conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The end of the world isn't always, y'know, the *end of the world*.
  
  Turns out 2012 was a significant year after all.  Turns out the Moon was actually the prison an Outer God named Ynasygad-Exyxg.  Turns out it could be Awoken.  Turns out people can carry on caring about Starbucks and TV and asking each other out when there's *things* with tentacles pushing through the corners of the world and the moon is a leering, many-mouthed face that will insult your mother if you look at it too long.
  
  Turns out life goes on.  And it has.  You're a pack of twentysomethings grappling with all the changes in your world - and not just the fact that people have been manifesting all kinds of freaky abilities since It Woke Up.  Life goes on.  You do your best.  You stick by your friends.
  
  But now something is changing.  The monsters are still just as freaky and you can still jump twenty feet in the air and store a bastard sword in your back pocket (don't think about it too much).  But your favourite bar just disappeared like a gluten-free cake-pop at your mum's yoga class.  Neither it nor its inscrutable owner Mr. Aitch are anywhere to be found.  In fact, you're the only ones who remember they existed at all.
  
  Something.  Is.  Up.
  
  ......................................................
  
  Scott Pilgrim meets A. Lee. Martinez.  Disaffected hipsters punching out extradimensional gribblies (and maybe kaiju if I feel like it (I will)).
  
  Feel free to write your own cards, as always.
  
  Let's do this.
  
  Or not.
  
  Whatever.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just for a moment, the others fade down and it's all you.  You are a conduit for the music, and fire flies from your fingertips, sparks from your eyes.
conversations.prefix: Wicked Solo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The POWER OF ROCK fills you up and you blow the crowd down with your awesome skillzzzz.
conversations.prefix: POWERUP: Awesome Solo:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You had the great misfortune to swig back Canada's worst export since Bieber.  Better find something to wash that out before it, like, corrodes your tongue, or something.
conversations.prefix: Get That Taste Out of Your Mouth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a powerful urge to visit el baño, and not the usual one.
  
  Better do it quick, though.  The show's starting soon.
conversations.prefix: Visit the Bathroom:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're all full of power, and it's gonna... break, uh, the limits.  Of stuff.
  
  Just go blow something up.
conversations.prefix: Limit Break:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've decided that the world is in fact doomed, and that you should take from it what you want before it all comes crashing down.  Self-fulfilling prophecy, or passing phase?
conversations.prefix: Live Fast, Die Young:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The cool part of town.  Not, like, everybody knows about it cool, but that's what makes it cool.  Little bars, little coffee shops, little bodegas.  An island of community in a sea of uncaring city.
conversations.prefix: Colquohoun Drive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everybody's got dreams, right?  Maybe it's success at your art, mabye it's being fabulously tanned on your own island surrounded by enormous piles of money.  But you gotta *work* for it.
conversations.prefix: I Have a Dream:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: On a good day, you take no guff.  On a bad day, you're a godsdamned *problem*.  You confront every problem head-on, and sometimes you make new problems so you have something to confront.
conversations.prefix: Attitude:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: These big nasties are roughly the size of VW bug and they want to eat your tasty facemeats.  They're not smart, not really, but they pack a bunch.  Put 'em down fast.
conversations.prefix: Octo-Goats:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He's creepy, powerful and almost definitely not human.
conversations.prefix: Mr. Enn:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just your average "alternative" coffee shop off the Drive.  Threadbare chairs, weird art, shaggy beards.
conversations.prefix: Cafe Un-Trendy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What do you do now?  Find Aitch?  Figure out what the Chrysanthemum is?  Just who - or what - is Mr. Enn and what's his deal anyways?  Where to now?
conversations.prefix: Decisionssss:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's really better not to listen too closely if you have any appreciation for the art of spoken word.
conversations.prefix: "Poetry":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's Mr. Enn, but in a suit.  He could almost blend into a crowd, if he laid off the eyeliner a bit.  The fact that his gaze is lurchingly hypnotic doesn't help, either.
conversations.prefix: Mr. Enn, Man of Wealth and Taste:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: D D D D D D D
conversations.prefix: Bassist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's all about *you*, y'know?  You're the frontperson, after all.  You're the one everybody wants, and who are you to deny the people what they want?  Besides, you're totally the deepest.
conversations.prefix: Lead Singer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Let's face it, you're the glue that holds things together.  You're the one with the real talent.  You're the one who keeps everybody going, who does all the real work.  It would be nice if they'd recognize that, wouldn't it?
conversations.prefix: Lead Guitar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Did you know vegans are just better than other people?
conversations.prefix: Vegan Paladin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a wall between you and the others.  Maybe you built it, maybe it was put there.  People overlook you, think you're just background.  But they're wrong.
conversations.prefix: Drummer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Man, you're awesome.  Like, really awesome.  It's almost too much to bear.  Why do other people even exist?  You're damned hot, and talented, and probably a gigantic ass.
conversations.prefix: Hot Shot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're just kind of... there, y'know?  You have hidden depths, to be sure, but they're rarely plumbed.  It would take something fairly major to crack your sanguine exterior, but that doesn't mean you don't care.
conversations.prefix: The Quiet One:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe you're younger, or more naive, or just less filled with the crushing ennui of the newly adult.  You probably aren't the most socially adept, but you  are fiercely devoted to your friends and have a temper to match.
conversations.prefix: Small but Fierce:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A different city, a different country, a different dimension, a different state of mind.  You're from *not here* and you've got secrets.  You'll stand by your friends, but the past doesn't go away...
conversations.prefix: The Outsider:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a jerk.  Seriously.  Why you gotta be like that?
conversations.prefix: Kind of a douche:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got abilities that are.. beyond the norm, even for this messed up world.  You can make things happen that shouldn't be able to happen.
conversations.prefix: Mystic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're in les- love with somone who doesn't know it.  They must be yours.  They *must*.  But ohgoddon'ttellthem.
conversations.prefix: Hopeless Crush:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everything, every detail, every outfit, *everything* has to be *just perfect* or you're going to start having *issues*.  
conversations.prefix: Diva:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some people just seem to be in tune with the universe.  That's you.  Your friends marvel at how you're always just one step.  You'll never say how you do it, but they know you know what to know.
conversations.prefix: Inscrutable Master:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're in charge, and the sooner everyone else starts respecting that, the better off they'll be.
conversations.prefix: The Boss:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know what you want to happen, and you make.  It.  Happen.  Usually you can just glare people into submission, but the freaky stuff bleeding into this world has habit of making your will into a physical force...
conversations.prefix: Imposing Will:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's amazing what a level head will do for you in a crisis situation.  You don't get flustered, you don't freak you, you just... carry on.
conversations.prefix: Calm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You take a beating, you really do, but you take and then you give it back.  Hard.  No matter how battered and bruised and thrown around you get, you always get back up.
conversations.prefix: Won't Lie Down:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're fast.  Like, spooky fast.  This can edge into manic at times, but it also means you dodge a leaping monster like nobody's business.
conversations.prefix: Dextrous Like a Ferret:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a big damn hero, you are, and you've got the steel in your spine to prove it.  Some might say it's more a stick up your ass, but you know who the real protagonist here is.
conversations.prefix: Square Shoulders, Square Jaw:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "Hey, watch this!" is your motto and your creed.  You're nutbar enough to give any stunt a try, and that derring-do comes in handy in all kinds of situations.
conversations.prefix: #YOLO:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just... sigh.  Meh.
conversations.prefix: Disaffected.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been known to hide from your own phone, and forget crowded places or new people.
conversations.prefix: Anxious:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You do some real dumb stuff for the hell of it.
  
  Also, you say "hashtag YOLO".  Stop that.
conversations.prefix: #YOLO:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have trouble containing the boiling cauldron of INCREDIBLE FIRE within you.  People get *burned*, man.
conversations.prefix: Temper, Temper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You would blow away in a stiff breeze, never mind fisticuffs.  The world doesn't always give you a choice, though.
conversations.prefix: Flimsy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a perfect... thing out there, you know it is.  It's something you dream of, and you will find it.  You *will*.
conversations.prefix: Seeking Perfection:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were into that first.  That's totally mainstream now, ugh.  Are you still listening to them?  Sell out.
conversations.prefix: Hipsterrrrrr:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are... not resilient.  Threats to your emotional well-being send you into retreat, and you have trouble handling things on your own.
conversations.prefix: Emotional Cripple:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't even know how to spell, "Conceal, don't feel."  Everything is external, and there's no filter.
conversations.prefix: Glass Case of Emotion:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can't not tell everyone everything about everyone.  You've been caught texting in your sleep.  Seriously.
conversations.prefix: Inveterate Gossip:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The premiere indie scene bar on The Drive.  Everyone knows it, everyone goes.  Problem is, it didn't exist before yesterday.
conversations.prefix: The Rear Admiral:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Check One Two, Check One Two
  
  You ready for this?  You sure?
conversations.prefix: Get Prepped:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether your in the crowd on in front of it, do your bit to keep the good times rolling.
conversations.prefix: Work the Crowd:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Open with a bang!  You don't know where this music is coming from, but it ride it out into the black sunset.
conversations.prefix: Opening Number:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Holiest of Holies.  The Inner Sanctum.  The place with free beer.  Backstage.
conversations.prefix: The Green Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: She keeps her bass between her and the world... but is she keeping the world out, or herself in?  She's surly, caustic and endlessly stylish.
conversations.prefix: Desdemona the Bassist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grizzled, older, and not at all what he seems.  Talking to him is like watching a movie where the audio is just a bit out of sync - your mind says something is wrong, even if your can't tell what.
conversations.prefix: Mr. Aitch:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: He's a cocky young man, and more than a bit of a dick.  Still, if you can get past the shallow exterior, you'll find he has hidden shallows.
conversations.prefix: Grant Mazzy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: These creepy things, with limbs too long and mouths way too full of teeth, serve whatever power is restraining Mr. Aitch.
conversations.prefix: Faceless Watchers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Black, two dimensional tendils have taken over the meat-dimension's version of the audience, and they want the Aitch.
conversations.prefix: The Audience is Listening:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You own a record player and a type writer. You live on gallons of fair-trade indie-blend coffee and word at an independent bookstore/"community space". Your favorite author is Murakami, or Pynchon, or maybe this one guy-- never mind, you probably haven't heard of him.
conversations.prefix: Literary Hipster:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All those college loans and electives in "the Epistemology of Contemporary Fiction" add up to something, right? You've got an extensive education, a sharp mind, and good old-fashioned brains.
conversations.prefix: Intelligence:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your dickishness isn't always intended, but intention doesn't matter when you have a way of coming across like a hyper-intellectual douche or a complete a social ignoramus no matter what you're saying.
conversations.prefix: Pretentious AND Awkward? :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can only hide a slow, agonizing transformation into some creepy-ass man-bird hybrid for so long. 
conversations.prefix: Necessity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hang on, maybe it's the Kool-Aid... but is Siri getting a little personal recently? I guess you're a modern day Gadget Whisperer.
conversations.prefix: Technobabble:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're struggling to fit in, to make friends, to move on in life - but that doesn't mean there isn't pressure coming from all directions. Give in, buddy! It might just be time to leave the nest.
conversations.prefix: It's Time to Grow Up:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's something special about your guitar, and it has nothing to do with music. In your hands it's a weapon of mass destruction.
conversations.prefix: ...And My Axe!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether it's your guitar, your friends, or your bar, you have one cardinal rule: Don't mess with my stuff!
conversations.prefix: Protect What's Yours:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It means you are bad at parties.
conversations.prefix: Pessimist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's amazing what a level head will do for you in a crisis situation.  You don't get flustered, you don't freak you, you just... carry on.
conversations.prefix: Calm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just... sigh. Meh.    
conversations.prefix: Disaffected :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's a perfect... thing out there, you know it is.  It's something you dream of, and you will find it.  You *will*.
conversations.prefix: Seeking Perfection:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She's spoken to you. She's looking at you. She's waiting for something and... maybe now's the time to make the move. You're the protagonist now, hotstuff.
conversations.prefix: Impress the Girl:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something is damaging Mildred's calm...results vary...beware...
conversations.prefix: Damaging Her Calm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An Ancient mad power has been awakened in you. You can totally bend reality with your voice. Sometimes you bleed from your eyes and collapse with mindsplitting headaches though. . Oh and you never seem to burn toast anymore.
conversations.prefix: Ancient Mad power:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes, when you're in the zone, the rest of the world just fades away.
conversations.prefix: Zoned Out:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's an ugly side to Mildred's nature, not when her eyes bleed and she conjures up insane amounts of power, that one's cool, this one's pretty bad.  She's a *superfan*.  
conversations.prefix: Oh My Gosh: