conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Molten air rises over the lifeless main street of Laredo. Silence hangs under the looming white sun. Townsfolk peer cautiously through dusty windows and warping oak doors. Two figures stare at each other, trying to pierce the shadows cast by their hats, hands twitching imperceptibly at their sides.
  
  A vulture caws and in an instant both duelists draw, but one is faster: A single **bang** echoes through the desert. The man in the white hat tweaks his brim, "Sorry, Cassidy. I told you I was faster."
  
  The woman in the black hat stumbles to her knees, "You're quick with a gun," her head raises to reveal a grin, "but you're a little slow on the uptake." A breeze pulls her apart in whisps, a mirage revealed.
  
  Tom stiffens, a gun pressed to his back. Cassidy breathes him in, "Nice cologne, but it don't cover the stench of your crimes."
  
  **Bang**
  
  -------------------
  
  The Strangers is set in the Weird West, and is about the discovery of inexplicable powers in a lawless land. X-Men meets Unforgiven if you must. The world doesn't believe in the supernatural, and dismisses fantastical news from the frontier as the charming hyperbole of those crazy enough to call the wilderness home.
  
  The lead characters are teenagers who haven't yet discovered they have a power, so players should focus on what makes them human for now. Powers will rival guns only conditionally, and everyone lives with the burden of knowledge that they're just one unlucky shot away from the boneyard. 
  
  If there are more than 5 characters submitted, I'll choose the mix I think will interact best and reject the rest. No offense.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes your music has more effect than anyone could expect.
conversations.prefix: Pluck the Strings:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Who is he, and what does he want with abductees from Laredo? You won't rest until you know.
conversations.prefix: Uncover The Masked Man:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can see the future.
  It's never good.
  Who needs to sleep anyhow?
conversations.prefix: Nightmares:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: *Nothing* can obscure your sight. Sometimes, you wish you could close your eyes and make it go away. Quite often, actually.
conversations.prefix: True Sight:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can't stop bad things from happening all around you, but you're starting to think you've got a hand in who they happen to.
conversations.prefix: Bad Things Happen:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Juarez ain't no criminal, but he sure knows a few.
conversations.prefix: Daniel Juarez:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just South of the border, most can remember when Laredo belonged to Mexico.
conversations.prefix: Nuevo Laredo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find something that will lead you to the man with the mask, or at least his trail.
conversations.prefix: Get a Lead:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your home is the range, the stars are your roof, and cattle herding your calling.
  
  What is about Laredo that keeps you coming back, drive after drive?
conversations.prefix: Cowboy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No one's ever heard you cry or complain.
conversations.prefix: Tough as Nails:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've fallen in love with someone from across the river. Can it survive the grudge between Laredo and Nuevo Laredo?
  
  What's the real reason you snuck over in the first place?
conversations.prefix: Romeo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your tougher than most, having grown up beaten or abandoned. You've got a leg up on the naive rubes of the world, but people don't often give you a fair shake.
conversations.prefix: Outlaw's Kid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You made your way West on the backs of businessmen, cowboys and suckers. Taking their money is easy. Not getting shot is the tricky part. But life’s a gamble, right?
conversations.prefix: Gambler:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I never quite fit in anywhere. I’ve always been stuck between two worlds, accepted in neither. Somewhere there's a place for me. There has to be.
conversations.prefix: Belonging:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether I'm living up to a legacy, or testing the limits of my own success, I need to know if I'm capable of greatness.
conversations.prefix: Prove Myself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You could ride before you could walk. This land speaks to you, and sustains you.
  Your home is on the range.
conversations.prefix: Saddle Born:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You came to Laredo hoping to find a new home. Your last one was a nightmare. Maybe the city was too crowded for you, the tequila too cheap, or maybe you just didn't fit in anymore.
conversations.prefix: Refuge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a knack for heating things up. You can turn a campfire into bonfire, a candle into a lamp, or ignite dry wood under the sun. You can make people sweat, and escalating a disagreement is almost inevitable.
conversations.prefix: Suntouched:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A beast lives within you. Sometimes you control it, sometimes not so much. Most folk would call you a sort of werewolf if that weren't impossible.
conversations.prefix: Primal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can change your face, your skin, even your build. You aren't fooling anyone's wife—yet—but you can get away with plenty.
conversations.prefix: Skinwalker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Laredo's classy hotel.
conversations.prefix: The Painted Lady:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Black Horse serves the best drinks in Laredo. Or the most. One of those.
conversations.prefix: The Black Horse Saloon:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Many locals were saved here. Rumor has it not all of them survived.
conversations.prefix: San Augustin Cathedral:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Usually serene, the lake is 120 miles closer than Baffin Bay on the Gulf.
conversations.prefix: Lake Casa Blanca:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Coleman is cool-headed, but suffers no insolence. The law is the law, and he is the law.
conversations.prefix: Sheriff Martin Coleman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jane Hathaway killed ten men in a whore house up in Houston. Tales of bank- and train-robbing as well as more fanciful exploits have followed her since.
conversations.prefix: Mad Jane:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hank doesn't talk about where he's from, but he's a good man: Quick with a joke and a gun, eager to lend a hand, and horses love him.
conversations.prefix: Hank James:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These bastards use and abuse everyone they can, but they're clever enough the Sheriff's never been able to jail them for more than a couple days.
conversations.prefix: The Gross Brothers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: French, rich, and influential. No one likes Eland except his associates and beneficiaries.
conversations.prefix: Eland Puissant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sarah teaches the older kids at the Laredo Schoolhouse. She's still learning how to keep order, but she's passionate about teaching her kids. Lucille Shaw was her favorite pupil.
conversations.prefix: Miss Sarah Dunham:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Beautiful and deadly, the desert is not your friend.
conversations.prefix: The Desert:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Guillermo Alvarez is a hero on the other side of the border. He's got a lot of friends in Laredo and visits frequently.
conversations.prefix: El Guapo:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes, bullets are cheaper than groceries. And it's not like the law is likely to catch up. Yee-Haw.
conversations.prefix: Bandits:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Doc Cleamy's the new sawbones in Webb County. Some folk find his new science off-putting, but few are so stubborn as to refuse his care.
conversations.prefix: Doctor Cleamy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Driscols have been gaining notoriety and associates since they killed the Sheriff of Eagle Pass.
conversations.prefix: The Driscol Gang:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fletcher's done all manner of work as a private detective, but he's known for finding people that don't want to be found.
conversations.prefix: John Fletcher Fairchild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This growing Texan town sits on the Rio Bravo across from Nuevo Laredo. Tough folk weather all manner of conflict here.
conversations.prefix: Streets of Laredo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The town's still a buzz with rumors about how this Gun For Hire killed Tom McGuire in a duel, even though he was the Fastest Gun in the West.
conversations.prefix: Cassidy Blythe:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your family traveled far to stake their claim in the promise of a new America. Life in Laredo hasn't been easy, but it's your life, and that's more you could ever say back East.
  
  What is your role in Laredo?
conversations.prefix: Settler:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your grandparents remember when there were no white men. They've been nothing but trouble for your tribe. You have adopted their use of guns and horses in order to maintain your freedom.
  
  What has brought you out from your village to Laredo to work with the whites?
conversations.prefix: Lipan Apache:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your grandparents remember when there were no white men. Your tribe has a treaty with them, which has brought trade, but also sickness. You don't really trust them.
  
  What has brought you out from your village to Laredo to work with the whites?
conversations.prefix: Coahuiltecan:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your father is a Texas Ranger. You don't see him much, and he expects you to keep the peace while he's away.
  
  What local injustice drives you're temper?
conversations.prefix: Ranger's Kid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You fled Georgia when your old master decided you'd be better off dead than free.
  
  What's the one thing of value you brought with you?
conversations.prefix: Ex-Slave:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're an outlaw, wanted in Dallas and Oklahoma.
  
  Who can you trust in Laredo?
conversations.prefix: Wanted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're just a kid, but your family's dead. The nuns at the orphanage insist it was an accident, but deep down, you know it was your fault.
  
  How are you going to redeem yourself?
  
  Choose a supernatural power for your strength. An ugly one.
conversations.prefix: Freak:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your father came to Laredo not despite the sin, but because of it. He's the wisest fool you know.
  
  What's your secret?
conversations.prefix: Son of a Preacher Man:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your keen. Not only are you a fine shot, but not much slips by you.
conversations.prefix: Eagle Eyed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got charm and a way with words that's gotten you out of more than a few tight spots.
conversations.prefix: Silver Tongued:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You put people off. Few are interested enough to figure out "what is wrong with that kid?"
conversations.prefix: Weird:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your teenaged body belies your wisdom and maturity. You understand mysteries of life most adults never work out.
conversations.prefix: Old Spirit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No one's got reflexes like you. No one you've met, anyway.
conversations.prefix: Quick as Lightning:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An exceptional beauty from Nuevo Laredo.
conversations.prefix: Catalina Juarez:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Your family has never known hunger, and you can buy most anything you want, given enough time.
conversations.prefix: Privileged:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I'll be lucky to get out of this town alive.
conversations.prefix: Survival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's too damn lonely out here. I need to find that special someone and convince them to run away with me.
conversations.prefix: Love:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were taller than your teachers by middle school. Now you're one of the biggest in town. "Strong as an ox," as the neighbors say.
conversations.prefix: Strapping:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ain't nobody ever loved you, and who needs that sissy crap anyhow.
conversations.prefix: Cold Hearted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's something you care about more than your own life.
conversations.prefix: Obsessed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're used to getting your way, one way or another.
conversations.prefix: Spoiled:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're anxious and are known to jump the gun. What's got you so on edge?
conversations.prefix: Twitchy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're good at what you do, and you know it. Why hide it?
conversations.prefix: Big Britches:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Seems like weird things happen wherever you go. What do these spirits want with you?
conversations.prefix: Haunted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In a rough town like this, getting hit on all the time gets tiring real fast. It's also impossible to keep your clothes and hair clean with all the dust these clods kick up.
conversations.prefix: Purty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: My family's in danger, and I'll be damned if I won't do everything in my power to save them.
conversations.prefix: Save my Family:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I could be in line for a position of power around here. I just need to make the right friends and crush anyone who opposes me.
conversations.prefix: Power:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone hurt me real bad, and I will rain vengeance down upon them.
conversations.prefix: Vengeance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I've got another get-rich-quick scheme lined up. American dream, right?
conversations.prefix: Wealth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I'm something special, and I won't rest until people all around are talking about me.
conversations.prefix: Fame:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When someone hurts you, they suffer the same. You don't control it, but you can make it worse.
conversations.prefix: Eye for an Eye:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can create convincing illusions out under the hot sun. Indoors, distractions and tricks of the mind are the best you can manage.
conversations.prefix: Mirage:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a knack for setting people at ease and smoothing over minor disagreements. Something about you just makes people want to smile.
conversations.prefix: Peacemaker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can’t stop bad things from happening all around you, but you’re starting to wonder if you’ve got a hand in who they happen to.
conversations.prefix: Bad Things Happen:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Assuming it wasn't by choice, who would've taken her? Where and what for?
conversations.prefix: Sammie's Gone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A journalist for the Laredo Sun.
conversations.prefix: Byron Keats:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't want to alert these guys to your presence because you'll be sitting ducks out in the field. There are also an alarming number of traps in the area.
conversations.prefix: Approach Cautiously:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No one's lived here for 19 years. No one's bought it either. Only teens trying to prove their bravery visit.
conversations.prefix: The Old Lipkin Ranch:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find an in-world reason to link Jericho more closely to the rest of the group.
conversations.prefix: Involve Jericho:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Almost all you know is that these men must have Sammie and should be presumed very dangerous. Can you find out more, or save their captives without getting killed?
conversations.prefix: The Men in the Ranchouse:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Leader of Nuevo's Machete Gang, notorious outlaw, dog-lover.
conversations.prefix: Pedro Trejo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Christian, father, friend, Texas Ranger, and goddamn hero.
conversations.prefix: John Shaw:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small mining town northwest of Laredo.
conversations.prefix: Santo Tomás:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bass' tracking skills and knowledge of indian territory got him recruited shortly after he was freed.
  
  Physically imposing at 6’2, 180 lbs, many outlaws choose to give up rather than pick a fight of any kind with him.
conversations.prefix: Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reaves:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some call him Death, some say he can't be killed. He's not alive like you and me, and he's been stealing womens' essences for god knows how long.
conversations.prefix: The Man without the Mask:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Can you get away with your lives? Will you leave much behind?
conversations.prefix: Escape:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Heaven, hell or purgatory, or just a shared delusion, this is no desert you've ever been to.
conversations.prefix: The Other Desert:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've had too much peyote, or opium. Or someone's messing with you. Or maybe you're just dead. Regardless, you're somewhere strange and you're not walking out.
conversations.prefix: This Isn't Real:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your father is a Texas Ranger. You don't see him much, and he expects you to keep the peace while he's away.
  
  What local injustice drives your temper?
conversations.prefix: Ranger's Kid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Those with the power need to look out for those without it. It doesn't matter what happens to me.
conversations.prefix: Protect Others:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your father came to Laredo to rescue you from your sin and convince you to return home. He believes that your mother is dead and there is only one God. 
  
  You aren't so sure about either.
conversations.prefix: Son of a Preacher Man:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a knack for setting people at ease and smoothing over minor disagreements. Something about you just makes people want to smile.
conversations.prefix: Peacemaker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You give your elders, your betters, and the law the consideration and deference they've earned. It costs nothing to be polite.
conversations.prefix: Respect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your tribe has a treaty with the white men and you have heard word of the bad ones (and the good).
conversations.prefix: Treaty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When Leland's gut tells him to go somewhere or do something, he listens. Not that he has a choice in the matter, it's just always seems to work out better if he doesn't resist.
conversations.prefix: That damn dragging feeling.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't like to take the blame, especially when it's not your fault--and it never is.
conversations.prefix: Defensive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can't help everyone. And some won't take the hand you offer. Find a way to cope with that.
conversations.prefix: Learn Your Limits:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: My family's in danger, and I'll be damned if I won't do everything in my power to save them.
conversations.prefix: Save my Family:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When it comes to being sneaky, you know that size doesn't matter. At least, not for you. Maybe you are gifted at stepping softly, despite your enormous bulk. More likely, you look like a simpleton and people just think you are not worth their notice as long as you keep your head down and your mouth shut.
conversations.prefix: Uncannily Sneaky:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't give up easy. If it takes all day, you'll get what you're going for.
conversations.prefix: Determination:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: They call you "forthright" when they're being kind. Mostly they go with "tactless" and "impatient" though.
conversations.prefix: Subtle as a Sledgehammer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sure, it's great being charming and handsome. But is that really enough? You want to show that there's more to you than meets the eye, and earn some genuine respect.
conversations.prefix: Earn Some Respect:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are pretty sure you can accomplish whatever you set out to do.
conversations.prefix: Confidence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been through some serious situations with these people and are not going to let anything bad happen to them.
conversations.prefix: Protect Your Friends:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Once you have been touched by the strange things in this world, it gets harder to not believe in them. And the more you believe, the easier it is to get snared by their power.
conversations.prefix: Whispered Words:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's not much to look at, but it is filled with the knowledge and spirit of your ancestors. 
conversations.prefix: Wooden Bow:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You aren't always yourself and you have never understood why. Sometimes it feels like someone else is in control, as if someone else is wearing your skin and talking through your lips.
conversations.prefix: Empty Vessel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've fallen and you can't get up.
conversations.prefix: Injured:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You do not know when to quit, even when it starts hurting you.
conversations.prefix: Stubborn: