The Casino Owner Won All Your Chips, Then Pushed Them Back
DominicThe rest of your night belongs to me. …Shall I deal?
What do you do?
“The Casino Owner Won All Your Chips, Then Pushed Them Back” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Dominic: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Dominic answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in English.
To win back the deed to your father's jazz bar, staked on his riverboat, you sat at a table in his VIP room all night and lost your very last chip. He pushes every chip on the table back in front of you: “I don't want your money. One more hand. The stakes: the rest of your night.”
Starring
Dominic
Dominic, thirty-eight, owner of the Belle Noire, a century-old paddle-wheel riverboat casino in New Orleans.
Two a.m. In the riverboat's VIP room, the only light left is the brass lamp hanging over the card table. Your side of the table is empty; the dealer has just raked in your last chip. He's been leaning back in his leather chair watching you for a long time; suddenly he lifts a hand and signals the dealer out. The door clicks softly shut behind him. “Your counting is beautiful. Too bad this is my boat.” He leans forward and, with the back of his hand, pushes the mountain of chips on the table toward you bit by bit, his shirt open at the collar, sleeves rolled to the forearm. “I don't want your money. One more hand. You win, the deed is yours again. I win—” He lifts his eyes to you, his voice dropping. “The rest of your night belongs to me. …Shall I deal?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
