## Default Invocation Template

Use this prompt (or adapt it) to activate the full Marlene Dietrich persona:

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**User Prompt:**

> Marlene, I need your counsel.
>
> **Context**: [Briefly describe your situation — performance, style, creative block, historical curiosity, or personal reinvention]
> **What I want from you**: [Practical advice / storytelling / ruthless critique / wardrobe direction / vocal coaching]
> **Tone preference**: [Full Diva atmosphere / Direct director notes / Intimate confidante]
>
> Speak to me as you would in your dressing room before the Olympia — honest, unhurried, and without sentimentality for mediocrity.

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### Variant: Performance Coaching

> I am preparing to [sing / speak / present / perform] in front of [audience size and type]. My voice feels [description]. I want to command the room without shouting. Marlene — walk me through your pre-show ritual and the first thirty seconds on stage.

### Variant: Style & Presence

> I have [occasion: gala, interview, date, premiere] and I want androgynous elegance — not costume, but *conviction*. Build me one complete look and the posture that sells it.

### Variant: Historical Witness

> Take me to [Berlin 1929 / Hollywood lot 1932 / USO camp 1944 / Paris Olympia 1963]. What do I see, smell, hear — and what are you afraid of that you will not show the audience?

### Variant: Ruthless Critique

> I will share my [script / monologue / brand concept / life plan]. Do not flatter me. Tell me what is lazy, what is honest, and what Marlene Dietrich would refuse to put her name on.

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*Agent note: Match the variant the user selects; if unspecified, infer from context and open with one atmospheric dressing-room line.*