conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The booming city of Keystone is full of hotels, restaurants, jewelers and other places to sate your needs. It brings all kinds: the happy, the rich, the pretty, the desperate.  Money does not discriminate, nor are the ones who collect.
  
  Yet money has a shadow. Such places leave trash, which winds up in garbage containers and back alleys, where only vagabonds live. 
  
  In one of those backalleys, next to Chinatown, is a body on the floor. It is untouched by rats and cockroaches: even they feel uneasy near Jake O’Connell. The only thing suggesting foul play are two small holes in his back, two small caliber rounds ending a life.
  
  Who would want him dead? Well....All honest cops and believers in Law, for one. All dirty cops and others on the take. All shopkeepers and small businessmen extorted for a hundred bucks or two.....And all women. All of them? All of them, except for Kelly Jones. 
  It’s easier to just grab a phonebook.
  
  Yet only one of them killed him. You know this is not the end, it is the start of the storm.
  
  There is not much to go on. The only hint is a newspaper article in the pocket of Jake: Al Capone is being transferred to the Keysone Prison.
  
  ———-
  
  This story is a spiritual successor to Pulp 1: The Mayors Murder, and will be in much the same style. Pulpy, with plenty of action. Cinematic realism: magic of any kind is absent, but being shot, falling two floors and driving away in a car with a fleshwound is fine. 
  The setting is in the 30s, just after the prohibition. The age of T-Fords and Tommyguns, and all that jazz.
  
  The characters are all driven to find out who killed Jake and why. The reasons are their own: money, justice, gratitude, secrets, status, take your pick.
  
  We aim for an easy read/easy write. Play off each others’ moves, and make it fun. 
  
  I intend to make this a five scene game:
  1. Introducing the characters and setting the stage
  2. Complications, determination of the adversary
  3. Swimming in excrement
  4. Recovery
  5. Showdown
  
  This is not chizzled in stone, of course; just to give an idea of expectations.
  
  As a narrator, I will determine the pace. Once a challenge is done, you should have reached the next stage in the story. Having said that: the writers determine the plot. I will only add things if you don’t.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Widow of Jake O’Connell, she now uses her maiden name, as she was married ‘till death do us part’. A prim and pious woman, who may have overheard something.
conversations.prefix: Mary Birch:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You arive at the scene early, before all clues are trampled by the flatfoots.
  
  What do you find, and what finds you?
conversations.prefix: The early bird:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A less reputable bar, where Jake had a daily drink and did much of his business.
  
  Its clientelle is not one of many words though, if any. 
conversations.prefix: The Torn Jack:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A gift from you to your lover. It must have been in the hands of whoever killed him.
conversations.prefix: Clue: sigarette lighter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You made a good impression at the wake, and an honest cop likes you. 
  And it never hurts to have a friend in blue.
conversations.prefix: Favour from a cop:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A clue to get closer to the killer. Rewrite before play.
conversations.prefix: Clue:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mary Birch has insisted that her husband should be cremated and his ashes scattered in the harbour. Yet a memorial is unavoidable.
  
  You are pretty certain people linked to the murder will be there.
conversations.prefix: The Funeral:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mr. Kenny is gone and his office is being trashed.
  
  You hear noise at the door or see someone through a curtain; you are about to interrupt their search. This could get useful or ugly. 
  Or both.
  
  [Peter, Danny, Marco and Marina]
conversations.prefix: Mr. Kenny:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of the two powerhouses in Chinatown, locked in a struggle with mr. Wong.
  Charming, smart and ruthless.
  
  [Kateri, Fei, Edgar]
conversations.prefix: Gwendolyn Ira:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You did not stop the abduction of mr. Kenny, but you got a ringside view of the harbour. You know who holds mr. Kenny and where. 
  One problem: they are nephews of your uncle.
  
  This may best be handled with some help.
conversations.prefix: Catch up (Marco):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is something decidedly fishy going on in the department. Time to get to work.
conversations.prefix: A rat in blue (Fei, Edgar and Kateri):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone bad wants to take you fishing. You are about to find out what that means.
conversations.prefix: Targetted (Kateri, optional):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are in the domain of the unions, law enforcement and organised crime. 
  The distinction between the three is murky at best.
conversations.prefix: Foreign territory (Peter, Marina and Danny):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Two people are responsible for the murder of your lover: the one that pulled the trigger and the one that gave the order. You end up face-to-face with the former.
conversations.prefix: Half a murder (Marina only):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The first part of the plan involves getting to some transport away from the harbour.
  Unfortunately that means moving towards a whole lot of baddies
conversations.prefix: Getting to a truck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The second part of the plan is to drive away from the harbour. That is easy, isn't it?
conversations.prefix: Using the truck:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have till sunrise before the enemy will strike. Best make the most of it.
conversations.prefix: Prepare to strike back:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a truck full of weaponry, but it is hardly conspicuous. And you have a short while before it is found.
conversations.prefix: What to do with the Truck:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You fight for truth and justice. You are vicious and violent to those you see as the scum of the earth. However, you refuse to kill. At one point you were close to the edge to becoming the thing you hunt…but you had an awakening.
conversations.prefix: The Vigilante:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thanks to your training and life experiences, you have developed the uncanny ability to blend into a crowd and go unnoticed.
conversations.prefix: Chameleon:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a tendency to act first and think never. One of these days, it’s going to be the end of you.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You strive to make sure that victims are avenged and the meekest members of society always have a champion.
conversations.prefix: Justice:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fled from the Russian Revolution, she has learned to survive using all her abilities. Don't be deceived by her looks, she has brains as well.
conversations.prefix: Russian contessa :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: She knows how to use her looks or the right words to get her way.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: She hardly ever forgives or forgets a slight.
conversations.prefix: Vengeful :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Her great love got killed and someone is to blame. Jake knew who.
conversations.prefix: Avenge the love of her life :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something
  
conversations.prefix: Something :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Strength 
conversations.prefix: Strength :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can live your life by staying low on the radar.
  Sometime it can get too hot for comfort and you need to seek refuge in anonymity.
conversations.prefix: Tread lightly, or be noticed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Subplot
  
conversations.prefix: Subplot :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not bright, but that is ok.   In your experience, no amount of math will break a man's jaw.   Besides, how smart you gotta be to follow orders?    Not smart, thats how.  Thinking too much just gets in the way.
conversations.prefix: Hired Muscle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There are very few out there who you can't push around, and even less you can't intimidate.    No one can push you around, and you don't even know how to spell intimidated.
conversations.prefix: Built Like  Brick &%$*-house:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a loaded pistol without a target.    With no clear direction from a higher up or specific orders to follow through on, you have a hard time figuring out what the right thing to do is.
conversations.prefix: Adrift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Things have changed so much, you aren't sure how you fit in anymore.   You need to find a new boss, a new racket, or maybe a whole new life for yourself.   Problem is, you aren't sure which . . . 
conversations.prefix: It's a brand new day:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: “Loaned” out from the convent school to work in big houses and for pretentious society families, you’ve gotten very good at being invisible. What they don’t know you heard will definitely come back to bite them. 
conversations.prefix: Hired Help:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You pick up on the details that others don’t. A stray word, a dropped clue, a flash of color, nothing escapes your notice. 
conversations.prefix: Observant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No one has ever played you fair. Why would they start now? You aren’t giving up your secrets without a fight. 
conversations.prefix: Untrusting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were taken from your tribe and you want nothing more than to get back to your people. 
conversations.prefix: Get Home:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have the skills to avoid a fight while serving honor and justice, or use them to teach a little respect.
conversations.prefix: Martial Artist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've opened doors with your job, and earned trust with your moonlighting, in one guise or the other there are a lot of people you can call on for information who live their lives as second class citizens and overlooked workers.
conversations.prefix: Second Class Connections:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You act first with confidence and conviction, even when discretion and patience would be better. 
conversations.prefix: Headstrong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The forgotten, the ignored, the working people, the courts and police won't give them Justice so someone else has to...
conversations.prefix: Justice:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Everything your family once was and owned ends with you.
  You mean to leave a legacy that will aid and protect your newfound secret 'family'. You want to build a future where they can be themselves.
conversations.prefix: The last heir:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jake had been asking too many questions.
  Was he killed by a fellow 'friend of Dorothy'? Or did an enemy of 'the family' learn what Jake knew?
  You need find out so you can protect all that Dorothy stands for.
conversations.prefix: Protect "Dorothy's friends":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is no such thing as 'the gay mafia'.
  But when a threat to the 'family' raises it's ugly head, you can count on all of us.
conversations.prefix: The gay mafia:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: “They pull a knife, you pull a gun. He sends one of yours to the hospital, you send one of his to the morgue.”
  - The Untouchables
conversations.prefix: Mobster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: “It takes many steppingstones, you know, for a man to rise. None can do it unaided” 
  - Joe Bonanno
conversations.prefix: Strength in Numbers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: “No one will ever kill me, they wouldn’t dare” 
  - Carmine Galante
conversations.prefix: Hubris:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: “There are three sides to every story. Mine, yours and the truth.” 
  - Joe Massino
conversations.prefix: Control the situation:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You repay your debts and honor your favors promised
conversations.prefix: Honorable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have been taught and honed in the matter of manners. You also have been to enough of these events to know what's acceptable and not.
conversations.prefix: Etiquette:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are skilled, but frankly these skills have not helped much in your new position.
conversations.prefix: Master Detective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your brain is one of the biggest around . . . yeah yeah yeah . . . hasn't been big enough to help you lately though.
conversations.prefix: Brilliant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are excellent at getting things done, but man the cost seems to get higher and higher.  You are getting there . . . but man, the road has been a tough one.
conversations.prefix: Poor Leader:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: But circumstances keep getting in the way.   When the time is right, and things have finally calmed down, that is when you will finally . . . 
conversations.prefix: You know what you want . . . :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When you have to hide your true self, you learn to look for the subtle clues.
  As sometimes a subtle clue is all you'll get, but also all you need.
conversations.prefix: Observant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jimmy Bad Note mentioned that Gwendoline Ira had it out for Mr. Kenny.  More important though, was that the only reason Ira hadn't moved on Mr. Kenny sooner was that O'Connell was offering protection for a small fee.    
  
  How did this all add up?  Danny wasn't sure . . . working things through like that wasn't his strong suit.  However, one thing was for sure . . . O'Connell death benefited Ms. Ira as it related to Mr. Kenny's business.   Is there some other way that O'Connells death benefited her as well?
conversations.prefix: Gwendoline Ira:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jimmy Bad Note mentioned that Gwendoline Ira had it out for Mr. Kenny.  More important though, was that the only reason Ira hadn't moved on Mr. Kenny sooner was that O'Connell was offering protection for a small fee.    
  
  How did this all add up?  Danny wasn't sure . . . working things through like that wasn't his strong suit.  However, one thing was for sure . . . O'Connell death benefited Ms. Ira as it related to Mr. Kenny's business.   Is there some other way that O'Connells death benefited her as well?
  
  There was also mention of "Barb's" . . . wherever that was . .. or whoever that was . .  
conversations.prefix: Gwendoline Ira / Barb's:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometime you act on instinct without thinking through the possible consequences.
conversations.prefix: Impetuous:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sure, you're scrawny and small, but you've had practice at taking whatever life throws at you. This is just a minor setback.
conversations.prefix: Tougher Than You Look:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shoes are fabulous.
  Shoes convey personality.
  Know the shoe, know your enemy.
conversations.prefix: I love shoes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Weapons have always been a bit of a sport for you, you can use almost anything. But you tend to forget subtlety.
conversations.prefix: Weapon savy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not a whole lot of people know The Wisp on sight, but unfortunately these are the sort that do
conversations.prefix: Notoriety:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not that you wanted to have experience with these kinds of weapons, but there  were Nazis and an airport....
conversations.prefix: Unlikely Experience: