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Bethlem

Banner by the ever-so-blonde [The Blonde Witch] :D

In the middle of the English countryside, nestled in the middle of forest covered hills, almost completely surrounded by a clear, running river and accessible only by a single, winding road, is Bethlem.

Bethlem Mental Institute, a self-sufficient asylum, designed so that the outside world could forget about its existence – about the existence of the mentally insane patients imprisoned within. And it did.

In the lower levels of the asylum, that descend deep within the earth; something was awoken. And from that day onwards, a shadow hung over Bethlem. What was once the institute at the forefront of scientific discovery fell into slow decay. As time passed, what had been awoken deep within the building grew stronger, and festered, and fed.

Its influence spread, communications to the outside world ceased. And everyone forgot about Bethlem.

Occasionally, a new patient arrived, destined to live out the remainder of their days behind the slow, crumbling walls of the asylum. Their well-intentioned relatives could never quite remember the name of the asylum where they had left their loved one, but they were sure it was top class. And gradually, they forgot they’d even got a brother, or a son, or a cousin tucked away in some forsaken institute.

Your arrival is one of several, even as they leave down the winding road which will take them back to civilisation, the name of the asylum is slipping from the memory of those who brought you.

Welcome to Bethlem, prison of the forgotten. Your neighbour is insane, nothing better can be said of yourself. And you may find that your stay will be very short, for in the depths the creature stirs.

Case Files * Schizophrenia

Rules:

1. No power playing. A first post displaying power playing will be deleted, and you will be warned. A second post of the same nature will get you banned from the RP.

2. Your character is not God. They cannot block or dodge every attack, and they are not invincible. Your character's knowledge is limited to what they have been told. You must be able to understand that just because you know something doesn’t mean your character does.

3. No chatspeak or leet talk in the RP. Decent grammar and spelling are also required. If you’re unsure of a spelling, invest in a dictionary. Small mistakes are tolerable, but don’t be offended if someone else fixes a spelling in your post.

4. If you don’t give other people a chance to respond to your post, you don’t stay. You must appreciate that not everyone is online at the same time, and give the time to respond. Don't give characters something to respond to, and then make ten more posts so there's no point in the responding. If you do this, you will be asked to stop. If you continue you will be asked to leave.

5. Please tell us in a comment on the RP or a message if you will be away from Elftown for any length of time. If you are on Elftown, but inactive in the RP for more than a week, we will contact you via a message. If, after another week, you have not become active again, your character will be written out. Of course, if there is a reason for your absence from the RP, we will be more obliging. But please inform us somehow of your absence and whether you intend to return, and when.

6. It's essential that you are prepared to allow your character to get hurt. Possibly severely hurt. If you don't like the idea of your character being injured, go away.

7. This is more of a suggestion than a rule, but spread the insanity-wiki love and give Alexa's Project a visit. Very interesting. :D

So you want to sign up? The bio form can be found on the character bios page (Case Files). RP will take place on Schizophrenia.

Run by [iippo] & [windowframe].

2008-11-07 [windowframe]: Templar, we got rid of the dual pages because the fewer pages, the more likely the RP to survive, it seems. *clickes the yootoob linkage*

2008-11-07 [Aradon Templar]: Yeah, I agree. I think switching back and forth was a bit of a hassle, and made it harder to check on earlier events. Are we still going to have periods where everyone simply goes insane, like switching to the insane page, or are we generally all just going to be mentally unstable all the time?

2008-11-07 [Crankychangeling]: This looks quite interesting.

2008-11-07 [Ms. Steel]: Is there a pending deadline for character submissions?

2008-11-07 [Evolution X]: Sent my character to Silverfire! Hope he's up to scratch.

2008-11-07 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: Same here! No one has sent me a reply... o_o'

2008-11-07 [Evolution X]: Wanna see mine?... my character I mean

2008-11-07 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: Yush!

2008-11-07 [Evolution X]: WOOT! Sending it in messages

2008-11-07 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: Okay! Wanna see mine? :D

2008-11-07 [Evolution X]: Yes please ^_^

2008-11-07 [The Black Cat in Your Path]: YAY!

2008-11-08 [windowframe]: No, Ixel, there's no deadline as such, but we'll close entry when we get 6-8 decent characters, and you should so sign up! I miss you. :) To everyone who's sent in bios, thanks, we've got them, but have still to read them (I went home this weekend and computer access is very limited) we hope to get through them on Monday.

2008-11-09 [Duke Devlin]: Awhhh you guys are so efficient and professional-like. :)

2008-11-09 [Evolution X]: I DENY ALL!

2008-11-09 [Aradon Templar]: I think they've had a lot of practice at sorting and processing materials after their work with the RP tourney :P

2008-11-10 [Avatar15]: :O Oh my. This sounds amazing... I might join.

2008-11-10 [Ms. Steel]: Thanks, Silvie! I miss playing with you, too! I'mma working on it. :-)

2008-11-10 [windowframe]: Wheeee! ^^

2008-11-12 [The Blood Angel]: I'm so tempted

2008-11-13 [windowframe]: Hokae, people who's bios have been accepted, you need to make a decision (and tell me what you decide, too :P): do you want your character to be a new arrival, or to have been in the asylum a while? Lemme know asap, so we can start... asap. :P

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