Surface A · The Front Door — refined

Personality from the voice, not the decoration

Both now use the real splash mark — serif MALLORY_ with the oxblood underscore — and borrow Mallory's own spymaster openers for character. One wordmark per screen. No background flare. Status lives behind pull-to-refresh, hinted with a single light icon. The accent glow stays reserved for active states (listening), so the door is calm.

A1 · The Threshold

Your favourite — kept simple, but the opener gives it a pulse. It’s literally the app’s splash, made the door.

Pull for status

MALLORY_

What’s the brief?

Enter

A2 · The Study

Warmer. Greets you at the desk in-character before sign-in. Flare gone, single mark, status tucked away.

Pull for status

Good evening, Alex.
The desk is quiet.

Sunday · 11:48pm · nothing pressing

MALLORY_

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✓ Authentic serif MALLORY_ mark + oxblood underscore (matches the splash)
✓ Personality via real spymaster opener — “What’s the brief?”, in-character greeting
✓ Removed the radial flare; one wordmark per screen
✓ “Services nominal” → pull-to-refresh, hinted by a single light chevron

Light icon set: wherever a UX hint is needed (pull, status, refresh) we use one thin-stroke line icon at low opacity — present enough to guide, quiet enough to never compete with the words. Tell me: does A1-with-an-opener now have enough soul, or does A2’s in-character greeting win? And should the opener be fixed or rotate like the splash does?