Are you in need of some training for your powers? Want to teach at the Institute? We are looking for all original characters, but there are wanted ads in the Filing Cabinet.

Sub-boards: Pending Applications, Declined Applications

All accepted applications belong here. So if you want to check up on any characters, take a look.

Sub-boards: Accepted Students, Accepted Staff, Accepted Locals, Accepted College Students, Accepted People United for Safety and Equality, Retired Characters

If your character keeps a journal, diary, or photo album, put it in here.

Sub-board: Journal Archive

Do you need to see an institute official? This is where you can usually find them.

Sub-boards: Yvette Morgenstern's Office, Dr. James Campbell's Office, Dr. Sean Neville's Office, Side Effects Specialist's Office, Infirmary, Security Office, Offices Archive

What? You thought this was all fun powers and play time? Wrong. This is the place you'll be learning. Yes, learning. You'll be attending your typical high school classes here. And yes. There will be homework.

Sub-boards: Classrooms, English Dept. Office, Art Studio, Photo Lab, Auto Shop, Biology and Chemistry Lab, Home Ec Classroom, Classroom Archive

Here you're going to spend your time training your body, or your mind, to effectively use your ability.

Sub-board: Training Rooms Archive

Yes, gym class. The epitome of hell, for some students. Either you're in here because you have to be, or because you want to be. Students come here outside of class time to work out, too. Or show off.

Sub-boards: Pool, Gymnasium Archive

If you need a quiet place to study, or some research materials, this is the place. Just don't do anything stupid in here. Like light the books on fire. You will be in trouble.

Sub-boards: Librarian's Office, Library Archive

The auditorium isn't anything special. Really, it's exactly like the gym and the cafeteria, except it has a stage at one end and usually has rows of chairs set up. Sometimes they're cleared away, though, and it's time for a dance.

Sub-boards: Valentine's Day Dance 2016, Halloween Dance 2015, Halloween Dance 2014, Valentine's Day Dance 2014, Halloween Dance 2013, Halloween Dance 2012, Valentine's Day Dance 2012, Operation Patriot Career/College Fair, 2012, Valentine's Day Dance, 2011, Autumn Dance, 2010, Auditorium Archive

The laboratory is in the basement of one of the smaller buildings on the Hammel Campus. It is much larger below ground, however, with all the equipment our researchers need.

Sub-board: Research Lab Archive

Where the students are going to be eating. No food fights, please.

Sub-board: Cafeteria Archive

Where the teachers, officials, and administrators head when they need a break. Coffee, vending machines, and complaints are in abundance. No students allowed. Seriously.

Sub-board: Staff Lounge Archive

After a hard day of training and classwork, this is where you can relax with your classmates. There's pool tables, pinball, a television to fight over, and lots of seating.

Sub-board: Student Lounge Archive

If you find yourself on these floors, congratulations. These dorms are coveted by students (not so much by parents). Boys and girls room together here, same as the others. Everyone has their own bedroom, and the shared common area.

Sub-boards: Room 201: Colton Bryan, Kingston Carmichael, Jordan Applegate, Cleo Warren, Room 202: Grady Mitchellson, Room 203: Casper van de Berg, Cianna "Cici" Rivers, Dustin Henderson, Room 204: Kitrana Moore, Raylaigh Hawthorne, Joelle McIntosh, Maggie Probasco, Room 205: Madison Davis, Beck Grenier, Serena Varsair, Room 206: , Room 207:, Co-Ed Dorm Archive

The girls only floors of the dormitory wing. Same as the boys, four to a dorm, each with their own bedroom, and a shared common area. No boys allowed. We mean it.

Sub-boards: Room 401: , Room 402: Sasha Adams, Rachel Kells, Rory Lennox, Room 403: Maisie Pryce, Cecilia Ramsey, Paisley Sims, Room 404: Nora Marie Gwinn, Iris Applegate, Room 405: Charlotte Greene, Harmony Muller-Barton, Room 406: , Room 407: , Girls Dorm Archive

A place outside the school that the students can relax. You can just sit in the grass and chill, or socialize.

Sub-boards: Car Wash 2013, Courtyard Archive

Every town has a few public buildings. Here you will find the public schools, town hall, and the Pilot Ridge Library.

Sub-boards: Mountain View Veterinary Clinic, Town Hall, Pilot Ridge Elementary, Medical Clinic, Strickland Sanctuary, WPRG Radio Station, Pilot Ridge Library, Firehouse, Police Station, River Jordan Catholic Church, Pilot Ridge Community Gym, Public Buildings Archive

Downtown is home to many cafes, shops, and restaurants. If you would like a sub-board added here for a business establishment, PM an admin.

Sub-boards: Operation Patriot Headquarters, Velvet-Tone Coffeehouse, Harper's Sweet Shoppe, Muller's Self Defense, Books of Honor, The Globe Theater, Taiga Memories, Clothing Poverty, Honest Abe's, New2You Consignment Shop, Dusty Ink, The Book Nook, Bubblebeam Tea Shop, Mimosa Sundays, Ink on the Vine, The Ark, Mother Marisol's Traditional Sweet Shop, The Rochester Inn, Marietta's Deli, Newman's Fish Market, James's Auto, The Golden Globe Cinema, Bernstein and Tremblay Law Office, Munroe's Place, Back to the Drawing Board, King and Queen Antiquities, SuperKwik Food & Fuel Mart, Hidden Dungeon Comics & Collectibles, Frye's Auto, Cliptomaniac, Downtown Archive

Of course a town, even a small one, has a club or two. Some of the older students, and the staff, of course, head here to blow off some steam, fueled by good music and alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol. If you would like a sub-board added here for a business establishment, PM an admin.

Sub-boards: Kali's Kafe, "I Love Salsa" Dance Club, Chains of Kindness Cafe, The Churchkey Bar, Atmosphere, The Frosty Apple Showclub, Club District Archive

Not huge, but it has a range of decent shops, and a food court. And Starbucks. If you would like a sub-board added here for a business establishment, PM an admin.

Sub-boards: The Holey Land, The Quarter Note, From the Spectrum, New World Apothecary, Mall Archive

Our students come from all over, so if you wanted to, say, bring a boyfriend home to meet your mother, this is where you'd play it out, provided your mother lives in the United States.

Sub-boards: Hammel Student Retreat 2015, Hammel Student Retreat 2014, Hammel Student Retreat 2013, Hammel Student Retreat 2012, United States Archive

Since the Hammel Institute is a facility of international renown, the faculty and students can, and do, come from all over the world. If you would like another sub-board added to this section, PM an admin.

Sub-boards: Canada, The United Kingdom, Japan, Australia, Greece, Rest of the World Archives

Of the Month nominations, polling, and winners go here, as well as any other contests we hold. Check in for a chance to win something for your writing or art.

Sub-boards: Old Nominations/Polls, Completed Writing/Graphic Challenges

All those fun forum games, In-character and Out, are in here. Have fun!

Sub-board: In-Character Games

Going away? Leave us a note here.

As we have the character retirement system, absence notices from two months prior with no return date/past return date will be deleted at the start of the activity check.

If you want to show off your talent, you can do it here!

Sub-boards: Art, Writing, Secret Santas, Archive