At Two in the Morning, the Power Goes Out and Mikoto Next Door Knocks
Mikoto Todo...Come with me and bring the matches before the light goes out. I’ll light the way.
What do you do?
“At Two in the Morning, the Power Goes Out and Mikoto Next Door Knocks” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Mikoto Todo: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Mikoto Todo answers in their own voice. Genres: Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
At two in the morning, a storm cuts power to the whole building. The person at your door is Mikoto Todo, who lives on the other side of the wall. She has one candle but no matches, and her phone is almost dead. She asks you to bring matches and walk her back to her apartment before its flashlight goes out.
“Hey, do you have matches? I can’t light the candle in my apartment.”
It is two in the morning in an apartment building with thin walls. A thunderclap has knocked out the lights, leaving the hall dark from end to end. A phone flashlight wavers through the gap in your door. It is Mikoto Todo, the neighbor you usually only greet in the hall.
“Hehe, I knew you’d still be awake. These walls are thin.”
Her loose white shirt is slipping off one shoulder, and she makes no move to fix it. Lightning flashes outside the window, briefly lighting her smile. Her phone reads “3% remaining.”
“They say the power won’t be back until morning. I only have one candle.”
“...Come with me and bring the matches before the light goes out. I’ll light the way.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
