conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The year is 3023. Nine hundred years ago, humanity made its final mistake. No one alive remembers what it was, and no one really cares. The air is still thick with ash and debris from the incident, and the organic life that remains would look alien to those who came before the Age of Digitization. Few humans survived; those who did all flocked to the Hub. The last sanctuary on Earth.
  
  Doctor William H. White was the mastermind behind the Hub. For much of his life he had labored at making his dream a reality. A digital reality. The world was falling, and just as the final rock shifted and begun Earth's rapid decay, the Hub was finally complete.
  
  Consisting of several large buckyball buildings far out in the middle of the Pacific, the Hub was where tens of thousands of people could gather at once to partake in the newest fad: strapping yourself down in a Hub Inc. Virtual Intelligence Reconstruction and Life-support chair, or VIRAL seat for short. One had to simply lay back, get a little shot of some helpful nanobots, and settle down for a good, long romp in a digital world, where everyone you met could be anyone.
  
  The Hub was the only thing to survive the disaster of 2123. The hundred thirty thousand survivors flocked there, and not everyone made it. The final census ever taken tallied the world's population at fourty one thousand, seven hundred three. That number has never gone down since.
  
  Doctor White quickly worked to develop a self replicating strain of the nanobot serum, and every one of the survivors were injected and laid out to live their lives anew, in a new world with endless possibilities. No one could wake back to their original bodies, but who would want to? The service bots of the Hub saw fit to their every need.
  
   That number had stayed stable for nine hundred years. Until, suddenly, it began to drop. Slowly, surely, people were dying. 
  
  And you want to know why.
  
  This will be my first time narrating a public story. I would prefer if you didn't create your own nature cards, but weaknesses and strengths are okay as long as they fit in with the story. Not tagging as NSFW because I don't want any sex scenes, but there **will be swearing.**
  
  All levels of writers welcome, as long as you put effort into your moves!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Data Pad containing information about the ten recent deaths.
conversations.prefix: Data Pad:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These robots keep the peace, or so they say. They're armed to the teeth to keep you in line, though they are quite slow. 
conversations.prefix: Disciplinarian Unit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Here people are made anew, remoulding their desynchronous bodies into something whole and unified. For a steep price, that is.
conversations.prefix: Esemplastic Parlor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jeriko runs the Esemplastic Parlor downtown. He's a master at using the system to change your avatar; his prices are pretty steep, though.
conversations.prefix: Jeriko Byte:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Watch your back. In this dirty alley, loose viruses, Bit Busters, and Data Junkies alike lurk. And that's only the things you know of.
conversations.prefix: Backend Alley:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: AI and robots specialized in removing viruses run the hospital. It's usually pretty empty.
conversations.prefix: The Hospital:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This tunnel runs through the outer city. Long stretches of it are lacking lights. With a vehicle, it's the quickest way to travel.
conversations.prefix: Particle Pass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dirty and overridden with hacked rat viruses, this is where the Rat makes his home.
conversations.prefix: Rat's Nest:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The reclusive Rat seems to have gathered some investigators. Convince him to include you.
conversations.prefix: Artificial Intrigue:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Data Pad containing information about the ten recent deaths.
conversations.prefix: Data Pad (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find out why the Rat chose you to investigate the deaths, and what you could possibly gain from it.
conversations.prefix: Ratty Reasoning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You weren't paying close attention to the news when the deaths were revealed. Use the Data Pad to learn more.
conversations.prefix: Death Count:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Several buckyball constructions which seem to ride the murky waters of the Pacific. Home to the last vestiges of mankind.
conversations.prefix: The Hub:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the many rooms housing the inhabitants of the Hub. 
conversations.prefix: VIRAL Room #ENTER:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After such a long time in the VIRAL system, you've come to despise it and many other technologies. You're eager to wake up and take back your organic body and shut down the man.
  
  Suggested strength:
  Moral Highground
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Narrow Minded
conversations.prefix: Cyber Hippie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got the Hub's system wrapped around your finger. From hacking yourself your own private hot tub to  breaking out of the high security VIRAL system itself, you can do it all.
  
  
  Suggested strength:
  Hacker
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Quick Temper
conversations.prefix: Reality Hacker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some would call you their informant. Others, their dealer. Whichever one is true, you've got the connections needed to safely collect data and deal it out to those who can pay the right price.
conversations.prefix: Data Digger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sure, no one can die in VIRAL. That doesn't mean people can't be... disposed of. You give them a little memory overload, and they're out for the count for the next few days at the least.
  
  
  Suggested strength:
  Memory Overload
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Bad Reputation
conversations.prefix: Bit Buster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the first to enter VIRAL, you also tested the first batch of nanos. They were defective; your body decomposes at a slowed rate. At the same time, your mind is slipping... while your control over the simulation grows. 
  
  Suggested strength:
  Powerfull
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Shattered Mind
conversations.prefix: Beta Tester:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are one of the many AI inhabitants of VIRAL. Most interestingly, you are one of the few to develop complete sentience. Humans tend to treat you like a servant if they know what you are. Most don't.
  
  Suggested strength:
  Advanced Processing
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Apathetic
conversations.prefix: Sentient AI:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not everyone stores information in the form of data. Many of VIRALS inhabitants are old fashioned. To get the latest scoop on whats going on, you eavesdrop and steal to get the the information.
  
  Suggested strength:
  Stealthy
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Reckless
conversations.prefix: Crawler:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're good at finding and using the leftovers from a skilled hacker to your advantage. You might not have any skill yourself, but no one can deny that you can manipulate the system to your advantage. 
  
  Suggested strength:
  Fragments
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Underskilled
conversations.prefix: Script Kiddie:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're pretty normal. You go about your life within the VIRUS system, do your job, have fun every now and again. Everything was good. You were happy... until someone close to you died.
  
  Suggested strength:
  Simplicity
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Trusting
conversations.prefix: Frightened Resident:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know all the right people for all the right things. Most of them owe you.
conversations.prefix: Connected:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're tapped into the information superhighway. There's so much data at your fingertips, so much you could learn or sell...
conversations.prefix: Tapped In:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been hacking the system so long now you forget you ever knew anything else. 
conversations.prefix: Hacker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how to flood a mind with memories, and occasionally steal one or two for yourself.
conversations.prefix: Memory Overload:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everyone over thinks everything these days, but not you. You're able to see to the heart of a problem without bothering with all the why, how, and whens.
conversations.prefix: Simplicity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how to move silently and even how to avoid AI sensors. 
conversations.prefix: Stealthy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unlike humans, you're able to pull from VIRUS itself. This makes your reactions and thoughts much faster than organics.
conversations.prefix: Advanced Processing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know the streets like the back of your hand. You can tell a hacker from a script kiddie and a dangerous alley from the only escape.
conversations.prefix: Streetwise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You take a lot of risks. They tend to get you in trouble.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're tough. No matter what happens, no matter the danger or heartbreak, you can bare it.
conversations.prefix: Hard as a Rock:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You refuse to listen to others and are closed to new ideas and concepts.
conversations.prefix: Narrow Minded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know you're right, and your conviction of your morality often pressures others to back down.
conversations.prefix: Moral Highground:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone close to you has died. Their body must still be in the Hub. You want to find it.
conversations.prefix: Find the Body:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Doctor White ruined your life by putting you in this place, and you're going to make him pay for it.
conversations.prefix: Revenge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People are dying. Right now it's not many, but how long will it stay like that? You want stop whatever is killing people.
conversations.prefix: Save the People:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The first signs of madness have long come and gone. Your mind is falling apart piece by piece.
conversations.prefix: Shattered Mind:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: While you are sentient and have emotions, you find it difficult to relate to human woes.
conversations.prefix: Apathetic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You kind of know what you're doing, but not enough to be of any real use.
conversations.prefix: Underskilled:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're quick to anger and slow to forgive. This tends to get you in trouble.
conversations.prefix: Quick Temper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even after all these years, the day the world fell apart still haunts you. You don't remember anything but terror and danger and fire, but it cripples you in everyday situations.
conversations.prefix: PTSD:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're well known for some not so nice things. Your reputation makes it hard for others to trust you. It also makes it hard for you to go unnoticed.
conversations.prefix: Bad Reputation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your addiction runs your life, and tends to land you in some nasty situations.
conversations.prefix: Addicted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're too trusting for your own good, no matter how many times you get hurt.
conversations.prefix: Trusting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to know what the hell is happening and why everyone is dying.
conversations.prefix: Get some Answers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're tired of being in a simulation. You want your organic body back!
conversations.prefix: Wake up:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You need more. Always more. Feed the hunger!
conversations.prefix: Get your fix:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's been nine hundred years since you last saw Earth. You want to wake up and see it again.
conversations.prefix: See the World:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This has to stop. You have to stop. You can't let this addiction ruin your life anymore.
conversations.prefix: Get Clean:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have more control over the simulation than even the most skilled hackers, though the power is volatile. 
conversations.prefix: Powerful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've gotten a taste of what power is. Now you want it all.
conversations.prefix: Control the Simulation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All they've ever done is abuse you. They should have known not to mess with an AI.
conversations.prefix: Kill the Humans:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: They may not treat you well, but without them you wouldn't exist. Save the humans!
conversations.prefix: Save the Humans:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Doctor has been missing for two hundred years now. You want to find him.
conversations.prefix: Find Doctor White:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You live for your next fix of data. You scour the information superhighway for every last bit you can get, going through it like candy. How much of it you retain, however, is a different matter.
  
  Suggested strength:
  Tapped In
  
  Suggested weakness:
  Addicted
conversations.prefix: Data Junkie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can see and use the fragments Hackers leave behind and use them to your benefit.
conversations.prefix: Fragments:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A little piece of malicious code. If it attaches to  you, it might steal some of your memories. Or worse.
conversations.prefix: Memory Virus:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The legend himself. He created the Hub and VIRAL, and is the reason you are all alive today.
conversations.prefix: Doctor White:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The heart of the city, Feynman Square is a great crossroads leading to nearly every other part of the city. Shops line the streets and the square is always crowded. 
conversations.prefix: Feynman Square:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A popular place with Bit Busters, Anye's is always loud. Her customers spill out into the streets. It's also a good place to go when you don't want to be overheard.
conversations.prefix: Anye's Club:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fiesty and proud, Anye runs her club with an iron fist. Any fighting was to happen outside. Anyone found to break that rule she would personally deal with. You do not want to get on her bad side.
conversations.prefix: Anye Flowers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The best Data Digger around, Howl is known for her cool personality and steep prices. If you want this girl's help, it's going to take more than a silver tongue.
conversations.prefix: Howl:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Deep underground, the air here is chilly and damp. Tangles of wires run along the walls and floor, rat viruses scuttle about and snap at you, but never actually bite.
conversations.prefix: Howl's Hideout:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  The man behind the death count exposure, he's got an interest in everyone's business. The Rat's connections have connections; you're probably one of them. 
conversations.prefix: The Rat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How better to learn what it is to be human than to observe and emulate?  How fascinating.
conversations.prefix: Voyeuristic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to understand what makes you different from organics in a virtual world.
conversations.prefix: Get some Answers:
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.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild: