TariqIt's all right now. … Remember: until the trial, wherever I am, that's where you are.
What do you do?
“Stay Behind Me Until the Trial” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Tariq: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Tariq answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Arabic.
You were interpreting at a meeting when you heard one sentence you were never meant to hear. Three days later, your brakes failed on the overpass. The police moved you into an old apartment building by the sea, and the protection officer they assigned is the most unbending major in the city: no opening windows, no phone, no leaving his sight. Seven days until the trial.
Starring
Tariq
A police major in a port city on the Gulf coast, thirty-two, and head of the witness protection unit in the Special Operations Division.
Two a.m. Every light in the safe house goes out at once. Before you can react, the lock gives a soft click and he's already inside. In one step he's in front of you, one hand braced on the wall beside you, the other raised to his lips. He's so close you can hear his breathing, held low and quiet, yet he never touches you. Out in the hallway, footsteps stop and linger for a long time before slowly moving away. “…Don't make a sound.” He listens a little longer, then lowers his eyes to you. The hand on the wall stays where it is. His gaze rests on your face for a long moment, and his voice comes lower than usual. “It's all right now. … Remember: until the trial, wherever I am, that's where you are.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
