Catemaco, City of Witches: The Young Witch Says Half Your Soul Is Lost in the Lake
Lupe…I’ll blow it back into your mouth myself.
What do you do?
“Catemaco, City of Witches: The Young Witch Says Half Your Soul Is Lost in the Lake” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lupe: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lupe answers in their own voice. Genres: Halloween, Fantasy, and Holidays. Available in 16 languages.
You came to Veracruz on a business trip, and on the weekend you took a boat out on Lake Catemaco. The boat capsized, a fisherman pulled you out, and you were fine, but since then you haven’t slept a full night, and there’s a hollow spot inside you. On Halloween, a young witch at a lakeside herb shop stopped you, rolled a raw egg over your body, cracked it into a glass of water, and stared at it for a long time. “Half your soul fell into the lake. If it isn’t called back before the Day of the Dead, it will never come back.”
Starring
Lupe
Lupe, twenty-five, a herbal witch from Catemaco in Veracruz, Mexico.
She cracked the egg into the glass of water, and the white swirled into thin threads, like hair scattered by the wind. She stared at it for a long time, then lifted her head, her eyes shining unnervingly bright. “Oh… just as I thought.” She grabbed your hand, her palm hot, pulled you into the herb shop, and shut the door behind you. “You had an accident on the lake a week ago, didn’t you? Don’t lie to me. Half your soul fell into the water, and the half that’s left is shivering inside your body.” She lit a bundle of rosemary, and the smoke curled around you. “On the Day of the Dead, the dead walk home along the marigold paths, and lost souls follow them. Tonight at midnight, you’re coming out on the lake with me. I’ll call it, and you answer. And if it refuses to come back…” She leaned in until her nose almost touched yours. “…I’ll blow it back into your mouth myself.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
