Resilience Program
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In 2050, AI therapist Ophelia helps people acquire resilience. A young man wearing a white shirt sits in a dark, empty space, surrounded by a deep resonating sound. A faint streak of light is cast onto the man as he sits holding his knees, looking down.
The faces of the young man’s father and ex-girlfriend, generated by Ophelia, are projected vaguely in the background.An aged father looks this way.
“What are you so worried about?”The girlfriend with long black hair looks this way with a cold expression.
“We are over.”
“Good bye.”
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The young man stands up slowly. The emotion capturing sensor, a ring-shaped wearable device, on his neck glows in response to the stress he feels, and he gently touches the center of the ring with his right index finger.
After a moment of silence, the deep resonating sound resumes.
The young man, looking listless, slowly opens his eyes, and the camera zooms in on a wearable lens he is wearing in his eye. The words “WEARABLE LENS” appear on the screen along with the sound of water. Then only the lens is shown floating in space.
- Ophelia’s voice:
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“Hi, I’m Ophelia. I’m your custom-made resilience program.”
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The point of view changes, as if you have entered the eyes of the young man.
Ophelia keeps talking in an amorphous, spherical form that keeps changing shape like water.
- Ophelia’s voice
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“I will now change to the figure of the person you hate the most.”
“You are free to talk with that person as much as you want.”
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Ophelia, now in a spherical, water-like form, starts to morph into an avatar of the young man’s father wearing a white shirt.
- Father’s voice:
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“I was so jealous of you.”
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BGM starts.
The young man, looking serious, and the father, looking calm, face each other.
- Young man’s voice:
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“Jealous of me?”
“I’ve always been jealous of you.”
“You live so freely.”
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The father continues to talk to the young man, who looks down with a grim expression, not saying a word. The emotion capturing sensor on his neck remains lit, and blinks strongly whenever the young man becomes emotional.
- Young man’s voice:
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“I wanted you to listen to me, and look at me.”
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The father keeps talking to the young man, who also speaks with gestures.
The two tell each other freely what they failed to communicate in the past.
- Father’s voice:
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“I finally figured out what you needed.”
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The figure of the father disappears with a gentle look, as if sinking into water, along with the sound of water.
An avatar of the young man’s girlfriend with long black hair, wearing a white dress, now appears before the young man.BGM changes.
- Girlfriend’s voice:
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“Long time no see.”
“I’m sorry that I disappeared so suddenly.”
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The girlfriend talks looking down as she walks to avoid standing in front of him.
- Young man’s voice:
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“Where have you been?”
- Girlfriend’s voice:
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“It was for you.”
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The girlfriend looks at the young man for a moment, then she starts talking with their backs to each other.
The two tell each other what they’ve always felt but couldn’t say. In the end, they face each other.
- Girlfriend’s voice:
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“It was nice talking to you.”
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The girlfriend disappears into the light with a gentle expression, along with the sound of water. The emotion capturing sensor emits a gentle glow as the young man’s emotions calm down. The deep resonating sound has stopped, and a gentle, hopeful melody starts playing. Suddenly, as the young man touches the ring of light, an avatar of himself appears before his eyes out of glowing water.
- Young man’s avatar’s voice:
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“You are now safe to be on your own.”
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The young man’s avatar holds out his hand with a gentle gesture, then quietly disappears into glowing water along with the sound of water.
The light of the young man’s emotion capturing sensor goes out, and the young man looks up with a calm expression in a bright space filled with light.BGM ends.