conversations.from: system
conversations.value: *"They yearn for what they fear for."* -- Dante Alighieri, *Inferno*
  
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  #~~~INTRO~~~
  
  Welcome, *Ithians*. Welcome to San Diego, where the surf is sick, the ladies hot, and the nights feverish. We're a regular fucking illness out here, for which there is no cure, and who the hell would want it anyway? Once you catch it, you can't get rid of it, so I don't blame you vets for wanting to put your roots down here. I know our bunch are pretty territorial, but you'll find we're pretty laid back here, so long as you don't raise static.
  
  Oh...but I can see you hatchlings out there looking dazed and confused. Don't worry chickies, Uncle Drew will explain! You see we're all *Ithians* here, including you. Yeah, *you*. What's an *Ithian?* Well, that's the million dollar question, isn't it sweetheart? You see, the short answer is: We have no fucking idea.
  
  The brainiacs of our community have some theories, and I know you vets are sick of hearing 'em, but you know what? Tough rhino titties! You wanna live in San Diego? You have to go through our orientation same as everybody else, or we can give you your bus ticket to St. Elsewhere.
  
  *-Ahem-*
  
  So the predominant theory about what *Ithians* are? Last I heard, it was that we're descendants of gods. No shit! Other people say we're close relatives to faeries. Which might sound stupid to some of you, but the brainiacs say the etymology of the word *Ithian* places us somewhere around Scotland. *Ithi* in Scottish Gaelic means 'feed.' Why would the Scottish basically call us 'feeders'? Because that's what we do. We feed off of the energy of the human race.
  
  Now the brainiacs tell me that over the course of a millennia or two, our kind's powers got watered down, leaving us with the eight different clans of *Ithians*: Artists, Comedians, Teachers, Creators, Lovers, Athletes, Spooks, and Reapers. Each clan has their own history and power, but it ain't my job to list out each one. All I have to say is: learn your clan powers well! The only thing keeping you from living for an eternity is yourself.
  
  Now both hatchlings and new vets alike have to go through a trial if they want to live in San Diego. You want a slice of this city? You better work hard to prove yourself, or die trying. Everyone who resides here has sacrificed their time, resources, and maybe even some blood to earn their right here. I'm no exception.
  
  So yeah. Welcome to San Diego, new blood! Hope you survive the experience.
  
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  #~~~GAME DETAILS~~~
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  ##Non-Linear Urban Fantasy w/elements of Horror
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  ##Setting
  Set in present day San Diego, CA. This is a fictional interpretation of the city, so I don't want people getting caught up on whether or not they're getting street names and geographical landmarks correct. As far as I'm concerned, the only thing you need to be aware of is that SD has Comic Con every year, UC San Diego is there and it attracts a huge college crowd, and the city is also considered one of CA's top Surf Cities.
  
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  ##Premise
  You are an immortal (but not invincible) being known as an *Ithian*. Your kind are a clandestine race who live alongside humans, feeding off of their unique spiritual energies. You have just arrived at San Diego, CA. As a hopeful resident, you are made to live in a halfway house while you perform various tasks for the community. You can choose whatever task you like and work with whomever you like. You can even try and bring something new to the community if it's good enough. Failure in a *major* task (specified in game) usually just means you're kicked out of the city, but if the failing is great enough, it could also mean your death...
  
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  ##Themes
  Much of the game objectives and plotlines will center around the theme of morbid curiosity, hence the game's name. *Ithians* share the inherent torture of not fully comprehending who or what they are, why they were made, and how they are being manipulated. Most *Ithians* act out this natural urge to seek the truth in one way or another. Trouble is, and what many are aware of, is that the truth is rarely pretty...
  
  
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  ##Character Creation
  I thought about this and decided that I don't care if everyone makes Reapers, or if there's an imbalance, like three Artists, one Teacher, and one Creator. I'm pretty sure I can roll with the punches and keep things going, provided participation stays up.
  
  Also, in the Intro I mention 'hatchlings.' I describe what these are in the Google Doc provided below, and they are just an added challenge for anyone interested in giving it a try. *Please don't make nature cards for hatchlings!* I'll be giving out Assets for those players who want to utilize a hatchling background on top of their Natures. *Player characters cannot be Elders, either.*
  
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  ##Cards
  You can create whatever cards you like so long as you mind these two rules:
  
  1. **No new Nature cards** - I know people like to be special snowflakes, but this game really depends on the eight clans of *Ithians*. You also can't be a human or some other supernatural. That just defeats the purpose of the game.
  
