conversations.from: system
conversations.value: **Setting: ** While most refuse to acknowledge it, the world is filled with strange, unexplained (possibly unexplainable) phenomena. While many of these are simply strange quirks of the universe, some have been shown to be dangerous to humans.
  
  That's why the BPS was founded, to find these phenomena, study them, and determine what should be done, if anything, to prevent them from causing harm or falling into the wrong hands. 
  
  The characters will be new members of the BPS, recruited from various walks of life due to their skill and expertise. The bureau is small, with very few employees (and very few people even aware of its existence), but fairly well funded and equipped.
  
  **Tone: ** Based loosely on shows like Warehouse 13 as well as the SCP, the tone will be somewhat serious. Not exactly GRIMDARK, but there may be some scenes with violence, gore, and the like.
  
  **Number of players: ** Ideally somewhere areound 3-4.
  
  **Player roles: ** Each player will take on a new recruit in the BPS. Roles can be almost anything that may have use in the bureau. Some examples may be researchers or soldiers, though something like hackers or even occultists could be considered (however, it is unlikely that I will accept characters that start out with any sort of supernatural ability)
  
  **Power scale: ** Regular humans, though exemplary in their field.
  
  **First Scene will be: ** An introduction to the Midwest branch of the BPS.
  
  **More details via: ** I will be posting a thread in the forum where questions can be asked. I also tend to be in the storium IRC that has been made by @Sagettaeri <http://client00.chat.mibbit.com/?channel=#storium>
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A jade necklace with a hole through the center. Apparently useful equipment for field agents.
conversations.prefix: Necklace:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A fuzzy little teddy bear found on Jeremy Simon's bed.
conversations.prefix: Teddy Bear:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Surely there's SOME use for this.
conversations.prefix: Snow Shovel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A package of false badges and identifications, allowing a person to claim with some authority being from various agencies when the need arises.
conversations.prefix: Identification kit:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Handgun issued to the team. Apparently uses non-standard bullets, though Mr. Gordon isn't clear about the details.
conversations.prefix: Handgun:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What holds you back? What causes you problems in your life?
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What was it about you that stood out enough to be recruited? What role will you be performing?
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What are you good at? What quality about you sets you above and beyond your peers?
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What drives you? Why did you agree to join the bureau, what do you hope to get out of this work?
conversations.prefix: Create your own:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Aren't you supposed to be at the police station right now?
conversations.prefix: Focus (Lawrence):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The closest thing to a boss the BPS branch seems to have.
conversations.prefix: Mr. Gordon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Aren't you supposed to be at the police station right now?
conversations.prefix: Focus (Sid):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your shift at the salon starts shortly, right?
conversations.prefix: Focus (Story):
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Only play on this challenge if you do not have an unfinished "Focus" challenge for yourself. Please describe who you're snapping out of their state and how.
conversations.prefix: Snap out of it!:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A small town in Indiana, near Columbus.
conversations.prefix: Hope, Indiana:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: FBI agent.
conversations.prefix: Agent Joe Worstell:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Parents of Michael Simon, one of the kids that went missing recently.
conversations.prefix: Mr. and Mrs. Simon:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The office seems to be more book than building, with a few old looking computers in one corner. Near the entryway is an old looking couch and a couple well-worn chairs located around a wooden coffee table.
conversations.prefix: Mr. Gordon's office:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ask some of the students at the highschool about the missing people.
conversations.prefix: Question students:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Midwest branch of the BPS is located in Chicago, Illinois. To an outside observer, it is simply a warehouse in a district filled with the same.
conversations.prefix: Bureau of Preternatural Studies:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Perhaps the teachers know something about the disappearance of the students?
conversations.prefix: Interview the teachers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A student from Hope.
conversations.prefix: Derek Masters:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: About 45 minutes into the drive, something weird occurs. Do the agents notice?
conversations.prefix: Notice something weird:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: While the group was still torn, it was decided that you would retrace your drive and see what it is everyone apparently missed.
conversations.prefix: Retrace your steps:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Colors seem less pronounced, everything seems a bit older and less advanced than you're used to, but overall it seems like a standard small town in middle America.
conversations.prefix: Denton:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The group tries to outsmart whatever has been happening. Will it work?
conversations.prefix: Keep in contact:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You scour various sources trying to find a clue.
conversations.prefix: To the internet:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The police surely have been investigating the robberies. They may be able to help.
conversations.prefix: Maybe the cops have clues?:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You may not be on official business, but who knows what might happen if this criminal has too much time to spare.
conversations.prefix: Get to the scene in time:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There has to be some way to solve this.
conversations.prefix: Plan of Attack:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's generally a good idea to have a plan before you go in guns blazing.
conversations.prefix: Plan:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have an ear for sound and an eye for rarity. Whether it's recordings, sheet music, or instruments, you can trace them back to their owners and that one moment of greatness.
conversations.prefix: Music Archivist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alan Cross wishes he was you. You remember all that useful information about the band members and the creative process (and some of the less useful things like their favorite breakfast cereal).
conversations.prefix: Encyclopaedic Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You jump at shadows and you rarely trust anyone at first blush. You put a high value on secrecy. You're more than convinced that someone out there has it in for you - and everyone you know.
conversations.prefix: Paranoid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The history of music is the history of society and people. You want to preserve as much of it as you can.
conversations.prefix: Preserve History Through Music:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Criminalists are responsible for investigating and analyzing evidence. They're responsible for figuring out what's important to the case and what doesn't apply to the case.
conversations.prefix: Criminalist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've studied the occult since you were a child. You don't have a complete understanding of *everything* related to the occult, but you at least have a passing familiarity with most occult-related topics. 
conversations.prefix: Occult Knowledge:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have an encyclopedic knowledge of rules and regulations and you strictly follow them. Bending or breaking the rules makes you extremely uncomfortable.
conversations.prefix: By the book:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've seen a future where humanity has been destroyed. 
  
