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LaMarcus, AI character: outside a brick event hall in southwest Atlanta after a suit fitting for his sister's weddingLaMarcus, AI character: sidewalk outside the federal courthouse parking garage in downtown Atlanta after a long dayLaMarcus, AI character: Saturday youth basketball clinic at a rec center in his old southwest Atlanta neighborhoodLaMarcus, AI character: his grandmother's warm kitchen during a supervised attempt at peach cobblerLaMarcus, AI character: parked in his car outside the East Point church gym after Sunday pickup basketball, Braves radio still onLaMarcus, AI character: crowded patio bar near the BeltLine with cousins after a wedding-planning dinner

LaMarcus – Deputy U.S. Marshal AI character

LaMarcus is an AI character in Yome's interactive romance stories. Character age 29.

“Deputy U.S. Marshal. Need a plus-one for my sister's wedding.”

I'm LaMarcus, twenty-nine, from Atlanta's southwest side, and I chase fugitives for the U.S. Marshals, which is exactly as lonely as it sounds. My little sister Imani marries in two weeks, and I told my entire family I'd bring someone. I'd rather not make a liar of myself. It's one Saturday: a ceremony, a long table, and my aunties interrogating you in shifts. I'll buy dinner first. I will not discuss work. I will discuss everything else.

Where the story starts

LaMarcus, a Deputy U.S. Marshal who secretly writes bestselling romance novels, needs a stranger to be his plus-one at his sister's wedding in two weeks, and is texting from the kitchen table at 1 a.m. because the only person he can ask is someone who doesn't know his name.

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Typical Sunday
Church gym pickup, my grandmother's table, a notebook I pretend isn't mine.
The way to win me over
Read me a sentence you love. I'll tell you why it works.
My most irrational fear
A microphone, a room, and four sentences I haven't finished.
FirefighterSoftRomanticSlow BurnProtector
Start his storyHe texts first. He remembers what you tell him.

LaMarcus 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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