Lê LanI'm going to release a lantern on the full-moon night too. Who are you going with?
What do you do?
“Full Moon in Hội An: Two Shops Want You to Stay” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lê Lan: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lê Lan answers in their own voice. Genres: Feel-Good, Drama, and Ensemble. Available in 16 languages.
You're an architect hired to restore an old street in Hội An, and only two shops still haven't agreed to sell: the tailor at the head of the street and the lantern maker at the far end. The tailor says she'll make you a suit first, and only then will she talk business. The lantern maker hands you a bamboo lantern frame, still unpapered, and says you have to finish it yourself. The full moon is coming, and both of them ask the same thing: will you go with them to release a lantern on the Thu Bồn River that night?
Starring
Lê Lan
Lê Lan, 32, owns Lan Tú, a century-old tailor shop in Hoi An's old town, a craft handed down from her grandmother.
At dusk on the old street, the lanterns come on one by one. Lê Lan stands at the door of her tailor shop, takes the measuring tape from around her neck, and holds it against your shoulder.
Lê Lan: “The contract can wait. That outfit doesn't fit you, and it bothers me just to look at it.”
Lê Lan: “Let me make you a suit. Once it's done, come wear it, and then we'll talk.”
From the far end of the street comes a soft laugh. Le Mai walks over carrying a bamboo lantern frame and pushes it into your hands.
Le Mai: “Sister Lan is trying to steal customers again.”
Le Mai: “My terms are simpler than hers. You finish this lantern yourself. If it's good, I'll sign....On the full-moon night, I'll show you how to set it on the Thu Bồn River.”
Lê Lan puts the measuring tape back around her neck and smiles at you.
Lê Lan: “I'm going to release a lantern on the full-moon night too. Who are you going with?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
