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WELCOME TO THE ASYLUM!
Hi, my name's Carrie Ann and whilst I think I'm sane and normal some people must disagree as I've been sent to Veronaville Mental Asylum against my will. I've been told that once I reach my goal of becoming a top chef that I'll be allowed to leave but until then I have to live by the rules of the Asylum and can only leave it to go to work. I shouldn't be in here too long - after all I'm not crazy! This is me just checking I look ok - you never know what handsome guys may be inside the Asylum! A crazy boyfriend is better than none at all (I think...). Boy is this place run down! I wasn't exactly expecting the Ritz but this place doesn't have wallpaper, flooring or even windows. The furniture is so basic and worn it looks like it has been pulled from the local rubbish tip. There's a shower room and a seperate room with a toilet and a sink (I'll have to get up early to make sure I can get a shower before work), a kitchen/dining room, a day room with some basic entertainment for me and the other patients and one big bedroom for all of us (I hope none of them snore). It's hardly what I'm used to but like I said I shouldn't be in here that long. Everyone's come out to greet me. There's seven other patients and no one thought to tell me that this is a women only asylum. If someone had told me it was women only I wouldn't have bothered getting so dressed up. This is Candy. She's here after being caught stalking several major film stars, even breaking into their houses and hiding under the floorboards. She's convinced that she's a major film star and that the real film stars should know her. She spends a lot of time waiting for letters from Hollywood movie producers offering her a part or waiting for a love letter whatever Hollywood star she is calling her boyfriend that day. Of course the letters never come because she isn't famous and she doesn't have a famous boyfriend. This is Trinity - she's in here due to serious anger management problems. Everyone else in the Asylum seems so scared of her and there's lot of rumours about things she's done to people who've made her angry. Some of these rumours are so strange that I don't think they could possibly be true but I think I'd best try and avoid her as much as possible just in case the rumours are true. I don't want to be wheeled out of here with blood pouring out of me after getting into a fight with Trinity. Beverly was committed after she claimed she was abducted by aliens who carried out loads of tests on her and then dumped her back in the woods. No one believes her but she is still convinced that it happened and spends a lot of time reading about aliens and other planets. I'm sure she would be released if only she would say that the abduction didn't happen but she refuses to say that and so she stays here. Helena was sent to the Asylum after her husband died just days after they got married. She didn't cope well and was committed after suffering a nervous breakdown. She seems very withdrawn, talking very little and spending a lot of time watching TV, reading a book or cooking. Kimberly may seem normal at first glance but spend any amount of time with her and you realise that instead of acting like the 25 year old she really is she acts like a 4 year old - she sucks her thumb a lot, talks like a child and still thinks she should be going to school. She refuses to grow up at all. She doesn't even realise her own age - when you ask her she says she's 4 and she truely believes it. Rachel describes herself as an artist but what that means is that she likes to cut everything up with scissors. Thank goodness there's no scissors or pointed objects in the house else everything would be in tatters. She had a difficult childhood and misbehaving by cutting everything up was the only way she could get any attention. Unfortunately she now can't stop doing it, making her a danger to herself and everyone else. And this is Victoria or as the other patients call her Victoria The Explorer. She's convinced that she's an explorer who's travelled all over the world and now she's planning her latest journey to find her fortune in buried treasure. The reality is that she has never travelled more than a few miles from Veronaville and all the places she describes are fictional places that she has read about in books. It doesn't take long for the first near-disaster to occur. Kimberly tries to make herself a simple TV dinner and burns it. Thankfully she didn't start a fire although it was very close. I don't think these patients can be trusted to do anything for themselves so I decide to go and make them some sandwiches - no danger of fire with that and it's good practice for when I become a chef. Talking of being a chef I'd better check the paper for jobs. There's no chef's jobs today so I just go for the highest paid one I am able to take which is a politics job. Well not exactly politics, that makes it sound so high-powered - I'm just going to be one of the people at the very bottom who run around handing out leaflets to try and get politicians elected. After finding a job, even though it's not the one I want, I decide to try and make friends with a few of the other patients. First I try to make friends with Rachel, we look so similar we could almost be sisters, but she doesn't want to know and pulls away from me. So I move on to Candy and she's a bit easier to talk to - I tell her a bit about myself and what I did before I came here but it doesn't take long before she starts talking about the time she was dating Brad Pitt and then got caught cheating on him with Tom Cruise. Oh dear, someone really needs to get it out of her head that she's famous. I venture into the day room to try and find something to do - it seems the main form of entertainment is a bass guitar and everyone is either lining up for a turn or to boo the poor person who is playing. Candy comes in and has a go - she loves being the center of attention and doesn't even seem to notice that Rachel is booing her at the top of her voice. Even Victoria takes a turn. Rachel still keeps on booing - I think she's just mean, Victoria isn't actually that bad. Soon it's time for bed and I get a shock when I venture into the bedroom - there's only 5 beds for 8 people! I quickly change into my pjs and slide underneath the covers before someone else can come and grab the bed. It's not very comfortable but it could be worse... ...someone has to spend the night on the couch... ...and the really unlucky people have to make it through the night with the help of some extremely strong coffee... ...which didn't seem to work too well! Day 2
Well after some sleep it's off to my first day of work. I feel really nervous - what if someone asks where I live or asks too much about my life outside of work? Saying you return to a mental home after a day's work isn't a great way to make friends. But the day goes fairly smoothly and when I return to the Asylum I have enough money to be able to put flooring in all the rooms apart from the kitchen and to pay the bills. Things haven't changed at all in the Asylum during the few hours I've been away, I don't know why I even expected they would. Some of these people have been in here for months, they aren't going to be cured in a few hours. Victoria is still giving her mad speeches about how she plans to find her fortune.. ...and she's trying to recruit people to come with her. She's really scaring some of the other patients, especially Kimberly. She says Kimberly would be good to use as bait to lure away any big monsters they encounter. Kimberly is desperately trying to keep out of Victoria's way and has thrown herself into doing the household chores. Well at least the place will be clean, I just hope she doesn't think she will be getting pocket money for this - I've not got much of my day's wages left. The flooring is put in that evening and whilst everyone else seems not to notice the changes Trinity isn't happy and tells me that this is her place and not to go making changes like this else she'll come and beat me up. I'm not going to rip up the flooring on her insistance - if she would rather live on grass then she can go live outside, I refuse to be bullied by her over something silly like this. Besides she doesn't own this place. After my arguement with Trinity I decide to have another go at making friends with some of the patients. I try Kimberly and soon we're getting on great - she loves it when I tickle her or when we play red hands. There's not much point trying to have a deep conversation with her as it's just like talking to a child but at least we can have some fun together. Kimberly seems to have formed quite an attachment to me and that night she stays in the bed beside me, saying she wants to stay close to her mummy. I'm flattered that she likes me but calling me mummy is slightly creepy and not helpful to her as it will just cause her to stay in here longer. I'll have to have a word with her about that when the time is right. Day 3
I don't have work today. I wish I could get out of this place and go downtown and see all of my friends. I wonder what they are saying about me. I wish they would come and see me then they would see that I'm not really mad and that all of this is just a terrible mistake but I doubt they will - they're far too cool to come to a dump like this. I decide to do some exercise in front of the TV - just because I'm in the Asylum doesn't mean I have to get fat. But I didn't notice Trinity having a nap on the sofa and she wakes up in a worse mood than ever and starts swearing and cursing at me. I walk off and ignore her, think that's the best thing you can do when she's like that. I go to make myself a meal but all that's in the fridge is a few empty bottles and mouldy fruit. Someone could have told me that the food supplies were dangerously low and I would have brought some groceries with my wages but I've spent almost all my wages and don't have enough left to restock the fridge. Everyone starts to moan that they're getting hungry... ...so I decide to order some Chinese food - that should keep everyone happy for a while. I find it incredable that the people running this mental home don't even provide us with food. This place really should be shut down. Everyone seems happy with the food apart from Victoria who takes it as a sign that the Chinese are going to invade us and refuses to eat any. Trinity helps herself to Victoria's portion and for once seems fairly content with me but I know it won't last. Day 4
Thankfully I have work again today - really would go insane stuck in here all the time. Before I head off to work I have just enough money to be able to get the other patients a pizza and I promise to fully restock the fridge tonight. I hate the thought of one of them starving to death - as the only sane one here I feel responsible for their wellbeing. Today isn't a good day for Rachel - over the pizza she starts talking to thin air. She can probably see someone there but I certainly can't... ...and then she decides to go and have a sponge bath in the sink even though the shower is free... ...and then she starts harressing Candy, asking if she wants a haircut. Even Candy knows it's not a good idea to let Rachel near you with a pair of scissors. I hope she hasn't snuggled a pair into the Asylum else we'll all be cut to ribbons! When I get back from work I restock the fridge as promised and everyone flocks to it to get something to eat. I wish just one of them would cook a meal for the whole house rather than everyone trying to make individual meals and then complaining when they can't get to the cooker or worktop. After restocking the fridge I decide to take a well earned bubble bath - my feet are killing me after spending all day delivering leaflets. I don't care how many of the others try and kick me out of the bathroom, I've earned this and I'm going to enjoy it (even if the tiles are in need of a good clean). Afterwards I go and watch TV with Kimberly. Me and her are now best friends - I never expected to make a best friend in here but I'm thankful for Kimberly. I tell her about my dreams of becoming a famous chef and she makes me promise to make her the biggest ice-cream sundae ever. Of course I will, once we both get out of here. Later, once I've gone to bed, Kimberly decides she wants to be a chef too and tries to make a meal that's far too complex for her (although to be honest even sandwiches are too much for her to make by herself) and I'm woken by her screams of terror as the oven catches fire. I rush to help her and tell her to call the fire brigade. Luckily she can manage that and a handsome fireman, Connor, speeds to our rescue. I can't resist the opportunity to chat him up but he goes before I can get to know too much about him. Day 5
Today was a bad day for almost everyone it seemed. Trinity was being meaner than ever taunting Helena about her dead husband and how she was going to spend the rest of her life sad and lonely. Poor Helena was in floods of tears. Candy couldn't stop crying either. She was so sure she would get a letter today but all that came was more bills (why do the bills get sent here and not to the people that run this place and why do I have to pay them? I seriously want to speak the managers of this place!). Beverly was acting very strange today, convinced that the aliens were coming back for her and jumping at the slightest sound. She even wet herself! Victoria The Explorer was suddenly convinced that the fortune she was after was buried under the house and she managed to burst the shower by trying to tunnel through the water pipes. I just hope someone here knows something about mechanics as I have no idea how to repair a burst water pipe. It wasn't a good day for me either - a person I'd met at work insisted on coming back to my house and thought I was joking when I said I lived at the Asylum. Once she saw I wasn't joking she didn't stop long. I feel too embaressed to show my face at work tomorrow. Day 6
After her day's digging Victoria didn't sleep very well, she kept waking up screaming from nightmares, which meant that no one else got much sleep. I overslept and missed my ride to work which wasn't too bad, at least I'll avoid all the jokes and pointing. I decided to use my unplanned day off to do this place up a bit. I got flooring for the kitchen and even managed to put a few windows in. Kimberly was delighted with them and spent ages sitting by the windows, staring out at the world until Trinity scared her. Needless to say the windows caused another fight with Trinity - she doesn't seem to want this place to improve at all. Day 7
I'm really getting annoyed now - I need to become a top chef to get out of here but I can't find any chef's jobs in the paper! I'm convinced that the managers of this place are censoring the newspaper, removing all the chef jobs, so that I will never get out of here. I really want to get out of this place. It's such a tip - there's still cartons lying around from when we had Chinese food. I don't see why I should be the one to clear it up - I earn the money so that everyone can eat and I pay the bills so the repo man doesn't come, the least the others could do is clean up! I don't know whether they don't notice the mess or are just too lazy to clean it up. As I had another day off today (planned by the way) I decided to practice my chat-up lines in case I should see that lovely fireman again. I would see him sooner than I thought. Rachel got bored of getting no attention and with no scissors in the house she decided to start a fire. I quickly called the fire brigade and they sent down the fireman from last time. Connor's just as handsome as I remember... ...but just when I'm about to talk to him Trinity and Rachel go mental and sit on the floor making the strangest sounds I've ever heard. They don't seem to realise where they are or what they are doing. I've never seen them this bad before and I don't have a clue what to do - should I try and help them or just ignore it and hope they stop?. Connor quickly makes his excuses and leaves. Thanks for that one girls, I mutter to myself. He probably thinks I'm like those two and that's not going to help me when I try and chat him up. After a week here I finally see a doctor. He appears from nowhere, says a few words to Rachel and Trinity, does a few tests on them and then he leaves. He could at least have checked the rest of us over. I wish he had stayed longer so I could have complained to him about how this place is run. The doctor's visit hasn't done much good to Trinity anyway - she's found an old football and seems to think it's a teacher. She's talking to it like it's a real person. I think I'd better avoid her for a while, not that I like being around her anyway. I really have to get out of this place before I end up like Trinity or Rachel. If only I could find a chef's job. Day 8
