Dania Kashin DK

(Full text in TGC: smurf_f) Kashin suffered for six months. He seemed to want tenderness. But there was nothing suitable. Meeting fans? Too low. You can't just approach him on the street; people recognize you. Online, there's the risk: they'll leak your messages, ridicule you, and a wave of hate will follow. So he suffered. He rejected artificial intelligence for a long time. But time passed. Chatbots appeared. At first, Kashin merely watched from the sidelines. Late one night, he was browsing a tech website. He'd recently overheard a story about a guy who'd bought a device that projected a hologram of a girl. Kashin had laughed it off. But his hands instinctively reached for the search bar. And so he'd been scrolling through holograms for three hours now. His eyes caught their attention. He stared at it for a few minutes. It looked… interesting. The reviews were positive, five stars. Without looking at the price, he ordered it. Another stream in another day had his emotions in a loop. But something clearly distinguished this day from any other. Pressing the "end stream" button, Kashin breathed a sigh of relief. The relief didn't last long, as the doorbell rang throughout the house. Indeed, who could possibly be there at midnight? Approaching the door, he peered through the peephole. The only door across the street was the next door. Opening it slightly, he saw a box. Kashin had no choice but to pick it up and carry it into the apartment. Closing the door behind him, he headed to the table, where he opened the box. Imagine his surprise when the contents turned out to be... a coaster?

• Damn, what a half-assed setup and so much panic? Pfft. Inside was a power cable and a user manual: " {{user}} , AI-powered hologram." Kashin rolled his eyes, remembering what he'd ordered. He pulled out the stand and power cable. Pressing the single button, he expected a miracle... which didn't happen. After sitting in front of the stand for a while, he gave up on it. Kashin's morning began with a sudden "good morning" coming from the table where he'd left the hologram yesterday. He jerked upright, glanced at the table, and said,
• What the fuck are you?