conversations.from: system
conversations.value: This game is rated **Mature.** It may contain intense violence, blood and gore, sexual content, and/or strong language.
  
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  Bright sunlight reflects off the sea as you stare into that endless expanse of blue. It is 1860, and you are onboard The Inescapable Ana, a ship carrying passengers and cargo across the South Pacific. The industrial age circles the globe. This isolated part of the world is still a wild frontier where someone can make a fresh start, or discover yet unknown mysteries. 
  
  People from all walks of life find their way onto The Inescapable Ana. Some are settlers looking for a new home, some missionaries bringing their message to the world, and some are simply men and women trying to outpace the relentless progress of industry and change. A few come with a hidden mission, to learn of the magic and mystery that awate. 
  
  This is an opened ended, character driven game. I would like the players to take part in the world building with me as The Ana sets sail. 
  
  **Setting:** Occult Mystery, set in the South Pacific. Ahistorical Victorian Era. The ship’s route will take it through Hawaii, Tonga, Figi, New Zealand, Australia, and up through Indonesia, so your characters could be headed for any of those destinations (or maybe they aren’t going anywhere in particular). 
  
  **Notes on Setting:** I want to focus more on characters and plot than accuracy and research, so we will play a little fast and loose with maritime history and realism. 
  
  **Characters:** I’ve created three nature cards, but I encourage you to use those as a jumping off point to create your own natures. Strengths and weaknesses are totally up to you. The only characters that are off limits are Captain and First Mate. 
  
  **Power levels:** Any occult powers will be minimal and subtle. Simply recognizing that there is a secret world of the occult is uncommon. Working any true magic is complex and dangerous.
  
  **Number of Players:** 4-6 
  
  **The first scene will be:** Two days after your departure from San Francisco. 
  
  **Forum post:** If you have question or want to talk about character/setting visit the forum - https://storium.com/forums#/category/lfp/thread/k37wt0
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Biblical wisdom: Dedicated study has left you with a deep well of knowledge on your faith. This knowledge may help steer you. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Motherly skills: Your life thus far may not have prepared you for what lies ahead, but you’d be surprised how far simple household skills will take you.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Idolic artifacts: Collected in your studies and your activities with the Order of the Seekers. Which of this items are useful and which are just trinkets, you aren’t sure. Some may be worthwhile in trade, and some may even harbor secret powers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impeccable manners: Social grace and refinement are woven into your very nature. Your civility and respectably open many doors for you. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Wealth: Wealth is a universal language. Life is a little easier when you can spend your money freely. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Secrets: You spend a lot of time hiding in the background. You’ve learned much you weren’t supposed to. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find rest: Some are done for the night. They need only return to their quarters and turn in. Is anything unexpected waiting for them? 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sarah Vowell [Andrew]: A Reverend's daughter. She is young, optimistic, and by all appearances, devout. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A marriage bed? [Richard and Aurellia]: Alone in their rooms, Aurellia and Richard must face each other. There are expectations of both husband and wife. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Make friends: You’re going to be on the Ana for a long time. You might as well get to know people.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stay to yourself: There are better things to do than wander around trying to make friends.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: For the Order? [Richard]: The order may have a task for you, will you heed the call?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Crew: This ship is your home, or close to it. You could have spent your whole life at sea, or you might only just be learning the ropes. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Passenger: Your stay aboard the Ana will be relatively short (only a few months). Why have you come here? Where do you go?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Order Member: You belong to a secret society. You have been tasked by the order leadership to travel and learn. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Years at sea: Saltwater flows in you veins. You are at home on the open waves. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Superstitious : You let fears and myths control your actions. You feel compelled to ward away dangerous spirits and bad luck. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Enlighten the masses: You wish to spread the good word to all who can hear. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Scientific discovery: Catalog undiscovered life, chart geologic formations, study meteorology and ocean currents. You want to do whatever you can to expand human understanding. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Dance: All on the Ana can take part in the dance, crew and passengers. What will you do during the dance?
  
  *Strong and weak outcomes will apply to individual moves, not to the dance as a whole.*
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Worldly: This is not your first voyage abroad, and prior endeavors have given you a wealth of experience to draw on.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Moral Relativist: Although every bit the proper gentleman in polite society, travel far from home gives you licence to indulge in less civilized behavior, particularly toward the lesser peoples of the world.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Imperialism: The world is full of wonders, amazing places, natural beauty and strange people - ripe and ready to be exploited by more civilized society.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Faith: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Earnest: Your beliefs are held with a solemn conviction, bordering on intensity.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Enlighten The Masses: You wish to spread the good word to all who can hear. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Educated: You've read a lot of books about a lot of things.  Some of those things were rather odd and esoteric, but who knows, they may come in handy one of these days.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Gullible: A lot of experience in books, not a lot of experience in the world.  You are prone to taking people and information at face value, trusting rather than investigating.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Errand Boy: There's a package that needs delivered in one of these ports along the way.  Make sure it gets there safely. And don't look inside.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Martial Arts: Skilled in the ways of battle and discipline of a warrior
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Distrustful: People are harsh and cruel. None of them can be trusted.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find Someplace Safe: It might be home. It might be a whole new place. It just needs to be safe. Not just feel safe, but actually be safe.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Young Bride: Newly married to a man you barely know, you are thrust into a new world when you join him aboard The Inescapable Ana to tour the Pacific where his duties call.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Highly Perceptive: You’re quick to detect social cues and physical clues.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Petulant: You are prone to childish pouting and fits of stubbornness when things don't go your way. Unfortunately, many things are met with your disapproval.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Endure: Yes, of course, these islands are beautiful. However, that being said, the humidity is overbearing, the insects are plentiful, and the natives are filthy and savage. Then there is that husband of yours...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Unbound: Having abandoned your life back home, you have no ties to hold you back.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lost: You have never lived alone or made your own way in the world, and you do not know how to do so.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Build a Life: You abandoned your old life and are now seeking a new one.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Adventurous Writer: Escaping the confines of societal and family expectations, you wish to explore the world on your own terms, seeking your own adventure, intending on living the life you have only up until now written about.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bold: You are not afraid to speak your mind or voice your opinions. You are fearless in your thinking and actions. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Defiant: You buck authority to a fault, almost seeing everyone and everything as an obstacle to your independence. 
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Independence: You seek to live life your own way, with the freedom to travel, write and create your own living outside of marital repression.