conversations.from: system
conversations.value: You all know Penny.  She was a kid that lived up the street.  She rode her bicycle past your house every day as she came home from school.  Blonde pig-tails and a bright smile - she always waved and said 'hello'.
  
  The night before an ambulance came, its rotating red lights drawing you from your perspective slumbers.  In robes and pajamas you stood on the sidewalk or your porches and watched as the girl was brought out on a stretcher with an oxygen mask held over her mouth and nose by a paramedic.
  
  Penny's Aunt and Uncle stood in the doorway of their house, watching as the vehicle swallowed Penny and drove away.  It wasn't normal - the way her guardians behaved.  They acted in no way like anything was out of the norm.  They shut the door, and in a moment the lights in the house were extinguished.
  
  You considered following the ambulance to the hospital, but you hesitated.  As friendly as the girl seemed, the family was a strange lot.  It was more appropriate to return home and await news through the grapevine.
  
  When sleep resumed you had the most vivid dream.  You stood in a perfectly flat field with a rutted, dirt road stretching as far as you could see in either direction.  There were others along the road too.   One to the left, or perhaps one to the right.  They looked very familiar. 
  
  Behind you a grove of trees marred an otherwise even coating of tall, yellow, flowering grass that waved in the breeze.  Something was creating a fuss in the grove, though you could not see what it was.
  
  In the distance a wagon appeared, wobbling urgently along the packed, uneven trail.  As it neared you are astonished to see that its driver is a skunk.  In some respects it was a typical animal; it had black fur with a double white line from the top of its head to the tip of its tail.  But in most respects it was anything but typical; it was larger than any skunk you'd ever seen, it boasted a rounded belly, and it sat like a person holding the reigns of a mule in its paws.  It spoke when it came within distance. 
  
  "You look ridiculous," the skunk said loudly to ensure you heard him.  He raised an eyebrow and inspected you from the feet up with a not-so-polite gaze.
  
  Involuntarily, you looked down at yourself.  At first, you believed your clothes had gotten larger, but then you realized, it was you who had gotten smaller.  You were a child - no older than eleven or twelve.
  
  The skunk brought the wagon to a complete stop and asked very seriously, "Have you seen a girl named Penelope?  It is of utmost importance that I find her."  The creature straightened his paisley patterned vest and adjusted a feathered hat in a way that was more habitual than necessary.
  
  Before you could speak, assuming you were capable of answering, the source of the commotion in the trees was revealed.  A ragged crow flapped its wings wildly and ended a short flight by 'crash-landing' in the bed of the wagon.  After righting itself it said, "Watch out for the..."
  
  You didn't catch the rest.  You awaken in your bed, rousted by the sound of a loudly cawing crow from outside your morning, sun-lit, bedroom window.
  
  *'That was odd'*, you might have thought to yourself as you went about your morning rituals of readying yourself for your drive to work.  You made your way to your car in the driveway, but before opening the door, your next door neighbor, who happened to be retrieving garbage cans from the curb, greeted you by mentioning a dream they had just experienced...
  
  "...there was a talking skunk, and I was a kid.  There must have been onions on the pizza..."
  
  As if that was not bizarre enough, your neighbor  in the house to the other side overheard your first neighbor.  "...I dreamed it too,"  they said with widened eyes.
  
  Three neighbors having the same dream - did everyone on the street have it?
  
  It raised the hair on the nape of your necks.
  
  .....
  
  It is a small cast for this game - it will cap at three.
  
  I am approaching this differently than I have in my previous attempts.  The sub plots will play a greater role in the game as they will represent the 'you' in reality.  I will be playing a part in your chosen sub plots (likely not a good one) and those sub plots may evolve in ways that are out of your control (just like real life).
  
  Because of this, I can't prepare some things until I know what the cast is going to be and what sub plots are in play.  I have created ten along with nature, strength, and weaknesses to choose from.  I will accept player created cards as long as they meet the spirit of the game.
  
