conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The year is 1922, and Prohibition is a schism that has swept the nation into a furor of disagreement, duplicity, and disorder. With the often-violent coercion of the police force and the equally savage desperation of bootleggers and rumrunners, it is difficult to work for any sort of governmental organization—but the Foundation, while federally funded, is not your ordinary organization.
  
  ~~~
  
  This is a helter-skelter first-time narration of a game set in, you guessed it, the Roaring Twenties, and centered around the SCP Foundation (which is not of my own creation; go to http://www.scp-wiki.net/about-the-scp-foundation for more information on the setting, and do click around a bit for some mind-blowing creepy awesomeness).
  
  You are encouraged to create your own characters (see http://www.scp-wiki.net/security-clearance-levels for options; any characters submitted of the higher clearance levels will be subject to my approval), your own SCPs, and anything else you can imagine!
  
  Due to the speed of the game, I will be making up the rules as I go along (forewarned is forearmed, and all that), and we will likely not be arriving at the destination we originally set out for.
  
  **Another note!** Remember that it's set in the '20s! You can find a lot of nifty era-friendly slang here: http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm ...but I won't bump you off for not using it exclusively: after all, it *is* slang, so only season your dialogue with a little here and there!
  
  **WARNING!** Language and some content *could* be considered NSFW, depending on your workplace.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re an expert on antiquities and artifacts, known world-wide for your skills.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Appraisal
  
  Suggested Weakness: Delicate
conversations.prefix: Antiquarian:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You teach archaeology at a prestigious New England college and are widely published.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Lore
  
  Suggested Weakness: Slow
conversations.prefix: Archaeology Professor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You stand at the forefront of “alternative physics”—where science meets mysticism.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sciences
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited
conversations.prefix: Physics Professor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your knowledge of the human body and its care is much celebrated.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medicine
  
  Suggested Weakness: Oath
conversations.prefix: Medical Doctor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The human mind is your purview—you understand how it works and when it doesn’t.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: The Mind
  
  Suggested Weakness: Judgmental
conversations.prefix: Psychologist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You blend archaeological knowledge with wilderness survival and digging techniques.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Survival
  
  Suggested Weakness: Reckless
conversations.prefix: Field Archaeologist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You ache to make a mark on the world, to amount to something special.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Resources
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naive
conversations.prefix: Dilettante:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re at the beginning of an exciting career... you hope.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Vital Youth
  
  Suggested Weakness: Impatient
conversations.prefix: Graduate Student:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your military training makes you valuable the world over. It’s a dangerous place, this planet.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Hardy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Heartless
conversations.prefix: Soldier of Fortune:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve studied and written widely on matters of mysticism and folklore. Your fans are many.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Mysticism
  
  Suggested Weakness: Bookish
conversations.prefix: Occult Author:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re sharp, perceptive, and quick—capable of appraising situations as well as objects.
conversations.prefix: Appraisal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your intellect is formidable and your knowledge spans many cultures and histories.
conversations.prefix: Lore:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a calculating mind that prizes reason and calm precision above all.
conversations.prefix: Sciences:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re adept at medicine, from saving lives to identifying the telling marks of death.
conversations.prefix: Medicine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The human mind is a remarkable device and you understand how it works.
conversations.prefix: The Mind:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve survived the wilderness, bandits, and wolves in your search for ancient treasures.
conversations.prefix: Survival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re well equipped with quality tools, society contacts, and funds.
conversations.prefix: Resources:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re energetic, athletic, and hale—ready for adventure!
conversations.prefix: Vital Youth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re a rugged, leathery sort. You’re hard to kill and ready to work through pain.
conversations.prefix: Hardy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know the ways of folklore and magic, some of it so much hogwash... some of it not.
conversations.prefix: Mysticism:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re delicate of touch, of demeanor, and of constitution.
conversations.prefix: Delicate:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your mind may be sharp but your body is slow to keep up.
conversations.prefix: Slow:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Outside your areas of expertise, you’re easily lost.
conversations.prefix: Limited:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve sworn an oath to save lives, avoid violence, and heal the sick.
conversations.prefix: Oath:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your judgmental attitude causes you troubles. If only others would try harder to measure up.
conversations.prefix: Judgmental:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You sometimes take chances that put you or others at risk.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A bit gullible and trusting of the wrong sorts, perhaps, but you mean well.
conversations.prefix: Naive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don’t wait around well. You want to act first and think about it later maybe.
conversations.prefix: Impatient:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The years have left you wary and callous, unwilling to risk your heart again.
conversations.prefix: Heartless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re no athlete. Maybe you’re doughy or awkward or frail but you’re sure no athlete.
conversations.prefix: Bookish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learning is power, whether you share it or not.
conversations.prefix: Learn an Eldritch Secret:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve stalked or been stalked by the most dangerous game. Time for a new challenge.
conversations.prefix: Hunt Something New:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stop waffling and wondering and find out what you believe to be true about the world.
conversations.prefix: Find Worthy Material for a Dissertation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not about inheritance, it’s about respect.
conversations.prefix: Show Your Father You’re Worthy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Push someone—perhaps yourself!—beyond the limits of reason and then study what happens.
conversations.prefix: Push A Mind Beyond Its Limits:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not enough anymore to believe you’re right. Show them you’re right.
conversations.prefix: Show Them Your Work is Sound:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: If you can retrieve a never-before-seen treasure, your career will be revitalized.
conversations.prefix: Bring Back A Groundbreaking Artifact:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maybe this work isn’t worth your life? Just get home alive.
conversations.prefix: Get Home Alive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Human morals are a human construction. Knowledge of the infinite is more valuable.
conversations.prefix: Nothing Is Forbidden:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Love may be an earthly concern, but it’s real and it matters.
conversations.prefix: Matters of Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Read words that have gone unread for generations.
conversations.prefix: Deciphering:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Endure and survive the threats of the wild.
conversations.prefix: Survive the Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prevent harm from coming to a colleague you admire or cherish.
conversations.prefix: Protect Someone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rescue someone in peril, perhaps bringing them back from the brink of death.
conversations.prefix: Save A Life in Danger:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Set foot in a new or ancient place before someone else can despoil it.
conversations.prefix: Be The First:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Protect the dig site from harm.
conversations.prefix: Protect the Dig Site:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get word out about what’s happening at the dig site.
conversations.prefix: Warn the World:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The best protections against the harsh realities of the world are friendship and allies.
conversations.prefix: Make A Friend:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get a photo that no one would believe if it weren’t true.
conversations.prefix: Photographic Evidence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Show someone that you’re not to be trifled with.
conversations.prefix: Right Might:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A simple matchbook adorned with a blue star and no words.
conversations.prefix: A Matchbook From The Blue Star:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A collection of newspaper clippings, sketches, and geographical survey maps.
conversations.prefix: Jameson’s Portfolio on the Peru Dig:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: At least $1,000 dollars American in bright green bills.
conversations.prefix: A Stack of Cold, Hard Cash:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: by Brother Francisco Castillo. Contains occult secrets about pre-Columbian South America.
conversations.prefix: The Heavens Below:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A six-shot snub-nosed pistol.
conversations.prefix: Revolver:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A long, double-barreled shotgun with a wood stock.
conversations.prefix: Shotgun:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ammo for a gun.
conversations.prefix: Ammunition:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One stick of dynamite with a long fuse.
conversations.prefix: Dynamite:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shovels, brushes, and picks suitable for quick or fine-detail work.
conversations.prefix: Digging Equipment:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A high-quality camera with tripod.
conversations.prefix: A Fine Camera:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: All dark hardwoods and plush chairs with a penthouse view.
conversations.prefix: Dr. Jameson’s Office:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The sort of place with marble pillars and a hedge maze.
conversations.prefix: The Aveline Estate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The plane rattles and dips in tough turbulence. It’s more for cargo than passengers.
conversations.prefix: Aboard Butcher’s Plane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The city’s best-hidden jazz secret is this hole-in-the-wall club, open just twice a week.
conversations.prefix: The Blue Star Nightclub:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The table is buried under layers of maps and sketches and newspaper clippings.
conversations.prefix: Suburban Dining Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A quaint, humid little village on the road leading to the dig site.
conversations.prefix: A Remote Peruvian Village:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No way a truck could make it across that. Only foot traffic could cross this rickety thing.
conversations.prefix: Swaying Rope Bridge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The dig site resembles, at first, just an assortment of low, stone walls and carved pits.
conversations.prefix: The Abandoned Dig Site:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This sort of jungle can swallow up a traveler with ease and never release its secrets.
conversations.prefix: Deep Jungle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A circle of sunlight through the well shaft above reveals a vast, finely carved chamber...
conversations.prefix: Far Beneath the Dig:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Avoid embarrassing yourself in flight.
conversations.prefix: Turbulence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make a first impression on the locals that won’t get you in trouble later.
conversations.prefix: First Impressions:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get across the rope bridge with all your equipment intact.
conversations.prefix: Cross the Rope Bridge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The dig site fills with water and mud. Protect the artifacts!
conversations.prefix: Rains From A Clear Night Sky:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The track through the jungle is perilous and difficult to follow. Don’t lose your way.
conversations.prefix: Find Your Way:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These strange passages beneath the earth make little sense. Will you ever see the sky again?
conversations.prefix: Lost Beneath:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Who can decipher these ancient markings?
conversations.prefix: Ancient Writings:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone from afar is taking shots at you!
conversations.prefix: Gunfire!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It is both there and not there, part tentacle and part grasping mouth. Understand it? Or flee?
conversations.prefix: The Impossible Creature:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Are you dreaming or is this real?
conversations.prefix: The Vision:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dr. Jameson isn’t brave enough to lead expeditions so he funds others’ trips into the unknown.
conversations.prefix: Dr. Jeremiah Jameson:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The widow of Michael Aveline, who was killed on an expedition of Jameson’s. She wants revenge.
conversations.prefix: Diane Aveline:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the world’s great pilots and photographers.
conversations.prefix: Caroline Butcher:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A soldier of fortune hired to protect Dr. Jameson’s investments.
conversations.prefix: Walter Corrigan:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A locally renowned jazz musician and expert on folklore of the Americas.
conversations.prefix: Leonard Crenshaw:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A young driver, fixer, and guide in Peru. He’s been to the dig site Jameson’s curious about.
conversations.prefix: Jorge Quispe:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tall and shadowy in a fedora and trench coat. Who is this gravel-voiced stranger?
conversations.prefix: Mysterious Interloper:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This drug-addled cultist is ready to give his life—or yours—to please his monstrous god.
conversations.prefix: Mad Cultist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tentacles and feathery antennae probe out from a shadowy mass at the heart of this beast!
conversations.prefix: Tentacular Beast:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wider-winged than a condor, with a bone-chilling cry and gleaming teeth.
conversations.prefix: Hellish Flying Monstrosity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It breeds contempt, sure, everyone knows that. But when you're heading into the unknown, it's good to know that someone has your back.
conversations.prefix: Familiarity:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A small brass tie tack inlayed with a cheap red stone.
  
  (Euclid Class Artifact)
conversations.prefix: Tie Tack [E]:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Where you go, you are certain that others will follow.
  
  For the most part.
conversations.prefix: Sense of Leadership:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A small brass tie tack inlayed with a cheap red stone. It's still glowing faintly; will it work again?
  
  (Euclid Class Artifact)
conversations.prefix: Glowing Tie Tack [E]:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Why does the Foundation want you? Why did they keep calling and calling and calling you? Who was the man in the bowler hat? Was he the one on the phone, and how did this... *organization* find out about you, or where you work, or...
  
  Those are the questions you want answered, and you'd rather it be sooner than later.
conversations.prefix: Find Out Why the Hell You're Even Here:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's hard to earn, but once you've got it, *man*.
conversations.prefix: Agent Shield's Respect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: And it was your break, too.
  
  What now?
conversations.prefix: A Broken Coffeepot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everyone needs a break now and then.
conversations.prefix: Foundation Breakroom:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Located in Smallville, USA, the Foundation Headquaters are a very well-kept secret.
conversations.prefix: Foundation Headquarters:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tall and shadowy in a fedora and trenchcoat. Who is this gravel-voiced stranger?
conversations.prefix: Mysterious Interloper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It is what you are most afraid of, in the deepest, darkest reaches of your soul.
conversations.prefix: Nightmare:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bipedal, as large as a man, and oddly reminiscent of those slow-moving, dim-witted creatures called dinosaurs, this one is swift and armed with terrible teeth and rending claws.
conversations.prefix: Reptilian Horror:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's something following you in the jungle... something big, and with very sharp teeth and very sharp claws.
conversations.prefix: Hunted!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Are you the only one seeing this?
conversations.prefix: The Nightmare:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You often see things that others do not. Sometimes this is useful, but more often it's a hindrance.
conversations.prefix: Insane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This can't be happening. It just can't. It doesn't make any sense, and these other people are obviously out of their minds.
conversations.prefix: Skeptical:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An unshakeable belief in Fate and The Almighty that might come in handy against the horrors of the night.
conversations.prefix: Faith:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A collection of newspaper clippings, sketches, and geographical survey maps.
conversations.prefix: The Director's Portfolio on the Peru Dig:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Humanity will not be able to sustain itself, knowing that these nightmares are real. Keep them buried, and keep mankind safe—and sane.
conversations.prefix: Prevent the World From Knowing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A tall man in a labcoat that licks his lips a lot. You're not altogether sure you trust him, but he's certainly got the rank to tell you where to go...
conversations.prefix: Project Manager:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your destination is unknown, your luggage is back at the Foundation, and you are stuffed in with five other people.
  
  This is going to be just great.
conversations.prefix: Limousine Interior:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the black-suited twins that escorted you forcibly from the Foundation to your next mission.
  
  He seems to be playing the "good cop" in this particular mindgame.
  
  (( If you manage to snag the keys, you will receive the asset card "Limousine Keys." ))
conversations.prefix: Tweedle-dee (driving):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The keys to the limousine. Swanky! Now you can go anywhere you want—and where you want to go is back to the goddamn Foundation to get an explanation from the man in charge.
conversations.prefix: Limousine Keys:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the black-suited twins that escorted you forcibly from the Foundation to your next mission.
  
  He's the one who was swinging around the billy club—the "bad cop," obviously.
  
  If only you could somehow get that from him, you could throw this trolley off its rails...
  
  (( If you manage to snag the billy club, you will receive the asset card "Billy Club." ))
conversations.prefix: Tweedle-dum (armed):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's small and neat, with a few scattered houseplants near the window, which looks out onto the lake.
  
  Not a bad place, really, except for the formidable oaken desk in the middle, and the fact that there are no chairs other than the one behind it.
conversations.prefix: Director's Office:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How are you going to tell this woman that you murdered two Foundation employees—in, if not cold blood, then at least mildly chilly blood—because you don't like Kogoff's face?
conversations.prefix: Explain Why You Killed Your Drivers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small, severe woman, not apparently much given to objects merely for effect. You will have to prove yourself to her, *somehow*, before she will listen to you... or answer any of your questions.
conversations.prefix: The Director:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your driver.
  
  Your *official* driver, that is, assigned to you by the Director herself.
  
  There must be some mistake, though. This man is the very image of unprofessionalism—he isn't wearing a tie! The top buttons of his shirt are undone! *His suit jacket is open!*—and he's asking you for a password.
  
  A *password*?
conversations.prefix: Agent Shield:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a leader of men under fire, making the tough go when the going gets tough.  When they call on you, you know the situation is ugly: your job is to clean it up.
conversations.prefix: Task Force Commander:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They've sent you through hell on more than one occasion, but you always manage to come out on the other side in one piece (more or less).
conversations.prefix: Survival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know your stuff and you know it well.  ...the stuff you don't know, on the other hand, is a lot like Greek to you.  And you don't understand a lick of Greek.
conversations.prefix: Limited:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just because you're not book smart, they want to write off what you say.  Time to put your money where your mouth is.
conversations.prefix: Show Them Your Work is Sound:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You will do anything to get back at who or whatever you think is responsible. Nothing is going to get in your way.
conversations.prefix: Get Revenge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get revenge against Marshal, Carter and Dark for what they did to your parents
conversations.prefix: Revenge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a veteran field operative. You are mobilized to deal with all level of threats. Heavy combat with hazardous anomalies and containment procedures are your expertise.
conversations.prefix: Mobile Task Force Operative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You will get what you want, and nothing can hold you back.
conversations.prefix: Strong-Willed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Beverly is a pretty young lady, and is able to win people over with her feminine wiles
conversations.prefix: Sex Appeal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: From time to time Jarvis enters a heightened state when it comes to the effects of Objects. When he gets the feeling of something strange his brashness and will to act are suddenly replaced with great caution and heightened observations.
conversations.prefix: An Object Has a Hand In This...:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You haven't gotten this far by doing whatever you please.  You respect the people in power (those who deserve it, at least) and know when to listen to people in the know.
conversations.prefix: Respect for Authority:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Growing up in a family that spoke four different languages was a good start.
  
conversations.prefix: Polyglot:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He's quite mad... but in an amusing way.
conversations.prefix: Oddly Charming: