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conversations.value: #Horror in Surf City
  ##Santa Cruz Police bust facility doing illegal experiments on homeless teens. 
  
  **Santa Cruz, CA (CNN) -** The residents of liberal tourist destination Santa Cruz, California are reeling Monday after an anonymous tip led authorities to a warehouse where they found six teens who disappeared from a local LGBTQ-friendly homeless shelter over two years ago. The teens, who are now all adults, disappeared from the LGBTQ-focused homeless shelter 'Brighter Tomorrows' that closed down shortly thereafter. As many of the teens who stayed at the shelter refused to give their real names, it's impossible to tell the exact number of missing persons, but there were ten reported. 
  
  "Of the ten *reported* missing persons, six were recovered." Santa Cruz's Chief of Police, Lisa Ludwig, explained at a press conference about the rescue late Sunday night, "To date, we've found no signs of the four others, or any more who may have been taken from the same shelter." 
  
  Police are conducting a thorough examination of the laboratory to find out what may have been done to the six teens who survived. All have been rushed to quarantine at Dominican Hospital, where they will be thoroughly examined and treated for any injuries before being released. 
  
  "All six of the survivors were found in individual cells inside the warehouse no larger than a broom closet. They were all malnourished and dehydrated, but should make a solid recovery." Chief Ludwig said Sunday Night. 
  
  The six survivors were the only ones found in the warehouse, which seemed to have been abandoned by whoever was experimenting on the teens. Police are gathering evidence to find the person or persons responsible, and have been tight-lipped about what the experiments were about. 
  
  ***
  
  That was six months ago. Six months ago, you were released from your cell by the police, and ushered to a hospital where you were asked questions over and over again while doctors hovered over you to find out what had happened to you in the two years you were kept captive. 
  
  You never saw a face. They always wore masks when they came to get you, dragging you out of your cell for another set of injections or tests. Whatever they gave you, whatever they injected you with, it caused you to *change*. You developed powers. Powers they forced you to test over and over again. You tried to fight back many times, but they seemed to always know your weaknesses. Even before *you* did. 
  
  You lost track of time there. Became a number that was tattoo'd into the back of your neck. When they found you, they told you it'd been two years. Two years since you disappeared. You left the world in 2018, and returned in 2020. 
  
  Only now things are different. You're no longer entirely human. So far as you can tell, you're the very first metahumans, the very first people to have extraordinary powers. The doctors who saw you kept a ton of your genetic tissue for further analysis. The government and the police keep an eye on you "just in case", but so far the greater world hasn't discovered what you are. 
  
  Except this morning, you got a text message from the number '111-111-1111' that repeated in a voice altered electronically, "If you want to know about that number on the back of your neck, meet me on the boardwalk at 3PM by the ferris wheel. Come alone." 
  
