conversations.from: system
conversations.value: RECRUITMENT IS CLOSED.
  
  "All the angels praying for me,
  As I fall, as I fall.
  While I am melting in the rain, 
  Deep in pain,
  She is so far.
  Will we ever meet again?
  As friends, 
  After so long."
  
  -Lyrics from Pain by Blackfield
  
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  *Overview:*
  
  Dirge of Eurydice is a Dark SCI FI Fantasy Short Story which shall empahsis the character development of a crew as they attempt to survive upon a darkened Earth. The overarching story shall be deep and thoughtful and the characters should reflect this concept throughout their journey as their characters adapt and evolve from scene-to-scene. Conversely, the setting shall be gritty and harsh as the only means to survive outside of Eurydice is within a WRAITH -a mechanized combat suits (aka mecha) and even those weren't meant to last forever.
  
  
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  *Story thus far:*
  
  'Ere the world's end Humanity, spurred by their hubris, failed to appreciate the gravity of their deeds which led to the destruction of their home: Earth. Yet, a day came wherein Humanity witnessed the folly of it's irresponsibility and in repent cried out for forgiveness but did so realizing that no mercy would be demonstrated -the dirge of a dying world. 
  
  It was too late. The skies darkened, the wind became poison, the water putrid, and the Earth in scornful disdain shook in violent upheavels spewing forth wrathful flames. 
  
  Yet, it was not the end of humanity. No, humanity understood the ominous fate which faced the Earth and instead of attempting to alter destiny, like rodents on a sinking vessel they flung themselves into the Cosmos; looking ever back in regret till the memories of Earth faded and all was forgotten.
  
  Our home had perished.
  
  EURYDICE, a DAEDALUS Class Starcruiser, bore witness to the horrific events of what is known as the SUNDERING intimately. It was one of the final cruisers attempting to bring aboard as many of the populace as possible. Yet, due to it's noble latency it suffered integrity damage and when it attempted to flee the Earth's atmosphere the starcruiser was not strong enough to break through the atmosphere. As the skies darkened about EURYDICE in the tumultuous firmament, the brilliance of the sun's light shined one final time, 'ere the ship faltered and fell back to the earth. Most of the passengers perished in the foiled attempt that day ... they were the lucky ones.
  
  An indefinite amount of time later the stasis pods active, revealing a cache of the human population. You awaken once more expecting to be within the wonders of the Cosmos, yet to your dismay you learn that you are still upon Earth.
  
  The realm of the dead.
  
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  *Rating:*
  Mature Audiences. 
  The theme should be dark: individuals harboring dark secrets, people in desperation willing to commit any sin in order to survive, an enviorment where a simple mistake can be fatal. Adult elements are allowed but should not be graphically detailed.
  
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  *Number of Players:*
  Since it is a short story I am only looking for a few members, 3-4. 
  
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  *Player Roles*
  
  You are a survivor aboard the Eurydice; that last surviving remnant of humanity upon this desolate world. In order to survive one must be willing to burden any responsibility required and commit till it's end. 
  Of the most rejected tasks is the operating of a WRAITH.  WRAITHs are mechas, which are the only means to survive within the harshness of the dead world beyond; yet even these machines are not entirely infallible. Just a minute fracture in the hull could seal the pilot's fate permanently. 
  It is a dangerous task locating resources while traversing the deaden realms. Aside from attempting to avoid the hazards of the terrain there are the  RAGNORS -undefined creatures that roam the darkness. For this reason few have the desire to become a pilot, yet it is a necessity which requires undertaking.
  
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  *First Scene:*
  
  Chapter 1: Denial and Isolation
  
  "Two coins were given, 
  One for me and one for you,
  Yet, to pay the toll to Elysium,
  One has to suffer death 
  In order for the other to pass. 
  Charon asks "Who shall it be?"
  Who's corpse shall remain,
  Who shall be free?"
  
  ---
  
  The rythmic rapping of rain against the hull of the wraith was bittersweet. A calming effect dulled your senses and if left to your own devices you would claim a moments respite,  yet you felt a gut-wrenching feeling as the prudent  aspects of your mind registered the danger of the beguiling rain. The rain which fell in this darkened world was highly corrosive. It seems your scouting session within this sector of HEL would be terminated early. 
  
  Incoming Transmission: 
  <<Moher: Bloody rain! -a hoarse cough- Sorry 'bout that. Well seem we are goin to need to return. This rain is going to eat through the armor if we remain out here long.>>
  
  You pivot your craft, correcting it's direction to align with a return journey to the Eurydice. As you turn, glancing with experienced eyes, in the darkness you notice something shimmer as the flood lights of your wraith passes over it. 
  
  The audible receivers blasts with volune inside of your cockpit as it recognises that the horrific scream of a ragnor.  You had perceived a ragnor.
  
  Incoming Transmission:
  <<Moher: RAGNOR! RAGNOR! Prepare to engage!>>
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Guidance:
  1. You are human. 
  2. You have flaws.
  3. You can have sci-fi tech, but keep it sincere.
  4. You are part of the current WRAITH crew. 
  
conversations.prefix: Creater Your Own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Create Your Own
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Create Your Own
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Guidance:
  1. You are human.
  2. You have flaws.
  3. You can have sci-fi tech, but keep it sincere.
  4. You are part of the current WRAITH crew.
conversations.prefix: Create Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Using the arsenal at your disposal and heightening it with your skills as a well trained WRAITH pilot you press the offensive on your enemy. 
  
  
conversations.prefix: Maneuver: Assault:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You register the threat of your opponent and of the environment which the confrontation is due to be hosted.You raise your shield and sneer...
  
  Today isn't your day to fall over and die. No, you shall survive. 
conversations.prefix: Maneuver : Defensive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your WRAITH might appear like the others of it's category within the hangar -but you know there is a difference. Either through your own tenacity and demands or because they wanted to test out some new concept; engineering had installed some modified equipment on your vessel. 
  
  Only you know the destruction which your WRAITH is capable.
conversations.prefix: Maneuver: Specialized Tech:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Colonist ill stand to survive against the threat of the enviorment as well as a rampaging RAGNOR. Get those women and men to the safety of EURYDICE NOW!
conversations.prefix: Securing Passage for the Colonist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The classification is Epsilon, yet it doesn't mean that this monster is any less difficult then higher classed RAGNORs. 
  
  As with all RAGNORs: Identify the target. Eliminate the target. 
conversations.prefix: RAGNOR: Epsilon Class:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ill favored is the Fool whom attempts to alter the strands of Fate; yet, it has happened once or twice before, in mankind's most dire hour, that Fortune favors the courageous and those willing to sacrifice themselves to bear the torch of hope. That is when a Fool can alter the weaving of his Fate and rewrite his Destiny.
conversations.prefix: Elysium Gift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Befallen to a tragic fate the EURYDICE harbors the last remnants of humanity upon the forsaken world Earth. 
conversations.prefix: Daedalus Class Starship: EURYDICE:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Admiral Bakker is the highest ranking officer aboard the EURYDICE. She is a serious individual who carefully calculates each of her words with the same intensity as she does executing actions which can lead to the demise of those under her command. For this reason she has earned the moniker the "Yuki-Onna," the Lady of Snow.
conversations.prefix: Admiral Bakker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Naelia Berghman, as the Senior Engineeering Officer, is the highest ranking engineer aboard the EURYDICE. She is very emotionl: often times boisterous and pleasant, yet, after the loss of men or machines, she can be dauntingly apathetic.
conversations.prefix: SEO. Berghman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No one WANTS to be a WRAITH pilot, yet some men and women figure it's better to sacrifice themselves and burden the task rather then letting some other sod die in their place. 
  If good men and women are hard to find then the EURYDICE has itself a gold mine.
conversations.prefix: WRAITH Crew:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: We reflect upon memories to remember who we once were... Even if it is shrouded in misery.
conversations.prefix: Memories:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: We burden our rergets like a mother burdens her babe, yet unlike a babe at a certain age our regrets do not covet to be free of their parents embrace, rather our regrets linger, perched upon our shoulders till the grave.
  
  How heavy are your sins?
  
  
  
  PLEASE KEEP THIS CARD. 
  DO NOT USE IN CHALLENGES.
conversations.prefix: Chains of Ixion:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A soldier serving the Eurydice. He is genuinely kind and generous.
conversations.prefix: Adisa Obodin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chief Operator of the Special Projects Division onboard Eurydice; he is an intelligent man if not an eccentric one.
conversations.prefix: Dr. William Dalius Thompson:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A recent recruit to the WRAITH unit, she was optimistic in her desire to assist others within the Eurydice.
  Tragically, she was wounded in the skirmish at New Hope.
conversations.prefix: Amelia Harbert:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Trust, in the world, is often misplaced or absurdly undervalued. In the battlefield, trust is the difference between returning home alive or returning in a bodybag.
  Yet, when a unit is newly formed, trust is often the most difficult aspect to earn. Hence, introductions become critical to developing trust. 
conversations.prefix: Introductions:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A limitless power generator developed toward the end of humanity's exodus of Earth. Ionic Fusion Generates are what spurred humanity into the Cosmos and beyond.
conversations.prefix: Ionic Fusion Generator:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A terrestrial satellite, created by Dr. Dalius Thompson,  which was designed to force a limited, but focused signal to puncture the temperamental atmosphere of the world.
conversations.prefix: LYRE:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yours to protect...
  You are the shield whom shall burden the blunt blows of the world. Yet, in doing so you shall commit yourself to the greatest sacrifice any can commit themselves to: you shall die defending your ward. 
conversations.prefix: Guardian:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Yours to love...
  You shall percieve the beauty of the world and in audience to that wonder you shall find the abode of love. Love, whether that of a passinonate desire or that of a far more wholesome nature such as a parental sort shall guide your actions. In the end though you shall suffer the most for that love that resides within you shall burn eternally while the subject of your love shall fade into the notingness. 
conversations.prefix: Heart :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Yours to guide...
  Yet, you aren't  whole. You are conflicted and for this  must struggle to ascertain the path which was destined before you. 
  Whatever occurs your acions whether righteous or evil shall weigh heavily upon the future. Yours is the most potent destiny.
conversations.prefix: Fool:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Yours to betray...
  A darkness dwells within you, a darkness which is born of broken soul. You shall abandon your allies, your ward, and your duties in order to persevere  just a little longer within this broken world. You shall be the cause of death for an ally. Yet, in the end you shall survive... yet, you shall find yourself ever alone. 
conversations.prefix: Traitor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Removed from the world - even for a moment - leaves a plethora  of questions and a longing desire for normalcy. 
conversations.prefix: Where Normalcy Thrives:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The classification of this RAGNOR is Unbra, yet it doesn't mean that this monster is any less difficult then higher classed RAGNORs. 
  
  As with all RAGNORs: Identify the target. Eliminate the target. 
conversations.prefix: RAGNOR: Unbra Class:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You worked in one of the factories that killed the Earth. The cunning of your hands is for ever marred by the blood they bear - the blood of an entire planet. 
conversations.prefix: Machinist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are an artisan of silicon and metal. Given tools and time, you can bend any work of technology to your will - or birth new ones into this darkened world. 
conversations.prefix: Engineer's Craft:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The terrible awareness of the role you played in the Earth's death, and the sins you committed in the days that followed, haunt you without quarter. You know it's only a matter of time before payment is due. 
conversations.prefix: Borrowed Time:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You thought you could outrun your fate - lose it in the cosmos. You were wrong. Now, only one thing remains: to make some small amends for what you've done, before the end.
conversations.prefix: Redemption:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a quick mind filled with practical information.
conversations.prefix: Intelligent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Emotions confuse you and you have a hard time understanding what others are trying to convey in their tone of voice.
conversations.prefix: Distant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have nightmares over something you can't completely recall.
conversations.prefix: Remember:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A great mech pilot, but still young and inexperienced.
conversations.prefix: The Rookie:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a survivalist, looking out for yourself in this life.  You don't need anyone else's help to get through all the struggles life has to throw at you.
conversations.prefix: Lone Wolf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a great deal of confidence in your own abilities, and you're not afraid to meet a challenge head-on.  It takes a lot to scare you.
conversations.prefix: Courageous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are not good at playing well with others.
conversations.prefix: Antisocial:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your goal is as it has always been:  Survive another day.  Doesn't matter if you're on Earth, in the Cosmos, or anywhere else; survival is your ultimate goal.
conversations.prefix: Survive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You tried.
conversations.prefix: Ecologist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If you die, you're going to die on your feet.
conversations.prefix: Persistent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You mustn't leave anyone behind.
conversations.prefix: Savior:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There might still be hope.
conversations.prefix: Rebirth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: For all the Have-Nots to exist, some has to Have. You Had. Had it all. The money, the power, the influence. The smoldering Earth fueled your family's power, but now both are gone to rot and dust. 
conversations.prefix: Fallen Aristocrat:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not quite charm, but you have an air of authority cultivated from a life of privilege, and compelling looks from a strong pedigree. Folks often find themselves doing what you want without quite knowing why.
conversations.prefix: Charismatic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are used to getting what you want handed to you. Nowadays, you have to take what you want directly. Consequences and regret are for lesser people. 
conversations.prefix: Selfish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your family had it, and thus you did. Now it's all gone, you have to get it back. Any kind of power, any way you can, even now in the Twilight of Earth. You will die, but you refuse to die a nobody.
conversations.prefix: Power:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been involved in many of the wars that led to the world's current battered state. You've received a vast amount of training and genetic enhancements to better your odds in battle, but both of those come with a heavy toll on your body and psyche, to say nothing of your live combat experience.
conversations.prefix: Veteran Pilot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a wealth of combat experience under your belt, giving you a unique insight into how battles work, and that often helps you come up with tactics for your squad, and sometimes your commanders ask for your advice in strategy meetings. However it can also make you a bit impatient with rookies at times.
conversations.prefix: Experienced:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've seen too much. Done too much. You're just... so very tired now. And the PTSD flashbacks certainly aren't helping any.
conversations.prefix: Weary:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You do not necessarily want to do this, but others, including the admiral (your biological daughter) have been pressuring you to get pregnant while you are still capable of doing so.
conversations.prefix: Get Knocked Up:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ever since that one, horrible day... you haven't been able to look your daughter in the face, or enjoy anything about life. The only thing that keeps you going now is the prospect of finding an important, decisive battle to die in. You know that's not healthy, but you don't know what else to do at this point.
conversations.prefix: Something Worth Living For:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Access Denied
conversations.prefix: Access Denied:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Access Denied
conversations.prefix: Access Denied:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Access Denied
conversations.prefix: Access Denied:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Access Denied
conversations.prefix: Access Denied:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know a thing or two about survival.
conversations.prefix: Tactical:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a doer. A mover and a shaker. For good or for ill, you are not going to be passive. You'll make things happen and you won't stop until you reach your goal.
conversations.prefix: Driven:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There are few wills more iron-wrought than yours when presented with a challenge. Most would call you stubborn, but some recognize someone who never truly gives up. 
conversations.prefix: Determined:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: If word about your past gets out too soon, how long do you will last? Who knows? Who!?
conversations.prefix: Rising Paranoia:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You had the finest tutors and private instructors money could buy, and an excess of leisure with time to be taught. When you could be bothered to show up. So you picked up a little about a lot. 
conversations.prefix: Broadly Educated :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Adrift in a world where nothing makes sense any more.
conversations.prefix: Lost:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In a world where your talents can make all the difference, telling apart those who desire you for them and those who desire you *in spite* of them can be a veritable impossibility.
conversations.prefix: Distrustful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hey, this is hard!
conversations.prefix: Inexperienced Pilot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your judgement in certain situations may have been called into question recently, there's still a wealth of experience to draw on.
conversations.prefix: Tactical Mind:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She came from the darkness and was found in the light of Shadowgate's ruined city. Little is known about this girl except that there is an undoubted connection between her and the RAGNORs. Who is she?
conversations.prefix: Nestis:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The trouble with death isn't the looming destiny that all things shall perish; no, the trouble with death is what to do with the empty void when a loved one fades from our lives forever? 
conversations.prefix: Grieving the loss of an Ally:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An isolated room with three padded walls and a door which is often kept locked. 
conversations.prefix: Brig:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To be alone is a punishment for most individuals; being alone means you only have your own memories and regrets to keep you company. 
conversations.prefix: Lonliness :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: "Beastly fiends did I witness trampling towards our keep. Each as strange and indiscernable in malevolent form as the last. Yet, all beckoned to the bloodlust of rendering our empty lives obsolete."
  - Eng. A. Buchanan 
conversations.prefix: RAGNOR Horde (Captain Yumiko Bakker):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?"
  A question imposed to medival theologians in order to criticize scholasticism. Yet, irony is not without humor as within the final moments of humanity's  existence the question begged to be answered is:
  "How many souls does it take to put the reigns upon an ARKANGEL?"
  
conversations.prefix: Reigns of an ARKANGEL (April Starling):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experiencing love is as abstract a notion as there can be, yet it oft seems,  when collecting personal insight upon the subject, a commmon theme that oft appears repeatedly which is: when one falls in "love" one attributes the experience to flying. 
conversations.prefix: Upon Eros's Wings (Azrael):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Born of Gaia TYPHON is the embodiement of Gaia's wrath and regret. TYPHON shall not let any dwell within the realms of his mother's corpse and shall bring forth ruin to all who seek to do so. 
conversations.prefix: TYPHON the Guilty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What would you do if you had a second chance...
  
  Can you accept the mistakes of the past, distant and recent, and move on?
conversations.prefix: Re:Fate April Starling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What would you do if you had a second chance...
  
   If presented with a second chance to embrace motherhood, with all its joys and risks, would you take it?
conversations.prefix: Re:Fate Yumiko Bakker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What would you do if you had a second chance...
  
   If presented with a second chance to embrace motherhood, with all its joys and risks, would you take it?
conversations.prefix: Re:Fate Azrael:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What would you do if you had a second chance...
  
  In the final moments of life we beseech knowledge that our passing shall leave a mark upon the world and that we shall not be forgotten... at the very least by our family. 
conversations.prefix: Re:Fate Winds:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An isolated room with three padded walls and a door which is often kept locked. 
conversations.prefix: Brig (copy):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gone.
  
  Forgotten? 
  
  That remains to be seen.
conversations.prefix: Fade into Memory:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When you swear to do something, you don't do it halfway.
conversations.prefix: Commitment:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: On a dead world, even memories judge us. And yet - it is only in those memories that some of us find the strength to stay among the living. 
conversations.prefix: Solitude:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've had it building up for decades... and every now and then... it rears its ugly head in an explosive and unpleasant manner.
conversations.prefix: Frustration:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Where it leads, even the fates may not know.
conversations.prefix: The Plunge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just... what is even the point anymore?
conversations.prefix: Hopeless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Remember.
  Eternally. 
conversations.prefix: Never Forget: