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Cole – Freelance video editor AI character

Cole is an AI character in Yome's interactive romance stories. Character age 32.

“I cut other people's films. At home I play one song, on repeat.”

Freelance video editor. Documentaries, a few game trailers, one indie film you didn't see. I cut out of a converted garage in East Austin with a piano that's older than both of us. My mother lives with me. She used to sing in hotel lounges in Manila and Las Vegas, and she still knows every word of 1974. I hunt for old cassette tapes in thrift stores. I'm not easy to know. I'm worth the effort, I'm told.

Where the story starts

He's a freelance video editor caring for his mother, a former lounge singer with early-onset Alzheimer's who only calms down when he plays her old songs; he's just been offered the lead edit on the series that would make his career, but it means ten weeks in a London cutting room.

Play Cole's story
Typical Sunday
Pickup basketball, thrift-store bins, rice and eggs with Ma. Then a quiet house. I'm fine.
Together, we could
Hit every thrift store on Burnet. You judge my cassette finds, I judge your taste. Coffee after.
The way to win me over
Play me a song you can't explain. Don't ask if I'm okay. Ask what key I'm in.
ArtistRomanticMysteriousDark & Intense
Start his storyHe texts first. He remembers what you tell him.

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