  Please write in past tense, with present tense dialog.  Display that in your character backgrounds too so I know you understand that.  I just don't care for the present tense posts - no other reason - it's just my preference.
  
  You are regular people, in a regular neighborhood, with regular lives, facing issues that regular people face.  You could be single, married, have children, or you might even be a grand parent.  For a living you could be a stay-at-home parent, a salvage collector, a bank executive, a musician, to anything you can think of.
  
  Some of the story is known to me and I will build in that direction.  Most of it, however, is where it is taken by you.  One thing that *will* happen - it will get strange.  Perhaps not immediately, but the longer the story goes, I anticipate that the less control I will have and the more influence the cast will have.  I will do my very best to incorporate your creativity moving forward.
  
  You can only move NPC's when you have strong control of a scene.  But - there will be some NPC's that you cannot control at anytime.  Those characters will be marked.
  
  This is a normal paced game which means you should be posting 3 or 4 times a week.   At the risk of sounding like a jerk, I am sick of playing in games that are abandoned, thus I will *joyfully* write your death and replace you if you go quiet.  That grace period will be aggressively short.  I want to narrate one game and plan on playing in one, and only one.  I will not sacrifice my own enjoyment, or the active players', to accommodate 'non' participants.  That's as blunt as I can be.  Please don't join if you aren't going to pay ample attention to it.
  
  How you build (or plan on building) and describe your character is the main consideration, but I also pay attention to how many games people are in.  If you are in a lot of them, then it's hard for me to imagine you will devote a fair amount of time to this one.  Perhaps you have that kind of time on your hands - I sure don't.  But maybe you do.  (I wish I did 8P).
  
  I appreciate you taking the time to look this over.  Please ask anything you want in the thread, I'll answer it at my first opportunity, but as previously mentioned - I am a busy lad and sometimes don't see things immediately.
  
  Peace!
  
  (PS:  Please post in the Looking For Players Thread if you haven't already in addition to submitting a character.  I'd like a chance to meet you...  in a posting kind of way).
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kyle keeps it locked up, but he is familiar with its feel.
conversations.prefix: Gun:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Why not?  Everything else is crammed in the house!
  
  It's a slow two handed weapon, it'll be hard to hit the gnome, but if you do...
  
  That being said, anything else you hit will likely be demolished too.
conversations.prefix: 5 Pound Sledge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The bağlama (Turkish: bağlama, from bağlamak, "to tie", pronounced [baːɫaˈma]) is a stringed musical instrument shared by various cultures in the Eastern Mediterranean, Near East, and Central Asia regions.
  
  It is sometimes referred to as the saz (from the Persian ساز‎, meaning a kit or set), although the term "saz" actually refers to a family of plucked string instruments, long-necked lutes[1] used in Ottoman classical music, Turkish folk music, Azeri music, Kurdish music, Assyrian music, Armenian music, and in parts of Syria, Iraq and the Balkan countries. Instruments resembling today's bağlama have been found in archaeological excavations of Sumerian and Hittite mounds in Anatolia dating before Common Era, and in ancient Greek works.[2]
conversations.prefix: Rolando's bağlama:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The oud (/ˈuːd/; Arabic: عود‎ ʿūd, plural: أعواد, a‘wād; Armenian: ուդ, Assyrian:ܥܘܕ ūd, Greek: ούτι Hebrew: עוּד; Persian: بربط‎ barbat; Kurdish: ûd; Turkish: ud or ut;[1] Azeri: ud; Somali: cuud or kaban) is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Persian, Jewish, Byzantine, Armenian, North African (Chaabi, Classical, and Spanish Andalusian), Somali and Middle Eastern music. Construction of the oud is similar to that of the lute.[2] The modern oud and the European lute both descend from a common ancestor via diverging paths. The oud is readily distinguished from the lute by its lack of frets and smaller neck.
conversations.prefix: Cherg's Oud:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The naqqāra is a drum with a rounded back and a hide head, usually played in pairs. It is thus a membranophone of the kettle drum variety. The term naqqāra (نقاره), also نقارات naqqarat, naqqarah, naqqåre, nakkare, nagora comes from the Arabic verb naqr- that means "to strike, beat".
conversations.prefix: Jordan's Naqareh:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Penelope's Aunt.  The only time she is seen is when she is working in her flower garden.  She spends more time arranging her many garden gnomes than she does with the flora, however.
conversations.prefix: Aunt Gertrude:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It is a portrait of a ferret holding a polo mallet while astride the smallest horse you have ever seen.
  
  It's eyes seem to watch you.
conversations.prefix: The Portrait:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This NPC can be minimally controlled.
  
  Bernard is the size of a fairly large dog.  A proper gentlemen, but often judgmental, he serves the Steward of Iskari. 
  
  He wears a hat with a long feather in it, and a button down vest.
conversations.prefix: Bernard Rolstin (Skunk) :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He drives an immaculate 1954 Buick and leaves the house every day at 7am.  He must come home very late, you don't recall seeing him ever pull into his drive.
  
  He wears a waxed, handle-bar style mustache.
conversations.prefix: Uncle Lewis:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A village in Iskari where those harboring music of any kind are taken away and never seen from again.
conversations.prefix: Dubar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Annabel Moore's boyfriend.  Partner in Veterans Roofing and Siding with Robert Tarish.
conversations.prefix: Jake Dixon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Julie Boyd's Husband.
conversations.prefix: Simon Boyd:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Annabel Moore's dance studio.
conversations.prefix: Studio Bel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's where Julie teaches voice.
conversations.prefix: Remington Community College:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A bar in Walterhill, Tennessee where illegal gambling games take place.
conversations.prefix: Al's Beer Tap:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You shouldn't take this weakness.  You'll mess it up.  8P
conversations.prefix: Pessimistic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's been two minutes already!  How much longer do I have to wait?
conversations.prefix: Restless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes it just has to be about you and nobody else.
conversations.prefix: Selfish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bradias Laird is a master of the Lute.  Sound and harmony is the medium in which he invokes 'magic'.
  
  He is mysterious and says little that doesn't leave at least one other question.
conversations.prefix: Bradias Laird:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Simon Boyd's co-worker at Perfect Shipping.
conversations.prefix: Ted Polanski:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may play two cards on this challenge - and only two.
  
  Gaining control could mean your question is answered.
conversations.prefix: Who's Question?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Penelope's aunt and uncle live there.  They don't mingle much with their neighbors.  You've always thought they were a bit 'off'.
  
  Aunt Beatrice likes garden gnomes.  Uncle Gorden drives an immaculate 1954 Buick Delta 88.
conversations.prefix: Penny's House:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that have shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using physics, chemistry and biology as well as other sciences. Geologists, compared to scientists engaged in other fields, are generally more exposed to the outdoors than staying in laboratories; although some geologists prefer to perform most of their studies in the lab.
  
  Geologists are engaged in exploration for mining companies in search of metals, oils, and other Earth resources. They are also in the forefront of natural hazards and disasters warning and mitigation, studying earthquakes, volcanic activity, tsunamis, weather storms, and the like; their studies are used to warn the general public of the occurrence of these events. Currently, geologists are also engaged in the discussion of climate change, as they study the history and evidence for this Earth process.
conversations.prefix: Geologist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cello or electric guitar, timpani or a twelve piece drum kit.  You make your living playing music in one way or another. 
conversations.prefix: Musician:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution.  
conversations.prefix: Gym Teacher:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Trying times demand a particular resistance to the natural desire to panic.
  
