Gabe's Story story
A deliveryman suffering from consistent bad luck sets out to challenge fate after getting into a car accident, hitting his head, and gaining the uncanny ability to see the events surrounding his bad breaks where he sees a mysterious man in a jumpsuit. Directed by: Allan Kroeker. Story by: Dusty Kay.
18 total · 1 choice · 10 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| one cannot cheat fate | choice | Gabe found out that his fate was being mediated by a fate bureaucracy which determined what peoples' fates should be, and worked tirelessly to ensure there would be no deviations from them. Gabe successfully arm twisted the bureaucracy into rewriting his fate. The fate bureaucracy was not normally seen by people and was therefore akin to the fates of Greek mythology. |
| compromising one's ethical principles vs. great need | major | Gabe reluctantly turned to crime as he was on the verge of losing his family because of money trouble. |
| coping with having a lousy dead-end job | major | Gabe was dissatisfied with barely scraping as a deliveryman. In the end, he took matters into his own hands and started a deliver company of his own. |
| coping with having a predetermined life | major | Gabe was astonished to discover that his life was unfolding according to the scripts of a write who'd been tasked to mead out his fate. |
| family financial problem | major | Gabe and his wife were up to their ears in expenses that he could not afford. |
| human vs. institution | major | Gabe, a man who couldn't catch a break in life, challenged the bureaucracy of fate. |
| husband and wife | major | Gabe's marriage with Nancy was falling apart before his eyes until such time as he took control of his own fate. |
| personally irresponsible character | major | A point of the story was that Gabe needed to shape up and take charge of his life - also take responsibility and stop blaming everyone else for his misfortunes. |
| reliable streak of luck | major | Gabe discovered the reasons for his consistent bad luck. |
| theft | major | Hard up for cash, Gabe and his friend hatched a plot to steal some electronics equipment from the company where Gabe worked. |