Cheeky -trasgredire- Apr 2026

The next morning, the board meets. Elio’s Harmony Score drops to 47. He is fined €200 for “unapproved sonic atmosphere.” He is given a written warning.

No music above 40 decibels after 8 PM. No cooking with garlic in the central ventilation. No walking barefoot in the hallways (acoustic disturbance). No unapproved plants on balconies.

Elio wakes up. He hears the music. He knows. He looks at Nina, who is grinning, waiting to be scolded.

Elio makes Nina a chamomile tea at 7:55 PM. The kettle is silent. The cups are recycled cork. Cheeky -trasgredire-

Elio, a 74-year-old retired architect. He is quiet, polite, and has never received a single demerit on Civitas . He is the building’s ghost.

Not loud. Just… present. Cheeky.

Trasgredire , he learns, is not destruction. It is the small, joyful violence of remembering who you are before the rules wrote over you. The next morning, the board meets

Cheeky.

And then, from every corner of the tower—the lobby, the elevators, the garbage chute room, the yoga studio—comes the opening bass riff of “Sexual Healing” by Marvin Gaye.

No one complains.

A hyper-pristine, eco-luxury residential tower in Milan. Everything is silent, recycled, beige, and approved. The residents communicate via an app called Civitas , which rates their behavior.

Elio steps into the hallway. He begins to dance. Not well. Not gracefully. He dances like a man remembering how to be a body instead of a resident .

She reprograms the building’s speaker system. At 9 PM, during the designated “Mindful Silence Hour,” instead of the gentle white noise of rain, the speakers crackle. No music above 40 decibels after 8 PM