Eridan began to tremble with the strength of an earthquake from the words of the doctor. It only took four words to make him a complete mess. He tried to speak but what came out were little squeaks and noises, and tears began to pour. John merely jotted some words down on a clipboard and when he looked up, Eridan was struggling to free himself from the bed he was strapped to. John raised his voice sharply, saying a stern "Stop." and Eridan paused the struggle. "I received some information of what has been happening from Rose. The symptoms correspond to a list of things, but I'm not sure what to diagnose quite yet." Eridan scoffed, still shaking, stating, "Yeah, I know what it is. I'm crazy. Everyone thinks I am. That's why I'm trapped in a fucking padded cell wearing a straightjacket." John rolled his eyes. "Don't make this more difficult than it needs to be. We don't want you to hurt yourself or others, that's why." Eridan, blood boiling from anger, shouted, "I wasn't going to hurt ANYONE!" John merely added, "You killed Feferi Peixes and blinded Sollux Captor." He began to scribble again and Eridan let loose an agitated groan. "We just need to make sure you aren't a danger to yourself or anybody else here." Eridan raised his voice once more into a yell and yelled, "Of course! I'm a BIG FUCKING DANGEROUS BEAST!"

Two security officers entered the room again, standing by a wall and waiting for him to do anything 'wrong'. Eridan's whole body shook violently from anger at John and at himself for killing his used to be best friend and crush. Eridan screamed loudly and sobbed. John remained silent and jotted more words down. Eridan yelled, "You don't care about me! None of you do! Jade doesn't, the security doesn't, YOU, Dr. Egbert, couldn't give LESS of a shit, and R-" before he could finish, he remembered how Rose looked when he explained what has been going on to him. How she whiped away his tears, and how he knew that she knew...she knew that he didn't want to hurt her. Eridan was now the quiet one. John put his clipboard under his arm.
"That's enough for one day. Equius, Gamzee, I'd like you two to stay here and watch over him." he spoke to the security gaurds. "Oh and, Equius, make sure Gamzee doesn't mess things up. Again." Equius bowed, quietly saying, "Yes, sir." Gamzee seemed to be spacing out and John left the room, the sound of the door closing brought Gamzee out of his haze and he jumped, emmiting a loud honk. Equius brought the palm of his hand to his face, ashamed of the new security officer that was his partner.

Eridan stared at the ceiling, eyes red from crying so much recently. Gamzee walked up to his bed. "HeEeEeEeEey, buddy." he said. Eridan just scoffed and said, "What the hell do you want? Gamzee chuckled and said, "Aww, bro, don't be like that! Don't you worry, Dr. Egbert's gonna fix you the motherfuck up." Eridan grit his teeth and exclaimed, "Did I ever say I was broken?!" Gamzee honked his clown horn he carried with him and replied, "Nah, bro. But Dr. Egbert's the man, man. He'll make you feel much better, you hear?" Eridan averted his eyes from the clown, unable to actually move his head away, remaining silent. "Man, why do you have to be like that? I'm just trying to start a simple motherfuckin' conversation." Equius approached them. "Gamzee, please. Try not to speak with the patient."

Gamzee turned to face Equius and frowned. "Why not? He's funny." Equius sighed and stated, "He is not funny. He is a patient in this fine establisment and must not be disturbed. Please forgive me, Eridan. Pay us no mind." Eridan grunted in response, staring at the wall. What was this supposed to do to help him!? Just staring into nothingness is not treatment, it's torture! Jade knocked on the door and opened it. "Knock knock! It's time for lunch, Eridan! I'll show you to the dining room. Gentlemen, if you will?" Equius nodded and released the binds from Eridan, leaving him in his jacket, but adjusting it to allow movement of the legs. "How the fuck am I supposed to eat like this?!" Jade merely noted, "We help you." Eridan glared. "Are you serious?! I'm supposed to try to make fuckin' friends, how am I supposed to make friends with these assholes if I'm being fed like a baby?!" Jade pat him on the back. "Relax. It'll be fine." Eridan was escorted out to a room with a group of people sitting at a large table. Eridan sat down, looking to them. Jade grinned and said, "Everybody, this is Eridan. Eridan, when introducing, tell your name, age, and illness." Eridan stayed quiet, mumbling "This is bullshit." Jade frowned. "Eridan, either behave or go back to your room." Eridan rolled his eyes and muttered, "Eridan Ampora, 18, and I don't even fuckin' know because Dr. Egdumbass hasn't diagnosed me yet." Jade raised her voice a bit, "Eridan, last chance." Jade pointed to a girl with long black locks of hair.

"My name is Aradia Megido. I am seventeen. And I am dead." Jade gave her a look and cleared her throught. "Ahem~!" Aradia sighed and said, "I 'falsely believe' that I am dead." She looked over to a boy not sitting at a bench at the table but at the end in a wheelchair. "U-Uh...Um...I'm Tavros N-N-Nitram. I'm sevent-t-t-teen...and I have a-a-a-anthropophobia, which is...um...fear of people." Jade gave Tavros a round of applause. "That's the best you've ever done! Good job!" Tavros cracked a small smile and looked to the boy sitting next to Aradia, tapping his foot at the speed of a rabbit. "Karkat. Seventeen. REAL. I'M REAL. EVERYONE ELSE IS FAKE. SIX NINE, SIX NINE, I KNOW THE CODE. SIX NINE. SIX NINE. JESUS HELP ME." Equius and Gamzee then collected Karkat, returning him to his room. Jade cleared her throught and stated, "He's a paranoid schizophrenic. Next?" A girl sat there, digging her nails into the table and giggling. "Ahaa...ha...ha.. I'm Nepeta, I'm sixteen and I'm...I don't know. What did you say it was again, Miss Jade?" Jade rolled her eyes, annoyed. "Lack of morality." Nepeta added on, "What she said!" Another girl spoke up, "I'm Kanaya. I'm seventeen and I am anorexic."

Kanaya glanced over to a girl that was giggling in a very insane way. "I'm Terezi Pyrope, seventeen, and I can smell what other people can't smell. Also, Nepeta is my best friend." Nepeta and Terezi then proceeded to do a special handshake under the table. A girl with silver glasses and a devious smile went next. "IIIIIIII am Vriska Serket and I am seventeen. People say I have OCD, but they are just-" Jade inturrupted. "Okay! That's almost everyone. The two other new people who just arrived are still in their rooms. You will meet them at dinner time. It's time for group therapy!" Vriska spoke up once more. "Oh, joy, ooooooooh rapture, nobody gives a shit." Eridan began to notice a pattern with Vriska. She would always speak in eights. Sometimes eight letters, always eight words per sentence. They left the dining room and entered a small lounge room with a television, four couches, a coffee table, and a large chair. Rose entered the room as well and sat down at the larger chair. Eridan ended up sitting next to Nepeta, Terezi, Karkat (he was dragged out at the last minute), and Tavros, who wheeled himself next to a couch but was dragged over by Vriska. Eridan couldn't help but notice how Vriska kept whispering in an aggressive tone to Tavros, but he was too intimidated to move away. Nepeta and Terezi sat right next to each other and giggled. Wait...were they holding hands? Then, he noticed Vriska giving flirty eyes to Kanaya, which Kanaya returned with a small chuckle and waving her fingers in an equally flirty way. Oh Jesus. Some hospital this turned out to be. Everybody's hooking up!

Eridan barely listened to Rose as she did her main therapy segment. It didn't much apply to him at all. She explained about ways to keep a positive outlook, though Eridan had tried many of those methods before and they didn't end up working. "Does anybody want to add anything?" Tavros began to raise his hand but Vriska grabbed his shoulder, digging her nails in. This time, Rose took notice. "Vriska, let go." Vriska looked around the room then let go of Tavros's shoulder. Tavros raised his hand and Rose pointed to him. "Go ahead, the floor is yours." Tavros stuttered for a moment before saying. "M-Miss Lalonde, uh...what if you've had a really bad day and these, um, don't work out?" Rose smiled sincerely and answered, "There is always something. There are things that trigger negative emotions and positive in all of us. You just need to find out the right thing that helps you." Tavros, smile growing, responded with a quiet "Thank you." Eridan thought about her words. He just needed to find a positive trigger. His positive trigger was Feferi until it changed into a negative one. Now she's more negative than before, and dead. All of a sudden, the room changed to a black hole once more. He let out a scream and flailed. The whole room became a huge dark hole which threatened to engulf him. In reality, he was shaking like a leaf in his chair, flailing around. Rose quickly stood and touched his face. "Eridan! Eridan, come back to us! It's not real!" Eridan barely heard the echos of Rose's voice and returned to reality. "What...happened?" he asked. "This place...i-it became..." The rest of the patients stared at him. Vriska chuckled under her breath, trying to force other people into laughing. Rose shot everybody a look. "Alright. Show's over. Equius, could you please help Eridan back to his room? I'll be along in a moment. Let Dave take over." Before Eridan knew what was going on, he was being lead back to his room, strapped down yet again and left in there for who knows how long.