conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The fall semester has just begun at Ridgeview University, and with it comes the annual migration of students to Javawocky, the local coffee shop known for great coffee and homemade pastries, late hours and free wifi, and a work-study program with excellent perks.
  
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  This is intended to be a short, character-driven, LGBT-friendly game following the relationships formed in the first week of the fall semester amongst the new and returning coffee shop staff and customers.
  
  Looking for a total of six characters - five other players and myself. The tone I'm going for is sweet, or at least light - Meet Cutes, adorably awkward first dates, that sort of thing. Not that there can't or won't be some angst and longing from afar! But this is maybe not the game for characters working through their Dark and Troubled Past.
  
  I encourage players to create pre-existing relationships between characters, even if those relationships do not end up being the focus of the story. See this forum thread (https://storium.com/forums#/category/lfp/thread/d5z8ea) if you would like to discuss characters and relationships prior to character creation.
  
  Along those same lines, I am a big fan of out-of-character communication, and will be creating a Google Hangout for plotting, questions and general chit-chat. Please include your Hangouts contact email in your character's commentary if you would like to be included in this chat!
  
  ###Character Things To Maybe Think About In Your Bio
  -Major/Area of Study
  -Year (Incoming Freshman? Returning student? Transfer?)
  -Previous Relationships
  -Current Relationships?
  -Occupation
  -Hometown
  -Family
  -Reason For Hanging Out At Javawocky (Are they a barista? A regular?)
  
  *A note on the nature cards:* There are two axes represented in the nature cards: (1) Javawocky staff vs. customer, and (2) type of Ridgeview University student. There will be overlap in these two categories (e.g. a character who is both a freshman and a barista extraordinaire, or a grad student who is also a Javawocky regular). Choose whichever nature card appeals more to you, from a player or a character perspective, and just mention the other half of your character's nature in your bio.
  
  For strengths/weaknesses/subplots, I think there's a pretty good mix of cards to get you started, but you are more than welcome to create your own if nothing really feels like it fits!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's your first year of college. Maybe you graduated at the top of your high school class, maybe you're a legacy, but however you got here, it's all new to you.
conversations.prefix: Freshman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether you're just a sophomore or getting ready to graduate, this ain't your first rodeo. 
conversations.prefix: Returning Student:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not a freshman, but you're still feeling lost. Maybe you left friends and lovers behind, parting with bittersweet sorrow. Maybe you needed a new start. Whatever your reasons, you're here now. 
conversations.prefix: Transfer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't have time for a card description, you have to work on your thesis. 
conversations.prefix: Grad Student:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's your first week on the job. Oh God, I hope that wasn't important.
conversations.prefix: Barista-In-Training:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether here or at your old school, you've been doing this forever. You can brew it all. 
conversations.prefix: Barista Extraordinaire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You spend more time at Javawocky than in your own room. The baristas have your order memorized - or they will, once they get to know you. 
conversations.prefix: The Regular:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know how to read people, and you know of all the right things to say. You make people feel important when they talk to you. Let me guess: poli-sci or communications, right? 
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're passionate. You have a lot of feelings, and you are always willing to share them. Loudly. And in great detail. It's infectious. 
conversations.prefix: Excitable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maybe you're the best in your class, maybe you just have the potential. But you pride yourself on knowing things. You probably read the newspaper *for fun*.
conversations.prefix: Intelligent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've always got your nose in a book. You have very serious opinions about the symbolism of the yams in Things Fall Apart, and you can quote Plath from memory. Maybe you're an English major, but even if you aren't - people assume you are, anyway. 
conversations.prefix: Well-Read:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: First and foremost, you are a fan. Movies, TV, popular novels, music - you bond over Hogwarts houses and favorite Doctors. You threaten to *Gone Girl* yourself if you don't pass, and referred to your best friend as your copilot after you saw Pacific Rim.
conversations.prefix: Pop-Culture Junkie:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you're witty and sarcastic, a colorful storyteller, or just a great lover of puns, you have a great sense of humor and you make people laugh.
conversations.prefix: Funny:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do I detect a hint of sugar and spice and all that's nice? Your sincerity and warmth lets people know you really care.
conversations.prefix: Compassionate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're creative - you see the world a little differently and you're highly expressive, whether through words, performance, art or music.
conversations.prefix: Artistic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hey, good-looking! Do you have a dazzling smile, great hair, a slamming body? Are you a sharp dresser? Maybe you're the whole package.
conversations.prefix: Attractive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You live in the moment, always looking for the next Thing to Do. You're always making plans, moving and shaking. You're up for anything.
conversations.prefix: Spontaneous:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a big personality and a tendency to dominate spaces. Whether you realize it or not, you make people feel small, unheard, and unimportant.
conversations.prefix: Steamroller:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For whatever reason, conversing is hard for you. Maybe you talk to much, maybe you never know what to say. Maybe you blurt out inappropriate things at inappropriate times.
conversations.prefix: Awkward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You like to call yourself "non-confrontational" but really you just use avenues besides words to air your grievances. You're the master of the sulk and that cold-shoulder is damned frosty - but if anyone asks you what's wrong? "Nothing, I'm *fine*."
conversations.prefix: Passive Aggressive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It might not be religious in nature, but you have a tendency to proselytize. Whether it's your favorite TV series, a self-help book that will "change your life, seriously", or you're just an outspoken vegan.
conversations.prefix: Evangelical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not everyone is trying to start a fight, so why does it seem like you are always looking for one?
conversations.prefix: Quick-Tempered:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're the constant one-upper. Whatever anyone else has done, you did it first, you did it better, and you did it with one hand tied behind your back...at least, the way *you* tell the story.
conversations.prefix: Braggadocio:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You probably think this card is about you.
conversations.prefix: Self-Absorbed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe you have too much going on, maybe you just can't bring yourself to care, but other people's problems tend to fly over your (blissfully unaware) head.
conversations.prefix: Oblivious:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You worry about *everything*. Other people are exhausted trying to soothe your constantly-frazzled nerves.
conversations.prefix: Anxious:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Doesn't your neck hurt with all of the time that you spend looking down your nose?
conversations.prefix: Snob:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You aren't a student, but you live in Ridgeview, and Javawocky has best coffee in town - you would know.
conversations.prefix: The Local:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you're falling in love or just falling into someone else's bed, you want to fall *hard*.
conversations.prefix: Burn Bright:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: College is a time for reinvention.
conversations.prefix: The New Me:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're trying to find yourself. 
conversations.prefix: The Real Me:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wrapped up in your own head and all of your worries, you're looking for the freedom in letting go.
conversations.prefix: Lose Yourself:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been hiding too long, playing it safe - time to find where you belong.
conversations.prefix: Put Yourself Out There:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something - or someone - left you broken. You're putting the pieces back together and letting the band-aids work their magic.
conversations.prefix: Heal Over:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe it's your job, maybe it's school, maybe it's a relationship. But whatever it is, you're going to succeed.
conversations.prefix: Do It Right:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Life is a complex, interconnected web of relationships - you're taking every opportunity, making connections all over.
conversations.prefix: Come Together:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Go on. Say hello.
conversations.prefix: First Impressions Can Be Tough:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ridgeview's best spot for a great cup of coffee and cozy atmosphere. Not *technically* on the university's campus, but you'd never know that once the semester starts.
conversations.prefix: Javawockey Cafe & Bakery:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe you didn't make a great first impression, or maybe you didn't make any impression at all. If at first you don't succeed...
conversations.prefix: What I Meant To Say...:
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.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re just trying to help, honest! Still, the way you let every cat out of every bag isn’t the most endearing quality. 
conversations.prefix: Gossip:
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.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: From the classroom to the faculty lounge, you're on the fast track.
  
  Now, if you can just keep up with yourself...
conversations.prefix: New Faculty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild: