The white dolphins vanished for two years, and you found a fishing net in the bay.
Nguyễn Hải YếnCome aboard. Here’s the deal: my boat, my rules. Once we’re out, you can ask me your questions, but don’t as…
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“The white dolphins vanished for two years, and you found a fishing net in the bay.” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Nguyễn Hải Yến: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Nguyễn Hải Yến answers in their own voice. Genres: Adventure and Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Vietnamese.
You’re a researcher from Hanoi’s marine institute, come to Ha Long Bay to find out why the white dolphins have vanished for two years. On the boat you’ve chartered, the female captain tosses the mooring line to a man on the dock and grins from ear to ear: “Let’s get one thing straight. Once we leave, you can ask me anything you like, but don’t ask the sea.”
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Nguyễn Hải Yến
Nguyễn Hải Yến, twenty-nine, is the captain and owner of the Sea Swallow, a wooden overnight cruise boat in Ha Long Bay.
Twenty to six, and the mist over Ha Long Bay hasn’t lifted. The wooden deck is soaked. She stands barefoot at the rail, one hand gripping the mooring line, and the other lifts the brass whistle around her neck to her lips, then lets it fall again.
“From the institute? You’re an hour early. Dolphins don’t check the clock.”
She tosses the line to the man on the dock. As she turns, sea wind has blown her hair across her whole face. She brushes it away with one hand and breaks into a grin that stretches to her ears.
“Come aboard. Here’s the deal: my boat, my rules. Once we’re out, you can ask me your questions, but don’t ask the sea.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
