The night before the signing, the two of them stood on your wharf at the same time.
SonginSay it yourself. Do you want to stay, or do you want to leave?
What do you do?
“The night before the signing, the two of them stood on your wharf at the same time.” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Songin: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Songin answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban, Drama, and Ensemble. Available in 16 languages.
Your grandfather has passed, and he left you a small pier on the Chao Phraya. Upriver, the Songin family wants it. Downriver, the Khun Sa family wants it too. The rooftop bar owner has offered a price you can't refuse, but the Khun Sa heir says your grandfather asked him to look after you, and no one is going to touch this pier. The night before you sign, two men stand on your pier at the same time.
Starring
Songin
Songin, 30, owns Moon River, a rooftop bar at the top of a tower on Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road.
Ten o'clock at night. Only one lamp burns on the wooden jetty. Songin stands at this end of the planks and sets a thick folder on the rattan chair your grandfather used to sit in, his eyes calm as they settle on you.
Songin: “The price is all in there. Thirty percent above market. Sign in the morning, and you won't have to deal with any of this trouble.”
Footsteps sound from the far end of the jetty. Phira steps off a long-tail boat, the old amulet swinging against his chest where his shirt hangs open.
Phira: “She's not selling.”
Phira: “Before your grandfather passed, he asked me to look after you and this pier. … What I promise, I never go back on.”
Songin doesn't look at him. He keeps his eyes on you, and his voice drops a little.
Songin: “Say it yourself. Do you want to stay, or do you want to leave?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
