This was originally going to be posted at the end of the story, but since it has been over two weeks since my last update, I feel that I owe you patient readers something. This is just a bit of extra info on my OCs, in the form of Murkoff patient case files. This will not spoil anything in the story; this was just something fun I thought I would do to give more insight on the characters' backgrounds. Chapter 9 will be posted ASAP. The reason it's taking so long is because I'm at the final stretch of my senior year, coupled with the fact that I am going to college part time. It also doesn't help that I have an honors English class, along with a Creative Writing class :/. So, you get this in the meantime. Thank you for being patient!
MURKOFF PSYCHIATRIC SYSTEMS
PROJECT WALRIDER
Mount Massive CO
Case Number: 487
Patient Initials: SQP
Consultation Dated: 2013.09.03
Initial Date of Patient Consult: 2013.08.29
Patient Age: 43
Gender: Male
Observing Physician: Dr. Joan Holland
THERAPY STATUS:
Poleski has been receiving standard therapy since his arrival at Mount Massive five days ago. He is one of our more docile charges, and will require more promptings to get him caught up with his fellow patients. I am confident, however, that in time he will make an exceptional candidate for PROJECT WALRIDER.
DIAGNOSTICS:
N/A
INTERVIEW NOTES:
The patient, despite being admitted to Mount Massive Asylum for the attempt on his boss' life, has hardly shown any signs of having any mental illness. Upon first glance, one would be unable to find any problem with the man, other than that he is rather shy. In our most recent session, he opened up to me about his childhood home life. He mentioned that he lived in a duplex with his alcoholic father and no mother or siblings.
He explained that as a child, and I suspect as an adult as well, he was very meek and would get harassed at school by the other children. At some points he would even come home with broken glasses and external injuries. He claimed that, upon seeing his son in a weakened state, his father would become irate. His father, after berating him, would force him into the bathroom, fill the sink with cold water, and proceed to hold his head under the surface until near drowning. This would explain the patient's innate fear of large amounts of water.
During our session, he had asked me to remove the small mirror I keep on my desk. He explained to me that often times during his abuse, his father would hold him roughly by his hair, after dunking his head in the sink, and force him to look at himself in the mirror. As he did this, his father would tell him how weak he was, sometimes even bashing his head into the bathroom mirror.
After the death of his father, he had married. A year later, he and his wife had a child named Emily. Soon after the birth of their daughter, his wife became ill and died several years later. He was found mentally unfit to care for the child, and Child Services was contacted. The child was removed from his custody and is living with her grandmother in Nevada. The loss of his daughter, coupled with the stress from his workplace, took a toll on his psyche.
MURKOFF PSYCHIATRIC SYSTEMS
PROJECT WALRIDER
Mount Massive CO
Case Number: 253
Patient Initials: SPC, "Watcher"
Consultation Dated: 2013.02.12
Initial Consultation Date: 2013.02.09
Patient Age: 42
Gender: Male
Observing Physician: Dr. Jeremiah Kevorkian
THERAPY STATUS:
The patient has only just arrived three days ago. Treatment will be administered once more information is available.
DIAGNOSTICS:
N/A
INTERVIEW NOTES:
It has only been three days, and Mr. Seamus Connelly has already made a name for himself among the asylum's residents. He is currently being detained in Prison Block D. His fellow inmates have nicknamed him "Watcher" because of his ability to "watch and listen". For reasons yet to be known to Murkoff staff, Mr. Connelly seems to have gained information pertaining to PROJECT WALRIDER. Vague details, mind you, but still he has managed to scare his surrounding cellmates with the information he has somehow acquired. We have all available staff members keeping an eye on him, trying to find out how he is getting this information.
His immaculate observation skills do not stop at the company's activities; he has also managed to alert me of one of the new orderlies slipping drugs to some of the patients in Block A during one of our meetings. His intel was correct, and the orderly was dealt with, but it is most worrisome how he seems to be able to know what is going on in areas outside of his own block. I recommend moving him into solitary confinement until a proper consensus on how to handle him can be reached.
The patient has been diagnosed with OCD, along with Antisocial Personality Disorder. He was brought in on murder and rape charges. According to the Colorado authorities, he had been stalking a woman for several weeks, and when he felt that he had gathered enough information, he broke into the woman's home and stabbed her repeatedly with a hunting knife. He then proceeded to violate her as she bled out.
Not much is known about his past, other than what little he has disclosed to me during our meetings. He has no known family members, although he claims that his birthparents were Irish immigrants who came overseas. That is the only information he has on them, for he was placed in an orphanage at a young age. He is a perfect candidate for treatment, for he will not be missed.
MURKOFF PSYCHIATRIC SYSTEMS
PROJECT WALRIDER
Mount Massive CO
Case Number: 311
Patient Initials: SLC
Consultation Dated: 2013.6.19
Initial Consultation Date: 2013.02.23
Patient Age: 38
Gender: Male
Observing Physician: Dr. Neil Wolfram
THERAPY STATUS:
Patient is prepped and ready to begin stage 2 of the H-therapy.
DIAGNOSTICS:
Patient has shown total amnesia after receiving the treatment. There is a small side-effect of irritability and sleep loss, but that is inconsequential compared to the progress of our work.
INTERVIEW NOTES:
Like our last several sessions, the patient has refused to answer any of my questions. He just sits in his chair and does not make eye contact with me. This, while annoying, is not unusual among patients undergoing the H-therapy treatment. Even before the treatment, Mr. Cale had shown a complete disregard for authority, and that seems to only have increased with the H progression.
While he does not answer my questions, he does still talk during our sessions. Only a little, but from that small amount I have discovered that he is very self-assured of himself. He even goes as far as to belittle me. This immature behavior most likely stems from his childhood and is deep-rooted into his psyche.
I feel that with further hypnotherapy treatment we can break him of his superiority-complex, and then eventually he can move on to the Walrider Project.