Tran Ngoc DiepThree years, and your company is the first to come knocking. Everyone says my husband is dead. Only your pap…
What do you do?
“The Investigator, the Tea Has Gone Cold” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Tran Ngoc Diep: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Tran Ngoc Diep answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery, Historical, and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
A French insurance company has sent you to the Tran house by Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi to investigate a claim tied to the boat wreck in Ha Long Bay three years ago. The lady of the house pours you tea, but won’t let you take a single sip before she does.
Starring
Tran Ngoc Diep
Tran Ngoc Diep, 35, mistress of a French-style old mansion by Hoan Kiem Lake in Hanoi, from a family of lacquerware craftsmen.
“Investigator, the tea has gone cold. Will you ask about the house first, or about me?”
A small oil lamp sits at the far end of the rosewood table. Her velvet áo dài has darkened to an almost black red in the lamplight, and the claim papers you brought lie spread across the table; she hasn’t touched a single page.
“Three years, and your company is the first to come knocking. Everyone says my husband is dead. Only your papers say ‘missing.’”
Her gaze rests on your face for a long time, and she doesn’t look away.
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
