conversations.from: system
conversations.value: February 1922. 
  Professor Willard Gibson, a paleontologist with the British Museum, has been murdered while working in the area around Loch Feinn, near the small Scottish town of Gregor. 
  
  The professor's body and effects were returned to his 22-year-old daughter, Elaine, who lives in London. 
  
  We are once again looking for new players - you could play either of the MacFarlanes (hitherto NPCs but now quite prominent in the story) or suggest another new investigator based on the story so far.
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: The Standing Stones of Great Britain: A book on the history of British megaliths.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gibson's Journal: A record of Professor Gibson's last days.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Haunted by Dreams: Visions of ancient, ancestral fears yet remain. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Deciphering: Read words that have gone unread for generations.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make A Friend: The best protections against the harsh realities of the world are friendship and allies.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Protect Someone: Prevent harm from coming to someone you admire or cherish.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Notes from Unaussprechlichen Kulten: Extracts from a book of dark forbidden knowledge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Professor Gibson's notes: Notes and clippings collected by Professor Gibson.
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: Lee-Speed rifle: A bolt action rifle with a rear-locking bolt system and detachable 5-round magazine.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Professor's Letters: Correspondence sent by Professor Gibson from Scotland to his daughter Elaine.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Library Stacks: The answer must be somewhere in here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Bookhound: If it's to be found, he'll find it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Elaine Gibson: Plucky and independent.
  
  Daughter of the deceased Professor Gibson.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Ruins of Castle MacLaireag: A blackened, dilapidated ruin.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mrs MacKenzie: Runs the boarding house in Gregor.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ancient Writings: Who can decipher these ancient markings?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Vision: Are you dreaming or is this somehow real?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Chambers Beneath: These passages beneath the castle are dark and disorienting. Will you ever see the sky again?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The MacKenzie House: A humble but comfortable boarding house run by Adam MacKenzie and his wife Esme.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Patton MacGuffin: An old farmer who has feuded with the MacAllan clan for years.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Loch Feinn: What secrets lie beneath these dark waters?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The British Museum: The British Museum opened to the public on 15 January 1759. 
  
  The collections of Egyptian and Greek antiquities are amongst the largest and best known in the world.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Carved Stone: A peculiar carved stone - Pictish, perhaps? - found in Professor Gibson's effects.
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: Aboard the Flying Scotsman: An express passenger service from London to Edinburgh in a mere 8 1/2 hours, calling at York.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unaussprechlichen Kulten: A book of dark forbidden knowledge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Captain Jack Markham (ret.): A battle-scarred soldier. Luther Black's former commanding officer.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: MacGuffin's Farm: A small farm on the eastern shore of Loch Feinn.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find the Professor's journal: Where *is* that thing?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Come Up With A Plan: Time to brainstorm some ideas.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Right Might: Show someone that you’re not to be trifled with.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Your Way: You must cross to the far side of the island to find the standing stone. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nathairn Island: A tree-covered isle in the middle of Loch Feinn. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sean MacAllan: A thug and a bully. Son of Liam MacAllan. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lee-Speed rifle (copy): A bolt action rifle with a rear-locking bolt system and detachable 5-round magazine.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Closer Look: You'll need to be nearer that standing stone if you want to learn more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gunfire!: Someone from afar is taking shots at you!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gregor: The village beside Loch Feinn.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Rose of the Highlands: The only pub in Gregor. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: First Impressions: Make a first impression on the locals that won’t get you in trouble later.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Haunted by Dreams (copy): Visions of ancient, ancestral fears yet remain. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cross the Loch: Get across to the far shore of Loch Feinn with all your equipment intact.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Realm of Despair: What ancient beings made this place?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: MacAllans Abroad: The MacAllan clan are prowling around by night - they guard their land jealously.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Remove the Stone: The stones are the key to the curse that haunts Loch Feinn. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Liam MacAllan: This deranged cultist is ready to give his life—or yours—to please his monstrous gods.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Beneath Castle MacLaireag: A crumbling dungeon dating back to the Middle Ages. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Grim Discoveries: This is all very disturbing. Can you keep it together?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Impossible Creature: It is both there and not there, part tentacle and part grasping mouth. Understand it? Or flee?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Water Horse: A monstrous, distorted serpent - but truly like no reptile that ever crawled the Earth. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flee!: You must get out of here - escape to the shore is your only hope. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Next Step: Where do we go from here?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Orm Hill Farm: An isolated farm on the hills above Loch Feinn.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Iain MacNamara: As old as the hills, MacNamara knows all the legends of the area. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Keep a Low Profile: Avoid unwelcome attention while you go about your business. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Academic Connections: You certainly didn't get where you are by being a loner. You have a network of professional contacts you may rely upon.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Disarming smile: A pretty face and a charming smile are often enough to navigate social shoals.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Isolophobia: An intense fear of being alone.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Horrors of the Great War: You carry the horrors of the great war with you in every step you take. During the night it is in your nightmares. During the day, it follows you like an unwelcome companion.
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: There's always hope: In the trenches during the Great War everything was lost. Everything except hope. Hope kept you going through the worst of nights and hope allowed you to dream of a better tomorrow.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Daddy's daughter: You may come across as a bit of a flapper, but you've inherited your father's determination and drive and sometimes it shows.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Quite Mad: You know the truth. All the fools and naysayers cannot stand before what is coming.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Selfless: Sometimes, sacrifices have to be made to do the right thing.