"Hey babe, you okay?" A man stands in front of Roxy.

"W-who are you?" she replies.

"It's me, Doctor Cronus. We just signed you in and sat down, don't you remember?" he says.

"W-what? Where am I? What did I check into?" she's very confused. Cronus stares at her.

"Okay, something's wrong. We're in Scratch's Home for the Mentally Ill. Do you remember?" He puts a hand on her shoulder.

"N-no, I don't..." she says shakily. Roxy looks down at her clothes. "Wh-what am I wearing?! I don't remember wearing these clothes!" She starts to panic.

"Quick, get Jane," he says to an assistant.

"I-I-I need to go home, I need to get out of here." She stands up and pushes past Cronus. He grabs onto her wrist.

"You aren't going anywhere, babe," he says. She pries his fingers off of her arm and runs to the main door. She tries the handle: locked.

"Hey, let me out!" she yells. Some of the other patients in the room notice her. "I need to get home! Please, let me out!" she screams. One patient starts to shake, scream, and run around the room. A doctor stabs him with a sedative syringe. Cronus grabs Roxy's arms and holds them behind her back.

"You need to calm down Roxy!" he says loudly. She kicks him in the groin. Cronus collapses onto the floor, wailing, almost in tears. Roxy pounds on the door.

"Let me out! Please! I don't belong here!" Another patient starts screaming gibberish, a few assistants cover his mouth and make him sit down.

"Your name's Roxy, isn't it?" a woman says, coming out of her office. Roxy turns around.

"W-who are you?" she says shakily.

"I'm the warden. You're causing quite the ruckus, aren't you? You can call me Her Imperial Condescension, or The Condesce." The Condesce walks in between Roxy and Cronus. "This is your home now. You're staying here," she chuckles. Jane rushes into the room and helps Cronus up.

"What? No, I can't stay here... my family's waiting for me back at home!" She shuffles away from The Condesce. She grabs Roxy's hand.

"Come with me, it's okay." The Warden leads her down the hall. "You're safe here, we only want to help you," she smiles.

"N-no, I don't want to be locked up..." Roxy pleads.

"Oh, don't worry, we aren't going to lock you up. I'm just bringing you to your room so that you can get settled. After, you can get acquainted with the other patients." She pushes Roxy into the room and closes the door.

"Wait!" she yells, but The Condesce is already gone. Roxy can feel herself start to cry. "This... this can't be happening... I don't belong here..." she mutters to herself. She sits down on one of the beds and holds herself. "God, what did I do to deserve this..." she cries quietly. Roxy gets the sudden feeling that someone's watching her. She turns her head and sees a woman with long black hair. "H-hello," Roxy says, wiping away her tears.

"Hi. Name's Vriska," the woman says.

"I'm Roxy." She turns to face her.

"So what're you in here for?" Vriska says with a smile.

"To be honest, I don't really know," Roxy says. "I can't remember how I got here either." She shakes her head. "What about you?" she points at Vriska.

"Me, heh heh..." she chuckles. "I was kidnapped by some drug dealers and they drove me insane," she snickers. Roxy's eyes widen.

"Oh, I'm sorry." She looks at her hands in her lap.

"Nah, it's fine, I'm over it." She tosses her arm at Roxy.

"Then how come you're still here?" she asks. Vriska's smile turns into a frown.

"Well, they say I can't leave. That I'm not cured yet. Pfft, cured. I fucking hate that they say cured. It makes me so fucking angry." She shakes her head.

"Yeah, that's a little crue-" Roxy is interrupted by loud wailing and shrieking coming from down the hall. Someone was screaming bloody murder, as if their worst nightmare was slowly dragging out their intestines and pouring bleach into the giant gash in their stomach, all while they watch in horror. Roxy covers her ears until it dies down. "J-jesus! Who keeps screaming?!" she says angrily. Vriska hangs her head and stays silent.

"It's Karkat," she simply says, hiding her face from Roxy's. "He does this every night."

"What're they doing to him?!" Roxy sits next to her.

"They aren't doing anything to him. He's doing it to himself." She turns away from her.

"Why?! how can anyone sleep in this place with him screaming all night?!" she argues.

"HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT YOU'RE IN A FUCKING MENTAL HOSPITAL?! MAYBE YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT PEOPLE HERE ARE FUCKING CRAZY, ROXY. BECAUSE KARKAT MAY DO SOME AWFUL THINGS TO HIMSELF, BUT IT'S NOT HIS FAULT AND WE ALL GIVE HIM RESPECT FOR THAT BECAUSE HE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF SHIT, OKAY ROXY?!" she yells, looking directly into Roxy's eyes. She huffs a bit before saying, "Get off of my bed." Roxy quickly gets up, not speaking to Vriska any more. Doctor Cronus walks in, guiding a few of the patients to their room.

"Hey babe," he says, almost as if nothing happened. "I heard some yelling so I came to check on you two."

"We're fine," Vriska grumbles. Two more girls walked into the room.

"Well, it's time for bed." Cronus says, coming into the room more. Another doctor walks in with him. She tells Vriska to lie down. She does as she's told and the nurse straps her into bed.

"Hey, Doctor?" Roxy says to Cronus. "I'm sorry about earlier when I kicked you." She sits down on her bed.

"Oh, it's no problem. Stuff like that happens more often than you'd think," he chuckles.

The female doctor comes over and says nicely, "Could you lie down, sweetie?" Roxy looks at the other patients who are strapped into their beds.

"Wait, why?" she says, feeling a little uncomfortable.

"Sorry, it's a safety regulation that we have to keep you in bed at night," she says with a frown.

"Well, alright..." Roxy sighs, laying down. The woman puts Roxy's arms at her side.

"I'm Jane, by the way," she smiles.

"I'm Roxy," She says, forcing a smile. Jane puts a tight strap around her chest, a slightly loose one around her waist, and a tight one around her feet. Roxy leans her head back onto her pillow and sighs.

"It's okay Roxy, things will hopefully get better," Jane says before leaving the room.

"Goodnight girls!" Cronus chimes, then winks at Roxy. He closes and locks the metal door. Roxy sits in silence, the moonlight shone through the barred windows; being the only light in the room. Roxy feels her eyes become heavy, and she drifts into sleep.