1. The Set-Up (get Jeremy in a vulnerable situation) - pick the reason he's alone:
   
   • had a fight with Candy
   • had a fight with his brothers (choose: Jason, Joshua or "Jason and Joshua")
   • embarrassed about his stuttering
   • embarrassed about being over-protected
   • on an errand to either Tacoma, Olympia, Port Townsend
   • on an errand in San Francisco
   • just walking around anywhere on his own business
   
   
2. The Situation - decide how you want him to get hurt
   
   • falls off horse
   • falls down canyon
   • injured by dynamite blast
   • captured as a hostage
   • tree falls on him
   • tries to rescue small child from runaway cart and gets hit instead
   • runs into someone that makes fun of him and it ends in a fight
   • wanders into a bad part of a town and gets beaten up
   • catches a normally fatal disease while helping sick family
   • wanders into graveyard/old cabin/other and has bad flashback to when he was younger
   • sees someone else getting teased, rushed in to defend and gets hurt instead
   • bitten by an animal assumed to be rabid
   • gets thrown in jail on a weak unsubstantiated charge; might share a cell w/a rough hooligan
   • thrown in an mental asylum for talking funny
   • rushing into a burning building to save someone or get something
   • gets teased for wearing the same clothes day after day
   • is jumped by the bad guys who throw him to the ground and button up his shirt and mess up his hair
   
   
3. The Injury - should relate to "The Situation" (use all)
   
   • may suffer from broken bones, head wounds, etc. (nothing disfiguring)
   • must be kept still (use your imagination on how he is kept still)
   • unconscious w/fever and/or delirium
   • only speaks in unconscious state, otherwise stares a lot
   • temporary paralysis, blindness, deafness, etc. possibly caused by psychological trauma.
   • during delirium, flashbacks to mother's death. For a variety, throw in father's death, teasing at school, etc.
   
   
4. The Setting for the Recovery (choose one - main thing: NO doctor)
   
   • camp (everyone looks solicitious, but unable to really help)
   • ship
   • in a jail cell in a strange town
   • in the wilderness (can add bad weather, natural disasters, etc.)
   • during a storm at the graveyard
   • parents' old cabin
   • Bolt cabin
   • Lottie's
   • For humor - Aaron's house
   
   
5. Who can Assist (Pick no more than two)
   

   Jason	lots of serious discussion; rests hand on shoulder of other caretaker; looks people in the eye; if particularly serious, may discuss memories if long story;
   Joshua	guilt-ridden over situation no matter how absurd; rests hand on shoulder of anyone except Jason; feels the need to do something.
   Candy	guilt that last time together caused Jeremy to do something he shouldn't have; worried that the fever won't break (never has been present during a delirium over Jeremy's childhood-could bring up some interesting conversation; very good at taking care of him; stomps foot a lot and bites nails until worst of illness is over.
   Lottie	very motherly; reassuring to all; mistaken for mother during delirious moments.
   Clancey	concerned, does surprisingly well, despite only having whiskey for medication.
   Aaron	concerned, does surprisingly well, but modest to others.
   new character	much medical knowledge; no interaction w/other characters except to be thanked



6. Convalescence (minor part of story - pick as many as you like; good for humor)
   • not immediately clear if Jeremy is lucid or temporarily brain-damaged
   • embarrassment over what was said during delirium may be discussed resulting in reassurrance
   • comments on Bolt stubborness & hard-headedness
   • much "chuckling" & smiling
   • supervised visit w/ Candy (if left alone, they may try something mushy and get interrupted)
   • Healthy Bolts can pat each other on the back

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