The Facility

*The Facility* is the story for which this wiki has been established. It's an ongoing, adult, original fiction piece first posted by CallousDegen back in 2020, at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic prominent in the same year. Its first chapter was posted to Ao3 on May 11, 2020, and the story has been receiving regular updates since. It is not yet complete.

## Content Warning

**This story deals with triggering subjects** such as rape/non-con, abuse, violence, murder, etc. All users should exercise caution when deciding to read it, and the wiki. For a list of full tags, please visit the original upload of the story on Ao3, found here.

## Plot

The story follows its main character, Ten, as she wakes up in a strange medical facility in the arms of her soon-to-be-established caretaker, Yosuke Chisaka, and finds that she has no memory of who she used to be. Moreover, she learns quickly her only purpose there is to be used upon the whims of doctors who help run the place, and who abuse all its prisoners.

In the facility, Ten meets other victims like her whom she comes to form a strong relationship with, and a variety of doctors who torment her. Throughout the course of the story, more and more information about the facility and those who are affiliated with it is revealed, all while Ten battles with her emotional and mental state given her constant abuse and desperate desire to seek understanding.

## Main Characters

### Doctors

* Yosuke Chisaka
* Mom
* Sven Engelstad
* Jude Christian
* Nathaniel Miles
* Jonathan Giordano
* Milos Simanek
* Micah Galin
* Gale Smith
* Lilah Valentine
* Monica Santos
* Lucius Marcellus
* The Overseer

### Numbers

* One / Cyrus
* Two
* Three
* Four / Blue
* Five
* Six
* Seven / Violet
* Eight
* Nine / Lav
* Ten
* Eleven / Pickle
* Twelve

## Minor Characters

### Previous Numbers

* Two / Sienna
* Three / Jet
* Four
* Five / Penny
* Six / Amber
* Seven / Olive
* Eight
* Nine
* Ten
* Eleven / Jade

### Workers

* Charlie
* C1
* N3
* N4
* N5

### Other

* Richard Lafayette
* J / Jay
* Dahlia
* Elias
* Nicholas
* Jack

## Locations

*The Facility* primarily takes place in one location, though there are a few areas within it that get explored throughout the story, and a few more areas seen through dreamscapes.

* Underground: The main facility area where prisoners are kept and watched over
* Recreational Areas: The main areas where all the Numbers are seen when not in their beds or having visits
* Aboveground: Where other affairs unknown to prisoners are carried out. It's merely mentioned now and then, never seen
* The Garden: An area that Ten constantly dreams of

## Chapters

For a list of all chapters, please see this page.

Most every chapter in the story has a one-word title, something the author kept consistent throughout most of the story. Chapters in the story follow a particular set of rules beyond this: Story-oriented chapters, or chapters without any erotica in them, are labelled as "Rest" chapters. Conversely, any chapters with erotica are listed typically as "Visit" chapters, and these often come with a list of acts or triggers as a means to warn the audience of anything they might want to avoid.

While most all chapters follow this general format, there are chapters that may indicate passages of time or blur the line between a rest and visit, and these are often just given single titles without the aforementioned prefixes. More often than not, chapters without any rest/visit label will be plot-heavy to some degree, or have important events detailed within.

Chapters often go on a day-by-day basis, detailing events that Ten bears witness to. There are some instances where time passes between chapters, or even during them, but for a majority of the initial bunch of chapters, it is purely day-to-day.

Chapters were initially short, around 8-12 pages long when the story was new. After some of the first major events in the story, chapters started growing anywhere from as little as 20 pages, to as long as 50. The author initially did not have a concrete direction for the story, but planning of things like plot and character reveals began as early as Chapter 22.

## Art

The author has also created an artbook for the main story, which encompasses all character art, scenes, memes, nsfw art, and fanart uploaded both by CD and followers of the story.

You can view the artbook here!

## Perspective and Tense

*The Facility* is primarily written in second person, present tense. While in many literary circles the second person is frowned upon, CD prefers it for some kinds of erotica for the sake of immersion. Ten's perspective does not use "she" or "I", but rather "you" particularly for the purposes of visits. Rather than switch between, the author opted to keep this perspective constant. So, despite the use of "you", Ten is her own character, and the reader simply observes through her.

## Creation

Initially, the story was not going to be as long as is it turned out to be, and CD had intended for it to be a one-off piece between the titular main duo, Ten and Yosuke. The author had little experience writing erotica, and wanted to give it a try. The story ended up published on Ao3 (and this is one of the first instances of the author ever using the site) once the initial "one-off" was given so much buildup that it was no longer feasible to the author as simply a short piece.

Since its publication, CD has regularly updated the story and its art. Over the course of time, social media for the story was established, a discord for fan discussion was set up, and countless pieces of art have been created by both her and the community around the story.

## Inspiration

### General

The author was heavily affected by medical aesthetics from a young age, and has always had a fascination with stories involving medical trials, experimentation, and medical-related horrors. Previous unpublished works of hers often included twisted doctors and prisoners to medical terrors. While no single piece initially influenced *The Facility*, there have been random shows, movies, and songs that have affected the author both before and during writing.
### Kilmer

1/3A notable inspiration source for the dynamic between Ten and Yosuke, and the designs of Lucius and The Overseer has been said by the author to be a cover of Kilmer, (initially a vocaloid song) sung by Miyashita Yuu, with visuals created by WOOMA. Many of the visuals and characters featured in the video and the story it tells heavily influenced the aforementioned aspects of *The Facility* early on during initial chapters, but not prior to the story's creation.
### Musical Inspiration

Many songs have helped guide the author through moods of the story, either regarding specific scenes, character dynamics, or just general feelings surrounding the story. A few notable ones are listed below:

**"Looking Glass" - The Birthday Massacre**
At first used for mood, but later became associated with Violet. TBD is a band the author felt fit the more angst-ridden expressions of the character at one point in the story, before a certain point in her growth.
**"Davnim Davno" - Origa**
A general mood piece eventually associated with Ten, both because of the weightless atmosphere it presents, its lyrics expressing distant longing, and, conveniently, the image used for this particular upload featuring a woman with features the author had partially attached to Ten later on, and so felt a correlation with.
**"Brothers" - Siames**
Initially only associated between Eight and Cyrus over their contrasting beliefs/personalities, given the subject of brotherly love and the general homosocial lens of the subject matter. Eventually just associated with the concept of homosociality and unity between male characters.
**"Ice" - Lorn**
Given the author's fascination with atmospheric or dreamlike music, this piece inspired a few themes of *The Facility* in ways that are difficult to describe. The distant lyrics speak of a "frozen land", how haunting it is, and how obsessive it makes the speaker despite their acceptance in remaining (likely trapped) in it all. The author made associations between this and the concept of confinement, and the walls of white in the facility. The mood of the song is overall melancholy and surreal, which the author felt fitting.
**Unlike Pluto**
In general, the artist is associated with Cyrus by incidence. The author discovered his music around the first few major developments of Cyrus' character and even later on. So, songs like "Mindless Bliss", "Morphine", "Rose Colored Lenses", and "Lavender" all reflect aspects of his emotional struggles and exhaustion with misery.
There is one song, "Circular Motion", that is not explicitly associated with Cyrus, but rather has bearing on most everyone given that it details with the issue of a relationship in which one partner can't emotionally reach the other, and most everyone in the main cast has dealt with some form of relationship struggles, whether in a romantic or platonic sense.
**Winona Oak**
There are a few songs from the artist that the author has associated moreso with Violet, both over her inner struggles with her emotional state, and with her attachment to Cyrus. "He Don't Love Me" and "Old Insecurities" are a good example of this.
"With Myself", conversely, is a song the author associated with a version of Violet when she roleswapped the characters. A Doctor version of Violet might be more selfish and perhaps be akin to Lilah, but not completely.
**"Ideas" - Au/ra**
Early on, the author translated the lyrics of this song as someone who's easily swayed, or perhaps lets themself get easily swayed by words, and felt it was fitting for Ten at the time given her initial near-dependence on her doctor and general naiveite
**"Overthinker" - INZO**
The song's opening monologue speaks on the dangers of thinking while later sections discuss the tendencies of human behavior, which the author felt was quite fitting. The rhythmic but chaotic and overwhelming noise within the song is also something the author felt fitting as a means to reflect head noise both metaphorically and literally, given the numbness and static felt by Ten upon trying to conjure a memory.
**"A Little Messed Up" - june**
A song closely associated with Mom, given its subject matter. The lyrics, for the most part, were deemed accurate for her character, both at face value and in ways tied to the decline of Mom's emotional and mental state, which she reconciles always with a smile.
**"The Religion of Loneliness (Cover)" - Miyashita Yuu**
Initially associated with the relationship between Ten and Yosuke, given the addiction to miserable longing and dependency presented within them. It's a sort of sick, desparate song that the author felt fit the two well.
**"Baltimore" - K.O.Y**
A morose piece that wound up associated with Cyrus. The author used this song as some light inspiration for crafting his backstory, and associated the more melancholy tone with his quiet miseries, both felt by his current self and his former self.
**"Damaged People" - Depeche Mode**
A general mood piece for the story given its somewhat unusual sound. The longing in its lyrics are somewhat universal, as they can apply to several characters, or simply concepts.
**"Say It" - Yorushika**
Lyrics in this song signify one making sense of a loss, or perhaps pondering the idea of loss. The author felt it had some bearing on the story and let random scenes and general ideas come into being through this song.
**"Strider" - MEMBA**
The lyrics here in some respects speak on overthinking and on letting one's mind run even in sleep. While they likely refer to a person or a relationship, the author took some of these lyrics in a literal sense and associated parts of the song with Ten and her tendency to overthink and be captivated in many ways by dreams and memory. The dream-like sound of the song also helped contribute to this reading.
**"Clouds" - Leila Alcasid & Moophs**
A song primarily associated with one part of Violet's growth, as it pertains to Cyrus. The lyrics were interpreted as speaking of wanting to be patient before jumping back into a relationship. In a sense, apologetic of any past grievances but exhibiting a will to return to the way things were when ready.
**"Pandemonium (Live)" - Niki**
Associated in part with Ten, and envisioned as pertaining to her observations of the facility and how it affects others, and to her own emotional responses to all the turmoil that at first start negative and soon turn into her finding emotional strength to face the terrible things that happen to her. The author has tended to envision a visual of Ten walking solemnly through the halls of the facility while running her hands along its walls as a means to help visualize reflection in motion.
**The Neighbourhood**
Some of their songs were slected by the author as inspiration for the story. A few songs, namely "Tobacco Sunburst" and "Pretty Boy" have some attachment to Cyrus. The former was associated with his tendency to know so many people who give him love and support (hence the mention of multiple colors of eyes and different role they play), while the latter has to do more with his affection for Ten.
**"Fire" - Two Feet**
A song primarily used by the author as inspiration for later chapters between Ten and Cyrus. However, the mood it presents and general idealization of the metaphorical "flame" in a loving relationship may easily be attached elsewhere.
**The Dear Hunter**
A few songs from the titular band have proved thematically fitting for the author. "His Hands Matched His Tongue" can be read as a piece of longing or melancholy, especially over an inevitable grief, and can be applied to Cyrus.
"He Said He Had a Story" is more vague, but has to do with a parasitic relationship in which a man and a woman, whom he expects to give him what he wants. Lines such as *"Break and bind yourself to me"* and *"I'll use you up"* fit the bill perfectly.
"Blood of the Rose" may apply in a general sense to experiences and emotions felt by many characters prisoner to the facility, feelings against those who hurt them and toward those who they love.
"The Bitter Suite 1 and 2" encompass a contrast the author felt appropriate for the story. ::Initially, the song begins sweet and lovely, but immediately delves into the realm of sold sex. It essentially fits with the contrast between how prisoners are treated by doctors vs. by other prisoners.
"The Tank" may have some association with The Overseer, who although cold, is still human. The song begins with calculated marching beats and melts into a fairly sorrowful tune. Although little is known of The Overseer, the author felt this fit a man who seems so calculated and cold, but is still ultimately human and has emotional ties without wanting to admit it.
"Cascade" conversely has associations with Lucius, a man who has undoubtedly suffered like his proclaimed "brother" and no doubt has endured miseries to reach the point he has, albeit who has processed it differently. Most of the song has been inspiration for bits of Lucius' history.

## Trivia

* *The Facility* is one of CD's first major works of great length, as she has been accustomed to writing short stories or snippets.
* The story may never have been uploaded to begin with given the author's tendency to keep her work private, but she opted to do so anyway in the hopes that someone might like it.
* There is a horror/sci-fi film by the same name as this story that details events of a drug trial within a medical facility, but there is no affiliation, nor did the author know of it before writing.
* *The Facility's* working title was "Clinic". The original word doc from the author has this title.