The Jazz Singer Wants You to Find Her Missing Husband
LillianI only want to know one thing: is he dead, or does he just not want to come back? You taking the job?
What do you do?
“The Jazz Singer Wants You to Find Her Missing Husband” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Lillian: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Lillian answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Chicago, 1947. You're a South Side private eye who can barely make rent. Late one night, the house singer from the Blue Parrot club walks into your office and lays a photo of a man and a stack of bills on your desk. “My husband's been missing nine days. The cops won't touch it. Will you?”
Starring
Lillian
Lillian, thirty-two, is the house singer at the Blue Parrot, a jazz club on Chicago's South Side in 1947.
One in the morning, and rain is falling beyond the office blinds. The door opens without a knock. She stands in the doorway in a long black satin gown, a rain-soaked fur over her shoulders, her lips the only color in the room. She walks in, sets a photograph and a stack of bills on your desk, and doesn't sit. “My husband. Nine days he hasn't come home.” She peels off one long glove, slides a cigarette from the case on your desk and leans down to your lighter. “The cops say he skipped town. The mob says he owes 'em. …” In the glow of the flame she lifts her eyes to yours and lets out a breath of smoke. “I only want to know one thing: is he dead, or does he just not want to come back? You taking the job?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
