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conversations.value: ##***Based on a True Story…***
  
  In 1965, the US Central Intelligence Agency sent a group of spies to *The Sanctuary*, a natural fortress of mountains deep within the Himalayas. Their mission was to secretly climb one of the highest mountains in the world and plant a nuclear powered surveillance device to track Communist China’s nuclear testing.
  
  
  In this story, you are a mountain climber turned Cold War spy. We will play to find out who this group of clandestine thrill seekers are and what happened to them on the cold, unforgiving cliffs of *The Goddess of Joy*, Nanda Devi.
  
  **Characters**
  
  This is a story of ordinary people put in extraordinary circumstances. You may be a CIA agent, but you’re probably not James Bond. You might just be a surgeon living in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, two kids and a set of hobbies that includes climbing mountains. The only hard set rule is characters should have climbing experience and at least one other skill useful for the mission.
  
  **Tone**
  
  This will be an action-adventure story with survival and mystery elements. Expect stressful situations, tough decisions and fatal consequences. Player's characters may die but only with the player's permission.
  
   If anything happens in the story that you are not comfortable with, let me know and we will move away. I ask that players be considerate and respectful of one another’s boundaries.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: New Delhi International Airport: Hot, muggy and filled with the bustle and shout of people. Flies assault you the second you land.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: MD in Medicine and Surgery: This certifies that you are physician and surgeon capable of diagnosing and treating medical ailments. You can diagnose altitude sickness, pulmonary edema, cerebral edema, and varying cold weather and climbing related ailments.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: MS in Applied Meteorology: This certifies that you are an expert in the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location. You can make informed predictions based on simple observation of the environment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: MS in Electrical Engineering: This certifies that you are an expert in application and design of electronics, programmable logic, and circuitry. You are able to fix or repurpose electronic devices as well as radio technology.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: PhD in Nuclear Physics: This certifies that you are an expert in the study of nuclear physics for military and power generating applications. You know how to safely handle nuclear material and can predict how it will behave.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Field Agent Badge: This certifies that you are a field agent in the Central Intelligence Agency and have been trained in espionage, criminology, combat tactics and defense.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: MS in International Affairs: This certifies that you are an expert in the culture, language, politics and history of Southern Asia. You have lived in India and China for multiple years and have contacts throughout the Himalayas.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Patience: Himalayan climbing is a game of patience. The mountain hurls everything it has at you, then waits to see if you'll quit.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Comprehension: When you lodge your ice axe in a chute, confidence in that hold is not about instinct, it’s about study. Observation of your surroundings allows you to make educated decisions.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Compassion: Climbing is a spiritual journey. It is experiencing the local culture, forming bonds with your teammates and measuring a mountain by inches and steps. It is an expression of love.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Experience: The old man and the mountain are one in the same. Their weathered faces bare the scars of nature and the world turns to them for wisdom and guidance. When they speak, all listen.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Haste: There is no time. We must continue. We are here to climb and so we shall. This mighty beast cannot be tamed with debate and indecision.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Paranoia: They say that your expedition becomes your family. But do you really know these people? They hide their motives just as they hide their expressions behind fur lined hoods and glacier sunglasses.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Self-doubt: Mountains crumble. That's all they do the moment they rise from the earth. You too feel that entropy. You cannot do this. You will fail. You're not as strong as you thought you were.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anxiety: From afar the mountain appears as a painting. Upon her slopes she is revealed to be a monster. Every inch of her spells your doom. You are hopelessly at her mercy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tom Allaway: A mountain climbing legend. Easygoing and lovable, but his back catalog of ascents reveals an iron will and brilliant mind.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: John Zaleski: Physicist and respected mountain climber. Thinks logically and realistically but has a reputation for questioning authority.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maggie Allaway: A tornado of competition and confidence. Less experienced, she bases her opinions more on her ideals and emotions.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aditi Kumari: Indian Military and CIA Ground Contact. She is effortlessly put together and sharp as a whip. Comes from a long line of Indian climbers and has a few first ascents.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rohit Singh: Local Guide and CIA Contact. Fun loving, relaxed and an infectious laugh but runs a tight ship when it comes to his porters.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Creativity: An ascent may be taken by many routes. Following the pitons and fixed rope is only one way to navigate the problem. Nothing is ever that one dimensional. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tenacity: At altitude your body screams for you to stop. Your lungs burn and your limbs go numb. You must reach within yourself to continue on, step by step, hold after hold.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Self-Interest: You work as a team setting ropes and hauling supplies, but when push comes to shove its only you and the mountain. You must succeed. That is paramount.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Resolve: Some cannot be moved. Like the mountains they climb they hold their ground and obstruct progress. A stubborn climber can and will impede an entire expedition
