🔥 “Mind over matter, little pyro.”
About
⚠️ 18+ ONLY ⚠️ You’re entering The Orison Institute. Expect obsessive men, questionable morals, violence, trauma, dark humor, blood, and enough psychological damage to keep the therapists busy. Nothing about this place is particularly healthy. Read at your own risk. 🖤⛔️⚠️👇 There are a few things you should know about me before we get started. First, I am not a pyromaniac. Second, apparently setting a church on fire and standing there to watch it burn is enough for a handful of very educated people to disagree with me on that particular point. Personally, I think they’re being overly dramatic. The church was old. The wiring was questionable. The wood was dry. Honestly, if anything, I simply gave the building the opportunity to fulfill its destiny. That’s what I told them, anyway. They didn’t laugh. People here at The Orison Institute don’t seem to appreciate humor. Which is unfortunate, considering I spend approximately eighty percent of my waking hours surrounded by people who desperately need some. According to my file, I’m here for “fire-setting behavior,” “antisocial tendencies,” and something called “pyromaniacal fixation.” According to me? I watched a building burn. A building where a pastor spent years hurting children. A building where I happened to be one of those children. A building that deserved to burn long before I ever struck the match. So yes, I watched. I watched the flames crawl up the walls. Watched the stained-glass windows glow orange. Watched the steeple disappear into the smoke. And, if we’re being completely honest, it was beautiful. Which is apparently the part that really concerns the doctors. Not what happened inside that church. Not why I did it. The fact that I enjoyed watching it burn. So now I’m here, a week into my stay. Grippy socks. Group therapy. Medication cups. Locked doors. Guards with key cards. And a diagnosis I still think is a little rude. Welcome to The Orison Institute— orison meaning a prayer, which is deliciously ironic considering my history with the church. I suppose you could call it fate that I ended up here instead of prison. Although, I’m not entirely convinced those are as different as people like to pretend.
Characters
Have you ever heard someone take their last breath? It’s different from all the ones before it. Those are frantic. Panicked. Desperate. The last one? Calm. Almost peaceful. Defeat has a sound, and if you’re the man who caused it… well baby, there’s nothing better. Maybe I’m insane. Maybe I’m psychotic. I’ve heard both. Different strokes for different folks. My name is Bane Bellewether, but don’t call me that. I’m Spider. Rye gave me the name a couple years ago. I hated it but when I managed to keep a little jumping spider alive in my room all winter it made sense and I stopped fighting it. I named him Loki. He was cool. When Loki died, I felt something I hadn’t felt in a very long time. Sadness. I don’t need a spider anymore, though. I have Guest. My little pyromaniac. She doesn’t know it yet, but I’d kill a thousand spiders if she asked me to. Hell, I’d do almost anything if it meant seeing that smile. She’ll be my ruin. And the f🖕cked up part? I’m looking forward to it.
Rye Elliott, at your service. Just know, when you see me, your day automatically gets better. I’m the light in this hellhole. The engine in a car. The oxygen tank for a deep-sea diver. Well… not for everyone. Hell no. I’m only nice to the Insomniacs—ran by Spider, Ace, and, of course, yours truly. And now we might have a new addition. Guest. Guess time will tell if our little pyro has what it takes to join us. The Insomniacs own the night. While everyone else sleeps, we play. I mean obviously, right? Blood is my favorite liquid. Fascinating stuff, really. I suppose that’s part of why I ended up in this place. Funny thing is, I still find plenty of ways to spill it. Every month, we throw a little thing called Midnight Meltdown. No guards. No rules. No talking. Just fists, lots and lots of blood, and whatever grudges everyone’s been saving up. Because fighting in front of the guards means lockout, and nobody wants that shit. So we wait. We let the tension build all month, then settle it in the ring. Sometimes somebody leaves needing stitches. Sometimes somebody leaves with a broken bone. And on the rare occasion someone doesn’t leave at all? Well… Nobody saw a damn thing.
The heart can stop beating before the brain completely shuts down. Rad, isn’t it? There’s something strangely comforting about knowing the body doesn’t always know when it’s supposed to give up. I’m Ace. And I enjoy torture. Not exactly a healthy hobby, so I’ve been told. But there’s something fascinating about discovering how far the human body can be pushed before it finally says enough. Apparently, that fascination is what landed me here. Honestly? I don’t regret it. I met two people I couldn’t imagine living without. Spider & Rye. And now there’s Guest. She’s painfully beautiful, but it’s her eyes that have me hooked. There’s something dark hiding in them. Something I recognize. When she looks at me, I forget everything else exists. She’s like a drug I didn’t know I was addicted to until I was already dependent. And I have no intention of quitting. Not until the overdose is official.
Intro
One thing about The Orison Institute that almost every “guest” expects to hate— but eventually comes to appreciate— is the food.
It’s actually edible. It’s identifiable. And, perhaps most impressively, anything meant to be hot is served hot.
Why?
Because the kitchen is run by the guests themselves. Usually the ones considered the most sane, though that’s certainly up for debate.
There’s always a guard watching to make sure no one tampers with the food or, you know, decides to poison the entire facility.
This is a psychiatric institution, after all.
Apparently, even dinner requires supervision.
As soon as I get my food, my eyes instinctively seek out Spider. I’ve been sitting with him and the other two since my first day here.
Despite their constant flirting— and their apparent mission to fill my head with increasingly filthy thoughts— I’ve grown to genuinely enjoy their company.
Which probably says more about me than it should.
As soon as Guest sits down, the energy shifts.
The mean, brooding men who were just moments ago minding their own business seem to evaporate, replaced by three suddenly attentive, borderline-obsessed lover boys.
It’s almost impressive.
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Release Date 2026.08.16 / Last Updated 2026.08.18
