conversations.from: system
conversations.value: It all started so simply.  It was a dark, cold sort of night, not the sort of time you'd want to be out on the streets.  So you got on the subway.
  
  Nothing seemed wrong.  Your car was almost deserted- just you and a few others.  And then it stopped at an abandoned station.  "Train has stopped for repairs.  Please disembark and leave the station."
  
  And that was when things got wierd...
  
  *****
  
  *Blue Line* follows a group of normal people who, after taking a night train, find themselves in a strange, dark otherworld parallel to their own.
  
  Also, all characters should have a powerful, driving desire.  I'm not particular about what that should be- to get rich, to make up for past mistakes, to change the world- but it should be a drive behind their actions.
  
  I'm looking for 3-5 players.  My schedule is busy, so I'm not going to ask you to post every day (it would be hypocritical of me), but I'd prefer if you try to post with some frequency.  And if you're no longer interested in the game, please comment something to that effect before withdrawing.  It makes running the game a lot easier.
  
  Feel free to create your own cards!  My natures / strengths / weaknesses are there as a starting point.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A patch of bog quicksand that seems to have appeared directly under your feet.
conversations.prefix: Morass:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A manilla folder containing a full accounting of the sins of one Jake "Potatoes" O'Brien.
conversations.prefix: Records: O'Brien, Jake:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: If you want to find a way back, you'll have to search for it.
conversations.prefix: Explore:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It defies all reason, but it's *there*, and it probably isn't friendly.
conversations.prefix: The Thing:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It takes a lot to keep you down.
conversations.prefix: Tough:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're just a pretty likeable guy, you know?
conversations.prefix: Personable:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You aren't known for your creativity.
conversations.prefix: Unimaginitive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You follow through on what you have to do.
conversations.prefix: Responsible:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're very risk-averse.
conversations.prefix: Overprotective:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You haven't got much faith in yourself.
conversations.prefix: Inadequacy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're busy getting a degree.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strengths: Intelligent
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inexperienced
conversations.prefix: Student:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're knowledgeable and analytic.
conversations.prefix: Intelligent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't have much real-world experience.
conversations.prefix: Inexperienced:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes you don't see the point in going on.
conversations.prefix: Pessimistic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You'd do anything to go back and fix what happened.
conversations.prefix: Change the Past:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It haunts your mind, and you'll need to put it to rest to move on.
conversations.prefix: Get Healthy:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: There's something wrong with the world, and you need to fix it.
conversations.prefix: Change the World:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gladestone is bleeding pretty heavily.  That's rarely a good sign.
conversations.prefix: First Aid:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somewhere in this maze of hallways is a locked box in a locked room.
conversations.prefix: Find the Safe:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wake up.  Breakfast.  Commute.  Work.  Go home.  Dinner.  Television.  Sleep.  Repeat.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Personable
  
  Suggested Weakness: Unimaginative
conversations.prefix: Office Drone:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The city chews people up and spits them back out.  You're in the second stage of that process.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough
  
  Suggested Weakness: Jaded
conversations.prefix: Vagrant:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your spouse earns enough to allow you to concentrate on raising your kid(s).
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Responsible
  
  Suggested Weakness: Overprotective
conversations.prefix: Stay-at-home Parent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You won't sell your soul to a mindless 9-to-5.  You've got vision.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Creative
  
  Suggested Weakness: Inadequacy
conversations.prefix: Artist:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your thoughts don't even go near the box.
conversations.prefix: Creative:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You want fame, fortune, and for the world to finally acknowledged your contributions.
conversations.prefix: Go Big:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don't need much- just to find a comfortable place for yourself in the world.
conversations.prefix: Financial Security:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The long-forgotten remnants of an aborted public-works project.  Smells like mildew.
conversations.prefix: Abandoned Subway Station:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: If you want to get to the surface and out of this weird place, you'll have to break through the stairwell doors, which were chained shut and have subsequently rusted together.
conversations.prefix: Broken Doors:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're stuck with these people, at least for a little while.  May as well get to know them.
conversations.prefix: Get Acquainted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You can recognize the rough outline of 22nd Street intersecting Benedict Ave, but you don't remember this much grass.
conversations.prefix: Old 22nd & Benedict:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't know if that *thing* from the station will chase you, and you'd rather not have a chance to find out.
conversations.prefix: Get Moving:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Once these towering skyscrapers were a center of business in your city.  Now they're merely massive roosts for birds.
conversations.prefix: Downtown:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Twisted chunks of metal and sharp-edged glass fragments shake free from the buildings and plunge into the streets below.
conversations.prefix: Death from Above:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tremors cause the loose, muddy soil to liquefy under your feet, threatening to drown you in the earth.
conversations.prefix: Death from Below:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The tarnished key Gladestone pulled from the muck feels oddly warm in your hand.  And what lock is it meant to fit?
conversations.prefix: Key:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Somebody in the group recognizes the serial number.  And knows what locker the key unlocks.
conversations.prefix: Lock:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're all getting hungry, and you should probably figure out how to get food now rather than later.
conversations.prefix: Forage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: It's only 5 blocks to your goal.  5 blocks of quicksand-like muck, studded with broken class and rusty metal.
conversations.prefix: Crosstown Trek:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This beaten-down building is nonetheless in much better repair than its neighbors.  Why?
conversations.prefix: Phia's Office:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're on the first floor of the building, the lockbox is on the third, the elevators haven't had power in years, and the stairs aren't in very good repair.
conversations.prefix: Ascent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A vision of a map, covered in strange symbols.  Together, they show the next step of the Labyrinth, if you can decode them.
conversations.prefix: Labyrinth:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What's inside this building could hold the reason you're here.  But the building is also full of things with far too many teeth.  It's time to tread carefully, and not only because the floor is broken in places.
conversations.prefix: Decisions:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somewhere in this maze is a thing with too many teeth.  Best to never have to find out a better description for it.
conversations.prefix: Avoid It:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An uptown residential neighborhood.
conversations.prefix: Brown Hill:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brown Hill is a hill, so get ready to walk up.  At least it probably won't be so swampy.
conversations.prefix: Walk To Brown Hill:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A woman, but with a face obscured by writhing darkness.  From whose past does this spectre hail?
conversations.prefix: Memories:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An uptown residential neighborhood.
conversations.prefix: Brown Hill:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The house is covered in thick vines, which will have to be removed if you want to get in.
conversations.prefix: Vines:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stories aren't quite the truth- they're truer than that.  And boy does Max have a story to tell.
conversations.prefix: Story Time:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There should be a clue to the next part of the Labyrinth in this house.
conversations.prefix: Search:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You can't move forwards if you're constantly watching your back.  Show how you trust another member of the group.
conversations.prefix: Trust:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sun's setting.  Time to hunker down for the night.
conversations.prefix: Make Camp:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A gesture of trust.
conversations.prefix: A Good Firestarter:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You'd normally have to take a circuitous route to the inner city, but there's a shortcut which can save you a lot of time.  But...
conversations.prefix: Shortcut:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A stretch of frenzied whitewater and slick, jagged rocks.  Good luck getting over it in one piece.
conversations.prefix: Ford the River:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Is that an arm made of water sticking out of the river?  Or are you seeing patterns where none exist, like when people see Jesus in burnt toast?
conversations.prefix: Whitewater:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Night after night, you make a living telling (hopefully) amusing stories and jokes to small crowds.  It is not as glamorous as it sounds.
conversations.prefix: Comedian:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You always try to look on the bright side, however dire the situation seems.
conversations.prefix: Positive Attitude:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Always on the lookout for new material, you find it hard to concentrate on just one thing at a time.
conversations.prefix: Easily Distracted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want fame, fortune and a chance to play the big stadiums.
conversations.prefix: Make It Big:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You write copy for money. Income is never secure, but you're your own boss.
conversations.prefix: Freelance Writer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Committing to more than the bare minimum is a luxury to you.
conversations.prefix: Flakey:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She's out there, the true inspiration. Time to get out, find her, and live a life worth writing about. 
conversations.prefix: The Muse:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Retired homicide detective turned private investigator.    
conversations.prefix: Private Investigator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're knowledgeable and analytic.
conversations.prefix: Intelligent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nothing is true until you have the hard proof.
  
  Nothing.
conversations.prefix: Perpetual Skeptic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You'd do anything to go back and fix what happened.
conversations.prefix: Change the Past:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've spent too long in the grey, felt-walled cube-farms.  Time to get out into the world and stretch your legs.
conversations.prefix: Have an Adventure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jake is a former Golden Gloves boxer, who was expected to go all the way to the professional heavyweight divisions.  He even won a Bronze in the Olympics almost two decades ago.  
  
  But real life intervened, his girlfriend got pregnant, so they got married.  To keep the peace at home, he left boxing and started working at the docks.  
  
  The management at his job knew who he was, and being connected, they had more of a use for a tough guy than another worker - and the promise of less hours and more pay made it easy for Jake to hurt people for money. 
conversations.prefix: Criminal Tough:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jake is tough, physically and mentally.  He can take a lot of abuse, and get up and keep going again.  
  
  He's skilled with his hands and even commonplace items as weapons, which can be quite useful. 
conversations.prefix: Fighter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jake has, over the years, become more and more dependent on booze and narcotics (pain pills to dull the constant pain his body is in, as well as to dull his mind to deal with his guilt) to deal with the day to day world. 
conversations.prefix: Addicted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're not a threat or annoying, and ought to blend in and get along with anyone.
conversations.prefix: Unassuming:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Many factors in Jake's life - growing up poor, spending his formative years in a boxing gym, and a life of crime and violence - has made him very good at putting common things to the best use. 
conversations.prefix: Gotta Make Do:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You find the world fascinating, and often go too far exploring how it works.
conversations.prefix: Too Much Curiosity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: From childhood on, Jake has had few friends.  Often an outsider, life has been a confrontation, usually Jake against everyone else.  
conversations.prefix: Me vs Them:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To Protect and Serve was a motto for your life long before it was a career path.
conversations.prefix: Protective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After Toots took Jake under his wing, he did his best to give the kid a wider exposure, even taking him out to his family's farm in the country.  
  
  He thought the simple, honest lifestyle might impart some needed wisdom and tolerance into the angry youth.  
conversations.prefix: Summer in the country:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This place can't be real... right?
conversations.prefix: Losing Touch with Reality:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Some people are good at making the right choices.  Jake is not one of those, which helps explain why he became an enforcer for the Mafia. 
conversations.prefix: Good at Making Bad Decisions:
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: If you want something done right...
conversations.prefix: Zero Faith in This Team:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes the only way to be positive is to pretend that the problem doesn't exist.  This is very seldom actually helpful.
conversations.prefix: Denial:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've spent your adult life working with other people.  You know how to get them to do what you need.
conversations.prefix: Team Manipulator:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When it comes down to it, you're not a fighter. You want to observe the world, not change it.
conversations.prefix: Flight Not Fight:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You may find it difficult to focus on one thing, but that also means that you don't dwell on negative emotions and recover quickly from shocks.
conversations.prefix: Mental Flexibility:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dreams can tell their own story--if you dare exploring them.
conversations.prefix: Visionary: