conversations.from: system
conversations.value: This story is about people. 
  People who do incredible things, but are still people none the less. 
  
  Beginning in 1922, this chronicle will explore the dark corners of the world, investigating horrors and dealing with the impact of unknowable things on the everyday lives of indivduals. Set in Chicago, the characters will find themselves involved with a group of desperate people, trying to survive and maintain their own minds as they battle creatures from beyond this world. 
  
  I had a rough idea (feel free to discuss!) about one of the main characters inherreting a position in a secret society from an estranged father or distant uncle, so that they can come in without knowledge of the circumstances... 
  
  I'm open to any suggestions, my stories are generally based on the realtionships between the people involved in the plots. I'm looking for anyone who wants to give this a go and explore!
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: Find Something Mystical: Rooting through the pockets and possessions of cultists never fails to bring up something interesting…
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Turquoise Mask: The mask would fit over a man's face, with eyes made of stone, a mosaic of obsidian and turquoise covering its face and human teeth in its jaws. There are leather straps which would secure it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Portfolio on the Heinrich Exploration: A collection of newspaper clippings, sketches, and geographical survey maps, mostly in German.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Black Stone: Fitting into the palm of your hand, this stone practically hums with otherworldly energy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Terrible Image: The photograph is overexposed, possibly it's a statue in some long forgotten temple, possibly it's something else altogether.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find something mystical: Rooting through the pockets and possessions of cultists never fails to bring up something interesting...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: A Stack of Cold, Hard Cash: At least $1,500 dollars American in bright green bills.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A disturbing letter: Henry Black's final missive. Within it, the dread words-
  "It came from the sea, Kemp... The eyes like hollow caves. It swallowed them. The light sucked from the place. The blackness like knives. It is death. It is here. It is waiting. Oh god, Kemp... what have I done?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ritual Knife: A beautiful but disturbing knife. It seems to be pure gold and hums with supernatural power.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Inca Statues: Strange stone statues, the bases covered in intricate designs and writings. The figures have something very odd about them, almost as if they are alive...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Cabin: Shared by half the expedition, this crowded room contains a table covered in books and papers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Large Crate: It's large, it's wooden. It could hold something of interest...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Barrel with strange writing: After levering it open, who knows what you might find inside!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Satchel: A canvas satchel, leant against the wall of the cargo bay.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Something Mystical (copy): Rooting through the pockets and possessions of cultists never fails to bring up something interesting…
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Jasper Munroe: A locally renowned jazz musician and expert on folklore of the Americas and with ties to the mystic.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Percy Graves: Well known 'Lost Generation' author and decadent thrill seeker/mystic.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ella Shwartz: German lounge singer, possibly more...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Barney Shaw: The Muscle. Dedicated to the cause and the people who need him.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Lodge: A quiet, large house blending into Chicago as a Gentleman's Club, in reality it is so much more.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Henry Black: Wandering adventurer and the luckiest man alive.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ancient Writings: Who can decipher these ancient markings?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Suburban Drawing Room: The table is buried under layers of maps and sketches and newspaper clippings.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Aboard The Cargo Ship: The ship creaks and dips in rough seas. It’s more for cargo than passengers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: What Are They Doing Down There?: Find out what's going on in the cargo bay.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Shadowy Creature: Disappearing in and out of shadows, the creature lurks. Understand it? Or flee?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Lt. Kemp Hart: Ex British Army, badly wounded in the First World War, leaving him with a noticable limp and blindness in one eye. Stalwart and true.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find Henry Black: You know he's meant to be here somewhere, it's just a matter of where!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mad Cultist: This drug-addled cultist is ready to give his life—or yours—to please his monstrous god.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get the hell out of there!: Take down who you can and run like the dickens!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Bowels of the Ship: Deep within the ship, mechanisms move and shadows cover every surface.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Cargo Bay: Littered with boxes and barrels (and the occasional dead cultist) the cargo bay could hold all sorts of interesting thing.
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: Find Your Way: The track through the jungle is perilous and difficult to follow. Don’t lose your way.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Immense Beast: Bigger than any creature you have ever seen, the creature is a giant, writhing mass of tentacles and shadows.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Investigate the Cave Entrance: It looks like an entrace to the underworld, dark and deep and possibly endless.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Stop the Guides leaving: Juan-Carlos and Diego have had enough. They are leaving you in the jungle.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A pistol: A small pistol with enough bullets in a box for ten shots.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Abandoned Dig Site: The dig site resembles, at first, just an assortment of low, stone walls and carved pits. But as you go deeper into the jungle, suddenly it opens up to reveal huge, towering structures. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Explore the caves: ((Obstacle for those IN the cave only))
  
  Well you never know what you might find in a hole in the ground...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Explore the dig site: It seems completely abandoned, but who knows what you might find?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Metaphysics: Where science and the occult meet. Astrology, Alchemcy, Mysticism and Physics all represent different manifestations of the same universal truth.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Jack of All Trades: Garrington has been around the world, had access to the finest tutors and adventure guides. He's tried a little of everything and remembers some of most of it. Every so often, that's actually useful.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learn an Eldritch Secret: Learning is power, whether you share it or not.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Inadivisibly Curious: Garrington is a man of insatiable curiosity. Every moment a chance for adventure, every book a portal to new-found wisdom. It's gotten him in trouble, but he always gets through, so he keeps at it.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bullheaded: Always stands his ground, and is just plain stubborn. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Improvising: Garrington has been around the world and back again -- he's comfortable improvising and seeing things through without full preparation. Usually.