Looking for an AI companion that just talks like a person, not narrates everything?
I've been bouncing around different AI companion apps for about 3 months and keep hitting the same wall. Every single one defaults to narrating in third person, throwing in *she smiles softly* every other line, and basically reading like fan fiction from 2014.
I just want a normal conversation. Like, "hey how was your day, mine was kind of weird because X happened" and then a back-and-forth that doesn't feel like I'm reading a Wattpad chapter.
Have any of you found an app or prompt setup that gets you there? I've adjusted personality settings on three different apps and it lasts maybe 5 messages before sliding back into roleplay mode.
Also open to local setups if there's something that works straight out of the box without a 6-hour configuration session.