conversations.from: system
conversations.value: 1936. The keepers of the Witch Hill lighthouse have stopped signalling the mainland, and their relief staff  has vanished. A small group of bedevilled investigators must discover the truth of the Witch Hill Horror.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Antiquarian: You’re an expert on antiquities and artifacts, known world-wide for your skills.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Appraisal
  
  Suggested Weakness: Delicate
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Archaeology Professor: You teach archaeology at a prestigious New England college and are widely published.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Lore
  
  Suggested Weakness: Slow
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Physics Professor: You stand at the forefront of “alternative physics”—where science meets mysticism.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sciences
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Medical Doctor: Your knowledge of the human body and its care is much celebrated.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medicine
  
  Suggested Weakness: Oath
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Psychologist: The human mind is your purview—you understand how it works and when it doesn’t.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: The Mind
  
  Suggested Weakness: Judgmental
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Field Archaeologist: You blend archaeological knowledge with wilderness survival and digging techniques.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Survival
  
  Suggested Weakness: Reckless
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dilettante: You ache to make a mark on the world, to amount to something special.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Resources
  
  Suggested Weakness: Naive
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Graduate Student: You’re at the beginning of an exciting career... you hope.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Vital Youth
  
  Suggested Weakness: Impatient
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Soldier of Fortune: Your military training makes you valuable the world over. It’s a dangerous place, this planet.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Hardy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Heartless
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Occult Author: You’ve studied and written widely on matters of mysticism and folklore. Your fans are many.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Mysticism
  
  Suggested Weakness: Bookish
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Appraisal: You’re sharp, perceptive, and quick—capable of appraising situations as well as objects.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lore: Your intellect is formidable and your knowledge spans many cultures and histories.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sciences: You have a calculating mind that prizes reason and calm precision above all.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Medicine: You’re adept at medicine, from saving lives to identifying the telling marks of death.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Mind: The human mind is a remarkable device and you understand how it works.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Survival: You’ve survived the wilderness, bandits, and wolves in your search for ancient treasures.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Resources: You’re well equipped with quality tools, society contacts, and funds.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Vital Youth: You’re energetic, athletic, and hale—ready for adventure!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hardy: You’re a rugged, leathery sort. You’re hard to kill and ready to work through pain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mysticism: You know the ways of folklore and magic, some of it so much hogwash... some of it not.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Delicate: You’re delicate of touch, of demeanor, and of constitution.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Slow: Your mind may be sharp but your body is slow to keep up.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Limited: Outside your areas of expertise, you’re easily lost.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Oath: You’ve sworn an oath to save lives, avoid violence, and heal the sick.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Judgmental: Your judgmental attitude causes you troubles. If only others would try harder to measure up.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reckless: You sometimes take chances that put you or others at risk.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Naive: A bit gullible and trusting of the wrong sorts, perhaps, but you mean well.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impatient: You don’t wait around well. You want to act first and think about it later maybe.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Heartless: The years have left you wary and callous, unwilling to risk your heart again.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bookish: You’re no athlete. Maybe you’re doughy or awkward or frail but you’re sure no athlete.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learn an Eldritch Secret: Learning is power, whether you share it or not.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hunt Something New: You’ve stalked or been stalked by the most dangerous game. Time for a new challenge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Worthy Material for a Dissertation: Stop waffling and wondering and find out what you believe to be true about the world.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Show Your Father You’re Worthy: It’s not about inheritance, it’s about respect.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Push A Mind Beyond Its Limits: Push someone—perhaps yourself!—beyond the limits of reason and then study what happens.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Show Them Your Work is Sound: It’s not enough anymore to believe you’re right. Show them you’re right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bring Back A Groundbreaking Artifact: If you can retrieve a never-before-seen treasure, your career will be revitalized.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get Home Alive: Maybe this work isn’t worth your life? Just get home alive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Nothing Is Forbidden: Human morals are a human construction. Knowledge of the infinite is more valuable.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Matters of Love: Love may be an earthly concern, but it’s real and it matters.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Deciphering: Read words that have gone unread for generations.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Survive the Wild: Endure and survive the threats of the wild.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Protect Someone: Prevent harm from coming to a colleague you admire or cherish.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Save A Life in Danger: Rescue someone in peril, perhaps bringing them back from the brink of death.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Be The First: Set foot in a new or ancient place before someone else can despoil it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Protect the Dig Site: Protect the dig site from harm.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warn the World: Get word out about what’s happening at the dig site.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make A Friend: The best protections against the harsh realities of the world are friendship and allies.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Photographic Evidence: Get a photo that no one would believe if it weren’t true.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Right Might: Show someone that you’re not to be trifled with.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Matchbook From The Blue Star: A simple matchbook adorned with a blue star and no words.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jameson’s Portfolio on the Peru Dig: A collection of newspaper clippings, sketches, and geographical survey maps.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Stack of Cold, Hard Cash: At least $1,000 dollars American in bright green bills.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Heavens Below: by Brother Francisco Castillo. Contains occult secrets about pre-Columbian South America.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revolver: A six-shot snub-nosed pistol.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Shotgun: A long, double-barreled shotgun with a wood stock.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ammunition: Ammo for a gun.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dynamite: One stick of dynamite with a long fuse.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Digging Equipment: Shovels, brushes, and picks suitable for quick or fine-detail work.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Fine Camera: A high-quality camera with tripod.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dr. Jameson’s Office: All dark hardwoods and plush chairs with a penthouse view.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Aveline Estate: The sort of place with marble pillars and a hedge maze.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aboard Butcher’s Plane: The plane rattles and dips in tough turbulence. It’s more for cargo than passengers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Blue Star Nightclub: The city’s best-hidden jazz secret is this hole-in-the-wall club, open just twice a week.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Suburban Dining Room: The table is buried under layers of maps and sketches and newspaper clippings.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Remote Peruvian Village: A quaint, humid little village on the road leading to the dig site.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Swaying Rope Bridge: No way a truck could make it across that. Only foot traffic could cross this rickety thing.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Abandoned Dig Site: The dig site resembles, at first, just an assortment of low, stone walls and carved pits.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Deep Jungle: This sort of jungle can swallow up a traveler with ease and never release its secrets.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Far Beneath the Dig: A circle of sunlight through the well shaft above reveals a vast, finely carved chamber...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Turbulence: Avoid embarrassing yourself in flight.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: First Impressions: Make a first impression on the locals that won’t get you in trouble later.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cross the Rope Bridge: Get across the rope bridge with all your equipment intact.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Rains From A Clear Night Sky: The dig site fills with water and mud. Protect the artifacts!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Your Way: The track through the jungle is perilous and difficult to follow. Don’t lose your way.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lost Beneath: These strange passages beneath the earth make little sense. Will you ever see the sky again?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ancient Writings: Who can decipher these ancient markings?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gunfire!: Someone from afar is taking shots at you!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Impossible Creature: It is both there and not there, part tentacle and part grasping mouth. Understand it? Or flee?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Vision: Are you dreaming or is this real?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dr. Jeremiah Jameson: Dr. Jameson isn’t brave enough to lead expeditions so he funds others’ trips into the unknown.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Diane Aveline: The widow of Michael Aveline, who was killed on an expedition of Jameson’s. She wants revenge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Caroline Butcher: One of the world’s great pilots and photographers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Walter Corrigan: A soldier of fortune hired to protect Dr. Jameson’s investments.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Leonard Crenshaw: A locally renowned jazz musician and expert on folklore of the Americas.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jorge Quispe: A young driver, fixer, and guide in Peru. He’s been to the dig site Jameson’s curious about.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mysterious Interloper: Tall and shadowy in a fedora and trench coat. Who is this gravel-voiced stranger?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mad Cultist: This drug-addled cultist is ready to give his life—or yours—to please his monstrous god.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tentacular Beast: Tentacles and feathery antennae probe out from a shadowy mass at the heart of this beast!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hellish Flying Monstrosity: Wider-winged than a condor, with a bone-chilling cry and gleaming teeth.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revenge: One of the players wronged you, a long time ago. They don't remember you yet, but they soon will...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lose Leaf: A ritual? Complex mathematics? Something else entirely?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dynamite: A stick of dynamite with a fuse attached.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Loose Leaf: A ritual? Complex mathematics? Something else entirely?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Note to Amsel: Ward is aware that The Trinity House is an establishment dealing with lighthouses and their staff. He's been here before, although the building looks different now, somehow.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Blank Paper: Was once a letter
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Blank Paper: Was once a letter
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Case Dossier: Contains details about the case.
  Play this card if the situation warrants it; but otherwise just ask me for whatever information you need.
   
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shotgun: A long, double-barreled shotgun with a wood stock.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Letter addressed to Mr John Ward: The Trinity House
  Incorporated by Charter Granted by Henry VIII 1514
  
  13th of December, 1936
  
  Sir;
  your family's nautical heritage - and your own actions aboard the TSS Minerva - have long been of the most intense interest to me. I am aware also of your recent history.
  
  It would be to your advantage - and, further, to the benefit and at the request of His Majesty's Government - to present yourself on the 14th day of the present month.
  
  Signed, on behalf of Mr St John Simenon (Esq);
  Olga Rith
  (Secretary);
  on behalf of His Gracious Majesty,
  King Edward VIII.
  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Simenon's Card: embossed on sturdy bone-white card are the characters MET 5015.
  By all means play this card if the situation warrants it; but if you want to call the phone number, just let me know.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Luger: A 1904 Navy issue Luger pistol, partially loaded.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Letter adressd to Doctor Edwin Archer : The Trinity House
  Incorporated by Charter Granted by Henry VIII 1514
  
  13th of December, 1936
  
  Sir;
  it was with great interest that I read your recent monograph on the subject of Hysterical Occular Delusion. I am aware also of your recent history.
  
  It would be to your advantage - and, further, to the benefit and at the request of His Majesty's Government - to present yourself on the 14th day of the present month.
  
  Signed, on behalf of Mr St John Simenon (Esq);
  Olga Rith
  (Secretary);
  on behalf of His Gracious Majesty,
  King Edward VIII.
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Letter addressed to Mr Oscar Cawston: The Trinity House
  Incorporated by Charter Granted by Henry VIII 1514
  
  13th of December, 1936
  
  Sir;
  Your talk on Self-Induced Haunting was, in my opinion, underappreciated. I am certain your fortunes and good name will soon be restored. I am aware also of your recent history.
  
  It would be to your advantage - and, further, to the benefit and at the request of His Majesty's Government - to present yourself on the 14th day of the present month.
  
  Signed, on behalf of Mr St John Simenon (Esq);
  Olga Rith
  (Secretary);
  on behalf of His Gracious Majesty,
  King Edward VIII.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Mermaid : A lovely old pub.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make a Plan: Make a plan. You absolutely don't need to play any cards here; just come up with an actual plan together. Ask me anything you like.
  However, if you'd like to discard any asset cards, you can do it here, by throwing them on the fire. Entirely optional.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Emotionless: You just don't care.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Emotionless: Feelings are weakness. Nothing can hurt you if you don't care.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Follower: Break the rules? You'd as soon eat a live snake.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cowardly: Not always, not all the time...but you never know when the fear will take over.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tyrant: They should stop arguing, and damn well do what you say.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Clairvoyant: Say what others will, the voices are never wrong.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Digging Equipment: Spades, brushes, and picks suitable for quick or fine-detail work.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thinking Machine: Emotions are primitive survival traits. Rid yourself of the last vestiges of your feelings and free yourself from irrationality.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revolver: A six-shot snub-nosed American pistol.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Webley Service Revolver: Almost an antique now, but serviceable.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Act 3, Scene 4: A torn, musty page purportedly from a lost scene of The King in Yellow, in which Cassilda recites a ritual of banishment.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Odd Stone: An unusual object; porous light-green soapstone in what is very nearly the shape of a starfish.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hearty Fare: Ham, bread, eggs, cheese...sufficient provender for a fortifying repast.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Key to Witch Hill Lighthouse : A heavy key fashioned from what you can almost persuade yourself is iron.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Notebook: A reporters notebook with a pencil in the spine.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Urs von Neumann: Stop Von Neumann.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: von Neumann's Gate: Close the gate, if gate it is, then get out of here fast.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lost Tube Station: A cold, dead-ended tunnel,  leading from an unused platform. Sickly mist stains the light the colour of pondwater; dust floats like algae.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Journalist: Human nature never ceases to disgust you, but you'll report the truth no matter how few people care to read it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Amateur Cracksman: You don't need the money...you just love the thrill of theft! 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revenge: Identify them. Persecute them. Make them pay.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Common Touch: The low classes trust you as if you were one of them. Perhaps you are.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sea Dog: Your mistress is the sea, and all her ways are known to you. And one day, she will take you in her final embrace.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Navigation: Through skill and instinct, you always know where you are...more or less.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ecclesiast: You have dedicated you life to God, and enjoy the support of the Church and all its attendant glories.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Outsider Artist: You live to express your vision, regardless of the distatste of the vulgar bourgeousie. Your supporters, although louche, are fanatical.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ex-convict: You've done your time; and you don't intend to do any more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Grifter: Illegality, vice, the unfair fight; these are your domain.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fighter: Maybe you can take it, maybe you can't...but you certainly know how to inflict it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Smouldering: Whether through force of will or sheer physical perfection, you can always count on the enraptured support of your admirers - at least until the morning.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Camera: A Leica camera with flash cube and one shot left.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Just the Thing: What's that hidden under the rubble? Why, the very thing you needed!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Chat Noir Nightclub: London's best-hidden jazz secret is this hole-in-the-wall club, open just twice a week.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Abandoned Dig Site: The dig site resembles, at first, just an assortment of low, stone walls and carved pits.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Archaeology Professor: You teach archaeology at a prestigious university and are widely published.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Lore
  
  Suggested Weakness: Slow
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Doctor of Medicine: Your knowledge of the human body and its care is much celebrated.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medicine
  
  Suggested Weakness: Oath
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Survival: You’ve survived the wilderness, bandits, and wolves in your search for adventure.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hardy: You’re a rugged sort. You’re hard to kill and ready to work through pain.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mysticism: You know the ways of folklore and magic, some of it so much hogwash... some of it maybe not.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Matchbook From The Chat Noir: A simple black matchbook adorned ironically with a white cat and no words.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Boodle: At least £1,000 in old notes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ammunition: Bullets for a gun.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bitter: Rejection has left you wary and callous, unwilling to risk your heart again.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Protect the Lighthouse: Protect the lighthouse from harm.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Warn the World: Get word out about what’s happening at the lighthouse.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Open Their Eyes: Prove that the conspiracy you know to be true is real.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Prove Your Sanity: They said you were mad and locked you away, but you'll show them...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Redemption: Make amends for what you did.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lost Hearts: You know it wasn't an accident. Find out what really happened to them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Assistant: A gentleperson's gentleperson, your knowledge, skills and, above all, discretion are highly sought by all.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Just The Ticket: You can be relied upon to provide whatever is necessary in any social crisis.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Curious: It would be worse not to know, surely?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Impure Thoughts: You can't help it if your priorities are more straightforward than everyone else's.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Intimidating: Is it the staring eyes? The ranting? The faint aura of deviance? Whichever, they just don't like you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Remember!: Photograph, sketch, memorize or otherwise record something here which seems of great relevance to you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Somewhat Diffident in the face of Cosmic Horror: Rekindle your friendship. You've faced madness together, even though you may not agree upon its nature. 
  
  On the other hand, who knows why you've been summoned here. Maybe it's better to distance yourself from these  deadbeats...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Trinity House: Tower Hill, London.
  The building has a distinct look of authority, whilst somehow giving a faintly jaunty nautical impression.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mr St. John Simenon: Convince Simenon of your excellent natures. Make him trust you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hospital Lobby: Strangely gloomy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: London Streets: Green-lit and ominous.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Escape!: Escape the hounds.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Prove Your Sanity: If you told anyone, they would say you were mad - but you know there is something more. Probably.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: King Neptune: "He's heard King Neptune sing/he's heard the mermaids cry/They'll take him out to sea/when it's his turn to die."
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nothing: Was once a something, might be again.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dumb Struck: Nervous overload renders him passive and easy to move.