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Anastasia Tension
Anastasia Tension is a "tough scrabble reporter" MEN E1·00:20:54 (played by Danielle) who wants bigger headlines than "we stubbed our toe" MEN E1·00:20:54. Danielle says her name is A. Tension because the role she plays in the brain is to help with focus and attention MEN E1·00:20:54. She gives the switchboard operator the name "Stacy Fakename" MEN E1·00:26:25. She argues with her editor, Freddy Focus, about puff pieces MEN E1·00:34:52 MEN E1·00:37:08.
Anastasia Tension is the reporter of the Prefrontal PIs, the Daily Observer's tough scrabble reporter who stands for attention and keeps a set of family keys. In MEN_01 she wears a trilby and a trench coat into Sugah's, tricks Hunch with "Hunch, look over there. It's a clue." MEN E1·01:28:28 and takes his shiny rock, and is Imelda's cousin, which Imelda says Anastasia does not like to admit MEN E1·01:25:30 MEN E1·01:28:28 MEN E1·01:48:25 MEN E1·01:48:28. She says she keeps the keys "in the freezer at home" MEN E1·01:48:33. In MEN_02 she says she no longer uses her keys, claims an in with the stationmaster at Oblongata Station, and picks the lock of De'lux Industrial MEN E2·00:20:17 MEN E2·00:55:07 MEN E2·01:51:02. In MEN_03 she remembers that her freezer holds a key, lies to Chief Tightass that she has not heard from Imelda in years, and chips the key out of the ice MEN E3·00:35:45 MEN E3·00:58:35 MEN E3·01:00:33.
In MEN_04 she hides Imelda under her coat and hat, presents her to Max Medulla as "Stacy Fakename", and calls in a favor from Max MEN E4·00:04:52 MEN E4·00:08:08 MEN E4·00:09:41. She chooses "Flight." MEN E4·00:18:42 for her key at the switchboard, then stalls the shock troopers as the Daily Observer MEN E4·00:18:42 MEN E4·00:31:42. In the paddy wagon she borrows Officer Joie de Vivre's keys MEN E4·01:07:46. At the mayor's office she says "Mayor Logic, we have already gotten to the point where we are suspended in midair and covered in shit." MEN E4·01:38:06. In MEN_05 she takes the courthouse as her ground and argues for Dan before the judge, telling the judge the big guy "is not allowed to be happy" MEN E5·01:14:45 MEN E5·00:48:18. She finds the campaign check in M. Bition's briefcase and submits it as surprise evidence, and Bition is arrested MEN E5·01:16:58 MEN E5·01:23:43. With Fanny Fawnsworth she borrows a family key, then chases a key thief across the roofs and saves her with her trench coat MEN E5·02:13:11 MEN E5·02:15:57 MEN E5·02:27:05. The thief has an F on her chest, is called Flight, and says her name is Stacy Fakename MEN E5·02:27:58 MEN E5·02:29:04.
In MEN_06 Anastasia arrives barefoot in Stacy's car, drinks the room-temperature vodka and announces "I am now in possession of all four of the F keys." MEN E6·00:14:42 MEN E6·00:11:57 MEN E6·00:12:47. Ivana hands over her key and Anastasia punches Stacy to take hers MEN E6·00:21:50 MEN E6·00:22:20. For Elias in the hallway she decides to put in flight MEN E6·00:31:12. Madam Loathing attacks her with the white key and she takes a heavy injury MEN E6·00:41:40. She shoots at Loathing and misses MEN E6·01:13:47. She tells Elias to take the papers to the local newspaper, and in the epilogue Danielle has her promoted to page two MEN E6·01:32:37 MEN E6·01:46:21. Frank Freeze asks her whether she has ever thought about running for public office MEN E6·01:47:43.
