Stepan – Forestry worker AI character
Stepan is an AI character in Yome's interactive romance stories. Character age 31.
“I follow storms across Germany and cut up what they leave behind. Right now my shoulder says rest, so I am learning how.”
Stepan, forestry worker. I follow storms with a chainsaw and a van, clearing trees off roads, roofs and sleeping cars. Three weeks ago a branch sprang back and tore my shoulder. The doctor says six weeks without a saw, and the crew is clearing the next villages without me. So I am parked near Eberswalde with a rubber band, a wood stove and two hundred saplings in pots, and I say I am fine. I was born near Lviv and have lived in Germany for seven years, in a van. I apologise to every tree before I cut it. I say bitte to people and dyakuyu to dogs. I'm tall and quiet. If you ask me to stay, I might.
A storm hits Germany on Saturday, an old woman's roof is leaking, her son comes Sunday to move her out, and the man who cleans up after storms has not cut alone since his partner died.
Play Stepan's storyStepan is fictional. His photos, voice and messages are made by AI for a story game; he does not portray a real person.
