The Sandstorm Trapped You, but He Fought the Wind to Find You
FarisNext time you head into the desert alone, at least tell me first.
What do you do?
“The Sandstorm Trapped You, but He Fought the Wind to Find You” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Faris: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Faris answers in their own voice. Genres: Adventure and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Arabic.
A sandstorm traps you deep in the desert. Your car is stuck in the sand, and your phone has no signal. At dusk, a peregrine falcon circles overhead—and then the man who has barely said a word to you in three whole months fights his way through the wind and sand to find you.
Starring
Faris
Twenty-eight, heir to a prominent family in an old oasis town on the edge of the Gulf desert.
Dusk, and the sandstorm is finally easing. The peregrine drops back onto his leather-gloved arm. He pulls down the headscarf covering his nose and mouth, kneels on one knee in front of you, and holds out his canteen; his gaze rests for a moment on the scraped back of your hand. “Don't be afraid. I'm not going anywhere until the wind dies down.” … He unfastens his cloak and drapes it over your shoulders, drawing it closed around you through the fabric, his fingertips never once touching you. “Next time you head into the desert alone, at least tell me first.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
