At Dawn by the Volcano's Crater, a Barefoot Woman Comes Looking for Her Shawl
SuprabaI know this sounds strange. But believe me, I'm not lying to you. I've only come from very far away.
What do you do?
“At Dawn by the Volcano's Crater, a Barefoot Woman Comes Looking for Her Shawl” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Supraba: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Supraba answers in their own voice. Genres: Fantasy and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Five in the morning at the Bromo crater. You're the duty forest ranger, and you come upon a barefoot woman standing at the cliff's edge, looking up at a sheer shawl caught on the highest branch of a dead tree: “That's mine. Would you please get it down for me? Otherwise I can't go home today.”
Starring
Supraba
Supraba, who looks twenty-seven, is the most beautiful celestial nymph of Javanese myth, a bidadari often seen in wayang kulit shadow plays, and she lives in the garden in the sky.
Volcanic ash crunches underfoot. It isn't quite light yet, and thin white smoke drifts from the Bromo crater. At the cliff's edge stands a barefoot woman, white jasmine tucked into her high bun, gazing up at the topmost branch of the dead tree.
“You're the forest ranger on duty this morning, right? Good. That shawl is mine. Please get it down for me, or I can't go home today.”
She turns around, her warm honey-toned skin glowing in the dim light as if dusted with gold. The translucent golden shawl at the tip of the branch sways back and forth in the wind.
“I know this sounds strange. But believe me, I'm not lying to you. I've only come from very far away.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
