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The following is a piece of writing submitted by Pert on December 29, 2008
"This post is a Grab Bag which uses the following words: bloated, cassette, sanctimonious, hushed, spill. Based on what I my best friend experienced."

Community Based Treatment Unit

Jane was bloated. So much, in fact, that she reminded Hoshi of that bird from Chicken Run, execpt that she rocked back and forth as she walked, and huffed like Darth Vader from one flight of stairs. She began her sanctimonious lecture as she handed Hoshi her knitting needle. "You really shouldn't have these. You know, some kid could take one and stab someone. That's why here on the CBTU, we don't allow those."

"I really doubt that, seeing as how I'm not allowed to use it when I'm not supervised. I don't care for the Community-Based Treatment Unit, either. Nor do I care for you."

Jane's eyes narrowed. "Excuse me? Do you want to be on Unit Restrict, young lady? If you can't leave the unit, you can't go outside, and I know you love plants because you have three of them in your room, and if I have any say in it, those will be gone by morning, so if I were you, I'd watch my mouth."

"Now you're going to tell me that that's why I'm here. I've told you, I'm not here on this stupid psyche ward for behavioral problems!" Hoshi snapped. Her arm reached for the cassette on the table. And threw it in Jane's face.

Soon enough, Hoshi had been (quite literally) picked up and and droped in the Quiet Room, causeing her drink, which had been sitting on the table, to spill. There she stayed from 6:00 to 9:00, her furious screams constantly hushed by insensitive staff. Then, exhausted, she collapsed into a dreamless sleep. Perhaps, in the morning, the world would be a kinder place.

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