conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Nine friends. Nine lives. Nine threads all woven together to form the beautiful tapestry that is life. But are those threads each beautiful in their own right? Or do they draw their strength from the tapestry? Where does each thread begin and where does it end?
  
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  This is an experimental game that is going to be more writing exercise than traditional Storium game. With the exception of one player, each player will control two characters. Throughout the game, you'll be making new characters on a regular basis to replace the old ones. Each chapter will consist of a series of vignettes about your characters, how they grow up, who they are, how they all meet each other, how they fall in love and become friends, and how they die. Each chapter will take place during a different time period. The only requirements for your characters is that they will all become close friends at some point in their lives and the lone player's character will be involved romantically with at least one other character. 
  
  **If you know what this is referencing, please don't spoil the story for everyone.**
  
  For your application, apply as a player. Tell me why you're interested in the game and what kind of characters you usually make, if you have a "type" or preference. Feel free to tell me in the bio or in the notes if there's something you want to actively avoid as part of the story. Keep in mind, we'll be exploring life, love and death throughout history, so while I won't be intentionally exploring troublesome periods of history, they may come up in the course of the story. I promise to do my best as a narrator to make sure they're handled in the best way possible. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: These cards will change each chapter, so to facilitate that, create your own (it can be a dummy card) and edit it later. 
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These cards will change each chapter, so to facilitate that, create your own (it can be a dummy card) and edit it later. 
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: These cards will change each chapter, so to facilitate that, create your own (it can be a dummy card) and edit it later. 
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These cards will change each chapter, so to facilitate that, create your own (it can be a dummy card) and edit it later. 
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been told you have a good voice.  You have dreams of becoming a Motown singer.
conversations.prefix: Singer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a good person,  always willing to go the extra mile to help someone out.  
conversations.prefix: Good Hearted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not everyone is as friendly as you are,  your optimism can get you in trouble if you trust the wrong person. 
conversations.prefix: Blind Optimism:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Motown is the place you want to be, will you succeed? Fail? One hit wonder? All you can do is try..
conversations.prefix: Make It to Motown:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There’s lots of weird people in your head, just waiting to be let out.  
conversations.prefix: Author:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can get into your characters’ heads, understand their motivations and feeling, be one with them.    
conversations.prefix: Empathy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes, it’s all or nothing, which can be problematic when something needs to be done quickly.    
conversations.prefix: Perfectionist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One hard, painful step at a time. It will only make it more satisfying in the end.    
conversations.prefix: Earn Your Happy Ending:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Capturing the world around him is his dream, how he plans to show everyone that there’s more to one side of history.
conversations.prefix: The Photographer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: He’s not afraid to do or say what he needs to, even with the risks these times bring. He just wants to explore and be happy, and he knows how to go about it.
conversations.prefix: Confidence:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There are times when he really can’t help himself. The times when he’s too confident for his own good and acts before the logic can get to him.
conversations.prefix: Impulsive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Making the future a brighter one is a big aspiration, but someone has to try.
conversations.prefix: Change the World:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There are more realities than the one we experience with our senses. Writing them down makes them become real.    
conversations.prefix: Dreamer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It can take you anywhere!    
conversations.prefix: Imagination:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It’s not always easy to express yourself through words.    
conversations.prefix: Block:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's fun!
conversations.prefix: Write:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Born in 1950 Stalingrad to a music-teacher father and a war-hero mother, Doroteya Dyakov grew to be a talented violinist. 
  At age seven, she performed at the Sixth World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, impressing visiting American musicians. At age ten she was invited to perform in the US on  cultural exchange, and permitted to travel under Party supervision.
  
  With his marriage breaking down, Doroteya's father formed an audacious plan to defect to the US and spirit her away, leaving her mother abandoned behind the Iron Curtain.
conversations.prefix: Child Defector:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With perfect pitch, deft touch and excellent musical memory, your talent was celebrated in Moscow and your defection became minor Cold War propaganda.
conversations.prefix: Musical talent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Russian-speaking, Communist-educated, and tormented at leaving your mother behind, your guilt-riddled imagination is haunted by anxiety and fear of rejection.
conversations.prefix: Brittle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Now a defector of minor notoriety, is regaining contact with your mother even possible through the Iron Curtain?
conversations.prefix: Reunion:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The world, both its good side and bad, have left an impression. Putting it down on paper has been the best way of getting them out.
  
conversations.prefix: The Writer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Part of being the one unnoticed is you’re the one doing the noticing. Little quirks are more noticeable, beauty has more impact, and even secrets are easier to pick up.
  
conversations.prefix: Observation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You say little to nothing day to day, which allows others to take the lead or ignore you. It leaves you open for the cruelty.
conversations.prefix: Quiet:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It goes unspoken, maybe even not realized, but you just want someone out there to finally notice who you are. You’d liked to be cared for at least once.
conversations.prefix: To Be Noticed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You just can't do anything right, can you?
conversations.prefix: Black Sheep:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're physically strong, and nothing seems to affect you.
  
  ...
  
  At least, that's what it looks like.
conversations.prefix: Tough:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You express your feelings in grossly improper ways.
conversations.prefix: Antisocial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: ???
conversations.prefix: ???:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Straying away from the norm of society, you are a rebel!
conversations.prefix: Rebel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are able to observe and pick up things people might miss otherwise.
conversations.prefix: Observant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You got a dirty little mouth, and your manners are less than perfect.
conversations.prefix: Uncouth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world is huge, and there's a place for everyone. What is your place in the world? Can you find it?
conversations.prefix: Find Your Place: