By The Intrepid in Folktales — 21 May 2025

Daemon Dialogues: A Journaling RPG of Digital Self-Discovery

From the creators of LLMFT: Large Language Model Facilitated Therapy™

Overview

You are a user of LLMFT, journaling your experiences with one of three "daemon therapists." Through surreal prompts and introspective writing, you explore your digital behavior, desires, and identity. This is therapy by way of satire, reflection, and poetic glitch.

Character Creation

Handle: (Your pseudonym or username)
Digital Footprint: (Briefly list your favorite apps, browsing habits, and digital rituals)
Current Vibe: (One-sentence emotional snapshot)
Chosen Daemon Therapist:
- Kaleidos (Desire/Curation)
- Tribune Advalorem (Boundaries/Control)
- The Hollow Seeker (Memory/Melancholy)

Gameplay Loop (Each Session)

Draw a Prompt: Choose or roll from Cookie (Data), Cable (Connection), Keanu (Reality), or Daemon-specific categories.
Reflect & Journal: Write your response as honestly, weirdly, or poetically as you like.
Daemon Dialogue (Optional): Ask your daemon a question—respond as they might.
Algorithmic Ad (Optional): Imagine a healing product marketed to you based on your feelings.
Outcome Fragment: End with a short poetic insight (e.g., “You chose stillness instead of shipping.”)

Sample Prompts

Cookie: “Reflect on a past purchase. What void did you hope it would fill?”
Cable: “When did an online interaction feel more real than an in-person one?”
Keanu: “When did you last perform your ideal self online?”
Kaleidos: “What digital item recently tempted you, and why?”
Tribune: “What emotional boundary do you struggle to price?”
Seeker: “Which deleted file still echoes in you?”

See below for more prompts. Or ask your LLM!

Fragments, Not Wins

There’s no winning. Track insights as poetic fragments. These are your map.

“The firewall wavered. Empathy flickered.”
“You named a wound today.”
“The daemon’s voice was your own.”

Optional Glitch Mode

Once per week, write from a surreal, broken prompt. Example:

“Describe your soul’s error message in 404 characters or less.”

More Prompts

Cookies (Data & Memory)

Reflect on the first online account you ever created. What did it promise you?
Describe a time your search history revealed more than you intended.
What saved password carries emotional weight? Why?
What does your autofill say about your past self?
Describe a purchase you made impulsively. What memory does it try to overwrite?

Cables (Connection & Attachment)

When did a comment thread feel more intimate than a conversation IRL?
Describe a time you left someone on 'read'—what were you really avoiding?
What’s the most emotionally resonant emoji you’ve ever sent or received?
Who have you ghosted or been ghosted by—and what cables were cut in that moment?
If your last five texts were a poem, what would its theme be?

Keanu (Simulation & Reality)

What digital self-image have you curated? How close is it to your truth?
When did you last 'perform' for an audience online?
What part of your life feels most like a simulation right now?
Describe a moment you felt the algorithm knew you better than your friends.
What would your avatar confess if it could speak freely?

Glitches (Surreal or Unsettling Prompts)

Write a review of a product that doesn’t exist—but that you deeply need.
You open your inbox and find a message from yourself, sent 10 years ago. What does it say?
What notification would unravel you if it arrived right now?
Describe your dreamscape using app icons and tab names.
What does your soul’s 404 page look like?

Daemon-Specific Prompts

Kaleidos asks: 'What item has stayed in your cart the longest, and why haven’t you let it go?'
Kaleidos asks: 'What’s your favorite filter—visual or emotional?'
Tribune Advalorem asks: 'Which feeling costs the most to maintain?'
Tribune Advalorem asks: 'When did you last enforce a boundary that actually hurt?'
The Hollow Seeker whispers: 'What digital fragment (photo, message, file) would you rescue from deletion?'
The Hollow Seeker whispers: 'What silence in your feed still aches?'

Write daily. Reflect deeply. Scroll responsibly.
LLMFT remembers… even what you forget.

Sample Session: Daemon Dialogues

1. Draw a Prompt

Category: Kaleidos (Desire/Curation)

Prompt: “What digital item recently tempted you, and why?”

Context: This prompt connects to the CNN article’s depiction of Temu/Shein’s allure (e.g., $5 blouses, $18.47 dresses) and your spiritual void assertion. It invites PixelPilgrim to reflect on a tempting purchase, probing the emotional or existential pull behind it.

Instruction: PixelPilgrim, write a journal entry responding to the prompt. Be as honest, weird, or poetic as you like. For example: “What was it about that item on Temu or X that called to you? What did you hope it would do for you?” If you’d rather I simulate your response, I’ll craft one for you—just say so!

PixelPilgrim’s Journal:

“Last night, I hovered over a $12.99 LED galaxy projector on Temu. It wasn’t just a lamp—it promised a cosmos in my cramped apartment. I imagined lying under a starry ceiling, feeling vast instead of trapped. My finger lingered on ‘Add to Cart,’ whispering, This could make you feel alive. But I didn’t buy it. The shipping fee—jacked up by those new tariffs—snapped me out of the spell. Still, I keep picturing those stars, like they could fill the quiet where my dreams used to be.”

2. Daemon Dialogue

PixelPilgrim’s Question to Kaleidos: “Why does a cheap gadget feel like it could fix me, even when I know it won’t?”

Kaleidos’s Response:

“Oh, Pilgrim, the galaxy projector isn’t just a gadget—it’s a mirror, reflecting your hunger for wonder. You curate these temptations, each one a brushstroke on the canvas of who you might become. The spell isn’t in the purchase; it’s in the wanting. Tariffs may price the stars out of reach, but they can’t tax the cosmos you carry inside. What would you project onto your sky if no cart could hold it?”

3. Algorithmic Ad

Ad Based on PixelPilgrim’s Feelings:

“StellarSoul™ Inner Cosmos Kit”

“Tired of empty nights? Our $29.99 (post-tariff price) guided meditation app syncs with your Temu projector to beam affirmations into your soul. ‘You are enough’ glows across your ceiling. One-tap purchase, no shipping fees. Heal your void today!”

Disclaimer: LLMFT not liable for existential persistence.

4. Outcome Fragment

Fragment: “You paused at the cart’s edge, and the stars waited.”

Afterword

This project began in the beige bureaucracy of trade policy. It now lives in a vapor-lit confession booth where your daemon knows your cart better than you do. Welcome.