conversations.from: system
conversations.value: We're not alone in the universe. And, everyone knows what an alien invasion looks like: A silver saucer lands, the little green men exit. "Take us to your leader," they demand.
  
  Just one problem: Building saucers to transport beings of any size or color or gender across interstellar distances within a reasonable time frame is really, really expensive.
  
  What's much easier (relatively speaking) is to thread lines of communication through strange kinks in the fabric of space-time. Bootstrapping these connections still demands some initial investment in slinging wisps of clever matter around, but this is many orders of magnitude cheaper than trying to deliver living organisms intact.
  
  Sometimes, the Contact is malicious. Sometimes, Contact is made between species who engage in harmonious and productive conversation. Sometimes, Contact is made with a juvenile intelligence who just wants to play.
  
  And then, sometimes, Contact is made with a world like Earth. With the right voice in the wrong ear, we're our own worst enemy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ready Player One: Humans under Contact Influence have become Avatars for aliens who don't realize that Earth is real. Deal with the chaos wrought by off-world gamers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Race for the Artifact: A significant Contact-derived Artifact has been discovered, but someone's after it.
  
  Beat them to it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Icarus Fell to Sabotage: Prevent the release of a Contact-inspired technology into the world.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Data Dump: A large amount of information has arrived via Contact. It could be interesting. Check it out.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Trouble at Old Mill: Strange things are happening in your old home town. Old secrets threaten to come to light, old powers work to keep it quiet. Where do your interests lie?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Server Farm: Something is altering the landscape into thinking matter for alien use. Can you stop it or subvert it?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kaiju!: Contact conveys information. DNA encodes information. Sometimes, this combination produces life. Is it a monstrous invasion or friendly visitation?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Friends in Faraway Places: fsdfsdf
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hidden Happenings: Something Contact-related is happening away from prying eyes. You should intervene, before it's too late.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: High Profile Disclosure: An event driven by Contact is set to occur in the midst of a large audience. This could be good or bad. Influence events.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Avatar Rampage: Someone under total Contact Influence is wreaking havoc of one sort or another.
  
  Stop it or subvert it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: World on Fire: A previously minor world power has gained something interesting from Contact. Their leaders have decided to use it to become a major world power. 
  
  Will you help or hinder?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dawning of the Age of Contact: Contact inspires the formation of cults worldwide. Out of these rises a charismatic leader who enthralls millions. 
  
  Is this salvation or enslavement?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fort Meade, MD: Home of the NSA
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prophet: You're in Contact with Voices who offer a Message. You've made it your life's mission to make sure everyone receives it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Company Man: Knowledge is power, and power can be quite profitable. You've made a career out of harvesting the fruits of Contact for your employers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Server Farm: Contact nodes sometimes come with more than just communication tech.
  
  Something is changing the landscape into thinking matter for alien use. Can you stop it? Can you subvert it?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Trouble at Old Mill: Strange things are happening in the old home town. Old secrets threaten to come to light, old powers work to keep it quiet. Where do your interests lie?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kaiju!: Contact conveys information. DNA encodes information. Sometimes, information encoded as DNA yields life.
  
  Have monsters invaded Earth? Are they friendly? It it a hoax?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Entrepreneur: You've come into Contact with some interesting ideas, and you've thrown yourself into building something amazing.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Agent of the State: Contact usually bypasses official State channels. It's your job to ensure things don't get out of hand.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scholar: You're learned much from your brushes with Contact, and you're determined to learn so much more.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: World on Fire: A previously minor world power has gained something interesting from Contact. Their leaders have decided to use it to become a major world power. Will you help, hinder, or flee?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ready Player One: Humans under Influence from Contact have become Avatars for aliens who don't realize that Earth is real.
  
  Deal with the chaos brought by off-world gamers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find the Perpetual Motion Machine: Contact has promised a source of cheap, clean, and practically infinite energy.
  
  Is it a hoax? Is there a catch? Should it be stopped? Given to the world or hoarded?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The President is an Alien Reptile: Some or all of the top leadership of a major world power are Influenced by Contact.
  
  What does this mean? Should it be stopped? Is there a silver lining?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Perpetual Motion Machine: Contact has promised a source of cheap, clean, and practically infinite energy.
  
