conversations.from: system
conversations.value: You spread your wings or fired your engines, and rode the gale from suns. Some of you came from worlds you had built, and others from ones they had conquered. Others still came from nothing, where they were nobody. Past lives don't matter now; none of you know each other. All you have in common is that you seek the Name.
  
  Here in this system sunflies whirr between worlds in unusual numbers, blind and curious. You were right, you thought: this is the place. You bent your flight downwards, to the fourth planet from the sun, and you fell.
  
  Now you stand on this place, this Earth, and with an anticipatory shiver you begin your search.
  
  *You are creatures from distant planets. Please give details about the nature of your species in your bio, if they are relevant, but be aware that this game is intentionally low-tech; we are aiming for mysticism rather than science fiction. You seek a Name, though your opinions differ about whose Name it is. All you can agree on is that to find it will be to gain enormous power. To do so, and to survive here, you will have to work together - but in the end only one of you can claim the Name. Gain strength. Forge alliances. Deceive one another. Above all, be wary. You are not the only ones who have sensed the Name's presence here. Nor are the inhabitants of Earth as clueless as they may appear.*
  
  *Your name should be the title of your Nature card. You once had a real name, of course, but you have renounced it: nothing already named can take the Name for itself.*
  
  *I'm looking for 4-7 writers whose style I think will fit well here, not for the first to apply. Last time I tried to start this game, several people dropped out before I sorted through applications, and I had to cancel. With that in mind, assuming there's interest, I'll be accepting/declining people on **Thursday 29th January at the latest**.*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Magnificent: *"I need only my presence, and all will part before me."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Obdurate: "*None shall sway me from my path."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sage: *"I know the old stories, and better yet, I understand them."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Confounding: *"They do not understand me, for I do not choose to be understood. Mine is the secret haven hidden behind mirrors and smoke."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Quick: *"Mine is the joy of the wind on my back and a swift leap over a high wall."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Subtle: *"I will move in the shadows, and my plans shall go unnoticed."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Creative: *"There will be something marvellous, and it will bear my name."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ire: *"Let it be damned. Let everything be damned."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pain: *"Anything to make it stop."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unquiet: *"I cannot rest, not while these things in my head refuse to be forgotten."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Curiosity: *"I will know. I must always know."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Deadly: *"The fist, the claw, the blade. Mine are the instruments of force."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Merchant: *"I believe the Name is the secret name of money. My coffers will overflow; my wealth will move planets. I will change commerce forever."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Monarch: *"The Name describes the gleam in a tyrant's eye. I shall rise above all others, and they shall obey."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Dead: *"I am destroyed. Only the Name, which is life itself, can restore me. If I fail to claim it ... but I must not fail."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Guilty: *"The Name is the word that expresses true and unconditional forgiveness. Only this will absolve me of my guilt."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Hunter: *"The Name is the word that describes the moment of the eagle's swoop, or the sharp close of the star-maw's teeth. With it, no quarry will be too great for me, not even the suns themselves."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Pilgrim: *"I seek the Name of my god. When I claim it, my voice shall be heard, and my god will act through me."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Lover: *"My heart tells me that the Name is the only word that will prove without doubt that I am true. I must have it, for the sake of my beloved."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fearsome: *"On my homeworld I did not have to hide my face. Here they cower at the sight of me. They will not speak, only scream."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wild: *"I was made to roam the space between worlds, to explore and to discover. This tiny planet is a prison by comparison."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Exceptional: *"I am not like the others. My way is the better, my idea the more perfect. I work only for myself."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hope: *"It will be better. It must."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dominion: *"Mine is the will that shall prevail."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Love: *"My heart is open. The world may enter at its leisure."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Forest of Alien Things: This is not a comforting place. You do not know these plants, these stones, these strange singing creatures.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Artist: *"I have glimpsed the Name between the lines of a poem, beneath the brushstrokes of a painting. I will find it, give it form, and everything will change."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Watchful: *"What I do not see, I deduce quickly enough."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tractable: *"To follow is always easier than to lead."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Weak: *"My mind is well enough - but the flesh, ah! It is less than my challenges demand."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Moral: *"They will take advantage of me. But some things cannot be given up."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Greed: *"The world will come to me, and I will wax fat on its riches."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hunger: *"I will be sated, come what may."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Memory of Song: *"I have heard the bright suns singing, each to each. I remember the sound of light."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Regret: *"I have not always done what was best. I hope to change that now."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Maurilia: Ancient, lush, nostalgic. This is a city that teems with life, but its people are sunk in memory. Like you, they believe too much in names.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Memory of Night: *"My flight through utter and through middle darkness has been borne. I remember what was spoken in the cracks of silence."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Memory of Warmth: *"The touch of skin on skin was all it took to make us one. I remember her warmth still."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Memory of Betrayal: *"One may smile and smile and be a villain. This I shall not forget."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Memory of Peace: *"Once, we were. Now, only I am. But past unity is not so soon forgotten."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Others: You are not alone here. Who else has come a-seeking?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flash of Genius: *"But if they were there--and this is so--then surely--!"*
  
  [Play this for a sudden burst of inspiration, with good results.]
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Direction: This spot drew you for a reason. What was it?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Confer: You don't know each other, or these people. You'll have to prepare for this.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Melquíades: He seems to be the leader of this band of travellers. If anyone can help, it will be him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Long and Nameless River: The water changes with the light. You are growing to know its rhythms.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Time Passing on the River: Complete this challenge to pass the time until your journey is over.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dolorous Secret: *"I have heard something I dare not repeat. I pray I will never have need of it ..."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stories: Speak. Tell a story or a secret, that the nomads may sell it on.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pocketful of Change: *"Old. Scavenged. How very like the Maurilians, to take even their coinage from the distant past."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Search: Somewhere in this city of nostalgia are people who know of the Name. You must find them, and before your competitors.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Seekers (Optional): There are others in search of the Name in this city. Perhaps you can discover something about them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shelter: It seems you will have to spend the night here. Best seek out a place to stay.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Beast: *"The Name is the word that describes the primal fear I instill into the hearts of the herd, the chilling horror enveloping them at my terrifying presence."* 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Resolute: *"I rush into the fray, to overcome anything I face, and will not fall prey to cheap tricks or melancholic fits."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fearsome: *"On my homeworld I did not have to hide my face. Here they cower at the sight of me. They will not speak, only shriek."* 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hunger: *"I will be sated, come what may."* 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Watchful: *“What I do not see, I deduce quickly enough.”*    
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Dead: *“I am destroyed. Only the Name, which is life itself, can restore me. If I fail to claim it … but I must not fail.”*    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Obdurate: *“None shall sway me from my path.”*    
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Regret: *“I have not always done what was best. I hope to change that now.”*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Joker: *What is life without a little fun and good natured humor and pranks? We need to learn to have fun again* 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make Them Laugh: You like joking, everyone likes laugh, so make them laugh, make them laugh, make them laugh. It's a surefire way to lighten the mood. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tractable: *"To follow is always easier than to lead."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hope: *it will get better... it must*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Observant: *"What is art that cannot draw out some aspect of the world around it? And what artist can create that which reflects the secrets of the universe if she cannot see them herself? The senses mean much to one such as I."*
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tracker: *"The rustle of crushed plants, the flash of hide or chitin, the smell of breath and sweat. From birth I searched for these things, eager to serve the Whole by finding it meat."*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Royal Upbringing: You know how to be polite and diplomatic
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hardy: *I have tracked prey through freezing rain, the scorching heat of a desert, the sharp crags of unfriendly mountain. Weather is not to be feared.*