conversations.from: system
conversations.value: Technology has blurred the lines between worlds; physical, virtual, or otherwise. 
  
  Twelve years ago, Hanoku Corp invented the Tentori I device that they claimed allowed users to enter the realm of the afterlife and communicate with the dead. Using their own "lifeforce" to power the Tentori I many users died when they spent too much time connected, prompting its use to be restricted to trained and licensed professionals called Empyrean Divers.
  
  A huge market erupted around divers offering a variety of services communicating back and forth between the living and the dead. Many divers have equipment to record their dives and share them with their customers as virtual-reality experiences.
  
  Now, Hanoku Corp has announced a world changing update to their tech, the Tentori X, and are searching for the best divers to join their testing. And finding divers willing and capable has been harder than they imagined...
  
  **Premise & Tone:** The goal is to be a not too-serious exploration of the implications being able to visit the afterlife, setting boundaries around the capabilities of technology, and dealing with death in a world where death appears to have become less of a mystery.
  
  **Number of Players:** A small group of 2 - 3 players max.
  
  **Player Roles:** Each player takes on the role of an Empyrean Diver that has spent the last few years communicating with the dead for clients.
  
  **Power Scale:** Characters can be legitimately using authentic Hanoku Corp devices, modded tech, be licensed or not, or total con artists savvy enough to fool the living; the key thing is that the characters are the "best damn divers money can buy".
  
  **First Scene Will Be:** A presentation of a recorded dive followed by questions from a Hanoku Corp recruiter looking for the best candidates to join the testing.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Holy Diver: You think diving should only be done by the "clean and chosen" as service to God.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ghost Gofer: The dead have unfinished business and you've taken it upon yourself to help them complete it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Incepticon: You get information from the dead, valuable information that makes you good money — and a target.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Matrix Cowboy: The electric rush of cyberspace is why you go on living, job to job, challenge to challenge.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Hot Reflexes
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken-Down Body
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rockstar: A cutting-edge style hacker and culture punk, reshaping the world through your art.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Famous Charm
  
  Suggested Weakness: Notoriety
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Researcher: The scholarly implications of diving are immense, but what about the poor sacks that just want to find out if their propensity for growing moles is hereditary or related to their new job at the plant?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Diver of Fortune: You will do any dive for anyone for the right price.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hanoku Agent: People wouldn't think it to look at you, but you're one of the best damn divers in the world. Too bad you sold out.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Celestial Surrogate: You record your experiences with the dead for the pleasure of the living.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Freelance Journalist: People need information if they’re going to fight for what’s right. You give it to them.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tough As Steel: You can take it. Whatever the beating, whatever the heartbreak, you can take it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Deadly Accuracy: You’re accurate with blades and bullets and words. You break hearts as easy as bones.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: I.D. Check: The dead aren't always as they appear. You're able to identify when the dragon hiding in an alleyway is really Uncle Joe.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flash: Time is indescribable in the afterlife. Most divers experience it in real time, an hour there is an hour here, but you seem to be able to hit the fast forward or rewind button
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Famous Charm: People are dying to meet you, to impress you, to be charmed by you. You’re so cool.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Streetwise: You know the politics and the landscape of the streets and how to get around alive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Conjurer: Most people are wandering spectators of the afterlife, you're an active participant. You can make things happen just by your will.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sterling Connections: You know people in high  places. You’re owed favors. You make things happen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Medical License: Skilled and equipped, you can practice medicine, get drugs, and repair meat and metal.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Reality Bites: You have a strong ability to ground yourself when things begin to get...weird. You're not easily fooled when you're on a dive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reality Bends: Sometimes when you come out of a dive you have a hard time knowing that you're out of the afterlife and back in the world of the living.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cold-hearted: You’ve got to keep your feelings disconnected to do your job. Makes you distant. Cold.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Broken Memories: Your head’s not right, riddled with blank spots and holes where memories should be.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ain't What You Used to Be: You don't seem to work as well as you used to. Could be old age, could be something else, but it seems to happen at the worst times.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Notoriety: You have a nasty rep for doing nasty things and it’s not wholly undeserved.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Guilty: Cold guilt keeps you up, makes you doubt, gets you down. Can’t undo what you did.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Old Wounds: You're plagued by the side-effects of old wounds from old fights and old loves.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Angry: Your anger and spite hold you back, cause you troubles, make you less than you are.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Addicted: Whether hungry or fed, your addiction causes you constant problems.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Obligated: You’ve got to act a certain way to be the best you — it’s like fighting with one hand tied.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Score Your Escape Funds: Earn the funds necessary to get away, even for a little while, even if it’s hard.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do The Job Right: You draw your strength from knowing you do the job right. The whole job. Do it right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Repair Yourself: Maybe it’ll take money, maybe medicine, maybe something else, but you gotta get right.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Break A Big Target: You’ll know you’re worthy when you can bring down a big target and survive.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Make A Hit: Write and perform something that’ll make you a star again — or a bigger star, finally.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get Out of This Trap: This could be the job that helps you break free of this life for something better.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Reclaim Your Honor: What is honor? How will you know when you’ve got it back? How will you keep it when you do?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Change From Within: Fix what’s wicked in the world by enacting change from within. Make something better.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Someone Clean: Get someone clean. Get someone a fresh start. Maybe it’s you?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Expose A Big Story: The world needs to open its eyes and look at itself. Make that happen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Score A Fix: Get a couple of good doses of whatever passes for your drug.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Guns: Get better guns.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Mind: Get the software, stims, or downloadable memories that’ll sharpen, heighten, brighten your mind.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Upgrade Your Flesh: Maybe your meat’s old or rusty, maybe you just want to look better. Get on that.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find A Safe House: You need a safe retreat, a place to hide or crash, where you can close your eyes.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Learn the Truth: Someone’s lying to you. Learn something new.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Survive the Attack: People want you hurting or dead. Rise above and strike back.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Remember Why You’re Doing This: Close your eyes, recall the reasons, the faces, the feelings. Why are you doing all this?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Crack That Hostile Mainframe: Break the shell on that bad mother and watch what spills out into cyberspace.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get A Raise: Score more money than you’ve got coming to you. Make them think you’re worth it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Monokatana: A shiny, curved sword with a fine, delicate edge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flechette Gun: A rapid-fire dart gun capable of delivering drugs and toxins.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Memory-Corroding Chemical: Black-market mycotoxin capable or eroding human memory engrams.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lectron Powerbike: Big but sleek, quiet but quick, adorned with glowing paint and a hybrid engine.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cutting-Edge Anti-Security Program: The new cutter program meant to overwhelm and confound defenses in cyberspace.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Kung-Fu Datapin: A data-stick encoded with kung-fu lessons. Load time is about 9 seconds.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Full-Suite Recorder: Records audio, images, atmospheric data, chemical traces, and more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Microtablet: Unfolding fabric micro-computer for portable functionality wherever you go.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stolen Data: Personal data stolen from some corporate database, maybe worth killing for.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Laser-Cutter: A simple hand-held device with a three-inch laser torch emitter.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Coffin Hotel: A cramped, cheap coffin hotel in the city’s red-light district.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crowded Noodle Boat: Not a boat at all but a roving five-seat wagon and noodle bar. The owner’s connected.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gleaming Corporate Office Suite: Polished concrete, greenish glass, shiny chrome — the paperless office once promised.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cyberspace: The free wilds of the digital consensual hallucination yawning between fortified servers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shanty Town: Layers of ramshackle favela crisscrossed with escape hatches and secret passages.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dead Channel Nightclub: A dirty, popular club crammed with holography and digital games.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Posh Hotel Suite: A place of deep carpets and soft sheets high above the city.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gray-Market Cybernetics Shop: Metal arms and faux-flesh legs dangle from hooks drilled into a low ceiling.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spacious Limousine: Tinted dark and shiny, brimming with Japanese whiskies, and almost certainly bugged.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Street: Luminescent paint glows on the black top, wet with acid rain.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Night-Club Brawl: Don’t think of them as people. Think of them as things between you and freedom.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hostile Highway: Get past this roadway and catch Celes.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rooftop Getaway: Run, jump, climb, drop — it’s time for some parkour-type stuff. Buy yourself enough time to get Celes to spill the beans and to surface out of this weird VR-Dive hybrid.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sway the Crowd: They want to love you or hate you. Make it work for you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dirty Crime Scene: Flickering light-up crime-scene tape around a forgotten crime scene. Find what they missed.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Crazed Mob: People, collectively, are animals — furious, ferocious animals. Get out of here.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Biologique Mainframe — Cyberspace: Like a 3D playing-card diamond gleaming in the matrix. Hardened with lethal ice.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Hot Security Systems: Tinted-black cameras and white-hot lasers want you out, want you dead. Too bad for them, right?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Smoke It With Laser: It’s time to cut. Destroy evidence, steal the prize, whatever. Cut. Then run.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lock-Up: The tech inside you is hanging, chugging, struggling to run. Get it right.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Alexa Carter: She says her name’s Alexa Carter which means her name is anything but Alexa Carter.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Virgil Cross: CEO of Biologique Unlimited, allegedly cloned from the old Cross crime family.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Suzuki Kanon: Head of the Lectron biker gang known for anti-corporate activism and street violence.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Frederix Wu: Hotshot tech and UI designer responsible for the newest popular cyberspace HUD.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Javier Cruz: Former CEO of a genetics company sold to Biologique. Looking for his next startup.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Kell Glasner: Bodyguard for hire. Expert with blades. Call her “Kelly” and she’ll show you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Muscular Cyborg German Dude: High on something and aching for a fight with anyone fool enough to try him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lectron Rider: The Lectrons are dangerous but highly organized and loyal to Suzuki Kanon.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Zaibatsu Assassin: An anonymized, off-the-books corporate assassin with lethal skills. Sent by...?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Break: Nefarious and brilliant cyberspace code-hacker and ice-breaker known only by his handle.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Cyberspace: The free wilds of the digital consensual hallucination yawning between fortified servers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Ether: The free wilds of the ethereal consensual hallucination yawning between fortified servers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Ether: Where the digital circus of cyberspace and the ethereal ocean converge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cybersamurai: You’ve got your own honor, your own steel, your own code in an ugly, dangerous world.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Malfunctions
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Digital Courier: A high-capacity encrypted databank in your head makes you valuable — and a target.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Dataport Programs
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken Memories
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Holy Diver: You’ve got your own honor, your own steel, your own code in an ugly, dangerous world.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Malfunctions
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Holy Diver: You think diving should only be done by the "clean and chosen" as a God given right.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Malfunctions
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Cybersurgeon: Saving lives is your trade and business is booming.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Medical License
  
