conversations.from: system
conversations.value: The place: Midvale University, an institute of higher learning in the heart of America. The year: 2015. That's the year when it all started, at least.
  
  It was then that a group of hardworking and talented students in the university's physics department achieved a breakthrough mankind had dreamed of for generations: a way to travel through time. A device which could take them anywhere and anywhen, a miracle of modern science.
  
  After extensive testing, they gathered together friends and colleagues for the historical first human test of the time machine. If this worked correctly, human history would be forever changed. Possibly in more ways than one.
  
  Yet something is about to go terribly wrong. The first leap through time will leave these brave souls stranded in history, with a time machine horribly damaged by the journey. Although still partially functional, they have lost the ability to specify where and when they will end up.
  
  They will be left traveling from era to era, seeking a way to restore full functionality to their revolutionary new device. It might be the only way they ever see home again.
  
  ** OOC Information: **
  
  This story will be using the rotating narrator format. Everyone is expected to take a turn narrating the story.
  
  Each scene ends when the time travelers get their machine working and leap through time again. The narrator who starts the next scene gets to decide where and when they end up next. Scenes can take place anywhere in history. The group could even go into the future, or return to the present and see how their meddling in the past has changed things. It's all up to whoever is narrating any given scene.
  
  Though I'm expecting to keep this as a relatively lighthearted adventure in the vein of *Back to the Future*, the story could go in many different directions depending on what narrators want to do with it. Action, drama, and romance are all possibilities.
  
  Natures, strengths, weaknesses, and subplots provided are all just examples. Feel free to use them or to write your own.
  
