conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Come join a  game about a small group of people who, while navigating an uncertain job market, have signed on with the worst temp agency ever. A group of people, who on their second assignment, are really thinking they should have read that 13 page contract more closely. 
  
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  Thinking modern workday Paranoia/Better off Ted at minimum wage/ Shadowrun with less cool and more “Gaaaah!”
  
  Looking for about 4 characters with all kinds of potential backgrounds, from people who have just been shuffled from one temporary clerical position to another, highly educated people with degrees too specific for easy employment, just out of the military or downsized at 20 years with a good luck cake and a pat on the back. Heavy equipment operator with a drinking problem? Ex-con? Wonderful! This agency has just the assignment for you. Just sign this waiver…
  
  Notes for play- 
  
  While experienced at running games, this will be my first narrating foray on Storium. I expect we'll all learn a bit together. 
  
  That said, this game is planned to be finite, 3 chapters of 5 scenes each. 
  
  I am planning on moderate but steady paced game, approximately 1 scene a week. If there are more, awesome! If a scene is really involved and just takes longer to complete, also awesome. Otherwise, if complete or action is stalled, I'll finish a scene and start a new one every Sunday or Monday, depending on my work schedule, if I must blow up all the characters  to do it.
  
  Please be aware that character death will be possible, potentially multiple times. Fear not! Your character's Tempest contract completely covers cloning in the subliminal text portion and your character may not even be aware that anything untoward occurred. Their coworkers might be mysteriously traumatized though.
  
  (I'll keep invitations open unit Monday (5/4). If there is interest, I might do 2 small games where teams are doing different jobs and scenes end on Thurs/Friday. Avatars are awesome but I am not stickler, if you want to make a character first and add one later, that's cool.)
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Welcome to Tempest Incorporated, where we provide temporary solutions to any perceived obstacle! 
  
  The Lobby is professional and immaculate and looks like it could be dissembled and removed in about an hour. 
conversations.prefix: The Office:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fresh out of school, possibly your first job, full of hope and ideals and inexperience just waiting to be exploit- ahem, explored. Your world, we meant, explored. Go, you tiny Magellan, you!
conversations.prefix: Newest of the New Hires:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your past has given you a very specific but very thorough area of expertise. 
  
conversations.prefix: Very Specific Skill Set:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A trait shared by inventors, explorers and visionaries, always pursuing the next horizon.
conversations.prefix: Curiosity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Now, what does this button do?
conversations.prefix: Curiosity:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: So your former employer pushed you out the door just a few years shy of retirement... worry not! We here at Tempest value your experience and/or desperation! We cherish the power of company loyalty/entropy.
conversations.prefix: Almost Made It:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just because we're your 4th temp agency and you've spent precious years going from one fleeting job to another, we don't think your spirit is broken, little worker bee! Just usefully conditioned with low expectations.
conversations.prefix: Experienced Drone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: So your last position was replaced by a coworker willing to do two jobs or a small child in another country working for change. We at Tempest sympathize and value you and would never replace you with a machine, because machines didn't test well and are prohibitively expensive.
conversations.prefix: Downsized, Outsourced, or Automated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Are you highly trained and missing a life of scheduled tedium interspersed with unpredictable and occasionally horrifying danger? We have been looking for you!
conversations.prefix: Former Military:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If a felony conviction is making job placement difficult, be assured that Tempest treasures unconventionally gained experience and the added leverage of a parole system.
conversations.prefix: Ex-Con:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do you have an very advanced degree in fascinating yet obscure field in which there are no available positions? Well, their loss is our gain! We'll help you pay (your share of) the rent and distract you from your looming debt with exciting new challenges!
conversations.prefix: Unrealistically Educated:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No one's perfect! And we at Tempest don't expect you to be either. Whatever your issues, addiction, anger management, witness protection, whatever it might be, we'll find just the right task for you!
conversations.prefix: Unfortunate Flaw:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Despite the relentless encroachment of reality, you are sure this will all work out somehow.
conversations.prefix: Optimistic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Been there, done that. 
conversations.prefix: Worldly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Besides being an insufferable champion at trivia based games, you never know when your previous dabblings into early Mesopotamian artifacts or the voting records of junior Congressmen may come in handy. 
conversations.prefix: Vast Breadth of Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gosh, they wouldn't really do that to us, would they?
conversations.prefix: Naive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Of course. This is exactly the kind of thing they are going to do to us....
conversations.prefix: Jaded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You owe somebody something, and you'll pay it back if it's the last thing you do. Unless it's one of those debts where not paying it back is the last thing you'll do.
conversations.prefix: Pay a Debt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Getting by, day by day, sometimes that all you can manage. 
conversations.prefix: Just Get To the Next Paycheck. :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I am more than just a cog!! More!! Do you hear me?!? Anyone?
conversations.prefix: Prove Yourself:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someday, you will have a a retirement plan, and health benefits, and more for lunch than popcorn and ramen noodles. Someday.
conversations.prefix: Security:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is a mysterious mystery that keeps you up at night, scouring the internet on your neighbor's unsecured wireless. Your research has brought you here...  
conversations.prefix: Solve the Mystery!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a talent for finding a way... somehow. 
conversations.prefix: Ingenuity:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: So there are things one knows in theory, actually doing them is another matter...
conversations.prefix: Not Much Practical Application:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Past experiences have left you a little bit jumpy for one reason or another.
conversations.prefix: Twitchy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know what you know. This other stuff? It's all just new tricks. 
conversations.prefix: Old Dog:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Getting by, day by day, sometimes that's all you can manage
conversations.prefix: Get To the Next Paycheck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You owe somebody something, and you’ll pay it back if it’s the last thing you do. Unless it’s one of those debts where not paying it back is the last thing you’ll do. 
conversations.prefix: Pay A Debt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I am more than just a cog!! More!! Do you hear me?!? Anyone?   
conversations.prefix: Prove Yourself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someday, you will have a retirement plan, and health benefits, and more for lunch than popcorn and ramen noodles. Someday.   
conversations.prefix: Security:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There is a mysterious mystery that keeps you up at night, scouring the internet on your neighbor’s unsecured wireless. Your research has brought you here…  
conversations.prefix: Solve A Mystery:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Is in beta testing and is a promising new adaption of Xintronic's popular LaserDeath Machine!
conversations.prefix: Wellness Enhancer!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: We Make Things Better! ... eventually
conversations.prefix: Product Development:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A palm-sized silver box with a green button in the center
conversations.prefix: Green Button:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some sort of suit made out of black stretch material. It looks like it's meant to be worn head to toe and seems to absorb all light that touches it.
conversations.prefix: Black suit:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A shatter-resistant vial that seems to contain the contents of several glow-sticks
conversations.prefix: Vial of liquid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sturdy looking gloves in a Caution Orange hue with heavy black circles on the palms
conversations.prefix: Orange gloves:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hmm, psychotic killer clothing is maybe not a good thing. You might should stop that. 
conversations.prefix: Homicide Is Probably Bad:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This thing... it reminds you of the other thing... that one time...
conversations.prefix: Flashback!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something lurks in Morley Park and it can be hard to discern normal bugs and critters from what you are looking for...
conversations.prefix: Astute Observation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This thing... it reminds you of the other thing... that one time...
conversations.prefix: Flashback! (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gosh, weaponized and strangely intelligent woodland creatures... but still so cute, with their little ears and eyes so full of rage.
conversations.prefix: Angry, angry chipmunks:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your rich parents finally got sick of you wasting your life and their money. They were going to cut you off unless you got a job. Lucky for you Tempest was hiring!  
conversations.prefix: Rich Kid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your rich parents finally got sick of you wasting your life and their money. They were going to cut you off unless you got a job. Lucky for you Tempest was hiring!  
conversations.prefix: Rich Kid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For no particular reason, you think you’re amazing. Whether it’s unwarranted or not, confidence is vital to success.   
conversations.prefix: Confidence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For some reason you tend to rub people the wrong way. They’re probably just jealous.    
conversations.prefix: Arrogant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don’t care about the job, the work, advancing, or even the paycheck. You just need your name on that company payroll so you can keep your trust fund. 
conversations.prefix: Hold the Job:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: And it takes combat boots, well... to boot.  Almost everyone one is stronger than you.  Bet you get a lot of sand kicked in your face.
conversations.prefix: 90 pounds soaking wet: