conversations.from: system
conversations.value: **NOTE:**  This story will be based on the Murder Mystery Party game "A Taste for Wine and Murder".  It is kind of an experiment within Storium, and I'm not sure how successful it will be.
  
  ~You must be openly available to communicate through e-mail so that we can share information without revealing it to the other players.
  
  ~I don't know yet exactly how it will play, though I don't foresee much use of cards.
  
  ~Natures are non-negotiable; don't change them.
  
  ~There is only one sub-plot, which will be shared by all:  To find the murder; don't make a new one.
  
  ~I haven't created strength or weakness cards - those are for you, but again, I don't know how much we will use them so don't fret yourself too much over them.
  
  ~Please make sure you pick an avatar, and you also get to create your own name.  Get plenty creative in your character description as well, making sure you follow your nature card.
  
  ~So that I know you have read all this, please send me an e-mail at meegsschmi@yahoo.com when you submit your application.
  
  ~Expect to be asked to make a revision on your application to reflect the slightly more detailed introductions which won't fit on the nature card.
  
  ~The FBI Agent and the Scottish tourist are optional characters and are not suspects in the murder.  I can play either through the narrator as NPCs.  However, they do have their important parts to play and feel free to apply as them if you like!  I won't hold up the game if we don't have them, though.  All the other characters are suspects and we'll need all of them in order to play.
  
  ~I hope I haven't scared you off with all of this!  I really am a fun narrator, I promise.  I try to be very flexible.
  
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  You are in Sonoma Valley, California.  Five years ago, Henry Grapefoot, owner of the prestigious Grapefoot Wine Estates, mysteriously disappeared during the Valley's annual wine festival.  A coordinated search at the time turned up no clues and the case was eventually labeled a cold one.
  
  Now, it is once again time for Sonoma Valley's Annual Wine Festival.  Last night, family and friends gathered at the Grapefoot Estate's mansion to celebrate the festival and remember the reminisce and remember the missing Henry.
  
  At midnight, as everyone was retiring to their respective rooms, a minor earthquake shook the Valley.  Floors in the mansion buckled, including an old wooden floor in the wine cellar.  Henry's well preserved body was discovered under the cedar planks.
  
  The case is no longer cold, and it's no longer about a missing person.  It's a clear-cut homicide.
  
  And you are a suspect.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Strength: Make up your own strength.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Weakness: Make up your own weakness.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find the Murderer: Someone among you is a murderer!  You must get to the bottom of this.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fiancee: You were engaged to Henry at the time of his death.  You are perky and pretty, with a bubbly personality; but under all of that you have a razor-sharp mind.  In the five years since Henry's death, you met, fell in love with, and married the new owner of Grapefoot's Wine Estates.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: German Wine Merchant: You are a wine merchant from Germany who attends wine festivals all around the world.  You buy the best wines and distribute them across Europe.  You are boisterous and fun-loving.  It has been said that your preferences are easily influenced by money.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Movie Star: At the Sonoma Valley Wine Festival five years ago, you were crowned Miss Wine Queen.  This launched your career, and you are now a Hollywood A-Lister.  You have returned for the festival, as you do almost every year, primarily to gloat about your success.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cousin/Heir: Henry was your cousin.  You were his closest relative, as Henry was an only child with no children.  Thus you are the obvious heir to the Grapefoot Wine Estates, although you have always been the black sheep of your family.  You have been running things your way ever since Henry disappeared - including with his ex-fiancee who is now your wife.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rival: You are the owner of the vineyard next to the Grapefoot Wine Estates.  And it's not easy being a woman in a man's world.  After Henry disappeared, you suffered a series of setbacks and have been struggling, and you are apt to blame Henry for your unhappiness.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Developer: Some sixty years ago, Henry's grandfather brought you over from Italy to help develop the Grapefoot Wine Estate, and you did your job well.  You devoted every bit of your life to these vineyards, but now you're old and feeling your years.  All you really want is to retire and drink the wine you have cultivated all afternoon.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: FBI Agent: You have been assigned to investigate Henry's murder, and you intend to finally close this cold case.  You aren't much a fan of wine, but you do love a good cold beer.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scottish Tourist: You are on vacation in California for the Sonoma Valley Wine Festival.  Back in Scotland, you are a mystery writer - and a best-seller, at that - so you like to think you know a few things about hidden dead bodies and ferreting out a killer.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Clever: You know how to turn a phrase, person or situation your way
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anxiety: You fear you can't live up to your own hype
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: People Person: Your a traveler, and keep a friendly face with people.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: All About The Money: Your all about the cash, baby.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Good PR: Thanks to your fame as a novelist and a great publicity firm, there's no bad press of you to speak of! Most people widely believe you to be a kind, upstanding, and trustworthy individual.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Moldova Incident: You never quite recovered from that unexpected accident on the set of one of your books' films. It is a well-guarded secret, but to this day puddles of liquid on the floor, the mention mere of roses, and anyone named 'Frank' fills you with terror.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Persuasive: Able to charm most anyone into a point of view of his own liking.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Underhanded: Willing to stab anyone in the back at a moment's notice.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Strong Education: An unconventional life and career path left him with surprising amount of knowledge in a number of different subjects.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Overanalysis: Sometimes a cigar really is just a cigar.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Movie Star: At the Sonoma Valley Wine Festival five years ago, you were crowned Miss Wine Queen.  This launched your career, and you are now a Hollywood A-Lister.  You have returned for the festival, as you do almost every year, primarily to gloat about your success.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Flirtacious: When you show interest in people, you can make anyone feel like they're on Cloud 9. Everyone wants a taste. Everyone either wants you or wants to be you. Or both. And why wouldn't they?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Liked, but not Well Liked: Everyone is here for your connections, your body, or your autograph. Nobody actually cares about you. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Intelligence: Quick thinking and a strong mind, fast on your feet.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ego: You know you're beautiful, smart, wealthy and you know it.  