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𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@BishopI saw it. I'll read it tomorrow, as I'm off soon.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@Bishop Nothing is 'locked' if you don't have enough points. Having equal to or more points than needed will ensure that there are no nasty consequences. You can still do something if you don't have enough points in the required attribute, but there will be some kind of negative consequence after you do it. So, you can try everything, but if your character is not suited for it, there will be consequences, which can be fatal at times.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@AshganThere might be some interesting dynamic between him and your character, especially when things get heated.

@DJAtomikaAlways open. It's easy to make a character. We're just getting started.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

Added another NPC that I'll keep with the main cast until it's not needed anymore.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

Everyone should get a small 'share' in before we move on. It's just an icebreaker, really. I'm working on another NPC that will be a patient and with the group outside of the therapy session.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@TrivvalYou can't see it? Or you can't use it yourself on the phone?

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

_{𝙽𝙴𝚆 𝚈𝙾𝚁𝙺 𝙲𝙸𝚃𝚈, 𝙽𝚈. 𝟸𝟸𝚗𝚍 𝙷𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚘𝚏 𝙵𝚁𝙸𝙳𝙰𝚈, 𝟷𝟿 𝙾𝙲𝚃𝙾𝙱𝙴𝚁 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟾}

Soundtrack

“That’s quite alright, Mr. Dorman-Smith. The rest of the company here arrived just moments ago themselves. We were discussing — or rather, I was mentioning — a few things about what we want to achieve with these sessions,” said Benjamin and made himself more comfortable in his chair, checking the latest arrival off of the list. “What we are here to do is to talk about what the future holds and what ‘Obscure Events’ actually are, as miss Fusco here” — the good doctor gestured slightly towards the blond lass — “and probably miss Hayes, as well, so fervently wishes to know,” said Benjamin.

“Seeing as most of you are here, we can begin,” the doctor coughed slightly and corrected his crackling tone. “Throughout my days as a practitioner of psychiatry I’ve treated hundreds of patients who believe they saw a ghost, or a demon, or some alien-type creature that either committed some horrible act upon them or someone they know. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, these happenings are all in their head, in their imagination. However, there is that one time out of a hundred when something happens that is difficult to explain or find a reason for happening. That one time is what we call an ‘Obscure Event’.” The man chuckled, “now, that doesn’t mean that a person saw an alien or a ghost, or anything like that, but that they experienced something that their senses aren’t used to. It’s the best explanation that I can give for the phrase ‘Obscure Event’.” The man’s eyes sailed towards the ceiling for a split second, and then lingered beyond those present at a desk by the far end wall of the office.

(Perception 7) Something about the doctor’s tone and choice or words seem off. He is not lying, but he is not telling the whole truth either. And what was he looking at? It might not be wise to provoke him at this time, but on the other hand, the opportunity might not present itself later. Is the erased, faint symbol on the whiteboard outside the office connected to this elusive concept of ‘Obscure Events’?

After a brief silence, the doctor continued.

“Your primary physicians have individually determined that all of you are at risk of experiencing an ‘Obscure Event’ due to past and present external factors. This is why they have sent you to me for evaluation. This doesn’t mean that your condition is getting worse — quite the contrary, actually. Whatever error there was before is in a stage of correcting itself. But during that time, you may experience obscurities in your perception, as it were,” said the doctor and coughed again. “Excuse me.” The doctor turned his presence away from the patients and reached for a box of napkins on the desk just behind him. The hostility of his cough escalated. A few more moments of struggle resulted in the box of napkins almost being completely drained. The doctor gestured to his patients that it would soon pass. At the end of the spectacle, as he had somewhat recovered, he turned his attention back to those present.

“Pardon me. Years of smoking is not something that I boast about among my achievements,” he chuckled sarcastically. The doctor discretely gathered the used napkins and discarded them in the trash right next to his desk. (Perception 2) Some of the napkins had stains of blood on them. “Now, then, I’d like to hear your stories. Why do you think you are here? You don’t have to share every gritty detail of your life, of course. Just a few words about who you are and how the paths of life have led you to this moment.”

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

Updated the good doctor with a bit more information (non-player characters).

Edit: Not sure if the 'legend' in the 0th IC-post is visible or not. It says it is, but I'll put the info here as well.

𝙲𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐, 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜, 𝚎𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚟𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚞𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚎𝚎𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚞𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜:

𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎
𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛
𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗
𝙿𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎
𝚂𝚘𝚞𝚕

𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚎: 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚞𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚎𝚚𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠.

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

@Trivval If you prefer. Old man looks badass.



[img]i.imgur.com/qfnQR6f.png[/img]

𝙳𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚝

Good posts. We're up and running. I'll flesh out the sheet for the doctor tomorrow, and add another patient NPC.

I also see a lot of lurkers in this thread. I do hope some of them join us.