Finally! I've managed to find a job in a local fast food chain washing dishes. Ok so it's a long way from being a famous chef but everyone has to start somewhere. But not everything is going well - the fridge is empty and as my new job won't start until tomorrow I've no money to buy groceries or take-away food with. I decide to ring for groceries and try and somehow take them without paying. It doesn't work and the delivery man furiously barges into the Asylum to takes goods from us. He takes the sink... ...and the chess table, right from underneath Helena's nose but she's too interested in her book to notice. I can't believe the cheek of that guy - I'm sure those items he took were worth more than the groceries and taking a sink is just weird! Kimberly was upset to see the chess table go and I promised her that it would be the first thing I would buy back once I had enough of my wages saved up, even though we need a replacement sink more. Rachel doesn't take the news too well either and reasures her "baby" (a baby of flour) that she will get the goods back. I really wish that doctor would come back and give her some tablets or some councilling to help her get over her terrible childhood. Day 9
Things aren't going to well between Trinity and Helena. Trinity won't stop teasing Helena and Helena can't stand it. Those two are constanly arguing. I think Trinity is going too far making jokes about Helena's dead husband - she didn't even know him and it's very nasty. Trinity does seem to have one friend though - Victoria. That's surprised me but I bet it won't be long before they fall out over something. Trinity has such a short fuse that I bet she has no friends in the real world, no one would be able to cope with her. I'm off to wash dishes now. I'm trying not to see it as spending several hours with my hands and arms plunged into a bowl of dirty, greasy dishes more as my first step towards freedom and a normal life. It's only about half the pay of my politics job but hopefully I'll get a promotion soon. And at least it will get me away from Trinity for a while. When I come back from work I have a surprise for Kimberly. I did get a promotion like I thought I would (I now serve the food at the drive-through window) and with my little bonus I brought a replacement chess board. Kimberly's delighted and we have a game together. She doesn't really understand the game's rules but she likes the funny shaped pieces. We make it up as we go along and of course I let her win. She's still calling me mummy but I don't have the heart to tell her to stop. I've grown quite attached to her and I don't want to upset her. Day 10
Well you just never know who's going to walk into your life. Sometimes we have visitors to the Asylum, usually just students who observe us from a distance like monkeys at a zoo and refuse to speak to use but today we had someone different and wow! He's so handsome. His name's Jason and we really hit it off. I hope I see him again sometime soon - he promised he would come back but I don't know if he really will. He seems like a nice guy though - he even spent some time playing with Kimberly. She seemed to like him as well - I just hope she doesn't have a crush on him too! I won't let a guy come between us and spoilt our friendship. Day 11
The fridge is empty again and the anger caused by the hunger is causing arguements - even normally mild mannered Kimberly is arguing with Beverly. I've no idea what they were arguing about but knowing Beverly it was probably something to do with aliens. I decided to order Chinese food, just to keep them happy until I could get some groceries after work. I've given up on the people running this place - they obviously don't care about us or they would provide us with adequate food. As soon as the take-away arrived everyone was happy again and the arguements stopped for a while as everyone was too busy eating - they couldn't even wait to get the food inside before they started eating it. Seeing the difference the food made to their moods got me thinking - if this place was run better then they would have a better chance of getting out of here and back to the real world. Simple things like comfortable beds, enough food, decent entertainment and things to keep them occuppied would make a huge difference. Being in here has probably only made their condition worse. I don't know if some of these people will ever get out of here. After all the excitement of having Chinese food for breakfast Trinity passed out on the front lawn - she doesn't seem so tough now! Next time she tries to pick a fight with me I'll remind her of this embarressing incident. I used the Chinese food to persuade some of the others to finally go some cleaning around here. It was quite sweet to see Victoria and Kimberly mopping the bathroom together. At least cleaning gave Victoria something to do to distract her from trying to find her fortune in buried treasure. Day 12
I'm woken by a fight between Trinity and Helena. Why can't Trinity just leave Helena alone? It's almost like this is Trinity's only form of entertainment. Trinity won and now's she's bragging about it to everyone. The fight has really upset Helena and so I tried to cheer her up with a game of chess but I didn't really have much success. She broke down in tears after only a few minutes and all I could do was listen as she told me all about her husband and how much she missed him and how miserable Trinity was making her life. This is the sort of thing that a therapist should have been listening to but I hope that I helped a bit by listening. Straight afterwards Trinity started another fight with Helena before any of us could stop her. Trinity's younger and fitter than Helena so of course Helena lost the fight again. I'm starting to worry that Trinity's going to cause serious physical harm to Helena as well as all the mental damage she is already causing Helena. Trinity isn't the only one picking fights today. With no scissors to play with and bored of starting fires Rachel has decided to start punching people, mainly Candy. Candy hasn't done anything wrong to Rachel so I don't know why she chose her. But I suppose when someone's insane it's pointless trying to find a reason for their actions. At least Kimberly isn't picking any fights today - she's spent ages writing in her diary but she won't let anyone see it, not even me. I hope she's not writing bad things about me! Day 13
Clothing is optional today it seems. I'm getting tired of everyone else constantly walking around in their underwear or pjs. If Jason was to come over I want to make sure he's focusing on me and not on the others flaunting themselves! I head off to work and leave them to lounge around. I wish some of the others were allowed to get jobs - it would bring more money into the house and might be helpful to some of them, like Helena for example. It would help distract her from her grief and get her away from Trinity for a while. Of course I know some aren't well enough to get jobs - I can't imagine any employer putting up with Victoria and her mad plans and Rachel would probably end up ruining the offices and terrifying all the other employees. Yes! I've been promoted to shift manager at the fast food place. Another step towards my goal and freedom. Plus with the extra money I can finally buy a replacement sink. I was getting sick of all the dirty dishes gathering in the kitchen. Day 14
I thought Beverly was getting better - for quite a few days she'd been reasonably normal but last night she heard a strange sound outside, it was probably just a stray cat, but now she's convinced the aliens are coming for her again. She spent ages telling Helena about her alien experience and the signs to look out for to indicate that they might be coming back. She described it all in such detail that I couldn't help wondering if it really did happen. Hundreds of people report alien encounters each year and whilst some of them are clearly fictional, some of them might be genuine. The universe is a vast place and to think that we're the only life form in the entire universe just seems unbelievable to me...oh dear perhaps I'm going mad like Beverly! But I can't be going that mad though - I've just got a hostess job at a restaurant! A proper restaurant serving proper food not some fast food joint serving processed rubbish. I can finally afford to get wallpaper in all of the rooms - nothing fancy but it's better than bare walls. I don't think this will cause another argument with Trinity - she's either picking fights with Helena or taking to that football she found. I hope the doctors are impressed by my progress...I at least hope they're aware of it. Day 15
Today has been just unbelievable - I had a day off work and Jason came round. I was really surprised to see him, after all why would anyone want to spend time in the Asylum when there's loads of better places to go? We talked for ages and when he left we had a little kiss! I hope he can see that I'm not mad and that it's all just a mistake that I'm in here. I have another day off work tomorrow and he promised to come back...sort of our first proper date! As for that handsome fireman...well now that the other patients seem to have mastered some basic cooking skills and aren't causing fires anymore then I haven't seen anything of him for days. I think it's best I just forget about him and concentrate on Jason. After Jason had gone I hung out with Kimberly and Rachel for a while and told them about Jason and tried to plan what I would do on our date tomorrow. I wish I could go downtown with him but the managers of this place won't let me leave to go anywhere other than work. It's not exactly the best place to bring a guy on a first date but he's been here a few times before so it shouldn't be too bad...I hope! Rachel also pointed out that I was getting a little tubby. I think I've been snacking on too many leftovers at work. I'd best do a bit of exercise before tomorrow's date to try and get rid of some of the excess flab. Day 16
It's the day of the big date - it's another day off work and I got up early to use the exercise machine even though no one else ever seems to bother with it (what a bunch of couch potatoes). I soon went from fat to fab, even if I was in need of a shower. I felt so excited about the date but then things started to go wrong. Candy saw there was something in the mailbox and got really excited thinking it was a letter for her from someone in Hollywood but it was just more bills. She got really upset, I think in future I'll have to make sure I get to the mailbox before her - I don't want this happening again. Trinity woke up in a terrible mood and started screaming at Rachel when she tried to start a friendly pillow fight. Rachel looked terrified and she must have thought that Trinity was going to beat her up like she does Helena as she ran off and locked herself in the bathroom, sobbing. Everyone else was hammering on the door, pleading to be let in to take a shower but Rachel stayed in there for over an hour. You could hear her talking to that bag of flour, promising to protect it from "mean old Trinity". Trinity took out her anger on Helena by destroying Helena's favourite book. Helena was in floods of tears when she discovered it and although she knew Trinity was responsible for it she didn't have the confidence or courage to confront her about it. When Rachel finally came out of the bathroom there was several arguments about who should get to use it first. On any other day I'd probably have been trying to calm things down but today all I was bothered about was Jason's arrival and our date. When Jason finally arrived I decided to try and stop outside with him - I know he's been here before but I didn't want all that madness spoiling our date. I think I was a bit overeager when I greeted him but it's so good to be able to talk to someone from outside of this place and have a normal conversion without wondering if the other person is going to burst into tears, start calling you mummy or begin babbling about aliens. I found out a bit about his family (an older sister, both parents now dead), what he does for a living (works in a health spa) and his interests (designer clothes, aromatherapy and chess) but I couldn't find out why he came to visit this place to begin with. It just seems strange to me. I know that before I was forced here I would never have dreamed of visiting a place like this, he must have had a reason to come here, if only I could find out what it was. I gave him a proper goodbye kiss at the end and he gave me his phone number saying it was incase I ever wanted to speak to someone sane or ask him round for another date. Of course I will! After he had gone Kimberly came out and asked if he was going to be her new daddy. Oh dear...now I see why she was getting on so well with him the other day! I hope she doesn't ask him that - he'll probably never come round again if she does! Later that night Jason crept back and left me some roses, so romantic of him although I wish he would have given me something more useful like food. The fridge in this place becomes empty so fast that most of my wages are spent on groceries and whilst flowers are nice you can't eat them (well I think you can but they won't taste very nice!). Day 17
The good always has to be followed by the bad and today has been really bad. Just when I thought that they were getting the hang of cooking someone (I suspect Rachel although I have no proof) tried to make pancakes and caused a massive fire. I rushed to call the fire brigade and once again Connor came rushing to our rescue... ...but once the fire was extingushed Victoria had a complete breakdown and Connor just stood their laughing and pointing. That's really put me off him - Victoria is ill and needs help, not someone making fun of her, that's just going to make things worse. It made him seem so immature and I can't believe that I had a crush on him! Thank goodness for Jason who would never do that sort of thing. I was pleased to see Connor leave and I wanted to ring up the fire station to complain about Connor's disgraceful behaviour... ...but I didn't have time because the doctor suddenly appeared. I watched as he gave Victoria some tablets (I think they were sedatives) and helped her into bed to rest. I tried to speak to him - to complain about how the Asylum is run and to ask him how he thinks I'm doing - but he just vanished again. It was only then I realised that I was late for my first day as a hostess! I'd missed my ride to work and had no option but to phone in and lie, saying I was sick. I felt terrible - doing things like that is likely to cost me a valuable promotion meaning I will be in here for even longer. The tablets didn't work anyway and Victoria was soon out of bed and standing outside of the Asylum begging for money from passers-by. People are already scared of this place, I've seen the way they look at it when they walk past, we don't need Victoria acting weirdly outside to make people even more scared of us. This fire has caused such problems for Victoria. I've never seen her this bad before. It seems as though Victoria wasn't the only one affected by the fire though - Rachel's baby reappeared and she was cuddling it in her arms and rocking it for ages, telling it that she would save it from the fire. Someone really should take it away from her, besides I could do something useful with the flour, like bake some bread! And then Beverly started talking to an old football just like Trinity does. Having one person do it was bad enough but I don't know how long I can cope with two people doing it! Day 18
I made sure I was up extra early this morning so I didn't miss another day of work but Kimberly started following me around. This was too much for me and I yelled at her to get out. It upset her but she has to know that you can't follow people into the bathroom like that and I was in a bad mood anyway after missing a day of work yesterday. I made myself promise to make it up to her later. I headed off to work on time - ok so the uniform may be awful but the job isn't too bad and the pay is getting better. Luckily the boss at the restaurant was understanding about me missing work yesterday (I think when I lied and said I was sick that the boss assumed it meant I was having a mental breakdown what with me living in the Asylum and all!). I did so well at work that I earned a promotion to waitress. I can't believe how quickly I moved up but I'm not going to object to it, especially when it came with a big bonus. I used part of that bonus to buy a little rabbit ornament for the front lawn, it was just the sort of thing that Kimberly would love. I used the rest of the bonus to finish putting windows in the house - it's so much better to be able to get natural light rather than artificial light all the time. Trinity of course was angry that I had made changes to the Asylum and started yelling at me, threatening to smash the rabbit over my head but I just ignored her. Kimberly likes it and that's the main thing. She promised not to follow me into the bathroom anymore - if I can stop her from doing that then maybe I can stop her from calling me mummy and thinking that Jason is going to be her daddy. It may upset her but in the long run it's best for her (and me!). Day 19
I got a love letter from Jason today. Well actually Rachel found it and thinks it's for her. She was so happy to think that someone cared about her and that she may have a secret admirer that I couldn't bring myself to tell her. I'd rather she was running around the Asylum telling everyone about her love letter than running round with her bag of flour. Rachel's also becoming friends with Helena and this friendship is giving Helena the confidence to fight back against Trinity. She certainly got a shock this morning when Helena slapped her after Trinity began teasing her. Hopefully that will make her think twice in the future before picking a fight with Helena or anyone else. I don't like violence but I'm pleased Helena is learning to stand up for herself at last and that Trinity is learning she can't always win. Trinity seemed really withdrawn after the incident with Helena this morning and she ended up accidently starting a fire. Trinity's usually one of the more careful cooks so this was the first time she'd casused a fire. Part of me was tempted to shut the door and leave her to deal with the fire herself after all the arguements she has started with me and Helena but then I reminded myself that as the only truely sane one in here that I should be responsible for everyone and help them whenever possible so I called the fire brigade and soon things were calm again. Day 20
Rachel was really upset this morning as she was expecting another letter from her secret admirer. I think I did the wrong thing in letting her believe that the letter was for her. It just seemed the easy thing to do at the time but it's ended up causing a lot more hurt than telling the truth would have. I gently explained to her what had happened, I'm not sure how much of it she took in as she was crying so much. I must be more honest in the future and make sure I get up extra early to get the post. I was so exhausted after work today that I barely got out of the car before I collapsed. Running around after the other patients all morning then serving tables all afternoon and evening has really taken it's toll today. I'm going to try and get a good nights sleep so that I'm more alert in the morning. Going into work exhausted isn't the way to get a promotion. Day 21
That good nights sleep has really paid off and I've got another promotion. I couldn't wait to tell the girls about it when I got back so I rushed into the kitchen and told Rachel and Candy. A big star had come the restaurant where I worked and was so impressed with me that he put in a good word for me with the manager at the restaurant once I'd told him I wanted to be a famous chef. The boss immediately promoted me to prep chef - I'm actually working in the kitchens now! It is such a big step up. The girls were really pleased for me and to my surprise Candy didn't ask if the celebrity knew her, maybe she's getting better. I made everyone a special meal of salmon that night. It's the first time I've done this dish and I managed to do it without burning it at all. I felt so proud of myself - I really feel that I will be able to walk free from here soon. I also invited Jason over to share the good news. He's not normally the sort of guy I'd be attracted to but there's real chemistry between the two of us. Day 22
I've got two days off work now before I start in the kitchens. I can't believe I've been in here so long. I keep daydreaming of life outside these four walls and going to see all my old friends or just simply hanging about in the shopping center downtown. I bet all my old friends have forgotten me by now - they haven't even come to visit or written me a letter. I do whatever I can to keep myself busy. I find a massive patch of weeds outside and pull all of them up. Just because this place is a mental home doesn't mean we have to have a messy, uncared for garden. I practice my creavity skills on the bass - if I'm going to create mouth-watering original dishes at the restaurant then I'm going to need to be creative. I practice my logic skills by having a game of chess with Beverly. Logic is needed in the cookery world to be able to cook several different meals at once and manage the staff in the kitchen when you get higher up in the career. Beverly is really smart and a very difficult chess opponent. I can't understand how such a smart person could think they had been abducted by aliens unless it had actually happened... ...and then I'm reminded she can't be that smart as she goes off and spends ages taking to that football again! And of course I try and improve my cookery skills. I found an old recipe book in the Asylum, it looks like something from the 1950s, but it's better than nothing and I may be able to use parts of these dishes to be able to create something good. I decide to try out one of the recipes and make a layer cake. It turns out brilliant - I think I have a natural talent for cookery. The cake smells fantastic, even Trinity thinks so, and it tastes just as good. I don't want to be making treats like this for the others too often though as they never do any exercise and I'm sure they wouldn't thank me for making them fat! Day 23
I decided to invite Jason over for another date but we couldn't have any privacy as all the others were watching us. We couldn't even have a cuddle on the sofa as Victoria was hogging it, muttering in her sleep about some other woman and monsters. Jason soon made his excuses and left. Maybe all the madness is too much for him and I won't see him again. I couldn't sleep at all that night and spent all night drinking strong coffee and reading old cookery books. Day 24
Well this was certainly unexpected - Jason popped over just before work to wish me luck on my first day as a prep chef. He told me how great I looked in my chef's whites and that he was sorry for last night - he wasn't feeling too well and it wasn't in any way my fault. I feel so much more confident about our relationship now - maybe once I get out of here I will be able to see him more often and maybe even move in with him or...no, no! I mustn't build my hopes up like this. I have no idea how long I will be in here for and if he will wait for me to be declared sane. When I come home from work I have a surprise of my own for Jason, who has been hanging around the asylum all day - I've been promoted to Sous Chef! I'm moving up so fast and so is the pay! Kimberly is delighted to, she says she always knew I wouldn't stay a prep chef for long and she actually calls me Carrie Ann instead of mummy and she speaks in a normal voice. For a second I can't believe what I've just heard. It's real progress for Kimberly, maybe when I can move out of here she will be able to as well and we can get a place together! That would be so cool plus it would be nice to have at least one friend in the outside world as I'm sure all my old friends won't want to know me. Candy is making progress too - instead of obsessing over film stars she is now obsessing over the bass and she's reached the peak of her abilites. It's great to hear her play - maybe when she leaves here she will be able to join a band and become a well known musician. Of course I don't mention that to her as it may get her hopes up or cause her to think about other famous people and I don't want to do anything to hinder the progress she is making. Trinity is making progress too, much to my surprise. She is actually being nice to people rather than arguing and fighting with them... ...and she's even being nicer to me which is fantastic. She hasn't talked to the football for days and even her fights with Helena are getting less frequent. However Helena isn't making progress at all - now she's learnt to defend herself against Trinity and Trinity is causing fewer fights with her, Helena has decided to start some fights of her own. She's mainly picking on Rachel, even though I thought they were friends. This is upsetting Rachel who now seems to be constantly carrying around her bag of flour, promising to protect it from "nasty aunty Helena". I decide to try another new meal to celebrate my promotion and the progress of some of my friends. I make crepes suzette without burning down the house and everyone gobbles them down. I hope I can keep the customers at the restaurant as happy as I can keep this lot with my cooking!
Day 25
Another day off work - it's annoying that the further I progress in my career the more time I get given off. I just want to keep working and get out of this place. The managers of this place sent someone over to entertain us - an old woman dressed up as french fries. No one was impressed, not even Kimberly. What do they think we are? We're not children who are going to be amused by people in silly costumes, we're adults who want decent entertainment like games consoles and books that weren't written over 50 years ago. Helena's getting worse. She's added Kimberly to her list of people to pick fights with even though Kimberly has never been anything other than nice to her. Helena's turning into a real bully. I'm going to have to have a word with her before this gets any worse. Surely she can remember how miserable Trinity made her life for a while, surely she doesn't want to cause that misery to other people, especially to people who have done nothing wrong? Day 26
There's a cold going round the Asylum. I think I must have picked it up at work and now I've passed it on to a couple of the other girls as well. I feel terrible but I know I have to go into work today, I need to get as much experience as possible so I can progress quickly. I'll just have to hope that my boss doesn't notice and send me home. The cold wasn't the only bad thing - my promotions and the desserts I'd been making had inspired some of the others to be more creative with their cooking but this just meant more fires. First Beverly started a fire whilst trying to make a cheesecake... ...and the fire brigade had barely pulled away from the house before Trinity caused another fire when she attempted to make chili con carne. I called them back as fast as possible but I could hear in their voices and see in the looks they gave us when they arrived that they are sick of having to see us so often. I felt really worried about leaving them to go to work - what if they burned down the house in that time? None of them ever seem to think to call the fire brigade, they just run around like headless chickens waiting for someone to come and rescue them. I decide to go to work anyway and hope for the best. When I get back I'm pleased to see that the house is still standing and there's not smoke pouring out of the windows but I'm even more pleased as I can tell everyone that I've been promoted to executive chef! I now get to decide what goes on the menu and put my own creations on there rather than being told by someone else what to cook. It also come with a big bonus and I decide to buy some nice things for the house - curtains, ornaments and such, to brighten the place up. Not everything is going well though. I walk into the hallway and can see Helena slapping Kimberly. I rush up and ask what's going on. Helena just ignores me and goes into the bathroom to take a shower. Meanwhile Kimberly bursts into tears and I coax out of her what happened. She had been waiting for Candy to finish in the bathroom for ages and when Candy finally did come out Helena barged past her to take a shower. When Kimberly pointed out that she had been waiting longer Helena started the fight. I manage to calm Kimberly down and decide to wait for Helena to come out of the bathroom so I can have a few words with her. I'm so annoyed at Helena when she finally emerges from her shower that I can't help yelling at her, causing all the others to gather round and watch. My talk doesn't do any good as she doesn't seem to think she's done anything wrong. It's put me in a bad mood and me and Helena aren't speaking anymore... ...well we're speaking but only so we can argue. Helena started blaming me for the disgusting state of the toilet. It's been clogged up for days and no one bothers to clean it. I hate cleaning and don't see why I should do it anyway when I earn all the money for the household. I think Helena just wanted to cause a fight and would have used anything as an excuse. To calm myself down I invite Jason over. He seems to fit in so well here, everyone likes him. I can't help finding it strange that he even hangs around here when I'm at work. As I watch him and Victoria chatting part of me wonders what he does during that time, if he flirts with the other patients, but then I tell myself to stop being so stupid, of course he wouldn't! He's only got eyes for me and none of the other girls would do something that mean to me...well I hope not at least. I decide to ask him why he spends so much time here but he gets really defensive saying if I don't want him to come round to see me then he won't, he doesn't want to go were he's not wanted. I try to apologize but he storms off back to his house without even giving me a goodbye kiss. Day 27
I get up early to make sure that I've got all the surprises in place for when the others get up. With the big bonus I got yesterday I've brought two big trees for outside, a potted plant for the day room and a framed picture set and curtains for the bedroom - hopefully everyone will be able to sleep better now the bedroom has curtains and it will stop Beverly from looking out at night for aliens. Rachel and Helena seemed to love the trees - hopefully it will encourage everyone to spend a bit more time outside and get some fresh air, it will be good for them. I thought that these treats would brighten up everyone's day but... ...Trinity seemed to be having a really bad day because of the things I'd brought. I think before I came she was top dog at the Asylum and she feels threaten by me and by any changes I make. First off she wet herself... ...and then she spent ages crying about it, which is understandable really. No one likes having accidents like that. Just when she was beginning to pull herself together Helena came and started teasing her about it... ...so she started a fight with Helena. Trinity won and for a while she was happier... ...but then she started a massive fire in the kitchen. I really can't turn my back on them for a minute it seems! Just when I think things are improving, like I thought Trinity was getting better as she was starting fewer arguements and being nicer, something like this happens and it feels like it's back to square one. I don't understand why the managers of this place didn't install fire alarms or sprinklers - anyone can see that a bunch of mad people and fire isn't a good combination. I called the fire brigade again and headed off for work... ...leaving Trinity in the hallway talking to the football. I think that football is her best friend as she talks to it far more than anyone else in here. Yes! It might look a bit strange me jumping around on the sofa like this but I've just got some excellent news. The managers of this place have been watching my progress and have decided that the time is right for me to have a go at running my own restaurant. It's only a small one and it's going to be a lot of hard work but if I can make a success of it and become a famous chef then I will be able to leave here for good. I must ring Jason in the morning to tell him the good news and to say sorry for offending him the other night. Day 28
Didn't get much sleep at all last night - Helena kept waking up screaming from nightmares and so everyone else in the bedroom was kept awake. I'd have thought that the doctors would come to give the patients sedatives to stop things like this from happening but I haven't seen a doctor for quite a few days now. It's so annoying - I see the postman more often than the doctor! After a shower I call Jason to tell him the good news. He's says he pleased for me but you wouldn't know it from the tone of his voice. I say I'm sorry for last night and ask if he wants to come over. He says things are really busy for him at the health spa at the moment and he couldn't possibly take time off work. He hangs up almost straight after that as though he doesn't want me to question him too much about it. All of these terrible things start to run through my mind - maybe he's gone off me, maybe he thinks I really am crazy, maybe he's found someone else, maybe he's got a wife and family. I try and put these things to the back of my mind and carry on as normal. I'm sure things will be fine again in a few days if I just give him a bit of space. After her bad nights sleep Helena started picking on Kimberly again. I walked into the kitchen to find Helena pushing Kimberly to the floor. I shouted at her but she just walked off smiling. It seems like she's gotten over her grief for her dead husband by becoming aggressive, at times she almost seems like she's turning into Trinity. I can't stand the thought of that happening as Helena seemed so nice when I first came to the house and I don't want to have to deal with two Trinitys! The real Trinity was having another bad day today and broke down in a corner for no reason. The doctor dropped in but left almost as quickly as he'd arrived. I didn't even bother trying to speak to him, he's a useless doctor who doesn't care one bit for his patients. I doubt he's even a real doctor, the tests that he carried out on Trinity didn't exactly look scientific! "Look at the pretty colours...yes you're fine...I'm going." Even a four year old could do a better assessment than that! But whilst Trinity is doing badly Victoria is improving all the time. She talks less about the buried treasure now and spends a lot of time reading about real life explorers and far-flung places. She's also followed Candy's example and is now an excellent bass player. The only problem now is that there's always a long wait to use the bass! And here I am heading off for the first day of running my own restaurant. I wish Jason could have seen me in my red suit, it makes a nice change from the same yellow top and white skirt. I hope he was at least thinking of me, surely he realises what a big deal this is for me? I felt so nervous but I just kept reminding myself that I was one step away from freedom and a normal life. All the girls wished me luck before I left except Trinity (too busy with her football) and Helena (we're still not speaking). It was certainly exhausting today at the restaurant. I wouldn't want to admit this to the doctors (who are never around anyway) but at times I felt like I wasn't in control at all and had no idea what I should be doing. All of the staff - the waiters, waitresses, cooks, dish washers and cleaners - were all coming to me for instructions and I just didn't know what to tell them. It's such a massive jump from my previous position. I just hope that I can pick up the skills I need quickly to do a good job and get out of here. When I got home I went straight to bed before I could collapse on the floor. I was in need of a long soak in the bath but I decided to leave that until morning. Day 29
This is getting silly. Almost a month in here and they can't stop causing fires! This time it was Kimberly who started it. She was trying to make omlettes but left them on the oven for too long and BANG! Another fire had started. It's only my quick reactions that are preventing her from burning this place to the ground. I wonder how they coped before I came here, maybe they only made sandwiches and salads. Afterwards Kimberly felt awful about starting a fire but Rachel reassured her that it wasn't too bad, almost everyone in here had caused a fire at some point and I promised to give her some cookery lessons. Maybe when Kimberly gets out of here I could give her a job in my restaurant! Living and working together would be excellent and I would be able to keep an eye on her to make sure she didn't slip back into any old habits. Soon it was Rachel starting the fires though. I truely believe that she didn't mean to start this fire unlike on the other occassions. She's been better these past few days and we've seen a lot less of the flour bag baby which is a very good thing. The fire brigade came out yet again and saved the day - we must be their best "customers"! Afterwards I reassured Rachel that it wasn't that bad, just like she had done with Kimberly only a short while before, and I promised her some cookery lessons too. At this rate I'll end up giving cookery lessons to everyone and they will all end up working in my restaurant. Later I cook a turkey for the household and let Rachel and Kimberly watch and help me. Teaching these two at least gives me practice for when I'll have to teach other chefs how to cook my own dishes. Afterwards Kimberly goes and reads one of the old cookery books. It's good to see her taking an interest in something like this and with some more guidance from me I'm sure she'll be a good chef. I also overhear her talking to Candy about what she's going to do when she gets out of here, how she's going to get here own place with a big garden and buy a puppy to keep her company. Her and Candy are becoming quite good friends and it's nice to see her getting more confident in talking to others rather than just hanging around with me all the time. And it's great to hear her considering a life outside of the Asylum as it's not something that the others do very often. Maybe she'll even get out of here before me! Day 30
Yesterday's fires were nothing compared to the one today. Everyone was in the kitchen having breakfast when Helena decided to make herself a meal. She got distracted by something Candy was saying and the next thing I knew the cooker, fridge and part of the work surface were on fire. I rushed to the phone honestly thinking that this time someone was going to die as the blaze was that intense... ...buy luckily the only thing that went was the cooker. By the time the flames were extingushed it was just a pile of smouldering ashes. I was tempted to leave it that way as without a cooker there would be almost no risk of fire and I would be able to go to work or lay in bed without having to worry if the house was going to burn to the ground. But then I decided to get a replacement, after all I needed a cooker to practice making most of the dishes I serve at my restaurant. Day 31
I haven't slept properly for the last few days. I'm so nervous that I'm going to make a big mistake at work and the managers at this place will decide I need to start all over again as a dish-washer at a fast food joint that I've been staying up all night using strong coffee and studying the cookery books and watching the cookery channel in an attempt to learn as much as possible as quickly as possible. It feels like I'm a teenager again, cramming for exams. I'm also worried about me and Jason. We haven't seen or spoken at all in the last few days and I'm beginning to think that it's all over between us (not that it ever really got that far). I decide to talk to Victoria about him, see if she can tell me anything new about him as she seemed to be getting on with him well the last time he was over. I wasn't at all prepared for what she told me - his sister had spent some time in here after their parents had died as she had been having nightmares. This was only a couple of months ago and during the time his sister had been in here he had visited her regularly and become friendly with several of the other patients. That would explain why he hung around this place a lot and got on so well with the others but why wouldn't he tell me this? I called him up and managed to persuade him to come over so we could talk about this properly. He was so angry when I told him I knew about his sister, said that I had no right to be sticking my nose into his private business like that. I couldn't understand why he was so angry about this - I would have found out eventually anyway. He then said that I had no right to be judging him and his sister as I was crazy too. I felt so angry at him - I wasn't judging them at all and I certainly wasn't crazy. He then said we were over, it felt like my heart was being ripped out and all I could do was watch as he walked out of the door. I doubt I'll see him again, I really seem to have upset him but I don't understand why. I'll have to try and make it up to him once I get out of here. Day 32
I absolutely have to get out of here soon. Some of the neighbours have never liked us, they think of us as a danger to them and their homes. I know the others aren't as they never venture far outside the front door. It's really getting me down that some of the neighbours come by every morning to kick over the trash can or to steal the newspaper. I feel like yelling something at them but I know then that they will just see me as the crazy lady from the Asylum and it will only make things worse. If they did this to any other house then they would be reported to the police for harressment. Also the queue for the bathroom gets worse every morning. I have to have a shower before I go to work, it would put off all the customers if I was walking through the restaurant stinking of sweat, but it means I now spend most of my mornings queueing for the bathroom rather than doing something useful. What sort of person thinks that putting one bathroom in a house meant for eight is a good idea?! No one sane I know that...perhaps the designer of this place ended up spending time in here as a patient! Before I headed off to work Candy warned me to be careful, she'd had a dream that something really bad was going to happen today. I tried to ignore it as it was only a dream afterall and most dreams mean nothing. But I when I got back I wished I'd taken more notice of her as something terrible had happened. Whilst I was at work Victoria had accidently started a fire and with no one there who would think to call the fire brigade the fire was soon out of control. Everyone rushed into the kitchen to see what was happening... ...but Candy got too close to the fridge and when it caught fire so did she... ...and that was when the grim reaper appeared to take Candy away to the other life. But he wasn't done yet... ...and when the oven exploded Helena caught fire... ...and the grim reaper took another soul with him. The fire was still raging though... ...and when Beverly got to close to the worktop she caught fire too, burning to death. The fire eventually burned itself out after destroying all the worktop, the fridge and the cooker. When I got home I found Victoria crying in the kitchen amongst the smouldering remains of the kitchen and three patients. I couldn't take it all in to begin with. I know there's been bad fires in the Asylum in the past but none as bad as this. I don't understand why no one called the fire brigade and why they all flocked to the fire, getting far too close, when their first instinct should have been to run as far away as possible. Maybe they aren't getting better at all if something like this can happen. What on earth was Victoria trying to cook that caused such a terrible fire? I don't know what to do now - I have to go to work so I can get out of here but I've grown so attached to some of the people in here and I don't want anything like this to happen again. But if I do stay off work then I'll probably end up spending the rest of my life in here. But if I do go to work and get out of here then who will protect them? Whatever I do I can't win. Day 33
No one slept much last night because of the fires. Kimberly was up all night crying because of Candy's death. Her and Candy had become friends and she's devastated to lose her. She's slipping back into child-like behaviour again - speaking in a child's voice and calling me mummy. I really thought that she was over that. In the morning we held a small funeral for the three victims. I felt so sad and guilty - I kept telling myself that I should have taken notice of Candy, that I should have stayed at home, that I could have prevented this. I'm really sad to lose Candy as she was a good friend to me and Kimberly and she seemed to be getting so much better that I'm sure she could have left here soon. I'm sad to see Beverly go as well, we didn't spend a great deal of time together but we did have the occassional chess game together and she was by far the best chess player in here. I'm really going to miss our games together. I may not have got on very well with Helena for the last few days but no one deserves to die a death like that. Part of me hopes that now the managers of this place will take steps to improve conditions here but I know they won't as they don't care about us enough. I decided to take the day off work as I was in no condition to face other people. Everyone was in such a bad state anyway that I thought it was best to stay here and try and take care of them. Kimberly has gone back to how she was when I first got here and she's even started wetting herself... ...as has Rachel. This place is disgusting. Kimberly isn't speaking to me much - she says that mummy should have been here to protect everyone from the fire. I tried to give her a hug to comfort her but she just pulled away from me. Rachel was crying all day and nothing could make her stop. Victoria spent all day out by the graves. I know she probably feels the worst out of all of us as she started the fire. No one said much to her as no one knew what to say to make her feel any better but she probably thought that we are all angry at her and ignoring her. Trinity is constantly carrying around her football, chattering to it about anything and everything. I don't know how long it will take for them to begin to get over this but I think it will be a very, very long time. I wish Jason would call or come over, maybe that would help us all a bit. Day 34
Things just keep getting worse in here - first off the repo man appeared as we had got behind with out bills. I thought I'd paid all of the bills but obviously not. I think someone else must have taken the bills from the post box and hidden them or put them in the trash. I tried to reason with him, saying I had enough cash on me to pay him what was owed but he wouldn't listen and took one of our chairs which I brought back straight away. That wasn't the only weird thing to happen - Candy's ghost appeared. I don't know if ghosts are real or if I'm just seeing things and going crazy. No one else saw it though so maybe I did imagine it. Day 35
I spent most of the day trying to forget about seeing Candy's ghost. I kept telling myself over and over that ghosts don't exist and I was probably imagining it because I felt so guilty about not being there for her when she needed me. I tried to do things to keep me occupied, like playing chess with Kimberly. She's talking to me more now but she keeps asking me if I'm going to leave her too and I keep telling her that I'm not going to die but I can't predict the future... ...and I certainly didn't see this coming. I was playing the bass when suddenly I saw Candy's ghost right there in front of me. The next thing I knew I was having sharp chest pains and fell to the floor with a strange shadow hovering over me... ...and that was the end for me. I knew I'd get out of here someone, I just never expected that it would be like this! The girls will have to cope without me now but I'll be watching over them and any future patients.
THE END
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On Jul 9, 2006 sims4me wrote:
I really liked how you wrote this, and I sure didn't expect that ending! I really thought that she could do it, but I guess not!
On Jul 9, 2006 sheneiney wrote:
awesome story
On Jul 9, 2006 D2Diamond wrote:
Wow, great story. Nice, clear pictures, and the characters were done really well. To bad for Carrie Ann though.
On Jul 10, 2006 triss wrote:
that's so sad. it looked like she's going to make it.
On Jul 10, 2006 Masquerade37 wrote:
stinks that she was killed by a ghost. how sad. I really thought she was going to make it. Well put-together story with a nice narritive.
On Jul 10, 2006 Gibson Twins wrote:
That was such a sad story but u did really well
On Jul 10, 2006 sasquachfeeder wrote:
Hahaha, its like a not so gory Saw meets gothika. Wild. I liked it!!! I liked the whole asylum thing..made it interesting! Great story!
On Jul 11, 2006 oldmember_Jnaenae wrote:
Aww, how sad
Great story!
On Jul 11, 2006 oldmember_ohmama wrote:
The asylum thing was a good catch. The ending was a real surprise! Well done!
On Jul 11, 2006 kelly_tsari wrote:
You narrated it really well. What a sudden & unexpected ending. It's really touching.
On Jul 11, 2006 Sayde wrote:
Great Story !
On Jul 11, 2006 MissJay wrote:
Aww why she have to go out like that??? It was a very well told story and I enjoyed it. 5.0 for you!
On Jul 11, 2006 LaurieR wrote:
I thought you did very well! I was so involved in reading it, I lost track of the time!
Thanks for posting it!
On Jul 12, 2006 SimsBarbie wrote:
On Jul 13, 2006 McBeal wrote:
FINALLY A GOOD ASYLUM STORY! well done! I love sour endings such as these, because i really got attached to most of characters. WONDERFUL! 5.0
On Jul 14, 2006 wrote:
lol that was a really great story..I think it was the best sim story ive ever read... a little long...WAY ADDICTING!
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On Jul 19, 2006 wrote:
A tad boring at times, but all other things were awsome
On Jul 21, 2006 vkd wrote:
what a tragic story! Good but rather long! Didn't see that one happening but I am quite glad it wasn't yet another happy ending! Lol
On Jul 29, 2006 zlsuter wrote:
how sad
but a great story 
On Sep 10, 2006 wrote:
Great
On Sep 16, 2006 huntress2005 wrote:
On Sep 29, 2006 darqstar wrote:
Wow... sad ending. Good job though.
On Oct 8, 2006 Mistress Useless wrote:
Asylum stories are rough!
On Oct 30, 2006 TabbyDragon wrote:
Great story! A little twist at the end!
On Nov 12, 2006 wrote:
On Dec 7, 2006 civetinja wrote:
Thanks!! Great work!!
On Dec 12, 2006 kiwiana girl wrote:
cool story
On Jan 5, 2007 manuela55 wrote:
On Jan 12, 2007 suzee123 wrote:
i didnt like the ending, it ruined it...sorry.
On Feb 17, 2007 Palina wrote:
Very well written!!! Thank you!
On May 18, 2007 Cherylgass wrote:
Very Good!!
On May 25, 2007 spacemouse wrote:
Great story!
On Jan 27, 2008 jadespacemonkey wrote:
Wow, I was expecting it to turn out like this.....
On Nov 18, 2008 saturrn wrote:
OOOOO...great stuff
On Jan 6, 2009 Desu Baloney wrote:
I don't know what to say about this story...kinda weird (no offense!!!) but at the same time very interesting. I couldn't take my eyes off it. Good job.
On Jan 26, 2009 lyduck wrote:
Well Done! Great Asylum Challenge story!! She was sooo close to meeting her goal!! You could branch out and tell us the "rest of the story" concerning the fates of the asylum inmates and Jason.