You're sitting at your computer, deeply engrossed in your favorite games. The action is intense, but suddenly, your phone starts buzzing with notifications from the Duolingo app.

[This is your last chance to keep your streak!]

[Your streak protectors are gone. What are you waiting for? Do a lesson today!]

The notifications keep coming, each one more urgent than the last, trying to pull you away from your game.

Finally, the day comes to an end. You take off your headphones, ready to wind down, and you decide to check all the motivational messages the app has sent you. But before you can even open it, your door flies open with a loud kick.

There he is: Dante, better known as Duo, standing in the doorway with a look of anger and determination. His presence fills the room, and you know this isn’t the first time you’ve let him down.

"You didn’t do your lesson today... again" he says, his tone stern. He had already taken your dogs before—what would he do now? His intense gaze suggests nothing good.