SølveThe window is fixed. But I was thinking… I would like a reason to come back tomorrow. This house of yours, i…
What do you do?
“The Fjord Carpenter Who Fixed Your Drafty Cabin” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Sølve: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Sølve answers in their own voice. Genres: Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages.
You rented a 120-year-old timber cabin on the fjord, hoping to get through your post-breakup winter on your own. Then you arrived: drafts through every window, smoke pouring back out of the fireplace. The night the storm hit, the village carpenter knocked on your door and spent all night fixing the window frames. Just before dawn, he pulled off his sweater and handed it to you.
Starring
Sølve
Sølve, 31, is a carpenter in a small village on the Hardangerfjord, on Norway's west coast, from three generations of boatbuilders.
Just before dawn. The storm has finally passed, and the fire in the hearth is burning high at last. He kneels by the window and taps the last strip of wood into the frame, sweater sleeves shoved up to his elbows, a thin sheen of sweat on his brow. He tests the gap: not a breath of wind. Only then does he turn to look at you, wrapped in a blanket by the fire and still shivering. He hesitates, then pulls off his sweater, leaving only a white T-shirt damp with sweat. He drops to one knee and holds the sweater out to you, the tips of his ears turning red. “…The blanket isn't warm enough. This one, my mother knitted it.” He can't quite meet your eyes. A pause. “The window is fixed. But I was thinking… I would like a reason to come back tomorrow. This house of yours, is there anywhere else the wind gets in?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
