conversations.from: system
conversations.value: A mighty daimyo returns from years battling both clan and anu. 
  
  A grateful people demand that he take the mantle of emperor.
  
  Flattered, he declines the honor.  This is the chronicle of what follows.
  
  Titus Andronicus, in feudal Japan, told in haiku. Bring it.
  
  Dear reader, pay heed: though not done lightly, dark deeds will be done. No kids.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Recover Throne: By birthright you are
  
  Japan's sole august Emperor
  
  Not some old soldier
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Escape Coronation: Forty years at war
  
  Find repose, not crowned toil
  
  Despite dear child's whim
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Revenge on Daigo: Sacrifice you son
  
  Ravage your lands, return
  
  to him hundredfold
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Claim Empress: Newly Enthroned
  
  Make a bridal selection
  
  Honor to Daigo
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Be Wed: What joys can exceed those of the hearth, the home, the marriage bed?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Imperial Graveyard: Still, somber, silent
  The bones of a haughty clan
  lie entombed, waiting
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learned Warrior: Just returned from decades of war, you want nothing more than to retire to the comfort of your family and lands.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Emperors Bastard: You are the son of the emperor, and many believe you should be emperor yourself. Including you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Favored Daughter: The youngest of many children, your father's favorite.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Captured Queen: A proud and mighty leader among your people, you've been dragged to the Imperial City in chains as a prize.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Captured Warrior: A proud member of a proud race, your people are being crushed by fisherfolk from the oceans. Now you are captured and paraded before them like an animal.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Destroy the Empire: The entire idea of empire is terrible. The beast must be slain.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Honorable: No one can gainsay that you are honorable, honest and trustworthy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Valiant Son: Your father's companion and right hand. You idolize him as a man, as a warrior, as your patron. He has just declined the greatest honor imaginable, that no one deserves better.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: True Advisor: Steadfast, wise, good natured and old souled. While others have spilt blood for the glory of the Empire, you've remained at home and kept the fires burning.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Honorable Suitor: Of noble blood and tender soul, you have sued your love and won her promise. Now you wish nothing more than to be wed and happy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Be Happy: You want nothing more than to settle down and live in comfort.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Your Family: Your elders, your children, your siblings: some or all of them are the star of your world. No harm should befall them, no desire of theirs go unfulfilled.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Barsur-San: Imperial son
  Beloved of Mariko
  To her betrothed
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Clever: Smart, incisive. Maybe a little devious.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stupid: Less than bright. Easily deceived. Slow to come to a thought.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Noble: Of noble birth and character, your regalness shines through.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Kind: Generous of spirit, and of hearth, and of love.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Naive: Oh, but that the world functioned as you believe. Sadly, it does not, to your peril.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Proud: Your ways are best, and you are best, and there can be no second way.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Certainty: The right decision is there, at hand, always. You grasp it and move on.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stubborn: You come to decisions quickly, and change your mind slowly, or not at all.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dissolute: Morals are for other people, and they can keep them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: People's Opinion: Although noble born
  
  Beast-like populace must be
  
  appeased, placated
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Larbusar: First born of Toitoi
  
  Noblest captive returned
  
  Fitting sacrifice
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Palace Courtyard: Within the regent
  
  Lives and rules the land entire
  
  Here we are without
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Proclamation: Decisions pointless
  
  Unless they be made final
  
  Nobility told
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Clown: A taikomochi attendant entertains court and guests.
  
  A smile in dark times
  
  A soul blessed by the gods
  
  Or cursed by madness?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lowborn: Of course they enjoy your jokes, treasure your company, value your diligent service, but they might just hang you if you make a wrong move, and nobody will ever say anything.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rise To Prominence: Gaining influence is one thing, favor still another, and power yet a third. Yet one follows another like the days of the month.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Emperors Bastard: Born out of wedlock
  
  Eldest, loved by the people
  
  The throne shall be his
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Noble: He is noble born
  
  A lineage of renown
  
  Shining and regal
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Proud: His choices are best
  
  Of that, nobody can doubt
  
  There's no second path
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Your Family: Elders, children, peers
  
  Blood is the star of his world
  
  Never lack or hurt
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cryptic Advisor: Hold on to nothing,
  
  and nothing
  
  will possess you.
  
  
  Always some sage (or not so sage) bit of wisdom (or wit), or just plain drivel. Hell bent on Revenge.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sage Advise: The wise sage of age ,
  
  Eyes awaken from illusions,
   
  Sees life as it is.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hated: Closer to evil this,
  
  hatred exudes from the pores,
  
  the lower worlds call
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hated Outsider: As hateful as a toad
  Amongst the fairest breeders 
  of our clime: Gaijin.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hateful: If but one good deed 
  In my entire life I did,
  I repent it whole.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dignity: Even in chains, Queen Toitoi retains her dignity.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Haughty: A heady mix of anger and pride that is hard to escape.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Commanding: Force of nature strong
  
  Voice that echoes and rings true
  
  Weighty majesty