conversations.from: system
conversations.value: August 6th, 1945
  
  America is still running high on Germany's surrender. Tens of thousands of families are celebrating the return of their young men, even while others mourn their losses, and many still await the end of the conflict with Japan and the return of our men in the Pacific theater.
  
  Many veterans are having trouble returning to their old lives, partly because of their traumatic experiences, and partly because the workforce has adapted in their absence. Few women are eager to give up the jobs they've earned just to become housewives again.
  
  The report spreads from the radio and across the city that an atomic bomb has been dropped in Hiroshima. The impact of that has not yet made a dent in most people's minds.
  
  For a scientist at UCLA and her PI brother, nothing will ever be the same again.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Understand: You're connection to the dead has been opened wide. Maybe you can figure out what's going on. Or at least, how the hell you have a connection.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Johnny Helps: You've got a ghost on your side. What can he do that you couldn't?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Second Look: Thinking about her old job since speaking with her dead boss, Jo hasn't been able to shake the feeling there was something terrible she missed at the time. She can't shake the need to figure out what.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Johnny Alvarez: Used to crush on Jo. Killed in the war. Still walking.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rick's Apartment: A bed. Case files. Trash. Layers of dust.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mitzy's: The bar next to Rick's apartment.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sibling Fight: Some things never change. Even as the story behind them does.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Montage: Describe the pieces of the montage.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scientist: I've always had an interest in figuring out the invisible laws of the universe. It's only recently that I've started focusing on the creepier ones.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Investigator: I've always had a knack for reading people and getting around unnoticed. Turns out, people pay for that kind of talent.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unflinching: I learned long ago that as natural and unavoidable as fear is, letting it control you is foolish. Particularly when you most need to keep your wits.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Stubborn: I've come too far against impossible odds to start letting anyone boss me around now. Or anything.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Right: I've been drinking since I got home. Partly to forget what I saw in Germany. Partly because I'm a stranger in my own home. All I'm sure of, is I'm not happy with who I am now.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Office of Dougan PI: Rick's got a spot on the upper floor of a small office building in Angelino Heights. He can hear the screams of patients from the dentist office next door.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Describe the Indescribable: It might not be easy, but you're not going to get far otherwise.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jo's Apartment: A small studio on the east side.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Save the Innocent: Someone always needs saving in this city. Too bad the angels it was named after are on holiday.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ghost Attack: Something wants you dead.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Investigate: Search for clues, fabricate evidence, jump to conclusions. Whatever detectives do.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Respond Urgently: Something's gone terribly wrong. Things could get worse if you don't act fast.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: LA General Hospital: Where non-celebrities go and try not to die.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sally "Shank" Niklas: Sally was secretary to the Lieutenant Colonel, but spent more time in the field than behind the desk. She earned her nickname by killing more fascists than some of the privates.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Help: Knowing you need help is the easy part. Admitting it may not have been, but actually finding it is proving quite tricky.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Merry Household: Jo and Rick's mother raised them in her parents' house back in Chicago. Their father never got along with his wife's siblings.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Colin Dougan: By some accounts, Colin had been a promising engineering student. By others, a drunk who shirked responsibility. One man believed him a criminal of the worst sort.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Discover a Creepy Clue: Something is terribly wrong. You can feel it in your gut, down your spine, and on the hairs of your arm. Your instinct is to run, but you know you have to stay and figure it out.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Perry Grant: This movie producer was Rick's second client. And didn't survive long enough to pay him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bayard & Finch: One of LA's oldest restaurants, B&F prospered during the prohibition thanks to connections that left it unraided, but now the place isn't so much refined as decadent. Reservations are still impossible to get.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Emily Winters: All you know is, Wow.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get In: The maitre-d seems quite sure you don't have a reservation, and that you'd be dressed better if you did.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Chase: Can you catch/escape the other car without crashing or killing anyone? Look out for that buggy!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Female 'Computer': During the war, I worked on a secret ballistics project, calculating trajectories to save our boys. 
  
  Now out of a job, so focusing on the creepier mysteries afoot.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unflinching: I learned long ago that as natural and unavoidable as fear is, letting it control you is foolish. Particularly when you most need to keep your wits.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stubborn: I've come too far against impossible odds to start letting anyone boss me around now. Or anything.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find My Place: In post-war L.A., I've lost my job and my sense of belonging. 
  
  What do I do now?
  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Investigator: I've always had a knack for reading people and getting around unnoticed. Turns out, people pay for that kind of talent.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Aware: My eyes see everything, my mind logs it all and fits the pieces together. I solve puzzles instinctively and notice details other miss. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Pisses People Off: I don't mince words. Civility is for politicians. I'm gonna poke you right where it irritates you most because fuck you, that's why. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Echoes: I saw plenty of death in Germany, and it marked me indelibly. Now I see death all the time: in my dreams, when I'm awake, when I brush past people in the street. 
  
  Thing is, the shit I see comes true more often than not. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Nostalgic: Sometimes she gets lost in memories of other times, other places, and it causes her to lose focus on the here and now.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bad at Plans: Just once, it'd be nice if things went smooth.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: No Nonsense: When bombs are falling all about you, Josephine helps you carry on.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jo: People, in general, aren't worth my time. Jo is.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Pedantic: Every once in awhile, Josephine focuses on the wrong damn thing.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Loyal : Whether shielding her younger brother from her father's moods or helping around the house, Jo has always tried hard to be a good sister and daughter.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: From the Lips of the Dead: You're starting to understand your power, starting to learn to use it and control it. You know how to speak to the dead, and you know how to force them into giving you answers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make a new life: It's time to let the past go and her present, while weirder than it really ought to be, at least includes her baby brother. And that's what matters.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Look: You know the one. The one that says, "Don't fuck with me."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sucker for a Dame: Always have been.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Tough Guy Charm: You're not *always* a lout. Sometimes you're quite charming, in your own way.