Nate

Nate is a washed-up, nervous doctor.

## Description

#### **Personality**

Fidgety and awkward, Nate makes his discomfort being around people apparent. He has a tendency to stammer and wring his hands during conversation, and struggles to make eye contact. However, despite his antsy nature, Nate clearly has a drive to help people. He fast-tracked himself through med school, and evidently is a very purposeful person and a border-line genius beneath his shaken exterior.

#### **Appearance**

Nate is a gangly guy with sunken eyes and longer, messy black hair. He seems perpetually disheveled, but usually wears relatively formal clothes indicative of his ability to have once been presentable and professional. He is near-sighted, but usually wears contacts rather than glasses. The reason for his continued visual impairment despite modern technology is unknown, as he has alluded to having been fairly well-off in his childhood.

## Abilities

Nate is a trained medical professional, although he currently unemployed.

## Relationships

#### **Colby Reed**

Nate and Colby first met by chance, bumping into each other at a coffee shop. Their second meeting was also by chance, when Nate stepped in to stop some street thugs from beating up Colby. Upon this second meeting, Nate offered Colby his services as an under-the-table doctor should Colby require healthcare, but be unable to pursue care with an official establishment. Nate, being generally isolated and lonely, has found himself seeking a degree of companionship in Colby. He is also a little concerned for Colby's safety given the vague explanation of what befell the folks he treated after their accounting firm break-in.

## History

Nate is young for a doctor, having passed through academia incredibly quickly, and if his treatment of the player characters is any indication, he is incredibly proficient. However, before he could fully pursue a career in medicine, a family tragedy struck, leaving him a reeling, depressed mess. Nate has explained that he was part of a medical start-up that refused to sell out to Essence Bioware, despite increasing pressure from the corporation. Nate suspects that Essence assassinated his mother in retaliation; he found her shot in the back of the head, but police ruled her death a suicide by chemical injection. Devastated, Nate withdrew from his company, and has professed to have lost contact with his former coworkers. Nate also mentioned that his inability to find work in the medical field stems from his fear and hatred of Essence; he cannot bring himself to work for the company that destroyed him. Lost in a downward spiral, Nate has ended up living in a miserable apartment, unemployed and broke despite his talents. He is currently in search of employment, and on the road to recovery.

## Sessions Present

* Session 09
* Session 12
* Session 13
* Session 18
* Session 19
* Session 20
* Session 22
* Session 25
* Session 28
* Session 30

## Trivia

* It is possible to count the number of furniture pieces in Nate's apartment on one hand.
* Nate is ambidextrous.
* Given the requirements for graduating med school, Nate's early graduation is indicative of prodigious skill and an uncanny intellect.