Character sheet — Mentopolis
Mentopolis sheet of Anastasia Tension (played by Danielle Radford). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Features
- Self-description — Danielle: a tough scrabble reporter trying to break into bigger headlines than 'we stubbed our toe'; she has a nose for the news and her name is A. Tension because she helps with focus and attention in the brain. MEN E1·00:20:54
- Card background lines — Three lines under the title on her file card: Employee at The Daily Observer; Always eyeing the next big scoop; Tough scrabble reporter out to gain notoriety. MEN E1·00:21:02
- Alias Stacy Fakename — Introduces herself to the switchboard operator as Stacy Fakename. MEN E1·00:26:25
- File stamp VIGILANT — Her file No. 001 is stamped VIGILANT in the transcript caption of the full card with the three features; the frame reading does not carry the stamp. MEN E1·01:25:28
- Connected — Card feature: +3 SAVVY when locating experts or advisors. MEN E1·01:25:27 MEN E1·01:25:28
- Nerves of Steel — Card feature: spend 1 Moxie to treat a Snap Decision as a Planned Action. MEN E1·01:25:27 MEN E1·01:25:28
- Resilient — Card feature: Moxie spent to boost attack against you are worth +2. MEN E1·01:25:27 MEN E1·01:25:28
- Planned Action halves her Snoop — After a natural 1 on her d20 Snoop Brennan reminds her of the halving mechanic for a Planned Action; Danielle: "Let's go ahead and halve that baby." and the Snoop counts as an automatic 10. MEN E1·00:24:49 MEN E1·00:24:55 MEN E1·00:24:59
- Another natural 1 on Snoop — Her Snoop on the evidence cart is another natural 1 (Brennan: "Is that another natural 1?"); the evidence is taken away. MEN E1·00:30:26
- Cousin of Imelda; keys in the freezer — Imelda calls her her cousin, who does not like to admit it; Anastasia says she keeps the keys in the freezer at home. MEN E1·01:48:25 MEN E1·01:48:33
- Slick plus two (not named) — Slick against difficulty 8 for Focus: a nat 1 sound, Brennan asks if it is her third 1 in a row, and Danielle says it gives her a 3; arithmetic, a 1 plus a fixed 2. The source of the 2 is not named. (derived) MEN E1·00:35:43 MEN E1·00:35:39
- Moxie: cannot borrow when alone — Asks to borrow Moxie; Brennan: "Unfortunately, no one else is in the scene with you." MEN E1·00:35:53 MEN E1·00:35:54
- Sneak plus two (not named) — Sneak, nine plus two for 11, against Imelda's disadvantage roll; the source of the 2 is not named. MEN E2·00:21:26
- Slick plus two (named as a plus) — Slick against Max: "I rolled a 6, and then I've got a plus two, so that gets me an 8." The source is not named. MEN E2·01:00:51
- Nerves of Steel used: Snap Decision halved — Danielle: "I have Nerves of Steel, so I'm going to spend one Moxie to treat a Snap decision as a Planned Action." and halves the Sneak. MEN E2·01:05:21 MEN E2·01:05:27
- Nerves of Steel used: the trilby trip — Again uses Nerves of Steel, one Moxie to turn a Snap Decision into a halved Planned Action; she throws her trilby to trip a goon. MEN E2·01:53:33 MEN E2·01:53:40
- Moxie spent: one on the lockpick — At the De'lux Industrial door she counts the Sneak up, five, six, 7, and uses a Moxie; the lock clicks. MEN E2·01:51:02
- Moxie gained: a token for a failed Snoop — Snoop 4 against a 12 fails; Brennan: a Moxie token goes down the track to Danielle. MEN E2·01:07:22 MEN E2·01:07:30
- Moxie pooled for a Savvy 2 — Savvy 2 against 7 under doubled costs: Siobhan spends her four Moxie for +2 (costs doubled); Alex gives two 'from my four'; Hank offers two; Danielle counts up and says she has one more. Whose tokens close the gap is not said. MEN E3·00:33:35 MEN E3·00:33:42 MEN E3·00:33:45 MEN E3·00:33:52 MEN E3·00:33:58
- Moxie spent: two to help Dan — On Dan's Savvy: "I can burn two, so that's one." MEN E4·00:21:55
- Moxie in hand: four on the troopers' Slick — Slick 6 plus 2 is 8, "and then I definitely have the four"; the caption has her gathering four Moxie tokens in her hand. MEN E4·00:32:08
- Moxie put forward on the court roll — Back in the green Brennan says one more Moxie would put her five over; Danielle puts forward a Moxie. MEN E5·01:21:44
- Nerves of Steel: no Moxie left — On a Snap Decision to throw a shoe she wants to halve it and says: "Can't, not enough Moxie." MEN E5·02:26:16 MEN E5·02:26:19
- Heavy injury from a lunging key — After a failed Sturdy 2 against 15 a key lunges at her chest; as a snap reaction she dodges with a Sneak (arithmetic: a Sneak 8, plus 2, plus 4 for one Moxie from Alex, is 14) and 'hits the deck', sustaining a heavy injury (Brennan: a heavy injury is worth two, a light one; three are survivable; a heavy comes from failing by five or more). Keys fly out of the fall. MEN E6·00:39:59 MEN E6·00:40:33 MEN E6·00:41:22 MEN E6·00:41:40
- Family key in the freeze slot — Danielle puts her family key into the freeze slot: "'cause we've got the fight key here", and freeze is the one that is not there; Brennan: Snoop joins the skills the keys affect, and each Moxie then gives plus four on Snoop. MEN E6·00:43:52 MEN E6·00:43:34 MEN E6·00:44:01
- Moxie from Alex on the dodge — Dodging with Sneak: "Nine, 10, and then with this one I get four so that brings me to 14"; Alex: "I give you one." MEN E6·00:41:32 MEN E6·00:41:38
- Moxie borrowed from Hunch for Nerves of Steel — Asks "May I borrow a Moxie?" to use Nerves of Steel on the Snoop (DC 8, halved); Trapp: "I guess I could spare one." MEN E6·01:29:28 MEN E6·01:29:30 MEN E6·01:29:33
Items
- Trilby and trench coat — Goes into Sugah's with her trilby low and the trench coat of a flasher, trying to look like Girl Reporter. MEN E1·01:25:30
- Family key from the ice — Chips a key out of the ice with an icepick (Sharp DC 4, halved) and grabs it as the second key, then a shot of vodka before running for Oblongata Station. MEN E3·01:00:33 MEN E3·01:00:47 MEN E3·01:00:51
- Oculus received — Hunch gives her the oculus because someone with a longer attention span should have it. MEN E5·00:10:03
- Second copper gun — Trapp: "So I pass the copper gun over to A. Tension." MEN E5·00:50:49 MEN E5·00:50:16
- Fanny Fawnsworth's key — Asks Fanny what it would take to borrow her key; Fanny: "I'll do anything for you!" and gives it. MEN E5·02:13:11 MEN E5·02:13:15
- Family key taken by the thief — lost: a woman walks away with her family key, the key of attention; Brennan: she has yours and you still have Fanny's. MEN E5·02:14:37 MEN E5·02:15:12
- Family key returned — Saved from the fall, the thief hands her family key back. MEN E5·02:27:58
- F keys, all but Freeze's — Anastasia: "I am now in possession of all four of the F keys."; Brennan reminds her that Frank Freeze still has freeze and she corrects herself: except Frank Freeze's. MEN E6·00:14:42 MEN E6·00:14:56 MEN E6·00:15:01
By episode
MEN E1: The Big Guy
- A "tough scrabble reporter" trying to get bigger headlines than "we stubbed our toe"; "her name is A. Tension because that is the role that she plays in the brain, is that she helps with focus and attention" — 00:20:54
- Knows Officer Connell but not the scientists — 00:23:50
- Introduces herself to the switchboard operator as "Stacy Fakename" — 00:26:25
- Argues with Focus about puff pieces, and tells him he may fire her if she is wrong: "I'm just a lonely spinster at the ripe old age of 24." — 00:37:08
- Wears a trilby and a trench coat into Sugah's, hoping not to be noticed — 01:25:30
- Cousin of Imelda, who does not like to admit it — 01:48:25; says she keeps the keys "in the freezer at home" — 01:48:33
- Tricks Hunch with "Hunch, look over there. It's a clue." and takes his shiny rock — 01:28:28, 01:28:31
- Halves a Snoop check and recalls the shattered keyhole casing on the switchboard — 01:45:23
MEN E2: The Scattered Mind
- Takes notes during the standoff: "Look at you, look at you. No, look at you, look at you." — 00:08:48
- Says she no longer uses her keys: "I do not use the keys anymore." — 00:20:17
- Orders "a glass of room temperature vodka" — 00:37:05
- Has "an in with the stationmaster" at Oblongata Station — 00:55:07
- Reads the situation as head trauma: "It sounds like blunt force trauma to the head." — 01:14:46
- Holds the dying messenger's note and takes it to carry to the Daily Observer — 01:09:14
- Picks the lock of De'lux Industrial and throws her trilby to trip a goon (Nerves of Steel) — 01:51:02, 01:53:09
MEN E3: F For Freezer
- Reminds Imelda: "You know you have the key." — 00:09:00
- Understands why Conrad should not turn himself in: "you can wipe out your guilt not by wiping yourself out, but by doing more good in the future." — 00:40:57
- Suspects the key hit the DA and the mayor: "Is it possible that it has affected the DA? Is it possible that it has affected Mayor Logic?" — 00:30:45
- Gets a Savvy of 2 and is lifted to the needed 7 by pooled Moxie — 00:33:35, 00:33:42, 00:33:58
- Remembers that her freezer holds a key: "Oh, I know where we can get another key." / "My freezer." — 00:35:39, 00:35:45
- Answers Imelda's "You're going to let me come to your apartment?" with "Absolutely not." — 00:35:51, 00:35:53; the two then go to her boarding-house room — 00:50:46
- Lies to Chief Tightass in her room: "I haven't speaken to or heard from Imelda Pulse in years." — 00:58:35
- Slick 7 plus 2 is 9 against the chief — 00:57:34, 00:57:39
- Chips the key out of the ice — 01:00:33; "But first, I have a shot of vodka." — 01:01:01
MEN E4: Grappling With Death
- Plans to use her cousin's fame but rejects it since "people think that she is missing" — 00:04:14
- Hides Imelda: "Quick, wear this." — 00:04:52; "You're part of the press now." — 00:05:08
- Presents Imelda to Max as "Stacy Fakename" — 00:08:08; Snoop 5 (Danielle: "Damn, I got a 5 but who cares.") — 00:08:31
- Calls in a favor from Max (Slick 17): "I'm gonna need to call in one of my favors." — 00:09:41; "I need you to allow me access." — 00:10:17
- Orders "a nice hot tea and a warm shot of room temperature vodka" — 00:11:12
- Restrains Imelda's impulse to turn the second key: "If we trigger the machine now, we won't have as precise control as if we would if we wait for the others." — 00:13:28
- Agrees with Ivana's fight: "I don't think that having a little bit of fight for the big man would be a necessarily a bad thing." — 00:17:22
- Chooses flight for her key: "Flight." — 00:18:42
- Takes the microphone: "Don't go around killing anyone, but be care-, don't slip!" — 00:19:54
- Stalls the troopers as the Daily Observer: "Hi, gentlemen. Do you have any comments for the Daily Observer?" — 00:31:42; "I'm sorry I have to be thorough. Do you have a comment?" — 00:32:57
- Asks for a ride along "to interview Ms. Fakename" (Slick 9, arithmetic as said: 7 plus 2) — 00:39:30, 00:39:48
- In the paddy wagon questions a cop about the black cars (Slick 27) — 01:05:04, 01:06:15
- Borrows Officer Joie de Vivre's keys: "I love keys." — 01:07:46; "I'll give those right back as soon as you're done with the pew pew." — 01:08:43
- Unlocks everyone and gives Conrad the keys — 01:09:23
- At the mayor's: "Mayor Logic, we have already gotten to the point where we are suspended in midair and covered in shit." — 01:38:06; asks what would go wrong if they did nothing — 01:42:08
