conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The carnival arrives with little fanfare. It's mysterious and magical. You see things that maybe you wish weren't real.  For a night, you're taken out of your world. 
  
  Spend your money on the games and try to win a prize for your sweetheart. Enjoy the carousel and the cotton candy. Marvel at the magicians and contortionists.
  
  There are rumors of late-night parties where any desire can be satisfied and any curiosity fulfilled.
  
  Are you brave enough to join the cast?
  
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  **OOC notes**
  
  The only NPC who can't be played by a player is the Ringmaster. Anyone else is fair game.
  
  If you take the Fey-blooded Strength, you also need to take the Fey-blooded Weakness, unless you clear it with the Narrator first.
  
  Given that the name of the carnival is Carnivale Macabre, there's a certain amount of darkness involved. Feel free to go with themes that are horror or spooky in nature. One of the NPCs is a ghoul and finding him human flesh every so often is part of the carnival's nature. Some of the other NPCs have similarly odd dining habits, but they do their job and do it well, so it's okay.
  
  I'd like to keep this reasonably safe for work, so I'd prefer it if you reference the grotesque or horrific without going into explicit detail. Something like, "He lifted his head, showing the viscera still clinging to his lips" would be fine. 
  
  One thing: I will NEVER use rape as a plot device on a PC. If you want to play it that way, that's fine, but please put a notice at the top of your post to warn us. I will be more likely to drop rocks on your head, have a parasitic extra-dimensional being sharing space in your skull, or have a long-lost relative or bounty hunter appear at your show than to say "And you're raped. Have fun with that." Just...no.
  
  Let me know if something here isn't clear and I'll expound.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: How does the show go for you tonight?
conversations.prefix: The Show!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Who goes to a carnival and doesn't interact with anyone?
conversations.prefix: Suspicious Patron:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can change your form at will
conversations.prefix: Shifter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can read minds, speak with the dead, or some other ability.
conversations.prefix: Psychic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: That was...odd. Rumors abound about the conflict on the main thoroughfare.
conversations.prefix: Fallout:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lithe, nimble, and strong, you're an expert at entertaining through gymnastic feats
conversations.prefix: Acrobat:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You perform with a mix of magic and sleight of hand to astonish and amaze the audience.
conversations.prefix: Conjurer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether you choose a crystal ball, Tarot cards, or just plain palm reading, you have a knack for telling people their futures.
conversations.prefix: Fortune Teller:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a tamer, trainer, showman, or some combination thereof. Your act involves animals and the public.
conversations.prefix: Beast Master:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You sell food, tickets, or souvenirs. Perhaps you run one of the midway rides or games.
conversations.prefix: Vendor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Call it wizardry, sorcery, or magic. However it's named, you can do it
conversations.prefix: Magical gift:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You aren't human. At least one of your parents or grandparents was fey. 
conversations.prefix: Fey-blooded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even though you have the strengths, you also have the weaknesses. You can't stand iron and you can't lie, for starters.
conversations.prefix: Fey-blooded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're human, but you've trained your body well. You are stronger and faster than average humans
conversations.prefix: Swift and strong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're hiding from someone or something and can't be caught.
conversations.prefix: In hiding:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone's put a magical whammy on you. Things tend to go wrong at the worst possible time
conversations.prefix: Cursed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Either emotionally or physically, you can't stand up to much punishment
conversations.prefix: Fragile:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're not human, so why bother pretending? At least here, the "normal people" will assume it's makeup, smoke, and mirrors
conversations.prefix: Be a monster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're not the monster they say you are. You want to embrace your humanity while you have it
conversations.prefix: Be humane:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to go down in history for being the first to make something that's new and astonishing.
conversations.prefix: Create something amazing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to get away from your past and create a new life, a new identity, a new way of being who you are.
conversations.prefix: Escape your past:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someday **you** will be Ringmaster. Someday.
conversations.prefix: Run the show:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You require something to make it through the day. This could be a drug, alcohol, or something less easy to come by.
conversations.prefix: Addiction:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This scene takes place in multiple parts of the carnival.
conversations.prefix: Around the carnival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This highway really isn't. It's a bubble in time and space designed to get you from one place to another without encountering anything mundane or magical to slow the trip.
conversations.prefix: The Side Roads:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Marisa is the new contortionist. Find out her story and allegiances.
conversations.prefix: Impress the New Girl:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Something's gone wrong for you. Is it your tent? Maybe one of your companions? Is an old injury acting up? Did you just totally put your foot in your mouth while trying to talk to a friend? What went wrong?
conversations.prefix: Bad Luck:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether by touching something or someone, entering a place, or looking at a picture, you can know things about them.
conversations.prefix: Mentalist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can read minds, speak with the dead, or some other ability.
conversations.prefix: Psychic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You require something to make it through the day. This could be a drug, alcohol, or something less easy to come by.
conversations.prefix: Addiction:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You just want to be somebody else. Being you is too painful.
conversations.prefix: Escape from Yourself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You thrill the crowd with daring feats of accuracy as you throw knives at your assistant and never injure her at all.
conversations.prefix: Knife Thrower:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a number of talents and abilities, but not a single one of them is reliable enough to be part of an act. Which is why you work in the information booth.
conversations.prefix: Patchwork Girl:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're human. Well, humanish. Mostly. 
  
  Your creator only chose the best parts for you, as such, you have some unfair advantages in the strength and athletics department.
conversations.prefix: Swift and strong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were built to please.
  
  Any indication that you haven't, and your delicate sense of self(selves?) starts to fall apart.
conversations.prefix: Fragile Ego:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You owe it to yourself. 
  
  And you owe it to them. 
conversations.prefix: Find Yourself:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You perform with a mix of magic and sleight of hand to astonish and amaze the audience.
conversations.prefix: Conjurer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Call it wizardry, sorcery, or magic. However it's named, you can do it
conversations.prefix: Magical gift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hang on... What happened last night? You remember going to the bathroom, and then... Nothing. You blacked out. Again. This is happening too often. It has to stop.
conversations.prefix: Fractured Memory:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to go down in history for being the first to make something that's new and astonishing.
conversations.prefix: Create something amazing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a tamer, trainer, showman, or some combination thereof. Your act involves animals and the public.
conversations.prefix: Beast Master:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Call it wizardry, sorcery, or magic. However it's named, you can do it
conversations.prefix: Magical gift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're hiding from someone or something and can't be caught.
conversations.prefix: In hiding:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to get away from your past and create a new life, a new identity, a new way of being who you are.
conversations.prefix: Escape your past:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a tamer, trainer, showman, or some combination thereof. Your act involves animals and the public.
conversations.prefix: Beast Master:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Call it wizardry, sorcery, or magic. However it's named, you can do it
conversations.prefix: Magical gift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a wildness about you.  Sometimes it can make people a *little*  uncomfortable...and sometimes you're just *downright inappropriate.*
conversations.prefix: Unseemly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They're not the monsters everyone says they are, and you're out to prove it.
conversations.prefix: Be humane:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: If someone hurts your friends or creations they don't leave without being hurt.
conversations.prefix: Over Protective:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There are invisible men in every wandering circus or carnivale. They are the handyman. No one notices them, but they see all. You are a friend of Tim the Handyman. It can be useful.
conversations.prefix: Friend of Tim's:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She haunts your memory. It's your fault she's dead. You'll never forgive yourself.
conversations.prefix: Vanessa: