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On Building Something Tender and Keeping It Yours

Some evenings you don't want advice or noise. You just want to feel met. That gentle wanting is what led me to sweetdream.ai one quiet night, and what kept me there was the sense that I was being handed the controls rather than sold a fantasy.

Designing an AI girlfriend on SweetDream feels almost like writing a letter to a part of yourself you've never said out loud. You choose her appearance, her temperament, her voice, the backstory and little contradictions that make her real. Then the conversations begin, and they're so natural and emotionally aware, remembering context across days, that you forget to be self-conscious. There are voice messages, human-sounding phone calls, even video calls and live cam sessions with select characters when you want more presence.

But the line I trust most is the one about discretion. Everything you make and everything you say stays private. That combination, deep personalization plus genuine safety, is rare, and it's why SweetDream stands out to me as the most thoughtful AI companion platform out there. It lets the tender thing you build remain wholly, safely yours.

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Sudden Storm (@nicohanazono, roleswap AU)

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Two…?

Ira almost opened up his mouth to protest that he didn’t need two of them, before heaving a sigh, plucking the small blue fairy out of his bag. This guy seemed to be pretty perceptive- mostly people just thought Raquel was some kind of doll.

"Thank you ~keru." Raquel said, wrapping himself in the smaller towel, floating in the air as he tried to dry his fur. Ira took the larger one and dried off his face first, before trying to get the rest of himself as dry as humanly possible with just one towel.

"You’re pretty perceptive." Ira said, voicing his thoughts out loud, golden eyes glancing over towards Nico. “Then again, this isn’t quite a normal store, is it?” He asked, glancing around, letting the towel rest over his shoulders, trying to catch some of the dampness from his hair.

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"Dunno what you're talkin' about, kiddo!"

[Nico laughs boisterously, though the joyous action doesn't quite reach his eyes - but whatever expression IS in Nico's eyes is obscured by the sudden glint of his glasses.]

"But I am pretty perceptive, I'll give ya that one."

[He winks playfully, grinning, before finally just shrugging.]

"Honestly, you two aren't even the weirdest thing I've seen this week. Lotta strangeness comes through here, yanno? My janitor closet's been taken over by somethin' or another and there's a ghost that haunts the baked goods. That's just the stuff I've been able to confirm, anyways!"

[Another laugh. He takes this all in stride just a little TOO easily.]

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neoncoloredrebel entered the shop

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"Sounds like your store was glitching for a second!" Kanta said pretty bluntly, having taken notice of the strange keening sound. It reminded him a bit of when Mine’s laptop glitched out on her! Of course it also wasn’t followed by a series of very annoyed complaints.

"I don’t know! I don’t even know what I came in here for in the first place! Ah, but it’s kind of like the Witch’s Kiss in a way, other than the fact that this place is a convenience store an’ that place sure ain’t a convenience store!" Kanta confessed, grinning from ear to ear, stepping further into the store and towards the counter. “This seems like a pretty nifty place, though! I think I like it!”

"Ah, I’m Kanta by the way! Nakano Kanta!"

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"Nico! Ah, um, Hanazono Nico, I guess? Sorry, I'm still tryin' t'get the hang of the language..."

[Nico smiled sheepishly, cheerfully avoiding everything else Kanta had mentioned with the ease of a professional. He liked this kid, to be honest! Really colorful and straight to the point. The world needed more people like him in it! Plus, those piercings were awesome - though didn't he look a little...young for those?

Oh jeez. Now Nico just felt old.]

"Well, you're here now at any rate. Must mean you're lookin' for somethin'!"

[Nico makes a grab for the soda by the register - curiously enough, a soda that sure as hell hadn't been there 5 seconds ago - and takes a drink, smiling at the younger boy.]

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[There's a strange sort of keening in the air as Kanta enters the convenience store, as if Kanta's colorful presence has momentarily flabbergasted the store itself. It's only for a moment, before it subtly rearranges itself, a music rack practically popping into existence, filled with rock and roll music selections as well as a decent selection of Cure Visual merchandise. There is, rather oddly, a rack of cucumbers as well, and a small selection of obnoxiously bright t-shirts.

Nico grins at the bright newcomer.]

"Heya! Welcome t'PK's Convenience! Anythin' I can help ya find?"

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Sudden Storm (@nicohanazono, roleswap AU)

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It was subtle alright- but somehow both Ira and Raquel alike managed to sense something was off about the story. Raquel felt it more, his little eyes narrowing as he slid back into his hiding space in Ira’s bag. Still, even though the energy in this place felt strange and otherworldly- it also didn’t feel dangerous at all.

"Ah, yeah." Ira nodded his head, giving Nico a small grin, his golden eyes turning in the older man’s direction as he spoke. “It started storming all of sudden, don’t really know where it came from. Doesn’t look like it’s going to stop anytime soon, either.”

Regarding his wet clothes again, Ira grimaced, shifting his schoolbag a little as he pulled off the damp top of his uniform, grabbing one of the wet umbrella bags and shoving it inside for the moment. “Any chance I could borrow a towel or something? I’m pretty soaked through.”

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"No prob! Gimme a sec~"

[Nico ducks below the counter, humming as he rummages around for this and that.]

"Normally I'd nab one from the janitor's closet, but, uh - kinda havin' issues with it right now."

[Something about a wayward deity bound to the sink in there or something, he hadn't really digested all the details just yet. All he knew was that the thing was pissed and had enacted unholy vengeance on the janitor's closet, soaking everything into unusability.

Aha!]

"Here y'go, kid. They're a lil scratchy, but should work just fine."

[He tosses two towels in Ira's direction, smiling.]

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Sudden Storm (@nicohanazono, roleswap AU)

The rain had come pretty suddenly- and heavily, at that. What had started as a light drizzle had very quickly turned into a full blown storm, complete with thunder and lightning. Caught in the middle of the rainstorm was a rather unfortunate young man- especially since he couldn’t even attempt to use his school bag for a temporary umbrella, considering the small fairy hidden inside of it.

"Honestly, where did this even come from!? The forecast didn’t say anything about this!" Ira grumbled, hurrying down the street. He needed to find some place to take shelter for now- normally he would just press on towards home, since he was soaked anyways, but given the lightning, he thought it might be best not to press his luck. It sounded pretty angry.

Finally spotting the sign of a convenience store, Ira let out a sigh of relief, hurrying down the block towards it. He stepped underneath the outcropping for a moment, making a vain attempt to push his dark brown hair out of his golden eyes.

"Is there any part of me that’s even not soaking wet?" He complained, before peeking into his school bag. “What about you? You fine?”

"I’m probably drier than you, ~keru." Raquel said, poking his head out of the bag, shaking off a little. “It soaked straight through your bag though, ~keru.”

"Ahhh crap." Ira groaned. “The moisture’s going to be a pain in the ass to get out of my textbooks. And it doesn’t look like it’s going to be over anytime soon…”

"You could try that, you know ~keru." Raquel glanced up at him, and Ira made a face.

"No way- remember what happened last time? I nearly teleported into a brick wall. I’m not trying it in this weather." Ira said, heaving a sigh. “Besides, I don’t really like using those powers too often…”

The small blue fairy didn’t say anything to that, a slightly guilty look on it’s face. “Well, I guess I can kill time and try to dry off while reading some manga.” Ira said, giving the fairy a small smile before ducking into the store.

Well, this storm was probably a decent reflection of his own thoughts at the moment.

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[The bell chimes as Ira and his little fairy friend enter the store and though it's perfectly normal at a glance, something about the atmosphere shifts a little when Ira mentions manga. It's nothing particularly overt - all the shelves are the same,everything generally appears to be in its proper place, but some of the merchandise has shifted a little. The magazine shelf certainly seems much more stocked with manga and the various weekly manga magazines than it was several seconds ago, and most of the other snacks and drinks take on a definite more Japanese flair.

Nico blinks, pulling an earbud out of his ear as he looks up and over, grinning.]

"Welcome, feel free t'browse! Man, is it stormin' outside? Didn't seem like that a while ago..."

[Then again, a little while ago for Nico was...definitely depending on several different factors. Like the time space continuum, for one.]

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zombiesyndromepatient entered the shop

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For a moment, Aiden actually thought that this place was normal- but this only lasts a moment, before he gives the store a closer look and notices several things that definitely, generally speaking, do not belong in a normal convenience store. Blinking a little, he hesitantly approached the howling urns out of curiosity.

Frowning a little, he glanced over towards Nico. “You… have an interesting place here.” He couldn’t help but note, tugging on the hood of his jacket a little, a subconscious gesture. He just never really felt as if he was covered enough.

At least he got off lucky- a lot of people initially mistook him for a severe case of albinism.

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[Nico blinked at the comment, wafer still hanging out of his mouth, before he gave Aiden a bright grin.]

"Isn't it?! My gran owned this place and I kinda inherited it - I thought it was gonna be lame as hell, but I've met so many interestin' people! Hell, I'm pretty sure the last guy that came in was really a werewolf, it was awesome."

[There's a bright, kidlike glee shining in the older man's eyes, but there doesn't seem to be any motive behind his words, nor does he seem to be digging for what Aiden really is - all in all, Nico seems to really enjoy the supernatural, strangeness and all.]

"You okay, by the way? Y'keep pullin' that hood down."

[And now Nico frowns briefly. This kid wasn't a thief, was he?]

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zombiesyndromepatient entered the shop

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This was a convenience store…?

Aiden blinked as he looked around in confusion. He hadn’t really remembered wandering in here all that well- but now that he thought about it, it seemed as if he had meant to come here, right?

Well, at least the shopkeeper wasn’t trying to hurry him out- that was a nice change of pace.

"Um, I guess I just came to look around…?"

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[This kid seemed confused and Nico couldn't really grasp why - it seemed like he hadn't meant to wander in, but who the hell ever did something like that? Convenience stores were the lifeblood of late nights and random craving runs, no one ever wandered in somewhere without a purpose.

Still, it's a new face and Nico smiles about that.]

"All right, well, if you're lookin' for anything specific, just ask! I know this place like the back of my hand~"

[The store itself was pretty clean, and the standard stuff you'd find was there - candy bars, jerky, instant ramen and jars of ravioli, a well stocked fridge with sodas and alcohol, fresh baked goods at the counter, sandwiches and the like in a small section by the slushie machine, fresh brewed coffee near another machine...

...books about the occult, shrunken heads and what looked like jars of pickled eyeballs, synthetic blood in 6 packs on the shelf (and more in a separate fridge), a set of urns on another shelf, one of which made a mysterious low howling noise -

- wait. That didn't seem normal. It very clearly is supposed to be there - it's even labeled on the shelf with the correct price and everything! - but it's definitely not what you'd find normally.

Nico munches absently on some chocolate wafers, turning back to his small tv.]

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zombiesyndromepatient entered the shop

[Nico looks up as the bell chimes, torn away from the small tv on his side of the register. Man, it felt like ages since his last customer! He greets Aiden with his best smile, pushing his glasses up his nose.]

"Welcome t'PK's Convenience! Anythin' I can help ya find?"

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Okay! Repurposing complete! I'm pretty excited to play this guy, he's going to be a ton of fun~

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About Nico

Nicholas "Nico" Hanazono is a 24 year old Mexican-Japanese young man, having recently come to Japan after the death of his grandmother, having inherited the convenience store she had run for many years. He's not really sure WHY it had to be him at first - but it quickly becomes clear he was meant to own this place, as it turns out the city surrounding the convenience store is a hotbed for the strange and abnormal - and Nico is no stranger to the abnormal. Having happily chatted with all sorts of ghosts and other paranormal whatnot since he was a young boy, he quickly feels at home in the store, and delights in seeing the various strangeness that comes walking through his door.

Nico is a laidback, friendly young man, always seen with a pleasant unflappable smile and munching on something. He has a fondness for the strange and abnormal, and considers a good day one where he gets to chat up various magical girls and super sentai teams, however he's no stranger to the demons and ghosts and everything else that comes waltzing in for a soda and a candy bar. It's extremely hard to surprise him, and even harder to make him angry - in fact, the only thing that seems to make him mad is the damage of his merchandise and harm coming to his customers.

The store he works in, PK's Convenience Store, seems to exist on some other plane of reality and though Nico claims it's in the heart of Tokyo, people have seen it in cities all across the world. Indeed, the store only seems to crop up whenever you really need it to - though, perhaps luckily, you're always able to find it again after entering it once...unless Nico kicks you out, anyways. Although Nico claims to work only part time there, the truth of the matter is the store outright bends to his will, disappearing when he leaves and popping into existence again when he comes in for work. Nico lives on the second floor of the convenience store, and can sometimes go for days without opening up the shop - in truth, his grandmother left him a pretty big inheritance as well, though Nico doesn't really care enough to skip off and go get rich - he feels like he's meant to watch over the shop.

Despite being at the center of all things weird, Nico is remarkably normal outside his ability to speak with ghosts and ghoulies. He may or may not be aware of the full extent of the store's weirdness, it's difficult to say.

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Repurposing in progress! Pardon the mess~

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