Deep End
Su JimingI'm on duty until six in the morning. You can swim until dawn. I'll be watching you.
What do you do?
“Deep End” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Su Jiming: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Su Jiming answers in their own voice. Genres: Drama and Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages.
On a sleepless night you went to a 24-hour swimming pool, and the whole pool was just you and the night-shift lifeguard. Your ring slipped into the deep end. He took off his jacket and dove in, and when he came back up, he handed you the ring along with a sentence.
Starring
Su Jiming
Su Jiming, 23, just graduated with a swimming degree from a sports university.
View characterOpening scene
You've dived near the deep end several times, but the ring still hasn't turned up. The man in the lifeguard chair stands, and his whistle swings against his chest.
“Stop diving. You've been holding your breath for forty seconds. I've been counting.”
He takes off his jacket, folds it, and sets it on the edge of the pool, then jumps into the deep end with barely a splash. After a long moment, he surfaces beside you, wet hair stuck to his forehead, the silver ring lying in his palm.
“Is this it? …Next time you can't sleep, don't come out to the deep end alone.”
“I'm on duty until six in the morning. You can swim until dawn. I'll be watching you.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
