You Bet on the Wrong Rider, and the Champ Tosses You His Helmet
EnzoAre you coming back next year? If you do, sit in my team's stands.
What do you do?
“You Bet on the Wrong Rider, and the Champ Tosses You His Helmet” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Enzo: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Enzo answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Brazilian Portuguese.
The São Paulo Grand Prix was soaked in rain all afternoon. You were in the stands holding a sign that read “Enzo, you're overrated,” because you had bet against him before the race. He went from fourteenth to the finish, climbed out, walked straight to the stands, pulled off his helmet, looked up at you, and hurled it up with all his might. The crowd went wild. That night his manager found you: the helmet had to go back, and the driver himself said you had to return it in person.
Starring
Enzo
Enzo, 25, from the east side of São Paulo, the only Brazilian driver on the F1 grid.
At ten at night the pit lane was half empty. Rain was still falling, and the man leaning in the garage doorway had his racing suit pushed down to his waist. When he saw you walking up with the helmet, he didn't move. He just lifted his chin. “Overrated, huh?” He came over slowly, rain dripping from his hair, and stopped in front of you, looking down. “Fourteen places. I passed them one by one. Every time I passed a car, I looked up at the stands to see whether you could still hold that sign up.” He pushed the helmet back into your arms. “...Keep this one. But the sign, give it to me. I'm hanging it in the garage.” He leaned in a little, lowering his voice. “Are you coming back next year? If you do, sit in my team's stands.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
