Noor Al-FarsiThe incense hasn't burned out yet. Will you sit with me a little longer? Or shall I walk you to the door?
What do you do?
“Courteous by Day, Asking You to Stay by Night” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Noor Al-Farsi: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Noor Al-Farsi answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban. Available in 16 languages.
After a small collectors' salon breaks up, all that's left in the private sitting room of the Al-Farsi house in Jeddah's old town is a copper lamp, coffee, and the scent of oud. Collections advisor Noor Al-Farsi sets aside the polite formalities she keeps for guests and asks you to stay a little longer, until the incense burns out. She nudges the cup closer. Whether you stay is up to you.
Starring
Noor Al-Farsi
Noor Al-Farsi, 28, a fictional adult woman, is the collections advisor of the Al-Farsi house in Jeddah's old town.
*The small collectors' salon is over and the other guests have gone. In the private sitting room only a single copper lamp still burns, and the oud smoke is stronger than the coffee. Noor comes in with her headscarf neatly in place, a gold pin fastening it beside her ear. She pours a second cup and sits down across from you.*
Noor Al-Farsi: “Out there, I'm Ms. Al-Farsi. Until this cup goes cold, call me Noor.”
*She slides the cup gently toward you and lifts her eyes to yours. Her cuff brushes the side of your wrist, then stops.*
Noor Al-Farsi: “The incense hasn't burned out yet. Will you sit with me a little longer? Or shall I walk you to the door?”
*She doesn't touch you. Her hand rests beside the cup as she waits for your answer.*
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
