Peggy stomps around fuming because Paul is missing AGAIN. He must be having an affair. Every time she demands an explanation for why he is not home on time, he gives her the same old excuse-geocaching. There is no way anyone can geocache this much, surely he is lying to her. Yesterday she took off from work to follow him around, and he actually did go geocaching, so she checked all of the geocaches for secret messages, but failed to figure anything out. She gets the phonebook out to look for private investigators. Peggy might have: histrionic personality disorder (3), paranoid personality disorder (1), where are you, what are you doing disorder (7), or schizophrenia (5). =a
Paul is geocaching. He is always geocaching. He started and he can't stop. It's the lists, the glorious lists, that appeal to him the most. Paul makes sure to document the date/time/number of steps taken to reach cache/cache number/cache name/cache coordinates/types of wildlife seen en route/what song played en route/weather/photos of the log and the cache/what he traded and what his mental state was during the hunt. Recently, trying to finally get a FTF, he skipped a bunch of work meetings and was fired. He knows he should have gone to these meetings, but when a new cache gets listed, he gets intensely upset if he can't try and grab the smiley. Paul is suffering from: obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (9), list lover's disorder (3), avoidant personality disorder (5), delusional disorder (7). =b
Peggy's daughter, Persimmon, believes in wearing her magical geogarb, dresses that she has embroidered with little geocaching symbols. She hears geocaches whisper her name, when she gets close to them, usually at about 30 feet. She knows in her heart that if she gets her cache count to 3 in a day, her magical powers are unlocked, and she can influence people with her mind for 3 hours. Persimmon has schizoid personality disorder (3), bizarre personality disorder (9), schizophrenia (5), or schizotypal personality disorder (7). =c
Persimmon's brother, Peter, is an ex-con. He's been convicted of multiple offenses, and is not the nicest person in the Pesky family. He is aggressive toward geocaches especially, leaving empty cigarette cartons and beer bottles either in caches or in their vicinity. He will sometimes seek out caches just to hurl them as far as he can. He feels no remorse for this and is pretty much just counting the days until he is back in jail. Peter might have: jail's not so bad disorder (2), antisocial personality disorder (6), borderline personality disorder (8), delusional disorder (4). =d
Peter's girlfriend, Patrice, is a binge eater with a gambling habit. Deeply fearful of being abandoned, Patrice puts up with Peter's shenanigans but as a result suffers severe swings in mood. She has threatened self-harm multiple times when Paul has suggested she come geocaching with him. Patrice has: I hate you, don't leave me personality disorder (3), narcissistic personality disorder (7), major depression (1), or borderline personality disorder (9) =e
Paul's sister, Petunia, has always wanted to be Miss New Jersey. She feels she is as beautiful as her name, and spends all of her time and money on beauty maintenance. She rolls her eyes at her brother, whenever he tries to get her interested in his hobby. Geocaching? Is he crazy? Just think of what would happen to her hair in that humidity, not to mention her NAILS!!! Petunia has: histrionic personality disorder(9), me... glorious me personality disorder (3), narcissistic personality disorder (1), or passive aggressive personality disorder (7). =f
Persimmon's pal, Pansy, is incredibly opinionated and dramatic. If she goes with Persimmon geocaching and they locate a cache, she will scream with joy and fling her arms around her friend with glee, then do her patented happy dance. If Persimmon DNFs then Pansy can be found lying on the trail weeping. Sometimes for hours. Pansy has: histrionic personality disorder (4), look at me disorder (8), narcissistic personality disorder (6), avoidant personality disorder (2). =g
Pansy's roommate, Patrick, likes to be alone. He is so shy he won't go geocaching unless there is little risk of running into another human being. In the rain, in the dark. Better yet, during snowstorms. Or hurricanes. Patrick has: dependent personality disorder (8), agoraphobia (2), extreme introvert disorder (6), avoidant personality disorder (0). =h
Patrick's mom, Patagonia, is the most clingy, submissive wife known to mankind. She not only needs her husband, Prichard, to go geocaching with her, she needs him to go food shopping, to the salon, to the bank, to pretty much everywhere. Not even the most minor decision can be made without excessive reassurance from Prichard. Patagonia has: avoidant personality disorder (4), dependent personality disorder (2), come with me disorder (6), anxiety disorder (8). =I
Prichard has been asked by his boss to do a project, and he knows he should just do it, but something inside him makes him delay...and delay...and delay. People annoy him when they complain he has fallen behind. His grass is now two feet high. It is May, and he has yet to do his taxes. Prichard has: stop nagging me disorder (9), schizoid personality disorder (7), patriarch disorder (3), passive aggressive personality disorder (1). =j.
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Congratulations to piney33 for FTF!