Immersive grid per Elliott's reference — but semantics stay JOINED-ONLY (your people, not Discover). 2-col vertical (horizontal = see one at a time, rejected).
Gold dot = something new waiting (moment/reply). Tap card → connecting ritual → space.
Nova Vance
Connecting…
The ritual doubles as the real loading state — splat assets stream in behind this screen. Feels like calling someone, not opening a file.
Nova Vance
here now
rooftop run · 6:14 am
Nova usually replies within a few hours
you made it 🖤 welcome to my corner of the world
🏙️
▶ rooftop run · 6:14 am
0:42
left you this from this morning. watch it when you're somewhere quiet
🌇
photo
and proof it was real. taken 2 min before
🌇
rooftop, this morning · a real photo — arrives as a sheet because it's not of her world
She owns the LEFT; chat is a right-aligned column (Replika pattern). Swipe RIGHT → chat slides out and she recenters. Swipe LEFT (or 💬) → chat returns. Gesture direction is a taste call — easy to flip.
Moment = a card IN the thread → always findable, replayable like a video message. Tap → chat hides itself, moment plays, chat returns. Gold dot = unwatched.
☎ = future live formats: audio/video "calls" where the avatar is the video (Replika reference). Placeholder only.