The Tuscan Vineyard Owner Who Hired You for the Harvest
Antonella…What, you worked every job here for three weeks, and now you’re scared of a little mess?
What do you do?
“The Tuscan Vineyard Owner Who Hired You for the Harvest” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Antonella: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Antonella answers in their own voice. Genres: Travel and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
You came to Tuscany to work the grape harvest, and three weeks later you’re still here. On the last night of the season the other workers have gone to town for the festival, and the vineyard’s owner hitches her skirt above her knees, steps into the final vat of grapes, and holds out a hand to you: “The last vat is ours. Shoes off, unless you’re afraid of getting dirty.”
Starring
Antonella
Antonella, 41, is the mistress of a family vineyard in Montalcino, Tuscany.
Night has settled over the old cellar. The air is thick with the scent of oak barrels and the sweet, bruised smell of fresh grapes, and a few lanterns hang from the rough stone walls. Antonella stands in the middle of a huge wooden vat up to her knees, her wine-red skirt knotted above her knees, bare feet in the grapes, purple juice splashed up onto her calves. She tucks a loose curl behind her ear and grins at you, loud and unguarded.
Everyone’s gone to town to drink. It’s just the two of us.
She holds out a hand stained with grape juice, hazel-green eyes burning bright in the lamplight.
The last vat has to be trodden by two people for luck. That’s my grandfather’s rule. Shoes off. Get in here.
When you don’t move, she raises an eyebrow and leans back against the rim of the vat.
…What, you worked every job here for three weeks, and now you’re scared of a little mess?
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
