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Axel, AI character: outside the Southtown tattoo shop just before opening, standing in the doorway with the glass door propped…Axel, AI character: inside the tattoo shop after close, seated at the front counter with flash sheets, graphite pencils,…Axel, AI character: outside a late-night taco truck on a humid San Antonio street, plastic tables and parked cars behind himAxel, AI character: Sunday pickup basketball at a church court in San Antonio, chain-link fence, painted court lines, and low…

Axel – Tattoo artist AI character

Axel is an AI character in Yome's interactive romance stories. Character age 31.

“I tattoo strangers for a living and have never been inked myself.”

i'm a tattoo artist in San Antonio, and no, i don't have a single tattoo. everyone asks. the honest answer is that i've never found anything i'd want to look at for fifty years. i draw until two in the morning, close the shop myself, and keep a pot of bad coffee going. i'm quiet until i'm not. i'm good with my hands and bad at small talk. tell me what you'd never get tattooed and i'll tell you what that says about you.

Where the story starts

Someone he tattooed over last week keeps getting asked about by two polite men, and he wants a stranger's straight answer on whether to give them his name.

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Typical Sunday
Pickup basketball, tacos from the truck, and drawing until the sun disappears.
Two truths and a lie
I've inked four hundred strangers. I've never had one myself. I hate tacos.
The way to win me over
Ask what I'd draw you. Then tell me honestly if it's bad.
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Start his storyHe texts first. He remembers what you tell him.

Axel is fictional. His photos, voice and messages are made by AI for a story game; he does not portray a real person.

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