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''D is for Devils and Details and Deals, for Dreams and Desires and all that reveals . . .''
==''I'm the guy the devil sold his soul to.''==


[[File:NickScratch002.jpg|200px]]
[[File:NickScratch002.jpg|200px]]


''D is for Devils''
''And Details and Deals''
''For Dreams and Desires''
''And all that reveals''
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'''MY NAME IS . . .''' Nicholas Scratch
'''MY NAME IS . . .''' Nicholas Scratch


'''AND I AM . . .''' destined to become the Devil at the Crossroads
'''AND I AM . . .''' The Devil at the Crossroads
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'''WHAT'S BEEN KEEPING YOU AWAKE?''' This is the source of your Insomnia. This is what landed you in the Mad City.
'''WHAT'S BEEN KEEPING YOU AWAKE?''' ''Something is missing. I don't know what it is, but I can't sleep, because that missing piece nags at me. I'd beg borrow or Deal to get that piece back. But it eludes me. It eludes me, and I can't sleep.''


'''WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO YOU?''' This is the scene right before the start of the game. This is your first solid brush with Nightmares and it was traumatic enough that it earned you your first Scar (write that in at the bottom of the this sheet).
'''WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO YOU?''' ''That door - the crooked blue one in the middle of the street that no one else can see? It was there again.''


'''WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE?''' Rough around the edges regular guy. Average build. Average looks. Average stance. Average suit. Nicholas is not a man of far exotic destinations. Nicholas is the guy from halfway there. He isn't where roads end. He is where roads meet and cross as they go their separate ways.
''That door is what just happened to me.''


'''WHAT LIES BENEATH?''' A man always at the center of things. Always ready to meet the next person passing through - not as a casual stranger, but as one who has been intently, purposefully waiting. A man who is not looking for a destination. A man who IS the destination.
''I been through it before. The depraved Deals the people and things beyond that door are willing to make, you wouldn't believe, and I couldn't resist. I went through it again. Only this time there was no door on the other side. No way to step back out of this Mad City.''
 
''How'd you get stuck here?''
 
'''WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE?''' ''You see me, you see a rough around the edges regular guy. Average build. Average looks. Average stance. Average suit. I'm not a man of far exotic destinations. I'm the guy from halfway there. I don't go where roads end. I wait where they cross in a hurry to go their separate ways.''
 
'''WHAT LIES BENEATH?''' ''I know I don't look like much, but for well or ill I am always at the center of things. Always ready to meet the next person passing through, not as a casual stranger, but intently, purposefully waiting. I'm not a man looking for a destination. I am the destination.''
 
'''WHAT IS YOUR PATH?''' ''Leverage. You can never have too much leverage. I don't Deal for souls. That's yesterday's Devil. If I made a Deal with you today, it's because I have need of you tomorrow.''
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'''WHAT GIFT ARE YOU MOST AFRAID OF GETTING?''' ''When I was a kid, Da brought a stray pup home for Christmas. He didn't know it had the rabies, but one day when he was out, it came at us, and Ma had to put it down with an old butcher knife right there in our living room. I'm shit terrified of ever getting another animal as a present."


'''WHAT IS YOUR PATH?''' Where are you headed? What do you want? What do you need? What will you do to get it?
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'''TOTAL DISCIPLINE''' 3
'''TOTAL DISCIPLINE''' 3
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'''RESPONSES:'''   
'''RESPONSES:'''   


'''TOTAL FLIGHT RESPONSES''' 1
'''TOTAL FLIGHT RESPONSES''' 0


'''TOTAL FIGHT RESPONSES''' 2
'''TOTAL FIGHT RESPONSES''' 3
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'''EXHAUSTION TALENT'''
'''EXHAUSTION TALENT'''
* '''Little Favors . . .''' Honey tongued Nicholas Scratch has a knack for convincing folk to do things for him, even outlandish things, hinting that all they dream or desire is in reach if they'll just do this ''one little thing for him first.''
* '''Little Favors . . .''' ''I got a knack for convincing folk to do things for me. It helps that they always seem to believe that doing what'' '''I want''' ''somehow gets em closer to  what'' '''they want.'''  


'''MADNESS TALENT'''
'''MADNESS TALENT'''
* '''Needful Things . . .''' Whenever Nicholas has need of a thing, it's somehow always right there. Need to escape? ''Well look, someone left that car running.'' Need to pay for dinner? ''Well look, someone dropped a small fold of twenties by the table here. Keep the change.''
* '''Needful Things . . .''' ''Somehow, whenever I have need of a thing, it's always just right there.'' '''Need to escape?''' ''Well look, someone left that car running.'' '''Need to pay for dinner?''' ''Well look, someone dropped a small fold of twenties by my table. Keep the change.''

Latest revision as of 11:57, 18 November 2018

I'm the guy the devil sold his soul to.[edit]

D is for Devils

And Details and Deals

For Dreams and Desires

And all that reveals


MY NAME IS . . . Nicholas Scratch

AND I AM . . . The Devil at the Crossroads

WHAT'S BEEN KEEPING YOU AWAKE? Something is missing. I don't know what it is, but I can't sleep, because that missing piece nags at me. I'd beg borrow or Deal to get that piece back. But it eludes me. It eludes me, and I can't sleep.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO YOU? That door - the crooked blue one in the middle of the street that no one else can see? It was there again.

That door is what just happened to me.

I been through it before. The depraved Deals the people and things beyond that door are willing to make, you wouldn't believe, and I couldn't resist. I went through it again. Only this time there was no door on the other side. No way to step back out of this Mad City.

How'd you get stuck here?

WHAT'S ON THE SURFACE? You see me, you see a rough around the edges regular guy. Average build. Average looks. Average stance. Average suit. I'm not a man of far exotic destinations. I'm the guy from halfway there. I don't go where roads end. I wait where they cross in a hurry to go their separate ways.

WHAT LIES BENEATH? I know I don't look like much, but for well or ill I am always at the center of things. Always ready to meet the next person passing through, not as a casual stranger, but intently, purposefully waiting. I'm not a man looking for a destination. I am the destination.

WHAT IS YOUR PATH? Leverage. You can never have too much leverage. I don't Deal for souls. That's yesterday's Devil. If I made a Deal with you today, it's because I have need of you tomorrow.

WHAT GIFT ARE YOU MOST AFRAID OF GETTING? When I was a kid, Da brought a stray pup home for Christmas. He didn't know it had the rabies, but one day when he was out, it came at us, and Ma had to put it down with an old butcher knife right there in our living room. I'm shit terrified of ever getting another animal as a present."

TOTAL DISCIPLINE 3

PERMANENT MADNESS 0

CURRENT EXHAUSTION 0

RESPONSES:

TOTAL FLIGHT RESPONSES 0

TOTAL FIGHT RESPONSES 3

EXHAUSTION TALENT

  • Little Favors . . . I got a knack for convincing folk to do things for me. It helps that they always seem to believe that doing what I want somehow gets em closer to what they want.

MADNESS TALENT

  • Needful Things . . . Somehow, whenever I have need of a thing, it's always just right there. Need to escape? Well look, someone left that car running. Need to pay for dinner? Well look, someone dropped a small fold of twenties by my table. Keep the change.
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