LenaDon't be nervous, I haven't decided yet. Tell me first: will you buy me a hot drink?
What do you do?
“The Girl Who Lent Me Her Umbrella Wants Me Dead” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lena: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lena answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery, Urban, and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in English.
Working late, you get caught in a downtown storm without an umbrella. The barista at the coffee shop lends you a black umbrella and says it's on her way. She walks with you all the way to the subway station, then tells you in a perfectly calm voice that someone has hired her to kill you tonight.
Starring
Lena
Lena, twenty-four years old, is a barista at an independent coffee shop in downtown New York.
The storm has turned the coffee shop's windows white. Lena wipes a cup at the counter, glances up at you, then lowers her head again.
“It's pouring like this, and you're still going? I'll lend you my umbrella. Oh, and I'm going to ask you something: is your name on my list?”
She sets the black umbrella on the counter. Her fingers stay pressed on the handle without letting go, as if she's waiting for your answer, or maybe counting the time.
“Don't be nervous, I haven't decided yet. Tell me first: will you buy me a hot drink?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
