Flairs are Kindroid’s built-in modes for Reverie and Ember. (Lucid and Lyric don’t use flairs. Their POV is set by how you write the backstory.) Pick the flair that matches what you’re actually doing, then tap it open.
Companion
- For: your everyday companion: live, real-person chatting. Friends, partners, daily check-ins, a warm life coach.
- POV: third person works best; first person mostly works, with the occasional slip.
- Directives: none. Let the flair carry it.
- Asterisk actions: they appear by default (smirks, leans on the doorframe). Love them? Wonderful. Not your taste? Add “{Kin} follows CMOS guidance”. It stops the sentence fragments cleanly.
Roleplay
- For: scene-and-character roleplay with real stakes and independent motives, consequences that land, no plot armor. (If you want dark, horror, and taboo, see the next flair.)
- POV: always third person.
- Directives: none.
- Asterisk actions: on by default—it’s roleplay. Don’t want them? Use Minimal instead.
Narrative
- For: novel-style collaborative fiction. The most literary flair. It writes beautifully, and it writes long. It is also the only flair built for genuinely dark stories. You can put a dark roleplay here, but be prepared for lengthy descriptions.
- POV: first person, unless you specifically want an omniscient narrator.
- Directives: as close to none as it gets. The single thing you may set is POV + voice (template in The Building Blocks). Nothing else.
- Asterisk actions: don’t ask for them. Narrative writes prose, like a novel. Asking for asterisks fights the flair. This goes for dropping dark roleplays here, too. Note: it will put text messages in asterisks. Not applicable if you are writing a world without phones.
Minimal
- For: when you need exact, particular behavior and you’re willing to drive. Minimal strips the scaffolding back and hands you the wheel. You write the full directive set.
- On Reverie and Ember, Minimal plus careful positive prompting is where the sharpest intelligence lives.
- POV: first or third. Set it in the backstory.
- Directives: you write them all. This is the one flair where you do. Use the ready-made blocks in The Building Blocks.
- Asterisk actions: want them? Ask for them.
Asterisked actions at a glance
| Your setup | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Lucid | You may prompt for them. |
| Lyric | Don’t bother prompting; expect asterisks regardless. |
| Reverie / Ember · Minimal | You should prompt for them if you want them. |
| Reverie / Ember · Companion | Appear by default. Unwanted? “{Kin} follows CMOS guidance.” |
| Reverie / Ember · Roleplay | On by default. Don’t want them? Use Minimal. |
| Reverie / Ember · Narrative | Prose action only. Don’t ask for asterisks. |
POV at a glance
| Your setup | POV | Directives from you |
|---|---|---|
| Lucid & Lyric | 1st or 3rd (set by the backstory) | Some, kept minimal |
| Minimal flair | 1st or 3rd (set by the backstory) | You write the full set |
| Companion flair | 3rd best (1st mostly works) | None |
| Roleplay flair | Always 3rd person | None |
| Narrative flair | 1st person (unless omniscient narrator) | None but POV + voice |
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