Thoughtless Tribulations

Chapter One: Clever Little Boy

The pain was unbearable, as every ounce of her being screamed out in agony. There had to be some remedy out there to ease her pain, some capable doctor she could trust enough to put her life in their hands. The doctor currently "helping" her was nothing but a twat. The only thing he could do was pump seemingly endless amounts of useless drugs into her body before calling the nurses to hold down and inject sedatives into her spasming body during one of her, what the doctor described as, episodes...

Oh, and let's not forget about the Shock Shop.

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"Did you hear about the girl who escaped the asylum down in Capeford?"

"Yes, but only a tad bit. I am acquaintances with Lillie, the girl's cousin. Though last I saw her she had no intention of speaking about the matter. I didn't press her to tell me, in fear I would upset her further. Do you know what happened?"

"She was deemed clinically insane, and the doctors have no hope for her to recover. I heard she had arrived to a hospital claiming she had contracted an illness that had caused her bouts of extreme pain, yet she was clueless as to the cause. Rumor is that she had nearly killed her nurse during one of these fits. I also heard that she had started cutting crosses into her forehead when she was left unattended. Apparently, after that they had to remove anything shiny from her room, otherwise she would become hysterical and start ranting of memories from a past life and some other nonsense. Of course, at that point they had already moved her to an asylum. It sounds like the doctors had decided to use electroshock therapy on the poor girl. They probably ended up scrambling her brain even more than it already was".

"Well no wonder she escaped. If I was in her shoes I would have done the same thing. Those institutes have no idea what the hell they are doing. Electroshock therapy doesn't actually work. They just say that so they can hurt their patients. I swear to God that those insane asylums are really just torture chambers for the mentally ill. When did this all happen?"

"She escaped within the past week or so. The authorities have put out a warning to the residents of the town that she must be found and detained immediately, because she is a danger to herself and others."

Roki had been sitting on the bench at the train station for nearly an hour, and for the past twenty minutes she listened to these women from the next bench over. These women who were gossiping about her. Roki had to admit she was slightly surprised that the younger lady of the two actually knew her cousin, but upon further inspection it didn't seem that farfetched. After all,she was just like Lillie. 'Just another stuck up daddy's girl who could buy anything the world has to offer from her father's fortune.' Her family had disowned her after this, to put it lightly, little misunderstanding. They were just another wealthy family trying to rise up in the rank of social classes the best they could. The most likely reason that Lillie was upset about this was because of bad press and gossip. Though, this was a great opportunity for them to cut ties with her.

The reason being so was because of the fact that Roki was a bastard child. The woman she called mother, was not related to her by blood. But that hadn't seemed to bother either in the slightest, for the loved each other very deeply that blood ties did not matter. Her mother was barren, unable to have children of her own. 'Mother knew right from wrong, and decided to place blame on father's faltering loyalty instead of me. Though even in the midst of an affair, she still forgave father for his sins. That pig of a man doesn't deserve her forgiveness.' Oh how Roki missed her mother. They hadn't seen each other since she had become sick. At the time her father had very insistent that Roki was ready for the courtship of men, preferably those of a higher social standing. Of course, that what he and the rest of her damn family was worried about. Moving up the ranks in social class to improve their worth. Her mother had told her not to worry about her father and just choose the one who was the most good to her. Roki had preferred to not choose at all, which ended up happening due to her failing health. 'That was the only good thing that came out of becoming sick.'