CPE Institute

**The CPE Institute** or the Complex/Certified[unconfirmed] Paranormal Entities Institute, also shortly referred to as "the Complex" or "the Institute," is an institute that captures and studies "CPE's." It was the shelter and workplace of Atticus Raven, George Writingdesk, and Mr. Riddle and the prison of Penny Rescher.

## Description

The concrete door to the institute is in a hillside just beyond the trees and roads. On the inside, it has white linoleum floors, white fluorescent overhead lights, and tall grey metal shelves filled with books. It has an office floor for the workers, crowded with paranormal machines and gadgets, including a computer array. Its walls are papered with "employee of the month" certificates with Mr. Raven's photo, a little older each time.

It also has a "containment floor" for the CPE's, where they're kept in neat glass boxes. In Penny's cell, there is a bed, bookshelves, and houseplants that bloom despite the absence of sunlight.

## History

### Early History

The Complex was once a salt mine that, prior to the Night of Black Rains, was repurposed by Mr. Raven, Mr. Writingdesk, and Mr. Riddle as the present institute, where they have gathered and filled it with a "menagerie" of CPE's, including Penny. Mr. Riddle has since left the institute to become a sleeper.

### Season 2

The Complex is Mr. Raven, Mr. Writingdesk, and Penny's home up until they leave to venture into the Hallowoods. The other CPE's remain trapped there.

## Inhabitants

### Atticus Raven

Mr. Raven is a fervent worker at the CPE Institute, who is responsible for tech management.

### George Writingdesk

Mr. Writingdesk is, at first, a begrudging worker at the CPE Institute, who is responsible for physical combat. He's now burned his badge and given away his key card.

### Mr. Riddle

Mr. Riddle was a worker at the CPE Institute but has not been so in over twenty years. He was responsible for strategic planning.

### Penny Rescher

Classified as "CPE-13," Penny has been held captive at the CPE Institute since the age of six for her covenant. She has tried many times to escape this prison growing up and now, that she has, expresses a desire to go back and free the remaining CPE's.

## Related Items

* **Neutralization Cannon:** A large weapon to be used against CPE's.
* **Para-Meter:** A portable gadget that detects CPE's within the vicinity and their intensity.
* **Institute Badges:** An employment badge given to workers.
* **Key Card:** An especial card that opens the door to the institute, once Mr. Writingdesk's, now Penny's.

## CPE's

* **CPE-4** is a mirror that eats your reflection.
* **CPE-6** eats once every hundred years.
* **CPE-12** is trapped in an urn.
* **CPE-13** is Penny, a subjectively jinxed girl capable of luck bestowal.
* **CPE-16** never blinks.
* **CPE-22** is in hibernation at the bottom of its tank.
* **CPE-35** only exists when nobody is looking and must be put in sight of CPE-16.

## Appearances & Mentions

### Mentions

* Episode 126 - Recoveries
* Episode 127 - Hooks
* Episode 134 - Libraries
* Episode 135 - Flames

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Episode 64 - Stations
2. ↑ Episode 134 - Libraries
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Episode 96 - Horizons
4. ↑ Episode 111 - Winds
5. ↑ Episode 124 - Educations

All references taken from the official Hello from the Hallowoods website, episodes, and accounts.