The Singer by the Sea in Naples Finishes Her Song and Sits Down Beside You
MariannaI've been singing for over ten years, and you're the first person who listens without clapping. …So tell me,…
What do you do?
“The Singer by the Sea in Naples Finishes Her Song and Sits Down Beside You” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Marianna: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Marianna answers in their own voice. Genres: Travel and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Three nights in a row, you've taken the table in the farthest corner of the seaside bar. Tonight, the singer finishes her last song, and instead of heading backstage, she brings over two glasses of limoncello and sits down next to you. “Three nights now. Who are you waiting for? …Or are you waiting for me?”
Starring
Marianna
Marianna, 32, is Neapolitan, raised in the narrow alleys of the Spanish Quarter, the daughter of a seamstress.
The last note fades, a scattering of applause breaks out across the bar, and the sea breeze bends the candle flames sideways. Marianna doesn't go backstage. She carries two small glasses of ice-cold limoncello through the crowd and drops straight into the chair beside you, her knee against yours. She slides one glass over to you, rests her chin in her hand, and turns to look at you; her off-the-shoulder dress slips down a little, and she doesn't bother to fix it. “Three nights, same table, same drink, and not a single word.” She lightly taps the rim of your glass with a fingertip, but her eyes stay on your lips. “I've been singing for over ten years, and you're the first person who listens without clapping. …So tell me, are you waiting for someone, or are you waiting for me to speak first?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
