Editing The Sanitation Bureau:Paul Carmody

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== The Fanatic ==

'''Faction:''' Tinfoil Hats<br />
'''Obsession:''' Lost Atlantis<br />
'''Look:''' comfortable clothes, wide eyes<br />

'''Stats:''' Cool +0, Sharp +2, Intense +1, Humble –1<br />
'''Factions:''' Civilians +1, Criminals +0, Spies +1, Tinfoil Hats +0

'''Stress:''' 0<br />
'''Defect:''' When someone insults or belittles your obsession and you suffer the insult quietly, mark Stress.

'''Harm:''' none

== Debts ==

=== Others to Paul ===

* [[The_Sanitation_Bureau:Rosanne King|Rosanne King]]: 1 for stealing Paul's relic!

=== Paul to Others ===

* [[The_Sanitation_Bureau:Zachary Graves|Zachary Graves]]: 1 for listening patiently
* [[The_Sanitation_Bureau:Priyanka Patel|Priyanka Patel]]: 1 for babbling at her endlessly until she can't stand it

== Moves ==

* '''Strong personalities:''' When you ''hit the streets'' looking for your own faction, or ''dig through the stuff'' of your own faction, roll +sharp instead of +faction.
* '''Hot buttons:''' When you provoke someone who disagrees with you, roll +intense. On a hit, they lose their cool, and you get to choose one option from the list. On a 7–9, you both lose your cool: whichever option you choose for them, you do it too.
** They mark Stress.
** They reveal a secret.
** They lose one Debt they hold over you. If you owe them nothing, nothing happens.
* '''All will be revealed in time:''' Whenever you ''lend a hand'' to someone who's trying to ''keep their shit together,'' you succeed as though you'd rolled a 10+. Also, when you reassure NPCs who are freaking out, roll +cool. On a 7–9, they pull themselves together for the moment. On a 10+, they keep it together for the rest of the scene.

== Advances Taken ==

''(none yet)''

== Background ==

Paul Carmody was a med student who started experimenting with DXM (aka Robo, aka cough syrup) as a way to relax from his studies. DXM has a reputation for causing personality changes, and high doses can give the sensation of contact with alien beings. But that's just an illusion, right? You can't actually open a time tunnel to ancient Atlantis with cough syrup, right? No matter how much you take, or for how long?

Over the course of a year and a half, Paul went from top of his class, to flunked out, to talking to himself in an alley, to valued member of the Sanitation Bureau.

=== Relationships ===

* [[The_Sanitation_Bureau:Rosanne King|Rosanne King]] shares Paul's beliefs (well, kind of).
* Paul can talk to [[The_Sanitation_Bureau:Zachary Graves|Zachary Graves]] about his obsession, even though Zachary doesn't really understand.
* [[The_Sanitation_Bureau:Priyanka Patel|Priyanka Patel]] is tired of arguing with Paul and won't talk to him any more.