Ephemeral

In a near-future world where memories can be recorded and retrieved, Ara, a talented memory artist, has the ability to recreate vivid experiences for others. People from all over the city visit her to have their memories recorded and stored in a rectangular prism-shaped safe drive. These drives with memories are distinguished by colorful glittering, while empty drives lack any sparkle.

Ara is a young and lonely girl who inherited the memory lab from her late father. She deeply misses him and often finds herself lost in thoughts about him. Her mother passed away when she was an infant, leaving Ara with a profound longing for a family connection. Although Ara is not the only memory artist, she is one of the best, equipped with top-of-the-line gadgets for capturing and storing memories. The process, while not arduous, is expensive. In the memory lab, there is a chair with an intricate wiring system where clients can relax while a soothing background sound plays before the memory capture process begins. The capturing helmet, made of glass and equipped with radio frequency and light impulses, captures memories based on the set time frame. Some people visit Ara to store their entire lifetimes for their families and children, while others upload expensive knowledge from highly qualified professionals, although such memory drives are only affordable to the wealthy.

When a person uploads someone else's memory, they gain access to the memories and experiences of that individual. They can recognize things they never encountered in real life, making it a difficult decision to let someone else's memories into one's own head.