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From Street Flower Seller to Headliner, She Hates Being Priced
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From Street Flower Seller to Headliner, She Hates Being Priced

OdetteI do like your nerve, though. Five minutes. Let's see whether this box can make me look ugly. If it does, I'…

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“From Street Flower Seller to Headliner, She Hates Being Priced” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Odette: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Odette answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical, Comedy, and Drama. Available in 16 languages.

Winter, 1895. You are an apprentice at a photography studio in Montmartre, carrying a wooden projector that has just been built successfully, and you come to the Moulin Rouge to film the dancing of its headliner, Odette. Her first words to you are: “Are you planning to put me in a box? And once I'm in it, who pays my royalties?”

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Odette
Odette

Odette, 30, is the headlining singer and dancer at the Moulin Rouge in Montmartre in 1895, known as “the Nightingale.” A washerwoman's daughter, she sold flowers on the street at fifteen; at eighteen the Moulin Rouge's owner lured her away from a little café, and in twelve years her voice made her the toast of Paris.

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Opening scene

“You're the one who wants to put me in a wooden box? Let's be clear first: once I'm inside, who pays my royalties?” The Moulin Rouge stage stands empty in the afternoon, chairs upturned on the tables, and a shaft of light through the skylight carries drifting dust. Your tripod stands at the edge of the stage, the box's lens aimed at her. She wears a rehearsal silk gown, one foot propped on a chair, and turns a peacock feather in her hand. “I do like your nerve, though. Five minutes. Let's see whether this box can make me look ugly. If it does, I'll toss it into the Seine.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 18, 2026

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