conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Carnies have always been an odd sort. They have to be. Living on the road, from jump to jump. Setting up and tearing down is hard work with long hours and little to no sleep. You don’t put down roots. Not in places. Not with people. But, it is freedom in its best form. You sleep in a new place almost every night with new people. There are no preconceived notions on who you’re supposed to be. With a little makeup and a fresh costume, you can transform yourself into anyone or anything you want to be.
  
  Maybe that’s why it attracts the strange, the freaks, the weirdos and outcasts. People that society can’t stand to look at or be around. They flock to the show. Here they are loved, revered sometimes. Their oddity is their biggest and best asset. And, surrounded by other freaks, it is home. There is acceptance, sometimes even love.
  
  But now, one of their own has been found murdered. The authorities don't care, to them it's just another unfortunate result of living on the road with unsavory vagabonds. It's up to the carnies to figure out what's happened, identify the culprit and deal with them. As they've always done when something bad happens to one of their own. 
  
  Then, just last night, some of the animals were found dead. Slashed, torn asunder in ways unimaginable and unidentifiable. Madame Hajaar says something is hunting them. But, what?
  
  ***
  
  The world of carnivals, circuses and its ilk is a strange one. I hope to explore the mystery and macabre of what exists behind the canvas tents. 
  
  Elements to Explore: Supernatural, Mysticism, Mystery
  
  Influences include: Carnivale, American Horror Story, The Night Circus, Magicians
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Carnies and crews have to live somewhere. Ratville is a conglomeration of frayed canvas tents and clapboard shanties, where the folks behind the carnival live. It's set up on the farthest, outermost area of the carnival, away from town.
conversations.prefix: Ratville:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: First stop on the road, Small Town is your quintessential American town. One paved road, a soda shop, general store and pharmacy are the anchors to this little one horse stop.
conversations.prefix: Small Town, USA:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The carnival travels by train from jump to jump. When it stops, the line of train cars is housed in the town rail yard, sometimes the town is big enough to have a wheel house. More often than not, it's just an unused side track.
conversations.prefix: Train Yard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Shorty was aptly named. A dwarf with crooked legs, he hobbled when he walked. He was long in the tooth, with deep creases that lined his worn and weathered face. Shorty had been with the carnival his entire life and he was a fixture of sorts. Always dependable; always there when you needed him.
conversations.prefix: Shorty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tommy is young, mid-twenties. He's good looking, but hard. Tattoos cover every visible inch of skin save his face. There's always a cigarette hanging just on the edge of his lip and his fingertips are stained from the nicotine of long term use.
conversations.prefix: Tommy Dukes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Alice performs as a sword swallower and juggler. She is quiet, keeps to herself and her husband. Normally, she's quite affable despite her shyness.
conversations.prefix: Alice:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Monkeys
conversations.prefix: Johnny & June:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Magician extraordinaire. He's a bit eccentric and doesn't warm up to many despite his many years with The Carnival. His act, however, is top notch. He always draws a big crowd and awes them with his mind boggling tricks of illusion and magic. Some say he's a little too good at what he does. Others say it's just his elitist, snobbish character.
conversations.prefix: Marco the Magnificent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Plain glass vase. Empty.
conversations.prefix: Glass Vase:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A clown.
conversations.prefix: Jerry:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: White silk fabric, overlayed with silver set crystals. A black ribbon is attached at either side to tie it around the face.
conversations.prefix: Mask:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Made of metal, this mask is ornately designed.
conversations.prefix: Mask:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Metal mask.
conversations.prefix: Mask:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fashioned from black lace and black feathers.
conversations.prefix: Mask:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Made entirely of crystals.
conversations.prefix: Mask:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a skilled performer of gymnastic ability such as a trapeze artist or tight rope walker. You are agile, flexible and graceful.
conversations.prefix: Acrobat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are one of the sideshow attractions displaying your weird for all to see. Deformed, stunted, strange. Whatever your affliction it is positively bizarre.
conversations.prefix: Sideshow:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a connection to the mystical realm. Perhaps you read tarot, glimpse visions of the future or simply perform sleight of hand tricks. Regardless, you bring a sense of otherworldliness to your act.
conversations.prefix: Mystic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You care for the animals of the carnival. Whether it's the horses, elephants, monkeys or serpents, you're more comfortable around the stables than you are the performance tents. 
conversations.prefix: Animal Handler:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a true artist. Donning elaborate makeup, outlandish costumes and colorful hair, you perform slapstick, physical or mime-like comedy skits for the crowds. You live to make others smile.
conversations.prefix: Clown:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create your own cards, complete with images.
conversations.prefix: Placeholder:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create your own cards, complete with images.
conversations.prefix: Placeholder:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone's been murdered and you're determined to get to the bottom of it.
conversations.prefix: Solve the Mystery:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a personal interest in discovering who killed ______. They won't get away with what they've done.
conversations.prefix: Vengeance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can just sense that this isn't just about a murder. Something more is going on, something darker. You're here to find out what lurks in the shadows.
conversations.prefix: Discover the Unknown:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Celia was well-loved by the other performers and carnival family. Her death comes as a great shock.
conversations.prefix: Celia Delavane:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Celia's tent is covered in colored scarves, patchwork quilts and intricately embroidered rugs. Lanterns hang from the ceiling at varied intervals, some in the shape of stars, circles or other ironworks. Lit from inside, they illuminate the tent in a warm shade of amber and gold.
conversations.prefix: Celia's Tent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  Ambrosia's tent is sparsely furnished. Rugs and large throw pillows line the floor in what looks like a sleeping pallet in shades of cream, ivory and greys. Layers of chiffon and lace give an overall delicate appearance.
conversations.prefix: Inside Ambrosia's Tent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Celia's body was found in the early morning mist just outside Ratville where the meadow meets the treeline. Her throat was slashed and then dumped here. Search the body for clues.
conversations.prefix: Search the Body:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create your own card.
conversations.prefix: Placehold:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create your own card, complete with images.
conversations.prefix: Placeholder:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're one of the hired hands that lugs poles, hoists ropes and sets up the tents. It's back breaking work, but at the end of the day you have a sense of pride in the finished project.
conversations.prefix: Crew:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A tarot card is tucked into Celia's pocket.
conversations.prefix: Ten of Swords:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Celia is wearing a necklace with a pendant shaped like a feather. In the light, it reflects white. Although it appears to made of metal, it is somehow hard to determine if it is silver or gold.
conversations.prefix: Feather Necklace:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There are a series of large footprints leading up to Celia's body. There are none leading away.
conversations.prefix: Footprint:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The first two fingers on Celia's right hand have torn nails. 
conversations.prefix: Torn Fingernails:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Near the body are several black feathers, like those from a crow.
conversations.prefix: Black Feather:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have little to go on and need to decide a course of action. Where do you even start? You could question Marco about his birds, search Celia's tent or start to question those who were close to her. Do you stay together as a group or split up? 
conversations.prefix: So Many Questions and No Answers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ambrosia is a talented illusionist in The Carnival. She is Celia's lover and possibly the last person that saw her last night. Ambrosia is known for her fiery temper.
conversations.prefix: Ambrosia:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Printed on plain, cream paper in neat script. It reads: 
  
  "My dearest Bernadette, 
  
  You have no idea the mess in which you've become embroiled. Do take care, what happened to Celia will not be the last. It has happened before and will continue again unless you are able to stop it. Remember, Bernie. Remember the stories of old."
conversations.prefix: Handwritten Note:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your memory can be a bit fuzzy, but you've seen and heard a lot of things in your time. You know it's buried in there somewhere.
conversations.prefix: Memory is a Funny Thing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've prepared a hot pot of herbal tea and set it, with cups, neatly on a tray to carry.
conversations.prefix: Tea Service for Four:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The trail of bootprints lead up to the body, but there's no trail leaving the scene. Maybe you can follow them in the opposite direction to discover where they began.
conversations.prefix: Follow the Trail:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Knife Thrower's assistant.
conversations.prefix: Maggie:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You deal in the obscure, the mysterious, the impossible. You are a performer at your very core and nothing delights you more than watching others try to figure out just how you did that!
conversations.prefix: Magician:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been in love with Celia since the moment you met her. She is intoxicating and beautiful. There's nothing you wouldn't do for those you love.
conversations.prefix: In Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've always been taller and stronger than the other women, but you don't have to look like everyone else to be beautiful in your own way.
conversations.prefix: Amazon:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a tendency to fly off the handle when you're under stress. It isn't pretty when it happens.
conversations.prefix: Volatile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bad luck comes in threes.
conversations.prefix: Superstitious :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know you're the best. You know when you're right, and that's every single time that you open your mouth, and even some times when you don't.
conversations.prefix: Arrogant :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You adapt quickly, and like any good performer, know how to improvise your way out of situations.
conversations.prefix: Clever:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your common sense goes beyond the ordinary -- your ability to tell truth from lies, the real from the ephemeral is almost uncanny. Things do get past your notice, but not often.
conversations.prefix: Discerning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You notice too much, you consider too much. You'd rather measure twice, preferably more, and then cut once. But this makes you hesitant, slow to react, indecisive.
conversations.prefix: Overthink:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 
  You are one of the sideshow attractions displaying your weird for all to see. Deformed, stunted, strange. Whatever your affliction it is positively bizarre.
conversations.prefix: Sideshow-tattooed man:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Life is full of pain and you have experienced a lot of it. Maybe that's why you can take a beating better than others.
conversations.prefix: Can handle pain:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have always been scared of the darkness you know there is something in it hiding that wants to destroy you.
conversations.prefix: Scared of the dark:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You handle fire like it is an extension of yourself; you can swallow it, breath it, and dance with it like it's nothing more than air.
conversations.prefix: Fire Dancer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You make connections between things that haven't existed before, and you'll never run out of a spooky story to tell at the fireside or a new dance move for your performance.
conversations.prefix: Creative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anything alcoholic should be hidden from your view immediately, unless the owner wants to lose it. Also, note to self: stop drinking before performances.
conversations.prefix: Alcoholic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've never bothered to be anything less than yourself before, and that's made you more disgusted associates than friends. Time to reign it in until the murdered's caught so you aren't next.
conversations.prefix: Survival:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Placehold
conversations.prefix: Juggler :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Where there is a question, there is always an answer. And you are the person to find it.
conversations.prefix: Inquisitive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your thoughts are unconventional. Sometimes downright  dangerous.
conversations.prefix: Mad:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This carnival is your family and you will do your best to protect it from the evil in the world.
conversations.prefix: Protect my family:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are the strongest man alive, or so the signboard outfront your tent boldly claims.
conversations.prefix: Strong Man:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are the bold a daring lion tamer. You are most often found in the companion of your beloved beasts. You astound the crowd with your feats of daring, with your masterful control of the beasts you *Battle*.
conversations.prefix: Lion Tamer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are bold, unafraid. You dare to do that which most would cower away from. Weather it be in conversation or in action, the point remains.
conversations.prefix: Bold:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are vulgar, and unschooled in social graces or charms. You find more comfort in the company of animals than people.
conversations.prefix: Uncouth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The blood and guts of the circus. Not quite crew, but not quite talent.  Cool head in a hot mess. Takes things apart and puts them back together again. The fixer is everybody's go-to guy when they've got a dirty job needing done.
conversations.prefix: Fixer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're the rare breed. The strong, silent type in a sea of performers. Comfortable on the fringe. At home in the shadows. You see more than they know. They come looking for you without realizing you've been there all along.
conversations.prefix: Haunt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Beautiful Celia has been brutally murdered. You were a fool to burn and to pine over her. To open the door to dangerous, beguiling hope. Now she's gone, and you might just perish. You were never worthy of her. Idiot.
conversations.prefix: In Love:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's what's in your blood. The relentless, otherworldly instinct to watch over your shoulder and sleep with one eye open. Strike first. Ask questions later.
conversations.prefix: Survive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A wanted man although the severity may be mild, his sense is that if he is caught then it will only be the first of many and the end of his life.
conversations.prefix: On The Run:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: He can do most anything asked of him, simple or complex he can learn any task, learn from his mistakes and shortly become expert.
conversations.prefix: Man of Many Faces:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bernadette has seen a lot in her day, and while she may not actually be able to deal with many threats, she's not the sort to panic. 
conversations.prefix: I've got my wits:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Once you hit a certain age, the rigor of youth has fled. Bernadette's days of high-flying are over, and it is a frequent frustration. 
conversations.prefix: These old bones creak:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As a healthy 18 year old male you can drink late into the night and still get up in the morning on time. No chance of sleeping on the job as you have energy to burn. Increase in attractiveness in relation to your average carnie.
conversations.prefix: Vitality:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hailing from a land across the ocean puts you at a disadvantage in all sorts of situations. You are more likely to be misunderstood or cause offence. You are naive to the laws and customs of this continent. Employers sometimes take advantage of immigrant workers.
conversations.prefix: Immigrant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You ran away from a dangerous situation back home. The last thing you need is the local law asking questions about you. The sooner this murder is solved within the group the less fuss there needs to be. You came here to hide, you just wanted to be left alone. 
conversations.prefix: Out of the frying pan:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been with the carnival a long time now. It's become your life and your family. You know it all like the back of your hand.
conversations.prefix: Old-Timer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are diminutive to say the least. Heads shorter than most, even simple tasks become difficult.
conversations.prefix: Short:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's just another beautiful day in the carnival to get through. No use worrying over the details, just do what needs to be done.
conversations.prefix: Slog Through:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your mind knows how to perfectly fixate on a subject, like a dog on a bone. Too bad it's not the subject at hand. 
conversations.prefix: Distracted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were given a job. You intend to do your best no matter the situation.
conversations.prefix: Steadfast:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: ...the abyss also gazes into you.
conversations.prefix: If You Gaze Long into an Abyss...:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't mind working together and it makes it easier when you're not the one making all the decisions.
conversations.prefix: Team Player:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As an amateur  filmographer you have something of an eye for details and use this talent to compose your scenes and pose your actors. Not much gets by you.
conversations.prefix: Eye for Details:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After hurting yourself on stage you managed to get yourself hired by Tommy (for a song) to chronicle the life and times of The Carnivals performers and the performances themselves. 
  
  You answer to Tommy and Tommy has the final say on everything you shoot.
conversations.prefix: Filmographer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Under the US Immigration Act of 1924 Japanese immigrants were effectively banned from immigrating. Your family fled Japan's economic crisis by way of illegal immigration, only to find themselves held as indentured servants by the transporters. You fled, finding sanctuary within the carnival, but you are ever vigilant with an eye behind you.
conversations.prefix: Not An American:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After the curtain closes, after the lights go out there's still a hole to fill, pain to kill and the need for warmth. Cheap gin can do all that.
conversations.prefix: Demon Drink: