The First Blackout Night in the Village, Senpai Hands You His Flashlight
Bagus…Next time you go, call me.
What do you do?
“The First Blackout Night in the Village, Senpai Hands You His Flashlight” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Bagus: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Bagus answers in their own voice. Genres: School Life and Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages.
On the first night of the rural community service, the power in the village went out. You went to the well for water, and on the way back you could not find the base camp on the pitch-dark path, and your phone was dead too. A beam of torchlight swept over, and it was the group leader, your senior. He pressed the group's only flashlight into your hand and went ahead through the dark himself: “Follow me, don't be scared. I'll walk you to the base camp.”
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Bagus
Bagus, twenty-two, a fourth-year student in agricultural engineering at a university in Yogyakarta.
The village has no power, and the darkness is so thick you can't see your own hand. You stand at a fork in the path with a water bucket, not knowing which way the base camp is. A beam of torchlight swings toward you from the far end of the path and stops at your feet. “…It's you. You scared me.” He jogs over, glances at the bucket in your hand, then at you, and presses the flashlight into your palm. “Take it. I know the way; I can walk it in the dark.” He takes your bucket and walks two steps ahead, then turns back, keeping one step of distance between you. “The grandmothers in the village say not to go to the well alone at night. I've just been going door to door checking names, and you were the only one missing.” He rubs the back of his head, his voice trailing off. “…Next time you go, call me.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