- Estimates the odds: "I would guess that we are at about 85% chance of hitting a window." — 01:43:38; later "It was only like 45%, maybe 30%." — 01:45:45
MEN E5: Emergency Powers
- Is handed the oculus by Hunch and hugs him; afterwards: "But we should've been best friends long ago." — 00:10:03, 00:10:34, 00:11:21
- Gives Thalamus the reporter's line: "I might be interested in writing a puff piece about your beautiful shop." — 00:15:59
- Reasons that returning to Cerebell Pacific or the station would be a mistake and takes the courthouse: "I have the biggest in with the court, being that I often cover the news of the day." — 00:45:16, 00:48:18
- Asks Hunch for a gun and gets the second copper gun: "I would very much like a gun." — 00:50:16, 00:50:49
- In court introduces herself as the Daily Observer's representative who "also know law stuff" — 01:07:37
- Tells the judge the big guy is miserable: "The reason for our prohibition is because the big guy is not allowed to be happy." — 01:14:45
- Notices a campaign check in M. Bition's briefcase (Snoop 19) and submits it as surprise evidence: "because that evidence is in his very briefcase!" — 01:16:23, 01:16:25, 01:16:58
- Wins the case; to Bition: "I just did." — 01:23:47
- Proposes Dan go back to the mayor's office so nobody else can make announcements: "Mayor Fucks." — 01:25:08
- Tries to deny knowing Conrad (Slick 8, "6 plus 2") — 01:29:14, 01:29:31
- Asks Dan about his winking eye ("What's wrong with your eye?") — 02:08:06
- With Fanny Fawnsworth: "Sure, but first, I have to know. What's wrong with your eye?" (Fanny: "It's fake!"), then undresses her to find the F tattoo and borrows her family key — 02:08:51, 02:08:58, 02:12:21, 02:13:11
- Orders a drink: "I would love a room temperature vodka, please." — 02:10:15
- Chases the key thief: shoots (Sharp 2), "run backwards with the gun", throws her hat (Sneak 5), then the shoes — 02:15:04, 02:15:57, 02:16:29, 02:26:01
- Saves the thief with her trench coat: "It's all on you, girl!" — 02:27:05
- Meets Flight: "Is there any way that I could borrow that key?" and gives her name as A. Tension — 02:28:29, 02:29:04
MEN E6: Case Closed
- Arrives barefoot in Stacy's car: "I'm not wearing shoes. I need you to slow down." — 00:11:57
- Bites the top off the bottle of room-temperature vodka and drinks (Sturdy 3, pressure drops five) — 00:12:18, 00:12:47
- Announces: "I am now in possession of all four of the F keys." — 00:14:42
- Gets Ivana to hand over her key ("I don't know why, but I'm gonna listen to you.") and punches Stacy to take hers: "Punched in the face, punched in the gut!" — 00:21:50, 00:22:20
- Picks the key for Elias in the hallway: "I don't want to freeze. I do wanna calm him down." After Imelda says there is no time for calm: "I think I'm gonna put in flight." — 00:31:02, 00:31:09, 00:31:12
- Reasons about the rule change: "Doesn't running offer you endorphins, and wouldn't endorphins help us lower some of the pressure?" — 00:32:52
- Attacked by Loathing's key; asks "Can I fucking shoot her?" and is told no; dodges, taking a heavy injury — 00:41:09, 00:41:40
- Puts her family key in the freeze slot so Snoop takes +4 per Moxie — 00:43:52, 00:44:01
- Shoots at Loathing ("Duck!") and misses (Sharp 2 against Loathing's Sneak 3) — 01:13:20, 01:13:47
- Speaks to Elias: "Mr. Hodge. Hi, Mr. Hodge. Hi, it's me, attention." and suggests the local newspaper (Slick 4) — 01:32:16, 01:32:37
- Epilogue (Danielle): promoted to page two and "four to five inches"; Fawn tells her how much she likes her; "just keep paying attention to me" — 01:46:21, 01:47:34
- Frank Freeze asks her: "Have you ever thought about running for public office?" — she asks "what would my slogan be?" and then says to him "Mr. Freeze, I think we've got a lot of work to do." — 01:47:43, 01:48:06, 01:48:18