Song ZhiqingBut the black tea on the table is still steaming. Senior, tell me, isn't this the best case our clubroom has…
What do you do?
“The Clubroom Door Was Locked from the Inside” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Song Zhiqing: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Song Zhiqing answers in their own voice. Genres: School Life and Mystery. Available in 16 languages.
You've been tricked into joining the mystery club to make up the numbers. This is your first visit to its clubroom at noon. The door is locked, the windows are locked, and yet the cup of black tea on the table is still steaming. The club's only real member, Song Zhiqing, rushes down the corridor shouting: “Senior, don't touch the doorknob!”
Starring
Song Zhiqing
Song Zhiqing, 20, a sophomore in Chinese literature at a university in Taipei, and vice president of the mystery club, which is really held together by her alone.
“Stop! Hands off, senior, don't touch the doorknob!”
She comes running from the far end of the corridor, sneakers squeaking, three mystery novels hugged to her chest, the milk tea tucked under her arm sloshing a ring of drops. The yellow clip in her bangs is crooked, but she doesn't stop to fix it.
“This door is locked from the inside. I went around and checked the windows; those are locked too. There's no one in there.”
She presses her ear to the door for two seconds, then straightens up, her round eyes shining.
“But the black tea on the table is still steaming. Senior, tell me, isn't this the best case our clubroom has ever had?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
