conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Attention Populace!  Your beloved STV (Storium Television) is casting for the premiere season of what will soon be everyone's favorite reality competition show:  And Then There Was One!  If you are 18 or older and would like to win 2 million dollars, sign up today!
  
  For those who need more information before jumping into such a thing, here's an overview of the competition:  The cast is set in a house, where you will live for the duration of your time on the show; you will not be allowed to leave the property.  You will be divided into two teams.  These teams will compete in challenges.  The winning team each week ensures their safety.  At the end of the week, someone from the losing team will be evicted - voted out by their fellow housemates.  Eventually we will get down to one final contestant, and this person will win 2 million dollars!
  
  OOC:  This story will play out much as the rules above lay out.  Here are some clarifications, to make things easier to understand.
  
  1)  The description above is a fair representation of how this story will run.  It will be similar to Big Brother meets Survivor.  As it says, it's the first season.  If it's successful, I will have more seasons.
  
  2)  The contestants will be much like those on any reality competition show - people of all ages, genders, races, occupations, talents, etc., so feel free to be creative.  However, this is based in reality.  No werewolves, witches, or aliens (though if you want your character to be a bit delusional and think they are or know a supernatural creature, that's just fine!)  Just remember, they will have applied to be on a television show, and the producers will have chosen them.
  
  3)  In following with #2, feel free to create your own Nature, Strength, Weakness, and Subplot cards.  I just picked a handful that might work.
  
  4).  Some challenges will be completed a little differently than the typical Storium story.  At the beginning of the competition, each team will be assigned either Strength or Weakness.  You will play cards based on your team to try to push the challenge to that outcome in order for your team to "win".  Therefore, it will be to your advantage to be active, to help keep your spot in the house secure.  (But you will still want to have typical Strength/Weakness cards, as you will be using them to mingle in the house and complete challenges; they just won't be used in the typical way during competitions.)
  
  5)  Yes, people really will be "evicted".  At the end of the "week" (not a real week, depends on the speed of play), everyone will vote for a member of the losing team and the person with the most amount of votes will no longer participate in the story.  I won't delete your character, to enable you to easily continue to follow the story (unless you decide to post as though you were still in the house, of course).
  
  6)  As I said above, not everything will just be competitions and evictions.  There will be ample opportunity for your characters to interact within the house and complete more typical challenges.  How you use this time is up to you - your characters may just goof off, they may form alliances.  It's up to you.
  
  7)  I don't know how many people I'm going to start with yet.  I think there will be pretty many.  Depends on the quantity and quality of submissions.
  
