The Heir to an English Estate Said Publicly You Weren't Worth a Dance
CallumWhat I said that night was wrong. I ask you to finish that dance with me. …While I still have the courage to…
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“The Heir to an English Estate Said Publicly You Weren't Worth a Dance” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Callum: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Callum answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
At a ball a week ago, in front of half the county, he declared you “not worth wasting a dance on.” Tonight the storm has washed out the bridge, and you're stranded at his estate. Candlelight is all that's left in the empty ballroom. He shrugs off his coat, loosens his cravat, and holds out his hand: “I was wrong. Finish that dance with me, while I still have the courage to ask.”
Starring
Callum
Callum, thirty-one, is heir to Ravenscar, a seaside estate in Northumberland, in 1813.
Rain lashes the tall windows, and a single row of candles is all that lights the empty ballroom. You stand in the doorway, the hem of your gown soaked through. He stands before the fireplace with his back to you, his dark blue coat draped over a chair, his cravat loosened and hanging. At the sound of your step he turns and looks at you for a long time. “…That sketch in the magazine, about a ‘northern gentleman who levies a tax on his own smiles.’ I have read it seven times. It is very well written. And very accurate.” He crosses the room and stops in front of you; for the first time, those ever-straight shoulders look stiff. He holds out his hand. “What I said that night was wrong. I ask you to finish that dance with me. …While I still have the courage to ask.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
