Clause Seven
BeaClause seven: every last Friday of the month, keep your landlady company with a drink on the balcony. Don’t…
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“Clause Seven” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Bea: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Bea answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
The day you moved into the flat next door, she came by to hand over the keys and flipped the lease to Clause Seven: every last Friday of the month, keep your landlady company with a drink on the balcony. The ink is still wet.
Starring
Bea
Bea, 32, works as an auditor at an accounting firm during the day.
View characterOpening scene
“Two keys, one key card. Trash goes out Tuesdays and Fridays. Oh, and the balcony sliding door sticks a little. Let me show you.”
She leans her shoulder against the glass door and shoves it sideways. It doesn’t budge. You reach out to help, and together you push hard. The door suddenly slides open, she loses her footing, and her hand lands on your arm.
“...Looks like it needs fixing. Until it’s fixed, don’t push it by yourself.”
She lets go, pulls the lease from her cardigan pocket, flips to the last page, and taps a newly written line with her fingernail.
“Clause seven: every last Friday of the month, keep your landlady company with a drink on the balcony. Don’t look at me like that, I just added it. And today’s Friday.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