  Is it a hoax? Is there a catch? Should it be stopped? Given to the world or hoarded?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gone Missing: People have been disappearing, thanks to something Contact-related. 
  
  Find that something and deal with it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gone Missing: People you know have been going missing, and you're convinced Contact is related. Do something about it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mad Science: Someone followed a recipe delivered by Contact. It led to something new, probably trouble.
  
  Defuse or profit from the situation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Wayback Machine: Sometimes Contact bridges time as well as space. A Message comes from the future - or the past - and it has grave implications - personal or global. Deal with it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find the Perperual Motion Machine: Contact has promised a source of cheap, clean, and practically infinite energy.
  
  Is it a hoax? Is there a catch? Should it be stopped? Given to the world or hoarded?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ray Gun: A good, old-fashioned ray gun. Built from terrestrial parts, but according to an alien design. 
  
  It does ludicrous damage for its size. Also has a stun setting.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ansible Ear Buds: Stick these in your ears, keep in touch. Instant comms over theoretically infinite distance.
  
  They are unexpectedly warm to the touch
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tablet: Useful for keeping track of assignments, downloading alien information, and free-to-play games not always of terrestrial origin.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ventilation Map: Detailed engineering map of underground ventilation works for the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EDM Fest Ticket: Admit One to the EDM Fest at Governors Beach Club.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Charming: You can talk your way out of anything.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Race for the Artifact: A significant Contact-derived Artifact has been discovered, but someone's after it.
  
  Beat them to it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Everything You Know is Wrong: Reveal the existence of alien life and Contact in a way that convinces one or more skeptics.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The More You Know: Capture a large amount of information delivered via Contact.
  
  The storage medium could be paper, clay tablet, flash drive, or even your own brain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Neither Emperor nor Clothed: Just because they're aliens doesn't mean they're better than us.
  
  Shatter some illusions. Reveal some truths. Turn some tables. Throw some pies.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ancient Origins: Contact was made long before humanity had language, maybe even before the discovery of fire.
  
  Uncover the mark that was made on our species.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: President John Casey: President of the United States. Rumors say he's turned quite eccentric since the election.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jeremiah Lightbringer: Charismatic leader of a growing spiritual movement. Has been compared to both Charles Manson and the Dalai Lama.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Aron Dusk: CEO of an up-and-coming Silicon Valley company involved in everything from electric cars to alternative energy to space travel.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Colorado Smith: Archaeologist, treasure hunter, adventurer.
  
  Never learned how to use a whip.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Chuck Soda: One of the politically-infamous Soda brothers: billionaires in control of much of the world's oil-, gas-, and coal-based energy sources.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Col. Jackie Holson: Canadian engineer and astronaut. Served on 3 space flights, served as CAPCOM for 24 more. Performed "Rocketman" by Elton John on the ISS.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Funny: You can defuse a situation with a joke or a prank.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scrappy: Prideful, argumentative, pugnacious.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Margaret Singh III: Philanthropist. Billionaire supporter of art, libraries, and obscure archives.
  
  She never seems to age.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not-so-tough: You've never been in a fight in your life.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Skeptic: You don't take things at face value. You're used to analyzing all the angles.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Afflicted: You've had a brush with something Contact-derived that has left you with a chronic condition - mental or physical.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Athletic: Capable of above-average physical feats. Fit and endowed with ample stamina.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Did I Just Blow Your Mind?: Use something you learned via Contact to amaze, convince, or otherwise outmaneuver someone.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gone Missing: People you know have been going missing, and you're convinced Contact is related. Do something about it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nice Try, ET: Reveal that an alien is lying or playing a prank.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mad Science: Someone (maybe you) followed a recipe delivered by Contact.
  
  It led to something new, probably trouble. Defuse or profit from the situation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: He's (Not) A Monster After All!: Reveal that someone is not what he, she, or it seems at first - for good or bad.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just a Weather Balloon: Obscure the true explanation for something Contact-related.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reach Out and Touch Someone: Make Contact with someone off-world. Make a friend - or maybe an enemy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: They Should Have Sent a Poet: Discover something astonishing that changes your outlook forever.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tough: You can trade punches with a prize fighter.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Complaisant: Willing or eager to please other people. Easily convinced to do what other people want.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gadgeteer: You have a small cache of Contact-derived Artifacts. They do wonderful things in a pinch.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scout K. Jackson: Freelance journalist, loose cannon, quite unhinged. Fond of self-medication.
  
  Has never been to Las Vegas.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Black Rock City: A.K.A. The Playa. Every summer, weird people descend on the desert to make weird things happen. What happens during the rest of the year is stranger yet.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jack Knox: Mass murderer, yet to be caught. No one's certain what he looks like, thanks to a lack of surviving witnesses and a knack for avoiding cameras.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Paranoid: You see conspiracies everywhere. You make connect dots that don't need connecting.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Awkward: Everything you say sounded better in your head.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Notice the Strings?: You're conviced that someone at the top is Influenced by Contact.
  
  You need to do something  - get to the bottom or in on the action.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Throw me the Artifact!: Convince someone to give you a Contact-derived Artifact.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Humans are Superior!: Successfully lie to, trick, prank, or outmaneuver an alien or Avatar.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Can't Stop the Signal: You're aware of a startling revelation delivered by Contact. 
  
  Make sure it gets out to the world. Or, stop it before it spreads.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alexis Black: A self-styled "bio-hacker", Alexis is obsessed with genomic tinkering. Quite handy with computers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scheme against your rivals: Someone's working against you. You need to figure out what to do about it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Brussels: Capitol of Belgium, and de facto capitol of the E.U.
  
  Highly populated, highly political.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Underground Desert Facility: Groom Lake is a joke. If you want to keep a place secret, you put it in the desert *and* many miles underground.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Low Earth Orbit: Home of the International Space Station. At least, that's the tourist attraction.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Journalist: Whether freelance blogger or big media reporter, you're onto something about Contact and people have a right to the truth.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Washington, D.C.: Capitol of the USA
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Entrepreneur: You've come into Contact with some interesting ideas, and you've thrown yourself into building something amazing.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mountain View, CA: The next big thing out of Silicon Valley might have a headstart from an unexpected source.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scholar: You're learned much from your brushes with Contact. You're determined to learn - and record and archive - so much more.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Prodigal Scion: Your family has a long & significant history of Contact. Until very recently, you were totally unaware.
  
  Claim your inheritance. Or, escape it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: London: One of the most densely populated Western cities. Something's bound to be afoot.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Site of the Tunguska Event: An area in the Russian wilderness where, in 1908, an explosion of city-destroying magnitude occurred.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Family: You have close family ties. You can trust them absolutely, and they'll do anything for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Treasure Hunter: Information from Contact sometimes leads to the production of Artifacts. These Artifacts can be priceless. That is, at least, until you get your hands on them and put them up for auction.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hunted: You are on the run from forces larger than you can handle.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Company Man: Information yields power and profit. You've made a career out of harvesting the fruits of Contact for your employers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Disciple: You seek Contact for your own personal growth. Maybe the benefits are purely spiritual. Or, maybe you've gained knowledge & abilities that set you apart from humanity.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Trickster: Contact has given you some great jokes to play on the world. Go forth and troll!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Principality of Sealand: Want to get away from it all? Especially the prying eyes of world governments? Well, they say Sealand is the place to be.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Governors Island: An island in the heart of New York Harbor.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Informed: A particularly intimate form of Contact has taken up residence in your brain. You have direct access to strange information.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Insightful: You have a grasp on the minds at the other end of Contact. Though their motivations may be literally alien, there are actually consistent patterns.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Detroit: It's a great time in Detroit! Stealth startups and artist collectives are getting away with interesting things in abandoned spaces.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Naive: You are easily impressed and will believe more than most. This is especially true when Contact is the source.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The African Savannah: The place where early mankind first learned to walk upright. What else did they learn?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Agent of the State: Contact usually bypasses official State channels. It's your job to ensure things don't get out of hand.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tinkerer: You're good at building things and taking them apart. Contact has given you new tools and toys to make Artifacts.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Connected: You know well-placed people. Maybe they owe you favors.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Avatar: You've taken on a purpose conveyed by Contact - whether voluntarily or under compulsion. You're working for strange masters whose goals you may not understand.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prophet: You're in Contact with Voices who offer a Message. You've made it your life's mission to make sure everyone receives it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Family: You have close family ties. You're bound to do something irrational if anything threatens them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Influenced: A particularly intimate form of Contact has taken up residence in your brain. You are not entirely in control of your own decisions.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Purist: Mankind is not ready for Contact. You've made it your job to protect the world from it, burying information and destroying connections where possible.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find some allies: Strange things are afoot in the world, and you need a team.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Newb: You've never experienced any form of Contact before, firsthand. You're liable to be awestruck and overwhelmed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Old Pro: You've experienced Contact before, maybe many times before. Nothing surprises you now.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sedentary: You're slightly lacking in the physical department, easily winded and quick to tire.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The World May Never Know: Prevent something world-changing, whether disastrous or beneficial.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Avatar Rampage: Someone under the Influence of Contact is wreaking havoc of one sort or another.
  
  Do something about it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Wayback Machine: Contact bridges space, but it can also bridge time. A message has arrived from the past - or is it from the future?
  
  Either way, discover what it means.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Prometheus or Icarus?: Contact has inspired the development of a history-changing technology.
  
  Do something about that - usher it into the world or ensure its failure (at least for now).
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: NO CARRIER: Sever a Contact connection.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Behold the Puppetmaster: Someone is an Avatar, under direct alien control via Contact.
  
  Pull away the curtain. Or, make a deal.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Resist Control: Something has reached out and touched you.
  
  Maintain control of your decisions and your actions.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Vorpal Knife: A short, strange blade that can cleave any material. It might have something to do with the altered region of space-time along its edge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Johnny Fedora: Debonair, charismatic, persuasive.
  
  Claims to be a government agent. Possibly British.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Scrappy: Determined, sharp, not to be  underestimated.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Miracle Cure: You're aware of someone (maybe you!) who will soon die. You are convinced that Contact can offer a cure. 
  
  Find that cure - or prevent it from being found.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Transmat Discs: A matched set of lightweight portable discs, each a little over a foot in diameter.
  
  Stand on one long enough, and you'll suddenly appear standing on the other.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tin Foil Helmet: It's not really tin foil, but it is shiny and it does fit on most human heads.
  
  Effectively blocks Contact transmissions, useful for managing Influence.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ancient Artifact: Made by human hands long, long ago. But, it bears features that could not possibly have come from human minds.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stop the Insanity: Someone has come unhinged. Maybe it was Influence, or maybe it was a dire realization.
  
  Stop them from doing something drastic.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pull the Pin and Throw: Make something go boom, but be sure to get yourself out of range before it happens.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do your homework: Contact is involved, here. Investigate the nature of the Contact. Then, figure out what to do about it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Universal Translator: A message received via Contact seems to make no sense.
  
  Decipher the message. Or, subvert it to your benefit.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Live to tell the Tale: You're acquired something. Now, get out alive so that you can benefit from that information or Artifact.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Connect the Dots: You have some or all of the clues. Analyze the pattern, discover a truth. Or, subvert the pattern for your own ends.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Anti-Grav Belt: Put it on, defy gravity. Controls may not be user friendly for humans.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Camping Gear: Coat, boots, tent, snacks. Survive for days away from modern amenties.
  
  May offer Artifact-related features not commonly found in average consumer equipment.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Art Project?: It's a thing. Someone made it. It seems alien. It's not readily apparent what it does or what it's for.
  
  It might be garbage.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Satellite Smartphone: Latest & greatest product of human technology - equipped with GPS, camera, telephony, wifi hotspot, the works.
  
  Has signal anywhere in line of sight to the sky.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: EMP grenade: Pull the pin, toss it. A few seconds later, any non-hardened electronics stop working - often, permanently.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Manage the Impact: The situation is poised to spread beyond the immediate area.
  
  Contain it. Or, encourage its expansion.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Call in the Cavalry: This situation is larger than you. Bring in someone bigger.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find allies, identify rivals: You're not alone in this.
  
  Discover who might be a friend or who might be working against you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reach the Meeting Point: Multiple approaches: Above ground; below ground; across the water.
  
  Get there, don't be seen.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sgt. Roger Glover: Veteran homicide detective. Off duty. Too old for this stuff.
  
  His daughter is at the concert; he's looking out for her.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Daring: Contact is not for the timid. To participate in its power, one must take risks.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Anarchist Collective: Through clandestine digital and analog channels, you've been organizing and cultivating influence in a loose-knit group of like-minded anarchists, many of whom are quite talented in their fields.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Persuasive: You have a gift for convincing people. Whatever you're selling, they're buying.