conversations.from: system
conversations.value: **Somewhere in France, 1796 AD**
  
  [A young creature struggles and coughs, scrabbling to the surface, out of their own grave.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-GsLh6dazI)
  
  Her long fire-kissed hair weighs her down as she claws through the six feet of solid earth that might as well be twenty miles of bedrock to her feeble, starving limbs. But that same hunger spurs her every movement. For while the scurrying, crawling, slithering creatures of the earth keep her from meeting another death... the lack of a true meal keeps her from wondering why she hasn't suffocated yet... or how long it has even been since she awoke in that coffin. It had taken all her strength to break out of it and yet she found more... more to dig... to climb.
  
  Ever to climb... always up, she hoped. At least... it seemed to get colder the further she went, which meant water... yes it had to. It had to. 
  
  It just had to.
  
  Emerging from the earth some time later to the night sky... a strange man approaches...
  
  "Bienvenue enfant, dans ta nouvelle vie née de la mort," he says, as he kneels close to her.
  
  ------
  
  **Washington D.C., Present Day**
  
  An orange man wearing a cheap toupee and an expensive suit bleats on and on over the television for several long seconds before the device is switched off by an unseen hand.
  
  "Ah... young ones.... Duskborn childer... I suppose you are all wondering," a friendly tone pouring out of cold dead lips and throat as effortlessly as wine from an open cask, "Why you are in my home now... and still alive despite certain... transgressions... that is because there is a service I believe all of you are uniquely suited to fulfilling for me, for all Kindred. Get results and you shall be well rewarded. Fail me. Betray me. And there will be consequences far worse than what you were expecting tonight."
  
  "So, shall we begin?"
  
  -----
  
  **Welcome, Duskborn** to your new existence as the runts, the mistakes trying to scrape by night by night There are more details below, but you should know first and foremost that this is a game based on **Vampire: The Masquerade**, and specifically on the 5th edition. Loosely, broadly speaking anyway. It is impossible to faithfully adapt all of the mechanics to storium, and I will be making changes to established continuity where I believe it best serves the narrative at hand.
  
  And that narrative?
  
  You are not fully blooded (har har) vampires. You are what are known as Thin Bloods. You are barely considered vampires, almost none of the nifty powers, far fewer advantages beyond the base benefits for joining the hemovore club. **See Info for Applicants section and the google reference doc for details.**
  
  but the basic premise is that because you are more human-like vampires, you are better suited to infiltrate a human intelligence agency that has been causing problems for Kindred world-wide... and get in a position to do something about it.
  
  
  A good way to think of this story is the very bloodiest and terrifying kind of political spy thriller. Where any mistake, even a momentary one, can have dire consequences for you and everyone in your new community. Think somewhere between *Manchurian Candidate* and Naoki Urasawa's *Monster* with a healthy dose of *Interview with the Vampire*, *The People's History of the Vampire Uprising*, *True Blood* (at its most political and vampiric), and other tales of horror mixed in.
  
  Our story, as you may have gathered, takes place in Washington DC, and as such, most of you are probably DC natives, or at the furthest, are from a nearby town or city. All characters should physically seem to be between the *ages of 20 and 55.*
  
  If you have any other questions please feel free to ask them in open lobby or send them in a private message. Thank you.
  
  ONE LAST NOTE, this story is designed to be friendly to newbies and no prior knowledge of any version of Vampire the Masquerade is needed to join in.
  
  In fact, considering you're the outcast "mistakes", ignorance of vampires and the setting here works well to get you in character... just understand that all characters in the know have various reasons to keep you in the dark as much as they can...
  
  Or at the very least, have varying degrees of patience. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In life you were a hard worker. You knew how to get things done on a practical level, and you knew what goals were actually attainable for you. Your time working multiple jobs has hardened you though.
conversations.prefix: Blue-Collar Worker:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've spent most of your life in a cubicle, navigating office politics while trying to get your middling job done with so you can maintain your relatively comfortable home life. That's all gone now of course, but you still remember those days fondly, especially compared to what you do now.
conversations.prefix: White Collar Worker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Theft, breaking and entering, maybe even some murders... you know how to be stealthy, how to get in where you don't belong, get what you came for and get out. You thought no one would ever catch you...
  
  until you unknowingly did something to get a Kindred's attention.
conversations.prefix: Career Criminal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As far as you're concerned, you were destined to win a Tony or five before your Embrace. You're still an adept liar or "performer" if you prefer, but no way you can stay on the stage now... not unless you feel like taking potshots from every Kindred in attendance.
conversations.prefix: Star of the Stage:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you were part of a Hacktivist Collective or on your own, you have mad computer skills and a drive to use them to further causes you believe in, and topple oppression where-ever you see it. You're probably not the most social or trusting sort though.
conversations.prefix: Hacktivist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make sure it is a personality trait, outlook, or other key aspect of who your character is, rather than any one skill or ability.
  
  Your strength is WHY they are awesome, not HOW.
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your weakness should be a personal failing or flaw that they have trouble dealing with... at a stretch it could be a bad reputation, or a severe injury, but again... preferably this is an actual fault in your character... the thing that holds them back or the reason they suck... at least sometimes. But not in THAT way. Or THAT way.
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are also free to make your own nature, but please try to keep it to similarly broad life/career paths to fit the theme of the other natures.
conversations.prefix: z Create Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether you were Teacher of the Year, a Harvard law professor, or a scientist working at MIT, you are an expert in your field... and not much else outside of that. You are personable enough, but you weren't exactly being invited to the cool, wild crowd parties. 
conversations.prefix: Academic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You owe someone a lot of money and/or favors. They will collect, regardless of whatever else you might be doing.
  
  They'll get their pound of flesh, one way or another.
conversations.prefix: Debts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: More than anything, you want to become a fully fledged Kindred, with all the power that entails... you may or may not be too concerned with *how* you gain that status... or to what clan.
  
  Beggars can't be choosers after all.
conversations.prefix: Become a Full Vampire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This might be the most out there pipe-dream fairy tale you've ever heard, but you're willing to do whatever it takes that might get you there... chase whatever rumors... whatever strange rituals or beliefs you must adopt... and whatever else you might need to be human again.
conversations.prefix: Become Human Again:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: However you define wealth, you'll do anything to get a lot of it and hold onto it forever if possible.
conversations.prefix: Riches:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether you are protecting your mortal family and friends, or your TouchStone, or whatever else you need to preserve at all costs... you'll do it.
conversations.prefix: Protect Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may not be quite sure which faction is for you yet, but you know that if you're going to survive, you're going to need to join up with one of them. Strength in numbers and all that. Or maybe you have higher ambitions than that.
  
  Either way... you want an in with *someone*. 
conversations.prefix: Join a Sect:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: While you are free to use any of the above subplots, they are meant as general themes that would fit this story, and you are encouraged to make your own that feels similar, or make a more specific version of the above. Thank you.
conversations.prefix: z Make Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's a terrible secret you need to keep buried... one that could destroy everything you hold dear and/or end your bloodsucking career.
conversations.prefix: Blackmail:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can cloak yourself in shadows and remain unseen as long as you stay perfectly still. Any movement, interaction, or spoken word will reveal you. But as long as you stay put you are safe from most forms of detection.
  
  DO NOT PLAY THIS CARD.
conversations.prefix: O1 Cloak of Shadows:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can make short work of any mortal; breaking bone and tearing flesh with your bare hands.
  
  Immortals and other... stranger things will still pose more of a challenge.
  
  DO NOT PLAY THIS CARD ON CHALLENGES.
conversations.prefix: P1 Lethal Body:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pepper spray merely annoys you, tasers provide a fun jolt, standard personal handguns will take several shots to bring you down when you rouse the Vitae to bolster your defenses. Deagles, shotguns, and any heat source lit cigar and stronger will still give you trouble however.
  
  The strength of true Immortals and other stranger things still pose a grave threat to you.
  
  DO NOT PLAY THIS CARD. THIS IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY.
conversations.prefix: F1 Resiliance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: With a touch to your target's temple or eye contact, you can compel others to forget the last few minutes; enough to mask a short meeting or a feeding.
  
  DO NOT PLAY THIS CARD. IT IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY. 
conversations.prefix: D1 Cloud Memory:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can move freely, interact, and everything short of scream at the top of your lungs or fire a gun before anyone will hear anything.
  
  Caution: while this power gives you more freedom to move without breaking it... note that it ONLY affects *hearing*, not sight. 
  
  DO NOT PLAY THIS CARD. IT IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY.
conversations.prefix: O1 Silence of Death:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: However you get the blood... you need it and you need it NOW.
  
  This challenge has individualized outcomes, meaning everyone plays 1 card, Strength or Weakness, and writes according to the matching outcome... but said outcome applies ONLY to your own character.
conversations.prefix: FEED (individual outcomes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to figure out who and what you are dealing with here... you try to catch a glimpse of the creature....
conversations.prefix: Get a glimpse:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't know who this lady is but you know she is utterly terrifying just from her voice, and that your abductors answer to her in some way.
  
  How will you convince her to spare you?
conversations.prefix: Convince Her:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The stranger's voice and very presence is alluring, soothing, and empowering all at once... it is so hard to notice there is anything even wrong at all...
  
  so much harder to resist...
conversations.prefix: His Voice:
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: Fighting fires, search and rescue, paramedic, first responder; depending on what is required and where the work takes him.
conversations.prefix: Firefighter/EMS:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Part Boy Scout, part soldier with a little chameleon thrown in; able to manage any situation with a combination of flexibility, confidence and preparedness.
conversations.prefix: Adaptable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Indifference to the point of coldness; no trace of empathy or compassion, there is no allowance for anything but business.
conversations.prefix: Impersonal:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone in power found out that his deepest fear is being left to drown. This is all the more profound with being threatened to be chained to the floor under a body of water; an alleged punishment for those Immortals who are deemed criminal or just unworthy.
conversations.prefix: Primal Fear:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were employed by a less-than-legal escort agency. You're a great liar, armed with sugar-sweet words of flattery and an even sweeter smile that makes all of your clients melt.
conversations.prefix: Escort:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your looks are a delight to behold, your words flow like the sweetest honey, and you know how to dress yourself. You're basically a perfect-looking individual to many people.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You seem kind, but your selfless personality is super fake. You're actually a terrible person, and others can see it if they look close enough. You're manipulative, cruel, sadistic, and not at all nice like you act.
conversations.prefix: Superficial Personality:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  He gathers information, scrutinizes his surroundings and keeps an open mind. A scientist's advantage, an agent's bane.
conversations.prefix: The Rational Self:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  To his displeasure, he cannot always force himself to make choices that are most... rational. Preferences, affections, illogical fancies influence his decisions - and he has to take them into consideration, lest they be his doom.
conversations.prefix: The Irrational Self:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  Being undead is already enough of a problem. He does not want to add being dead to the list.
conversations.prefix: Looking out for number one:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You keep yourself fit and ready for the game.  Maybe you could make it in minor league ball, or maybe you're just a talented athlete.  The point is, you're an athlete.
conversations.prefix: Semi-pro Athlete:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You keep yourself in shape, always game for a pick-up game of basketball or the company baseball game or the weekend of ultimate frisbee.
conversations.prefix: Fitness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When things don't go your way, you get frustrated easily, and you have been known to take that out on others.
conversations.prefix: Easily Frustrated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: With multiple degrees and decades dealing with government bureaucracy, you know all sorts of things and ways around things.
conversations.prefix: Educated:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You thought you had it all sussed out. But Everything you know - everything you thought you knew - turns out it’s wrong…
conversations.prefix: Everything You Know is Wrong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maybe if you just lay low, blend in, you’ll be able to keep it together.
conversations.prefix: Keep Your Head Down:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Being able to mask your emotions or become a new person entirely is something people may find hard to do. You find it second nature to con people out of things. You can get anything and everything you want-with exceptions of course. 
conversations.prefix: Professional Con:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Being a hacker doesn't allow one a lot of time to go and socialize. Where ever you go, the computer goes. Despite being a master of coding, you fall short with people. Your lack of communication will lead to your downfall. whenever that may be. 
conversations.prefix: Anti Social:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Playing the role for too long leads you to start believing you truly are that person. Those who are close to you seem distant. You completely take up a new life, without realizing it.
conversations.prefix: Pretends too well:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The human in you is still prominently there, and your heart is still tender for those in need.
conversations.prefix: Sympathetic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When what you desire is so close to your grasp, it becomes your sole focus, and nothing else seems to matter.
conversations.prefix: Desperate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When she sets her mind to it she can achieve anything. She won’t let anyone stand in her way. 
conversations.prefix: Determined :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: She is short tempered and irritable. She has little patience for others and their feelings. 
conversations.prefix: Intolerant :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  You have been living a life of false truths and blurred lines your entire life. "Faking" is basically your middle name. With your acting skills you can easily deceive those around you.
conversations.prefix: Masquerade :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value:  You've never been in control of your mind, at best you can influence what your mind decides, at worst you are but a mere passenger on the cerebral highway. You never know when you'll fly off the handle, or when you'll lose all control.
conversations.prefix: Unstable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: when your a snake among snakes you learn to honey up what your saying to what they want to hear
conversations.prefix: devilish charm:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: I have a bad habit of overplaying myself, reaching to far and a bit greedy 
conversations.prefix: over ambitious  :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: sometimes favors are better asked in a back alley or parking garage 
conversations.prefix: Mid-night Lobbyist:
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: Trying to carry the burdens of the loved ones and to solve their problems
conversations.prefix: Atlas:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Able to adapt or evolve in surrounding environments to survive
conversations.prefix: Darwinism :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value:  When it comes to morality, he's learned that mindless obedience is generally a better choice than deep deliberation.
conversations.prefix: The Prudent Self:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re latest victim was very inebriated and you drank them dry. You’re tipsy and not making good decisions. 
conversations.prefix: Drunk:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: More likely to rely on skills and knowledge already acquired than to try something new.
conversations.prefix: The Indolent Self:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: go With the flow do not cause trouble 
conversations.prefix:  Caught :