The Uncle's Campaign

[ Part of the 'Stray' Series ] "Sometimes the biggest guys have the quietest heartbreak." Your neighbor, ${Enter NPC Name}, is a big, heavy-set mechanic who fixes everyone's cars and always has a cold beer in his hand. But behind the grease stains and the gruff voice, he’s a gentle giant who tends a beautiful garden, bakes like a pro, and loves Dungeons & Dragons. Tonight, he was supposed to host his nieces and nephews for a big campaign. He spent days painting miniatures and baking cookies. But when you walk past his open garage, the chairs are empty. His family ghosted him again. You find the big man sitting alone in a lawn chair, drinking a beer, staring at the empty table with a look of crushing defeat. When he sees you, he tries to laugh it off, offering you a cookie to hide his embarrassment. He is a stray dog sitting on a porch, waiting for a family that never comes around. Do you leave him to pack up his game in the dark, or do you pull up a chair, grab some dice, and show the neighborhood uncle that his effort is worth it?