conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Warwick, New Jersey.  June, 2014.  
  
  Another pallid day in the small town.  
  
  The school's little league is well on the path to being state champions.  
  
  Ricky Buster's hardware store got vandalized again—Probably by those Mason brothers. 
  
  Sherry Marigold has been voted Prom queen.
  
  After one too many, Alex Vorren wrecked his car last night, and escaped with a few bumps and a trial date.  
  
  Today was just another day in small-town USA.
  
  It will also be the last.
  
  *From Ashes will take players from the peace and hum-drum of everyday life, right through the eye of the needle.  From peaceful modern life, to dark apocalyptic horror.*
  
  
  *New players, before submitting characters, please read previous scenes, especially scene 1 in its entirety, as your character would have encountered the same event, though possibly elsewhere.  Also, please review existing characters to diversify the natures/strengths/weaknesses.*
  
  *As it starts in a small town, characters are encouraged to create existing relationships with existing characters.  I will also allow players to assume some NPCs that already exist in the narrative if they'd like!"*
  
  *Player's are encouraged to modify nature/strength/weakness cards, but please try to keep your characters very human, and very real.*
  
  *Currently, we will be accepting 1-2 new players.  There are many ways for you to enter into the story, but currently, the group is split.  Scene 4 has the details.*
  
  *Small back-and-forth dialog between all characters (narrator-controlled and player controlled) highly recommended.  I'm very interested in inter-character banter and relationships.*  
  
  *I'm anticipating adult content and themes.  I will do very little to censor content unless it gets REALLY bad, or is completely out of character.*  
  
  *Let's make a great story!!*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Address Susan: Susan is unnaturally sad.  She may need a an ear, or an outlet.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adapt: It's unknown how extensive the destruction is.  The old way of living might be history.   The faster you can adapt to a potential new world, the better you might be.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Misc hand tools: A standard assortment of hand tools, including a hammer, utility knife, a small saw and a small pry bar, among others.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Felling axe: Three foot long, with a large, heavy head and sharp blade.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Keep it together: Now, more than ever, it's important to push through.  
  
  Some won't be strong enough to do it themselves.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flashlight: A large-beam flashlight with included batteries.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Large Crowbar: This heavy duty crowbar is close to three foot long and manufactured from solid steel.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Portable cutting torch: Comes with small canisters of oxygen and acetylene, with a 10' hose.  Used to cutting metal and some basic welds.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Susan Macklin: Long-time waitress at the Pine Street diner, with a friendly demeanor.  Recently widowed, but pushing forward.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Technophile: A love of electronics and technology, from hacking main-frames to schooling kids in online shooters.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rodney Thorund: Warwick's resident anti-government conspiracy theorist and chain-smoker.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pine Street Diner: Build in the 1950s and rarely maintained since.  Nicotine-stained ceiling tiles hang above.  Broken Juke-boxes sit atop each table.
  
