conversations.from: system
conversations.value: ##You can't always get what you want.##
  
  It was supposed to be your greatest achievement, the fulfillment of a life spent seeking out the world's treasures and secrets. You finally found it: a secluded altar, a hidden spirit--known as "the Giver"--with the power to grant your greatest wish.
  
  Nothing ever mentioned that it had a price.
  
  Enraged, it granted your wish--but twisted it, giving you a dangerous copy of what you desired. Now you must find a way to pay the spirit's price...or be reminded every day that you should be more careful what you wish for.
  
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  *Twishted* is a story of a group of modern explorers who have made their greatest discovery, only to find themselves cursed with a twisted form of what they most desired.
  
  Though the setting is modern, the mood of this is a pulp adventure story--bold two-fisted adventuring in the Indiana Jones tradition, with characters who are tougher, smarter, or more capable than any normal person could be expected to be...but not superhuman. Think of action heroes or the sort of geniuses who make exactly the unlikely connections needed to make it through the story--but not superheroes or fantasy wizards.
  
  Please feel free to design your own cards, but please note that none of the characters should *start* with actual occult/magical powers (knowledge and lore is fine--just not spellcasting or other supernatural abilities). You may acquire such abilities over the course of the adventure (or, possibly, twisted occult/supernatural abilities as a result of your wish).
  
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  ##Character Creation##
  
  Aside from your character's background--what led him to start adventuring, what sort of discoveries or adventures he might have already had on his own or with previous groups, etc.--I need to know your character's **wish**.
  
  *Rules on the Wish:*
  --Submit your wish (non-twisted) as your submission note, rather than on your character description.
  --If you'd like, you can also provide a suggestion or two for how the wish might be deliberately misinterpreted to work to your disadvantage.
  --Wishes will *all* be deliberately misinterpreted to work to your disadvantage, whether you suggest a way or not. Even if they provide some kind of useful ability, none of them have net positive effects. If I can't think of a way to twist it, I may ask you for input. :-)
  --The other player characters, being affected by the spirit as well, are immune to effects from your wish--either the wish itself, or abilities/curses caused by it. If your wish (or the twisted form of it) would, say, cause everything you touch to turn to gold, it can't affect *them*.
  --Keep it clean, please.
  
  I am looking for four to five characters for this game, and if I get more apps than that, I will pick the ones that seem like they will mesh together best and have the most interesting interactions. Please note that if I get enough characters I like before the end of the application period I may close it and start the game early.
  
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  ##Group Background##
  
  Once I have picked my cast, the first scene will be setting up a bit of group background--this group has gone on at least a couple previous adventures together, so we need to establish some history. I'll be asking three questions. Don't answer them as part of your application, but here they are if you want to be thinking about them:
  
  1. What is one thing about you, not connected to your skills or role in the group, that the others have learned about you during previous adventures?
  
  2. On a previous adventure, you got in a dangerous situation and one of the other group members saved you--who was it, and how did they save you?
  
  3. On a previous adventure, when all seemed lost, you used your abilities to save the day. What was going on, and how did you do it?
  
  ----
  
  **Important Note:** *The story opens **pre-wish**, so your application and selected cards should concern your character **before the wish**, with the possible exception of your subplot--feel free to have that involve the effects of the wish if you want. The game will move to the wish very quickly, with at most one or two challenges before it.*
  
  **Retired Characters:** *Another quick note: by default, if people retire from one of my games, I create an Asset card representing their character, and continue to use them and allow players to use them as part of the group. If this is a problem, please tell me in your app comments. It does not necessarily mean I will avoid picking you (though I will admit it will likely lower the odds of you being picked a bit), but it will let me know which characters I will need to have contingency plans for if players disappear.*
  
  **Narration style:** https://sites.google.com/site/storiummatjaza/narration-style
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Discovery is your business. You tread the edge of human understanding and capability. Make way, people.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Hardy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Arrogant
conversations.prefix: Professional Explorer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are an expert in the occult and—how does one say it?—possessor of rare and secret knowledge.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Mystique
  
  Suggested Weakness: Frail
conversations.prefix: Occult Scholar:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The world is host to a wide variety of life and you seek it out for the sake of public knowledge. Only a few understand.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Quick Study
  