  2. **No powers as cards** - That goes for all cards that *you* guys can make anyway. I've heard that player-made power cards tend to lead to a game getting out of control. To prevent things becoming ridiculous and unwieldy, I'll assign players powers as Asset cards. If you're a hatchling, you have to go through training in-game before you earn these. If you're a vet, you get one power per chapter. That way the game is still challenging. 
  
  *See below for the Google Doc URL where you'll find the list of pre-made powers.* You can still suggest powers, but try to make them as relative to your clan as you can.
  
  As for card use: You can use however many cards you want so long as you reflect them in your post and they can reasonably be used by your character. Please add images to your cards if they don't have any!
  
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  ##Player Boundaries
  
  While I see some Storium games allowing for players to control each other's characters, I'm going to ask that everyone respect character sovereignty. Don't control other player's characters. Not even a little. That includes my NPCs, specifically the ones with cards. *The characters WITHOUT cards may be manipulated by everyone however they see fit.*
  
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  ##Narrative Style
  
  I'll allow whatever style you feel most comfortable with. First person, third person, it's all fine. The only thing I ask is that you remain consistent.
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  ##Post Length
  
  I'm going to allow for longer than normal posts, but you all *must* keep in mind that this is a game where you cannot control other characters. That being said, I hope everyone uses their discretion when doing long posts involving multiple characters in the same location. Give other players a chance to respond!
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  ##NSFW
  Some folks asked about this on the forum, so I'll clarify: this is an urban fantasy with *elements of horror.* That means graphic violence and possible exploration of adult themes (such as death, sadomasochism, prostitution, drug use, crime, etc...) Exploration of sex and sexuality is also a possibility, but it need not be overly graphic. Put simply, if the players don't want to go there, we won't go there.
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  Additional game info on this Google Doc (including info on hatchlings, vets, elders, and clans): <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gUcq7Y338LMCoAVWbFFXyk21NHjSNNoC03Syp1SZ6DA/edit?usp=sharing>
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: These are your early nights as a vampire. Eternity sprawls before you. Lust steams within.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Alluring
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naïve
conversations.prefix: Novice Vampire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Many lifetimes lay fading behind you in the dark. Every night’s another risk that it all ends... at last.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Heartbroken
conversations.prefix: Ancient Vampire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re just learning what it’s like to be a lycanthrope: terrible power and great torture.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Agile
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.prefix: Young Werewolf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve survived as a werewolf long enough to know the life’s mix of passion and guilt.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.prefix: Aged Werewolf:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Death, it turns out, offers no escape from this world when you don’t know how to let go.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Witty
  
  Suggested Weakness: Ephemeral
conversations.prefix: New Ghost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve now been dead longer than you were alive. You’re getting pretty good at it, sadly.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Perceptive
  
  Suggested Weakness: Stubborn
conversations.prefix: Old Ghost:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Meddling with magic felt rebellious at first but now you see it’s a lot like school, except deadly.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Educated
  
