conversations.from: system
conversations.value: You live in a world the Neural Jack gave birth to. Direct Neural Connection to the endless stream of data available on computer networks has changed how people think, socialize and live. 
  
  Sometimes it gets a bit overwhelming, even for you. You decided to take a day off and travel down to the Clean Zone, where no wireless signals can interrupt your thoughts... at least that was the plan.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ellie will undoubtedly have her eyes on you from now on. See if you can pull off a few slick tricks to impress her.
conversations.prefix: Impress Ellie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thwap thwap thwap!
conversations.prefix: AWESOME MASTER NINJA ATTACK:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've found the truth behind the entire endeavor, instilling a new resolve within you to do what needs to be done.
conversations.prefix: Through the Fire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ellie's Buzzers swarm your enemy, slowing and distracting him from his attack.
conversations.prefix: Drone Swarm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A card that lists you as an official consultant for the department. It might help you get into places or intimidate people.
conversations.prefix: WCSSC Card:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Locate the blond man called Azhal within the tower.
conversations.prefix: Locate the Mark:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Two heavy lifters, a small and quick mail carrier and three armed security walkers are there to prevent you from helping with the fight. 
  
  Keep them busy and put them down.
conversations.prefix: Defeat Guard Robots:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You keep your head in the most hectic situation.
conversations.prefix: Calm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been in a fight or two and can hold your own when it comes down to a physical confrontation.
conversations.prefix: Veteran:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Seven years ago, Haluati hacked a Mentanet node in India and murdered 184 people. 
  
  Now he's got some killer robot at his command and is about to escape again.
conversations.prefix: Ahzi Haluati 2:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He has metal skin, glowing eyes... and the remnants of fake flesh hanging off of both. 
conversations.prefix: A Robot?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your augments or implants have some hardware issues you have yet to get fixed.
conversations.prefix: Glitchy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fortune favors the bold, so you're taking a chance that this crazy venture will give you an opportunity for success.
conversations.prefix: Fortune:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't get out much, in fact you spend most of your days jacked into the Mentanet. Its only by random chance that you were there when this all started.
conversations.prefix: Net-head:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain Dempsy is one of the many investigators at the WCCSS.
conversations.prefix: Captain Skyler P. Dempsy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's all been a sham. You were never witnesses to a secret crime. 
  
  Azhi Haluati has seen you and so has the rogue AI, Kulada. You can't escape this tangled war between Kulada and Lure... but you can choose your side.
conversations.prefix: What now?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This building has a long history of being re-purposed. There are old ballrooms and layers of paint chipping off of the walls. A few old signs, donation barrels and a lingering smell of old fruit mark its last residents as being that of a food-drive charity. 
conversations.prefix: Abandoned Food Bank:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have an old building full of broken machines, forklifts, barrels, 20-year old computers and who know's what else. 
  
  Use what you got to give Kulada a hard time when he comes looking for you.
conversations.prefix: Set Traps:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You should take the opportunity to rig a few anti-robot weapons while you have the chance.
conversations.prefix: Make Weapons:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world as you know know it has settled down into its usual rhythms, but your new connections with Ellie and the WCCSS offer new opportunities, or the chance to close old wounds.
  
  What will you do now?
conversations.prefix: The Great Beyond:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not the most exciting part of any battle, but one that happens more often then not. 
  
