TEXT: Damaged 
   
  Introduction 
  Annabelle Gillick, a one-time Delta Green ‘friendly’, is becoming a danger to the people around her. 
  Gillick, a psychic, was assisting a Delta Green agent just over two years ago when her sensitive mind 
  was exposed to alien emanations projected by an otherworldly entity. This drove her mad and until 
  recently she has been in a catatonic state, waging and slowly losing an internal war with the nightmare 
  impulses that have infected her. Her control is slipping, and her damaged mind is projecting echoes of 
  the creature's terrible consciousness to those around her – to caustic effect. Enter the player-
  characters; A-Cell just learned about Gillick, and are concerned she is a security threat. 
  What A-Cell know 
  A-Cell was already worried about Agent ELLIS when he landed another problem in their lap. ELLIS is 
  really Michael Beggs, a DEA agent recently suspended pending the outcome of a corruption 
  investigation. Already wary of any ‘exposure’ from his activities, the conspiracy has just received an e-
  mail from him revealing the existence of Gillick, a ‘friendly’ whom ELLIS had used covertly on several 
  ops and who is now apparently in a mental health facility. ELLIS, who exploited her talents and her 
  successes, made it clear that he felt responsible for her current ‘situation’ and confessed that the 
  charges are a consequence of attempts to raise the funds for her fees. ELLIS, feels that the 
  organisation should "do the right thing and look after her'". This has alarmed A-Cell who, motivated 
  less by fraternal concern than by worries about what Gillick might be saying and to whom, have 
  decided to send in the player Cell. 
  Cell Briefing 
  The Cell is contacted as usual and instructed as follows: 
  1. The conspiracy has recently become aware of Annabelle Gillick, a resident of Rose Lawn House 
  – a residential psychiatric facility. 
  2. They are concerned that Gillick may have sensitive information about their operations and that 
  she might be sharing this information with other ‘civilians’. 
  3. The Cell is to check Gillick out, and establish if there's a risk to organisational security. 
  4. The Cell is to take ‘appropriate steps’ as required. 
  5. The briefing will divulge nothing about Agent ELLIS, or the fact that Gillick is a former ‘friendly’. 
  Research – Annabelle Gillick 
  Agents who research this name can uncover the following with a successful Internet/Library Use: 
  1. A claim in an online ‘psychic abilities’ forum that an Annabelle Gillick used her ‘powers of 
  psychometry’ assisting a Kentucky State Police investigation into a murder five years ago 
  [psychometry: A form of psychic reading in which one individual is said to obtain details about 
  another through physical contact with their possessions.]. Officially denied by police authorities, 
  the story may be confirmed privately by individual detectives who were impressed by the 
  insights she gained at the crime scene. 
   
   
  
  Research - Rose Lawn House (located anywhere that suits the Keeper). 
  Agents who research the institution before visiting (success on Internet/Library Use) will find out the 
  following per success made: 
  1. Rose Lawn House has enjoyed an excellent reputation since inception in the mid-eighties and 
  has enjoyed considerable success in rehabilitating persons with long term mental health issues 
  such as anxiety, depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and sexual and physical abuse. 
  2. The ‘community’ is one where people with mental health issues can be treated in a comfortable 
  environment. A ‘dedicated team’ of 20 nursing staff look after the patients (administering 
  medicines, conducting physiotherapy/exercise etc).Three resident doctors, together with visiting 
  therapists, social workers and family physicians monitor and treat their mental health. 
  3. Residents (up to 30 at any given time) are generally drawn from comfortable backgrounds and 
  this is reflected in the amenities and general comfort of the facility – each patient has their own 
  ‘individualised’ room and there are extensive facilities for exercise/recreation. 
  4. An article advises of the recent suicide of a Doctor James Millman, one of the resident doctors 
  and noted expert in treating victims of mental trauma. 
  5. A further three patients have committed suicide at the institution in the last 2 months. 
  6. Agents with LEO contacts / access to appropriate databases will also uncover: 
  7. Several reports of violent self harm and assault involving patients and/or staff necessitating 
  emergency call-outs from police and paramedics. In some cases, charges are pending, though 
  some of these are complicated by issues of ‘mens rea’. 
  8. The fact that a man recently arrested locally on a ‘violent stabbing spree’ was employed by the 
  cleaning company contracted to work at the facility. 
  Visiting 
  Agents should be able to devise a reason to visit the facility (perhaps as relatives of potential 
  residents). Situated in spacious grounds it comprises an Administration block Recreation block, three 
  residential blocks housing ‘apartments’ and a Maintenance block from which the building manager, etc 
  operate. The grounds are surrounded by a high wall with access through an electric gate. The site is 
  monitored via discrete CCTV (from Admin) by a total of four security guards rotating weekly through 
  two twelve hour shifts. 
  First impressions 
  The most striking thing about the place will be the air of depression amongst the people they meet; 
  staff and patients alike will appear unkempt and listless - the shabbiness and untidiness at odds with 
  the facility's reputation. Many permanent staff will be absent on sick leave (depression and stress) and 
  agency staff sent to backfill are visibly on the way to following them. 
  Staff and patients (the following can be gleaned from surveillance, interviews, or from case notes 
  filched physically from locked files in offices in Admin, or hacked from the institution's data-bases). 
  Doctors Matt Johnston and Fiona Glennie – the surviving resident colleagues of the recent suicide 
  Millman – are in a state of bewilderment about the way that things are unravelling around them. If 
  interviewed, they make an attempt to represent Rose Lawn in a positive light but mentioning recent 
  tragedies will embarrass and discomfit. Both share Millman's workload; Johnston has ‘inherited’ Gillick. 
  He's reviewed Millman's notes but doesn't suspect Gillick is the root cause. 
  Other staff and patients can be created as needed; here are some pointers about how to run them: 
  
  Person in close proximity to Gillick are the worst affected. Residents of her residential block and those 
  who deal with her daily are becoming severely mentally ill – suffering a range of symptoms including 
  severe depression, nightmares, violent mood swings, obsessions with draconic and reptilian imagery 
  and, in some cases, developing acute apotemnophilia (hence the incidences of self harm). Perversely, 
  some of them are slavishly loyal to Gillick and (psychically ‘tuned’ to her) will come to her aid if she is 
  threatened. 
  Other staff and patients are not as severely ill as these unfortunates, but most are in some way 
  affected by Gillick's projections, their mental health crumbling slowly. Only those with the greatest of 
  wills are immune to feelings of depression, listlessness and occasional rage. 
  Annabelle Gillick 
   
  Gillick has been ‘psychic’ all her adult life, keeping her powers hidden until a sense of compassion 
  compelled her to put them to use and she came to ELLIS's attention. 
   
  Two years ago, Gillick was assisting with an investigation into ritualised killings occurring in 
  Maltbee County, Kentucky. Disastrously, her mind became briefly linked to that of a Lloigor – 
  driving her insane and infecting her psyche with terrible echoes – echoes she now projects 
  despite her efforts not to. 
   
  Dr Millman's records about Gillick (copies held in Admin, and electronically) show that she was 
  sent here two years ago by her ‘cousin’ Walter Gillick (an alias of ELLIS) who claimed he had 
  found her ‘distressed’ after a visit. (Accounting successes may uncover this link to ELLIS/Beggs). 
  For most of her stay she was catatonic, allowing herself to be cared for, but showing few signs of 
  awareness. Millman suspected this was due to post-traumatic-stress, cause unknown. She 
  recently began to respond to treatment - causing the problems at Rose Lawn as she ‘awoke’. 
  Gillick warned Millman about the danger she posed – whispering how dangerous work for ‘the 
  government’ involving the supernatural had left her ‘damaged’ - but he put it down to paranoid 
  delusion before taking his own life. 
   
  Technically, access to Gillick is restricted to known relatives and authorised staff, but the 
  apathetic nature of the regime will mean that agents should easily circumvent this. 
   
  Gillick is physically weak and spends all her time in her ‘apartment’. She is now mostly lucid and 
  aware of the damage she is causing – issuing dire warnings in a whisper. She naturally wants to 
  live and will try to garner sympathy for her plight (believing herself possessed' and requesting 
  ‘exorcism’ accordingly). She will use her powers to defend herself if necessary. 
   
  Additional complications 
  Rose Lawn is a semi-public place; regular visitors are worried and may contact authorities already 
  concerned at recent events. 
  ELLIS: Guilt ridden and edgy, have him show up to reveal Gillick's past as a friendly and/or to hinder 
  any attempts to harm her. 
  A-Cell: further directives will be suitably callous regarding the fates of Gillick and ELLIS. 
   
   
  
  And the stats: 
  Annabelle Gillick (Age, 32.) 
  STR 6 CON 13 SIZ 12 INT 15 POW 17 
  DEX 11 APP 15 EDU 14 SAN 56 HP 12 
  Magic Points: 48* 
  Appearance: White female, pale, freckled with red hair. 
  ** Special Abilities: ** 
   
  Gillick can ‘read’ minds and/or physical objects and locations to a certain extent visualising 
  any acts of violence or trauma that occurred in the location or to the person involved. She 
  can use this ability to build empathy with people she encounters – ‘sharing their pain’. 
   
  In addition Gillick's mind projects echoes of the insidious Lloigor mind she encountered. 
   
  Anyone spending more than half an hour in contact with Gillick will have to check v SAN. 
  Success = 1 lost point and a feeling of extreme discomfort as if being scrutinised by a 
  hostile, alien mind (despite her efforts to be empathetic). Failure means a 1D6 loss and a 
  night's sleep plagued with nightmares of reptiles and terrible dragons. Loss equating to 
  temporary or indefinite insanity will result in suicidal depression and/or a desire to 
  amputate one's own limbs to assuage feelings of guilt. In some cases (failed POW x 5 roll) 
  the victim may become extremely violent. 
   
  Gillick also causes an automatic 1 point SAN loss to anyone sleeping within one mile of her, 
  each and every time they do so. *A failed POW x 5 roll means that she has leeched 1D6 
  Magic Points too to be added to her own total. Cumulative losses result in a worsening of 
  any existing mental condition, and feelings of extreme lethargy. 
   
  Telekinetic effects: Gillick, in extremis, can move objects with the power of her mind. It 
  costs her 5 Magic Points per point of SIZ she wishes to move. 
   
  Vortex Attack: If in mortal danger (i.e. terrified for her life and/or wounded and close to 
  death), Gillick will expend 20 Magic points and unleash a ‘psychic vortex’ that will cause 
  1D20 HPs damage to everything within 12 feet. This includes Gillick herself. 
  Agent ELLIS (real name: Michael Beggs, DEA agent). 
  STR 13 CON 15 SIZ 14 INT 15 POW 13 
  DEX 15 APP 12 EDU 16 SAN 54 HP 14 
  ** Skills: See DEA template in Delta Green rulebook. ** 
   
  
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