>Try the Cat Door
From what Fleagood was saying, it sounds like this ward is currently occupied by parents like yourself, wondering what happened to their own kids. You're not sure how well you're prepared to deal with that, but unfortunately, the staff seem even less qualified right now.
You have no idea what to expect as you open up the first door on your left. It's soft and warm and emits a cartoonish, drawn-out "meow" as it swings on non-existent hinges.
You have no idea what to expect as you open up the first door on your left. It's soft and warm and emits a cartoonish, drawn-out "meow" as it swings on non-existent hinges.
The room smells like a mix of wet dog and buttercups. The furniture looks like plush, but the eyes look too wet to not be real.
The pale thing seated in the strange chair turns its long, sharp end toward you, but somehow you know it is not a threatening gesture.
The pale thing seated in the strange chair turns its long, sharp end toward you, but somehow you know it is not a threatening gesture.
FERN:
Um, I, uh, hello there? How can I...help you?
Um, I, uh, hello there? How can I...help you?
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The pointed end of the figure vibrates as it buzzes, a sound like an electric razor.
WILLIS:
OH NO!
OH NO!
FERN:
Willis? Did you understand that?
Willis? Did you understand that?
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WILLIS:
She says...
She says...
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WILLIS:
...Oof...she's goin fast...she says...uh... her baby got sick...
...Oof...she's goin fast...she says...uh... her baby got sick...
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WILLIS:
...And then she woked up here...
...Doesn't know where her baby is...
...And then she woked up here...
...Doesn't know where her baby is...
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FERN:
...And the doctors don't understand her.
...And the doctors don't understand her.
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WILLIS:
She didn't make a word but she's essited.
She didn't make a word but she's essited.
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WILLIS:
She can't believe you know what she means.
She can't believe you know what she means.
FERN:
All too well.
I'm just temporary staff here, but your problem is...familiar. I know something's really, really wrong with the whole hospital, and I don't know how well I can help, but I want to help. Any way I can.
Can you tell us anything more?
All too well.
I'm just temporary staff here, but your problem is...familiar. I know something's really, really wrong with the whole hospital, and I don't know how well I can help, but I want to help. Any way I can.
Can you tell us anything more?
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WILLIS:
Whoa...okay...hang on...
...She says she's tried to look for her...but she always gets sent back here by the staffs, and even when she sneaks past Cestine the Hospital is too weird. She says she got ate by some things, and then she smelt something real weird and hasn't gone out again.
Whoa...okay...hang on...
...She says she's tried to look for her...but she always gets sent back here by the staffs, and even when she sneaks past Cestine the Hospital is too weird. She says she got ate by some things, and then she smelt something real weird and hasn't gone out again.
FERN:
Does she know anything about this Fleagood guy?
Does she know anything about this Fleagood guy?
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WILLIS:
I'm not supposeda say that word.
I'm not supposeda say that word.
FERN:
I hear that.
I hear that.
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WILLIS:
OH!
Oh...
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OH!
Oh...
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FERN:
What'd she say?
What'd she say?
WILLIS:
...She says she's gottened inpressions she don't understand, about her little girl.
...She says she's gottened inpressions she don't understand, about her little girl.
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WILLIS:
"A small, hard place, and funny smells."
"A small, hard place, and funny smells."
FERN:
I see...is there anything else?
I see...is there anything else?
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WILLIS:
She says that's all she knows.
She says that's all she knows.
FERN:
Well, it's a start, and I do have a few friends here who can help, too.
I'm sorry that I didn't catch your name, miss...and that I probably can't physically pronounce it.
Well, it's a start, and I do have a few friends here who can help, too.
I'm sorry that I didn't catch your name, miss...and that I probably can't physically pronounce it.
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WILLIS:
It's Nicole.
It's Nicole.
FERN:
Oh.
Hi, Nicole, I'm Frannie. Stay safe, and I'll see what I can do.
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Hi, Nicole, I'm Frannie. Stay safe, and I'll see what I can do.
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WILLIS:
She said thank you, and to be careful.
She said thank you, and to be careful.