  Settle in, take your position and try to keep your nerves steady.
conversations.prefix: Wait:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get to know each other.
conversations.prefix: Introductions:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The corporate headquarters of Gray Matters, the company that produces the only digital neural interface.
conversations.prefix: Gray Tower:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A full-service cyber-bunk and flow, built to let people access the Mentanet anonymously.
conversations.prefix: Shred-Drop:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A mysterious, but incredibly capable woman. You don't know what she wants, but you don't want to be in her way.
conversations.prefix: Prudence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The local West Coast Cyber-Security Solutions outpost, a private firm now tasked with the protection of citizens against technological threats.
conversations.prefix: WCCSS Station:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your mind is now existing within a Blank Space, in which you can access and analyze any information you can find on the net.
conversations.prefix: Mentanet:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A bedridden woman who uses Gray's neural jack to reinvent herself via mist-using holograms and digital editing. She is rumored to be a good friend of Leonard Gray.
conversations.prefix: Ellie:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inventor, Visionary and rumored to be incorruptible CEO of Gray Matters Inc. He is a quiet, serious man who does not like his technology being abused.
conversations.prefix: Leonard Gray:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A fourteen square-block section of the city in which wireless signals are blocked out. Haven of artists, luddites and people just wanting to get away without getting away. 
conversations.prefix: The Clean Zone:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A set of small alleys and shops crammed beneath the maglev public transit. A dangerous place full of dangerous people.
conversations.prefix: Under-rail:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A sprawling valley full of long abandoned warehouse that is home to a migratory party scene. 
conversations.prefix: Downlights:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't dive into the real deep Mentanet stuff, but you have some nice programs that do it all for you. You rip contacts, bank accounts and other savory details from active connections whenever you have the chance.
conversations.prefix: Skitter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been in a scrap, scuffle or all-out-war that left you with rebuilt-limbs controlled by a modified Neural Jack. The limbs are stronger than normal, but the connective tissue holding them on may not be.
conversations.prefix: Augmented:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a wheeler and a dealer. You never get your hands dirty but you know people who got more than a little grime on their palms. 
conversations.prefix: Handshake Man:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can cut, splice, crash and dice through most computer systems. High-tech corporate systems are a bit above your skill-level, though.
conversations.prefix: Digitally Slick:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can recall almost everything you see.
conversations.prefix: Enhanced Memory:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Enough of your body has been rebuilt with augments that you don't take as much damage in a fight.
conversations.prefix: Man of Metal:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may not have the skills that everyone else has, but you know the text numbers of those that do. You need something? You got it.
conversations.prefix: Contacts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a set of toys and gadgets that belong in a spy novel.
conversations.prefix: Illegal Hardware:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You look like a trustworthy fellow. People are more inclined to talk to you.
conversations.prefix: Honest Face:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are quick and flexible, allowing you to dodge and dart into places most pursuers can't get to.
conversations.prefix: Nimble:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You almost always hit what you're aiming at.
conversations.prefix: Accurate:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your augments or implants are of an older version, and thus more susceptible to outside hacking.
conversations.prefix: Outdated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not really good with new people... or new places... or anything outside of your apartment.
conversations.prefix: Timid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Given the options of fight or flight, you will most definitely run.
conversations.prefix: Coward:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're on the fine line between sanity and insanity, and sometimes you slip over.
conversations.prefix: Ecentric:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a normal person. Sure, you have a Neural Jack, who doesn't?  You've never used it for more than checking thotbook, though.
conversations.prefix: Bystander:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can't help but tell everyone how great you are, even if that person is looking to kill you.
conversations.prefix: Braggart:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You still don't trust these new systems. Computers that plug into your mind make your skin crawl, despite all the safeguards and assurances.
conversations.prefix: Technophobic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have to stay connected, if you go too long without the constant access to information the Mentanet offers, you start to get the cravings...
conversations.prefix: Cyber-Addicted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're the cat on his eighth life. You just want to know what is going on and who is behind it.
conversations.prefix: Curiosity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is bound to be some money made on this trip, weather its by legitimate means or not.
conversations.prefix: Cold Cash:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been discarded by your friends, family and society. You think that helping out this once may prove them all wrong.
conversations.prefix: Prove your Worth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You trip over your own feet and slam your thumbs in doors more often than anyone ever should.
conversations.prefix: Clumsy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've had an external drive added to your memory through the use of the Neural Jack. It can be used to hold large quantities of information, but being external means it can be tampered with or destroyed.
conversations.prefix: Bank:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You charge in without a plan, making your teammates panic.    
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Senator Trent J. Marcus is a vocal pro-technologist and free market advocate. 
conversations.prefix: Senator Marcus:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Frederick Jones is an institution at the WCCSS. He was an early internet hacker and never slowed down from there. In his seventies now, he works in the criminal analytics division.
conversations.prefix: Captain Jones:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A small central park that is right in front of the WCCSS station. It's a small, peaceful place in the midst of more industrial and dangerous areas. 
conversations.prefix: West Plaza:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gather information about what happened earlier. From Dempsy's reaction earlier you know that there is at least some other proof that corroborates your story... if they have that much there might be more.
conversations.prefix: Gather Intel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Meet up with Harker's contact and see if you can get that loft near the crime scene. Yeah, its probably bugged... but you can fix that.
conversations.prefix: Check out Harker's Contact:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The landlady of the Twisted Line hostel. Supposedly, she's Harker's contact.
conversations.prefix: Gypsy F.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You might be here for a while. Check out your rooms, investigate the strangely high tech in the place and sweep for surveillance systems. 
conversations.prefix: Settle in.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Downlights is a sprawling party with concerts, strip clubs and every recreational diversion you could imagine. Ellie's here somewhere, in charge of it all. Find her or someone to lead you to her.
conversations.prefix: Get access to Ellie's office.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A hack cab driver who last saw your blond-haired mark. 
conversations.prefix: Tom Grimley:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A hack cab in a big city. This won't be easy. Perhaps some of the other drivers might give you a lead. 
conversations.prefix: Find Tom Grimley:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A formerly elegant palace  from back in the days when rail travel was the height of class, this hotel is now a good place to lie low anonymously. 
conversations.prefix: Coffin Hotel:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This unknown man is the source of all this trouble. You'd better catch him!
conversations.prefix: The Mark:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have two choices:
  
  A. Sniff around the WCCSS for info about Special Projects and who took the infocube.
  
  B. Find out who Azhal is and track him down again.
conversations.prefix: Plan of Action:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Murakumo Group manages a large number of medical technology companies. They've seen extremely profitable years since the Neural Jack hit the marker as suppliers of the surgery systems to add the implant. 
conversations.prefix: Murakumo Tower:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Plan a way to hijack the security system and infiltrate Murakumo Tower. This won't be easy, but you're skills and connections will undoubtedly help.
conversations.prefix: Plan of Attack:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find a terminal and disable the security in the building.
conversations.prefix: Disable Security:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a baker's dozen of building security trying to tackle the 'Master Ninja.' Trip them up so Alan can get back outside.
conversations.prefix: Get Alan to safety.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alan is being held in the central security office on the first floor of the tower. It's not going to be easy getting him out.
conversations.prefix: Rescue Alan:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have his location, you have your skills and programs... and you have a big dose of surprise. Make it count.
conversations.prefix: Subdue Ahzal:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You stirred up a big nest of corporate security types. Get back to the safe house.
conversations.prefix: Evade Pursuit:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rush took a few shots in the side and her body scraped against something hard enough to cut through skin. Keep her stable and stop the bleeding.
conversations.prefix: Patch Rush up.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The man is still knocked out and strapped to a bed in Alan's room, but he could wake up at any moment. 
conversations.prefix: Keep an eye on Ahzal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Seven years ago, Haluati hacked a Mentanet node in India and murdered 184 people. 
  
  Now he's in your living room, hanging from the ceiling. I guess you should interrogate him.
conversations.prefix: Ahzi Haluati:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're hoping to avoid some people.  You wouldn't exactly call them friends.
  
  More like, you know, psychopaths who have good reason to want you dead...
conversations.prefix: In Hiding:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Neural Jacks were designed to allow people to use their brains to control external hardware or to write to software.
  
  But it was only a matter of time before Skitters and Net-Heads everywhere started to wonder if they could work in reverse.
  
  Was it possible to use external hardware to write the brain? To instil thoughts, memories and skills where there was nothing before?
  
  You're a Writer, a Skitter who specialises in writing data to your own and others' brains.
  
  Naturally the hardware and software required for Writing is highly illegal and more than a little dangerous.
conversations.prefix: Writer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A collection of stolen programmed skills; plug and play. 
  
  Some of the skills in your box are "clean", pure data,  while others come "corrupted" with feelings, impressions and even memories.
conversations.prefix: Chipped Skills:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Writing is an experimental medium and not without risk.
  
  Your head’s not right, riddled with blank spots and holes where memories should be.    
conversations.prefix: Neural Damage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're the cat on his eighth life. You just want to know what is going on and who is behind it.
conversations.prefix: Curiosity:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It seems like there's always trouble waiting for you just around the corner. It's up to you to keep one step ahead.
conversations.prefix: Out of the Frying Pan:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're on the fine line between sanity and insanity, and sometimes you slip over.
conversations.prefix: Eccentric:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have an inborn talent, honed through experience, for analysing complex data -- for sifting through millions of twos to make four.
conversations.prefix: Data Analyst:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A high end portable bug scanner.
  
  Designed to ensure privacy.
conversations.prefix: Bug Scanner:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know the ins and outs of the hot social scene in town.  You've got your finger on the pulse of who's hot and who's not, of who's on top and who's in trouble.
conversations.prefix: Scenester:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alan is a total klutz. If there's nothing else to trip on he's perfectly capable of making do with his own feet. He has next to zero athletic ability, and seems utterly unaware of that fact.
conversations.prefix: Uncoordinated:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A slight, real or imagined, carries too great a weight with you.  Indulging this feeling can make better ideas fall by the wayside.
conversations.prefix: Holds a Grudge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're the cat on his eighth life. You just want to know what is going on and who is behind it.
conversations.prefix: Curiosity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some of your basic morals align with medievel romances(!)
  
  You try to speak the truth; protect those weaker than you; and stand up for what you believe in.
conversations.prefix: Chivalrous:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Alan" is many things, and knows a lot of people...but he's also just a kid, and a pretty scrawny one at that. It's pretty easy for him to act the innocent or pass things off as a harmless game, and this is one case where being fairly obviously...eccentric... can help. To a lot of people, he's just a weird kid with an overactive imagination.
conversations.prefix: Mostly Harmless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're do this because you're constantly seeking adrenaline and excitement.
  
  Sure, you tell yourself the chances that are calculated but they sometime put you, or others, at risk nonetheless. 
conversations.prefix: The Rush:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a decent grasp of medical triage and first aid, as well as stabilizing injured parties in less-than-ideal conditions.
conversations.prefix: Street Medic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been discarded by your friends, family and society. You think that helping out this once may prove them all wrong.
conversations.prefix: Prove your Worth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This oversized pair of goggles is packed with sensory enhancements: optical magnification, light amplification, thermographic, flare compensation, even a directional laser mic.
  
  They also stream access to the Mentanet, wirelessly connect to a range of devices display information through a customisable Heads Up Display.
  
  Forget diamonds, these babies are a girl's best friend.
conversations.prefix: AR Goggles:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Given a little time, you can botch together software to do pretty much anything -- with no guarantees...
conversations.prefix: Garage Programming:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your ties to the seedy online underground give you access to skills and resources geared toward illicit information retrieval.
conversations.prefix: Digital Banditry:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've spent the last decade working in sectors of the underworld that didn't care much for the intracacies of licencing.
  
  As a result you've built up a great supply of State of The Art equiptment: custom weapons, exotic ammmunition, gear for surveillance, infiltration and hacking.
  
  There's a good chance that if you don't have the right tool for the job you know where to get it.
conversations.prefix: SOTA Gear:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're hoping to avoid some people.  You wouldn't exactly call them friends.
  
  More like, you know, psychopaths who have good reason to want you dead...
conversations.prefix: In Hiding:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You charge in without a plan, making your teammates panic.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Alan" may be a weird space cadet of a kid, but he's also surprisingly resourceful. When he doesn't have the things he needs, well, he'll just have to make do with what's around...even if it seems a little odd.
conversations.prefix: Resourceful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alan came into this out of curiosity...but now, he's here to support his new friends. There's a big difference, he's learning, between a "friend" you can call in a favor with because you know his secrets, and a *friend* you can count on to save your butt when you're in trouble.
conversations.prefix: Strengthen the Bonds:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're in a bad place.  You've been in those before.  But giving up isn't a thing that ever got you anything.
  
  Sometimes you have to take the risk.
conversations.prefix: All or Nothing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: So, this is all your fault. You're responsible for every injustice, injury, and discomfort.
  
  Make it right.
  
  Regardless of the cost.
conversations.prefix: Make Amends:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's a time for conflict, but then there's a time for getting along. When push comes to shove, you can bring people together.
conversations.prefix: Inspirational:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Mateba Arms .50 Autorevolver was designed as an anti-material weapon for use against heavily augmented combatants and drones.
  
  It's fitted with neural interface, targeting system and chamber selection; for those rare occasions when it's loaded with something other than APDS.
conversations.prefix: Mateba .50 Autorevolver:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: So it seems that Alan, now Bertram, is some kind of shadowy information broker...but he's still a pretty carefree sort. Maybe it's the sugar high, maybe it's a kind of amoral outlook, or maybe it's just a natural urge to get along with people, but whatever it is, he seems to be pretty willing to help out with whatever. And someone who's willing to help? He's pretty useful.
conversations.prefix: Carefree:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your enthusiasm, sincerity, and straightforwardness can be endearing to the right kinds of people.
conversations.prefix: Earnest: