conversations.from: system
conversations.value: However you traveled here; by foot, horseback, teleportation, space ship, time travel, etc.; you have arrived at The Location, a genre agnostic place where The Story will begin.  The important question is, why are you here?  The answer: to find the elusive Plot.
  
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  Now that the requisite teaser/blurb is out of the way, let's get to the crux of this particular story-game.  I started this game to help with any newcomers who may be struggling with either getting into a game or understanding some of the basics of how Storium works.  (Quick disclaimer, the latter is more subjective than you might realize.  There are many interpretations of how to use the mechanics of the system.)  
  
  My goal is to provide a setting in which new players can explore a bit, show off a little of their style (and maybe work out the kinks), and then find a home for their character concepts.
  
  Here's how I would like this to work (keep in mind that this is collaborative, so suggestions are welcome and may change the course of this meta-game0):
  
  Create a character - this can be anything you imagine from any genre that appeals to you.  It could even be a character that you created for a game that you weren't able to join.  
  
  How will a genre specific character work in a genre agnostic meta-game?  We'll figure that out together.  I have plans for that in the first scene.
  
  Two final points (I don't want an uber-long description that will take up too much space):
  
  1) This will be a short game (1 chapter, 4 scenes at the most). 
  
  2) Veteran players are welcome, if your intention is to help the newcomers along.  Sort of like tutors or teacher's aids.
  
  If you want to discuss this further before joining, I started a thread in Looking For Group:  [Click Here](https://storium.com/forums#/category/lfg/thread/da74pa)
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A brief description of your character's archetype as it applies to the story.
conversations.prefix: Make Your Own Nature:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A brief description of an advantage that you can leverage to overcome a challenge, and move the story forward.
conversations.prefix: Make your own strength:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A brief description of a flaw or shortcoming that can create complications or lead to failure, and move the story forward.
conversations.prefix: Make your own weakness:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A personal objective that drives a side story for your character, but still allows you to contribute to the overall story.
conversations.prefix: Make your own subplot:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small coastal town located between a hillside forest and the Pacific Ocean, the perfect juxtaposition of earth and water.
conversations.prefix: Seaside:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: [Elia] How did you get here?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: [Jigme] How did you get here?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: [Kennedy] How did you get here?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: [Serena] How did you get here?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: How did you get here?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: [Lizbeth] How did you get here?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were called, and you answered.  How did you make your way to the location?
conversations.prefix: {Hn Jharay}How did you get here?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A mysterious, diminutive figure, who claims to be your guide in a rather bizarre adventure.
conversations.prefix: Narrator:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The place to which the cast has been summoned.
conversations.prefix: The Beach:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The time has come to decide if you will continue with the story in an active role as one of the heroes.
conversations.prefix: Are you a protagonist?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Serena may have opened minds and possibly a hidden door with her views on the situation.  Can you change the shape of the story and it's participants?
conversations.prefix: [All] The Shape of Things:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't see things as black and white, so in your mind you are free to choose your own path.
conversations.prefix: [Serena] Change sides?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have the opporunity to delve deeper into the mystery of Kennedy's other self on the phone.  Perhaps if you connect again telepathically, you can discern the underlying meaning.
conversations.prefix: [Kennedy, Jharay & Lizbeth] Mind Meld:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Newly transformed and risen from the darkest depths, Clifton has become The Antagonist.
conversations.prefix: Clifton, The Great Beast:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The objective is still within sight, though Clifton blocks the way for now.  If you can hold him back long enough, you maybe be able to reach it.
conversations.prefix: Reach the Objective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This person loves to create all kinds of crazy things with the use of science and technology.  Especially mathematics.
conversations.prefix: Mad Scientist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everything fits in nice little boxes.  It all makes sense.  
conversations.prefix: Logic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Once an idea gets in their head, they have a very hard time getting rid of it.
conversations.prefix: Obsession:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There always is a way that things can be better for everyone.  At least everyone else.  Sometimes Jigme finds that in order to benefit the others, they have to make sure that there are a few things that they do not keep for themself.  
conversations.prefix: To Benefit All:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lives for the Gnar.  Surfs in frigid Oregonian waters along the pale Pacific.  Doesn't try to fight the wave, but to become one with it.
conversations.prefix: PNW Surfer.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Decides then acts, in that order.  Has a clarity of thought, which boiled down in always an instinctual urge.  No one will stand in his way.
conversations.prefix: Headstrong:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Could give two shits less.  And even then, he'll remember to be thirty feet away from the camp site and cover it with a rock.
conversations.prefix: Carefree.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Has a girl that won't talk to him anymore.  Wants to know if he is the dad.
conversations.prefix: Am I the father?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not quite human, not quite other, you nevertheless feel apart from everyone else you meet.
conversations.prefix: Outsider:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You always have a trick up your sleeve and rarely need anyone's help but your own.
conversations.prefix: Independent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your lone wolf nature has also led you to be ready to pick up and move at the slightest whim, even if it might be better to stay.
conversations.prefix: Flighty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There must be others like you out there.  Right?  All you have to do is find them.
conversations.prefix: Find a Community:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The sea is your stage your clothing, your home. You bring color and grace to your underwater lands, but it tends to hide a vicious and  conniving soul.
conversations.prefix: Mirmaid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The wills of others are no more than playthings in your skilled hands. 
conversations.prefix: Manipulative:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You cannot leave the element into which you were born and raised, not without great cost at least. 
conversations.prefix: Bound:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It is a legacy passed down by family, a way in which you were raised. there is no escaping what you have been trained to enjoy. Your addicted to it now
conversations.prefix: I have no choice. :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your soul craves something desperately, but you have no idea what it is. All you know is that it must be found at all costs. 
conversations.prefix: Searching:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Likes to discover new things, and goes out of her way to do so.
conversations.prefix: Explorer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Has no qualms about making tough decisions
conversations.prefix: Bold:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Doesn't try very hard to achieve things, expecting that things will just fall into her lap.
conversations.prefix: Entitled:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lizbeth has a slightly delusional view of what an explorer's life is supposed to be like. She is looking for adventure and excitement, at any cost.
  
  If she's not excited with what she's doing, then she feels her life is wasting away.
conversations.prefix: Fantastic Voyage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just a small panda that brings sadness.
conversations.prefix: Sad Panda:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: So strong.
conversations.prefix: Max Powers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small piece of wood, or a large rat.
conversations.prefix: Splinter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: a curious sense of adventure.
conversations.prefix: Adventure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's a job that requires an extremely stable personality, and the ablility to not only withstand decades of intense isolation, but also to quickly adapt to living among vastly different peoples and cultures.
conversations.prefix: Explorer/Ambassador:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Able to communicate with other sentients mind-to-mind via direct touch.
conversations.prefix: Touch-Telepathy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alien body, alien mind with alien thoughts. Bridging the gap is an uphill battle.
conversations.prefix: Not of Earth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jharay's great ambition is to learn to truly _understand_ the otherworldly strangers she meets.
conversations.prefix: To Understand:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes it's a struggle, but Jharay does not let her emotions overcome her.
conversations.prefix: Level-Headed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Because you have to rely on yourself, you tend to try to compare and contrast things before taking action.  It might take you longer to make a decision and sometimes you go in circles, but you get there eventually.
conversations.prefix: Contemplative:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Communicates with another self in another place that allows him the ability to know what is ahead and why it is there. Also gives wisdom about yogurt. 
conversations.prefix: Other Worldly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The way that things continue within a system.  Well, not really, but being able to manipulate them, are rather odd that which might happen in the continuum of the story.
conversations.prefix: Continuum Mechanics:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After experiencing Jharay's story about the L'tlo, Lizbeth is more careful about jumping to conclusions about other beings.
conversations.prefix: First Impressions:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've set yourself apart from everyone else because you know you'll be a disappointment to them.
conversations.prefix: Alone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: As an ambassador, Jharay normally relies on words to diffuse potentially dangerous situations before they erupt into all-out crises. The only weapons she does have are designed to be purely defensive.
conversations.prefix: No Offensive Weapons:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One of many Kratz family space cruisers, Lizbeth touched ground in this landing vessel.
conversations.prefix: Sironic OZL Luxury Landing Craft:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have innate power that labels you as something more - or at least different - than human.
conversations.prefix: Power:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When things are beyond making sense, quite often the response is to do nothing.  And let things flow as they are already heading.  
conversations.prefix: Indecision:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gets those to work with him, by his genuine demeanor and his ability to charm.  Often muddy with humor it only makes him more honest.
conversations.prefix: Persuasive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jharay's landing craft. It's small, only about 2.5x the mass of a midsized car; long and almost delicate in appearance... but looks are deceiving. It's a remarkably sturdy craft capable of lifting objects many times its size using magnetic beams.
conversations.prefix: Lhanh: