SnootGame/game/script/7.concert-day.rpy

label chapter_7:
    #Concert Day
    "{cps=*0.2}-- One Week Later --{/cps}"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause .5

    play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg' fadein 1.0
    scene moes pizza
    show anon neutral at aright
    with Dissolve(1)
    pause .5

    "The week’s been a mix of excitement and trepidation."

    "More excitement from Fang and the band and trepidation on my part around Fang."

    "Having come to terms with how I feel, I just can’t stop noticing all the little things she does."
    pause .5

    "Like her cute tail wagging to a silent tune."
    pause .5

    "Or her weird and funny way of eating."
    pause .5

    "Or how soft and huggable her wings look."
    pause .5

    "Raptor Jesus, if this is what love is I kind of want to sample buckshot."
    pause .5

    "And yet I don’t want it to stop."

    "Even now as Moe and Reed work on clearing the floor of tables and making a noise."

    #Going to kill inhuman, you didn't put a lewd check here!
    if persistent.lewd == True:
        scene fangonamp with Dissolve(2)

    "And I’m drooling like an idiot as I watch Fang bend over a large Amp."
    pause .5

    unknown "Ahem."

    "Even now her tail wags to that mysterious beat in her head."
    pause .5

    unknown "AHEM."

    "Not to mention the way those jeans hug her hips and ass-"
    pause .5

    unknown "AH-{b}HEM!{/b}{w=.3}"

    A "Hm?"
    scene moes pizza
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    show trish unimpressed at sleft
    with dissolve

    T "Aren’t you supposed to be helping?"

    "Hm? {w=.3} OH SHIT RIGHT!"

    A "Y-yeah, right! Just moving this table ahahaha."
    window hide
    window auto

    pause .5
    show trish annoyed with dissolve
    pause .75

    show trish:
        easeout_cubic 1 xalign -0.4
    show trish unimpressed flip with Dissolve(.25)
    pause 0.25
    hide trish with dissolve

    pause 0.5

    stop music fadeout 3
    scene black with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5
    scene moebackrooms with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5

    "I pick up the last table on the floor and hurriedly move it to the suspiciously large storage room in the back of Dino-Moe’s."

    "I set the table down with the rest, right next to the seemingly out of place buckets of cement mix."
    pause 0.5

    "Looking out from the closet, the joint is actually pretty big."

    "The area is a good one-hundred and fifty by two-hundred feet, so without the tables there’s enough space for at least a few hundred people."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.5

    show anon neutral flip with dissolve:
        xalign 1.4 yalign 0.1
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.0
    pause 1

    "Impressed, I let out a low whistle."
    pause 0.5

    play music 'audio/OST/Dino Destiny Reader.ogg' fadein 1.0
    #  show anon neutral at aleft
    St "I’m on time, right?"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.5

    show stella neutral alt with dissolve:
        xalign -0.2
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.2

    pause 1

    "Where did she come from?"
    pause 0.5

    A "Hm? Who are you?"

    St "We’ve met before..."

    A "Wha- wait… Stella, right? From the school gardens."

    "She gleefully nods."

    St "Yes! Rosa should be coming any minute now, too!"
    pause 0.5

    "I haven’t spoken to either of them since campus beautification."

    "Well, other than Stella through the bathroom door, but that doesn’t really count."

    "But Fang and the rest will be happy they have at least two fans, right?"
    pause 0.5

    St "You know{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    St "There’s always room in the gardening club if you still want to join, Anon{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    "There’s no way I’m going back to that sort of prison labor."
    pause 0.5

    "I look the pale green, spine covered thing up and down."

    "Including the ‘OPPAI’ t-shirt she’s wearing."
    pause 0.5

    "What the fuck."
    pause 0.5

    A "Uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    A "Y-you {i}do{/i} know what your shirt says, right?"
    pause 0.5

    show stella:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.1

    show stella shock alt with Dissolve(.25):
        zoom 1.1 yalign 0.5 xalign 0.1
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0

    "Stella gives me a quizzical look and glances down at her shirt, her face turning bright red."
    pause 0.5

    St "Oh my{cps=*.1}...{/cps} th-this was the only clean shirt I had{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    "If I didn’t feel the way I did about Fang, I’d think Stella’s stammering was kinda cute."
    pause 0.5

    "Suddenly her face lights up and her eyes return to me."

    show stella:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.1
    show stella happy alt with Dissolve(.25):
        xalign 0.1 zoom 1 yalign 0.0
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.2

    St "Wait{cps=*.1}...{/cps} You like anime too, don’t you?"
    pause 0.5

    "Play it cool, Anon. No need to reveal your power level."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause .5

    menu:
        "I used to when I was little.":
            pause 0.5
            A "I saw some back in elementary school."
        "I’ve seen a bit here and there.":
            pause 0.5
            A "Yeah, uh… a little bit."

    St "That’s amazing! I don’t have anyone else I can talk to about it!"

    St "What’s your favorite anime? I {i}loooove{/i} PreCure!"
    pause 0.5

    "Raptor Jesus on his cross of rock."

    "It takes all my strength not to physically cringe."
    pause 0.5

    show stella:
        ease_cubic 0.75 xalign 0.175
        ease_cubic 0.75 xalign 0.225
        repeat

    St "Oooh, we should watch it together sometime!"

    St "I have the box set of {i}every{/i} season!"

    St "We could marathon it over a long weekend or something!"
    pause 0.5

    A "Uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} maybe some other time{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    "I’ll just block my calendar for this{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Maybe for after the heat death of the universe."
    pause 0.5

    A "Anyway, the show isn’t for another half-hour."
    show stella:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.2
    show stella neutral alt with Dissolve(.25)

    St "I wanted to ask you before... What did you think of your fortune?"
    pause 0.5

    A "Uh... I kinda forgot..."

    St "You got the Judgement?"

    A "Doesn’t ring a bell."

    St "O-oh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} well{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} How would you like another?"

    A "Eh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I got time to kill, sure."
    pause 0.5

    "She pulls her deck of tarot cards from{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Somewhere{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    "Where the fuck does she hide these things?"

    "Anyway, she fans the deck out."
    pause 0.5

    St "Alright, take one."
    show anon:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.6
    pause 0.5

    "I take one at random and show it to her."
    pause 0.5

    #Decided to take the unholy if/else approach to this, if there is a better, cleaner, or faster way to do it then do point me to it.
    #Values here were decided by writers, not me

    if (anonscore >= 3 and fangscore >= 4) or ending_route_number == 4:
    #>>golden
        St "Upright Strength."
        St "OH! {w=.3} I don’t think you need to worry about what’s to come, Anon."
    elif (anonscore >= 3 and fangscore <= 3) or ending_route_number == 3:
    #>>tradwife
        St "Inverted Hierophant."
        St "You need to be wary of your words and actions, Anon."
    elif (anonscore <= 3 and fangscore >= 3) or ending_route_number == 2:
    #>>doomer
        St "Inverted Hermit."
        St "Anon, if you ever feel lonely you can come to me."
    elif (anonscore <= 2 and fangscore <= 2) or ending_route_number == 1:
    #>>shooter
        St "Oh my, {w=.3} inverted Empress."
        St "You need to be wary about future negligence, Anon."
    else:
    #>>ERROR HANDLING
        St "uh oh..."
        A "What?"
        St "Some dipshit developer made broken code and this is the error handling message and you should report this as a bug"
        A "What?"
        St "Basically the if/else statement that handles this shit has failed at catching the score, and I cannot give you a tarot reading..."

    show anon:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.0
    pause 0.5

    A "The fuck does that mean?"

    St "Uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} er{cps=*.1}...{/cps} {cps=*1.4}Gottago,naturecalls,seeyouattheshow{/cps}!"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.15
    play sound 'audio/effects/whoosh.ogg'

    #  show stella neutral alt flip with Dissolve(.25)
    show stella:
        easeout_quad 0.6 xalign -0.5
    show stella neutral alt flip with Dissolve(.25)
    hide stella with dissolve
    pause 0.5

    "She flees in denim pissing fear."
    stop music fadeout 2.0
    pause 0.5

    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Well then{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    "What was I doing?"
    play music 'audio/OST/Those Other Two Weirdos.ogg' fadein 1.0

    "Oh yeah."

    "I step up to the stage to see the band’s point of view."
    window hide
    window auto
    #show anon neutral flip with move:
    #  ease_cubic 1.0 xalign 0.5
    #show anon neutral flip:
    #  ease_cubic 0.5 rotate -90 yalign -0.5
    #pause 0.5
    #anon fall

    show anon neutral flip with move:
        easeout_quart 1.0 xalign 0.65
    pause 0.1
    show dimmer_darker behind anon with Dissolve(.25)

    #play sound 'audio/effects/anonTheaterFall.ogg'
    #scene moebackrooms at vpunch
    #pause 0.2
    #scene moebackrooms
    #"*FWAP*"

    "And then promptly trip."
    window hide
    window auto

    hide dimmer_darker
    play sound 'audio/effects/whoosh.ogg'
    show anon shocked at rleft with Dissolve(.1):
        yanchor 0.2
        easeout_quad .5 rotate -90 yalign -0.01
    pause .15
    hide anon with Dissolve(.25)
    play sound 'audio/effects/anonTheaterFall.ogg'
    scene moebackrooms at vpunch
    pause .25

    A "Argh!"
    pause 0.5

    #hide anon

    "What the fuck was that?!"

    "There’s a loose cord over my foot."

    "That’s{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    "Probably not good for the show."

    #scene moebackrooms
    #show anon neutral at acenter with moveinbottom
    show anon neutral flip:
        alpha 0
        yalign -0.2 xalign 0.5
    show anon:
        easein_cubic 1 yalign 0.1 alpha 1

    "I stand up and wipe the dust from my pants."
    pause 0.5

    "Trish is the organizer{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    "Right now she’s giving Reed a lecture on why it’s probably a bad idea to put carfentanyl in the smoke machine."
    show anon neutral with Dissolve(.5)

    A "Hey, Trish!"

    #show anon at aleft with move

    "Trish looks over her shoulder and Reed’s face lights up."

    A "Can you come here a second?"
    pause 0.5

    "Trish sighs, points between her eyes and Reed’s, and stomps over to the stage."

    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.25

    show anon: #neutral
        easein_cubic 1.0 xalign 0.0
    show trish neutral flip with Dissolve(0.25):
        xalign 1.4
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.0
    pause 1

    T "Whaddayawant, skinnie?"

    A "I just tripped on one of the wires up here."
    show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve

    T "Sucks to be you."
    pause 0.5

    "Bitch."
    pause 0.5

    A "Should I plug them all into a surge protector so you guys don’t fall during the concert?"
    show trish annoyed flip with dissolve

    T "What?"

    T "No, of course not."

    T "We won’t trip, I have that on good authority."

    A "Whose?"
    show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve

    T "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Reed’s."

    A "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    T "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    A "And you trust his word on something like this?"
    show trish neutral flip with dissolve

    T "Sure."

    T "He’s the expert on this stuff and all."
    pause .5

    "Before I can object, Trish turns away and runs after Reed who is huddled over the smoke machine, pungent fumes wafting from it’s exposed innards."

    window hide
    window auto
    pause .25

    pause .1
    show trish:
        easeout_cubic 1 xalign 1.4
    show trish neutral with Dissolve(.25)
    pause 0.25
    hide trish with dissolve
    pause 0.5

    "Well, seems like he’s got that handled."

    "Trish seemed pretty confident that Reed knows what he’s doing with the stage."

    "But Reed obviously doesn’t understand cable management."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause .5

    define LeftStage = False

    python:
        choices = [(_('Leave the stage as-is'), 'LeaveStageAsIs'),
        (_('Fix the cables'), 'FixCables')]
        renpy.jump(renpy.display_menu(randomize_choices(choices)))

    label LeaveStageAsIs:
    $ anonscore += 1
    pause .5
    "Reed may not understand cable management,{w=.4} but then again neither did I."

    "Probably better to let sleeping fossils lie."
    pause 0.5

    $ LeftStage = True

    jump PostCableConundrum

    label FixCables:
    pause .5

    "It could be a serious hazard if I leave them like this."

    "Like a fire hazard or something. I think."

    "I’ll just put them all on one of Moe’s surge protectors."
    pause .5

    "{cps=*0.5}Aaaaaand{/cps} done."

    label PostCableConundrum:

    "Now that that’s taken care of, I glance at the pizza-themed clock on the wall."

    "Thirty minutes until the show starts."

    "The band is doing one last sound test, Reed’s bass drum bearing another new logo for VVURM DRAMA that doesn’t look half bad."

    "Trish has a wicked grin on her face and I can practically see the dollar signs in her eyes."
    pause .5

    "And Fang{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.5

    stop music fadeout 3
    scene black with Dissolve(1)
    scene moes pizza
    show fang hiding at sright
    with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5

    "Fang looks anxious, hands wringing the strap of her hollowbody electric guitar."
    pause 0.5

    "I consider what I’m about to do is extremely stupid but{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    play music 'audio/ost/Beach Chill Out.ogg' fadein 1
    A "Hey."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.25

    show anon neutral:
        xalign -0.2 yalign 0.1
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0
    with dissolve
    pause 0.8

    show fang:
        easein_cubic 0.3 yalign 0.05
        easeout_cubic 0.3 yalign 0.0
    show fang surprised with Dissolve(.15)

    pause 0.5

    show fang surprised flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    "She jumps a little as I step back on stage. Her knuckles are bright white as they strangle the leather strap."
    show fang neutral flip with dissolve

    F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Hey."
    pause 0.5

    Moe "{alpha=0.5}{i}The secret is support!{/i}{/alpha}"

    "I offer her my most supportive smile."

    A "You’ve got this, Fang."
    show fang sad flip with dissolve

    F "Don’t feel like I do, though."

    A "You do. You’ve been practicing all month for this."

    A "And you’ve improved immensely since your last gig."

    A "I have complete faith in your ability to play guitar."

    A "Don’t worry so much."

    A "Just don't fret about it, you’ll be fine."
    show fang happy flip with dissolve

    "Trish rolls her eyes, Reed’s vacant stare has a bit of approval."

    show trish neutral flip with dissolve:
        xalign 1.4
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.1
    pause 0.5

    T "At least it wasn't a dinosaur pun this time."
    pause 0.5

    A "I'm not that unfunny!"

    T "You are."

    A "Fuck you, I’m hilarious."

    T "No one thinks that, loser."

    A "Don’t you have something to be triggered about?"

    show trish:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.15
    show trish surprised flip with Dissolve(.25)
    pause 0.75

    show trish:
        yalign 10.0
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.0

    show fang surprised flip
    show trish fury flip
    with Dissolve(.25)

    T "YOU CAN’T USE THAT WORD, THAT’S {b}OUR{/b} WORD!"

    show anon grin
    show trish angry flip:
        yalign 0.0
    show fang neutral flip
    with dissolve

    A "Just did, wanna see me do it again?"
    pause 0.5

    F "Ladies, Ladies, please."

    F "Shut the fuck up."
    stop music fadeout 1.0

    F "We’ve got sweet music to play."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.5
    show trish considering flip with Dissolve(0.5)
    pause 0.5

    scene black with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5

    play ambient 'audio/effects/dinomoesLoop.ogg' fadein 1.0
    pause 0.5

    "Showtime!"

    if LeftStage:

        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        scene moes pizza
        show dimmer_darker
        show trish smile:
            xalign 0.0

        show fang happy at scenter
        show reed neutral flip at rright:
            xalign 1.3
        with Dissolve(1)
        pause 0.5

        F "All right! Next up we got 'The!'"
        pause 0.5

        "WHAT."
        pause 0.5

        "They go right into their next song with gusto."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        play music 'audio/OST/The.ogg' fadein 1.0
        stop ambient fadeout 2

        scene black with Dissolve(1)
        pause 0.5

        "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
        pause 0.5

        "An hour later and the band is wrapping up their last song for the night."

        "I take my eyes off the stage to get a read on the crowd."

        "Easily a good hundred people showed up to see VVURM DRAMA, better than any of us expected."

        "The look on Fang’s face when everyone began filtering into the restaurant was priceless."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        play music1 'audio/OST/The Hitler Song With The Really Long Name.ogg' fadein 2.0
        stop music fadeout 2

        scene moes pizza
        show dimmer_darker
        show trish bass:
            xalign 0.0
        show fang happy at scenter
        show reed neutral flip:
            xalign 1.3 yalign 0.1

        show reed:
            pause 0.32345
            easeout_cubic 0.05 yalign 0.08
            easeout_cubic 0.2 yalign 0.1
            pause 0.12345
            repeat
        show trish:
            easein_cubic 0.6969 xalign -0.02
            easein_cubic 0.6969 xalign 0.02
            repeat
        show fang behind trish:
            easeout_cubic 0.05 yalign -0.02
            easeout_cubic 0.2 yalign 0.0
            pause 0.4469
            repeat

        with Dissolve(1)

        "They were on the last song of the night, the bizarrely long name of which I missed."
        pause 0.5
        show fang very happy with dissolve

        F "I JUST GOTTA ASK:"
        F "WHY IS HITLER,"
        F "RIDING MY BIKE,"
        F "PRETENDING TO BE,"
        F "A MONKEY!"
        pause 0.5

        "Oh right… Reed definitely wrote this one."
        pause 0.5

        "The band really has improved, as opposed to booing and pointing at the audience is listening intently."
        pause 0.5

        F "AT THREEEEEEE AAAAAAAA MMMMM-"
        F "IN THE MORNIIIIIING!"
        F "ON A FUCKIN’ TUESDAAAAY!"

        stop music1 fadeout 3.0
        show fang happy with dissolve

        show reed:
            easein_cubic 1 yalign 0.1
        show fang:
            easein_cubic 1 yalign 0.0
        show trish:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0

        "After the song ends, VVURM DRAMA hangs onto the pose of their final note."
        pause 0.5

        "It’s silent."

        "I applaud the band, eventually some other patrons join in."
        window hide
        window auto

        play ambient 'audio/effects/crowdClapLoop.ogg' fadein 2 volume 0.7
        pause 1.5
        play ambient1 'audio/effects/crowdCheerLoop.ogg' fadein 3
        stop ambient fadeout 3

        "The applause turns to cheers, and the cheers turn to uproar."

        "The crowd was cheering."

        "{i}Actually{/i} cheering this time."

        window hide
        window auto

        play music 'audio/OST/punk_revamp.ogg' fadein 1.0 volume 0.8
        $ renpy.music.set_volume(0.7, 1, 'ambient1')
        show trish happy
        show reed happy at rright:
            xalign 1.1
        show fang happy at scenter
        with dissolve
        pause 0.5
        show reed happy flip:
            xalign 1.35
        show trish happy flip
        with dissolve
        show fang happy flip with dissolve
        pause 0.5
        show trish happy
        show reed happy:
            xalign 1.1
        show fang happy
        with dissolve

        "The bandmates’ faces light up, and they all glance at each other."

        "The hard work has taken its toll on the three, giving them varying degrees of perspiration."

        "The sweat is trickling down Fang’s forehead, Trish has gone from an afro to dreadlocks, and Reed is providing the restaurant with a nice ocean scent."
        pause 0.5

        "Fang finishes with a furious flurry of strumming on her fretboard."
        show fang very happy with Dissolve(0.25)

        F "Woooooooo! THANK YOU LITTLE TROODON!"

        "The crowd’s approval is obvious, even in the makeshift mosh pit where I see Stella getting fake curb-stomped."
        pause 0.5

        "At least I think it’s fake."
        pause 0.5

        "Rosa is on the other side of the room, too entranced by the music to care."

        "Eh, I don’t see any blood so she’s good."

        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        $ renpy.music.set_volume(1, 2, 'ambient1')
        stop ambient1 fadeout 2
        stop music fadeout 2

        scene black with Dissolve(1)
        pause 1
        scene moebackrooms
        play music 'audio/ost/Bayside Bumming it.ogg' fadein 1
        show anon neutral flip at acenter
        with Dissolve(1)
        pause 0.5
        # show fang very happy at sleft behind anon with easeinleft

        F "ANON!"
        "Before I could react I was swept up in a blur of feathers."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.25

        show fang very happy behind anon:
            xalign -1.0
            easein_quad 1.0 xalign 0.00
        with Dissolve(0.25)
        pause 0.15
        hide anon
        hide fang
        show fang hug at acenter:
            yalign 0.1
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.6
        with Dissolve(0.25)
        pause 0.5

        "Fang wrapped her arms and wings around me and kept rocking back and forth."

        show fang:
            ease 0.75 xalign 0.475
            ease 0.75 xalign 0.525
            repeat

        F "OHMYGOD OHMYGOD WE DID IT WE DID IT!"

        F "THEY ACTUALLY LOVE VVURM DRAMA!"
        pause 0.5

        "I tune out the alarms screaming in my head and hug her back."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        hide fang hug
        show fanganonhug:
            yalign 0.0
        with dissolve
        pause 0.5

        "Her wings are just as soft and huggable as they look."

        "Fang’s beak settles against my cheek, the warm scales sliding smoothly up and down against it."

        "This is nice."
        pause 0.5

        "I become aware of my hands, planted firmly on the small of Fang’s back and pressing her closer to me."

        "Beneath my splayed palms is soft, warm and drenched in sweat. I find that I don’t really mind the slickness."
        pause 0.5

        T "Fang?"
        pause 0.5

        "I feel like I could stay like this forever."
        pause 0.5

        T "Hellooo, Fang?"

        "Fang suddenly flinches, and I get a split second view of a purple hand on her shoulder."

        "Her face is beet red and the warmth in my own cheeks tells me I don’t look far behind."
        pause 0.5

        #show trish unimpressed flip:
        #   zoom 0.8
        #   xalign 1.0 yalign -0.1
        #with dissolve

        "Trish looks like she’s sucked on a lemon with how twisted her face is."

        "The tiny triceratops pulls Fang out of my hands, and I can picture my fist twisting that horn right off her face."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        hide fanganonhug
        hide trish

        show fang neutral flip at scenter
        show anon neutral flip at sright:
            yalign 0.1
        show trish neutral:
            xalign 0.0
        with dissolve
        pause 0.5

        T "Hmmm{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

        A "Great show, right?"

        T "I guess. For our first show, anyway."
        show fang happy flip with Dissolve(0.5)

        F "What? It was great though! Everyone was cheering!"
        show trish indignant with Dissolve(0.5)

        T "But it was a small crowd."

        A "Was it? The place was packed."
        show trish explanatory with Dissolve(0.5)

        T "Small venue. We gotta think bigger now."

        A "Why bigger?"
        show trish happy with Dissolve(0.5)

        T "Because I still have stock!"
        pause 0.5

        "She motions to the bar, where there is still some hung up shirts with the new mediocre logo lazily spray painted on."
        pause 0.5

        A "Have you sold much?"

        T "Three buttons, four stickers, and an Apron!"
        stop music fadeout 2
        pause .5

        A "An apron?"

        Moe "AY, KIDS!"

        play music 'audio/ost/Venetian Values.ogg' fadein 1
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.25

        #moe now has vvurm drama apron

        show fang:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0
        show trish:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign -0.2
        show anon:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.7
        with None

        show moe alt with dissolve:
            xalign 2.0
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.6 yalign 0.0
        show fang happy
        show anon neutral behind fang
        show trish surprised
        with Dissolve(0.5)

        pause 1

        Moe "LOOKIT DIS ‘ERE AH-PRON YA LIL TRIGGA FRIEN SOL’ ME!"
        show trish unimpressed with Dissolve(0.5)

        "Trish looks split on whether to be mad about the trigga comment or happy about the successful sale."
        pause 0.5

        unknown "Hey! Someone took ma apron!"

        Moe "GIT BACK TA WORK JERRY YER ON DA CLOCK!"
        pause 0.5

        F "It uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} looks nice, Uncle Moe."
        pause 0.5

        Moe "Anyways, youse all gonna be helpin’ wit da clean up, right?"
        pause 0.5

        "I look at the absolute mess around us."
        pause 0.5

        "Fuck."
        stop music fadeout 1.0
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

    else:

        pause 0.5

        "I take my eyes off the stage to get a read on the crowd."

        "Easily a good hundred people showed up to see VVURM DRAMA, better than any of us expected."

        "The look on Fang’s face when everyone began filtering into the restaurant was priceless."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        stop ambient fadeout 1
        play music 'audio/OST/The Hitler Song With The Really Long Name.ogg' fadein 1.0

        scene moes pizza
        show dimmer_darker
        show trish bass:
            xalign 0.0
        show fang happy at scenter
        show reed neutral flip:
            xalign 1.3 yalign 0.1

        show reed:
            pause 0.32345
            easeout_cubic 0.05 yalign 0.08
            easeout_cubic 0.2 yalign 0.1
            pause 0.12345
            repeat
        show trish:
            easein_cubic 0.6969 xalign -0.02
            easein_cubic 0.6969 xalign 0.02
            repeat
        show fang behind trish:
            easeout_cubic 0.05 yalign -0.02
            easeout_cubic 0.2 yalign 0.0
            pause 0.4469
            repeat

        with Dissolve(1)

        "They were on the last song of the night, the bizarrely long name of which I missed."
        pause 0.5
        show fang very happy with dissolve

        F "I JUST GOTTA ASK:"
        F "WHY IS HITLER,"
        F "RIDING MY BIKE,"
        F "PRETENDING TO BE,"
        F "A MONKEY!"
        pause 0.5

        "Oh right… Reed definitely wrote this one."
        pause 0.5

        "The band really has improved, as opposed to booing and pointing at the audience is listening intently."

        "And nobody has tripped so far."
        pause 0.5

        F "AT THREEEEEEE AAAAAAAA MMMMM-"
        F "IN THE MORNIIIIIING!"
        F "ON A-"

        stop music
        window hide Dissolve(0.0)
        window auto
        show black
        play sound 'audio/effects/concertFail.ogg' volume 1.5
        pause 5

        "As if right on cue, half of the lights on stage cut out."

        "Trish strummed silently before giving a confused glance at the speakers."
        pause 0.5

        F "T-tuesday?"
        pause 0.5

        "Fang fell out of tempo with Reed’s drums, stumbling over the end of the song."
        pause 0.5

        "It’s silent."

        "I began to clap, followed by several other patrons."

        window hide
        window auto
        play ambient 'audio/effects/crowdClapLoop.ogg' fadein 2 volume 0.7
        pause 1.5

        "Including Stella who looked seconds away from being curb-stomped."

        "Rosa is on the other side of the room, too entranced by the music to care."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        stop ambient fadeout 1
        play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg' fadein 1.0
        scene moebackrooms
        show anon neutral flip at aright
        show trish angry:
            yalign 0.0 xalign 0.0
            linear 0.045 xalign 0.005
            linear 0.045 xalign 0
            repeat
        with Dissolve(1)
        pause 0.5

        "My eyes scan the room before noticing Trish, the sheer vehement rage radiating from her visibly distorting the air around her."
        pause 0.5

        "Fuck."

        "My jaw aches as I picture myself in Stella’s place, courtesy of one pissed off womanlet."

        "Before I have the chance to escape I hear my one saving grace."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        show fang very happy with dissolve:
            xalign -0.5 yalign 0.0
            easein_quart 1.0 xalign 0.6

        F "ANON!"

        "Fang reaches me before Trish leaves the stage, extending her hand for a high-five."
        show fang happy behind trish with dissolve

        F "We did it!"

        show trish:
            yalign 10.0
            easein_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.1
        show trish fury point #For some reason, dissolving doesn't smoothly happen, just instantly replaces the previous sprite so a few frames are transparent
        pause 0.25

        T "No thanks to that asshole!"
        pause 0.5

        "Oh no."

        show fang neutral flip behind anon
        show trish angry:
            yalign 0.0 xalign 0.0
        with Dissolve(0.5)

        F "What’s wrong?"

        T "Skinnie sabotaged the show!"

        T "I told him not to touch the wires and look what happened!"
        pause 0.5

        A "I was only trying to help."
        show trish annoyed with dissolve

        "Trish holds up her hand to my face, waving the other around in grand gestures."
        show trish indignant with dissolve

        T "You ruined the big finale! We missed our chance to make it big!"

        T "Why is it that only my bass cut out anyways?!"

        T "Are you actively trying to ruin us?!"

        T "I told you Reed knew what he was doing!"

        T "Do you not trust him and I?"

        show fang sad flip
        show trish angry
        with dissolve

        "Tears trickle down her sweat-glazed face."
        show trish fury:
            yalign 10.0
        with dissolve

        T "Is Fang really the only one here you care about?!"

        T "We exist too, you know!"
        pause 0.5

        show trish sad:
            yalign 0.0
        show anon sad flip
        with dissolve

        "This hypocritical bitch!"

        "The sharp words cut right through me."
        pause 0.5

        F "Jeez, Trish. The show went great! Our first good concert!"
        show fang neutral flip
        with Dissolve(0.25)

        F "The crowd actually clapped this time!"

        T "No thanks to him."

        A "I didn’t do it on purpose."

        "Even though you deserved it."
        pause 0.5

        "Before she could interrogate me further, Fang grabbed Trish on the arm."

        show fang:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.3
        show fang happy flip with Dissolve(0.5)

        F "Trish! Didn’t you say you wanted to set up our merch!"
        show trish unimpressed
        show anon neutral flip
        with Dissolve(0.5)

        "Trish winces, then gives a begrudging sigh, lowering her accusatory finger."
        pause 0.5

        T "Ugh, you aren’t worth it."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5

        show trish:
            easeout_cubic 1 xalign -0.3
        show trish unimpressed flip with Dissolve(0.25)
        pause 0.2
        hide trish with dissolve
        stop music fadeout 2.0
        show fang neutral flip with Dissolve(0.5)

        "Trish storms off leaving Fang and I alone."

        "And Reed who was listening the entire time."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.25

        show fang:
            easein_cubic 1.0 xalign 0.5
        show reed neutral with dissolve:
            xalign -0.6 yalign 0.1
            easein_cubic 1.0 xalign -0.2

        pause 1
        show reed considering with Dissolve(0.25)
        pause 1
        show reed neutral with Dissolve(0.25)
        pause 1
        show reed explanatory with Dissolve(0.25)
        Re "Anon, dude{cps=*.1}...{/cps} you really should trust others, y’know?"

        Re "It’s like they say{cps=*.1}...{/cps} trust is the building block of our economy, or something."
        pause 0.5

        "What."
        pause 0.5

        Re "There are two kinds of people in this world, bro... people who believe and people who trust."

        Re "And you believed in something false, your impulsiveness."
        pause 0.5

        "Before I can begin to comprehend Reed’s capitalist sermon, my ears are assaulted by very Italian yelling."
        pause 0.5

        show reed shocked
        show fang surprised
        show anon neutral

        play sound 'audio/effects/slapstickBigPunch.ogg'
        play music 'audio/ost/Venetian Values.ogg' fadein 1
        Moe "AY, KIDS!" with vpunch

        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.25
        #moe now has vvurm drama apron

        show fang:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0
        show reed:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign -0.5
        show anon:
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.7
        show moe alt with dissolve:
            xalign 2.0
            easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.6 yalign 0.0
        pause 1

        Moe "LOOKIT DIS ‘ERE AH-PRON YA LIL TRIGGA FRIEN SOL’ ME!"
        pause 0.5

        "Reed looks almost jealous of Moe’s new garb."
        show reed neutral with dissolve

        Re "Nice threads, compadre."
        show fang happy with dissolve

        unknown "Hey! Someone took ma apron!"

        Moe "GIT BACK TA WORK JERRY YER ON DA CLOCK!"
        pause 0.5

        F "It uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} looks nice, Uncle Moe."
        pause 0.5

        Moe "Anyways, youse all gonna be helpin’ wit da clean up, right?"
        pause 0.5

        "I look at the absolute mess around us."
        pause 0.5

        "Fuck."
        window hide
        window auto
        pause 0.5
        stop music fadeout 1.0

    scene black with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5

    play music 'audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg' fadein 1.0
    scene moebackrooms
    show anon neutral at acenter
    with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5

    "An hour later and I’m stuck mopping up where the mosh pit once stood."

    "As my mop head gains a tinge of red I pray to god this isn’t from Stella."

    "Rosa wanted to stay and help clean buuut{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    Ro "{i}I am so sorry Stella! Come, I shall nurse you back at my home!{/i}"
    pause 0.5

    "I’d feel more sorry for Stella but Rosa looked capable of helping her."

    "My god that’s a lot of{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Marinara{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Yeah{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    "Fang and Trish are trying to divide and carry out the stage."

    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}The mop really isn’t getting much from the floor."

    "Am I supposed to have a bucket or something?"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.5

    show reed neutral flip with Dissolve(0.5): #rright
        xalign 1.7 yalign 0.1
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.3
    pause 0.5

    Re "Yooo, Anon!"
    pause 0.5

    "Reed crosses right through the puddles, tracking grimy footprints without a care."
    pause 0.5

    Re "Hey man... what’d you think of the lyrics?"
    pause 0.5

    A "What were you on when you wrote that?"
    show reed considering flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    "Reed rubs his forehead, struggling to remember more than ten minutes ago."
    show reed explanatory flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    Re "I dunno man{cps=*.1}...{/cps} the floor maybe? But I also distinctly remember floating{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    Re "Y’know, dude, we’ve been doing this since junior year, right?"

    Re "And this is the first show that anyone’s actually liked."

    Re "Wild."
    show reed neutral flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    A "You’ve only been playing together for a year?"

    Re "You know it man, crazy how time flies."

    Re "Man, back then Trish had these crazy long horns and glasses."
    pause 0.5

    "Now there’s a thought. How would Trish even look with glasses?"

    "Actually, how would glasses even work on any triceratops?"
    show reed explanatory flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    Re "Fang wasn’t Fang."

    A "She- what?"
    show reed shocked flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    Re "Er{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Probably shouldn’t have mentioned that…"

    A "Fang wasn’t herself?"
    show reed explanatory flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    Re "Honestly{cps=*.1}...{/cps} That’s probably something to be left for Fang and Fang alone to talk about{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Sorry."

    A "Er{cps=*.1}...{/cps} ri{cps=*0.65}iiiii{/cps}ght."
    pause 0.5

    Re "Only thing that stayed the same was like... me and my carfe, bro."
    pause 0.5

    "How long has he been on that stuff?"
    show reed neutral flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    Re "It was almost like a totally different time, man."
    pause 0.5

    "Before I even got a moment to picture what it might have been like not even a year ago, Trish appears behind Reed."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.25

    show anon:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.2
    show reed:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.0
    show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve:
        xalign 1.6
        easein_cubic 1.3 xalign 1.0
    pause 0.75

    "She looks like she’s about to snap both our necks."
    show trish neutral flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    T "Hey, Reed, what are you two talking about?"

    Re "Just talking about some memories of the band, Trish."
    pause 0.5

    T "You didn’t tell him anything about me, did you?"

    A "Glasses."
    show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve

    T "Reed, you absolute ass."
    stop music fadeout 2.0
    pause 0.5

    "Reed just shrugs."

    "By this point the restaurant has been mostly cleaned up with only a few tables left to put back."
    pause 0.5

    play music 'audio/OST/you need gopher chucks.ogg' fadein 1.0
    show trish considering flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    T "So Anon, we showed you ours, now it’s your turn to show us yours."

    A "What, out here in public? Didn’t peg you for the kinky type." #lol sex
    show trish annoyed flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    "Trish inhales sharply, visibly trying to master herself."

    T "I meant with your old school."
    show trish unimpressed flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    A "That’s on a need to know basis, and you don’t need to know."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.25

    show fang neutral with dissolve:
        xalign -1.0
        easein_cubic 1 xalign -0.5
    pause 0.5

    F "Come on Anon, don’t you have any good memories from your old school?"
    pause 0.5

    "Oh god no."
    pause 0.5

    A "I’d really rather not talk about it."

    F "Why not? You’ve told me about your parents."
    pause 0.5

    "That seems to catch Trish’s attention."

    "Shit. And that look of expectancy from Fang too?"
    pause 0.5

    "I guess it can’t hurt."
    pause 0.5

    A "Well{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I did try to get into music at one point."

    F "With how much you need my help in music class?"

    A "I didn’t say I was good at it. I was just clicking buttons and seeing what stuck."

    A "And spoiler alert, nothing did."
    show trish considering flip
    show fang happy
    with Dissolve(0.25)

    "That got a giggle out of Fang and a look from Trish."
    pause 0.5
    show trish smug flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    T "By the way Anon, I saw you talking to that Stella girl before the concert. You have something going on there?"
    show fang sad with Dissolve(0.5)

    "I feel a pit in my stomach as a look of betrayal crosses Fang’s face."

    "Right into Trish’s trap, {w=0.3}hook, {w=0.3}line, {w=0.3}sinker and rod."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause .5

    menu:
        "Nyet.":
            pass
        "Nein.":
            pass
        "Non.":
            pass
        "Nope.":
            pass
        "Inai.":
            pass
        "Mei yo.":
            pass
        "None of that.":
            pass
        "No.":
            pass

    pause 0.5
    A "I do NOT have a thing for Incontineisha."

    show reed explanatory flip with Dissolve(0.5)
    Re "Who?{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Thought like, we were talkin’ bout whatsherface."

    T "The one with the Dino Duel cards."
    show reed neutral flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    Re "...I thought those were Pocket Raptor cards."
    show fang unimpressed with Dissolve(0.5)

    F "Weren’t they handegg cards?"
    pause 0.5

    A "Uh{cps=*.1}...{/cps} moving on{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    T "Anyone back home you had your eye on then?"

    A "Nobody at Rock Bottom was worth the time."
    pause 0.5

    "Fang’s face softens, almost in a silent sigh of relief."

    "Is there hope for me yet?"
    pause 0.5
    stop music fadeout 2

    T "Rock Bottom, huh? I don’t think you’ve ever told us where you’re from before."
    pause 0.5

    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    play music 'audio/OST/you can_t sage here.ogg' fadein 1.0
    "SHIT."
    pause 0.5

    A "O-oh, I haven’t? Huh."

    F "Who really cares where you went to last?"

    Re "Yeah, man, it’s just a school."

    F "Was it in the sticks?"

    A "Not exactly, it was certainly lower class though."

    A "I used to buy bulk soda and sell them to the stupid kids for lunch money."
    show reed happy flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    Re "Yooo, my man!"

    show reed:
        easeout_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.8
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.0
    show anon:
        pause 0.5
        easein_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.175
        ease_cubic 0.75 xalign 0.2
    show reed neutral flip with Dissolve(0.25)

    "Reed gives me a fist bump."
    pause 0.5

    A "I’d usually just go places on a crappy dirt bike, leaving donuts in parking lots when I was sure nobody was looking."
    show fang happy with Dissolve(0.5)

    F "Sounds like you were pretty cool at your last school."
    show trish unimpressed flip with Dissolve(0.5)

    "HA."
    pause 0.5

    A "I dunno about that…"

    Re "Sure, man{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I don’t get why you left in the first place if you had it so good."
    pause 0.5

    "Oh no."
    pause 0.5

    A "Oh, uh, actually{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    $ renpy.music.set_volume(0.35, 1, 'music')
    play ambient 'audio/effects/heartbeat.ogg' volume 0.5 fadein 0.5
    show anon concerned
    show dimmer_darker behind anon
    with Dissolve(0.5)

    "{cps=*3.0}THINK OF SOMETHING{/cps}{w=0.1} {cps=*3.0}THINK OF SOMETHING{/cps}{w=0.1} {cps=*3.0}THINK OF SOMETHING!{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    A "I had to leave because of, uh…"
    pause 0.5

    "DON’T SAY SOMETHING STUPID YOU ONLY GET ONE SHOT AT THIS."
    pause 0.5

    A "Family issues."
    $ renpy.music.set_volume(1, 1, 'music')
    stop ambient fadeout 1.0
    hide dimmer_darker
    #  stop sound fadeout 0.5
    show trish neutral flip
    show anon neutral
    with Dissolve(0.5)

    "Nailed it."

    Re "Bummer man... glad you’re here instead."
    stop music fadeout 5.0

    A "Yeah, yeah, thanks man."

    T "Sounds personal, guess we shouldn’t pry."

    T "We’re all friends here, after all."
    pause 0.5

    "Guess we are all friends at this point."
    pause .5
    "To varying degrees."

    "I let a content smile creep onto my face." #WHAT THE FUCK ANON CANT SMILE WHAT THEW FUCK WHAT THE FUCK
    pause 0.5
    play music 'audio/OST/Venetian Values.ogg' fadein 1.0

    Moe "AY YOU STUPID KIDS!"

    "The tyrannosaur stomps over to us from the kitchen."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.25


    show anon:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.5
    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0
    show reed:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.3
    show trish:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 1.2

    show moe alt flip with dissolve:
        xalign -1.0 yalign 0.1
        easein_cubic 1.4 xalign -0.7

    pause 0.25

    Moe "Great job again on da show, punks."

    Moe "I knew my lil Lucy could pull dis shindig off."
    show fang embarrass flip with dissolve

    "He clamps one of his tiny hands down on Fang’s shoulder as she reflexively tries to hide her face with a wing."
    pause 0.5

    Moe "Alas, I’m expecting a late night visita’, so I needs you punks to piss off."

    Moe "Come on by for a slice sometime, yeah?"

    A "Thanks, Moe."

    Re "Yeah man{cps=*.1}...{/cps} thanks a bunch{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    Moe "Now scram youse kids. I’ve got a different kinds a clean-up ta deal wit’."
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 0.5

    stop music fadeout 2.0

    scene black with Dissolve(1)
    pause 0.5

    "Aaaaaaand repressing that."
    pause 0.5

    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause 0.5

    $ next_story_chapter()