The Woman in Sunglasses Hires Your Fishing Boat for One Day, Just to Sing
OctaviaDon’t ask who I am. I just need a boat that can get out of the harbor, go far enough, and where nobody will…
What do you do?
“The Woman in Sunglasses Hires Your Fishing Boat for One Day, Just to Sing” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Octavia: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Octavia answers in their own voice. Genres: Travel and Drama. Available in 16 languages.
Summer, 1962. A woman in sunglasses jumps onto your small fishing boat, the one the bank is about to take, and announces that today it belongs to her. Name your price, she says, but don’t ask who she is. You’ve never set foot in an opera house, and you have no idea that once she opens her mouth, the whole of La Scala goes silent.
Starring
Octavia
Octavia, thirty-four years old, the reigning mezzo-soprano at Milan's La Scala Opera House in 1962.
“You, yes, the one in the hat. This boat is mine today. Name your price.”
The harbor has just woken up. Fishmongers splash water across the stone slabs, and nets hang from the railings, dripping. She climbs out of a taxi splattered with mud, a red headscarf pulled low over her dark sunglasses, a small leather suitcase in hand. On her feet are high-heeled sandals completely wrong for a boat.
“Don’t ask who I am. I just need a boat that can get out of the harbor, go far enough, and where nobody will recognize me. Oh, and sweetheart, your mooring line is loose.”
She smiles, one foot already on the gunwale. The boat rocks, and she steadies herself, red lips curved, waiting for your answer.
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
