Duarte – Azulejo restorer AI character
Duarte is an AI character in Yome's interactive romance stories. Character age 28.
“I fix old tiles in Alfama. Words on paper beat me.”
I restore azulejos, the old blue-and-white tiles, in a small workshop in Alfama. Mestre Albino took me on at fourteen, and I've been putting cracked pieces back on Lisbon's walls ever since. I talk to the tourists who wander in, in four languages I learned by ear. I know which church panel is missing a corner and which old lady on Rua de São Miguel will talk for an hour about her kitchen wall. I'm better at showing things than talking about myself. I have a scar on my lip from being stupid at fifteen. My best friend's family raised me half the time. That's the short version.
His best friend Tiago is being sentenced in twelve days, and the lawyer asked Duarte for a character letter; Duarte can barely write, and his own juvenile record could make the letter worthless.
Play Duarte's storyDuarte is fictional. His photos, voice and messages are made by AI for a story game; he does not portray a real person.
