conversations.from: system
conversations.value: 1: Most calls can be handled by just saying "Ma'am, I'm sure you have the wrong number."
  
  2: City-wide navigation is now possible through our custom GPS!
  
  3: Your very own Paranormal Building ID, featuring material from a chip of your own tooth, will be handed to every member!
  
  4: ... I don't know. I'm just doing this because Ehud is giving me a place to stay.
  
  Honestly, I'm having some trouble with day to day chores (like this online ad) and could use some help. I promise you won't find an end to hilarious ghost problems that people have over here.
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: Strength Navigator: There is a zone somewhere in between being weak and being strong.
  
  Only a few people have been to this winter wonderland of adjusted outcome.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Set up surveillance equipment: As creepy as this makes you feel, you are tasked with using your scientific knowledge to set it up such that the Society can hear and see what goes on in the Jones household.
  
  Night will be your ally in stealth, but can you overcome the hurdle of four concrete walls (figuratively speaking) and a roof that impede our empirical insight into the workings of this family?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hound of Hell: Actually, it's Beatrice's pit bull, Mr. Hyde (named so because of his ability to be affectionately licking your face one moment, and then gnawing mercilessly on it the other).
  
  Normally he is tied near the gate to protect the house at night, but no one has seen him in a couple of days.
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Beatrice Jones: A loving, passionate and sensual woman who has sadly succumbed to the pressures of married life and motherhood by choosing the less fulfilling types of releases.
  
  Namely, soap operas, talk shows, tortilla chips and cream cheese.
  
  Worries a lot, and tends to assume the worst.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Madision, WI: Emma's Residence: It's actually Harry's and Beatrice's residence, but it's okay that Emma also resides. Seeing as she is their child.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Madison, WI: Bobby's Residence: Lonely boy has discovered United States Postal Service, and is actively using it at this location.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ehud O'Qual: Also watched a lot of Ghost Busters, but is more mentally capable than Peter. Where Peter gets tired and leaves things hanging, I can get the job done.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Madison, WI: Soccer Field: A place used by students to go ahead and use their *feet* to engage in the sport of football.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Madison, WI: Center: Heart of Madison.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Not In Madison, WI: A reserved space that we don't have to worry about right now.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Not In Madison, WI: NADINE: Not A Dedicated Intrusive Network Entity
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Madison, WI: "We Can Clear the Spooks Too Paranormal Society": Fake. This isn't a real investigation outfit.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Response: Look, I don't know who this kid 'Bobby' is, but he's sending us a lot of letters. Snail mail, no less (someone wake him into the century, please!).
  
  Anyway, it's all kind of mounting up on our desk (today I had to put my soda on the floor), so can someone please please just write him an appropriate letter so that he stops?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Harry Jones: Harry may be having some issues of his own, and so he is expressing them via what he thinks is the 'novel' of his child's life.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Madision, WI: The Society for Paranormal Investigation: This is the real society. All the others are fictional.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Peter Murray: I've spent my life dedicated to the movie 'Ghost Busters' and now people are starting to ask whether it will all pay off.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bobby: It works! Thank you Mr. Venkman and Mr. Spengler for this honor. After school today, I spent some time reviewing pens and other stationery at our local store. I have a good idea of how to proceed with our correspondence from here on.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Emma Jones: Stop following me you creep, this is not appropriate, to use me like this for your commercial gains. No, I don't care about your dumb goals, I know you're just going to exploit me anyway.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Calzone: Tell me where I can get the best calzone in Wisconsin, and why a Paranormal Investigator may find that calzone particularly of interest.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Apparition of Innocent Child: Convince Bobby that he must stop using the postal service. Use lulls, taunts or sarcasm to cause him to desist.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Soccer Field Dimension: It's kind of wide, and always about Man U. Convince players that Arsenal is, in fact, the best team.
  
  If you can't do that, there is an issue floating about regarding gender and its surrounding policies.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Henry Tabitha: A quiet boy who often has his lunch purloined by typical school thugs. Refuses to name the bullies.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Thug #1: Larger than other children in school, both by height and girth. Interested in only one thing: What there may be for lunch today.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thug #2: A well-combed individual who women (high school women) love to hate, and yet love. Rumors of fangs scurry the school chat-lines, and one girl even claims he bit her once. He usually walks with Thug #1, completing a full intelligence outfit between them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Madison, WI: School Playground: Emma walks here daily, The route to it is quiet and it is not that far from Emma's home. Often her friend Tracy may catch up, and they walk together, and sometimes that kid Bobby catches up too, huffing and puffing with his big little bag.
  
  This is the area the children wait at before the bell rings and lets them in.
   
  There are teachers inside, waiting for them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Thug #1: Larger than other children in school, both by height and girth. Interested in only one thing: What there may be for lunch today.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Thug #2: A well-combed individual who women (high school women) love to hate, and yet love. Rumors of fangs scurry the school chat-lines, and one girl even claims he bit her once. He usually walks with Thug #1, completing a full intelligence outfit between them.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tabitha's Fear: Despite what Bobby tries, Tabitha keeps get his lunch stolen, even before school even begins.
  
  Find out about the bullies from Tabitha, and why they choose to ignore Bobby when he tries to stand up to them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rogaine Commercial: Via an encrypted and sophisticated network connection, respond to Peter's frantic posting about his hair loss problem. Keep the man as calm as you can so that he is prepared to deal with real paranormal issues.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Learn all about NADINE: You learn that instead of focusing on the paranormal, Peter has been carrying out an affair with Not A Dedicated Intrusive Network Entity.
  
  As you carry out the day time surveillance, surely you can advise him about his relationship.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: This Forest Is Also a Character: You must first conquer this strange forest. It's not Forest Whittaker, but an actual, living, breathing forest. The types of forests you ran around in, when you were younger. When you were free.
  
  Explain.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: New York, NY: 1, First Street.
  
  This card illustrates how roads are paved. 
  
  Like the Tarot, it is not literal. There may be a real 1, First Street, but this card is not about that.
  
  What it does do is introduce the BS that comes after 14th street on the NYC map. Things start to go off the grid. Things start to become vague. Every time I go into that area, I need to pull out my phone and GPS.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: New York, NY: The Subway System: I'm convinced the Metrocard cheated me off a few dollars or cents at the turnstile. 
  
  Sure, there are subways in other towns too. And they are probably cleaner, and have nicer art on the wall.
  
  But do they have the mass of this system? The sheer number of connections?
  
  These are things that are easy to criticize and make fun of, but they only become awesome when you sense the glorious quality.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Paranormal Enthusiast: People geek out over the most trivial stuff... Let me tell you about the only thing worth really geeking out over... Have you ever SEEN a free-repeating-full-torso-apparition?!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Disgraced Journalist: Three months of undercover investigation for an expose that never materialized - the Editor-In-Chief said it was Paranormal Society Correspondent or Horoscopes. There must be something newsworthy here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Overthinker: So many times I overthink and lose track of the real issue, reading between the lines often means reading blanks
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What if he isn't there...: If Bobby is an apparition, perhaps he doesn't know about 21st century tech
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Persuasive: You can convince people to act as you want them to.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shared Experience: Bobby is experiencing something similar to what William saw when he was younger
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Negotiation: You are skilled at negotiation, and can win trust with people
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Socially Lacking: Most of your life you have interacted only with people of similar interests and personality.