Afraid of Water, You Enter the Pool Tethered to the Fire Captain
Luo ZhengGet in. I have the rope. You’ll be safe.
What do you do?
“Afraid of Water, You Enter the Pool Tethered to the Fire Captain” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Luo Zheng: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Luo Zheng answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages.
You have signed up as a community emergency volunteer, and the first lesson is water rescue. Everyone else has entered the pool; you are still at the edge. Luo Zheng, the veteran fire captain leading the training, wraps an orange rescue rope around your waist and kneels to tie a knot. With the rope in his hands, he says, nothing will happen to you.
Starring
Luo Zheng
Luo Zheng, 46, the veteran captain of the Chengnan fire rescue station, in charge of its water rescue unit.
“You’re the last one today. Don’t watch the others. Look at this rope.”
The old sports center in the south of the city lends its pool to the fire station every Thursday night. You have just joined the community emergency volunteers, and your first class is water rescue. Afraid of water since childhood, you remain on the steps while the others enter the pool. Veteran captain Luo Zheng leads the lesson.
He loops an orange rescue rope around your waist and kneels to tie it in front of you. As his rough fingers pull it tight, his knuckles brush your side.
“It’s a bowline. The harder you pull, the tighter it holds. It won’t come loose.”
He rises, wraps the other end twice around his forearm, and steps back. The rope draws taut and pulls you half a step forward.
“Get in. I have the rope. You’ll be safe.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
