treated like criminals. The last place for them to go is the very place that has been the subject of nightmares: the asylum. The very place that is portrayed in horror movies, video games, and spooky tales is the place these people call home; sometimes the only place they have left.
Here, we can follow the lives and times of the pariahs.
=============================================
In case you didn't notice, I really love crazy people. This RP will take a different from the typical 'horror' genre that most asylum RPs have. I want a realistic, true to life story of your schizophrenics, antisocials, psychopaths, bipolars, ect. This may require research if you don't know your stuff already. I don't want the poorly portrayed, slasher film psycho that most people have come to know as the 'typical' insane person.
They will be living in a privately owned mental health hospital that charges next to nothing for it's patients to stay there, receiving it's funds from donations, charities, state, whatever. Most of the patients there are paid for by family members or disability checks. The hospital allows them to stay as long as they need, until they're ready to live in the real world, or until the day they die.
The staff may seem nice enough, but one has to remember that nurses are people too. Taking care of the patients is their job; they get paid for it. As such, some may be just as thrilled to do it as you are with your own job. Others may be genuinely thrilled.
The hospital offers double occupant rooms for those that enjoy company, and single occupant rooms for those that don't. There is are plenty of social areas to encourage mingling: a TV room, art room and music room, a small gym, ect. They is a cafeteria that offers a fairly wide menu: three hot meals a day, and sandwiches/salads/wraps for those who don't want whatever their serving.
All and all, it's a fairly nice place. Still, it's a hospital, and a mental hospital at that, so there's bound to be drama. This nurse doesn't like that patient, that patient doesn't like this nurse, this patient doesn't like that guy, this guy tried to piss on that guy, ect.
======================================================
In each hospital, there's a social foodchain. Each link is very important, despite what they may think. You can play any of these people.
Doctors
You went to medical school 10 years for this shit; of course you're at the top. In most cases, what you say goes.
Nurses/techs
The heart and soul of the hospital. You deal with the patients more than anyone; you put up with their crap, you grow attached, and you sometimes you just can't wait until your shift is over. It's your duty to ensure that each patient is treated with dignity, comfort, and safety. They may not be all there in the head, but they're still human beings.
Part of your job is ensuring that the patients are kept clean and hygienic (especially the schizophrenics who would let themselves go to hell otherwise). You may be a go-for to get them food, drinks, blankets, ect. You will have to escort them around the hospital to ensure they don't cause trouble. Most of the time, you'll be assigned a handful patients specifically.
Interns
You're still learning, you are often paid only in experience, and when a patient shits themselves, guess who gets to clean it up. You.
Secretaries/janitors/other staff
Who gives a shit, honestly.
Student shadows
You follow the nurses/techs around, watching but not doing. Most are highschool students who are there for a psychology class. The hospital sees you two different ways:
1: A chance to teach the youth
2: An insurance liability
Patients
Patients could go at the top OR the bottom, it all depends on how you choose to treat them. The days of forcing treatment on unwilling, mentally ill people are slowly coming to an end. But at the same time, sometimes you have to do what you have to do to. A normal patient in a regular hospital has the right to refuse any procedure, even if it could save their life. A mental patient, however, may not realize the importance of what you're trying to do. They're scared, confused, and sometimes it's just easier to drug them up.
Most of the patients wear scrubs, just because they're easy to clean and comfortable.
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Codes:
Code blue: Patient is in cardiac arrest
Code black: Bomb threat
Code walker: A patient has wandered off/ is missing
"Paging Dr. Armstrong": A combative patient/person. Nurses need backup.
Code White: Evacuation for whatever reason.
Code red: Fire
Code brown: Internal disaster. Be is a dangerous spill, the roof falling, whatever.
"Paging Dr. Pain": A patient has hurt themselves.
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Name:
Age:
Gender:
Position: (doc, nurse, patient, ect)
Diagnosis: (if patient)
Personality:
Other:
Appearance:
History:
