conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Welcome, mysterygoers, to Chesterfield Manor!
  A tale of intrigue, high society, dark humor and murder most foul awaits!Beware! Such stories are not for the faint of heart....
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  London, England, 1889
  You, a fresh-faced aristocrat with a complicated history, have just received this letter: 
  
  "Dear esteemed sir, or madam. 
  I regret to inform you that I, Agatha Chesterfield, am no more. Deceased. Dead. Kicked the bucket, as it were. The circumstances of my demise cannot, currently, be disclosed, but they themselves are no matter, as I organized them by my own means. I am, or I was, not a fool. All have their time to go, and mine came as an old friend. 
  
  If you are reading this letter, you may congratulate yourself, as it means that before my death, I determined that you were important to me in life. 
  There are not many of you. I was a secretive woman it is true. 
  
  Be you relative, in-law, business partner or friend, you all have something in common that I have observed: you are undoubtedly fond of money.
  
  Do not object, for I know you all too well. I can tell, for instance, you wonder already about the matter of my last will and testament. 
  
  As you, and I imagine much of London knows, over my many years I had accumulated much wealth. In death I have no humility to deny it, my home abounds with riches an treasure of untold value. Collections from the furthest reaches of the earth lie yet undiscovered in the bowels of my manor house in town. Collections I have no doubt you would bend over backwards to get hold of. 
  
  And therein lies the meaning of this invitation. For indeed it is an invitation. For lack of a decent lawyer with whom I have ever shared a trust, I have decided to take the matter of my inheritance into my own hands. 
  
  Thus, I have invited all of you: people of import in my life, to my home at Chesterfield. 
  From there, the determining factor of who gets my money is simple:
  
  You must survive one night. 
  
  Simple, is it not? Whomever survives one night at my manner will split the entirely of my estate among themselves.
   And of course, if there is only ONE person left, they will be entitled to ALL of it...
  I myself can assure that is is enough money to be spent several lifetimes over. Far more than I could handle in all my years. 
  
  I assure you my servants will supply you with all manner of resources to make your stay as comfortable as possible. I invite you to explore my library, conservatory, spacious parlors and billiards hall. 
  Should you ever wish to leave the manor, all you need to do is walk out the front door. But once that is done, you will be disqualified, and not allowed in again. 
  
  I would be so pleased for you to join us. 
  
  The date shall be the 13th of October, and we shall expect you all at the stroke of 6 o'clock sharp. 
  
  Knowing you, I trust you will be there for your chance at my wealth.
   I offer only this last warning: 
  
  ~When gold is held in one hand, 
  The other may be bloodied~
  
  Best Regards, 
  Agatha W. E. Chesterfield"
  