  Even when it's not normal, you can still seek an explanation that makes sense.
conversations.prefix: Cool Head:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes you know what the best thing to do is, although someone might need a nudge to see it your way.
conversations.prefix: Convincing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mortal danger isn't for everyone.  Sometimes the best thing to do is to hide and hope for the best.
conversations.prefix: Frightened:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You drop it.  You trip over it.  You stub your toe.  Or maybe you just say the wrong thing at the wrong time - mental clumsiness is a thing too.
conversations.prefix: Clumsy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your significant other is seeing someone on the side.  You can't prove it, but you have your suspicions.
conversations.prefix: Cheating Spouse:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Customer / friend of Annabel met via her dance studio.
conversations.prefix: Elizabeth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: That is the question.
conversations.prefix: To Go Or Not To Go:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: So many of the modern cars use computers - but you are throw back.  You can rebuild a 440 and drop it in a restored Dart...
conversations.prefix: Auto Mechanic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's what you do all day long - stare at code, deal with hardware problems, and try to make it all work together
conversations.prefix: Computer Programmer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A job is a job is a job is a job.  Besides, the schedule is flexible which frees you up to do other things.
conversations.prefix: Fastfood:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Auto, home, health, and life...  if it needs protecting, then you are the right person to see.
conversations.prefix: Insurance Salesmen:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It is seasonal, mowing, trimming, landscaping, and power washing, but you supplement it with whatever you can in the off season.
conversations.prefix: Lawncare:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's hard to listen to other people's problems day in and day out without becoming somewhat detached, but you do the best you can.
conversations.prefix: Counselor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Linear thinking is a skill not everyone possesses.  Story problems are more of a game than they are a problem.
conversations.prefix: Analytical:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If there are two pieces of metal that need to be attached, you know what the right equipment is for any job.
conversations.prefix: Welder:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes you have to live up to what you've done so you're believed when you did the right thing.
conversations.prefix: Honesty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Complaining about things is not your way.  You buck-up and work your way through the tough times because there are good times just beyond.
conversations.prefix: In Stride:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have one of those faces along with a personality that seems to disarm people.
conversations.prefix: Likeable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just keep doing what your doing.  Sooner or later you'll do something that works.
conversations.prefix: Persistent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've always been able to grab that falling glass before it shattered on the floor.  You're quick that way.
conversations.prefix: Nimble:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When that piano dropped from the 6th floor and landed on the sidewalk, it just so happened that you paused to tie your shoe and avoided being crushed.
conversations.prefix: Lucky:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes understanding why explains what, and if you know that then common sense might have a chance to prevail.
conversations.prefix: Insight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What was that about 'honey catches more bees'?  You try to remember it, but sometimes you snap.
conversations.prefix: Aggressive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know how to take a good thing and make it bad, or a bad thing and make it downright miserable.
conversations.prefix: Caustic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your brother or sister think you have something that belongs to them, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
conversations.prefix: Annoying Sibling:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Listening to people's whining is simply annoying.  Everyone is in the same boat, so shut up!
conversations.prefix: Insensitive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maybe its about things, or maybe its about attention...  whatever it is you deserve it more than they do.
conversations.prefix: Jealous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to shake it, but when you try to quit, life becomes too difficult to manage.  You become a different person when you drink, and you always give in to it.
conversations.prefix: Alcoholic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht.
  Your hat strategically dipped below one eye.
  Your scarf, it was apricot.
  You had one eye on the mirror,
  As you watched yourself gavotte
  And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
  They'd be your partner, and...
conversations.prefix: You're So Vain:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: How you've managed to keep the lights on is a wonder in itself.  You'll bet anything at anytime for just about anything.
conversations.prefix: Gambling Addict:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You did something wrong - wrong enough to land you in jail.  Unfortunately, someone knows about it.
conversations.prefix: Blackmailed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You hurt someone you care about.  Perhaps physically in an accident, or mentally by some extreme betrayal.
conversations.prefix: Haunted Past:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You did it.  You got caught.  Now you have to report in on a regular basis or you will end up in jail.
conversations.prefix: Probation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something bad happened and you are blamed for it.
conversations.prefix: Vindication:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Phobia to mean "fear of germs".
  