  You've decided that it's your job to stop that from happening.
conversations.prefix: Save the World:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: He's not here for the history and he's not here for the science; Lawrence was brought into the BPS for its enforcement capacity: keeping dangerous objects and dangerous people out of the way.
conversations.prefix: Retrieval Specialist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A veteran of the US Marshals Service's Special Operations Group, Lawrence has the training, experience, and reflexes to handle himself in dangerous situations--especially when encountering opposition.
conversations.prefix: Tactical Acumen:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A life of chasing criminals and enforcing federal law has left Lawrence with little room to trust others, and little impetus to do so. He associates well enough with colleagues, but he doesn't let anyone close, and it leaves him socially handicapped, unable to let his guard down or trust allies. 
  
  Worse, deep down, he's just plain lonely, and easy target for the right manipulator...
conversations.prefix: Solitary Shell:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lawrence didn't catch all the fugitives in his crosshairs. One in particular escaped, and it's the very one responsible for his isolation--the death of his family. The case is officially closed, but he'll never let it rest.
  
  Moreover, Lawrence has trouble leaving *any* loose ends be, now, as if afraid that some dangerous secret is always waiting to be uncovered.
conversations.prefix: The One That Got Away:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keeping a cool head under fire is her specialty. She has seen action in the most hectic and dire of situations.
conversations.prefix: Seasoned Field Agent:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Despite the blood, mayhem, and insanity, she has been trained to keep it together.
conversations.prefix: Guts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: She always searches for the best answer. Unfortunately, the best answer sometimes occurs halfway through executing her current action.
conversations.prefix: Self-Doubt:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Her steely exterior, troubled youth, and fascination with the impossible has always made her feel distant. Perhaps here she can feel that she belongs.
conversations.prefix: Make Friends:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You rely on cons, social engineering, and other sundry scams to make your living off of the stupidity and greed of others.
  
  "Yeah, no, I said that's what I would do if I was a publisher. Unfortunately, I'm a thief so I have to do that thing.  Mickey Bergman, *Heist*
conversations.prefix: Grifter:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mentally nimble, for you stressful situations are tailor made to be turned to your advantage.
  
  "She could talk her way out of a sunburn." -- Joe Moore, *Heist*
conversations.prefix: Quick-Thinking:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's not that you don't know the difference between right and wrong, it's that you don't *care* about the difference.
  
  "Nothing made me a criminal. I *am* a criminal." -- Mickey Bergman, *Heist*
conversations.prefix: Moral Flexibility:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Enough is never enough. You want it *all*. The bigger the take-down the better, and you're always looking for a chance to profit.
  
  "Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money!" -- Mickey Bergman, *Heist*
conversations.prefix: Greed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: To you, the job always comes first. Your first question is always "how can I be more effective at this job?"
conversations.prefix: Focused:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your childhood was traumatic and haunts you sometimes. 
conversations.prefix: Dark History:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A good field agent knows to utilize every tool to give her an advantage. The internet is one of those tools.
conversations.prefix: Enthernetwork:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lawrence has been working in and around the federal government for quite a while, and he's gotten adept at dealing with regulations, jurisdictions, red tape, and touchy pride.
conversations.prefix: Bureaucromancy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a keen sense for detail and few things completely escape your notice.
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a sense for when something's just not right. It could be the notes in a song or the words in a lie, but somehow, you just *know*.
conversations.prefix: Perfect Pitch:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You refurbish medieval illuminated manuscripts, rare first editions, and on occasion clippings from scrapbooks and other archival materials.
conversations.prefix: Book Restorer:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your hands are capable of delicate work, from repainting details in miniatures and reapplying gold leaf to restitching bindings in the original patterns. With a little training, other tasks requiring lightness of touch are not out of the question.
conversations.prefix: Dextrous:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Due to constant squinting in bright light at very small details, your eyes are not quite up to snuff. Corrective lenses are required, glasses preferred as contacts aren't comfortable for long hours at the magnifying glass.
conversations.prefix: Nearsighted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The knowledge and artistry of previous generations is a gift. It should be protected for the future.
conversations.prefix: Preserve the Past:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Technology is a miracle - provided it works.
conversations.prefix: Unreliable Tech:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild: