cuckoo nest

[auborn]

Cuckoo Nest: The premise of the Cuckoo Nest plot is that a character is convinced that they are in an insane asylum (a Bedlam House is a popular choice), where they are told that the events of the series are actually hallucinations. -tvtropes

Post in with your character name, canon, etc., along with a brief description of how your character would end up committed and any diagnoses.

The Hospital

1. Your first time "waking up". How do you react to it? Firm denial? Or does it maybe make a little too much sense?

2. Time to meet your friends. Or are they? Are these really the people you know and love, or are they just the templates you used to imagine your friends?

3. Time to go exploring. That huge corporation that's been haunting your every move? Yeah, that's the cafeteria. Fortress of Solitude? Blanket fort. At least it's still pretty kickass.

4. Time to talk to your doctor! Maybe, between the two of you, you can work out a solution for your, er, problems.

5. Time to see your loved ones. Is someone dead in your reality but alive here? Maybe that person you've always had your eye on but never reciprocated is actually your spouse? Every Cuckoo Nest needs a Lotus-Eater Machine thrown in.

Reality(?)

6. Well, you're back. Everything's fine, right? But it's a little hard to shake that feeling that maybe this isn't quite.... real.

7. Your friends are starting to notice you're acting detached, weird. How are you going to explain this?

8. Maybe you should go do a little soul-searching, try to figure things out. No one will mind if you disappear from your responsibilities without explanation, right?

In-Between

9. You're starting to flash between realities now. Talking to friends, talking to your therapist... everything's starting to get muddled. How well are you keeping everything straight? Or are you at all?

10. It's now or never. You have to do something drastic to let go of this reality and make the leap to the really real one. How do you do it? And which one do you choose?

Comments

lovely! :)

[without_thatnoise]

[he looks up from his own breakfast with a smirk]

I suppose that depends on if anyone needs any cement, wouldn't you say?

[riverborntorun]

[She manages a wry chuckle, pushing her tray away from her.]
You're very right. Don't fancy we've got any architects in need of some building materials?

sorry this was so slow!

[without_thatnoise]

Building materials, hah. [he likes your wit]. Maybe one or two.... Personally, I'm more interested in the prospect of demolition....

That's all right, so was mine this time!

[riverborntorun]

Oh? [She leans an elbow on the table, putting her chin in her hand.] Demolishing what, if I may ask? I don't mean to pry but I've always been a fan of...explosions.

[without_thatnoise]

[he sees no need to be abstract, they all think he's mad, anyway. .... well, he is, but they've sorely misdiagnosed, is all, and he finds it insulting]

Oh, this place, of course. I was thinking it could use some.... air conditioning. Ahah.

[riverborntorun]

How very interesting. But you mustn't forget a bit of heat in the important rooms - say, the main office? Everyone in there's as cold as ice. Simply must do something for them.

[without_thatnoise]

[he lets out a rich, indulgent chuckle that's just on the tolerable side of sanity, rolling his eyes a little with glee. it's refreshing to have someone who speaks his language, here]

Such a considerate woman. I admire your sense of ... philanthropy.

[riverborntorun]

Well, I'm a giver. [A falsely modest shrug. She's clearly enjoying the praise from her kindred spirit.]

Which, coincidentally, rhymes with my name. River. And you are?

[without_thatnoise]

River. Hmm. A pleasure. As for my name, would you like the one they've saddled me with because they don't believe me.... Or what I'm actually called?

[riverborntorun]

[Another shrug, though this one is more of curiosity and a teensy bit of skepticism. What sort of delusions did he have? Well, best to play it civil. She knew what it was like not to be believed.]

If you like. River's not exactly on my psych evals, either.

[without_thatnoise]

Well, then. Rivah. [he says it with a sort of relish, arching an eyebrow] You can call me the Master.

[how do you like those apples?]