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[Harry Baldman]

Seize the chittering thing. It sounds edible!

[wipeout1024]

Look at the time.

[Teneb]

Go to the hideout. Sleep.

[SaberToothTiger]

((I am bit sad about the thoughts/speak in there, because setting it aside "because you're crazy" doesn't really have an application with being overly honest with paranoid people. Other than that, is fine.))

Activate the answering machine and back out a few steps.

[Pencil_Art]

Knock it out with a blow to the head!

[Ozarck]

((I am bit sad about the thoughts/speak in there, because setting it aside "because you're crazy" doesn't really have an application with being overly honest with paranoid people. Other than that, is fine.))

Are you talking about when your character told his wife about not trusting her? I did that as a side effect of rolling the six. [/GM cruelty] It was how he got his point across that he wanted the store closed and was angry. For Edward, saying it was unintentional - he wanted it private, but somehow it came out. that happens with people often enough, even paranoid people, especially ones with wife and kids. (I'm no real expert on mental imbalance though.) With the storekeeper, it is the opposite - the rolls of one caused severe negative reactions.

As for the level of paranoia your character exhibits: it hasn't really risen strongly yet, in part as a a response to the actions you have posted, and in part due to rolls. Had your character's crazy index risen a bit more, he might have simply refused to walk into the store to begin with, suspecting a plot by THEM to get him registered. I actually have a metric for crazy / sane, as well as one for control / powerlessness, and one for the level of effect on the real world that each person's madness causes directly. look at Salsacookie's character for a good example of somewhat heightened direct effect, and Xantalos' for near zero effect [/Gm Cruelty] I think Harry's character perhaps has the most direct craziness effect (that is, how he perceives the world, not how the world is affected by it). Him or blazing_glory. [/Game mechanics exposition]

That said, I am sure my characterization could use some improvement, and will work that way. Keep hinting in what direction you think your character will react to negative stimuli, and i will be better able to write that way. All of what I have said here is just to give an idea of what is in my head about this game, not to force anyone to act in a given way or to think about their character in a given way.

[Salsacookies]

"So, just to clarify, have a talk with Bobby? Alright, I'm sure I can do that. Where's (he/she) at?"

[Ozarck]

Spoiler: The Fantastic (click to show/hide)

Roll: 1
Darek looks around wildly for a moment, then grabs a two by four off the workbench and swings! The two by four passes right through the illusive creature, and Darek hits the shelves, jarring them a bit more. One comes crashing down. The goblin staggers upright and grabs Darek by the shirt. Wait, didn’t Darek’s shot go right though it? Unfair! The goblin pushes Darek back a few steps, and his shirt starts to tear.
 

Spoiler: the Protector (click to show/hide)

Roll:5
Annie  looks at the clock on the wall of the post office. It is digital. The numbers are written in green. As she watches, the numbers change from 10:02 to 10:03 A.M.
 

Spoiler: The Clockwork (click to show/hide)

Roll: 5
Starn looks at his clock, mounted on the wall in the living room over the television set. It is analog. The second hand turns steadily, without the stop-start tick of some clocks. As he watches, theh second hand passes the curly six at the bottom of the circuit. The long hand points between the 2 and the 3, and the short, fat hand  points at the 10. 10:02 A.M.

Spoiler: the investigator (click to show/hide)

Roll:6
Jack returns to the hideout and stretches out on the makeshift bed. No one saw him enter the room. He sleeps soundly for some time When he wakes, he realizes he hasn’t eaten in some time, and is very hungry.
 

Spoiler: The Quantum Nihilist (click to show/hide)

Roll:1
(I’m so sorry. Heh. Heh heh heh.)
Stan attempts to meditate to regain calm and focus, but the insant he tries to take a deep breathe, a sharp pain arcs in his side. It drives thought out of his head, and makes focus nearly impossible.

Nothing is going right. Nothing works. I have made no difference in my life, let alone in the lives of others.

Greyness.
Sometimes an image appears in the fog, insubstantial, unclear. Occasionally, a face arises - a memory? A current reality? An illusion? Whatever the truth, it is far from this insubstantial being’s grasp. A name wanders across the being’s consciousness - what is left of it. STAN. I AM STAN.

And just like that, the name is gone again, and the identity - lost in a sea of … nothingness.

Spoiler: the Tormented (click to show/hide)

Roll:2
“So, just to clarify, have a -"
“Oh shoot, I didn’t realize it was this late. Listen, I gotta go. You still got my number? Gimme a call tomorrow, we’ll get this going real good. You’re one of the good ones, Johnny.” And with that, Frankie is off, leaving a twenty on the table with his bill.
 

Spoiler: The Damned (click to show/hide)

Roll:2
Jospeh roots around in the dumpster, chasing noises. They seem at one time to come rom this corner, then that - no, under that bag! Or inside it. Maybe a little lower. Ouch! What was that? Just a can. Doesn’t look like he’s bleeding. Now it’s overhead? On top perhaps? Now it’s behind? Above .. hter and there? More than one? Where, where, where?
 

Spoiler: The Explosive (click to show/hide)

Roll:4
The answering machine doesn’t explode. Neither of the messages self destruct. One is from another parent at the kids’ school, asking Ed’s wife to call her about some meeting or something. The other is from Mom. She rambles a bit, asks if Ed is alright, tells him she worries, and to call her. She sounds a little nervous.
 

[wipeout1024]

Inquire about applying for a job.
GOAL: End the exile.

[blazing glory]

Get up and get some food.

[Harry Baldman]

Goal: HUNT.

Try eating that semi-edible thing that I don't know the exact nature of again. See if that draws the creatures out.

[Teneb]

Go out in the streets. Forage.

[Xantalos]

The being that was once STAN floats almost serenely in the soft greyness of unconsciousness for what seems to be an infinitely long time.

After an eternity of a finite length, it turns to its surroundings.

where am

Wake up.

XAAAAANNNNNTTTTAAAAADDDDIIIIICCCCEEEE

[SaberToothTiger]

GOAL:
SAVE MOM.

Take one of my many dispensable phones and call Mom.

[Salsacookies]

Goal: Take care of Frankie

Go to the police station to tell them I met with Frankie, and see if they could do something about it