She felt self conscious of her newly shortened hair, an unfortunate necessity in preparation for her treatment, but she decided to venture out into the halls, cautiously watching and wondering as she held her blanket close for comfort.

“Well…. I suppose I could help you figure out where you’re supposed to be, I…” Sidney glanced at her watch. “My 10am appointment is a no-show, so I have a minute.” She took a deep breath, then stood up, holding her hand out to the young girl to help her up. “Why don’t you come with me? I can see if you have rooming and doctor assignments, and maybe get through a physical? Usually we have patients go through a physical examination upon admission. Would that be alright?”

“Thanks miss” Violet said politely, struggling up onto her feet though she did take Sidney’s hand to help her. The floor hadn’t exactly been a comfortable place to sit but she felt it was the safest option. She just nodded at the woman’s offer, feeling a little overwhelmed from the amount of things and the sheer size of the place, it was just starting to settle in that this was home now. “Will it hurt?” she asked innocently, looking up at Sidney

“Oh…” Sidney nodded, biting her lip in thought. She was in the middle of rounds, but her current patient couldn’t seem to be found at the moment. There was probably time to take care of helping this new patient out, since her appointments were never really on the schedule she set them anyway. “That’s alright, I can help you figure something out. Did you see intake yet? They usually do the interviews and medical history when you first arrive. They should have given you a room number there… When you receive your rooming assignment you can bring all of your belongings there and get settled in.” Sidney tilted her head. “You’re a medical patient, right? You had the right idea; this is the ward where your assignment should be.”

Violet smiled a little at the woman, glad to see a friendly face and hoping she could help out, after all Violet didn’t want to get in trouble as soon as she got here. She shook her head at the mention of intake. “No I haven’t seen anyone, just the person who dropped me off. They didn’t say anything about what to do” she shrugged, it all sounded very complicated and slightly overwhelming to the young girl though she supposed this was her life now. She nodded at the question of if she was a medical patient.

— 🥀 he’s put on a smile for the others around him, to make sure that even if people are down, the newest staff member isn’t. he knows that s m i l i n g is contagious, and seeing the young girl holding her toy reminds him so much of his sister that his smile only grows. “ hi violet !! i’m tyler. and you don’t have to know, that’s what i’m here for !!”

His smile is reassuring for Violet, who doesn’t feel like she’s seen a friendly face since she arrived. “hi” she greets him back, a little shy but not feeling just as uncomfortable any more. She goes to stand up with her monkey still in hand, glad that at least somebody knows what she should do. “they kinda just left me here, so I didn’t know”

There was a burst of guilt as soon as the girl’s weary tone hit Eden’s ears, though she knew it was a bit too late to go back. “No, you’re fine, honey,” she shook her head, offering the girl a sweet smile. “Thank you,” Eden smiled, “you’re more than welcome to hide out in here for as long as you’d like. But what’s got you scared?”

Violet seemed to relax a little when Eden said it was okay, holding her toy monkey in a slightly looser grip as her fingers moved across the fur to calm her. “Thanks” she said quietly, glad she had found somewhere that felt more safe. She knew people had told her there were places they could go and sit or do things but it all felt overwhelming to the young girl. “Its so...loud here, and I guess im not used to it yet. I miss home”

Cory smiled at the girl, he could tell she was a little nervous. “As your therapist, it’s my job to help you get better. We’ll have meetings every once and a while and just talk.” He finished his facial expression shifting slightly. “Can you tell me why you’re here?” he thought briefly “you don’t have to tell me, at least not right now but it will help me, help you get better.” 

Violet listened to his explanation, it did help her feel less nervous now that she knew a bit more about what was going on. She gently ran her hands over her toy monkeys soft fur, that always helped when talking about things that made her feel sad. “The doctor said I have cancer, and mom thought being here would help” Violet said quietly, her eyes not meeting Cory’s for a moment “it sucks, I liked being home and having fun”

Cory had been wandering looking for his patients when he saw the young girl sitting in the corridor. “You don’t happen to be THE Violet Crawford?” He asked leaning down so he was level with her. “If so that would mean that I’m your therapist, My name is Cory.” he said holding out his hand “That’s a very nice monkey you have there, does he have a name?” 

Violet was a little confused at first but she nodded, hugging her monkey close to her chest though she looked less nervous when he explained. “Hi” she said softly, she’d never had a therapist before and wasn’t exactly sure what that would entail but at least he seemed nice enough, reaching to shake his hand after a moment though the other still clung to her toy “His name is Leo. He was a good luck present from my mom”

“I’m Winnie,” Eloise smiled, glad to see another patient who appeared close to her age. She’d been lonely after West had left. Everyone else was either a young adult or super tiny kid. “To be honest, there isn’t much. There’s a library though, if you like reading. And sometimes they let us go outside.”

“Hi” Violet smiled back, glad to see another person here who was around her age too. It had been a little scary just been dropped off here with a load of adults, and she could do with some friends if she wanted to settle in. “I like reading sometimes, not super long stuff but its nice” Violet shrugged

It was sheer coincidence that Charlie ran into the new girl. He had seen a lot of new faces in the institute. He just came back from his weird ass nap in one of his favorite quiet spots. Even though the nightmares weren’t as bad as usual he did wake up with his head filled with unimportant thoughts and ramblings. 

“H-Hey I’m Charlie. If it’s your first day you can do whatever you want. They normally start bugging you after a day of four-” He sat down in front of her his legs already being sore from the short walk he just took. He really did need to listen to Sebastian and start running daily or something… Because this was ridiculous. “But with that being said… What do you want to do? We have some cool things around-”

Violet had just decided that sitting in the corridor seemed a safe thing to do whilst she worked out what was happening and where she was supposed to be. The girl was already missing her family, it felt so lonely here especially when the only people she did see around were strangers she didn’t know if she could trust yet. At least they had let her keep monkey with her. She looked up when a voice sounded out and she noticed a boy sit across from her.

“Hi” she greeted him shyly “I don’t know. I haven’t been somewhere like this before. I never even went to a proper school cos I was busy working”

The hallways of the hospital were eerily quiet in contrast to the chaotic deterioration of the facility prior to Dr. Robert Wright’s so-called “recovery” of Brielle Institute. Dr. Sidney Seuss was walking through the children’s medical ward, looking for someone, but the patient’s bedroom light was off, door closed. She knocked to be sure, but from the corner of her eye she saw the girl sitting against the wall. She took a few steps back, waiting a moment to see if anyone would answer the door. There was no answer, so Sidney approached the young girl, smiling kindly in silent greeting. 

“Violet… Violet Crawford?” Sidney recalled the list of new admissions, her memory practically picture perfect. “Hi, I’m Dr. Seuss… I’m not your doctor, but Dr. Ramsey is.” She knelt down next to the girl and sat next to her. “Have you met him yet? Or did you just arrive?”

Violet had just found the relatively quiet spot to sit and wait, unsure of what was supposed to be happening. The person who had brought her to the childrens ward and dropped her off inside seemed nice enough but now she was alone and that scared her a little bit, especially after witnessing some things on their way here that showed not everyone was nice. She was just picking at her soft toy monkeys fur when Sidney approached her, looking up at the womans voice.

“Yeah, thats me” Violet said, her voice slightly quieter and shakier than usual but it was her nerves showing through “Hi. I just got here, the person dropped me off but they didn’t say what I should do. So I just sat down here”

“Hi, I’m...I don’t know what we have to do. I’m Violet”