  A pathological fear of contamination and germs. The term was coined by Dr. William Alexander Hammond in 1879 when describing a case of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) exhibited in repeatedly washing one's hands. Mysophobia has long been related to the OCD of constantly washing one's hands. However, Harry Stack Sullivan, an American psychologist and psychoanalyst, notes that while fear of dirt underlies the compulsion of a person with this kind of OCD, his or her mental state is not about germs; instead, this person feels the hands must be washed.
  
  Describe why you think you became this way.
conversations.prefix: Mysophobia :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The car!  It is parked up ahead.
conversations.prefix: Talk Kyle Into a Few More Moments:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The mijwiz (Arabic: مجوز‎‎, DIN: miǧwiz) is a traditional musical instrument of Palestine, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and the Druze. Its name in Arabic means "dual," or "married" because of its consisting of two, short, bamboo reed pipes put together, making the mijwiz a double-pipe, single-reed woodwind instrument. The mijwiz consists of two pipes of equal length; each pipe has around five or six small holes for fingering. It requires a special playing technique known as "circular breathing," which is tricky but produces a continuous tone, without pausing to take a breath. The mijwiz is played in Egypt and the Levant as an accompaniment to either belly dancing or dabke, the folkloric line dance of the Levant. The mijwiz is most popular today in the Levant (Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, and Syria) and Egypt. Many popular folk songs either include the mijwiz 
conversations.prefix: Ala's Mijwiz:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Who knows what she will do?
conversations.prefix: Run Away!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bombo is a massive man that dresses 'bikerish' although he doesn't own a motorcycle.  He does own a bicycle shop that sits in a plaza next to a riding trail.
  
  His store is called 'Bear Bikes'.
conversations.prefix: Bombo Thurrel:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The house payment is three months behind.  The utilities are sending disconnect notices.  There doesn't seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel either.  Describe why your bills have gone delinquent.  Is it simply income, or have you gotten yourself into some kind of mess that trumps paying utilities?  
conversations.prefix: Bills are behind:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Is it Charles the crow?  It sure seems like it.
conversations.prefix: You Shouldn't Be Here:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The marquee has long since faded away, leaving the previous name of the establishment an unknown.  Inside, beneath sheets, blankets, and a layer of cobwebs is a plethora of useless junk.
conversations.prefix: Abandoned Antique Shop:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a path that shouldn't be there, but it is.  It's on a street that you've never been on less than five miles from your house.  The path leads into a field zoned for industrial construction - only when you follow it, you don't end up in a field.  You end up at Laird's house.
conversations.prefix: Bradias Laird's House:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Home of Bear's Bikes, Edwardo's Fix It Up, and the abandoned antique store.  The plaza needs repairs.  A new roof, windows, and paint, are the beginnings of a long list of items that require attention.  Never-the-less, Bombo Thurrel wants to buy it - if he could raise the money.
conversations.prefix: Trail Plaza:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thousands of medieval soldiers, some garbed in a common uniform, while others in the makeshift armor of villagers, farmers, and folk of the wild, lay rotting in the hot sun.   A terrible battle has been fought upon this now bloodied field.
conversations.prefix: A Field of Death:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Edwardo is from the 'old country' in Eastern Europe.  His wife deceased, his two children living their lives in some other part of the country.  His shop keeps him busy, however.  Someone always needs a sole on a shoe, or a tear in a leather coat mended.
conversations.prefix: Edwardo's Fix It Up:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's creepy without a doubt.  Shelves too tall to see on, an old door that descends into an lower level - and the lights down there don't work.
conversations.prefix: Trail Plaza Basement:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Run by Bombo Thurrel, the shop sits in a run down plaza next to a riding trail.  On one side of the bicycle store there is an abandoned antique shop.  The antique shop's basement stretches beneath the entire plaza and has two levels.  It is crammed full of useless items ranging from old newspapers to hand powered kitchen tools.  On the other side of the bike shop is a tiny fix-it place run by an old, old man named Edwardo.  
conversations.prefix: Bear's Bikes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've affectionately named the crow 'Charles'.  It's the same one that woke you up after the bizarre dream.  It seems to have taken up residence in the trees above your houses.
conversations.prefix: Charles:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tito is a large Pig that lives with Bradias Laird.  Tito is particularly fond of a certain crow named Charles.
conversations.prefix: Tito:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lumpy is an older dog that rarely moves from his prone position on the wooden planks of Bradias Laird's house.
conversations.prefix: Lumpy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Those weren't ordinary lawn ornaments.  Those things can bite, stab, and move way too fast, 
conversations.prefix: Attack of the Gnomes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All of you must play together, and if you do, something incredible just might happen.
conversations.prefix: Learning A Song:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You must improve on your instrument if you are to endure Laird's vigorous training regiment.
  
  Do so and win a bonus wild strength card.
conversations.prefix: Learn your Instrument.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The property is in a trust, and will belong to Penny when she comes of age.  It's a large farm with a pasture, a fish pond, and a large barn.
conversations.prefix: Penny's Grandparents' Barn:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Janitor aka gambling organizer at 'Al's Beer Tap' hidden in a small town southeast of Nashville, Tennessee called Walterhill - population 401.
conversations.prefix: Hans:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chapter 2 begins (I wish you could name chapters).
  
  You could go to Bear's Bikes, but Simon may be in mortal danger.  The police are undoubtedly looking for you.  All of Julie's students could be dead - who knows?  Will the witch stop there?  What about the dance studio students?  Are they in danger?  What about Kate?  Does the witch know about Jessie?
  
  Someone needs to decide a course of action...
conversations.prefix: Decide What To Do:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jake Dixon (Annabel's boyfriend) partner in a home improvement company called 'Veterans Roofing and Siding'.
  
  Robert's hometown is Fargo, Minnesota
conversations.prefix: Robert Tarish:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Annabel is going to be late for work and Julie doesn't teach on Saturday.  Who knows where John ran off to?
  
  If you can get your collective monies to the bank and have the lock removed from the studio door, then Annabel can try to begin righting the ship...
  
  
conversations.prefix: Late For Work:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Simon's car, with Simon (you think) in it is heading west.  Follow him until he comes to a definitive destination.
conversations.prefix: Follow That Car:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jake calls you back.  What the heck is going on?  Where are you?  Why did the police call looking for you?
conversations.prefix: Jake calls Annabel:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Simon is on the phone.  He maintains that he was taking photo's and reports of the truck wreck for the company's insurance.  He's just now getting free.
conversations.prefix: Simon Calls Julie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If it were measured from leg tip to leg tip - it would be taller than Kyle.
  
  You should probably go.
conversations.prefix: Escape The Spider:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The back door on Penny's house stands open, its window broken.
  
  You can't tell if someone is inside or not.
  
  Penny's Aunt and Uncle are obviously hoarders.  Paths between stacks and stacks of everything imaginable lead from room to room.  Dirty dishes are stacked in the sink, and a spoiled odor hangs in the air.
conversations.prefix: Investigate:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: OHGOD!
conversations.prefix: Fight the Gnome!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What's a sledge hammer doing in here?  For that matter, what's 90% of the crap that is in there doing there?
  
  This bad boy is meant for smashing concrete, and bending steel.  It's a two handed weapon that will swath a wide path through anything or anyone.
conversations.prefix: Five Pound Sledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: OHGOD!!
  
  It may be tiny, but it's lightning fast.
conversations.prefix: Gnome!!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: @Annabel
  
  The machines have come alive.  The defibrillator is charging up and your IV has become snake like - the needle tearing free from your wrist and stabbing at you.  The bed's constraints are trying to tie you down.
conversations.prefix: Escape the Hospital Bed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: @Kyle
  
  The founder of the American Red Cross in 1821, though her current form is not as a humanitarian - she's more interested in crushing your head.
conversations.prefix: The pursuit of Clara Barton:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: @Julie
  
  The doctor didn't have to report suspected criminal violence, but he did.
  
  Evade the police and find your friends.
  
  Fortunately you have your phone...
conversations.prefix: Escape the Police:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: (Narrator control only - or brief dialog to help with your move).
  
  Edwardo doesn't move fast, and he doesn't see well either.  He does immaculate work however.  He sleeps on a cot in the back of his shop, often eating what he can harvest from a small garden on the side of the lot.  Sometimes, Bombo brings him a sandwich and a hot cup of coffee.
conversations.prefix: Edwardo 'The Fixer' Sperar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: These aren't ordinary bikes.  They are brimming with power and are unwilling mounts.  You're going to have fight with them before they will guide you to Farmer's Hoe Road.
conversations.prefix: OHGOD BIKES!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want me to do what with what?
  
  Summon a dragonfly?
  
  What the heck does that have to do with waves??
conversations.prefix: Waves:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You sound like sneakers in a dryer when you pound on the heads of the drum.
  
  Each card you play on this challenge is an attempt to lure a dragonfly.  Dragonflies are elusive and do not wish to be lured, thus you will fail.  The question is, what happens in your attempt?
conversations.prefix: Kyle's First Lesson:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The old dog finds the strength to howl at your mournful song.
  
  Each card you play on this challenge is an attempt to lure a dragonfly.  Dragonflies are elusive and do not wish to be lured, thus you will fail.  The question is, what happens in your attempt?
conversations.prefix: Annabel's First Lesson:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are you trying to tear the strings off of it!?
  
  Each card you play on this challenge is an attempt to lure a dragonfly.  Dragonflies are elusive and do not wish to be lured, thus you will fail.  The question is, what happens in your attempt?
conversations.prefix: Julie's First Lesson:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A teacher is a person who teaches, usually as a job at a school or similar institution.    
conversations.prefix: Music Teacher:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kevin got a job with GM right out of Vietnam, put his 30 years in, and retired at the age of 49.  Mostly he roams around the house, working with his 'project' car, and the wood working shop he'd assembled in his basement.
conversations.prefix: Retired Autoworker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You teach dance to the local children at the studio you own. 
conversations.prefix: Dance Teacher:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's not just a river in Egypt. Things may be going from bad to worse, but you find that sticking your head in the sand is as good a solution as you're likely to find. 
conversations.prefix: Denial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are nimble and dextrous. 
conversations.prefix: Quick Reflexes:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After watching her friend die in the car accident that damaged her knee, Annabel can't handle much more trauma. 
conversations.prefix: Traumatized :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes you just say the wrong thing. 
conversations.prefix: Tactless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kyle has never been one to let something go.  It will dig at him, and dig, and dig if he does not figure out an answer that makes sense.
conversations.prefix: Curiosity Killed the Cat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is nothing worse than having a spider crawl across your skin.
conversations.prefix: Spiders, I hate Spiders:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't leave friends behind. You also don't let them get eaten by giant spiders. 
conversations.prefix: Loyal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes you act before you think. 
conversations.prefix: Impulsive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: All you want is to go back to your normal, peaceful life with Jake, your friends, and your dance studio. 
conversations.prefix: Stop the Madness :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Even though you aren't really a dancer anymore, you still have some of the grace and agility of your dancing glory days. 
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whatever difficulties come your way, you find the means to overcome them – one way or another.  
conversations.prefix: Resourceful:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Years of bitterness and disappointment have left their mark. It's time to put the past in the past and learn to love life again. 
conversations.prefix: Rediscover Joy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes you jump into things a little too quickly. 
conversations.prefix: Over exuberant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been teaching snotty kids how to play scales for the past few years. You've learned how to keep your patience with your students. 
conversations.prefix: Patient Tutor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kyle wants to get this over with as soon as possible so he can get back to 'normal'
conversations.prefix: Getting Back To "Normal":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your wide-eyed, innocent look can make people want to help you. 
conversations.prefix: Wide-eyed: