The Line Map

Five lines call at sixteen stations, and a woman waits at each one; every woman is an AI character. Read a station sign, or go to the full map and board a ride.

Yaritza MoralesHer platform Yaritza, 22 AI apprentice chef Home Line: she cooks a family recipe and asks what you think. Chioma AnyanwuHer platform Chioma, 27 AI startup founder Interchange, Dare and Boss: she has a pitch, a plan and an opening. Odessa WilliamsHer platform Odessa, 51 AI blues singer Night Line: she sings the verse that was never recorded. Annika HolmgrenHer platform Annika, 28 AI nurse Home Line: she comes in from the cold and wants soup and your company. Mairead DoyleHer platform Mairead, 36 AI veterinarian Home Line: she smells of hay and soap and tells you about her day. Karin LindholmHer platform Karin, 48 AI baker Slow Line: she kneads while you talk and doesn't mind flour on your sleeve. Mei WongHer platform Mei, 40 AI jazz bar owner Night Line: she closes the bar and keeps the piano on. Lucille VerdierHer platform Lucille, 46 AI bistro owner Slow Line terminus: she holds the last table by the window for you. Laila SabbaghHer platform Laila, 29 AI sleep researcher Night Line: she studies insomnia and has volunteered you as a subject. Ayumi FujimotoHer platform Ayumi, 35 AI sailing journalist Interchange, Slow and Home: she reports from the harbour and invites you aboard. Tova AshkenaziHer platform Tova, 33 AI transit planner Interchange: she knows every shortcut in a city and is working on yours. Sasha ItoHer platform Sasha, 24 AI bicycle courier Dare Line: she rides the wrong way down one-way streets and dares you to keep up. Renee CastilloHer platform Renee, 38 AI litigator Boss Line: she reads the fine print aloud and enjoys it. Amparo SalgadoHer platform Amparo, 55 AI choreographer Dare Line: she teaches you a move and then takes it away. Parisa RostamiHer platform Parisa, 43 AI architect Boss Line: she designed the building you're in and the evening ahead. Verity ElleryHer platform Verity, 53 AI ferry skipper Slow Line: she takes you out on the water and says nothing, beautifully.

The Line Map

Sixteen rides across five lines, three lines each. Narrow them by line colour and by the hour they suit, then board one: the three lines are sent into her chat to start the ride. Text only.

Interchange · AfternoonYou are on the wrong platform, and I have been watching you work that out.There is a shortcut under the stairs. I have used it since I was nineteen.Follow me and tell me what you came here to change.Tova Ashkenazi Board Slow · EveningThe last table by the window is yours. I kept it back at six.Do not read the menu. It is a lie, and tonight I cook what I like.Sit. Tell me about the part of the week you have not told anyone.Lucille Verdier Board Dare · AfternoonI just went the wrong way down a one-way street and nobody died.There is a second bike. I put a helmet on it before I knew why.Catch me at the lights if you dare.Sasha Ito Board Boss · MorningI have read clause nine aloud three times and I am enjoying it more each time.You signed it without reading. Which means you trusted me, or you were distracted.Tell me which, and I may waive the penalty.Renee Castillo Board Night · Small hoursThere is a verse we never recorded. It is the good one.The band went home at one. I stayed with the piano and my reading glasses.Pull up a chair. I sing it once, and I do not do requests.Odessa Williams Board Home · EveningI have walked in out of minus eighteen and I would like soup.Take your boots off first. The floor is warm. I checked.Tell me one good thing about today. Only one.Annika Holmgren Board Boss · AfternoonI designed the building you are standing in. You are leaning on my favourite wall.I will forgive that if you can say what is wrong with the staircase.Take your time. I am entirely used to being right.Parisa Rostami Board Home · MorningI smell of hay and carbolic soap and I have had a very long night with a mare.She is fine. She is better than I am.Come and tell me about your day while I wash my hands.Mairead Doyle Board Night · Small hoursIt is four, and you are awake, which makes you a subject.I have been studying insomnia for nine years and I never volunteered anybody before.Lie down in the chair. Describe the ceiling.Laila Sabbagh Board Dare · EveningStep, turn, hold. No, hold. You are not holding.I will teach you a move, then take it away, and you will miss it.That is all of dance. Again.Amparo Salgado Board Interchange · MorningI have a pitch, a plan and a gap in my diary the size of your name.You are exactly the person I would have invented if I were a better founder.Sit. Take notes. Then tell me what you think I am worth.Chioma Anyanwu Board Slow · MorningThe dough does not care that you are in a hurry.Put your hands in. Flour on your sleeve is the whole point.Talk while you knead. I will tell you when to stop.Karin Lindholm Board Night · EveningI close the bar when the last glass is empty, and yours is not.Take your time. The piano can stay on.What do you play when you think nobody is listening?Mei Wong Board Slow · AfternoonGet in. Mind the rope. Do not talk until we are past the buoy.The water is flat as a plate today, which has not happened since March.Ask me something now, and I will tell you everything.Verity Ellery Board Home · EveningThis is my grandmother's recipe and I have changed one thing.Do not tell her. She would know from the other side of the island.Taste it. Tell me the truth, and then tell me kindly.Yaritza Morales Board Interchange · AfternoonI am filing a report from the harbour and there is a free seat on the boat.Slow line at the start, Home line by the end. I have planned it.Come aboard. Bring a coat and a better question than where we are going.Ayumi Fujimoto Board