conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The year is 1882, in Upstate New York. Under President Arthur's leadership, the country has begun reconstruction, the civil war concluded, but tensions yet soar as the confederacy and the North still wage conflicting ideas in the senate.
  
  The entire region has experienced rapid industrialization as skilled laborers come about, surpassing the English in terms of productivity and profit. The wealthy get richer as they head the industrial revolution, but in their wake, a lower economic class develops, caught in poverty and indentured servitude.
  
  The United States were on their way to becoming a great nation- but everything began to change when the meteorites fell. Green specks were seen darting through the sky, and where they landed, strange things started happening.
  
  One such meteor struck a prison in Boston, and the news spread quickly of a large scale jailbreak. Witnesses reported seeing a large green glow emanating from the building, as convicts fled the scene. Some even reported seeing prisoners fly out of the jail, while others supposedly leapt great distances, or even released gouts of fire from their fingertips. Some simply vanished.
  
  All around the nation and the world, news spread of supernatural phenomena. Crime rose, and controversy spread, but everyone seemed to agree that the green glow was universal to all cases of the supernatural.
  
  Astronomists started analyzing the strange meteorites, vastly ranging in size, but all were seen to be unlike anything anyone had seen before.
  
  Citizens all across the globe have been seemingly randomly affected by this strange energy, and the army has begun the process of gathering all of the supernatural Americans. Naturally, this move received significant resistance, and once more a split was created, with many northeners advocating for the capture of the potentially dangerous individuals,and southerners claiming that the government has no right to intrude that far into people's lives.
  
  While there doesn't seem to be a particular pattern to those gifted with these odd energies, the condition seemed to be more prevalent within impoverished and oppressed communities.
  
  You, the player, are whoever you want to be. All doors are open, as the beginning of America's melting pot has begun.
  
  Play will begin on a train to Boston. Why are you going there? With whom are you traveling? Where are you coming from? 
  
  Or story will unfold as the mystery of these strange asteroids and magics, dubbed "aedra," shapes America forever. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Since you were a child, you've worked long days just to support those who you care about. You're poor and malnourished, and your factory job has made you chronically ill.
conversations.prefix: Unskilled Laborer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're white; whether from Europe after a long boat ride, or born into a family that has been in America since it was colonized, you are part of the majority.
conversations.prefix: Caucasian:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your family has inhabited the Americas for thousands of years. Still recovering from the trail of tears paved by Andrew Jackson, you are living in a time of strife and turmoil for indigenous American tribes.
conversations.prefix: Native American:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are either a European immigrant or a descendant of the colonists. You might be Irish, Italian, German, French, Scandinavian, or English. You are a part of the majority.
conversations.prefix: "White":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Actually Native American, you are a member or descendant of an indigenous tribe in North America. Local tribes are the Wampanoag, Mohegan, and Mahican.
conversations.prefix: "Indian":
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are an immigrant or descendant of immigrants, are not at all necessarily Chinese. You might be Indian, Japanese, Korean, Thai, or from another East Asian country. The Chinese exclusion act of 1882 controversially banned the immigration of Chinese laborers, and caused a surge of racism and conflict.
conversations.prefix: "Chinese":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A distinction meaning biracial, mulattoes usually have a mixture of black and white ancestry. The exact definitions are very blurry, and laced with dissent and controversy. Not being a complete member of either racial group, mulatto people often had trouble fitting in.
conversations.prefix: "Mulatto":
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: buffalo
conversations.prefix: BUFFALO:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your ancestors were brought to America two centuries ago as slaves, but since the civil war, slavery has been abolished. Indentured servitude is still prominent in the south, and racial tensions are colossally high.
conversations.prefix: "Black":
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impoverished, malnourished, and likely uneducated, you have never had much money. You might be a factory worker, a farm worker, or an indentured servant.
conversations.prefix: Lower Class:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a stable job and can support a family, but are not particularly wealthy, and don't have much upward social mobility.
conversations.prefix: Lower Middle Class:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are living the "American Dream," with a well paying job and access to education, medicine, and technology. 
conversations.prefix: Upper Middle Class:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were likely born into wealth, and are likely healthy, educated, and own land. You might be a banker, a politician, or a celebrity.
conversations.prefix: Upper Class:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are physically powerful, possibly from farmwork or exercise.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are fast and light with your feet and fingers. You might be a good pickpocket or burglar, and you have a way of getting out of tough situations.
conversations.prefix: Quick:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have above average endurance, which you may have developed from working long hours in hot factories, or from getting knocked down, but always finding your way back up.
conversations.prefix: Tough:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a good learner. You might be well educated, perhaps from a prestigious school, or perhaps very savvy and clever.
conversations.prefix: Smart:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a way with people. You might be a strong leader, persuasive and agreeable, or you might know how to push people's buttons and piss them off.
conversations.prefix: Charismatic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are understanding and perceptive. You might be insightful and contemplative, or aloof and isolated. 
conversations.prefix: Wise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your character's individual motivations are for you to decide. Create a card and add a quick description.
conversations.prefix: Make your own!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't have much physical strength. You find it hard to lift heavy things, throw a solid punch, jump, climb, or swim.
conversations.prefix: Weak:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't have very good endurance. You might have some form of disease, or were just never very athletic.
conversations.prefix: Frail:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You aren't particularly deft. You might not have the best balance, or the lightest feet.
conversations.prefix: Clumsy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't have very good people skills. You sometimes say the wrong things, and people don't always like you very much.
conversations.prefix: Antisocial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Buffalo
conversations.prefix: Buffalo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a hard time understanding others' feelings and motivations, and might be in your own world.
conversations.prefix: Naive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are not a very good learner. You might not retain information very well, and might not have had access to much education.
conversations.prefix: Unintelligent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Buffalo
conversations.prefix: Buffalo:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Part of the newly expanding railroad system, this train goes from Northampton to Boston. The train carries everyone from everywhere.
conversations.prefix: 1432 MASS R.R. Train to Boston:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An older man,  tired and disgruntled, who walks through the cars to gather passengers' tickets. Doesn't have much patience for nonsense. 
conversations.prefix: The Ticket Collector:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get on the train and get on your way to Boston. 
conversations.prefix: Get Underway:
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: Who cares about magic? You don't have time to worry about it. Feeding yourself and your little sister comes first. You pay by busking; unfortunately, your violin was recently broken. You're trying to find/steal a new one.
conversations.prefix: Music:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: (Don't forget from whence you came.)
  
  After years of living with the knowledge that her one purpose in life is to marry rich, education provides the promise of an existence in which she can make her own decisions. 
conversations.prefix: Get an Education:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With a small amount of saved money and nothing but memory holding her to the farm she just sold, she is trying to figure out where to go with her life from here.  Is gonna have to wing it a little bit- doesn't know what she's going to find in Boston.  Possibilities: realizing she wants to stay away from things having to do with magic, so tries to settle down with a factory or shop job and move on with her life.  Or, want to learn more about magic (parents' death) and find closure for her grief.  Maybe along the way starts to realize how much she cares about people (used to be like ehh people because YEs sheep) and wonders.... if could gain magical powers herself, could she help other people from getting killed?  What if she becomes someone like the person that killed her parents though.  /ramble
conversations.prefix: finding new purpose:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild: