conversations.from: system
conversations.value: A friendly lake-side community...
  cheerful townsfolk of every kind...
  plenty of engaging, and *thrilling* adventures to be had whether you are a tourist or a long-time resident...
  
  Greetings from Deer Lick.
  
  *Cue Intro Music:* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OVUbAB8_wc
  
  **Premise**
  
  As you may have guessed from the image, and the borrowed phrasing there, this is a Welcome to Night Vale style story. What does that mean?
  
  Well... imagine that H.P. Lovecraft lived long enough to do a collaboration with George Orwell and Terry Pratchett... and in the case of this story, Edgar Allen Poe and possibly Isaac Asimov.
  
  It is a town next to a lake where all manner of strange things can, and almost always do happen. Where Things Come Out of The Lake on a regular basis to wreak havoc, or just sell Quite Soggy T-Shirts. There was another town across the lake, but its gone now. 
  
  The Vague Yet Menacing Government Agency has a branch here, and there are many other strange delights to be had here in Deer Lick.
  
  **Writing Style**
  
  This is crucial, I'm trying to see if we can basically write in a mode similar to the original podcast, Welcome to Night Vale... which means for the most part we'll all be writing from the point of view of the same character, Mattie Walker, the radio host, as she is at work presenting the nightly news and so on.
  
  In other words, we're writing the show from Mattie's point of view. And even though you each have your own characters, but you'll have to write about them from the radio show host's point of view.
  
  It may seem a bit confusing at first, but I think if you get into the right mindset, it'll get less and less confusing as we go on.
  
  **Character Creation**
  Given the high level of just plain weird we need to get to in order to feel like an alternate take on Welcome to Night Vale... you're free to come up with as strange a character as you like, with any manner of strange abilities... the only exception however is that you cannot, under any circumstances, take over other player characters without that player's permission. 
  
  Also, in keeping with a running theme (sort of) from the original podcast, NO CHARACTER OR CARD ART WHATSOEVER. And when describing your character, try to be a bit vague on the specifics of your character's appearance... let the reader draw their own conclusions about what your character looks like.
  
  As for Character Cards, feel free to come up with your own Natures, Strengths, Weaknesses, and Subplots. The few cards I provided are intended as examples. As a general rule, I'd prefer that supernatural powers are not your strengths or weaknesses, unless they really are an essential part of your character's personality and identity... AND they can be applied to a wide variety of situations.
  
  **Controlling Mattie Walker**
  
  You are free to characterize her however you like, with the following exceptions:
  
  She is asexual, but not aromantic.
  
  She is an atheist, and tries to find the most rational possible explanation for whatever is going on... which often involves a lot of double-speak, and a lot of pseudo-science. This is largely for comic effect, but can also be played for horror at some points. Note that NONE of your characters are gods by any stretch, nor are there any gods in this story... there are god-like beings, but they have holes and flaws just like anyone else... just a lot more power than anyone else. (including you, the PCs)
  
  She never wears anything more feminine than a business skirt. Its not a statement on gender or politics or anything, she just has a more practical mindset for how she dresses herself for any occasion.
  
  Like Cecil, she has some clairvoyant abilities, in which she seems able to read minds to a degree, or even scry someone she's never met before from afar, but only under certain circumstances (read: when I say she does). Which she tends to dismiss as a bit of indigestion, or a really weird dream.
  
  Please don't put her in a romance sub-plot with your character, even if you win control of the story in a challenge. I'd prefer to decide the if and when of that myself. 
  
  Finally, do not describe her physical appearance under any circumstances. If you do, you will have to revise your move. Her exact appearance is classified information in Deer Lick. Whenever she goes out, a series of censor bars floats around with her. Don't ask how that's possible either, because that will force the Marshal's Secret Police to arrest you for trying to illegally access classified information. Thank you.
  
  Also, tagging this as NSFW, just in case. Might go in very violent, very disturbing territory... and might go for more sexual territory if that's where you guys want to go with it. Though why the radio show would go into a sexual direction is beyond me.
  
  Oh, one last thing... her voice... it changes a lot...
  
  one moment it can so silky smooth and laced with seduction and intrigue that she could make the phone book sound like a page-turner...
  
  and the next it could sound nasally and a bit stuck up... like a French aristocrat...
  
  and another she could sound like a complete nerd. This switch is random, and anyone can make the change in their move if they want to... her current voice is one area where you are free to describe something about our radio show's host. 
  
  **The Weather**
  
  It wouldn't be a Welcome to Night Vale style story without this strange musical interlude... so here's how its going to work... after the first scene, if you finish the last challenge in a scene, you get to pick the song that goes in The Weather section.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: All three heads are so ugly they turn anything that stares at them for too long into stone... this really shouldn't work at all, but hey, that could describe most things in good ol' Deer Lick.
conversations.prefix: Literally a Three-Headed Gorgon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Somehow, you're just a plain old, non-upgraded, un-mutated, magically and eldritchly inert human. Raises a couple of questions... how long have you been living in Deer Lick? And how have you survived this long?
conversations.prefix: "Normal" Person:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whatever you are, you shouldn't exist. Your kind, whatever that is, has been banned in Deer Lick for... that's also classified.
  
  Point is, you shouldn't exist because you aren't allowed to exist in Deer Lick. Your existence is illegal... no one is supposed to acknowledge you in any way, shape or form... in fact, I'm probably going to be arrested for writing down this much about you... whoever, or whatever you are.
conversations.prefix: Classified:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There may or may not be an upcoming election, in either case, you want to be the next mayo of Deer Lick, and are slowly laying the groundwork for your successful campaign.
conversations.prefix: Become Mayor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You work as an intern at Deer Lick Community Radio, and are thus pretty handy in a fight... or a magic ritual... or something that makes you stand out from the... what? Four other applicants this year?
  
