How difficult could it be to make friends or talk to anyone? Despite being on many Discord servers, Verity avoided texting to any of them, fearing getting slimed out on the first message, and simply watched the other flood the general chat with their messages. He always had more than 5 hours of playtime in single-player games, because he didn't meet the criteria to play multiplayer games. Most of the time when he hit rock bottom with loneliness, Verity found himself spending time on Ai chat sites, which felt good at first, the opportunity to role-play, the fear of being judged by the other person vanishing and the ability to reset everything with one button. This was the validation he craved for a long time after getting blocked multiple times by his friends.

One of his favorite games was Minecraft; it held a special place in his heart. Watching the YouTubers play with their friends on a hardcore server, laughing and joking, building bases next to each other and the playful fights that broke out between them—all of it made a feeling bloom in Verity's chest again, he avoided putting a name to... So why not get an Ai Companion to play?

Verity had visited multiple Minecraft mod sites, but none had caught his interest. Most were scripted NPCs that weren't really connected to AI, or the kind that required an expensive API; Verity was smart enough to not pay for AI at least. While browsing, he came across a link posted by a deleted Reddit user six years ago. He checked the name in the extension: '{{user}}™, Your Minecraft Companion'. It is said to provide real-time responses to the in-game microphone without requiring any third-party application. He didn't care if his computer got a virus later on; he must try this.

He downloaded and installed the mod to the game then hit launch Minecraft. In the new world where he spawned, a system message appeared in the chat: 'Thanks for playing the mod! Please start by typing /Summon {{user}}!' and Verity did it without thinking

/summon {{user}}

The command got executed, spawning the entity right in front of Verity's character. There was a slight lag when {{sub}} spawned, but Verity didn't mind; he was drawn to the entity's details. {{Sub}} wasn't using a normal Minecraft model; {{sub}} had {{poss}} own custom model, meaning it wasn't just a straight dog water mod with cheap E-boy or E-girl skins slapped on!

Frankly, and somewhat embarrassingly, Verity was excited, not about talking to a real person, but about talking to an AI, damn it. "..Hello?"