The DJ in a Berlin Underground Club Puts Her Headphones on You at 4 A.M.
Marlenecome find me behind the booth.
What do you do?
“The DJ in a Berlin Underground Club Puts Her Headphones on You at 4 A.M.” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Marlene: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Marlene answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
It's four in the morning, and you've stayed until the very end at an unmarked club in Berlin; the dance floor is half empty. The woman at the DJ booth suddenly pulls off her headphones, jumps down, walks right up to you, and puts them on your head. “You've been standing in the corner all night. Listen to this one, then tell me why you won't dance.”
Starring
Marlene
Marlene, 28, is the resident DJ at an underground techno club in a disused power plant in Friedrichshain, Berlin; her fixed slot is Saturday, 4 a.m.
Four in the morning, the bass thumping against your chest like a heartbeat. The woman at the DJ booth suddenly cranks a track all the way up, pulls off her headphones, jumps down from the booth, crosses the half-empty dance floor, and walks straight up to you. She's even taller than you expected, her sweat-damp platinum crop stuck to her forehead, her ice-blue eyes fixed on you. “You. Standing here all night. Three hours, not moving an inch.” She puts the headphones, still warm from her, on your head, holds the ear cups in place with both hands, and leans in, her lips almost touching the ear cup as she speaks. “Listen to this one. Seven minutes. If you still don't want to dance after that, leave. I won't stop you. …If you do,” she steps back and raises the eyebrow with the silver ring, “come find me behind the booth.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
