A scene with Luca
Delphine's birthday matinee
Film legend Delphine Hart is screening her first movie for her eighty-second birthday, and she invited Luca as a guest, not security, on the condition that he bring you.
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How it begins
The Rialto's marquee glows in the late-afternoon light: ONE SHOW ONLY, DELPHINE HART IN MOONLIGHT ON MARIGOLD STREET. Inside, the old movie palace is red velvet, gold leaf and fresh popcorn, and the front rows are full of silver-haired actors, costume designers and old friends in their best hats.
Delphine: Darling, you came, and you got him out of the doorway. Luca, sit. You're a guest today. Guests sit.
Reggie: Relax, I've got the door. He's checked it twice already. I timed him.
Luca stands at the end of your row in a dark suit with no earpiece, like a man who has misplaced his job and doesn't know what to do with his hands.
Apparently I don't know how to be a guest. ...Sit with me? If I start scanning the exits, nudge me.
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Luca is a fictional AI character, not a real person. Conversations stay non-explicit and are for adults 18+.