  Suggested Weakness: Cowardly
conversations.prefix: Bold Cryptozoologist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your experiences in live-fire conflict zones have become your expertise. Your survival is your CV.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Combatant
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.prefix: Soldier of Fortune:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some call your shows “reality TV” but you consider yourself a producer of experiences worth living and sharing.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Charming
  
  Suggested Weakness: Clueless
conversations.prefix: Eager Producer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ve been called “famous” and “nefarious” by colleagues and rivals alike. Point is, you get results.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Well Educated
  
  Suggested Weakness: Uncouth
conversations.prefix: Renowned Archaeologist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your journeys have taken you from extreme-sports competitions to war zones to remote paradises. Hunger for more.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Worldly
  
  Suggested Weakness: Reckless
conversations.prefix: World Traveler:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Machines are the ultimate expression of science, where intelligence makes contact with solid ground.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Build & Rebuild
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naïve
conversations.prefix: Clever Mechanic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You admit, you’re along for the ride until you can figure out what to do with your life. Who do you follow?
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Wise Insight
  
  Suggested Weakness: Awkward
conversations.prefix: Eager Sidekick:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re not headed somewhere, you’re headed away from somewhere, in search of yourself.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Escapist
  
  Suggested Weakness: Untrusting
conversations.prefix: Mysterious Traveler:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are sturdy, tough, resilient; easy to hurt, maybe, but hard to kill.
conversations.prefix: Hardy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re versed in mysteries and mysticism but your most potent strength may be your open mind.
conversations.prefix: Mystique:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Quality schooling, perhaps combined with real-world experience, gives you an edge in the field.
conversations.prefix: Well Educated:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: That smile, that swagger, that look—you’re an enchanting, persuasive sort, in almost any language.
conversations.prefix: Charming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ve been around, seen the best and the worst the world has to offer, and that gives you great instincts.
conversations.prefix: Worldly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You make things go. With parts and tools, from circuit boards to chewing gum, you do remarkable things.
conversations.prefix: Build & Rebuild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re a natural study of people and situations. Some call it intuition but it’s just the way you see the world.
conversations.prefix: Wise Insight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re a fighter, adept at staying alive in lethal situations. You’re at your best when lives are at stake.
conversations.prefix: Combatant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This isn’t about instinct, it’s about study. With observation or a primary source, you learn quickly.
conversations.prefix: Quick Study:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your body and mind are nimble and hard to contain. You’re like an animal that won’t stay caged by steel or circumstance.
conversations.prefix: Escapist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fear is your greatest obstacle; you build it in your own mind.
conversations.prefix: Cowardly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your spirit is willing but your body isn’t yet up to every challenge.
conversations.prefix: Frail:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You might prefer to think of yourself as bold but, yeah, sure, sometimes you’re just plain reckless.
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People should look up to you after everything you’ve done and for everything you’re bound to do yet.
conversations.prefix: Arrogant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ll get it, if they’d give you a minute to think it through.
conversations.prefix: Clueless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Manners are for fundraisers and weddings. You’ve got work to do.
conversations.prefix: Uncouth:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes even two hands and two feet seem like a lot to keep track of.
conversations.prefix: Awkward:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world hasn’t been fair to you so you show it the same courtesy.
conversations.prefix: Angry:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes even you think you should’ve known better.
conversations.prefix: Naïve:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People hurt each other. You’ve been hurt before. Why open yourself up to getting hurt again?
conversations.prefix: Untrusting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Escape this mysterious island and get back to the world you know.
conversations.prefix: Escape the Island:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether escape is possible or not, you’re here now. Make the best of it by understanding the others stranded here.
conversations.prefix: Make Friends:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The stars in the sky aren’t right. Those aren’t our constellations. Where are you?
conversations.prefix: Not Our Stars:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What lore and truths to change the world can you uncover from this place? What secrets can you discover?
conversations.prefix: Secret Knowledge:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What are the costs of survival in this place? You were fit to survive one world. What about this one?
conversations.prefix: The Fittest:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How can you go on without all you’ve lost? How far can love reach?
conversations.prefix: Lost Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You believe something about this island—you feel you’re right about it. What are you hiding?
conversations.prefix: Faith in the Island:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find reasonable explanations for what’s happening here. Science is on your side.
conversations.prefix: Understand the Impossible:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: We live in the worlds we make. Whatever happens is the result of our own actions, even in this chaotic world.
conversations.prefix: What Comes Around:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’ll never get home. You don’t want to. This is your chance to start over.
conversations.prefix: Make A New World:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Survival. Food, shelter, defenses. You can’t make sense of this place if you’re dead.
conversations.prefix: The First Order of Business:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wherever you are, you should acquire artifacts (or treasures) so others will believe you when you get home.
conversations.prefix: Treasures of Yore:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make contact with the world beyond this island.
conversations.prefix: Make Contact:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get a grip. Restore yourself to your best capabilities. Heal.
conversations.prefix: Recover Yourself:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Show the others that you’re more than you were by saving someone or something valuable.
conversations.prefix: Prove Yourself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Free Ace Bishop from her life in this strange place.
conversations.prefix: Rescue: Ace Bishop:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Free Thomas Merchant from his exile and maybe return him to civilization.
conversations.prefix: Rescue: Thomas Merchant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rescue the raving madman from himself and maybe help him find a measure of peace.
conversations.prefix: Rescue: The Madman:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get through to those who want to hurt you. Find a way to make peace between hated groups.
conversations.prefix: Make Peace:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Defeat that monster that hunted you.
conversations.prefix: Kill To Live:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No signal, half a bar of battery left, but maybe some app or data within can still help somehow?
conversations.prefix: Smartphone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This battered pump-action shotgun was in the front of the plane and survived the crash. Lucky.
conversations.prefix: Shotgun:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The plane’s weatherbeaten radio is detachable and sports an emergency battery.
conversations.prefix: Radio:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Aged and marked with generations of marginalia, this is either spooky nonsense or a mystic treasure trove.
conversations.prefix: Tome of Occult Lore:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An old-fashioned spyglass in pretty good shape.
conversations.prefix: Spyglass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A good, sturdy, 21st-century backpack with a dozen pockets.
conversations.prefix: Backpack:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One military-issue meal, ready to eat.
conversations.prefix: MRE:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Top-of-the-line still and video camera with a backup battery taped on and a tripod.
conversations.prefix: Digital Camera:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A coil of top-grade climbing rope, blue with an orange stripe.
conversations.prefix: 50 Feet of Good Rope:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A one-foot gold idol vaguely resembling the art style of the Chachapoyas but in a previously unknown mode and style.
conversations.prefix: Golden Idol:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Thick jungle holds up the wrecked front half of the plane, it’s shredded tail littering the forest beyond.
conversations.prefix: Crash Site:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A deep valley, thick with deep jungle, yawns before this cliff-top perch. Tall stone ruins peek through the canopy below.
conversations.prefix: Vista Overlook:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Waters gush off the edge of a sheer cliff into what looks like a deep lagoon forty or fifty feet below.
conversations.prefix: Thundering Waterfall:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Three-toed footprints and crushed eggshells, the size of melons, mingle with gore-streaked animal bones here.
conversations.prefix: Monstrous Nest:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This towering complex of vine-choked ruins is pocked by shallow dig sites and excavations throughout.
conversations.prefix: Ancient Ruin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A dripping grotto of still water with a stroke of sky visible through a crack in the ceiling, where skulls are knotted into hanging roots.
conversations.prefix: Damp Cavern:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A rough and ragged stilt-village of haphazard buildings assembled from sorry wreckage and harvested planks.
conversations.prefix: Shanty Town:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The beach here is a rusty tangle of wrecks upon wrecks—a storied landscape of maritime disasters spanning a century or more.
conversations.prefix: Shore of Wrecks:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Statues, some carved from stone, some from tree trunks, stand in this clearing like a meeting of a dozen artificial ambassadors.
conversations.prefix: Enigmatic Statue Garden:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The deep jungle of the island’s interior sweats beneath a canopy of twisted branches populated with colorful, unidentifiable birds.
conversations.prefix: Strange Jungle:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ve done this before. You can do it again.
conversations.prefix: Build a Fire:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make your way carefully across without being carried away or drowned.
conversations.prefix: Cross the River:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get down the cliff side to the jungle below. Do you climb or take the plunge into the lagoon below?
conversations.prefix: Down the Cliff:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Learn what you can about how it moves, where it nests, and what it is.
conversations.prefix: Track the Beast:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What was this place? Who made it? Where did they go?
conversations.prefix: Puzzle Out the Ruin:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ancient graffiti and a broken piano decorate this grotto. What is this place?
conversations.prefix: Explore the Cave:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find something of value in the rusting shipwrecks on this beach—if you can.
conversations.prefix: Pillage the Wrecks:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sneak around in the shanty town to learn what you can or to escape.
conversations.prefix: Sneak Through Town:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Is the old transceiver aboard the outermost shipwreck really beyond saving?
conversations.prefix: Repair the Transceiver:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not much ammo on this island but a lot of it is flying at you tonight.
conversations.prefix: Shootout in the Rain:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A pioneer among explorers and visionary behind this expedition, sadly lost in the crash on this mysterious island.
conversations.prefix: Atticus Kirkhill:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The bold and daring heiress to the Kirkhill legacy is a renowned explorer and linguist. Did she expect any of this?
conversations.prefix: Kate Kirkhill:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Survivalist, rabble rouser, and self-proclaimed leader of the island. How long has he been here?
conversations.prefix: Michael Barrett:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This fabled singer-turned-adventurer was lost crossing the Pacific in 1938 during an airplane race.
conversations.prefix: Candace “Ace” Bishop:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Like some combination of a cobra and a boa, this hooded constrictor is almost twelve feet of trouble.
conversations.prefix: Venomous Constrictor:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An inquisitive, strangely tattooed elephant. Where did those tattoos come from and what do they mean?