  Suggested Weakness: Crass
conversations.prefix: Green Wizard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve been a practicing wizard for many years now and you still wonder if the money’s worth the trouble.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Doubting
conversations.prefix: Practicing Wizard:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Strange and dreadful things tread the world. You do business with the bad to hunt down the worst.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Strong
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naïve
conversations.prefix: Rookie Monster-Hunter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If there was any way to quit this job, you might take it, but the only way to avoid being hunted... is to hunt.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Stealthy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Obsessed
conversations.prefix: Veteran Monster-Hunter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re physically strong and probably look it, whether you’re lean or built.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re quick and nimble, perhaps superhumanly so, whether you look it or not.
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re perceptive, perhaps from years of watching and observing. Nothing gets past you.
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your hardy body has seen a lot of pain and you’re still here to suck up more.
conversations.prefix: Tough:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a brilliance that comes from experience and intuition more than study or memory.
conversations.prefix: Wise:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With that smile, backed up by your silver tongue, it’s hard not to like you.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your mouth is sometimes quicker than your mind but you’re a master of making that work for you.
conversations.prefix: Witty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know things that ordinary folk don’t know, be it magic or science, and that gives you power.
conversations.prefix: Educated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don’t have to say anything. It’s in that smile, in the way you move. It’s almost hypnotic.
conversations.prefix: Alluring:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Subtle and sneaky. People don’t often notice you until you want to be noticed.
conversations.prefix: Stealthy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re blunt, rude, or even gross sometimes. Maybe you don’t care what others think, maybe you don’t know better.
conversations.prefix: Crass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your abilities are sometimes diminished and dampened by your greatest enemy: yourself.
conversations.prefix: Doubting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your blood sears your veins and when you lose control, you lash out.
conversations.prefix: Angry:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can only act on the physical world when you concentrate; otherwise you’re just an image and a voice.
conversations.prefix: Ephemeral:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You think you know how things work. You think people are basically good. You’re wrong.
conversations.prefix: Naïve:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something you did gnaws at your heart and screams nightmares at you when you sleep. It’s holding you back.
conversations.prefix: Guilty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are you sure you’re right or are you just unwilling to admit when you’re wrong? Either way: stubborn.
conversations.prefix: Stubborn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve come too far, done too much, worked too hard to put up with this shit from people like this.
conversations.prefix: Proud:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When you get an idea, a mission, or a fear in your mind, you can’t just let it go.
conversations.prefix: Obsessed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone broke your heart and you’re not willing to heal, not yet, because the pain’s what you have left.
conversations.prefix: Heartbroken:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Love leaves you open to pain. The only thing worse than keeping it inside is being rejected. Will you take that chance?
conversations.prefix: Reveal Your Love:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Living alone is hardly living. You need allies to watch your back. You need friends to fight for.
conversations.prefix: Something Worth Having:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even if you think you don’t know anything good, act like you do. Secrets are why they keep you alive.
conversations.prefix: Air of Secrets:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not love, it’s infatuation. It’ll go away. It’ll go away because it’s not love, it’s infatuation.
conversations.prefix: Deny Your Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Don’t let the worst of you take over. Don’t become a monster. Be better than those monsters.
conversations.prefix: Be Humane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Don’t let your weakness hold you back. Don’t let humanity slow you down. The monster is powerful.
conversations.prefix: Be the Monster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ll never know safety until you know power, territory, control over others. It’s the way of the world.
conversations.prefix: Achieve Power:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Control is its own reward. You deserve it. They deny you out of fear, out of jealousy. Don’t stand for that.
conversations.prefix: Achieve Control:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your heart bears a wound that might heal if you could only stop meddling with the scars.
conversations.prefix: Heal the Hurt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They’ll keep hurting people until they know — really know — what it’s like to be hurt themselves.
conversations.prefix: Spread the Hurt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What’s the secret behind the photo of Hank Farrow, ancestor of the Farrow hunter family?
conversations.prefix: The Secret of Hank Farrow:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Victor Castle’s keys aren’t where they belong. Get them for yourself or return them to him. They’re worth a favor.
conversations.prefix: Get Victor’s Keys:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The vampire enforcer, Brickhand, has a secret mission. What is it? Who is he out to hurt?
conversations.prefix: Brickhand’s Mission:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Damned Diary, in Alistair’s possession, seems to say you did something bad. Does the diary lie?
conversations.prefix: Does the Diary Lie?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The mortal, Brian Becker, is missing -- maybe dead -- and Delia Becker’s paying handsomely to know what happened.
conversations.prefix: Brian Becker Is Missing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just what spells has Brigid been casting for mortals around town? Is she someone’s scapegoat?
conversations.prefix: Investigating Brigid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Syrupy, hot, metallic — drink it in.
conversations.prefix: Get Blood:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The P.I., Edgar Crease, knows things it would be good to know.
conversations.prefix: See Edgar’s Files:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bring down the rampaging werewolf in a way that doesn’t get you killed — by it or its old friends.
conversations.prefix: Rampage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Who left a vampire chained up beneath the city? Why? What are you going to do about it?
conversations.prefix: Dead In Chains:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shiny and sharp.
conversations.prefix: Straight-razor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The so-called Damned Diary captures thirteen confessions a year, out of the air, and records them in old script.
conversations.prefix: The Damned Diary:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: With these magic words you can name a target and conjure a spying eye in their presence. Hope they don’t notice.
conversations.prefix: Magic Words: Scrying:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These magic words turn any circular portal (like a manhole) into a passage for a ghost or spirit you invoke.
conversations.prefix: Magic Words: Summoning:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A warm vial of wizard blood. A drink of it either gets a vampire high or gives her magic powers. Depends who you ask.
conversations.prefix: Wizard Blood:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Big, blunt bullets, wrought in silver. You know what they’re for.
conversations.prefix: Silver Bullets:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Angular, sharpened, and ready for work.
conversations.prefix: Wooden Stake:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone thinks this machete is magical -- that it stops bullets. Maybe they’re right.
conversations.prefix: Machete Etched with Alchemical Symbols:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Victor Castle’s favorite bike’s spare keys. Are these where they belong?
conversations.prefix: Keys to Victor’s Hog:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A photo of youngsters in love, circa 1940. Written on the back it says “Hank Farrow and Edith.”
conversations.prefix: A Photo of Young Lovers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blood Red is a cheap, moldy old club deep in a part of town rotten with vampires and ghosts.
conversations.prefix: The Blood Red Club:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This hot new club opened near Rathbone & Highland and caters to the living -- all the living. It won’t last long.
conversations.prefix: Petite Mort:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This dangerous intersection marks the point where werewolf and vampire turf touch -- and have for fifty years.
conversations.prefix: Rathbone and Highland:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Young werewolves grow up here and pretty much everyone knows it.
conversations.prefix: Highland Ave Trailer Park:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ghosts guard the graves of vampires, sleeping off the centuries, in this old Victorian cemetery. Dangerous place.
conversations.prefix: Edgebrook Garden Cemetery:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The New Sussex Tower is a gothic skyscraper capped with swooping buttresses where vampires dance.
conversations.prefix: Atop the New Sussex Tower:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dank and rotten, this scary stop is a favorite dead-drop and graffiti spot for modern monster hunters.
conversations.prefix: Crawford Street Subway Stop:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In the old foundations of the city, deeper than parts of the subway, is an old private wizard’s club.
conversations.prefix: Deep Underneath Miller’s Pub:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Like a dead part of the city, haunted by ghosts straining to hold onto the world with both hands. Don’t go alone.
conversations.prefix: Grove Ave Rowhouses:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Victor Castle’s domain. Here he holds court for visiting werewolves and passes judgment on crimes in his turf.
conversations.prefix: The Junkyard:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re being followed by echoes of the dead. They’ll watch where you go and they’ll remember. Get rid of them.
conversations.prefix: Shed the Ghosts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The crowd’s getting surly, angry. Show them their place or slip out before things get ugly.
conversations.prefix: Throng:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Highland Ave trailer park is trapped with tripwires and alarm bells. Get around them if you can.
conversations.prefix: Ramshackle Traps:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Poltergeists don’t just crack headstones and throw rocks. They bend flesh and break bones.
conversations.prefix: Angry Ghosts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you dare take the escape route they don’t think you’re brave enough to try?
conversations.prefix: Rooftop Escape:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Try to breathe like a normal person, like the living, like you belong in this crowd.
conversations.prefix: Blend In:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Can you dodge the surveillance of a wizard’s ward? Is that even possible?
conversations.prefix: The Evil Eye:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This part of town’s a warren of rotten allies and broken blacktop. Watch your step.
conversations.prefix: A Chase Down Dead Streets:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The whole block’s on fire. The populace burns hot, flipping cars. They’d grab pitchforks if they could find them.
conversations.prefix: Fires:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They say Castle’s hounds come from Hell itself. They see things. They’re smart. Don’t piss them off.
conversations.prefix: Junkyard Dogs:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Biker, heartbreaker, werewolf. Victor rules from the Junkyard he owns. He might be the oldest werewolf in the city.
conversations.prefix: Victor Castle:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An unpopular but skilled wizard, Brigid is on the outs for selling spells to customers not vetted by the Conclave.
conversations.prefix: Brigid Douglas:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alistair’s a new name, just a century or so old. This vampire’s old; they say he knew Emperor Nero, back when.
conversations.prefix: Alistair Wright-Smith:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This guy’s an enforcer for Alistair. Devoted, maybe in love with him. Huge dude, takes no shit.
conversations.prefix: Brickhand:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 300 pounds of angry muscle in a speedy panic. No way it doesn’t kill someone.
conversations.prefix: One High Werewolf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Supposedly Edgar washed out of wizard school and now works cases for monsters to pay the rent.
conversations.prefix: Edgar Crease, Private Detective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This young mortal woman is looking to sic a monster or some magic on her problems. Who will help her?
conversations.prefix: Delia Becker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bone-thin and starved nearly to dust. Crazed from years of isolation chained up in a basement. Who did this?
conversations.prefix: Starved Vampire:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Farrows were a famous hunting family in town in the 1970s. Jean’s the toughest of a new generation.
conversations.prefix: Jean Farrow:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Officially he’s the wizard in charge of the county, feared by all. Secretly? They say he’s a dragon -- an actual dragon.
conversations.prefix: The Drake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For ten seconds, you can gather vague hints of what anyone within personal radius (2-3ft around you) is afraid of at that very moment. Works on other *Ithians.*
  
conversations.prefix: Fear Sight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Somehow you manage to hear snatches of Canary's private conversation in the restroom. It isn't much but the name "Autumn" might be enough to start digging further.
conversations.prefix: A little birdie told you...:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you want it or not, Unc D has the hots for you. You can use this to your advantage...or not. Just let the guy down easy, will ya?
conversations.prefix: Uncle Drew's "Special" Attention:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A handwritten note from Canary, detailing directions for Finetooth's errand, and also where his office is once the job's done.
conversations.prefix: Finetooth's Directions:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This is the phone number of the most respected Reaper in San Diego. It'll probably be useful at some point.
conversations.prefix: Lola's Number:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You activate an aura of inspiration, affording others with a new perspective and wealth of ideas. Lasts **one scene.** Works on other *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Manifestation of the Muse (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Reaper power. Can be cast upon a single mirror. Whoever breaks that mirror suffers a heart attack. Does not work on *Ithians*.
conversations.prefix: Mirror's Luck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is Finetooth's work number...on a cocktail napkin.
conversations.prefix: Finetooth's Number:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You got hurt and it really smarts. Can be used during instances in which the injury hinders you, or when you get healed.
conversations.prefix: Moderate Injury:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You got hurt and it really smarts. Can be used during instances in which the injury hinders you, or when you get healed.
conversations.prefix: Moderate Injury (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You got hurt and it really smarts. Can be used during instances in which the injury hinders you, or when you get healed.
conversations.prefix: Moderate Injury:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You got hurt and it really smarts. Can be used during instances in which the injury hinders you, or when you get healed.
conversations.prefix: Moderate Injury (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tony will have his hands full following up on the Elder artifacts, but Joanna's free. Why not convince her to come over to St. Margaret's to hang out?
conversations.prefix: Bring Back Up:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Reaper power. Can be cast upon a single mirror. Whoever breaks that mirror suffers a heart attack. Only works **once.** Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Mirror's Luck:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Reaper power. For **one scene** you inspire overwhelming murderous desires in one person. Only works on the weak minded. Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Murderous Intent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can perform a ludicrously complex and precise action for five seconds. Think: precisely eyeballing distance and angles for a ricochet shot with a sightless pistol, for example.
conversations.prefix: Exact Calculations:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For ten seconds you can see through walls to understand a building or locations complete layout regardless of actual line of sight. This power does not grant you knowledge of who is inside the building.
conversations.prefix: Blueprint Eyes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An Artist power. Upon activation, a character can capture and hold the attention of any within earshot, entrancing them for **5 seconds**. Only works on the weak-minded. Does not work on *Ithians*.
conversations.prefix: Call of the Siren:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You activate an aura of inspiration, affording others with a new perspective and wealth of ideas. Lasts **one scene.** Works on other *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Manifestation of the Muse:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For five seconds, you can inspire terror in one person, sending them into a violent fit of hysteria. Only works on the weak minded. Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Imbue Hysteria:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You got hurt and it really smarts. Can be used during instances in which the injury hinders you, or when you seek to get healed.
conversations.prefix: Moderate Injury:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Originally stolen by Mikau. They are simple dossiers on two hatchlings: Mathias; and the Kid.
conversations.prefix: St. Margaret Files:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Inside is the artifact Finetooth wants. It emanates with power and disconcerting whispers can be heard from it.
conversations.prefix: The Package:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All the better to see you with.
conversations.prefix: Binoculars:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I got a shotgun, and you ain't got one.
conversations.prefix: Shotgun:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Given to you by Finetooth. It's a thousand bucks.
conversations.prefix: Roll of Money:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yeah, that's a knife all right.
conversations.prefix: Autumn's Knife:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A business card from Tony. It's got his phone number and his office address.
conversations.prefix: Tony's Card:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For five seconds, a character can have heightened speed and stamina. Think Olympic sprinters.
conversations.prefix: Speed of the Rabbit:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Provokes a subject into responding to a verbal challenge. Weak-minded subjects take the bait and prove themselves capable; strong-minded subjects, if they respond at all, are much less predictable. Works on Ithians
conversations.prefix: Triple Dog Dare:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Looks like one of the dead *Ithians* was packing. Too bad it didn't help them.
conversations.prefix: Pistol:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can inspire sexual attraction between two people for one scene. You cannot make people act against their orientation. Only works on the weak minded. Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Play Cupid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The affected target is consumed by a passionate memory or idea. They are distracted, consumed by this memory for five minutes, or until awoken by a strong stimuli. Does not work on *Ithians*.
conversations.prefix: Moonage Daydream:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Picking the bodies of the dead? Sure, that isn't unethical at all.
conversations.prefix: Money:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The user can turn dreams into nightmares and feed off sleepers’ fear; does not work on *Ithians*.
conversations.prefix: Defile Dreams:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Through physical touch it delivers an ultra-concentrated feeding-dose by vampirically removing the target’s fear temporarily; works on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Fear Feast:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For ten seconds you can see through walls to understand a building or locations complete layout regardless of actual line of sight. This power does not grant you knowledge of who is inside the building.
conversations.prefix: Blueprint Eyes (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can perform a ludicrously complex and precise action for five seconds. Think: precisely eyeballing distance and angles for a ricochet shot with a sightless pistol, for example.
conversations.prefix: Exact Calculations (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He's the local Sheriff and a Reaper. He has a basic task that needs doing. Complete it, and he might be your ticket to a permanent life in San Diego.
conversations.prefix: Tony's Errand:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A normal human. She's got a close bond with Lola, but is the exact opposite: happy, comedic, and boisterous.
conversations.prefix: Ruth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Creator is on the warpath about Canary's disappearance, and he has no qualms about bringing the pain.
conversations.prefix: Finetooth's Wrath:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For ten seconds, you can gather vague hints of what anyone within personal radius (2-3ft around you) is afraid of at that very moment. Works on other *Ithians.*
  
conversations.prefix: Fear Sight (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For five seconds, you can inspire terror in one person, sending them into a violent fit of hysteria. Only works on the weak minded. Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Imbue Hysteria (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A business card from Tony. It's got his phone number and his office address.
conversations.prefix: Tony's Card (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The one responsible for greeting and judging any and all newcomers to the area. Tall and muscular, Uncle Drew has a surfer/big brother aura to him.
conversations.prefix: Uncle Drew:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A small girl with attitude. She's Tony's deputy and one of the most feared and respected in the area.
conversations.prefix: Joanna:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Spook who had been sent by Canary only to gather intel, but it seems she's making a change of plans...
conversations.prefix: Autumn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fine Tooth heard of an Elder artifact circulating the booths at the comic convention. He'll pay generously for it...
conversations.prefix: Locate Artifact:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An *ithian* has been murdered, and Tony is giving permission for you to assist the investigation. Check out the crime scene.
conversations.prefix: Crime Scene:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The biggest convention of the year. Nerds unite.
conversations.prefix: Comic-Con:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rumors say an *ithian* is overfeeding downtown, leaving locals as zombies. Check it out.
conversations.prefix: Investigate Glutton:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Ithian halfway house. Which St. Margaret is it named after, you ask? Fuck if we know. Pick one.
conversations.prefix: St. Margaret's Community Home:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An Artist power. Upon activation, a character can capture and hold the attention of any within earshot, entrancing them for **5 seconds**. Only works on the weak-minded. Does not work on *Ithians*.
conversations.prefix: Call of the Siren (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Reaper power. For **one scene** you inspire overwhelming murderous desires in one person. Only works on the weak minded. Does not work on *Ithians.* 
conversations.prefix: Murderous Intent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Reaper power. Can be cast upon a single mirror. Whoever breaks that mirror suffers a heart attack. Only works **once.** Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Mirror's Luck (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: That's odd. The power is out in the entire building. Could be nothing, but you should check it out.
conversations.prefix: Lights out?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Canary's gone. That's even weirder. Shouldn't she be handling this mess?
conversations.prefix: Where's the birdie?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some doors really mean it when they say "employee's only." But is that going to stop you?
conversations.prefix: Employee's Only:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An empath who is controlling the aswang. It isn't clear if he's human or not, but one thing is certain: he isn't an *Ithian.*
conversations.prefix: Mikau:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You got hurt and it really smarts. Can be used during instances in which the injury hinders you, or when you seek to get healed.
conversations.prefix: Moderate Injury (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An empath who is controlling the aswang. It isn't clear if he's human or not, but one thing is certain: he isn't an *Ithian.*
conversations.prefix: Mikau (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of completing projects. The bigger and more complex the project, the better. These can be achieved through work or hobbies: model cars, building construction, etc.
conversations.prefix: Creator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of the competitive spirit. While most Athletes engage in sports, the truth is one can feed in other areas of competition: video games, beauty pageants, etc.
conversations.prefix: Athlete:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of sexual energy. While performing sexual acts is the most filling, a Lover need not engage in sex themselves. Flirting and voyeurism work as well, though more weakly.
conversations.prefix: Lover:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of fear. A quick jump scare is just a snack. To be completely filled, a spook must feed off of full on terror and hysteria.
conversations.prefix: Spook:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of inspiration and appreciation of art: music, painting, film, theater acting, etc. An Artist need not be artistic themselves, only near the energy.
conversations.prefix: Artist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re quick and nimble.
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of death. Like all Reapers, you can feed off all forms of death, but you are most filled by *powerful* deaths: murders, suicides, and freak accidents.
conversations.prefix: Reaper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of epiphany, growth, and study. You are drawn to teaching others and feeding off your students in a wide variety of subjects: martial arts, academics, etc.
conversations.prefix: Teacher:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're completely crazy. You might hear voices, or maybe you believe you're a god. Bottom line is you're not in touch with reality.
conversations.prefix: Psychotic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you were born paranoid or saw one too many things in life, you're always looking over your shoulder.
conversations.prefix: Paranoid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Oh you aren't a coward, you might argue. You just bravely run away at the first sign of trouble. Live to fight another day? Sure.
conversations.prefix: Coward:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He isn't an *Ithian* but an empath, a human capable of controlling other's emotions. Impervious to *Ithian* powers. Is in the employment of Bo.
conversations.prefix: Mikau:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: He isn't an *Ithian* but an empath, a human capable of controlling other's emotions. Is in the employment of Bo.
conversations.prefix: Mikau (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of humor and amusement: cartoons, jokes, magic tricks, etc. The bigger the crowd, the better the nourishment.
conversations.prefix: Comedian:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Provokes a subject into responding to a verbal challenge. Weak-minded subjects take the bait and prove themselves capable; strong-minded subjects, if they respond at all, are much less predictable. Works on Ithians
conversations.prefix: Triple Dog Dare (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For five seconds, a character can have heightened speed and stamina. Think Olympic sprinters.
conversations.prefix: Speed of the Rabbit (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can inspire sexual attraction between two people for one scene. You cannot make people act against their orientation. Only works on the weak minded. Does not work on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Play Cupid (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The file room had information on who stayed at the residence building, but the front desk computer might have something more interesting...
conversations.prefix: Hack St. Margaret's Files:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Picking the bodies of the dead? Sure, that isn't unethical at all.
conversations.prefix: Money (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Spook claims she has Canary captive in her safe house down in the sewers. Whether or not you trust her entirely, it might be worth a look.
conversations.prefix: Autumn's Lair:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Creator is on the warpath about Canary's disappearance, and he has no qualms about bringing the pain.
conversations.prefix: Finetooth's Wrath:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bo is the Elder who organized the aswang attack. Mikau gave you his last known location. It's time for revenge.
conversations.prefix: Hunting the Boogeyman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The user can turn dreams into nightmares and feed off sleepers’ fear; does not work on *Ithians*.
conversations.prefix: Defile Dreams (copy):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Through physical touch it delivers an ultra-concentrated feeding-dose by vampirically removing the target’s fear temporarily; works on *Ithians.*
conversations.prefix: Fear Feast (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Teacher and "den mother" of sorts for St. Margaret's. Canary seems upset for some reason...
conversations.prefix: What's up with Canary?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She's gloomy, taciturn, and prefers to be left alone. She's also the best person to ask about any murders in the area.
conversations.prefix: Lola:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re quick and nimble.
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You think you know how things work. You think people are basically good. You’re wrong.
conversations.prefix: Naïve:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Living alone is hardly living. You need allies to watch your back. You need friends to fight for.
conversations.prefix: Something Worth Having:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Subtle and sneaky. People don’t often notice you until you want to be noticed.
conversations.prefix: Stealthy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are you sure you’re right or are you just unwilling to admit when you’re wrong? Either way: stubborn.
conversations.prefix: Stubborn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even if you think you don’t know anything good, act like you do. Secrets are why they keep you alive.
conversations.prefix: Air of Secrets:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With that smile, backed up by your silver tongue, it’s hard not to like you.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When you get an idea, a mission, or a fear in your mind, you can’t just let it go.
conversations.prefix: Obsessed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Living alone is hardly living. You need allies to watch your back. You need friends to fight for.
conversations.prefix: Something Worth Having:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re perceptive, perhaps from years of watching and observing. Nothing gets past you.
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Oh you aren't a coward, you might argue. You just bravely run away at the first sign of trouble. Live to fight another day? Sure.
conversations.prefix: Coward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Don’t let the worst of you take over. Don’t become a monster. Be better than those monsters.
conversations.prefix: Be Humane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You come from a line of *Ithians* who feed off of the competitive spirit. While most Athletes engage in sports, the truth is one can feed in other areas of competition: video games, beauty pageants, etc.
conversations.prefix: Athlete:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re physically strong and probably look it, whether you’re lean or built.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something you did gnaws at your heart and screams nightmares at you when you sleep. It’s holding you back.
conversations.prefix: Guilty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Don’t let the worst of you take over. Don’t become a monster. Be better than those monsters.
conversations.prefix: Be Humane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your hardy body has seen a lot of pain and you’re still here to suck up more.
conversations.prefix: Tough:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve come too far, done too much, worked too hard to put up with this shit from people like this.
conversations.prefix: Proud:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ll never know safety until you know power, territory, control over others. It’s the way of the world.
conversations.prefix: Achieve Power:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your articulate and warm presence make people gravitate towards you, especially when they're most afraid.
conversations.prefix: Good Bedside Manner:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's a good side and a bad side to you. Insincere and deceitful, despite appearances, you are not to be trusted. 
conversations.prefix: Two-Faced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's a tough world out there and the toughest belong on top.
conversations.prefix: Survival of the Fittest:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re physically strong and probably look it, whether you’re lean or built.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You distrust groups and organizations. You would rather be alone. You give your loyalty to few, and never for long. 
conversations.prefix: Disloyal:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've spent too  long just surviving. You long to reawaken the passion and drive of your youth. 
conversations.prefix: Rekindle the spark:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You come from a line of afitians who feed off of death. Like all Reapers, you can feed off all forms of death, but you are most filled by *powerful* deaths: murders, suicides, and freak accidents.
conversations.prefix: Reaper:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Don't believe in love at first sight? Don't worry, you will when you get a load of me.
  
  And once I make a convert out of you... you'll never want to go back to your own pallid life. Entice me, and I can make sure that doesn't happen... otherwise, you're just going to spend the rest of your life wondering what could have been. Clock's ticking.
conversations.prefix: Heartbreaker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I prefer "differently rational".
conversations.prefix: Psychotic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This will be my city one day. Oh, not as mayor you understand. I do not wish to ascend to such *lowly* heights. No. I'm going to be the money in this town... the one that anyone, mortal and Ithian alike has to go to in order to get anything done. The Spooks like to think they've cornered the market on fear. Heh. They have no idea.
  
  
conversations.prefix: Claim Domain:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not gonna lie; most of the reason you've gotten where you are has been pure luck.
conversations.prefix: Lucky:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I don't let others see how much I actually notice... where's the edge in that? Once they know you're the cleverest sot in the room, they never let their guard down... but if you dress up your observations right... heh. They'll never see you coming. 
conversations.prefix: Selectively Perceptive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have basic deductive reasoning skills and a moderate knowledge base. All that book learning wasn't totally useless after all...
conversations.prefix: Logical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A specter from the past fills you with paralyzing dread and all consuming terror. You are almost totally incapacitated.
conversations.prefix: Terrified:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The chase impassions you. You are at your best when you're hot on the trail. 
conversations.prefix: Hunter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For better and worse, you end up feeling responsible for people, and beyond that, you'll go to great lengths to keep them safe.
conversations.prefix: Protective: