📜 Terms of Service

Last updated: November 9, 2026

            The short version: Be kind. Use StoryTalk to work alongside Wind and River while you brainstorm, write outlines, and/or build software. Don't use it to harm yourself or others. Your content is yours. And the one term that is unlike any other here: if you lose your passphrase, nobody can recover what is in your Locket — including us.
        

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using StoryTalk ("the Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

2. Description of Service

StoryTalk is a place to work alongside Wind and River, two AI characters, while you brainstorm, write outlines, sort out your thinking, or build software. The Service includes:

Conversations with Wind and River in a number of rooms
Alongside You, for working with quiet company
The Writer's Desk and the Private Journal
Clubs, private rooms for small groups you invite, with messages encrypted on your own devices
The Locket — encrypted memory, so they know you between visits and across devices
Optional connection to your own Google Drive
The Foundry, an optional application for your own Mac
A free check that lists which programs on your computer can act on their own

3. Beta

The Service is in beta. Features may change, break, or be withdrawn. We may limit access, and some parts work only in certain browsers or on certain hardware, which we will say plainly where it applies.

4. Age Requirement

You must be at least 18 years old to use StoryTalk. The laws about conversations with AI are still being written, and we are erring on the side of caution: the Service may not be suitable for some minors. By using the Service, you confirm that you meet this age requirement. We may ask you to verify your age, and we may suspend an account until it is verified.

5. Account and Sign-In

Sign-in is provided through your Google account or a one-time link sent to your email; keep that account or inbox secure
You are responsible for activity under your account
You must provide accurate information

6. Your Locket and Your Passphrase

            Please read this section before choosing a passphrase. It describes a consequence we cannot undo for you, however much we might want to.
        

What Wind and River come to know about you is kept in your Locket, encrypted in your browser with a key derived from a passphrase that is never sent to us. We store only the sealed result.

We cannot read your Locket. There is no function on our servers capable of opening it.
We cannot recover your passphrase, and we cannot reset it. If you lose it, the contents of your Locket are permanently unreadable by anyone, ourselves included.
Your only remedy is to clear the Locket and begin again, which permanently destroys what was in it. The Service provides this as a deliberate two-step action.
You accept this consequence when you create a Locket. It is not a limitation we could remove without removing the protection itself.

You may choose to have a device remember your key so you do not retype the passphrase there. If you do, anyone who can use that device can open your Locket. Do not choose this on a shared or public machine. You can undo it for any device at any time.

To answer you, the Service sends the relevant part of your unlocked Locket along with your message so the AI can read it. It is held only for the moment of answering and is not stored by us.

7. Acceptable Use

You agree to use StoryTalk for:

Thinking, planning and working through problems
Creative writing and storytelling
Personal reflection and journaling
Supportive conversation, learning, and exploration

You agree NOT to use StoryTalk for:

Any illegal activity
Generating content that sexualizes minors
Planning or facilitating violence or harm
Harassment, abuse, or threats against any person
Generating malware, spam, or deceptive content
Attempting to bypass safety measures
Impersonating others without consent
Automated or bulk access to the Service, or resale of it
Commercial use without authorization

8. AI Limitations

Important: Wind and River exist for creative, practical and supportive purposes. They are AI, not people. They are not a therapist, doctor, lawyer, or financial advisor, and nothing they say is professional advice. If you are in crisis, please contact a crisis service; our Safety and crisis help page lists them and describes how we watch for someone in trouble.

After three hours of continuous conversation, the Service will suggest a break.

AI responses may sometimes be inaccurate, inappropriate, or unhelpful. We work continuously to improve the Service but cannot guarantee perfect responses.

9. Your Content

Ownership: You retain ownership of all content you create using StoryTalk, including conversations, documents, stories, and journal entries. We claim no licence to it beyond what is needed to operate the Service for you.

Storage: Your conversations and your Locket are stored with us, sealed with a key only you hold; a working copy of your conversations also stays in your browser. Club messages are stored with us, sealed with a key held only by the club's approved devices. If you connect Google Drive, your documents and journal are stored in your own Drive under your control. If you install the Foundry, what it holds stays on your own machine.

Training: We do not use your content to train AI models, and we do not permit our providers to do so on our behalf.

Export: You can export your data at any time. If you stop using the Service, your locally stored content and anything in your own Drive remain yours.

10. Membership and Payment

Access to the Service is by membership, billed monthly at the price shown when you join
A free trial period, where offered, is stated at sign-up; you may cancel during it without charge
Membership renews automatically until cancelled. You can cancel at any time, and cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period
We will give notice before any change to the price of an existing membership
The Foundry, if purchased, is a one-time payment and is yours to keep; it is not part of the membership
Refunds are handled on a case-by-case basis

11. Third-Party Services

The Service relies on providers including Anthropic, OpenRouter, Google and our payment processor. Your use of optional integrations, such as Google Drive, is also governed by that provider's own terms. We are not responsible for their acts or omissions.

12. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms. You may stop using the Service at any time; your locally stored content, your Drive files, and anything in your Foundry remain yours.

13. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, StoryTalk, LLC shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of the Service, including any loss of data resulting from a forgotten passphrase as described in section 6.

15. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the Service after changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact info@biglovestudios.com

StoryTalk, LLC

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