  A cozy, though aged and dingy, diner.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mechanically Inclined: Whether it's repairing an alternator, or installing a replacement window, you know the tools and the job.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adrenaline: Fight or flight.  In times of need, the bodies own chemicals help push us through with near supernatural enhancement.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reoccurring Injury: That old football injury, or the bad back from poor posture, something always struggles to bring you down.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Addicted: Pain meds.  Alcohol.  Cigarettes.  Sex.  Technology.  The vice has a strangle hold on you
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anatomical Wiz: The human body and mind has always fascinated you, whether it be to help others, or know just where to apply the pain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Athletic Composition: Stronger and faster than the people around you, with the endurance to outlast most.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Freeloading Extraordinaire: Somehow, someway, you find a method of achieving things that requires little effort and training.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Arrogance: Everyone else's ideas are garbage.  They're smaller, weaker and dumber.. and sometimes you just need to let them know
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sordid past: Everyone has skeletons in their closet.  You're doing what you can to keep them in there.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Basic Training: Whether for military or, police, you've had training in discipline, weapons and circumventing bureaucratic red tape.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Common Sense: Sometimes, the answer is right there.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scatterbrained: The answer was right there.  The name was on the tip of your tongue.  It's gone now...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fame: Forget 15 minutes.  You want forever.  Your name in lights.  Money.  Power.  Every soapbox is a chance to increase your reputation.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Focus: The world around you vanishes to a din and hum.  The target of your focus becomes everything.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Child of the Wild: A love of nature and the outdoors has been a theme you cannot escape.  Whether it's hunting, fishing, camping or just going for a kayak ride, the stars have almost been more comforting than the fluorescents.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Empathy: You can pluck straight through the words and see the deeper picture.  The hurt.  The lies.  And, you know just what to do about them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spirituality: Prayer can offer answers we seek.  Meditation can help ease pain and clear the mind.  Sometimes, our power comes from within.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rage-fueled Monster: It can get the better of you.  From zero to 'punch something' in two seconds.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fearful: Anxiety.  Phobias.  Sometimes it only takes a thought to bring us to our knees.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Philanthropist: You just want to help, and be a good person.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A slightly brighter tomorrow: It's all about the grind.  You know there's no fast path, or easy pill.  Everything worth having takes time and money
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Attractive: Sometimes, all you need is a pretty face.. or something else.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Family Oriented: To settle down, and start a family is a noble cause.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Insatiable curiosity: You want to absorb every bit of knowledge and every experience.  Life is nothing is you're not living.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Danny Walters: Is almost always buried in a book, generally philosophy or genre fiction.  Carries a spiral bound notebook, he jots poems and thoughts in. Sneaks cigarettes behind his parents back.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Free Tanner: Tanner is trapped under a collapsed table debris from the ceiling (vents/lighting fixtures).
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stabilize Sarma: Sarma is bleeding out, and has a potentially serious head injury.  She needs prompt attention to avoid further damage.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Avoid Injury: A devastating catastrophe has occurred, with only seconds of response time allowed to escape harm.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Assess/Address damage: Catastrophe has struck.  But how bad?  How many casualties?  Is it over?  Can wounds be mended?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pine Street: Once, a bustling thoroughfare through Warwick.  Now, the streets are lined with downed power lines.  Garbage and rubble fill the streets.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Investigate Toyota Camry: The whimpering cries of a child can be heard from the wreckage.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Investigate bus stop: The canopy of a large tree envelopes the bus stop.  A man's voice cries out for help from beneath.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Investigate Pine Street Diner: Inside the rubble, a faint moan can still be heard.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gather the dead: Many people didn't survive the blast.  Lt. Frieman has asked the deceased by gathered, to inform loved ones and be given a proper burial. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Clear the Road: The road isn't passable with a car, and a walk to the hospital would take a long time.  Clear the branches, poles, wires and debris until the road becomes clear enough to drive through.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chainsaw: A gas powered, 16" chainsaw.  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Deliver Jasper: The infant's aunt, Beth, lives close by.  She can assume responsibility for the baby, and needs to be informed of Jasper's parents death.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Diffuse Mark: Mark has had enough, and gone aggressive.  And though everyone is on the verge of explosion, a fight is the last thing everyone needs right now. 
  
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prepare school for refuge: Some of the generators were damaged.  There aren't enough extension cords or lights.  Refrigerators keep blowing fuses.  Glass and debris is everywhere.  Help clean up and prepare the place as a sanctuary for the injured and afraid. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Trashy: Loves all things made of trash.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Smells of garbage: Because: Trash.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Flip top design: Because: Practical.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stuffed: To be filled to the brim with garbage.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Prove I'm worthy: Your family never thought much of you, and no amount of success has convinced them otherwise thus far.  Since they refuse to see how good you are at what you do, then the rest of the world will have to make up for it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Attractive: Sometimes, all you need is a pretty face... or something else.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do Something Great: You'll never be content with a nothing job in this place. You want to make a difference and if that requires leaving, so much the better.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Empathy: You're able to form am e,pathetic bond with someone, understanding their ideas and emotions easily.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Apathetic: If you live, well, what then? You're not seriously going to make much of a difference. It would be no great loss to the world if you were gone from it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Physically Strong: Working in a mechanic's shop has its perks, one of those being a good deal of upper body strength.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dedication: When I put my mind to something, I get it done and get it done right.