Prank Day 2003

     Once again the majority of activities on 2003's Prank Day had to be
classified.  Fortunately enough happened before the Merry Pranksters got busy
that I've got some stories to tell.
     Things got off to an early start when badge number 53 of the Jennies
started her morning rounds.  As had been happening far too often recently
she had begun her patrol after the sun rose rather than before counting on her
literal and figurative sisters-in-arms to cover for her tardiness.  Blood
being thicker than water the other Jennies had been but it was becoming
obvious to them that these late starts stemmed from laziness rather than sleep
related problems.  To make matters worse she had drawn the attention of both
Pumas by gossiping a bit too much about Security Department matters to other
staff members.  When the rumours she started got back to them they went
looking for the source which wasn't too hard to find.  Uni wanted to start
issuing demerits but Ani decided while that might make her a bit more cautious
temporarily to change her ways permenantly a short sharp shock would be more
effective.  Which was why this particular Jenny ran into Ani and Armitage while
loitering in a quiet corridor.



     With Armitage's help it was simple for Ani to subdue and process this new
patient.  Ani's theory was that spending a day muzzled in a nice quiet room
would teach her the value of silence and the consequences of being slow to
make her rounds.  As Ani mentioned to her if she had followed her patrol
schedule she would have been in a public area by then and they wouldn't have
been able to make her disappear for the day.  I suspect Ani also mentioned
that this sort of thing didn't have to be limited to april first since that
particular Jenny has stopped rumour-mongering and hasn't been late for her
shift since Prank Day.
     Ani wasn't the only one to get an early start in her pranking.  When Dr.
Ritsuko Akagi entered her office Dr. Jamadagni Renuka was already there waiting
for her.  Ritsuko had been out all night and was planning to change into her
work clothes then get busy in the Computer Center.  All she was thinking about
was freshening up and getting her morning coffee, the significance of the date
was lost on her.  It wasn't lost on Dr. Renuka who had been looking for some
payback on Dr. Akagi since she organized her Institute initiation at the
Halloween Party.
     Dr. Akagi walked right past the lurking therapist and into the full
bathroom suite attached to her office.  As a Department Head she rates that
kind of personal facility rather than sharing the staff locker room.   On a
practical level after she's been pulled some of her infamous all nighters
working on the Magi she can collapse on her office's foldout couch.  Thanks
to the bathroom when the job's a long haul she can use the office as an
apartment so she can clean up and get right back to work once the exhaustion
fades.  She's commented that it's a lot more relaxing to have everything there
ready for her rather than waiting in line.
     On this particular morning she hit the shower and was towelling off when
Dr. Renuka quietly opened the door and tapped her with the stun wand she had
borrowed from a Black Orderly.  Dr. Akagi collapsed instantly but Dr. Renuka
caught her before she could hit the tile floor.  She finished drying her off
then got to work wrapping her in the new Surgi-Wrap (surgical sealing) tape.
This wasn't primarily designed as a restraint but as tests in the Quality
Assurance Department demonstrated it can be effective on those without
paranormal abilities or advanced fighting skills.  Regardless it was initially
created for medical usage as a "super" bandage.  It binds to the skin and
shifts colour to match the patient's skin pigmentation to make itself less
noticeable and serves as a more effective alternative to stiches.  It's water
proof and will stay securely fixed until moistened with the adhesive removal
compound.  It's also oxygen permeable so it won't impair breathing if used on
an oral or nasal wound.  Of course the same applies if it's used as a gag.
     Not that Dr. Renuka did anything as simple as mummifying Dr. Akagi in the
surgical wrap.  Technically she didn't restrain her at all, just wrapped her
in Surgi-Wrap from the tips of her toes to her hairline.  Which must have left
Dr. Akagi looking like a mannikin version of herself.  Then Dr. Renuka dressed
her in the fresh clothes she had laid out for after her shower and as Ritsuko
started to stir she lead her into the Computer Center.



    Unable to see or grasp the tape (not that she could have pulled it off
anyway) but hearing and recognising the machine hum of her workplace Dr. Akagi
began cautiously moving around the room seeking for one of her staff to help
her.  Except she wasn't having any luck and probably assumed they had also
been pranked.  In fact there were plenty of them about but they were staying
out of her way and trying not to giggle.  They had made a deal with Dr. Renuka
and intended to enjoy it.  The deal had been simple, if they got her into
Ritsuko's office she would pull a prank on their boss that they could all
enjoy.  Which they proceeded to do until they were subdued by another
prankster a couple of hours later.  They had been intending to release her by
noon but Ritsuko wound up staying bandaged until the afternoon when she was
also the victim of another prankster.  I gather her condition complicated
things but the top of her head was vulnerable to skin contact.
     Sorry, I can't explain that.  Anyway that's enough about that particular
prank.
     Excuse me?  What happened to Jamadagni?
     Oh, they got her too.
     "They" being the Merry Pranksters, an unoffical group who likes Prank Day
perhaps a bit too much considering how much they plan for it.  But that's
enough about them.
     Well that's about all I can say about Prank day 2003 without straying
into classified matters and sadly that also applies to Prank Day 2004 which
is a shame because it was a day I'll long remember.  Though I suppose I can
give you a quick peek at this picture I took on April 1st.

Prank Day 2004

     I wish I could tell you more but once again proprietry technology was
involved so like everyone in the picture (except the pets) my lips are sealed.
So it's time to leave this topic and move on.

     What would like to do next?

     Would you like to hear about some of the events on earlier Prank Days?

     Perhaps you'd like to hear about staff pranking on our more typical days?

     There were quite a few pranks pulled at the 2003 Halloween Party

     If not there's still a lot of ground left to cover.


Would you'd like to meet the Support Staff workers who pull these pranks on
one another?

Or our doctors and nurses who also pull the odd prank?

Even the members of our involuntary patient acquisition
team pull the odd practical joke

As do our Physical Trainers

Pranking is something of a way of life among our Training Staff

And our student interns are learning to prank

Or we could change the subject entirely and I could give you the scoop on
our advances in humane capture technology

Alternately some visitors have been fascinated by the specifics of our patient
restraint and control equipment

Others have wanted to hear all about our use of robotics

If you insist we could take a look at our underground high security storage facility

Of course you can always return to the Open Wards

Finally there's one more option.  The place most everyone wants to see.




Do you still want to see the Grimbor Ward? 
 

 


If you really want you can return to the Lobby 

Or we can end the tour