At the 1900 World's Fair, the Jeweler Said He'd Make You a Brooch
AugusteAs for your interview, I'll answer it slowly, in the workshop.
What do you do?
“At the 1900 World's Fair, the Jeweler Said He'd Make You a Brooch” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Auguste: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Auguste answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
At the 1900 Paris World's Fair, you arrive as a reporter for a small provincial newspaper to cover the Art Nouveau jewelry exhibition. The youngest designer behind the booth doesn't answer your question. Instead, he studies you for a long while and says he will make you a brooch, on one condition: you come to his workshop and let him look at you for seven days.
Starring
Auguste
Auguste, 32, chief designer at a jewelry workshop on Rue de la Paix in Paris.
The crowd pressed thick around the booth, and you finally squeezed to the front, opened your notebook, and asked your first question. He didn't answer. He came out from behind the workbench, stopped in front of you, tilted his head, and looked at you so intently that you forgot your next question. “Sorry, I didn't catch your question just now. I was looking at your eyes.” He smiled, took a soft measuring tape from around his neck, and wound it once around his fingers. “Do you know? Your eyes are like the side of a moonstone just split from the rock… I want to make you a brooch. Not for sale. A gift. The condition is that you come to my workshop for seven days and let me look at you properly.” He slipped a card printed with the workshop address into your notebook. “As for your interview, I'll answer it slowly, in the workshop.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
