Like Water

 "Hollywood often has a way of blowing things out of proportion."
"What do you mean Mrs. Fletcher?"
"Well, remember when old man Johnson's tuna nets were torn into by the school of sharks that got caught in the shallows a few summers back?"
"Aye."
"Then they made that dreadful movie Jaws about a runaway shark?"
"Poor girl."
"Aye."

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"Dusting sure takes awhile Jack."
"It used to only take about 10 or 15 minutes."
"What changed?"
"I got older and slower and there's a lot more than Bumblebee and a few books on the shelf now."
"You call that a few books?"
"Oh, you saw the old library?"
"Yeah....that was not 'a few books'?"
"You want to know the crazy part?"
"Yes?"
"Those where just the Book Marks."
"Shut the fuck up."
"True Story."

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white t-shirts and cold beer
t-shirts to see if I was leaking.
Cold beer to ease the creaking. 

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Four more days man.

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"Why do we wait to eat?"
"Because there are those that can not."
"Why can't they?"
"Because there are those that have to."
"Why do they have to?"
"Because life is funny sometimes."
"And sad sometimes."
"Indeed."
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There is one thing that all of the wise men and wise women agree on. 
"Look to the stars and watch where you walk."

"Everything between is the world."

"Genius is 98% perspiration and 2% inspiration...."  Or some such. 
"He forgot to factor in the blood and tears."
"What do you think perspiration means lad?" 

"They're all full of shit." 

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Almost done.
Floors are swept and baseboards wiped down. 
Now it's just putting the furniture back and re running the cabling to make sure there haven't been any nibbles.  
Which, so far so good. 
The exciting part. 
For me at least.
Is that I'm finally getting things settled in the way I imagined them when I first walked into the room. 
But...
Life being do what life being do recovery was a little slower than I'd hoped.
That's the funny thing about age. 
The thing that young people don't think about and older people often regret.  
When you're young is how you shape your health. 
Not fitting into arbitrary beauty standards, but shaping yourself for the life you hope for. 

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Strength.
Stamina.
Acuity. 
Awareness. 
Luck. 

Luck is the one you can't shape, but you can stack in your favor the longer you play.
The first and fourth you start with in abundance and grow rapidly but ultimately decline over time.
The Second and Third start weak and grow slowly but decay slower than the first and fourth.

Background - Affects Strength, Stamina, and Luck and is fixed at character creation
Education - Affects all 4 and is allocated into actions per turn.
Age - Affects all 5 and is applied over time.

"I'm going to use a background point to perform this action with an Awareness check?"
"Roll with a Luck and Stamina modifier."
"15 so...40 in total." 
"The air feels heavy and you're slightly dizzy. Like you've been underwater to long."
"Hey...uh...guys..."


Anyways.  
That's how I'd create/run/write the games.


What's Luck represent?
A hoagie when you're running on empty.
Damn dude. 


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"Go eat Jack, you can't think if you don't fuel the machine."
"hrm"