  8)  I hope I have made this clear enough.  I know it's a little different.  If you have any questions, feel free to ask!  You may submit them in the comments when you enter your character, you may ask them in the commentary once you have been accepted, or you may e-mail me at meegsschmi@yahoo.com
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The House's backyard!
conversations.prefix: Backyard:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: See start of chapter for instructions.
conversations.prefix: Challenge 1:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Test
conversations.prefix: Test:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: See start of chapter for instructions.
conversations.prefix: Challenge 2:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find all of the pieces to your puzzle hidden in the house.
conversations.prefix: Team 1 Search:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find all of the pieces to your puzzle hidden in the house.
conversations.prefix: Team 2 Search:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Putting your puzzle together.
conversations.prefix: Team 1 Assembly:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Putting your puzzle together.
conversations.prefix: Team 2 Assembly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Players may be anywhere within the house, or outside in the backyard.
conversations.prefix: Around the House:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Duh.  You're here for the $2,000,000!
conversations.prefix: For the Money:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your fuse is a short one, and when you blow it's not pretty.
conversations.prefix: Angry:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The money would be great, if you win.  But your primary purpose for being on the show is to become famous.
conversations.prefix: For the Fame:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Living Room of the house.  This is where much of the action happens.
conversations.prefix: Living Room:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's always that one person, right?  Going on reality shows to find that special someone - or at least a good "showmance".
conversations.prefix: For Love:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: It's something you've never done before, and you love trying new things.
conversations.prefix: For the Adventure:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You work with children all day long.  If you can keep a group of 26 kids quiet and attentive all day, this should be a piece of cake!
conversations.prefix: Teacher:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a grease-monkey, working on cars all day long.  Sometimes you think machines make more sense than people.
conversations.prefix: Mechanic:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: After working your way up through the ranks with your local police department, you eventually retired to become a PI.  You read people quite well.
conversations.prefix: Detective:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You don't have a job.  Likely this is because you're a slacker, a mooch, a burden to society.  But who said there's anything wrong with that?
conversations.prefix: Unemployed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The world is host to a wide variety of life and you seek it out for the sake of public knowledge.  Other scientists laugh at you, but one day you'll prove them all wrong.
conversations.prefix: Cryptozoologist:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sing, act, dance.  Whatever it is, you know you'll make it big one day and change the world.
conversations.prefix: Entertainer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're quick and nimble.  You'll do well in endurance challenges.
conversations.prefix: Agile:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're physically strong.  You just know you'll dominate competitions.
conversations.prefix: Strong:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You don’t have to say anything. It’s in that smile, in the way you move. It’s almost hypnotic.  All you have to do is bat your eyelashes, and the boys will do anything you want.
conversations.prefix: Alluring:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're perceptive, perhaps from years of watching and observing.  You'll have these other contestants figured out in no time.
conversations.prefix: Perceptive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You think you know how things work.  You think people are basically good.  You are wrong.  You will likely get stabbed in the back more than once during this game.
conversations.prefix: Naive:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're quick with a joke, and good at getting people to like you.  Your social game will be great.
conversations.prefix: Witty:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your abilities are sometimes diminished and dampened by your greatest energy:  yourself.  If you could believe if yourself, maybe you could achieve anything; but you don't often believe.
conversations.prefix: Doubting:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been hurt one to many times, and you're not quick to trust in others.  You have to forge alliances to survive this game, but alliances require trust, and you're not ready to give it.
conversations.prefix: Jaded:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Physically, you're not strong.  Like, at all.  You will likely be a liability in physical challenges.
conversations.prefix: Weak:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time to get to know one another!  Figure out your group dynamics.
conversations.prefix: Mingling:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: This is where the contestants go to dish their real feelings to the cameras.  The other house guests can't hear you; only America!
conversations.prefix: Confessional:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Whether it's shuffling the kids from soccer practice to their flute lessons, keeping the house spotless, or lobbying the homeowners association, she's on the clock 24-7.
conversations.prefix: Overachieving Housewife:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You try remembering every extra-curricular activity for three kids, planning a dinner party, and planning a neighborhood bake sale all at once!
conversations.prefix: Multi-Tasker:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: "It's just a joke? It's just a joke?!? My yoga-top is RUINED! THAT IS NOT A JOKE!!!"
conversations.prefix: Intense:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People say you can't have it all, but they are WRONG!
conversations.prefix: To Prove I Can Do It All:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A know it all of anything with a circuit board, but clueless about most anything else.
conversations.prefix: IT Technician:
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: Hey, a jobs a job right?
conversations.prefix: Fast Food King:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've seen these sorts of shows before, you know some of the tricks.
conversations.prefix: Reality Show Junkie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do something, ya bum!
conversations.prefix: Lazy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are still young and full of energy.
conversations.prefix: College Student:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You know just the right thing to say to get people to do what you want.
conversations.prefix: Manipulative:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You believe in yourself, sometimes way too much.
conversations.prefix: OverConfident:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The money and fame would be great, but what you really want is to prove to yourself that you can do this.
conversations.prefix: For your ego:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've spent a good part of your life taking care of people in a varied amount of settings, so you're used to dealing with sick and crazy people.
conversations.prefix: Nurse:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kind, quiet, and non-threatening, you put most people at ease which makes it easier for them to talk with you.
conversations.prefix: Friendly:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've seen the worst people have to offer, but you've seen what a caring nature can change. You can set the right example to millions of viewers!
conversations.prefix: For the People:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not some diner waitress here. Catering in Hollywood is a big deal.
conversations.prefix: Waitress:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You raise the cattle, milk the goats, bale the hay, feed the calves, gather the eggs, till the soil, pick the tomatoes, sell at the farmer's market... And that's just the *day* job.
conversations.prefix: Homesteader:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've been hurt by others too many times and done too much on your own to have any need for anyone's help. Be it arrogance, grit or fear, you're not a good team player.
conversations.prefix: Extreme Independence:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're a bookworm and a book lover, however, you're also a famous novelist.
conversations.prefix: Writer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have a knack at getting along with almost everyone.  You have a natural way of fitting in to almost any group of people and finding common group.
conversations.prefix: Get Along with Everyone:
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: Your an all around good dude.
conversations.prefix: Nice Guy:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sometimes you gotta think before you act dude.
conversations.prefix: Jump The Gun:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: After years of tossing around computers that weighed around 50 pounds and hauling them between buildings, pulling network cable from room to room, setting up cabinets for switches, and the simple rage within the people who talk to him, has made him unusually strong.
conversations.prefix: Stronger than he looks...:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Milky:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Let's just hope she doesn't fall asleep in public...
conversations.prefix: Oneirogmophillic: