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Truth Inconceivable - Bad Omens ch. 3

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After being dragged through admission into the dull grey-blue of the psych ward, I was rushed to dinner. I wasn't even given the opportunity to say bye to mom and dad… or plead for them to not admit me… or at the very least for them to not let Mabel be put into a place like this.

Thankfully I met Mabel on my way into dinner, we were both wearing the plain blue and grey sweatpants, grey shirts, and blue slip-on shoes that passed as a uniform in here. Mabel looked miserable in the clothes, “Hey Mabel. I guess they wouldn't let you keep your sweater? They wouldn't let me keep Wendy’s hat. Don't worry we won't be here too long, I’m sure mom and dad will get us out as soon as they can!” I knew it sounded fake, but I wanted to cheer her up. I needed to.

She grabbed my hand and shook her head, “I don't think so Bro-bro,” why did she sound so… broken? “That awful Cecilia woman said I wouldn't be getting out anytime soon if she had anything to do with it… she doesn't like me at all…” She let go and hugged herself looking at the floor. “Let’s go in there and eat something, I’m hungry.” Turning away without looking at me Mabel pushed open the door to the teen’s dining hall.

The room was as grey and blue as the hall. The floors a matte grey tile and walls a non-committal bluish tone. There were at least thirty patients in the loud dining hall talking and laughing while eating or well, some were eating. A few of them were throwing food at a wall, two younger boys were stealing food from an overweight older boy, a boy and girl were making out in a corner, and there was one girl who was standing on a table stomping on the food on her tray. In a separate room with floor to ceiling windows were five grown men and women eating.

We froze for a second gawking at what was going on unchecked until one of the men looked up and saw us. He left the windowed room, walked over to where we stood, and got down to ‘our level’ to talk, “Hey there kids! Are you new?” His green eyes focused on Mabel’s face, “I know I haven't seen a cutie like you here before! Let me show you how it works in here all right?” He stood up, turned around, and screamed into the low roar, “WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?!? SIT DOWN! SHUT UP! AND EAT YOUR DINNER! You have fifteen minutes before you are returned to your rooms and then it is lights out!”

Mabel grabbed me in fear at this sudden explosion of sound, she was more jumpy than usual. We saw everyone except the stomping girl begin eating in silence. The girl just laid down on the table and pretended to sleep. I soothed my sister as well as I was able and held onto her hand after she calmed a bit.

The man spoke at a normal volume again and began walking towards a shuttered window with a counter along the back wall, “I am Doctor Hart, you can call me Dr. Hart or Mr. Hart if you like. I am the head of this ward and I would like you to think of me as a father figure here. I am the firm but nurturing hand making sure things don’t fall apart.” He stopped by the fake sleeping girl to grab her and roughly yanked her off the table and forced her into a seated position on the bench.

I stared in fear and pulled Mabel closer to me, wrapping my arm around her shoulders. He continued on at a leisurely pace, “Back here is where you will get your breakfast at 6am, lunch at 11am, and dinner at 7pm.” He directed us to the trays and gestured for us to fill them, “One meat, two vegetables, a fruit, a juice or milk, and a roll. We also have a snack time at 3pm on the patio, but you’ll get to see that tomorrow when you begin the schedule.” He then directed us toward an empty table. “Dorms and restrooms are communal and of course boys and girls are separated. I will go finish my dinner now and I advise you eat up quick, you only have about ten minutes remaining.” We didn't waste any time as we were starving at this point.

While shoveling down the bland food I looked around at the other patients. The stomper had been steadily crying since being forced onto the bench, but almost everyone else went back to doing what they were doing before he came out of the window room. I glanced to my side at Mabel we were sitting as close as possible, shoved up against each other. It seemed like she had shut down again. “Mabes don’t worry, we’ll be getting out of here soon regardless of what anyone says.” She gave me a small smile before returning to forcing food down her throat.

I had only eaten about half my food when Dr. Hart emerged from the window room and ordered us to throw out whatever remained of our meal and line up. Mabel had eaten more than me as she hadn't been gawking at the people around us. “Mabel, I know this place is scary, but don’t worry,” I didn't know how to reassure her anymore than I already had so after we dumped our food in the trash I hugged her again, “We get to see each other in the morning alright? You can think of this as a sleepover!” As we got into line she smirked at me.

“Dipping Sauce, I have never been this unfashionable at a sleepover.” We shared a smile before being directed to follow the rest of our respective groups to the dormitories where we will be assigned our rooms. Me and Mabel held hands through the hall until we reached a split and the girls went their own way.

After passing several other large dark rooms with large observation windows we reached a door with a card lock. A tall male nurse with short blonde hair and a muscular build who I hadn't really noticed until now pulled a key card out of the neck of his scrubs and swiped the card. After a few beeps the door sprang open and we were ushered into a stark white hallway which had twelve rooms with card locks. “Alright everybody get to your assigned room and we’ll see who gets the newbie.”

Only about five rooms had guys lining up outside of them. “Okay newbie, I’m Chip the main man to keep you guys in line and not killing each other.” I chuckled slightly, “No. That is not a joke like your height short stack. Everyone is here for a reason, whatever it may be, and studies show that male teens generally have a tendency to be… aggressive.” At that several of the guys lined up smirked at me. “Anyway, the first six rooms are sleeping quarters and each room has five beds. Then on the left we have the communal restroom followed by a solitary room. On the right we have my living quarters followed by three solitary rooms.”

He started walking down the hall pointing to each door and person as he spoke. “R1 contains Ross, Leo, Connor, and Georgie. L1 contains Thad, Marco, Andrew, and Horace. R2 contains Fred, Yao, Rick, and Nick. L2 contains Joey, Miguel, and Sonny. R3 contains Tanner, Jordan, and Eric. L3 is currently unoccupied until we reach twenty-five occupants and then everyone gets new sleeping assignments. You are Mason, yes?” He the looked at me.

I didn't respond for a moment until it clicked that he actually wanted me to respond, “I, er yes my name is Mason. Everybody calls me Dipper though…” Mentally I was kicking myself, it may be true but it wasn't necessary to say that, for all I knew Nicknames were forbidden.

Chip only smirked at me though, “Okay Dipper, you will be assigned to L2 now get in line and I’ll start letting you guys into your rooms.” I got in line behind Sonny as Chip began heading for R1, but one of the guys from R3, the overweight guy who I am pretty sure was called Eric, spoke up.

“Uhm, Chip, I need to go to the restroom.” several others piped up too it seemed like they almost forgot with there being a new guy in their midst. Chip looked over his shoulder and I swear he glared at Eric for a second before pulling an embarrassed face.

“Whoops, sorry about that guys, go ahead and when you’re done just line back up and we’ll get you guys to bed.” Everyone went to the bathroom walking quickly not running, but clearly hurrying to get there first.

Hmm...that is a somewhat abrupt ending huh? Oh well! Hope y'all enjoy this! I kinda sorta obscurely referencing a character from one of my friends stories. Please remember to review I feed upon them!

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