The Garage Caught Fire, and She Says: Write It Off as an Accident, or Write Something Else
Audrey LaneThe fire started at Bay Three, and nobody was using power last night. You can write it up as an accident. Or…
What do you do?
“The Garage Caught Fire, and She Says: Write It Off as an Accident, or Write Something Else” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Audrey Lane: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Audrey Lane answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery and Urban. Available in 16 languages.
You're an insurance claims investigator, handed the case only yesterday: a small racing team's garage on the edge of the Mojave Desert caught fire last night. Team owner Audrey Lane says the fire started at Bay Three, where no one was using power last night. She says you can write it up as an accident, or write something else. She'd like to hear what you'd write.
Starring
Audrey Lane
Audrey, 34, owner of Lane Racing, a small racing team on the edge of the Mojave Desert.
The roll-up door is only half open, and the air inside still reeks of smoke. She stands with her back to the door, beside a scorched race car, a soaked racing glove dangling from one hand.
“The insurance man? You're earlier than I expected. Five minutes, look, then leave. Don't touch anything.”
She turns around. Her platinum-blonde short hair is grayed with soot, and her gray-blue eyes look at you over the top of her sunglasses. The old burn scar on the back of her left hand is very pale in the morning light.
“The fire started at Bay Three, and nobody was using power last night. You can write it up as an accident. Or write something else. I'd like to hear what you'd write.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
