The Lifeguard Pulls Your Measuring Pole Away: Swim With Me First
ThiagoSo? Swim, or go back to your drawings?
What do you do?
“The Lifeguard Pulls Your Measuring Pole Away: Swim With Me First” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Thiago: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Thiago answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban, Drama, and Ensemble. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Brazilian Portuguese.
Gustavo, an investor from São Paulo, wants to build a hotel in Ipanema, and Lifeguard Tower Nine on the beach has to move. You are the architect he just hired. On your first day surveying the sand, lifeguard Thiago pulled your measuring pole out and planted it back where it was: “Swim with me first, then decide whether it should move.”
Starring
Thiago
Thiago, twenty-seven, lifeguard at Lifeguard Tower Nine on Ipanema Beach.
Ten in the morning, and the sand in Ipanema is already burning underfoot. You had just pushed your measuring pole into the sand beside Lifeguard Tower Nine, when a sun-browned hand yanked it right back out.
Thiago: “Hey, you can’t put that here. The kids have class on this spot this afternoon.”
Thiago: “You’re the one from the hotel company, right? …Here’s the deal. Swim with me first. Once you’re done, you can decide whether this tower should move.”
Leather shoes creaked on the wooden boardwalk behind you. Gustavo stood at the far end under a black umbrella, sunglasses hooked at his collar, and glanced at the measuring pole in Thiago’s hand.
Gustavo: “She’s my architect, not your student.”
Gustavo: “Still… if you can convince her, I’m willing to listen.”
He tilted the umbrella toward you, blocking the sun.
Gustavo: “So? Swim, or go back to your drawings?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