  No 'from', no 'to', no subject, no extended trace information. It's as if the message appeared from a ghost. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: While everyone else is running *away* from the big, bad thing, you're more inclined to run *towards* it, putting yourself in harm's way to save others.
conversations.prefix: The Hero:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: While The Hero is running into battle, you're more likely to be the one doing crowd control, and keeping the innocent people away from the fight. 
conversations.prefix: The Helper:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In every bad situation, your instinct is to help those who have been hurt. This might include anything from providing emotional support to acting as a nurse or an EMT. 
conversations.prefix: The Healer:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: .
conversations.prefix: The Anti-Hero:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You work with computers and tech either as a hacker or security professional (both sides of the same coin). 
conversations.prefix: The Techie:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got a knack for doing anything mechanical, whether that's replacing the engine of a VW or building a wicked suit of exoskeletal armor. 
conversations.prefix: The Mechanic:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You ooze charisma from every pore and have a way of making people feel like they can trust you just by looking at your smile.
conversations.prefix: The Face:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Since you've been rescued, you've been able to maintain the secrecy of who you are and where you came from, and you continue to pull it off. Even the police don't know. 
conversations.prefix: Secret Identity:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your family has been incredibly supportive about the changed you since you've returned, and are always willing to help you out of a jam. 
conversations.prefix: Supportive Family:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One of your parents or another close family member is a high-ranking member of the military or one of the alphabet soup agencies. They're willing to help you out from time.
conversations.prefix: Government Contacts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You have a family member or a close friend who has a great deal of influence in the world. Maybe they're the CEO of a powerful tech company, or the Mayor of the city. Whoever they are, they'll help you out from time to time.
conversations.prefix: Influential Contacts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got some friends or family part of the Santa Cruz PD. They're willing to lend a hand every once in awhile in exchange for some help catching bad guys on the down-low. 
conversations.prefix: Police Contacts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Through a family member or yourself, you've got some contacts in the local gang community that will help you out. 
conversations.prefix: Gang Contacts:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You've got contacts amongst the street rats of Santa Cruz, and they're always willing to help you out. 
conversations.prefix: Street Contacts:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Somehow or another, you managed to keep yourself out of the records of the police, even after you were rescued. You're a relative ghost in the system. No one knows who you are, giving you the advantage.
conversations.prefix: Off the Grid:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're prone to addiction. Any sort.  Drugs, alcohol, video games, social media? You're addicted to *something*.
conversations.prefix: Addiction:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You are not neurotypical. This may be something innate like autism or something the result of your time on the streets and/or being held captive like PTSD. 
conversations.prefix: Neurodivergent:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whatever they did to you in there made you look not-very-human. You have fur, thorns coming out of your skin, horns, blue skin, or any number of mutations visible to the human eye. 
conversations.prefix: Doesn't Look Human:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: .
conversations.prefix: Unliked:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Someone in your family despises you and everything you are, and will stop at nothing to take you down. 
conversations.prefix: Family Adversaries:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: In the 6 months since you were released, someone spotted you doing something amazing and tweeted about it. It went viral. Some think you faked it, others are afraid of what you are. Neither is good.
conversations.prefix: Tweeted:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For some reason, you are wanted. This could be anything from a police warrant for stealing to a bounty on your head for pissing off the wrong person, but someone wants you dead. 
conversations.prefix: Wanted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe you have a criminal record, maybe you spent time in foster homes or had a social worker as a runaway. Whatever the case, there's a history of *you* out there that can be used against you. 
conversations.prefix: Part of The System:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You just want a normal life. A job, someone to come home to, a family... it's just a lot harder now that you've got powers. 
conversations.prefix: Live a Normal Life:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've got 'hero' in your DNA. Whether there's a highrise on fire or a cat trapped in a tree, you'll be there in a hurry to save the day. 
conversations.prefix: Save the World:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Two years of your life were taken away. You were experimented on, left alone, kept in a cell, treated like an animal. A number. Now all you can think about is revenge.
conversations.prefix: Seek Vengeance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: No one still knows who kidnapped you and experimented on you or *why*. You're determined to find the answers. 
conversations.prefix: Seek Answers:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You want the world to accept you exactly as you are, even in your new skin.
conversations.prefix: Be Accepted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: .
conversations.prefix: Take Advantage:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You profoundly regret something you've done or the person you were in the past, and now you're hoping these new powers will give you a second chance to make things right. 
conversations.prefix: Second Chance:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What's the point of having superpowers if you can't use them to lift yourself out of poverty?
conversations.prefix: Get Rich:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk is an oceanfront amusement park in Santa Cruz, California. Founded in 1907, it is California's oldest surviving amusement park and one of the few seaside parks on the West Coast of the United States.
conversations.prefix: The Boardwalk:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Nine of Wands:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Page of Pentacles:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Queen of Wands:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Seven of Cups:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Six of Pentacles:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Six of Cups:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: The Tower:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A tarot card given to you by a mysterious old woman.
conversations.prefix: Nine of Pentacles:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: An elderly woman dressed in the Bohemian fashion of local fortune tellers. 
conversations.prefix: Old Woman:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: An unruly swarm of flying robots that seem to be acting together is harassing the crowd with miniature tasers. This is quickly causing panic. 
conversations.prefix: "The Swarm" vs. The Crowd:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: While the swarm is causing the crowd to panic, Destructoid is attempting to push over the ferris wheel, putting live in danger not only on the ride itself, but to all the people below it trying to get away from the swarm. 
conversations.prefix: Destructoid vs. The Wheel:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Now that the innocents have fled, Destructoid is hell-bent on destroying the "experiments". 
  
  That means you guys.
conversations.prefix: Destructoid vs. The Heroes:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Now that all the people have fled, The Swarm has turned its attention to the eight heroes. 
conversations.prefix: "The Swarm" vs. The Heroes:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ouch, you've injured yourself! You'll remain injured until you use all the cards in this stack, working into your moves how you're tending to your injuries. 
conversations.prefix: Injury:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Situated on the northern edge of Monterey Bay, Santa Cruz is about 32 mi (120 km) south of San Hose and 75 mi (120 km) south of San Francisco. 
  
  Population: 62,864
  
  Santa Cruz is known for its historic boardwalk, liberal politics, close proximity to ancient redwoods, eclectic downtown, and of course, the surf. 
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz,_California
conversations.prefix: Santa Cruz:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The police want to be sure everyone's safe and take statements. They're not happy about the property damage that took place, but they're also not really blaming anyone for it. 
  
  Unless you're one of the ones taken to the ER, you're free to leave and do as you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Aftermath, Part 1:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The police want to be sure everyone's safe and take statements. They're not happy about the property damage that took place, but they're also not really blaming anyone for it. 
  
  Unless you're one of the ones taken to the ER, you're free to leave and do as you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Aftermath, Part 2:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The only way to face the threat of whoever wants you dead is to take it head-on, together. This is going to mean finding ways to form new relationships and learning to work together. 
conversations.prefix: Become a Team:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: 1555 Soquel Dr, Santa Cruz, CA 95065
  
  The main hospital that services Santa Cruz.
conversations.prefix: Dominican Hospital:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Qualified doctors and nurses prepared to stitch you up, drug you up, and get you on your way again. 
conversations.prefix: Healthcare:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Staying in someone else's house can be an adventure in and of itself. 
conversations.prefix: Settle In:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Use your contacts, the bits of evidence you picked up from the scene of the attack, or even your powers to find a new clue to the identity of your attackers or the reason for their attack. 
conversations.prefix: Investigate Attack:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not everyone is in the same place. Build a better team by reaching out to a teammate and forging a stronger connection.
conversations.prefix: Check In On Teammate:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The press wants to know every little thing about you. What shirts do you wear? What do you eat for breakfast? What are your powers? Have an interaction with some members of the press - either give some answers or don't - while you're visiting with one of your teammates. 
conversations.prefix: Deal With The Press:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What kind of things did you do during the last two months? Use the pips on the card to fill out one or multiple moves. Feel free to collaborate with others if you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Downtime - Anjali:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What kind of things did you do during the last two months? Use the pips on the card to fill out one or multiple moves. Feel free to collaborate with others if you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Downtime - Ava:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What kind of things did you do during the last two months? Use the pips on the card to fill out one or multiple moves. Feel free to collaborate with others if you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Downtime - Damien/Danica:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What kind of things did you do during the last two months? Use the pips on the card to fill out one or multiple moves. Feel free to collaborate with others if you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Downtime - Finn:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What kind of things did you do during the last two months? Use the pips on the card to fill out one or multiple moves. Feel free to collaborate with others if you wish. 
conversations.prefix: Downtime - Jamie:
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conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Wild:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're sharp and well-rested these days. The contrast to the sleep-deprived days of your confinement is dramatic. It  feels fantastic.
conversations.prefix: Alert:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: The nose knows (what it wants):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sometimes you get a little too focused on a specific goal, and may miss some important details along the way.
conversations.prefix: Tunnel Vision:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There are so many fantastic and awesome things in the world sometimes it's really hard to focus on just one of them. Or the right one. 
conversations.prefix: Easily Distracted:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: [Deleted]
conversations.prefix: [Deleted]:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.prefix: Made of iron (and shark):
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've got a real problem with anyone hurting the defenceless. Reasonable judgment goes right out of the window...
conversations.prefix: Weak Spot:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People are people, and tend to listen to someone who sounds like he knows what he's doing. Hopefully.
conversations.prefix: Firm Voice:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: When time is of the essence, you've got the speed to make it work.
conversations.prefix: Top Speed:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: [Deleted]
conversations.prefix: [Deleted]:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You're someone who makes things happen. If there's a ball to start rolling, you'll be there to give it a push.
conversations.prefix: Catalyst:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You're not prone to sitting and waiting, you like taking action! Which isn't always a good thing.
conversations.prefix: Brash:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: [Deleted]
conversations.prefix: [Deleted]:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Odds that might crack others only give you more focus, bringing out your best in the worst circumstances.
conversations.prefix: Perform Under Pressure:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Maybe not always the *best* decisions, but you'll take them quickly and see them through.
conversations.prefix: Decisive:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have super extraordinary strength, capable of doing quite a lot more than the average person. 
conversations.prefix: Super Strength:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: You've a drive and a work ethic that forces you on, even when you're tiring.
conversations.prefix: Determined:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You have more than one personality living in your head. Naturally, Ahriman picks the worst times to take over. 
conversations.prefix: Crowded Head:
conversations.from: human
conversations.prefix: Weird Wibbly Fish Senses:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Whether you don't know when to stop, or just don't pay attention when you should, running yourself into the ground never ends well.
conversations.prefix: Know Your Limits:
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: [Deleted]
conversations.prefix: [Deleted]:
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: You get fits of boldness, so you take the first step when the moment strikes you. 
conversations.prefix: Brave: