Chainsman is either a time traveller or has access to time travel technology.
Nor do we have any comment upon the rumours that many of our patients
originate in possible futures or alternate timelines. I hope that's quite
clear!
Oh, the rumours you heard were that we buy stuff left over from the
Soviet asylums for political dissidents.
No, absolutely not and forget the nonsense I was babbling. It was a
very unfunny joke. I guess I've been watching the Sci-Fi channel too much
lately.
Well, let's take a look at the hardware.
recreation aid. Its unique properties and their practical applications to the
field of psychotherapy were recently recognised by Mr. Chainsman. While Boing enables items suspended within it to withstand incredible kinetic impact without damage its most remarkable feature is its life sustaining properties. Amazingly once encased in Boing lifeforms do not swiftly suffocate but
instead enter a form of suspended animation. Except that unlike cryogenic
suspension the mind remains active. Even more remarkable is the long term
survivability of this condition, Judge Anderson (pictured above) survived
over a year of being entombed in the plastic and was released having suffered
no physical side effects.
Mental side effects are another matter. Anderson was fortunate to have
something occupying her mind. Lacking all sensory input except for limited
sight (and not even that if the subject closes her eyes during immersion)
those encased suffer intense sensory deprivation which in most cases would
worsen their mental state. This obviously runs counter to our institution's
mission.
Mr. Chainsman recognised this but he also saw advantages when combined
with Dr. Sleet's neural interface techniques. Dr. Sleet's revolutionary
method is based on building a new reality within the patient's mind and for
this to be most effective external reality must impinge upon the patient's
consciousness as little as possible. While we have numerous restraints
available within the Institute to isolate the patient from sight, hearing,
smell, and taste there is still the problem of touch. The patient remains
able to feel and that produces unwanted sensory input. While drugs can dull
all the senses they also dull the mind and this also interferes with the
interfacing procedure. Isolation within a Boing block resolves both
these problems. The body hibernates while the mind remains aware and
accessible. If you'll forgive the expression, it's just what the doctor
ordered.
Solidified Boing is very difficult to break and requires specialized
tools to cut it but our standard practice is for all patients undergoing
immersion in Boing to also be initially outfitted with some of our
more conventional restraints. This is primarily done to prevent their
thrashing around during the procedure as many patients become irrational
while they are being sealed within congealing Boing. As both patients
and staff would find it disturbing to see patients frozen into contorted
positions it was decided it would be best to ensure they present a more
tranquil appearance. Here you see our initial test case demonstrating the
desired serene appearance.
Boing therapy. In fact the first person to choose to undergo Boing suspension.
It also shows that she did so under the watchful eye of Dr. Frost.
At the time the procedure was half therapy and half experiment. While
Anderson's experience had proven physical survivability there were unanswered
questions regarding the degree to which isolation would affect the mind of
anyone not occupied with psychic warfare against a entity attempting to
possess them. To ensure she had not underestimated the risk Dr. Frost personally monitored the patient's mind throughout the procedure ready to provide external contact should the patient wish to communicate with another. After a week the patient's thoughts began asking for Dr. Frost to make
contact but when she did Dr Frost was surprised to learn that the patient
wasn't suffering from isolation but rather wanted to alert her to an
unanticipated problem. It seemed that Boing alone could not provide total
sensory deprivation after all. At around the fifth day the patient had begun
to notice regular fluctuations of light and darkness through her closed
eyelids. Dr. Frost wasted no time in sharing this information and it wasn't
long before investigation found an answer, For the first four days of the
Boing trial the lights in the therapy room had remained on constantly. On
the fifth day regular rotation of the staff roster had made a new maintenance
crew responsible for the area including the Boing test room. In accordance
with power conservation policy they had been switching off the lights in the
room overnight. A new directive was hastily issued and the lights remained
on in the therapy room until the conclusion of the experiment which ended the
last external influence on the patient.
The test concluded successfully with the patient expressing satisfaction
at having been through the therapy and its effectiveness proven. It had been
determined that with occasional psychic or neural link contact to provide a
lifeline a patient could be kept in suspension indefinitely without the risk
of worsening their mental state.
To prevent a future recurrance of the problem the patient had discovered
it was decided that in addition to restraints all future patients undergoing
Boing Therapy would also be hooded to remove all chance of unplanned
external intrusion upon their isolation.
Boing's only known hazard is its vulnerability to intense heat. Should
it begin melting its life preserving qualities are not only lost but it
becomes a very hostile environment. Given the heat required to trigger a
meltdown this is not a problem likely to occur within the Institute but to
maximize patient safety the surroundings of all patients sealed within Boing blocks are constantly monitored for any signs of smoke and fire. I can't think of anything more to add about Boing(tm).
We have a number of other restraint technologies that are unique to the
Chainsman Institute if you would like to hear about them.
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