conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Pirates! But not just any pirates... lady pirates!
  
  Captain May Black has a ship. She has half of a map. Now all she needs is a crew. Are you a woman of adventurous spirit and flexible morals? Do you have what it takes to sail the seven seas and rake in the gold? Then life aboard The Virago may be for you.
  
  **OOC information**
  
  Based vaguely in the Caribbean in the golden age of piracy, in this game female sailors are unusual but not unheard of. Captain Black is a feared and respected pirate and those in her employ are able mates, capable with the sabre and pistol and well-versed in villainy when necessary.
  
  This is intended to be a roleplaying-heavy, mechanics-light game with vague historical accuracy (with a large helping of creative handwaving when necessary).  You don't need to know a yardarm from a windlass, but please do consider appropriate use of language and familiarise yourself with shipboard life. There is room for both comedy and drama  on this ship. Scenes may be R-rated though any gratuitous sexual situations or gore will be strictly off-camera. 
  
  I'm planning on running this in a slightly different way from the usual Storium set-up - there will be several 'games' for the crew so that I can run concurrent scenes depending on setting, timing, etc. Once you've applied and been approved for this game I'll send you an invite to the others - scenes will be set out along a timeline so that players can keep things straight.
  
  Please be creative when coming up with character concepts; due to the nature of the game I'll be accepting slightly more than the recommended 3-5, but I *will* be discerning, so make sure your writing is sharp and your ideas are unique. Please personalise your strengths/weaknesses/subplots and add pictures! You can add additional cards as well; the ones that are currently there are just suggestions and staring points. Avatars are required - try to keep them period-appropriate if you please.
  
  Happy sailing!
  
  Timeline document here: <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Vp4jpTkdEFJN6vqt5SIAvel-6Hwyv1kPrhKQ6_K1RbQ/edit#gid=0>
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can part people from their purses without being caught.
conversations.prefix: Quick Fingers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have muscles on your muscles. 
conversations.prefix: Strong as an Ox:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can eat anything with nary a stomachache.
conversations.prefix: Strong Constitution:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are personable and people just seem to like you.
conversations.prefix: Winning Smile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Where the taverns are.
conversations.prefix: Ashore:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Where you sleep, eat, and occasionally blow things up.
conversations.prefix: Below Decks:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your ship, your home.
conversations.prefix: The Virago:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your captain, a fierce redhead with a jolly sense of humour and an iron will.
conversations.prefix: Captain May Black:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Virago's First Mate - have you ever seen her smile?
conversations.prefix: Inés:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Able Bodied Sailor - you keep the ship running. 
conversations.prefix: A.B.S.:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Foreman of the deck crew. 
conversations.prefix: Bos'n:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You maintain and repair the ship's timbers.
conversations.prefix: Carpenter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You keep people fed.
conversations.prefix: Cook:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're Captain Black's right-hand woman.
conversations.prefix: First Mate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You make things go boom.
conversations.prefix: Gunner:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You may apprentice under one of the other sailors, and help with the day-to-day running of the ship.
conversations.prefix: Mate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You entertain the crew and play during battle to keep morale up.
conversations.prefix: Musician:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You lead the crew on boarding parties and discipline crew members.
conversations.prefix: Quartermaster:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You work aloft in the rigging, furling the sails.
conversations.prefix: Rigger:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are in charge of directing the course of the Virago.
conversations.prefix: Sailing Master:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You patch people up, and occasionally take them apart.
conversations.prefix: Surgeon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everywhere you go you can find someone to help you out.
conversations.prefix: A Friend in Every Port:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Knee twinging? Storm's a-comin'. 
conversations.prefix: Attuned to the Weather:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a knack for languages.
conversations.prefix: Clever Tongue:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're an excellent shot.
conversations.prefix: Eagle Eye:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've gotten chased out of more than a few taverns in your day.
conversations.prefix: Bad Reputation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your fingers must have been buttered long ago.
conversations.prefix: Clumsy Oaf:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're not as clever as most.
conversations.prefix: Dull Blade:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You often take more than your fair share.
conversations.prefix: Greedy Guts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a physical handicap that impairs your duties.
conversations.prefix: Peg Leg:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your temper often gets the best of you.
conversations.prefix: Short Temper:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You just aren't very brave.
conversations.prefix: Timid Mouse:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're often hanging over the side of the ship at sea. 
conversations.prefix: Weak Stomach:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make your way up the chain of command.
conversations.prefix: Climbing the Rigging:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You lost them, but you'll find them again.
conversations.prefix: Finding Your Love:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make enough to retire with - possibly to your own island.
conversations.prefix: Make Your Fortune:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Avenge someone... parent, sibling, lover. You'll get your revenge one way or another.
conversations.prefix: Revenge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You long for a thrilling story to tell your grandchildren one day.
conversations.prefix: Seek Adventure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Where the Captain sleeps and does business. 
conversations.prefix: Captain's Quarters:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Where the *Virago* was captured.
conversations.prefix: Island:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captain of the *Vendetta* and May Black's nemesis. 
conversations.prefix: Captain Abraham Boone:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You are a primate. Simple, easy as that. Two hands, two feet and an prehensile tail. The world is your oyster!    
conversations.prefix: Monkey:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are quick on your feet, and move easily. Swinging, jumping, running, tumbling. Why don’t you just join the circus…?
conversations.prefix: Lithe:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No one is quite sure, but it seems like you don’t really belong to society. You have poor manners and act strangely. But then again… who’s to judge?  
conversations.prefix: Slightly Feral:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You simply want to have fun. At the expense of others of course. Who would'nt?    
conversations.prefix: Mischief:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There is no honor or pride in fighting. If the odds aren’t in your favor, make them in your favor using whatever means necessary.    
conversations.prefix: Never Fight Fair:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: She’s still inexperienced at the details of seamanship. She’s learning, but still gets knocked off her feet at times.    
conversations.prefix: Landlubber:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You’re new to the sea, but you’ll be a sailor yet, someday.    
conversations.prefix: Sea Legs:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unflappable and phlegmatic, you keep your head about you when everyone else is losing theirs.
conversations.prefix: Calm Blue Ocean:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Callous and unfeeling, you make few friends with your lack of sympathy and compassion.
conversations.prefix: Cold-blooded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find something – or someone – to melt that icy surface and get to the person beneath.
conversations.prefix: Aim For The Heart:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not a sailor by trade, she shouldn’t even be aboard. Aboard she is, however, and she’ll blasted well work her passage, or swim home.    
conversations.prefix: Stowaway:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A lifetime of killing and thieving has taught her move gracefully and quietly, and get in and out of places unnoticed.
  
  You won’t see her until it’s far too late. Or, if you do, she seems to blend in.    
conversations.prefix: Cunning Little Vixen:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It’s not that she kills for the thrill, so much as that the killing thrills her. She *will* stay her hand, if there’s a good reason- but there aren’t that many good reasons in the world.    
conversations.prefix: Bloody Handed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Life is short, brutish, and nasty- but there’s a lot to see and do. Enjoy it all- and never, ever let anyone stop you.    
conversations.prefix: Drink it to the Dregs:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everywhere you go you can find someone to help you out.
conversations.prefix: A Friend in Every Port:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've gotten chased out of more than a few taverns in your day.
conversations.prefix: Bad Reputation:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You long for a thrilling story to tell your grandchildren one day.
conversations.prefix: Seek Adventure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Responsible for handling money aboard the ship. Tracks and manages expenses, payroll, and stocking of supplies, plus any other miscellaneous administration. 
  
  Handles payment of any port fees should they occur. May supervise cargo operations if there is no one else to do so.
  
  “Blood, red ink, what difference? You keep the assets and give the other ship the losses.”
  
  “And that’s purser, not puss.”
conversations.prefix: Ship's Pusser (AKA Purser):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The instructions will be followed. Each step will be accomplished. Harmony arises from self-discipline.
  The books will be balanced, or someone will get stabbed as much as necessary.
  
  “By my accounts, you possess too much blood. Let me fix that.”
conversations.prefix: Methodical:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Easily confounded or confused by informal or alien social situations. Formal social gatherings with nicely ordered events and rules are okay.
  “I would prefer not to drink any of- it’s a social requirement? Are you sure it is mandatory to drink this much rum? … Very well.”
conversations.prefix: Socially Inept:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make enough to retire with – but preferably to buy a ship. Then use the ship to make enough money to buy another ship. Then use the two ships to make enough money to buy four ships, then eight… sixteen… 
  
  “Investment is key. I must honor my parents and provide for them.”
conversations.prefix: Make Your Fortune:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Everyone knows you’re trouble but somehow they find themselves liking you anyway.  
conversations.prefix: Lovable rogue:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When the chips are down, no loyalty is more important than your desire to save your own skin. You’re a coward at heart.   
conversations.prefix: Every woman for herself:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Being a hedonistic coward gets old after a while, all you really want is a cause to pin your colours to.    
conversations.prefix: Lost without a cause:
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: For a pirate, you have pretty refined tastes that allow you to make good food with few ingredients, not to mention being able to taste sinister additions to meals.    
conversations.prefix: Strong Palate:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Be it food, drink, or sex you take as much as you can. 
conversations.prefix: Glutton:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have angered the wrong people and making sure they don’t find you is your biggest concern.    
conversations.prefix: Staying Hidden:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There are not many you meet who can match you skill with a sword. While not the best swordsman in the world, you can still go toe to toe with just about anyone you meet on a daily basis. 
conversations.prefix: Good With a Blade:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your temper often gets the best of you, especially when pirates don’t listen or things go wrong. And when you get mad, you get MAD. Most people know to run.   
conversations.prefix: Short Temper:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You live for the thrill of adventure and everything that goes along with it. Money matter little, it’s the journey that really counts.   
conversations.prefix: Seek Adventure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have trained to understand the human body, what parts should be moving and what parts shouldn’t. 
conversations.prefix: Familiar with the Body:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can’t (or perhaps won’t) speak. This can make your job somewhat difficult.  
conversations.prefix: Voiceless:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Swabbin' the poop deck and other crappy jobs
conversations.prefix: Cabin "Boy":
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There are not many advantages to being small when you're a pirate, but at least you're sneaky.    
conversations.prefix: Sneaky and Stealthy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's nothing wrong with being a little ambitious, but there IS something wrong with being TOO ambitious. You keep trying to prove yourself but it doesn't always turn out well.   
conversations.prefix: Biting off more than you can chew:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make your way up the chain of command - but first you have to prove yourself.
conversations.prefix: Climbing the Rigging: