conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Small towns. Every corner of the world has them. Often we describe ourselves as being from a larger city, a geographical anchor somewhere on the map, but most of us are typically from some dusty road or damp small town far removed from the bustle of the metropolis or the scurry of shopping carts and minivans peppering the suburbs.  How did we come to this?
  
  The small town is a tighter community. The neighbors know your name or help you with your geometry. Kids sell lemonade on the corner without the parental worry of abduction or some late night news piece. Why would we as people ever want to leave something so idyllic?
  
  The Friday night is the new Sunday morning. The whole town crowds the football fields. The tiny bathrooms stink only less than the hot dog steamer at the concessions booth. Church is kick off and the touchdown is the path to salvation. But Sunday mornings still exist, and the pastors speak of wild things, resurrection and love. It keeps the community close. 
  
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  Farnham, Oregon is tucked in the foothills of the Cascade mountain range near the Santiam Pass. The summers are warm and the winters mild. 
  
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  What I am looking for: a realistic lens on small town life as it comes to the metaphoric winter to spring chances for change. We find our stories on storium filled with the fantastical. Grounding it in a sense of realism would be a refreshing take on the tools. 
  
  Tempers raise when families clash over some nearby seemingly questionably owned parcel of property has mineral rights. The local factory will close down from down sizing and it employs a large portion of the town population. 
  
  If a skilled player wants to play the pastor or priest of a local church please go for it. The posts will be long and help define some of the struggles. 
  
  I am going to leave character generation generally open. But somethings must be changed or edited to meet the demands of a small town. I'm looking for siblings, an old man mayor, the best friend, the outcast, some type of local shop keep (ie barber, store owner, etc), or what ever you'd like to create. I may ask for some modifications to suit the needs of the intermingled relationships. 
  
  It would be easier if most of the characters were younger as to not have a tone of baggage that would have to be explored. However, if you create and older adult please add some depth to your character creation profiles. 
  
  This is will be 5-6 chapters with 2-3 scenes each. 
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create your own. 
conversations.prefix: Create your own. :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create your own. 
conversations.prefix: Create your own. :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create your own. 
conversations.prefix: Create your own. :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create your own. 
conversations.prefix: Create your own. :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The house of mirror maze at the Farnham Logging Festival.  It was always a favorite. 
conversations.prefix: A House of Glass and Mirrors:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It is a favorite place during the Farnham Logging Festival.  Whether you're young or old there is a sense of reflection.
conversations.prefix: House of Mirrors and Glass.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 541.555.2617
conversations.prefix: Anna's Number:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dark, poorly lit, foot path on the way to the residential areas of town.  It is a short cut used by locals through the grove of trees.
conversations.prefix: Footpath Behind City Hall:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wanting to escape or come back.  The prison of the mind is the worst.  If you were to build our dream life what would it be? Why? Who would you involve?  Why should it be any different than it is now?  What do you like about this place that you don't want it to change?
conversations.prefix: Life Changing Moments:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cheap vodka from Hood River Oregon.
conversations.prefix: HRD Vodka:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A drunk.  A loser.  A former factory worker.  He worked with Stang's father in the mill operating the fork lift but was fired in an accident.
conversations.prefix: Fred Schmidt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Brian's father.  Shift manager at the New Haven Paper Mill just outside of town.  Works hard to support his family, and hopes they all set down roots.
conversations.prefix: Franklin DeLisle (DEAD):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Franklin DeLisle is dead.  His heart stopped.  His glasses were crushed.  Organs were mangled in front of him splayed across the arches of twisted metal.  
conversations.prefix: Off to the next place.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The epicenter of autumn culture in Farnham.  You went or you were ostracized.
conversations.prefix: Farnham High Football Field:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dawn was coming in.  The fragrant smell of morning rippled through the small little town.  Shop keeps and bakers heading to their jobs left unnoticed.  But those not working headed directly back to the final day of the Logging Festival.
conversations.prefix: Downtown at Dawn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Owner of the Timber House Coffee Shop.  She has all the town gossip.  The local newspaper comes to her for the pulse of the community.
conversations.prefix: Cheryl Browne:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Keys to an empty house.  The sound of news used to play early in the morning, but it was silent.
conversations.prefix: Keys to the DeLisle House:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: [For Derek]
  
  Do you try and go sober?
conversations.prefix: Go Sober?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A man made lake up in the verge of the mountains tucked just beyond Sweet Home Oregon.  It is intense and beautiful.  No motorcraft is allowed.  Hiking trails galore, and the lake this time of year is warm.
conversations.prefix: Green Peter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Why are you there at Green Peter?  Why did you leave so early in the day?  What do you think about Brian (Mustang.)?  Do you share anything with him at school?
  
  THIS IS ANDY ONLY.  Characters can react to his interaction, but can not be the driver in this challenge.
conversations.prefix: Understanding.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: If DEREK HAS A WEAK CARD, you must also play a weak card, but only after his interaction.  He will select a player if any to help supplement this challenge.  
  
  You grab the boat. There are things to see, memories to remember and those to make.  Do you do it alone or with others?
conversations.prefix: Boat Trip. [Derek Must Start]:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As they are.
conversations.prefix: Throwing stones.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Because who doesn't like things permanent. 
conversations.prefix: Sharpie.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have had a long fun life.  You have tucked things away, and you've remembered where you have placed them.  The first of many is the small island.
conversations.prefix: Mental Treasure Map:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: NYC is a scary place, and old habits die hard.
conversations.prefix: Anna's Knife:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The town gathers here and then starts their day.  
  
  The salted bagel egg sandwich is amazing.
conversations.prefix: Timber House Coffee:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What has been creating your issues? 
  
  What can anyone else do to help?
  
  How is your brother involved?
  
  Why is this happening?
  
  How will this effect Brian as he get ready for football season and his father's funeral?
conversations.prefix: A Stiff Drink?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anna won't let up about everything. The details are all lined up, and she was holding up and combining her new family with her biological family. 
  
  What are your feelings?
  
  Should Zeroni be invited?
  
  What about Brian's gf?
conversations.prefix: All this talk of char and corn. :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What does the rest of practice look like?
  
  Brian only. 
conversations.prefix: Passive interference. :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Armie begins pummeling you.  You've ruined his life, his practice, and everything else.  Why does he do this?  What do you do?  What can fix this?  Is there any fixing this?
conversations.prefix: Another's War.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hospital
conversations.prefix: Farnham Lakewood General:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How do you deal with the hospital.  How do your injuries affect your daily life?  What is going to happen to your job, your schooling, your relationship with those around you?
conversations.prefix: May I see your insurance?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He is the towns doctor.  Everyone has seen him for everything.  He has a kid on the football team as well.  Looks up to Brian a lot, and scorns him all that same time.
conversations.prefix: Dr. Garrett Lumbly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: BRIAN MUST START: 
  
  What would your father do in a time like this?  Who would he reach out to?  Why would he do that?  What good would that do?
conversations.prefix: What would Dad do?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: here be your pills. 25 units of OxyContin. 
conversations.prefix: Prescription:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Renovated loft above the furniture store in downtown Farnham.  Everything in it was a hand-me-down, but Derek made it work.  It is clean and sparse.  But the glass recycling is noticeable.
conversations.prefix: Derek's Apartment:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The growing relationship has been rocky.  What is coming out of all of it?  What is it good for?  Is it good?  Where do the two go from here?
conversations.prefix: Beat me down Build me up.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Why are they piling up?  What does that look like?  What are they?  What problems are they creating?
conversations.prefix: Bills. :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mmmmmmmmm. Barbecue. 
conversations.prefix: Anna's Barbecue:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There was plenty of room for Brian to move in.  Another voice would fill the Bungalow with a sound that hadn't been around sing Anna went to school.
conversations.prefix: Anna's House:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: All of them have a past, and that seems broken by life, and the future has taken a different direction.  
conversations.prefix: All These Memories Stacked and Organized.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Football was in season and it was the home coming game. The will to win was high in the glow of the field lights 
conversations.prefix: The Thill of the Game   :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are taking classes online in hopes to complete your masters in History
conversations.prefix: Masters Student:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know what you want out of life and how to wield life's building blocks to get there
conversations.prefix: Dedicated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You love to dream and sometimes that gets in the way of things that need to be done
conversations.prefix: Day dreamer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want it: the dog, the house, the husband, the children and a steady career. Admirable?
conversations.prefix: White Picket Fence:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: High School rebel whose antics and behavior are no longer suited for adult life.
conversations.prefix: Former Rebel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All those crazy Derek stories, they all began with him talking otherwise smart people into doing something dumb/fun.
conversations.prefix: Persuasive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Derek didn't get where he is by making well thought out decisions.
conversations.prefix: Impulsive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: He continues to try to find a balance between growing up and having fun.  Though the two seem so incompatible.
conversations.prefix: Look Back Move Forward:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're the town hero until the next season begins.
conversations.prefix: Champ:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've taken down Wolves, Grizzlies, Elephants, and even Sasquatches.
conversations.prefix: Muscle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For some reason, everyone can tell when things aren't going your way.
conversations.prefix: Whiner:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're too big for this little town.
conversations.prefix: Escape:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't regret your decisions but sometimes your wistfulness distracts you
conversations.prefix: Mournful:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're never a part of the actual world - the clouds are your home
conversations.prefix: Dreamer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Situations call for out of the box thinking. Good thing you know just what to do!
conversations.prefix: Creative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're shy and don't particularly like crowds... It's a problem.
conversations.prefix: Introverted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Who WANTS to be stuck in the middle of nowhere?
conversations.prefix: Get Out of This Town:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know all to well what this is going to reap. The feelings. An experience you don't want but have
conversations.prefix: All to well:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your insight into other people is limited to superficial judgements and wildly inaccurate conjecture.
conversations.prefix: Poor Judge of Character:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some people look everywhere for answers to their problems, Derek knows exactly where they are.
conversations.prefix: Bottom of the Glass:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your IQ is as far away from normal as someone on the other end who's considered profoundly disabled. Also, this does not make you smart. 
conversations.prefix: Brainiac:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You see patterns in data others don't. You can cut through the BS to get to the heart of the matter.
conversations.prefix: Analytical:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You never feel at home, especially at home. You can pass for normal, and yet, you don't. 
conversations.prefix: Inside Outsider:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You will belong somewhere when all is said and done. 
conversations.prefix: Find Your Place:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You love to socialize and be friends with anyone if possible.  You love to make people happy
conversations.prefix: Friendly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Derek's a good guy.*  It's something that people who like Derek say, but the fact that they have to say it so often, and in the form of an apology makes anyone doubt how good of a guy he really is.
conversations.prefix: Temper Temper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: As an artist, who's more qualified to inspire others than you?
conversations.prefix: Inspiration:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have no problem with jokes. But being teased about love,  romance etc. Is somthing that gets under your skin
conversations.prefix: Don't tease me about that:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Being easy to read can be a good thing, in some cases.
conversations.prefix: Candid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't need to use your fists in football.
conversations.prefix: Bad Fighter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: That little voice people have that tells them they probably shouldn't do something, you've never heard it.
conversations.prefix: Devil May Care:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want nothing more than to believe life can be good and fair, in spite of the hard evidence you have against this.
conversations.prefix: I Want to Believe:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Derek that was is no more, you'd like to put a lid on that brief portion of your life, now if the rest of the world would cooperate.
conversations.prefix: Move On:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a young adult that is up and coming in the world. You use your talents and your energy to push yourself along and take care of those you care about.
conversations.prefix: Finding Who You Are:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: so much has been going on, its getting to much
conversations.prefix: Exhausted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Finding friends is never easy and you choose to stick with them.
conversations.prefix: Friendship Binds: