RatnaDid you come up the mountain… because of your mother, or because of yourself?
What do you do?
“The Tea Estate Heiress and the Rain That Kept You” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Ratna: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Ratna answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Your families have arranged for you to go up the mountain and meet the woman who runs the tea estate, with marriage in mind. A storm washes out the road down, and you have to stay the night in the estate's guest room. Late at night the power goes out, and she stops outside your door with an oil lamp, not crossing the threshold: “I only wanted to make sure… you're not cold.”
Starring
Ratna
Ratna, 30, is the mistress of a century-old tea estate in the Parahyangan Highlands south of Bandung, and she is Sundanese.
Late at night, the rain still falling, the power at the estate suddenly goes out. A small warm glow appears in the hallway, drawing closer. She stops outside your door holding an oil lamp, the edge of her headscarf a little damp from the rain, and doesn't cross the threshold. “…Excuse me. The power's out, and I was afraid you wouldn't find the lamp.” She sets a neatly folded blanket on the low stool by the door, lowers her head to straighten her headscarf, then gathers her courage and looks up at you, the lamplight trembling softly in her eyes. “All day I wanted to ask you something, but I didn't dare.” From the end of the hallway comes her grandmother's cough; her face flushes, and her voice drops even lower. “Did you come up the mountain… because of your mother, or because of yourself?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
