conversations.from: system
conversations.value: July 14, 1958, Baghdad.  Mob violence rules in the streets of the city as a coup takes place, and the Hashemite dynasty has ended in a hail of bullets.  Above it all, a green star shines, not found in any modern stellar catalogue.  In the marshes far south of the city, an ancient abomination stirs...
  
  [[NOTE: for reference, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14_July_Revolution]]
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: A Voice on the Phone: A voice speaking Arabic...
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Edvard Ludvik: Professor of Astronomy at the University of Baghdad College of Science.  Czech by nationality, with a seeming amateur's interest in archaeology and apparent ties to the Free Officers.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Clear out the Closet: Nigel's secret Closet at the Iraq Museum is not large, but it has some very interesting things in it.  It's taken a while for Nigel to collect them.  There could be...ramifications...if Nigel doesn't clear it out.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Stack of Cold, Hard Cash: At least $5,000 dollars American in bright green bills.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Motor Vehicle First Aid Kit, Type D: Has something for every possible bodily horror a soldier might endure, but not a thing for the horrors of the mind and soul.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: M1911 Semi-Auto Pistol: Packs a punch.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get Paid: You aren't in this for ideology, or fanaticism, or even love for your fellow man.  You are in this because it is a job, nothing more.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Browning 9mm: The most common military side-arm in the Western world.  This one was made in Brazil, and has seen a lot of us.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: International M-1-4 1/2 Ton: A 30 year old small truck, made by the U.S. company International, and probably military surplus of some sort.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lambretta Scooter: Made under license in India.  Not new, and not much petrol left.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tokagypt 58 Pistol: Egyptian made copy of a Russian pistol, it has a few bullets left in the magazine.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Connections in the Past: Something clearly happened in the past, something that Seaton Lloyd was involved in, and that Ludvik thinks Nigel Stone knows about.   Connect up the dots.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Find Stone and Make Him Talk: An encoded journal, a 200 year old book in French, and a strange green device.  What are these things, and why did Stone have them?  It seems likely that the only way to know for sure is to find Stone and get him to talk, by any means necessary.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The St. Germain Translation of the Almagest: An alternate version of Book VII of the Almagest by Ptolemy, written in the 2nd Century and allegedly translated by St. Germain.  In its stellar catalog it contains records of stars that have not been seen by modern astronomy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Eridu Sextant: Carved from some jade-like stone, the strange device which Lloyd called "the Sextant", seems warm to the touch.  It is intricately constructed, and in excellent condition for something at least 4,000 years old.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lloyd's Encoded Journal: A journal, clearly written in Seaton Lloyd's handwriting, but in some kind code.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Iraqi Driver: You work for the Embassy as a driver and general gopher.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: U.S. Marine: You are a United States Marine, assigned to guard the Embassy.  Semper Fi!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Diplomatic Staffer: You are a career employee of the U.S. State Department, assigned to the Baghdad embassy.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bridge over the Tigris: Long and two lanes wide, with muddy water on either side.
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.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ambassador Gellman's Office: All dark hardwoods and plush chairs with a view across the Tigris.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Astronomer: You have long studied the stars and their motions.
  
  ...
  
  Suggested Strength: Sciences
  
  Suggested Weakness: Limited
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: National Museum of Iraq: An old building, built in 1926, with cramped offices and viewing galleries filled with artifacts.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Semiramis Hotel: A small hotel, private but on busy Rashid Street with good access to the city.  Tasteful rooms at a good price.  Excellent coffee.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad: Recently built, several buildings near the Tigris river and just down the street from the al-Rehab Palace, where the King and his family were just murdered.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Mobs in the Streets: A frenzy of violence, a thirst for blood, chaos reigns in the streets of Baghdad.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ambassador Waldemar S. Gallman: Career diplomat, not a creative bone in his body.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Streets of Baghdad: Wide boulevards and narrow avenues.  Dusty and dry.  Businesses shuttered and people fearful.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Intelligence Officer: You are a spy for the U.S. Government, with a diplomatic cover at the Embassy.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Military Checkpoints: These are set up throughout the city and around it's outskirts.  A few trucks, a bunch of scared looking soldiers, and some sandbags.  Lots of guns.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Roads South of Baghdad: Nearly empty, except for some military traffic.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: C.I.A. Operative: You've worked in Baghdad, deep undercover, but have had to come in from the cold for some reason.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wetwork: You've been trained as an assassin, and have killed at least one person in cold blood.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Linguist: You are a translator for the Embassy, and also an expert in multiple languages of the Middle East.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Charismatic: You are charming and interesting, and are able to talk most people into what you want them to do.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Get word to your Masters: You are secretly working for someone else; the Russians, the Israelis, the Illuminati, etc.  They need to know about what is going on.  Or maybe they already do?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Truth, Justice, and the American Way: You are a patriot.  Whatever else happens, you need to make sure that the U. S. of A. ends up on top.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Spycraft: You are highly trained in the skills of intelligence work; interrogation, disguise, secretly passing and receiving information, etc.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Local Knowledge: You have lived in Iraq for a long time, or are a native.  You know a lot about it's culture and people.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Letter from Eisenhower: A letter from President Dwight D. Eisenhower himself, asking the U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and any other American citizen who reads it to provide all aid possible to it's bearer.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: M1 Carbine: Shoots fast, fairly accurate and short of enough to be maneuverable.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Ugly American: You are the stereotype of why the world often hates Americans.  Nothing that foreigners do is as good as the way things are done back home.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Soldiers and Police: There are soldiers looking for you, combing your usual haunts.  If the catch you, prison is the best you can hope for.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Professor Edvard Ludvik: Professor of Astronomy at the University of Baghdad College of Science.  Czech by nationality, with a seeming amateur's interest in archaeology and apparent ties to the Free Officers.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sten Sub-Machine Gun: So simple and reliable in design, they could make them from scrap metal in the Ghettos of Warsaw to kill Nazi's.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Tokagypt 58 Pistol: Egyptian made copy of a Russian pistol, it has a few bullets left in the magazine.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lambretta Scooter: Made under license in India. Not new, and not much petrol left.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: The Closet: Nigel Stone's secret hidey-hole in the Iraq Museum.  Where is it?  And more importantly, who will get to it first?
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Light of the Green Star: As the Star rises across the heavens, moving through the constellations, it deepens the shadows in each man's soul.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Dragnet for Englishmen: The message is rapidly spreading throughout the city.  All traffic to be stopped, and all foreigners questioned.  All Commonwealth citizens, essentially anyone with what an Iraqi soldier would think has an English accent, to be detained and delivered to the National Museum for questioning.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: A Nasty Wound: In a place like Baghdad, after getting shot the distance between a scar to impress the ladies and a ticket to the cemetery can be very short indeed.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Roving Patrols: Old trucks full of poorly trained soldiers.  An occasional tank.  Men on motorcycles racing from place to place.  There is very little traffic, and what there is is mostly military in nature.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ships of the Desert: Its not that camels are incapable of being kind, its that the ones you happened to get just really don't give a damn.  
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fuad Safar: Seaton Lloyd's compatriot, friend, long time dig foreman, and Bedouin contact.  Knows more about archeology and ancient Iraqi history than any three graduates of Cambridge.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Find Fuad Safar: Fuad Safar's tribe, the Al-Mutayr, will likely be found between Najaf and Samawah, on the edges of the marshes where the Bedouins and the Ma'dan mingle.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: C.I.A. Operative: You work in Baghdad, as an case officer for the C.I.A. You cover as an antiquities procurer for an American museum.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Spycraft: You are highly trained in the skills of intelligence work: making contacts, recruiting agents, tradecraft, resisting interrogation.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Learn an Eldritch Secret: You've heard strange rumours, gotten weird feelings, seen something inexplicable. There's something unearthly going on and you need to know more about it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Intelligence Asset: You work for an intelligence agency such as the CIA as an informant. You have no official status or recognition from your employers, but at least you have a handler who can help you out. You hope.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Lots of enemies: You have made lots of enemies in your career. Some may not yet know they have cause to hate you, but those that do, won't forget you any time soon.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The ways of my ancestors: I came to fight in the Great War. Now I am afloat in the maelstrom of world politics. Will I ever return to my people and carry on the the old ways, as my father does?
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Resilient: You can take a lot of punishment, and keep bouncing back. Good thing: you're probably going to need it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Friends in Low Places: Your work has required that you make a lot of friends, many of whom engage in less than wholesome activities.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Hasty: You don't think plans through all the way, sometimes failing to account for possible outcomes or ignoring crucial bits of information. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Waking nightmares: Adistan is deep in the grips of Ghost Sickness. The chindi (ghosts) of the innumerable dead he has killed haunt his dreams. Recently, they have begun to appear in his waking life...