  Tonight is the eve. May the winner take all. 
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Through the large wooden door with 37 locks. Intricate gargoyles are carved into the woodwork. The Butler and Maid reside here. 
conversations.prefix: The Lobby (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Absurdly long red room with a table always set with a delectable feast. At the head of the table. A portrait of Agatha at the head of the table. 
conversations.prefix: Dining Hall (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: ~Men Only~ 
  Filled perpetually with a musky haze. Fine cigars can be found here, alongside various hunting accouterments (guns + deer heads).
conversations.prefix: Smoking Room (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: ~Women Only~ 
  Chaise lounges, a china cabinet with beautiful porcelain teaware, and a large jeweled vanity with a crack in the mirror. 
conversations.prefix: Powder Parlor (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the largest rooms in the house, high in a towering spire. Dusty tomes on any topic are piled high on cramped shelves, casting tall shadows.
conversations.prefix: Library (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Deep in the basement of the house, a lone lamp illuminates the room over the faded and peeling green pool tables. It's always icy cold in here. 
conversations.prefix: Snooker Room (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small cluttered room, filled with old crumbling papers, as well as items from around the world. Two ornamental swords hang above the mantle.
conversations.prefix: Agatha's Study (Chesterfield):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the identical rooms in the manor. Strange, there are the perfect amount for each of you. 
  The beds reek of old meat. 
conversations.prefix: Character's Bedroom:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A cavernous maze of tunnels filled with vats. How could an old spinster ever drink this much? Some bottles look centuries old. 
conversations.prefix: Wine Cellar (Chesterfield) :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "How can I serve you?" 
  Sometimes you feel his eyes follow you.
  Serves drinks, information, (and LOOKS in that tuxedo).
conversations.prefix: The Butler:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "Oh! You frightened me!"A svelte little French thing. She'd be pretty if it wasn't for those dead, sunken eyes. Like she'd just risen from the crypt. 
conversations.prefix: The Maid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With flicking tongue and undulating endless coils. The breed might be hard to decipher, but the fangs are unmistakably venomous. You're hisss-tory!
conversations.prefix: Snake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your throat constricts, your tongue swells, your heart is quickening. Dear god, what have you ingested! I suggest you stop eating it! 
conversations.prefix: Poison:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Well, what on Earth? It appears your bedroom has been locked.  From the inside out no less! Where are you supposed to go now?
conversations.prefix: Locked out:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Good god, what a noise. As if hell were empty and all the devils here. It sounds like a woman! But where is it coming from?
conversations.prefix: A Scream:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Found above the mantle in Ms.Chesterfield's study. 
  Of fine and exotic Japanese craft. Lightweight yet deadly. 
conversations.prefix: The Mantle Swords (NA):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Beautifully crafted and relatively new. Found in the Smoking Room. Definitely not an antique. But whatever would a woman have it for? 
conversations.prefix: 1873 Winchester Musket (NA):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No label of any kind. Found in the Wine Cellar. 
  It appears very old, but drops around the edge suggest it was recently refilled. Peculiar. 
conversations.prefix: Little Green Bottle (NA):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just a regular ink pen. Found on the desk in Ms.Chesterfield's study. She probably used it to write your invite. 
  It has no trace of fingerprints. 
conversations.prefix: The Pen (NA):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Found in the Dining Room and the Wine Cellar as well as whenever summoned by the servants. It's a very good quality. "Jerks the wrinkles right outta your britches" as the lower class might observe. 
conversations.prefix: Brandy (NA):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You brought it just for safety. You never know. 
conversations.prefix:  A Knife:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Of your loved one, or perhaps your enemy to recall their face. 
conversations.prefix: A Memento :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: (Can be of any belief) 
  You always keep it with you. In times of strife it reminds you that there's someone in your corner. 
conversations.prefix: Religious Token:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You always were fond of a drink. It never leaves your side. It contains a cocktail of your own invention. The taste reminds you of home. 
conversations.prefix: A Flask:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Oh my poor aunt. Or was it grandmother...
conversations.prefix: Family:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Curse the old bat. Sticking her hooked nose where it didn't belong. 
conversations.prefix: In-Law:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some may call you a fool. You're fairly certain the fools are the folks who actually pay you for this. 
  Spooky. 
conversations.prefix: Charlattan :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're fairly certain you're the only person qualified to be here. Or is your job just a coincidence? 
  You assure all your friends that it's nothing like the stories in 'The Strand'. 
conversations.prefix: Detective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What the hell? You're a farmer's son. Or a miller's daughter. What are you doing among all these upper class toffs?! And now you're in the running for a lot of dosh! 
conversations.prefix: Essentially scum:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "I dun' hava problem! You've the one wots got a probl'm, y'ear!"
conversations.prefix: Alcohol-hic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Isn't love what everyone wants? Apparently not, as it has made you a social pariah. 
  (In high society, homosexuality is perceived under this category)
conversations.prefix: Promiscuity:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sharing isn't your strong suit, it would seem. You don't care what that letter says, all that money is YOURS. 
conversations.prefix: Selfish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "Oi, you wanna go, mate?" 
  or alternatively
  "My dear sir, how dare you!"
  
  The principle is the same. 
conversations.prefix: Truculent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Higher education or maybe childhood trauma? Whatever you have to thank, you are intelligent and emotionally stable. 
conversations.prefix: Mental Fortitude:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've dealt with enough fools in this wide world not to become one. You know when you're being lied to. At least pretty often. 
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Oh...hello there." 
  Ever since you were young, something about you is just... 
  Sorry, what was I saying? 
conversations.prefix: Irresistible :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You, my friend, are immense. Looking at your physique, a bull comes to mind, or perhaps a brick housing complex. 
conversations.prefix: Imposing Stature :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Beautifully crafted and relatively new. Found in the Smoking Room. Definitely not an antique. But whatever would a woman have it for?
  
  
conversations.prefix: (IN THE MANOR) 1873 Winchester Musket :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Found in the Dining Room and the Wine Cellar as well as whenever summoned by the servants. It’s a very good quality. “Jerks the wrinkles right outta your britches” as the lower class might observe.
  
conversations.prefix: (IN THE MANOR) Brandy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No label of any kind. 
  It appears very old, but drops around the edge suggest it was recently refilled. Peculiar.
  
conversations.prefix: (IN THE MANOR) Little Green Bottle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Found above the mantle in Ms.Chesterfield’s study.
  Of fine and exotic Japanese craft. Lightweight yet deadly.
  
conversations.prefix: (IN THE MANOR) The Mantle Swords:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Examine your new housing for the night, let your curiosity roam free! Ask some questions of the staff! You must know what you're dealing with at once! 
conversations.prefix: What is this place? :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Greet your strange bedfellows for the afternoon. It appears you are all in the same boat. Learn more about them, perhaps get a head start on making allies. 
conversations.prefix: Good Evening:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I'm starved. Where is my bedroom! Can I get a cup of tea. Where can I get a cigar? Someone help me with my bags. BUTLER! 
conversations.prefix: Make Yourself At Home:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've gotten all dressed in your best for a splendid dinner, and it decides to rain. Torrentially. You need to get out of it somehow. But how do you feel about it? Will you throw a fit in the process? This inconvenience must not stand! 
conversations.prefix: Downpour:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How am I supposed to live in these varying degrees of horrible conditions?! I'm a member of the bourgeoisie, do you hear?!  Unacceptable!
conversations.prefix: Oh, Bugger All:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What's going on with these children? What happened to them? Won't anyone tell me what is going on?
conversations.prefix: Creeped Out:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Such a carriage ride! And a long night tonight. Wash up and get dressed in your finery! Or perhaps a nice nap is in order first? 
conversations.prefix: Self-Care:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: All this place needs is some fine tuned touches of home. Who cares about tonight, you'll remodel this whole place when you own it by tomorrow morning!
conversations.prefix: Make the best of it:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What can you say? You're an inquisitive sort. Or maybe you get locked out too much. 
conversations.prefix: Lockpick:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The latest Victorian cure-all! You've been feeling a bit off in this cold weather, better take a dose. Or three. Or nine. Or strip naked and scream into your pillow. Or put stockings on your head and imitate a walrus. 
conversations.prefix: Cocaine:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A spider. maybe frightening, maybe interesting, maybe a nuisance, depends on your viewpoint. 
conversations.prefix: Egads, How Do They Grow So Big?!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  There's a note inside: For Seance. 
   This book carries the same smell of your bed, like a butcher's. A kind of black residue seems to seep off the page. 
  
conversations.prefix: Winchester's Handy Grimoire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: dull
  dəl/Submit
  adjective
  1.
  lacking interest or excitement.
conversations.prefix: The Dictionary :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've no idea what an 'erotic hymnal' is, but the title does certainly render you a curious woman. 
conversations.prefix: Erotic Hymnal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Come with me, little fellow! Ouch! No biting!
conversations.prefix: Little Black Spider:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A dome of glass windows, filled to the brim with leaves and flowers reaching towards the sky. 
conversations.prefix: Conservatory:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: My my, this haze does put you in a daze. 
conversations.prefix: Garden of Temptation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the sweet smelling pink fellows. For you hair! 
conversations.prefix: A Flower:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Perhaps due to the heat, you're a little delirious. Little woozy. Little funny feeling. Ooh! Berries! 
conversations.prefix: Berry berry Quite Contrary:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Agatha was your grandmother's first cousin. Removed" is used to describe a relationship, it indicates that the two people are from different generations. You are two generations younger than Agatha 
conversations.prefix: First cousin, twice removed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You yearn to succeed. Almost everything you do is motivated by your need to win. 
conversations.prefix: Ambitious :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You respect those with lots of power, money, and status. While frowning upon those who don't. 
conversations.prefix: Snob:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to leave the world you were born into; for a life of posh dinners, beautiful women, and pockets full of money. 
conversations.prefix: Elevate your status:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Life has always been fed to you on a silver spoon, you have no idea how the rest of the world lives. 
conversations.prefix: Young Aristocrat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are very good at following directions and doing what you are told. You have been schooled in all the social norms of the upper class. 
conversations.prefix: Etiquette:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Besides what you have been taught to like in popular art and music, you have very few opinions of your own. 
conversations.prefix: Dull:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A part of you deep inside you are barely ready to see yet questions if perhaps your parents go to far in their quest for wealth? Perhaps this makes them superficial?
conversations.prefix: Maybe my parents are wrong?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Gentleman’s Sport. Though you are a man of means, the opportunity to be handsomely rewarded for thrashing your opponent about is one you seldom resist. 
conversations.prefix: Pugilist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Never at a disadvantage in any type of hand to hand combat, you prefer to Best your opponent by the The Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
conversations.prefix: Proficient combatant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your threshold for suffering fools is quite low, thus you are quick to dispense yourself of them in whatever manner you deem suitable. 
conversations.prefix: Intolerant of fools:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You hold yourself to a standard of manhood which you believe all able bodied males should aspire. You seek to inspire those around you to seek the same lofty ambition.
conversations.prefix: The Art of Manliness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I took care of milady's business affairs in town. She was a strange woman, from the little I knew of her; I only met her a few times face to face. The great majority of the time I received the errands I was to run for her in letter form.
conversations.prefix: Assistant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No matter what circumstances life may deal me, I always know how to come out on top; often in rather devious ways.
conversations.prefix: Underhanded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One can learn everything one needs to know about a person if one pays enough attention. If I am to be found standing silently in the corner, it is to be assumed that I am listening. I am learning.
conversations.prefix: Observant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This world is cruel, and I am prepared to do whatever is demanded of me in order to establish myself in it.
conversations.prefix: Survival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I handled the lady's business affairs in town, and always thought that she was rather peculiar, from the little I knew of her. I only met her in person a few times. I usually received my daily errands to run in a letter.
conversations.prefix: Assistant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One can learn anything one needs about someone by looking at them; I learned this trick through hardship. If I am to be found standing silently in a corner, it is to be assumed that I am listening. I am learning.
conversations.prefix: Observant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I know exactly what I want, and I am prepared to undertake any measures necessary to ensure that I achieve it, even if those measures are not entirely honorable.
conversations.prefix: Underhanded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This world is a cruel one, and I plan to establish myself in it. By any means necessary.
conversations.prefix: Survival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "I have served by the Chesterfields as a gentleman's gentleman for generations."
conversations.prefix: Servant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "To answer such a thing would be an insult to My Lady's memory." 
conversations.prefix: Secretive :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Alas, it is the curse of being a spooy manor house butler. Everyone already suspects 'you did it' whatever it is." 
conversations.prefix: Inherently Suspicious:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Mind yourself, sir. You know not of what you speak." 
conversations.prefix: None Of Your Business:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Agatha's your first cousin, twice removed, you need to discover your family history. 
conversations.prefix: Ancestry:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I am undaunted by many things that would make other ladies faint; spiders, snakes, blood, mice, rats, do not disturb me.
conversations.prefix: Unsqueamish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are thin and weak, and corsets don’t help the matter. 
conversations.prefix: Frail: