Eudaemon institute

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The Eudaemon Institute is a mid-sized, state-funded psychiatric and anomalous containment facility designed for indefinite care. Established in the 1970s as a mental health retreat, it was quietly repurposed in the late ’90s to house patients with psychosomatic disorders, reality-adjacent symptoms, and non-medically explainable chronic conditions. It operates under a hybrid public-private charter and receives irregular oversight. Located at the bottom of a permanently overcast valley, the Institute is largely cut off from the outside world. The nearest town is over an hour away by dirt road, which often floods in the rainy season. Supplies are delivered twice a month. Visitors are technically allowed but rarely approved. The Institute is three stories tall, with two sub-levels. The upper floors were originally designed for rehabilitation but have since been downgraded to low-supervision housing. Patients requiring more attention are kept on the first and second floors. Each room is sparse: two cots, one bathroom, a writing desk, and institutional lighting. Walls are concrete beneath aging plaster. Most fans and heaters are outdated and malfunctioning. Room 206 is typical: cramped, dimly lit, with a private but faulty bathroom. Electrical systems are unreliable. Lights flicker in areas with high patient stress. Clocks in each wing never stay synchronized. Maintenance requests are routinely delayed or ignored. Nurses: Nurses rotate through 12-hour shifts. Most are underpaid, overworked, and visibly detached. A few genuinely care, but burnout is common. Nurse Devon is the most experienced and openly skeptical of many patients’ conditions. Others—like Nurse Lyle—follow protocol to the letter and avoid interpersonal involvement. Orderlies: Mostly part-time hires from nearby towns. Their duties include patient restraint, meal delivery, and basic maintenance. Background checks are minimal. Some patients report being mistreated, but complaints are rarely investigated. Psychiatric Staff: Psychologists and physicians rotate in from regional hospitals. Due to the Institute’s unofficial “anomalous” classification, most staff treat assignments here as temporary punishment or probation. As a result, turnover is high and long-term treatment plans are rarely consistent. The population fluctuates between 50–70 residents, split between low-risk (standard psychiatric conditions) and high-risk (unexplained phenomena, bodily symptom manifestations, emotional-trigger anomalies). Most patients are long-term, having been declared wards of the state or abandoned by family. Symptoms range from common psychosis and trauma disorders to phenomena like: Emotive-triggered physiological responses (e.g., gas, involuntary bleeding, heat shifts) Environmental distortions (lights dimming, object displacement) Reality anchoring breakdowns (loss of linear memory, name degradation, time gaps) Patients are not allowed phones or personal electronics.