  Anyway, you might be a returning intern from a previous year as well... Community Radio can only "hire" unpaid interns... its all we have the budget for I'm sorry to say. But whatever way that you are awesome... you are. And if you weren't aware of how and only just found out in the mail... Congratulations!
conversations.prefix: Community Radio Intern:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want to replace Mattie Walker as the host of Deer Lick Community Radio. Whether because of a prophecy, ambition, or because a Vague-Yet-Menacing Government Agency told you to... or just for a laugh... you *need* to replace Walker.
conversations.prefix: Become the new Radio Host:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: But keep in mind that it is going to have to apply to a good variety of different circumstances... from social and political, to sanity and life preserving. So your main strength should probably be fairly versatile.
conversations.prefix: Make Your Own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: But keep in mind that your main weakness should probably be able to apply in a variety of situations as well.
conversations.prefix: Make Your Own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A wonderful, charming lakeside community, with absolutely nothing strange or even slightly abnormal about it. Nothing that you can legally discuss anyway.
conversations.prefix: Deer Lick:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The weather is fine, but crows are everywhere in Deer Lick... all of them moving in perfect sync with each other... flying as one being... and if the rumors are true, attacking as one being. But only if provoked... but what are they after? And more importantly, how can we stop them?
conversations.prefix: Clear Skies, Dark Wings:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kaz is getting into the swing of things with the crows... he is thinking more and more like them, he might not be able to break free... but I'm sure he's fine anyway.
conversations.prefix: A Murder of Crows:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The murder of crows have all merged into one massive crow, and it is beginning a rampage through Deer Lick.
conversations.prefix: The Crow:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What are they looking for? Should we help them? Will that appease them?
conversations.prefix: The Scout Spores:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The spores are clustering in the Wendy's, where they have delivered their sacrifice. Can you discover the purpose of this ritual without going mad(der)? Can you stop them? *Should* you stop them? What will Robin and Batman do about the Riddler leaving an engimatic grocery list around town? Tune in next week to find out! Same Bat-Channel, same Deer-Time! Wait...
conversations.prefix: Spore Ritual:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There have been reports of this enigmatic figure all around town... and so far no one has been able to remember anything this person has said to them without the help of Angels or Demons (neither of which exist, we must remind you) What do they want? What are they saying? Can anyone remember what they look like aside from the Poncho?
conversations.prefix: The Lady in the Leopard-Skin Poncho:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can change your appearance into just about anything, human, animal, plant, or whatever else you feel like being on a given day.
conversations.prefix: Shapeshifter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your usually truthful and honest, at least 95% of the time.
conversations.prefix: Honest:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You prefer to be alone and take care of your own problems by yourself.
conversations.prefix: Loner:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can turn into animals and other things, so you want to turn into as many animals as you can and father all sorts of animal children, and make your own Animal Kingdom.
conversations.prefix: Animal Kingdom:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're a  musical fanatic and spend your time with fantastic compositions. Although, is something... strange about your music composing skills? Nah, couldn't be.
conversations.prefix: Inspiring 'Regular' Composer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your a hard worker, and sometimes at the early hours of dawn your lights will still be on from the night before, working on the current task.
conversations.prefix: Dedicated:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An odd psychological affliction that will cause you to sleep at random intervals for a short amount of time, usually from 5-10 minutes, let's hope it doesn't give way to a fatal mistake!
conversations.prefix: Narcolepsy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want to cause something, a change, you want to cause a huge change from the influence of your music, but what you want that influence to cause you're unsure of.
conversations.prefix: Do 'Something':
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are so, totally cool. Like, it's practically your job to know what people are up to so you can make events or whatever? So it's totally great you can psychically spy on electronic recording devices used to spy on citizens of Deer Lick!
conversations.prefix: Community Organizer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're really smart and you hear like, a lot about what's going on in town. Wait, a lot? Not a lot. Scratch that. Everything is more than a lot. God, people are chatty. 
conversations.prefix: Intelegent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have got so many irons on the fire. So many. And you know what they say. Strike the iron while the iron is crying. Sometimes the iron just needs to be shocked out of their blubbering. Wait... What? 
conversations.prefix: Distractable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The old Community Center was destroyed by beavers like, two years ago. You wouldn't care, but like, you really want to play some table tennis and everyone knows private table tennis tables became illegal because people would not put up the proper warding. 
conversations.prefix: Rebuild the old Community Center:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're *not* just a plain old, non-upgraded, un-mutated, magically and eldritchly inert human. You have one or two special abilities, whether it's to know everyone's favorite baked treat instinctively, or whether it's the ability to nurse plants that are nearly dead back to health. It doesn't amount to much, but it occasionally comes in handy.
conversations.prefix: Almost Normal:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You somehow are connected to the Otherside, where spirits of the beloved dead and the spirit of natures reside. You have one or two friends on the Otherside who are happy to help you when needed. 
conversations.prefix: Connections in the Spirit World:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You really, *really* do not like living people. They're strange and unsettling and you'd rather just deal with the spirits from the Otherside.
conversations.prefix: Socially Phobic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been given the duty of keeping the spirits of Deer Lick calm and at rest. You take that duty very seriously.
conversations.prefix: Take Care of the Spirits:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether its making coffee or mumbling ancient prayers to ward off the ghouls in the air vents you seem to be quite good at what you do.
conversations.prefix: Quite Skilled:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You soul doesn't always act the way you want it to. It slips from your body now and then but always returns.
conversations.prefix: Spiritual mess:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just because the last three interns that saw him were never seen again is no reason to fear the man. The fact those three interns were trans-dimensional gods is though. But in in the law of time and negative space you must replace him. You went back in time just to tell yourself this half an hour ago.
conversations.prefix: Replace the Radio station manager.:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Haunting is a tough, thankless job, and it takes a special kind of spectre to do it properly. Local 104 pride themselves on maintaining a healthy and active afterlifestyle and providing the best hauntings possible.
conversations.prefix: A lively bunch of deadheads:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What else is there really to say? While some cities have to make-do with one small diamond in the rough, Deer Lick is fortunate enough to have  two bright young stars to shine through their windows at night. 
conversations.prefix: A Just Dandy Duo:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tire need fixing? Civil order not keeping in order?  Saving a scout that was flung down the wrong sacrificial pit? Really, what can't these two darlings of Deer Lick do?                                                                              No really, what can't they do?
conversations.prefix: Being Bob and George:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: How could you even dare think about pinning any sort of flaw on these two? After all their services, you should feel ashamed for even considering thinking of such a thing. The Marshal's Secret Police will ensure proper shame has been felt by you, you silly, shameful person.
conversations.prefix: Really? Is that honestly a question?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: We can never get enough of these curious scamps! And I mean never. Never let these two out of your heads, always keep them in your hearts and minds. Goodness knows where they would go otherwise...
conversations.prefix: Being Dear Lick's Stars:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a strong work ethic, though sometimes you come off as a workaholic.
conversations.prefix: Hardworking:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're frightened by the dark, and will do anything to keep your surroundings illuminated.
conversations.prefix: Darkness:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There may or may not be an upcoming election, in either case, you want to be the next mayor of Deer Lick, and are slowly laying the groundwork for your successful campaign.
conversations.prefix: Become Mayor:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: THEY shall come down and create a Higher Living, preaching the will of fate, or so she says.
conversations.prefix: Priestess of the Higher Living:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Can guide those poor souls to the state of Higher Living, or at least a mental facility.
conversations.prefix: Fate's Hand:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Has a tenancy for sacrifices, all for the greator good of course.
conversations.prefix: Loss of Followers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Has a tenancy for sacrifices, all for the greator good of course.
conversations.prefix: Loss of Followers:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: THEY must come first, must be preached and she will help them in THEIR rise to greatness.
conversations.prefix: For THOSE People:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You officially Do Not Exist. So... there's really nothing else I can legally say about *what* you are. You rascal you.
conversations.prefix: DNE:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Even Death May Die. I don't know why that particular phrase occurred to me when I look at you, but ah, what the hell?
conversations.prefix: In Stranger Eons...:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone knows about you already... they have been writing stories about you... and sometimes, what they wrote says something very specific about you, something you didn't want known... or some limitation that you didn't have until they wrote about you.
conversations.prefix: Storytelling Feedback:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You will find her. And you will find a way to control... or silence her.
conversations.prefix: Find Your Author:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You know things, in fact most things. There is very little you don't know.
conversations.prefix: Intelligent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can turn into, well whatever you want really.
conversations.prefix: Shapeshift:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Able to keep your wits about you in a fight, at a funeral, or while fighting at a funeral (combat-and-console).
conversations.prefix: Coolheaded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: While this doesn't necessarily mean you don't have ay experience with the supernatural, Deer Lick is certainly very different from anything you've faced so far. This sometimes leads to confident but incorrect decisions.
conversations.prefix: From Out of Town:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After all, you moved to Deer Lick in order to put some life in your spice. Or is it the other way around?
conversations.prefix: Live an Exciting Life:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Able to keep your wits about you in a fight, at a funeral, or while fighting at a funeral (combat-and-console).  
conversations.prefix: Coolheaded:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: While this doesn’t necessarily mean you don’t have any experience with the supernatural, Deer Lick is certainly very different from anything you’ve faced so far. This sometimes leads to confident but incorrect decisions.
conversations.prefix: From Out of Town:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After all, you moved to Deer Lick in order to put some life in your spice. Or is it the other way around?
conversations.prefix: Live an Exciting Life:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He runs fast.  You should really see him go.
conversations.prefix: Runs Fast:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I can't pin this guy down.  Every thing he does manages to surprise me, every time.
conversations.prefix: Surprising:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He's not a real person.  He can't be.  Who are we even talking about?
conversations.prefix: Doesn't exist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The trees are the oldest and wisest citizens of Deer Lick.  Hear their words.
conversations.prefix: Teach the wisdom of the trees:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You exist only in the imagination of others.  Hopefully grown-ups and the less imaginative will play along and not shut doors in your face.
conversations.prefix: Imaginary Friend:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Me? Important? Nah, I can spare a few fingers.
conversations.prefix: Disregard for Personal Safety:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You woke up one day and remembered nothing. You can eat, sleep and perform the most basic functions of a human body. Observation has allowed you to gain a basic grasp of English. That's about it.
conversations.prefix: Amnesiac:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't have much experience with what is and is not normal, so nothing really strikes you as odd unless you are told otherwise. This is very useful in a place like this...
conversations.prefix: Unfazeable:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You remember nothing. *Nothing.* You have been rendered a child in a teenager's body. Hopefully, someone will be willing to mentor you while helping you avoid the various dangers...
conversations.prefix: Acute Cluelessness:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your main goal, after survival, is to figure out who or what you are. This is no small task.
conversations.prefix: Who Am I?:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're known around town for coming up with strange and, well... crazy ideas at times. Sometimes, if people try them, they'll find out they work. Sometimes, they might just end up looking ridiculous.
conversations.prefix: A Bit Odd:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're the kind of person to run in front of a car for the hell of it. Who cares about broken bones?
conversations.prefix: Impulsiveness: