David is at 1/3 of his starting fatigue, plus he will have to make some rolls against his Guilt Complex. These mechanics will be taken care of once I find out how the scene follows.
Expected scene: David heads home and decides to get some rest first before calling Jesse tomorrow morning to let him know about the meeting. He hopes that Marie's left a message on his answering machine, but he'll wait until tomorrow to check up on her either at work or perhaps after school. An interrupt scene is rolled. I'll interpret this interrupt through the lens of a GURPS roll against David's driving skill.
Exhausted, David leaves the Hughes home and starts his drive home. It's about a 1/2 hour drive to his apartment, and the sun has already set.
Because of the interrupt scene, I'll assume David is tired behind the wheel and won't roll to check that. I'll assign a modifier of Unfavorable -1 to his Driving skill making it 9. I rolled a 9! Success...
David can feel his eyes fluttering as he squints to keep his focus. He is getting more tired by the minute. He decides to roll down his window to let in the cool, Fall air. After what seems like an hour drive, David pulls into his parking spot and heads into his apartment.
Is there a message on the tape machine from Marie? Yes.
David rewinds the tape and listens to a message from Marie. She is very apologetic for not meeting him tonight and said that she fell ill. Relieved to hear from her, David now begins to allow himself to fully appreciate the events that transpired at the Hughes home. He begins to feel an overwhelming sense of guilt for using his psi ability on Chad.
Because of David's Guilt Complex disadvantage, roll against Will -3. Rolled 11, failure. David will succumb to the effects of Chronic Depression for 20-Will days (20-12) or 8 days. He'll have to roll 12 or under to do anything besides the bare minimum to survive or function - basically anything besides going to work and eating etc...
The more David thinks about Chad, the more he begins to feel a heaviness. He's felt this before. David is no stranger to bouts of serious depression and he feels a possible episode coming on. Best to get a night's rest. How could he be so careless in using his ability against a boy?
Chaos Factor reduced to 8. Lists updated.
Threads List
publish / write book on Psi and faith
investigate Psi reports
make tenure
make tenure
pursue the lead from the letter
go to Hughes house
contact Duncan Britero or city council
go to Hughes house
check on Marie
meet Chad Hughes
meet Chad Hughes
call Catherine Hughes
call Jesse
Characters List
weirdness magnet
Dr. Marie Higgins
Jesse McManus
Dean Pritchert
NICPP
classroom / students
Dean Pritchert
protesters
Jesse McManus
NICPP
Manny Britero
Duncan Britero
Catherine Hughes
Chad Hughes
NICPP
city council
Jesse McManus
Marie
Marie
Chad Hughes
Catherine Hughes
Catherine Hughes
Chad Hughes
Eric Hughes
Depression
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