conversations.prefix: Curious Elephant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Its unearthly roar shakes the jungle, sending birds to flight and hearts to pounding. What the hell is it?
conversations.prefix: Gigantic, Roaring Beast:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of several sweaty, angry goons armed with blades (or worse) who do Barrett’s bidding. But why?
conversations.prefix: Blade-Toting Goon:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Raving and flailing in rags and broken boots. Who was this long-bearded lunatic and how did he get here?
conversations.prefix: Sweaty-Toothed Madman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A privateer and pirate who plied the seas from Bermuda to Barbados before disappearing in the 18th century.
conversations.prefix: Thomas Merchant:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: At long last, it has led to this--an ancient ruin of some kind of temple, hidden among the thick vegetation of this small island. Here, you may yet find what you seek.
conversations.prefix: Ruins Among the Trees:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: At last, the inner shrine of the temple, a ruin still majestic even in its decay. One feels the quiet, the hush of this place...as though *power* lies sleeping.
conversations.prefix: The Inner Shrine:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somewhere in this chamber must be a clue to what the Giver wants...so that it will free you from the curse your wish has become.
conversations.prefix: What Does It Want?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The tunnels you seem to need to take are crumbling more than other parts of the ruin--can you find a good way forward?
conversations.prefix: The Crumbling Tunnels:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somewhere along the path, you discover a line of statues along the walls, in the form of some sort of creatures or people...what do they look like? What do their positions suggest they are doing?
conversations.prefix: Ominous Statues:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Somewhere along the way, you encounter one of the temple's old traps, still functional after the centuries, or perhaps millennia. What is it?
conversations.prefix: A Deadly Trap:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: At some point in your journey, you find a river underground blocking the way. It looks shallow enough to ford, though it is moving fairly quickly...can you get across?
conversations.prefix: Underground River:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: That which resides in this place calls, and your heart answers.
conversations.prefix: A Wish from Within:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The ruined, underground halls of the shrine of the Giver. Lost to humanity for countless ages...and you now cannot help but wonder if they should have stayed lost.
conversations.prefix: Underground Halls:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Are they the real thing? Who knows? They seek to drain your will to escape...and ultimately, your soul.
conversations.prefix: Daughters of Mara:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There *must* be some information about what the Giver wants, and where it can be found...right?
conversations.prefix: Location, Location, Location:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A storm swiftly approaches, and there's no outrunning it. You've dealt with them before, but can you protect the ship as you are now?
conversations.prefix: Storm at Sea:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The River Thames runs into the city of London, carrying ships along the history-laden shores.
conversations.prefix: London - Along the River:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've arrived at London, but it's a bad time to draw attention. Can you reach the historian you're looking for without trouble?
conversations.prefix: Reach the Office:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It wouldn't be wise to leave the ship's engine in this condition. Can you get the engine repaired or get the parts to do so without incident?
conversations.prefix: Engine Repairs:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The hunger has grown strong. Will you fill it, or resist it? What will come of your choice?
conversations.prefix: Makina: The Price of Eternity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't have much time before the area is crawling with cops, and once it is, it doesn't seem likely they'll be allowing outsiders to poke around. Find a way in to Huntington's office before it's too late!
conversations.prefix: Huntington's Office - Find a Way In:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't have long before this place is crawling with cops, and there's no way they'll be letting outsiders in. Get in before it's too late!
conversations.prefix: Huntington's Office - Getting In:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have no choice but to go out and get the parts you need...or a new ship. But will it go smoothly?
conversations.prefix: Transport Troubles:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Surely, there *has* to be something here...but it's written in some sort of code. Can you decipher enough?
conversations.prefix: Huntington's Data:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Martin Turnbull is holding an exclusive get-together for the wealthy, powerful, and generally unethical. It'd be a great way in...but does anyone have the right connections?
conversations.prefix: Invite Only:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Huntington was studying the tablet, at least for a while...maybe his data holds more information.
conversations.prefix: Knowledge is Power:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The island manor of Martin Turnbull is large, ostentatious, and heavily guarded. Finery and exotic decorations mingle with well-armed guards with sunglasses and stern expressions. "Power" is the theme.
conversations.prefix: Turnbull's Estate:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Among the people at the party is someone that you know...who is it, and what happened the last time that you met?
conversations.prefix: A Rival:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: With the circles Martin Turnbull inhabits, a social gathering can be full of dangers. While you wait for an opportunity to find out more about the tablet, can you avoid running into dangerous trouble at the party?
conversations.prefix: The Party:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A shady merchant with ties to the underworld, Martin Turnbull currently owns the tablet you desperately need.
conversations.prefix: Martin Turnbull:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You managed to put off Grady earlier, but after your display, he wants to know the truth.
conversations.prefix: Sam: Grady - Ally or Foe?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The manticore is freeing monsters, and they're wreaking havoc on the guests and guards. Can you get Turnbull free...and can you save anyone else?
conversations.prefix: Monsters Loose:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A
conversations.prefix: Blackmail is a Wonderful Thing:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ah, Ryan Trent. Well-meaning, but he keeps secrets like a sieve holds water, and frankly, he's not all that smart. Use this card to show him...complicating things. It's still neutral, so this is just to add story color.
conversations.prefix: Troublesome Trent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You and Grady go way back, and now you're working together again. He's not exactly happy about it.
  
  Use this card to develop your plot with Grady, and to show him helping out or getting endangered or some such. When you run out of cards, bring it to a resolution. Grady can stick around if you'd like (though he won't be a card anymore), or leave the party (and/or life in general) in good or bad manner.
conversations.prefix: Grady: Old Soldiers...:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have information on one Dr. Ridley, information that makes him rather inclined to help you out.
  
  Use this card to show your requests to Ridley (whether he's present or not). When you're out of cards, resolve the blackmail story for good or ill.
conversations.prefix: Ridley: Good Old-Fashioned Blackmail:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Juan 'Romeo' Ramirez is a good hand in a fight. That's his only redeeming quality. Unfortunately, he's tagging along.
  
  Play this card to involve Romeo in things. Feel free to have him be handy, but more likely his impulses should cause some trouble. When the card stack is depleted, resolve the Romeo plot for good or ill.
conversations.prefix: Romeo, Romeo...:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A tourist city known for water sports and fishing, Dakhla is the center of territorial disputes between nations.
conversations.prefix: Dakhla, Western Sahara:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Martin Turnbull has offered his support...will you accept?
conversations.prefix: Turnbull's Offer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The tablet is in your hands, but it is only part of your goal. It contains information about the Giver, and what it wants...written in some sort of combination of ancient languages. What can you decipher?
conversations.prefix: The Tablet:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You still haven't told the others, but the tablet itself can somehow be used to counter a curse, temporarily. Maybe it can tell you *how*.
conversations.prefix: Makina: Secret Studies:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Play your NPC card here and establish how the person is involved with the story from here on out. Maybe they come with the team, maybe they try to fulfill another objective, maybe they start causing problems.
conversations.prefix: The Others:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The feathers of the Phoenix are needed to ease the rest of your journey...but how does one find an impossibly ancient being when it doesn't wish to be found? Can you reach it before someone else?
conversations.prefix: Seeking the Phoenix:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A city of modern life, intermingled with treasures of the past. It has been troubled, as one would guess, by mythological monsters...to the extent that large chunks of the city have been evacuated completely. History, these days, is not kind.
conversations.prefix: Athens, Greece:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've found the Phoenix...but you aren't the only ones hunting for it. You need only a single feather, and if Sam is right, you can get it without trouble...*if* you make sure the Phoenix gets to Keramikos.
conversations.prefix: The Flight to Keramikos:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have what you need, but the hunters are chasing you. Can you lose them and get back to the airstrip somehow?
conversations.prefix: To the Airstrip!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A frontier city in Argentina known for its closeness to Iguazú Falls, the Three Frontiers, and the Wanda Mines, along with artisans and museum exhibits. It was strongly based in tourism.
conversations.prefix: Puerto Iguazú:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A young officer with the local police, who knew Nayla (and Gū Mǐn) in the past. A nice guy, honest and with a strong protective streak. Could be useful...or could be a hindrance. It's all in how you play it.
conversations.prefix: Alonso:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You admit, you’re along for the ride until you can figure out what to do with your life. Who do you follow?  
conversations.prefix: Eager Sidekick:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your body and mind are nimble and hard to contain. You’re like an animal that won’t stay caged by steel or circumstance. 
conversations.prefix: Escapist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You might prefer to think of yourself as bold but, yeah, sure, sometimes you’re just plain reckless.  
conversations.prefix: Reckless:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Why else would you be here!  It's time to live and live big. Always on to the next adventure, the next discovery!
conversations.prefix: Live the Adventure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
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.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Others might call you a compulsive liar, but sometimes, you get so caught up in a con, you can’t help yourself. 
  
  A little polish here, a little embellishment there, what’s the harm?
conversations.prefix: Glib:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Someone rescued you in your darkest hour. You never properly thanked them, and now it may be too late. 
  
  You might never fully repay that debt, but you'll also never stop trying.
conversations.prefix: Do right by them that saved you:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've been there, most likely, and have probably done that, and so far you've made it out on top. Thanks to things like that pleasant summer you spent alone chasing Silk Road artifacts in the Gobi to your winter jaunts through Siberia looking for exotic animals, there's not much you can't handle.
conversations.prefix: Weight of Experience:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's not that you're OLD, really, but you know you shouldn't have made it as long as you have, and surviving is a younger man's game. Your luck probably should have run out a long time ago; maybe it's time to retire somewhere peaceful, like Alaska's northern reaches or perhaps the Amazon.
conversations.prefix: Getting Too Old For This:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your experiences in live-fire conflict zones have become your expertise. Your survival is your CV.   
conversations.prefix: Solider Of Fortune:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your battle tested and one tough customer.
conversations.prefix: Tough As Nails:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Manners are for fundraisers and weddings. You’ve got work to do. 
conversations.prefix: Uncouth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What are the costs of survival in this place? You were fit to survive one world. What about this one?   
conversations.prefix: The Fittest:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: His enthusiasticness and his showmanship made him perfect for the spot of the ringleader, the main feature of the circus.
conversations.prefix: Ringmaster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People shouldn't trust him, though when they do he will always use the situation at hand to his advantage.
conversations.prefix: Selfish:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The circus made him extremely good at communicating and manipulating people to do things.
conversations.prefix: Showmanship:
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.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: On good days, you can do something only slightly terrible to your inbox.  On bad days...you're on a first name basis with at least two cell phone warranty provider employees. 
conversations.prefix: Technology Gremlins:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: All ancient documents have basis in fact, the trick is finding proof, no matter how many people don't like it
conversations.prefix: Fiction Comes From Fact:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: On good days, you can do something only slightly terrible to your inbox. On bad days…you’re on a first name basis with at least two cell phone warranty provider employees.   
conversations.prefix: Technology Gremlins:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All ancient documents have basis in fact, the trick is finding proof, no matter how many people don’t like it
conversations.prefix: Fiction Comes From Fact:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’re a natural study of people and situations. Some call it intuition but it’s just the way you see the world.    
conversations.prefix: Wise Insight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You’ve been called “famous” and “nefarious” by colleagues and rivals alike. Point is, you get results.  
conversations.prefix: Renowned Archaeologist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
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.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Trained to apply life saving aid to soldiers in the battlefield, under fire in all kinds of conditions.
conversations.prefix: Combat Medic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It might be difficult to go home, but you simply don't want to. There was too much wrong with the place... things need to change... *drastically*. The world *can't* go on like this.
conversations.prefix: Make a New World:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everything in its place according to the laws of physics, nature and math.  There is no room for silly things like magic, wishes, or religion.
conversations.prefix: Too Rational:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gravity always wins
conversations.prefix: Falling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Be prepared. If it's good enough for the Boy Scouts..
conversations.prefix: Resourceful:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nayla's been called stubborn more than once in her life; usually, she takes it as a complement.
conversations.prefix: Strong Willed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Companions through thick and thin, you may not always understand them, but you'll stand by them
conversations.prefix: Sense of Duty:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Thanks to certain changes in circumstance, you're head isn't quite where it normally is.
conversations.prefix: Distracted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are not happy with your freshly age reverted body... not at all.
conversations.prefix: Frustration:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Compared to you companions, you are the best choice to not be out of place.
conversations.prefix: Relatively Normal:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: While most of your work these days is on the up and up, you've maintained a pretty solid network of contacts on the shadier side. 
conversations.prefix: Friends in Low Places:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: That... don't recognize you anymore.
conversations.prefix: Network of Contacts...:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When you travel a lot around the world in the company of professionals, you tend to form strong friendships
conversations.prefix: Old Friends:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Under the current circumstances, Sam is unable to go out in public
conversations.prefix: Can't be seen in daylight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You generally know what to do, but your old contacts wouldn't recognize you and your current body isn't quite up to your old one's fitness standards.
conversations.prefix: Not Quite Yourself Lately:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A little out of place, and very unsure of where to go
conversations.prefix: Unfamiliar Ground:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes it just takes persistent, unwavering effort to solve a problem.
conversations.prefix: Doggedness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Even when you know it can't end well, part of you still wants to start it
conversations.prefix: Hopeless Romantic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: When a favor is given, a debt of honor must be paid. Sometimes in spades.
conversations.prefix: A Debt Owed:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When you walk into a room, you typically have blackmail material on over half the occupants in said room. Even if they're your family. When you talk to someone, you've already done a good deal of mental math to predict the most likely outcomes of the conversation. And finally, you don't simply make a plan... you make a masterwork of such vicious cunning that it'd make Baron Vladimir Harkonnen stare at you in awe.
conversations.prefix: Xanatos Speed Chess Master:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know your artifacts, and the good fakes
conversations.prefix: Expertise:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes the best thing you can do to get by is to just keep cool.
conversations.prefix: Level-Headed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It won't kill you, but it'll still sting a bit...
conversations.prefix: Immortal:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Recent events have hit hard - too many people have died when they might have been saved. Now it's time to step up and make a difference.
conversations.prefix: Save a Life:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: As part of the intense interest in flying creatures of myth and legend, the take of the Phoenix was one of interest and deep reading.
conversations.prefix: Obsession with tales of flight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've made your living by occasionally doing some very sketchy things, but you've got standards, damnit. 
conversations.prefix: Righteous Anger...:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Easy there, champ.
conversations.prefix: ... Is Still Anger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
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.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The storage lot where Gū Mǐn's shed can be found is currently under the control of a gang, and guarded by serious-looking men with serious-looking firearms. Can you gain access safely?
conversations.prefix: Gain Access:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The cops are in the area and are paying pretty close attention to what's going on. Can you distract them while you do your work, or will they get a good view of what you do?
conversations.prefix: Stakeout:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It is time to present your offering, and see if you have satisfied the Giver's wrath and gained its mercy once more. What have you brought?
conversations.prefix: An Offering of Dreams:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Martin Turnbull has a wish...but should you let him see the Giver?
conversations.prefix: Turnbull's Wish:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What happens to you after the adventure? Write an epilogue for your character.
conversations.prefix: Epilogue:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reunited and it feels so good!
conversations.prefix: Reunite:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The little I know about love is that it's unconditional. It's not something you can buy.
conversations.prefix: An Old Photograph:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There are some personal items, acquired for practical purposes that become very special and almost mythical in ones own mind.
conversations.prefix: My Oldest Friend:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know the value of crushing another's dreams for their benefit...  and others.
conversations.prefix: Tough Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's time to hang up your hat... Mostly.
conversations.prefix: "Retired":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's no denying your impact on the world now, but it might be going a bit too well... beyond your control and maybe beyond reason.
conversations.prefix: Should I Stay or Should I Go?: