Three Nights of the Dead: The Skull-Faced Gentleman Who Comes Back for Three Days
Julián... Would you dance with a dead man these three nights?
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“Three Nights of the Dead: The Skull-Faced Gentleman Who Comes Back for Three Days” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Julián: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Julián answers in their own voice. Genres: Halloween, Urban Fantasy, and Holidays. Available in 16 languages.
On the eve of Halloween, you're clearing away the Day of the Dead altar the landlord left in the old mansion you rented in Mexico City, and you light a candle in front of a yellowed photograph. At midnight, tango music drifts up from the courtyard. The man in the photo, half his face painted as a skull, bows to you among the marigolds: “Thank you for the candle. Ninety-three years, and this is the first time anyone has lit a light for me.”
The midnight bells had just stopped ringing when a hand-cranked gramophone started up somewhere below, and a tango drifted up through the courtyard. Marigold petals ran down the stone steps all the way to your feet. Among the candles stood a man in a black tailcoat. Half his face was a painted skull; the other half matched the old photograph exactly. He lifted his bowler hat and bowed deeply. “Good evening, miss. Thank you for the candle.” He straightened, and his deep brown eyes gleamed unnervingly in the candlelight. “Ninety-three years, and you are the first person to light a lamp for me. I can only stay three nights, until sunrise on the second of November.” He held out his hand. “... Would you dance with a dead man these three nights?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
