-Pattern scouring* that's on me but yes he has the mana from it.
-By the sounds of it he had a rough night sleep so no wp from that.
-He getting info to solve a mystery not for its own sake so no wp there
- I will give one for soloing a scene that was impactful. so + 1 wp
-If your not sure about a roll ask
I get back within 24 hours so its not really a hold up.
-I don't know what his job is so can't say how hard it would be to reschedule? Unless he is self employed it would probabaly have a difficulty penalty attached as he does not fully control his time. -- for sake of moving on we will say it stands but yeah never be afraid to ask
-No the effect didn't hurt anyone and didn't burn down the building it just triggered the smoke alarm and resulting responses.
-- so next step is: Tell me what he wants to research and when he starts