Vesania Asylum

Michiko sighs softly as she resided in her room, board. Empty... It almost made her feel eerie a bit... She hated being alone with her thoughts. That's when... HE... Always came to taunt her.

Michiko sobbing softly, as she sat to one corner of her room, hugging her legs tightly as she was sitting down in fetal position. She rocks back and forth slowly. "Leave me alone." she cried. "Leave me alone." She sounded frightened.

Ella had been wandering around the place (as usual) just to pass time but while she went through one of the corridors she heard some soft sobbing into a room. She was not a doctor or someone qualified to psychologically help any of the patients of the institution but the sad sound made her want to try and comfort this person. If she couldn't really help at least she might be able to give them any kind of support. She had spent too many nights quietly letting her tears fall on her pillow and knew how hard it could be to go through things like this alone.

Knocking gently at the door Ella slowly opened it to see a young woman curling up in a corner of the room and talking to......well to nothing she could at first see. However her expert gaze in supernatural matters was quick to follow this girl's eyes to see if there was any kind of entity actually bothering her. It wasn't that strange to see 'mediums' in these kind of institutions. "Hey..." Ella said with a soothing tone as she walked into the room. "Are you alright? Who is bothering you?" She asked softly approaching the young woman carefully.

Michiko gasps, hearing the gentle voice behind her. Her body still shivering as she saw the woman before her. "Don't come near me." she sobbed. "He will only make me hurt you. Like how me made me hurt mother and father." She cries louder, and hugs herself tightly, scratching harshly at the bandages she was wrapped in, all over her body. "C-Can you hear him too?" she asked you. "He is always taunting me. Controlling me. But he can only ever be heard by me."

After her words Ella looked around in the room attentively, her senses for the identification of a supernatural presence activated but she couldn't see anything, which meant... whatever was attacking this poor woman was in her mind and not outside. However Ella didn't judge her or back away, instead she walked into the room and sat down on the floor a prudent distance away from her. She would have gotten closer but she was respecting her wishes.

"No.. I can't hear him, but I understand how you feel." She said softly. Ella had actually dealt with real life demons, she knew what it was like to be haunted by them so it was easy to relate with this young woman whose demons were inside her head. She wasn't going to tell her that it wasn't real mostly because it pretty much was real for her and she already seemed to be very nervous for the way she scratched her body. "I am... well I was an exorcist. I know how it is to deal with these entities that no one else can see..." She said softly.

"What you need... is protection." She said then. "Something that will keep the demons away." She added gently. "He has to see that you're stronger. There's light inside you, power... you need to look inside and feel comforted by it, so that 'he' won't be able to control you. You are more powerful than him." She explained. "At least that's how I keep them away." She said letting a gentle smile touch the corners of her lips.

Michiko slowly looked back at her. Her nose was stuffy, and her eyes were red, no doubt from the crying she was doing. "H-How can I do that?" she asked her softly. "I wish I could be as strong as you..." Michiko slowly stands up, her legs twitching a little. "So... You used to be an exorcist?" she asked her, curious. "I knew someone like you." she explained.

Ella smiled softly at her and slowly stood up on her feet as well, pulling a handkerchief from her pocked and handing it to her slowly. "But you are strong, all you need is finding that strength within." She smiled. "I can help with that if you'd like." She offered. Her eyes also sparkled with curiosity as she mentioned that she knew of other exorcists like her. There were more like her of course, in her Order there were at least thirty and there were other Orders.

"I see. " She smiled. "Well I really hope you didn't have any bad experience with them, some tend to be a little... overwhelming." She said searching for the right words to not criticize her colleagues too much. They had been the ones who had put her in this asylum so she kind of held a little bit of resentment towards them at the moment.

Michiko nods her head slowly, smiling a bit. "He was nice..." she said. "He couldn't help me unfortunately. "No one can." She slowly took the handkerchief Ella offered her and wiped her eyes. "Thank you." she said to her, handing it back. "Hmm... He currently sleeps." she said. "He doesn't like it when I have friends. It angers him. Weakens him..." she explained. "Maybe that can be a weapon fight him." she said.

Ella was relieved to hear that her previous experience with an exorcist had been good and a smile spread across her face slowly, gently taking the handkerchief and putting it back into her pocket. "I'm afraid this is a demon you have to battle on your own... however, that doesn't mean you can't have support from the outside. I think if I were a demon I'd use isolation to attack my victims... if they feel like they're alone, it's more likely for them to give up.." She smiled softly.

"So yes, I believe that even if he doesn't like you to have friends it is actually the best for you." She nodded in agreement. "The less he controls your life , the better." She smiled kindly.

Michiko smiles and nods her head, before giving Elle a tight hug, trembling as she held her. "Thank you." she said to her.

Ella's eyes widened slightly as the girl suddenly came closer and hugged her but then a smile touched the corners of her lips and she wrapped her arms around Michiko. "Anytime, I'm here for anything you need." She assured holding her closely , hoping that her embrace would make the young woman feel at least a little safer."If he bothers you again or if you feel scared and the doctors aren't close don't doubt on coming to see me to my room, I'll be happy to be there for you." She added kindly. "My name is Ella by the way." She smiled, finally introducing herself.

"N-Nice to meet you Ella." Michiko said softly. "I-I'm Michiko." she said with a wide smile, eyes staring longingly and hopefully.

"Michiko, that's a very beautiful name" She commented. "Is it Japanese?" She asked curiously with a gentle smile before her head would turn towards the door. "Your door wasn't locked, which means you're probably allowed out of your room. Do you wanna go outside and take a walk around the courtyard? Maybe some air will do us good." She smiled.

Michiko nods her head slowly. "Yes. My mother was Japanese." she explained with a slight smile. Michiko was still shaking, but felt much better. "Oh? They leave my room unlocked?" she said as Ella told her that.

"They are foolish for giving you that much trust."

Michiko shivers as the voice in her head echoed through her, before shaking her head. "Outside?" she said to herself. "Yes, outside sounds nice." Michiko said with a shy smile, as she held onto Ella's hand.

"Oh I see." Ella nodded giving her a gentle smile as she explained that her mother was Japanese but then she realized the tense of her phrase. She had said 'was', in the past, which meant that her mother had passed away and she realized how insensitive she had been by smiling right away. She knew how hard it was to have lost a parent, in fact she had lost both of her own at a very young age so she understood it very well. However she chose not to make any comments about it for the time being.

"Yeah, they do leave the doors open for most of the patients, the only ones on lockdown are the dangerous ones apparently." She explained. "But they are in a different floor if I understood it correctly." She nodded before letting a smile touch the corners of her lips holding Michiko's hand as well and gently guiding her to the courtyard. "You have never gone outside? " She asked softly looking back at the girl.

She slowly shook her head. Michiko hadn't once ever left her room since she arrived at Vesania. She was too afraid. She didn't knew when the voice would command her, and make her do things. And she feared veing harshly punished by the staff for acting out. So usually found it best to remain in her room. "I don't go out much. Is it... Is it nice outside?" she asked.

Ella had to think her answer through.She didn't want to discourage Mochiko on leaving her room, after all she really did believe it'd do her good to leave those four walls for a little while but she didn't want to ie to her either. " Hmmmm well , there are much nicer places out of here but I guess... it is as nice as it can be in an asylum." She nodded. " There's grass and benches to sit... at least they have a place where we can get some air. Of course the huge walls and fences make the sights kind of sad but... it is much better than our windowless rooms" She assured with a kind smile holding the girl's hand as she guided her to the courtyard , gently pushing the door open for her to take a step outside.

Michiko sighs softly, as she followed Ella out of her room and slowly walked over towards her bedroom door, leading her outside, and slowly down the halls to the courtyard. She shivered with each step. She felt a bit curious and a bit fearful of everything she saw along the ways. From the security cameras, to the pictures hanging on the wall in décor, to the few rooms they passed by, They soon arrive by the door to the Courtyard. She took a deep breathe, and closes her eyes as Elle leads her out.

Holding her hands Ella carefully guided Michiko to the courtyard and gently pulled her outside of the building so that she'd feel the soft breeze running through her hair. She couldn't really imagine how horrible it must be to have been so many days without seeing the sun or the sky, without having taken even one single breath of fresh air. She also didn't understand how the staff of the asylum had allowed someone like Michiko to isolate herself so much that she wouldn't even leave her room.

"Voila!" She sang softly making jazz hands as if the courtyard was actually something special. "Welcome to the outside world." She giggled gently taking Michiko's hand again and slowly guiding her to walk her around the place.

Michiko gasped as she took a look around, her eyes scanning all over as the sun slowly shined down on h. Her body shivering as its bathed in warmth. Her cheeks blush red. "Whoa..." she said softly.

(Shall we move this to the outdoors section of the forums?)