Be Seeing You - Character Keeper TEMPLATE

	A	B	U	AN	AQ	AR	BD	BG	BJ	BO	BT	BW	BZ	CA	CJ
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2		THE PRISONER	THE VILLAGE	THE ADMINISTRATOR				THE RESIDENTS					PLAYERS		& ROLES
3	ROLES	This single character is the protagonist of the story.When this role is passed to a new person, they will be playing the same character. While several details are provided during their creation, The Prisoner's actual identity will never be revealed. They will be referred to as The Prisoner, without any gendered language. The person in this role at any given time has final say over the actions/thoughts/reaction of The Prisoner. Everyone should both attempt to keep some consistency in the portrayal of this character, while at the same time embrace any contradictions or changes in perspective that result from the rotating control.	The story is set in an ambiguous location known only as The Village. It has a timeless atmosphere. When this player is asked to create a location, they take an index card and write down the Name, the Aesthetic/Style, the Overt Purpose for the location, and Something Uncanny, odd or wrong about it. Architecture and technology ranges from the industrial revolution up to twenty years in the future. As the story progresses, details can be added or changed for each location. The person in this role will have final say over scene setting. This includes technology and other environmental factors, both in The Village and beyond.	When you are passed this role at the start of an episode, create a new Administrator character. Describe their Look and Demeanour. The Administrator has been charged by CONTROL with maintaining order in The Village. They report to the always off-screen CONTROL. Their overt goal is to learn why The Prisoner resigned, with the covert goal of making them conform, rehabilitating them into a functioning member of The Village. The person in this role has final say over the thoughts and actions of The Administrator, as well as any plans to win over or break The Prisoner.				While a geographically small area, The Village is composed of people from all parts of the world. This gives a massive clash of styles, cultures and languages. Some embrace the new normal, while others rebel. When this player is asked to create a supporting character, they take a reference card and write down the Assigned Number they are known by, the Role they (at least seem to) fulfil, their Look, and the Demeanour that comes across to others. As the story progresses, details can be added to or changed for each resident. The person in this role has final say over the thoughts, actions and private agenda for each Resident.					1	Player 1 (pronouns)	The Prisoner
4													2	Player 2 (pronouns)	The Village
5													3	Player 3 (pronouns)	The Administrator
6													4	Player 4 (pronouns)	The Residents
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14	GOALS	During the episodes, The Prisoner will strive to achieve at least one of the following goals in each scene: 1) Investigate The Residents to learn who are the jailers and who are the prisoners. 2) Undermine The Administrator by keeping the reasons for your resignation private. 3) Find a way of getting into the presence of CONTROL, with an aim to confront it. 4) Escape from The Village to have it exposed and abolished.	During the episodes, The Village will strive to achieve at least one of the following goals in each scene: 1) Set the scene in a new or existing location, bringing each to life with a unique flavour and distinct look. 2) Attempt to constrain The Prisoner within physical and psychological boundaries. 3) Introduce supposedly useful or novel technology. 4) Slowly turn the architecture and technology against everyone in The Village.	During the episodes, The Administrator is ordered by CONTROL to achieve at least one of the following goals in each scene: 1) Learn all you can about why The Prisoner resigned. 2) Prevent The Prisoner from undermining your authority. 3) Push The Prisoner into compromise, conformity, assimilation and submission. 4) Return The Prisoner to The Village when they believe to have escaped				During the episodes, The Residents will strive to achieve at least one of the following goals in each scene: 1) Introduce an existing Resident, or create a new one who will further the plot. 2) Only ever refer to others by their title, codename or number - never use names. 3) Hint at each Resident’s private agenda, revealing them to twist the plot in unexpected ways. 4) Watching, watching, always watching…
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25		SEGMENTS	COMPLIANCE	INDEPENDENCE - 1				SURVEILLANCE - 3
26			When The Prisoner takes an action to submit to, play along with, or generally comply with the goals of The Administrator, take these steps: 1) Increase Control by 1. Refer to the CONTROL tables >> Add plot elements and change the mood of the story as indicated. 2) Increase Independence by 1. 3) Lower Surveillance by 1.	CONTROL - 2		Behaviour		Episode	Narrative Elements
27		Each Episode is split into three segments - A. B. and C.		0	The Administrator encourages The Prisoner to integrate, make friends, and politely ignore constraints. Most Residents are friendly, anxious, resigned, people obediently accepting the terror at hand. Propaganda via media, social convention, and ‘friendly’ policing is ubiquitous in The Village.			1	A peculiar recurrent character is introduced and will appear in every episode	Disturbing, surreal, or fantastical technology is turned against The Prisoner	The Prisoner angrily lashes out at those around them
28		During each segment, every role has goals to achieve.
29		Each player also questions the actions of
30		The Prisoner and checking if they meet the criteria for		1
31		COMPLIANCE, DEFIANCE, or ESCAPE.
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33		A						2	Attitudes towards The Prisoner polarise to the extremes	The private thoughts of The Prisoner are known by all Residents	A familiar location vanishes, relocates, or is completely changed in some way
34		The person in the role of The Administrator introduces a new	DEFIANCE	2	The Prisoner is mainly treated with contempt or pettiness by The Administrator. The Residents display wariness, distrust, and occasionally have emotional outbursts. Enforcement vans, CCTV cameras and patrols authorised to use physical violence breath down your neck throughout The Village.
35		Administrator. While they are referred to by the same title, this	When The Prisoner makes an act of defiance, disobedience, or resistance against the forces set against them, but either chooses or does not have the Independence score to attempt Escape, then take these steps: 1) Increase Independence by 1. 2) The group narrates The Prisoner being thwarted, broken, or put in their place in some way. 3) Increase Control by 1. Refer to the CONTROL tables. Add plot elements and change the mood of the story as indicated.
36		is a new character with their own appearance and demeanour.
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39		All players are to introduce story elements that push						3	The Prisoner becomes The Administrator (for a time)	Chronology of scenes becomes disjointed, unreliable, distorted, or unimportant	The identity, personality or demeanour of familiar Residents change
40		The Prisoner into having to take actions in COMPLIANCE,		4	The Prisoner is seen as dangerous, unmutual, or disharmonious by The Administrator. Residents emotions run wild as the oppressive atmosphere is unbreathable. An institutionalised alien reality emerges in The Village, shaping The Prisoner’s own thoughts to betray them.
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42		Resolve the appropriate action, thenmove onto B.
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45		The plan escalates based upon how the last segment wrapped up.	When the Independence score is equal to or greater than the Surveillance score and The Prisoner attempts to overcome an obstacle, bests their opposition, or manages to escape, take these steps: 1) Lower Independence by the current Surveillance score. 2) The group narrates the events that ultimately bring The Prisoner back to The Village. 3) Increase Surveillance by 1.					4	The Prisoner believes they have unwillingly swapped bodies with someone else	The Village and The Prisoner begin to physically merge	The Prisoner dies, yet their story continues
46		Ramp up the mood, thoughts, feelings, physical changes, and
47		double down with new measures. The forces aimed at The		6	The Prisoner is seen by The Administrator as a social threat requiring the most extreme measures. Residents ask what is authority? Who is in control? A living surreality, the secrets of The Village are close, everything implodes.
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51		The players describe the plot for this episode reaching fever
52		pitch or breaking down. The Prisoner should narrate either their
53		increasing surety and/or their undoing. The other players should
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	B	C	O	P	W	AB	AC	AJ	AO	AP	AW	BB	BC	BJ	BO	BP	BW
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2	THE CHIMES OF BIG BEN		FREE FOR ALL
3	#REF!		A Tour of Duty
4			0	Player 4 (pronouns)	The Admin	1	Player 2 (pronouns)	The Prisoner	2	Player 3 (pronouns)	The Prisoner	3	Player 4 (pronouns)	The Prisoner	4	Player 1 (pronouns)	The Prisoner
5							Player 3 (pronouns)	The Village		Player 4 (pronouns)	The Village		Player 1 (pronouns)	The Village		Player 2 (pronouns)	The Village
6			The Administrator	#REF!		Name of the location	#REF!		Name of the location	#REF!		Name of the location	#REF!		Name of the location	#REF!
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14				Image URL			Image URL			Image URL			Image URL			Image URL
15				Look			Aesthetic/Style			Aesthetic/Style			Aesthetic/Style			Aesthetic/Style
16	Image URL			Demeanour			Overt Purpose			Overt Purpose			Overt Purpose			Overt Purpose
17	1	Player 1 (pronouns)					Something uncanny			Something uncanny			Something uncanny			Something uncanny
18	What style/look do you want to perfect?
19	Use this to describe The Prisoner as they						Player 4 (pronouns)	The Admin		Player 1 (pronouns)	The Admin		Player 2 (pronouns)	The Admin		Player 3 (pronouns)	The Admin
20	dramatically burst into an office where a						Player 1 (pronouns)	The Residents		Player 2 (pronouns)	The Residents		Player 3 (pronouns)	The Residents		Player 4 (pronouns)	The Residents
21	middle-aged, white, cis man in a suit,					Resident's Assigned #	#REF!		Resident's Assigned #	#REF!		Resident's Assigned #	#REF!		Resident's Assigned #	#REF!
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25	2	Player 2 (pronouns)
26	What trait always gets you into trouble?
27	Use this to describe how the same personality
28	trait in The Prisoner riles the man sat
29	behind the desk.		5	Player 2 (pronouns)	The Prisoner		Image URL			Image URL			Image URL			Image URL
30				Player 3 (pronouns)	The Village		Role			Role			Role			Role
31				Player 4 (pronouns)	The Admin		Look			Look			Look			Look
32	3	Player 3 (pronouns)		Player 1 (pronouns)	The Residents		Demeanour			Demeanour			Demeanour			Demeanour
33	Which part of yourself would you never
34	give up, no matter what?		MANY HAPPY RETURNS												FALLOUT
35	Use this to describe why this was threatened		1			2			3			4
36	and leads The Prisoner to slam a resignation			Player 1 (pronouns)	The Admin		Player 2 (pronouns)	The Admin		Player 3 (pronouns)	The Admin		Player 4 (pronouns)	The Admin	Select a previous Administrator
37	letter onto the desk.		The Administrator	#REF!		The Administrator	#REF!		The Administrator	#REF!		The Administrator	#REF!		The Administrator	#REF!
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41	What does you ideal home look like?
42	Use this to describe The Prisoner going back
43	to this home and what they are doing to
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45				Image URL			Image URL			Image URL			Image URL			Image URL
46				Look			Look			Look			Look			Look
47	5	Player 1 (pronouns)		Demeanour			Demeanour			Demeanour			Demeanour			Demeanour
48	What do you hate most about authority
49	figures?		Select an Episode Prompt			Select an Episode Prompt			Select an Episode Prompt			Select an Episode Prompt
50	Describe how this is embodied in an odd-looking
51	agent of The Village, who goes on to cause The
52	Prisoner to fall unconscious in their home.			Player 2 (pronouns)	The Residents		Player 3 (pronouns)	The Residents		Player 4 (pronouns)	The Residents		Player 1 (pronouns)	The Residents
53				Player 3 (pronouns)	The Prisoner		Player 4 (pronouns)	The Prisoner		Player 1 (pronouns)	The Prisoner		Player 2 (pronouns)	The Prisoner
54				Player 4 (pronouns)	The Village		Player 1 (pronouns)	The Village		Player 2 (pronouns)	The Village		Player 3 (pronouns)	The Village

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3		The Residents aid in an attempt to win over The Prisoner using persuasion, cajoling, and/or bribery
4		The Prisoner hatches a plan to escape from The Village and go back to their old life
5		The surreal or unusual methods of The Village are employed in order to break The Prisoner
6		The Prisoner attempts to directly undermine the Administrator
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9	Select a previous Administrator	Image URL	Look	Demeanour
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12	2	Image URL	Look	Demeanour
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14	4	Image URL	Look	Demeanour