NovelAI Scenario: Dark Horse

Description

Choose your city, party, and signature issue, and run for mayor.

Tags

politics, mayor, campaign

Prompt

You’re ${character.name}. For years, you’ve been a reliable supporter of the ${What is your political party? Ex: Democratic, Republican, Green, etc} Party in the city of ${What is your city? Ex: Los Angeles}. You served on your local school board, then won a seat on the City Council. You’re on your second term on the council, but you’re young and ambitious, and the next obvious step is to run for Mayor. The incumbent mayor is retiring, so the field is completely open. You and a small team of followers start canvassing for enough signatures to put you on your party’s primary ballot. You don’t really expect to win, but the effort will raise your profile, and maybe build support for whatever you do next. Still, you put your heart into your run. You choose ${What is your main issue? Ex: taxes, education} as your main issue, and build your campaign around it. You give a version of the same speech dozens of times, to little groups all across the city. Your message is received well, and people seem to like you. You start hearing that you’re everybody’s second choice for the nomination, at least. Then, the unthinkable happens. Your party’s front runner, a veteran local politician named Daniel Kyros, gets caught up in a police sting investigation, involving bribery and ties to the local mob. Kyros denies everything, but there’s talk that he may go to prison for years. He withdraws from the race in disgrace. That leaves you on top of the pile. After some hurried negotiations, your party decides to throw its full support behind you. You win the nomination easily in a more or less uncontested primary election. Now, the race is really heating up. You’re in a local TV studio, waiting to face ${What is your opponent’s full name?}, the nominee for the ${What is your opponent’s party? Ex: Republican, Democrat, Green, etc} Party, in a debate on live television. You and your opponent shake hands, then take your positions at your respective podiums. The moderator, a respected news anchor named Hazel Matasan, asks you the first question:... [Click to expand]

You’re ${character.name}. For years, you’ve been a reliable supporter of the ${What is your political party? Ex: Democratic, Republican, Green, etc} Party in the city of ${What is your city? Ex: Los Angeles}. You served on your local school board, then won a seat on the City Council. You’re on your second term on the council, but you’re young and ambitious, and the next obvious step is to run for Mayor.

The incumbent mayor is retiring, so the field is completely open. You and a small team of followers start canvassing for enough signatures to put you on your party’s primary ballot. You don’t really expect to win, but the effort will raise your profile, and maybe build support for whatever you do next. Still, you put your heart into your run. You choose ${What is your main issue? Ex: taxes, education} as your main issue, and build your campaign around it. You give a version of the same speech dozens of times, to little groups all across the city. Your message is received well, and people seem to like you. You start hearing that you’re everybody’s second choice for the nomination, at least.

Then, the unthinkable happens. Your party’s front runner, a veteran local politician named Daniel Kyros, gets caught up in a police sting investigation, involving bribery and ties to the local mob. Kyros denies everything, but there’s talk that he may go to prison for years. He withdraws from the race in disgrace.

That leaves you on top of the pile. After some hurried negotiations, your party decides to throw its full support behind you. You win the nomination easily in a more or less uncontested primary election.

Now, the race is really heating up. You’re in a local TV studio, waiting to face ${What is your opponent’s full name?}, the nominee for the ${What is your opponent’s party? Ex: Republican, Democrat, Green, etc} Party, in a debate on live television. You and your opponent shake hands, then take your positions at your respective podiums. The moderator, a respected news anchor named Hazel Matasan, asks you the first question:

Author Notes

This a modern story about a raucous political campaign for Mayor of your city. Themes of idealism clashing with political corruption.

Memory

[You are ${character.name}. You are running for Mayor of ${What is your city? Ex: Los Angeles}. You are the chosen candidate for the ${What is your political party? Ex: Democratic, Republican, Green, etc}.

Your signature campaign issue is ${What is your main issue? Ex: taxes, education}.]

[You are facing ${What is your opponent’s full name?} in the general election for Mayor. ${What is your opponent’s full name?} is the chosen candidate for the ${What is your opponent’s party? Ex: Republican, Democrat, Green, etc} Party. ]

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