  Suggested Weakness: Addicted
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Razorkid: You cut and you kill for money — sometimes for more than money.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Deadly Accuracy
  
  Suggested Weakness: Cold-hearted
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Soldier of Fortune: Your military history and training make you valuable. Your experience makes you dangerous.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Arsenal
  
  Suggested Weakness: Old Wounds
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Zaibatsu Officer: In your bespoke suit, with that smile, you can change the planet.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sterling Connections
  
  Suggested Weakness: Obligated
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ghost Gofer: The dead have unfinished business and you've taken it upon yourself to help them complete it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ghost Gofer: The dead have unfinished business and you've taken it upon yourself to help them complete it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ghost Gofer: The dead have unfinished business and you've taken it upon yourself to help them complete it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Great Sensors: Whether they’re cybernetic or all natural, your eyes and ears are razor sharp.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Arsenal: Whatever it is — if it’s got an edge or ammo, from katanas to lasers — you can get it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hot Reflexes: You’re wired for speed in cyberspace and meatspace alike. Real life’s almost too slow now.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Dataport Programs: That collection of stolen programmed skills you have serves you well. Plug and play.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Broken-Down Body: The parts of you that aren’t wired and rehabbed are wearing down from hard use.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Malfunctions: Without regular upkeep, all those fancy cybernetics start to hiccup and misbehave.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Love Lost: You're always on the look out for the lover that died and ended the hopes of a long life together with you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make Amends: You didn't know it when they were alive, but now you do and you need to let them know. Too bad they're dead.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Séancé: You're a famous diver that uses your diver recordings to make beautiful art (music, writings, VR chips, etc.). You're famous, but you haven't had a hit in awhile and the money's running out.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Incepticon: You get information from the dead, valuable information that makes you rich — and a target.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Dataport Programs
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken Memories
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sterling Connections: You know people in high places. You’re owed favors. You make things happen.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sterling Connections: You know people in high (and low) places. You’re owed favors. You make things happen.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Old Wounds: Your meat and your metal are plagued by the side-effects of old wounds from old fights.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Freelance Journalist: People need information if they’re going to fight for what’s right. You give it to them.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Great Sensors
  
  Suggested Weakness: Angry
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Incepticon: You get information from the dead, valuable information that makes you good money — and a target.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Dataport Programs
  
  Suggested Weakness: Broken Memories
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Holy Diver: You think diving should only be done by the "clean and chosen" as service to God.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Tough As Steel
  
  Suggested Weakness: Malfunctions
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Private Investigator: Other people’s business is your business. You’re in the intrusion racket, cracking privacy.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Streetwise
  
  Suggested Weakness: Guilty
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Private Investigator: Other people’s business is your business. You’re in the intrusion racket, cracking privacy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Enforcer Torrentz Yale: Don't let the funny name fool you, Torrentz Yale is the most powerful and zealous Diver Code enforcer in Seatac.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: OED Seatac - Olympia District: Need to get a diving license, renew your existing, update your Ethereal Address, love long lines, wasting time? Come to the Office of Empyrean Diving Seatac in the historic Olympia District and watch your day go by!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ginger Lotus: Dirty game tables, stiff drinks, and secrets for sale. You'll never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy in Seatac than the Ginger Lotus.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Mahjong Match: A heated cross-table game of mahjong is being played. The stakes aren't too high, but your guess is that the people here aren't playing for the money anyways.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Always Ask the Staff: You'll find one of two kinds of staffers in a place like this. Either they will sell you information or they will sell you out. Which will you find tonight?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find Celes: You've heard of scavengers like Celes waiting in the Ether for other divers to meet a sad fate so they can make off with the equipment left behind in the real world.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Celes: Celes
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: There's No Place Like Home: Orfeo. The renaissance man of diving celebrity; he's written heartbreaking songs, recorded fascinating dive documentaries, and can be a dead giveaway that a group of divers might be tagging along with him in a scene like this as some sort of community service for a DUI or similar offence. That sort of attention is sure to mean the authorities are aware of his location.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hostile Highway: Get off this roadway alive. Don’t let the motorgangs stop you.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Git Hur!: You've caught up to her, now it's time to find out where Will's hardware went and end this dive or VR session or whatever Torrentz Yale has sent you all in to.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Rooftop Getaway: Run, jump, climb, drop — it’s time for some parkour-type stuff.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Online Personality: You're not yet a celebrity - but you intend to be. That ambition means a lot of time spent on various forms of social media, sometimes growing your brand...oftentimes just screwing around.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Friends in Low Places: You've rubbed elbows with your share of criminals and you know how they think. Sometimes it proves an advantage. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Legitimate: As a researcher, you sometimes deal with sensitive info - but you stay far away from anything that might make enemies. As such, you're lacking some life-saving skills that might otherwise come in handy.