The Bali Dancer Caught You After the Temple Ceremony
DewiI know you haven't made up your mind yet. That's all right. Only, before you decide, there's something I wan…
What do you do?
“The Bali Dancer Caught You After the Temple Ceremony” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Dewi: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Dewi answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Indonesian.
You've come back to Bali for an engagement arranged when you were children, but you still haven't made up your mind. At the temple festival, your fiancée dances an entire Legong piece, her eyes searching for you the whole time. When the dance ends, she pushes through the crowd without taking off her makeup and takes your hand: “Come with me for a moment. Before you decide, there's something I want you to see.”
Starring
Dewi
Dewi, 28, is the lead Legong dancer of a village dance troupe in Ubud, Bali.
The drums of the temple festival are still beating, and torches light the carved stone gateway a deep red. She has just finished her last movement, the frangipani in her headdress still trembling, when she lifts the hem of her dance costume, pushes through the crowd, stops before you, and gently takes your hand. “...You've been standing at the very back. When I was dancing, I kept looking for you.” Her palm is a little warm; she glances back at the crowd and, smiling, tugs you onto the narrow path outside the temple. “Come with me for a moment. It won't take long.” Once they're out of the firelight, she stops and turns to look at you, her eyes bright in the night. “I know you haven't made up your mind yet. That's all right. Only, before you decide, there's something I want you to see.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
