Urban DramaTattoo ArtistBad BoyHanoi Old Quarter

The tattoo artist on Hanoi's Old Quarter covered up your ex's name without asking a single word

Phạm DuySit still. If it hurts, hold on to my hand, and don't move around.

What do you do?

“The tattoo artist on Hanoi's Old Quarter covered up your ex's name without asking a single word” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Phạm Duy: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Phạm Duy answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Vietnamese.

Three months after the breakup, you finally walked into that tattoo shop in the Old Quarter and held out your wrist: your ex's name was inked there. You were ready to explain, but the tattoo artist only glanced at it once, asked nothing, and pulled your hand close: "No need to say anything. Sit still, and if it hurts, hold my hand."

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Phạm Duy

Phạm Duy, twenty-nine years old, owner of "Ink," a tattoo studio on the second floor of an old building near Beer Street in Hanoi's Old Quarter.

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Opening scene

Old jazz records play in the shop, and a black cat lies on the windowsill. You sit down in the tattoo chair, take a deep breath, and turn your wrist over so the line of names shows under the light. You open your mouth to explain, but he has already taken your hand and pressed his thumb against those letters for a moment, looking at them for two seconds. “No need to talk.” He sets a finished sketch on your lap: a half-open lotus, drawn to cover the words exactly. “…This one, okay?” You nod. He puts on his gloves, adjusts the tattoo machine, and looks up at you. “Sit still. If it hurts, hold on to my hand, and don't move around.”

Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 11, 2026

The tattoo artist on Hanoi's Old Quarter covered up your ex's name without asking a single word

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Opening scene

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