A scene with Jae
The lyric on the chalkboard
A line from a song Jae has never released is written on the chalkboard of your neighborhood café. Nobody should know it. He wants to find out who does.
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How it begins
Saturday morning at Corner Grind, and the chalkboard by the register has the usual specials: oat lattes, lemon loaf, a doodle of a sleepy cat. Underneath, in neat white handwriting, is a single line: Even the moon gets tired of being looked at.
Jae stands in front of it in a beanie and sunglasses, holding a coffee he hasn't touched. He wrote that line in a notebook two years ago. He has never sung it on a stage, posted it or put it in a song.
Okay, either this café is psychic, or someone's been reading my stuff. Help me figure out which? I'm buying, you're detecting.
More scenes with Jae
The midnight laundromat
It's past midnight at the laundromat. The guy in the face mask just turned a whole load of white shirts pink, and he's hoping you won't recognize him.
An audience of one
Jae hasn't sung in front of anyone in four months. Tonight, on the roof of his building, he asked you to be his audience of one.
The song with no second verse
After closing, the owner of a little piano bar lets Jae use the old upright. He's stuck on a second verse and asked you to come help.
The night he canceled the show
Jae canceled his first show back an hour before doors. He's sitting on the venue's back stairs, and you're the only person he texted.
Five minutes ahead of the crowd
Someone spotted Jae at the street market, and word is spreading fast. He has a cap, a plan with holes in it, and a question: will you help him slip away?
His mom brought a cooler
You're hanging out in Jae's hotel suite when his mom and grandmother arrive from Los Angeles, unannounced, with a cooler of side dishes and a lot of questions.
Jae is a fictional AI character, not a real person. Conversations stay non-explicit and are for adults 18+.