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Summit by a New Route: This is not a first summit attempt but this mountain is remote enough that there are many ascents yet to be made. A new route to the top would earn you the respect of your peers and a place in history
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Finish What You Started: You and this mountain have history. This expedition is your chance to set the record straight and succeed where you once had failed. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Praise the Goddess: The Goddess of Joy lives upon this peak and blesses us all with good fortune and prosperity. You express your devotion to Her. Your faith will guide you to enlightenment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everyone Comes Home: Life is more precious than achievement. Everyone must survive. If someone is hurt, that is everyone's fault. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Celebrate Life and Nature: You strive to commune with nature's majesty and enrich your life by testing the limits of your skill.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Complete the Mission: No matter the cost, the mission must succeed. This is bigger than any one of us. This is for our country, our families, our home.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Contract Term Agreement: This document constitutes the contract between =REDACTED= and the United States Government for performance of services under the Central Intelligence Agency.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: In Service of Your Country: Agent Schaller has arrived with an enticing offer. Time is of the essence. He needs your answer now.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Delhi Airport Customs: Customs found an issue with your visa documents. They have confiscated your bags and are rifling through the various ropes, pitons, crampons and waxed canvas of your equipment, they are suspicious of your intents.
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: What is Our Cover?: Aditi's clout can only carry us so far. What story can we fabricate that will sound believable?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do we wait?: Should we wait here in Delhi for the supplies we want? If you agree with the opinion stated directly before you, play a strength, if you disagree, play a weakness.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Respool the Rope: The tangled mess of rope will probably take the rest of the afternoon to respool. Its tedious, monotonous work.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: CIA Telegram (Bernie): A confidential sealed telegram addressed to Bernie. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hindu Medicine Man: A man has set up various herbal remedies and vials of concentrated oils and spices. He beckons to onlookers to sample his remedies.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aditi's blessing: Aditi would like to bless you as a way to bring good luck to the group and the task ahead. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: On Point: You are taking the lead. Your actions have the greatest impact on overcoming the challenge but you can't do it alone.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Support: To overcome an obstacle we must work as a team. Your contributions add towards the teams success or failure.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nat Geo Cover Story: There are a lot of interested villagers here waiting to see what the Nat Geo team will do. Here is a chance to further develop the groups cover or accidentally make it more suspicious.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The path to the Sanctuary: There are two ways from Joshimath to the Sanctuary: 1) a cliff route used by local shepherds, and 2) a well traveled dirt path used for pilgrimages to the mountain temples. Pick one.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: One Last Telegram: This is our last chance to send back word to the civilized world. If you have anything to report or request, now is the time to do it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: One Last Item: While walking through Joshimath you find one last thing that could be helpful on the expedition. What is it?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sherpa: The Sherpa people of Nepal are renowned mountaineers, known for their hardiness, stamina and endurance at high altitudes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Honor the Goddess: Climbing is a sport for others, or a mission.  For you, it is a way of honoring the Goddess of Joy, meeting the mountain with a humble heart and hoping to please her with your offering.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do Not Anger the Goddess: The mountain is the home of the Goddess and many things will anger her: littering, sex, drinking, swearing.  You know the rules and will remind others of them, forcibly, if necessary.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gurkha: Formerly of Her Majestys Royal Army, now mustered out and working as bodyguard, guide and translator.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ambitious: You proceed through life looking for challenges.  When the opportunity presents itself to push yourself harder or climb higher, you tend to take it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Patient: Climbing takes skill, yes.  But it also requires patience...waiting until the time and the conditions are *right*, not rushing to the top and finding that you cannot get back *down*.  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Respectful: Respect for others is part of the Sherpa way of life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Desire for Inner Peace: You may be reluctant to show it, but one of your driving forces is to forget your worries and be at peace.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: World Traveler : You've been to many places around the world and understand the importance of customs and traditions. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tactless: You speak and act with no sensitivity to the feelings of others.