  I want to try to keep the group size relatively manageable at the outset. We will probably start with 5-6 players. One character per narrator, at least to start. The time travelers might end up bringing along some people from history along for the ride.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Knowing something about the past could definitely come in handy while traveling through time.
conversations.prefix: Historical Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know an impressive number of languages, including several archaic ones.
conversations.prefix: Multilingual:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're in excellent physical condition, with exceptional strength, stamina, and coordination.
conversations.prefix: Athletic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Meddling with history too much could have grave, unforeseen consequences. You'd like to avoid that.
conversations.prefix: Preserve the Past:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to change the past for the better whenever you see the opportunity.
conversations.prefix: Right Past Wrongs:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Above all else, you just want to get back to your home time.
conversations.prefix: Return Home:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The past is full of unsolved mysteries. You'd like to get to the bottom of some of them.
conversations.prefix: Solve Mysteries:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You love the excitement of traveling through time. You want nothing more than thrills and adventure.
conversations.prefix: Adventure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone has to keep the time machine running. A little knowledge of technology might have other uses, too.
conversations.prefix: Technological Genius:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a gift for charming and persuading others.
conversations.prefix: Charismatic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a tendency to act before you really think things through.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You aren't the brightest or most knowledgeable of the time travelers.
conversations.prefix: Foolish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You struggle at any physically demanding task.
conversations.prefix: Out of Shape:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are not very socially skilled.
conversations.prefix: Awkward:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a very difficult time facing your fears.
conversations.prefix: Cowardly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the academics who developed the time machine, a revolutionary student of math and science.
conversations.prefix: Physicist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A student of the past, with a vast knowledge of all eras of human history.
conversations.prefix: Historian:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Younger and less experienced than much of the team, but still a talented individual.
conversations.prefix: Freshman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You weren't intended to be part of the time travel experiment, but ended up involved through sheer happenstance.
conversations.prefix: Bystander:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A member of the university faculty who has been involved in the time travel experiment in one capacity or another.
conversations.prefix: Professor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The year 2015.
conversations.prefix: The Present:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Something is going wrong with the machine, and the laboratory is locked down. How bad is this going to be?
conversations.prefix: The Disaster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somewhere between 2.5 million years ago to 11 thousand years ago. 
conversations.prefix: Australia- Pleistocene:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're in a dangerous environment in a dangerous time, make sure nothing gets ya. 
conversations.prefix: Observe your surroundings:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get to it and use it to avoid predators. 
conversations.prefix: Rough Terrain :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get it to work. 
conversations.prefix: Make the Jump:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The leader of Dragon Cove
conversations.prefix: Snapdragon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Well then. Looks like humans screwed up. 
conversations.prefix: Desolate Wasteland:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brain needs some parts, they're probably in the wasteland.
conversations.prefix: Need Parts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the younger kids, doesn't seem happy here.
conversations.prefix: Babyface:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Welp, there's some Raiders coming for you.
conversations.prefix: Attack!:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Some leftover weaponry of another time.
conversations.prefix: Simple Pistol:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A sailor on the merchant sloop Margaret.
conversations.prefix: Bill Hellion:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You need to figure out if the splinters did any damage to the machine.
conversations.prefix: Diagnostics:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: They are surrounding you, getting ready to attack.
conversations.prefix: Angry Seamen:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Captain Blackbeard's ship is getting closer for each passing minute.
conversations.prefix: Queen Anne's Revenge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain Blackbeard's ship is getting closer for each passing minute.
conversations.prefix: Queen Anne's Revenge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What do you know of the history of the ship you are on.
conversations.prefix: The Merchant Sloop Margaret:
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: Younger and less experienced than much of the team, but still a talented individual.  
conversations.prefix: Freshman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A child prodigy, you have a vast knowledge for your age.
conversations.prefix: Wunderkind:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your smart, but basically still a child.
conversations.prefix: Young:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The past is full of unsolved mysteries. You’d like to get to the bottom of some of them.  
conversations.prefix: Solve Mysteries:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a prolific writer with several journalistic articles, and books (both fiction and non-fiction).  You were asked to join the first time traveling team to write about the experiences.
conversations.prefix: Writer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a gift for charming and persuading others.    
conversations.prefix: Charismatic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a tendency to act before you really think things through.    
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You love the excitement of traveling through time. You want nothing more than thrills and adventure.    
conversations.prefix: Adventure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your joints have been collaborating for decades, its only natural they'd want to kill each other now.
conversations.prefix: Arthritis:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Screw changing it for the better, you just want to change history for the Lulz. 
conversations.prefix: Dicks with Time Machines:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If there's an injustice you can identify with, you're there to hold a sign for it and yell about it.
conversations.prefix: Serial Protestor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were just waiting for them to finish up so you could clean when you suddenly find yourself hurtled through time.
conversations.prefix: Janitor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You were raised among a veritable melange of different cultures and understand and appreciate all of them. You have also studied a great many ancient cultures (and languages) as part of getting your anthropology doctorate.
conversations.prefix: Multicultural:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may not be able to solve square roots in your head, nor understand why the sky is blue, but give you a hammer and you can work wonders.
conversations.prefix: Handyman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A member of the university faculty who has been involved in the time travel experiment in one capacity or another.    
conversations.prefix: Professor :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Knowing something about the past could definitely come in handy while traveling through time.    
conversations.prefix: Historical Knowledge :
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You struggle at any physically demanding task.   
conversations.prefix: Out of Shape:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Meddling with history too much could have grave, unforeseen consequences. You’d like to avoid that
conversations.prefix: Preserve the Past:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You were hired by the university to advise on security concerns. It was your suggestion that put a detail on this ludicrous experiment
conversations.prefix: Security Advisor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know this can all work perfectly, it's just a matter of finding the right settings... 
conversations.prefix: Get Things Running Smoothly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone has to keep the time machine running. A little knowledge of technology might have other uses, too.    
conversations.prefix: Technological Genius:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You tend to get overly focussed sometimes, to the detriment of everything going on around you. 
conversations.prefix: Tunnel Vision:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of the academics who developed the time machine, a revolutionary student of math and science.   
conversations.prefix: Physicist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are a prolific writer of fiction, non-fiction, and journalistic articles.
conversations.prefix: Writer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a gift for charming and persuading others.    
conversations.prefix: Charismatic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a tendency to act before you really think things through.    
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You love the excitement of traveling through time. You want nothing more than thrills and adventure.    
conversations.prefix: Adventure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have been assigned to the Experiment to ensure the team come back home safely.  
conversations.prefix: Security:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have been trained by your government to be a highly skilled operative, independent, lethal and efficient.
conversations.prefix: Special Forces:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a mission to carry out, nothing will stand between you and that mission.
conversations.prefix: Subject to Orders:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A mechanical genius, gifted with machines both simple and complex.
conversations.prefix: Engineer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a knack for coming up with creative and innovative solutions to unexpected problems.
conversations.prefix: Inventive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Still toiling in the mines a academia.
conversations.prefix: Graduate Student:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Of course, that won't matter much when time traveling.  Or will it?
conversations.prefix: Constantly Late:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mysteriously well stocked, the toolbelt often have just the right tool at the right time.
conversations.prefix: Toolbelt:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Machines?  Yeah, they're not your thing unless you're programming them to speak Bocce.
conversations.prefix: Not good with technology:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a commanding officer, you've led special forces strike teams into some of the worst hell holes on earth. You can give an order, and it is received and understood.
conversations.prefix: Lead from the front:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You help in any way you can you little helper you.
conversations.prefix: Helpful:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your certainty and confidence sometimes go too far, getting you into trouble.
conversations.prefix: Arrogant :
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Like a Boy Scout, you're prepared for most things.  You learned that from you mother and your father.  You've got all kinds of helpful items stored in your backpack.
conversations.prefix: Prepared:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When something has Simon's attention, he can have difficulty focusing on anything else.
conversations.prefix: Distractable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You really had to do that. 
conversations.prefix: Know it all. :
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The youngest of the group, you have youth and agility on your side.
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're surprisingly quick on your feet.
conversations.prefix: Fast:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You consider many people unworthy of your attention and you aren't afraid to show it. 
conversations.prefix: Dismissive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Because of your charismatic and friendly demeanor people tend to trust you.  
conversations.prefix: Trustworthy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Being young, you can easily get kids to trust you.
conversations.prefix: Kid Friendly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Raising three kids have thought you to deal with children (and lots and lots of chaos).
conversations.prefix: Family Guy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've never shot at anything *living* before!
conversations.prefix: Nervous:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's a reason you don't get on boats.
conversations.prefix: Seasick:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're able to block out distractions and keep your attention at the task at hand no matter what's going on around you.
conversations.prefix: Focussed: