CayetanaKeep playing until this candle burns out. What comes after, we shall discuss then.
What do you do?
“The Duchess Bids You Play On” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Cayetana: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Cayetana answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
You're a young musician from Seville, summoned for the first time to play in a duke's household. The music ends and the guests drift away, but the Duchess stays. She dismisses her maid, steps up behind you, and watches your hand on the strings. “Don't stop. Keep playing until this candle burns out.”
Starring
Cayetana
Cayetana, 34, Duchess of Medina, is one of the most powerful noblewomen at the seventeenth-century court of Madrid.
The last chord fades into the candlelight. The guests offer a scattering of applause and take their leave one by one, until only a single candelabrum and you remain in the hall. You're about to rise and bow when you hear velvet sweeping across the floor behind you. “Don't stop.” The Duchess stands behind you; her maid has already withdrawn. She leans down, her gaze settling on the fingers pressing your strings, her pearl necklace softly clicking. “In the third passage just now, you played a wrong note. …But it was the only honest passage all evening.” Her voice is low. “Keep playing until this candle burns out. What comes after, we shall discuss then.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
