"As opposed to staying silent and not facing any conflict, I’m now all buddy-buddy with the school reject club."
"And then there’s Naser and Naomi as well, and all their issues…"
"At any moment I feel I’m going to get found out."
"Trish would certainly beat me senseless."
"Fang might as well…"
"Definitely Naser."
"All this shit happening, I can’t even get into my favorite hobby."
"I don’t think I’ve made a single forum post in three days."
"I stare down at my phone screen and see a sea of threads to post in."
"And yet, I have nothing to say."
"Wait, it’s already seven?!"
"Fuck me, I dragged my feet too much!"
"I sprint the rest of the way to school."
scene classroom with fade
"Luckily, I’m able to slink into homeroom without the teacher molesting me for a tardy pass."
"Classes tick by in the daily slog, and like all things, lunch eventually comes to pass."
scene cafeteria with dissolve
show anon neutral flip at sright
"I grab a packaged lunch from the omnivore line and begin looking for a place to sit."
"By now it’s a foregone conclusion, I already know what happens next."
N "Anon!"
"Right on cue."
show naomi neutral at sleft with moveinleft
show naser neutral behind nanomi with moveinleft:
xalign 0.25 yalign -0.0
"Naomi rushes over, followed by Naser. I’d really rather not deal with her anymore today."
N "Come on, Anon, let's continue our conversation from earlier!"
"I need to think of something, and fast."
A "Err, sorry. I already promised Fang I’d be eating with her."
"Smooth."
N "Oh..."
"Oh!"
"I’m glad to hear you’re trying to be better friends with Fang!"
Nas "Well hey, this is a welcome surprise!"
A "Right. Actually, she doesn’t eat in the cafeteria, does she?"
Nas "Didn’t she tell you? She hangs out with her band in the auditorium."
A "She’s allowed to do that?"
N "I’ve asked Principal Spears before, he sees no issue with it."
A "Huh. Anyways, I uh… Don’t want to keep them waiting!"
Nas "See you."
N "Have fun!"
A "Right. Bye!"
hide naser with moveoutleft
hide naomi with moveoutleft
"I turn away from the two and leave them behind in the cafeteria."
scene bandroom
"Now that i’m in front of the auditorium when it isn’t crowded for once, I can get a decent look around the foyer."
"The walls are as vine-covered as anywhere else in the building, but the ones here have small magenta flowers blooming on them here and there."
"I suppose there’s different kinds of vines, wouldn’t make much sense otherwise. Never really thought about it until now."
"I peer into the small window in the door to see Fang’s gang lazing about within. Reed is messing with some box on a table, and Fang and Trish are sitting on the first row of seats chattering to each other."
"I put my hand on the doorhandle and hesitate a bit. Then I pull it open."
"The squeak of the door echoes through the near empty auditorium, and immediately all three turn their heads and stare."
"There’s an awkward pause that goes on for just a bit too long. Eventually Fang calls out from her seat."
show fang shocked at scenter with dissolve
play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg'
F "What the hell are you doing here, dweeb?"
hide fang shocked
show fang neutral at scenter
show anon neutral flip at sright
A "Hiding from Naomi."
"Fang throws her head back and goes limp on the shitty wooden chair."
F "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHHHH, THAT BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH."
show fang considering
"..."
A "..."
F "..."
A "..."
"Fang lifts her head back up."
show fang unimpressed with dissolve
F "Ffffffffine, you can stay."
"I go sit a few yards away from Fang and Trish on the theater seat. Reed turns back to that device he was messing with before."
"Looks like a projector?"
A "You don’t like Naomi?"
show fang angry with dissolve
F "What was your first fuckin’ clue? That stupid bitch, acting all high and mighty all the time."
T "Hey, Fang."
F "Oh look at me I’m super smart and nice to everyone and everyone likes me so if you disagree with me I get the moral high ground no matter what!"
"Fang lets out some combination of a snort and a sigh."
F "No different than Naser. What a couple."
F "Ugh, whatever. What was she doing to bother you?"
A "She’s been pestering me about every little thing since school started. Granted, she’s been a big help in some cases, but jeez she’s overbearing sometimes."
show trish neutral at tleft with dissolve
T "Fang?"
F "I’ll say. Sometime in the first semester she ended up helping me with a major science project. We only had a day to do the whole thing."
A "You waited until the last day for a major grade?"
F "It… That doesn’t matter. Shut up."
F "Anyways, Naomi insisted on helping me, and I just went along with it. She ended up just bossing me around for eight hours."
show trish indignant
T "HEY GUYS DID YOU FORGET I’M HERE TOO?!"
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
F "Oh, right. What were you talking about Trish?"
show trish neutral
"Trish pulls a cardboard tube out of her backpack. She pops the top of the tube open and pulls a rolled up poster out and unfurls it."
T "This! Tada! Our first poster!"
A "VVURM DRAMA? That’s an… interesting name… and what’s with the date on it?"
F "Trish wants-"
T "We need to have an actual show! Not some dumb school show. We need actual people who matter to show our genius to!"
"Genius? More like retardation."
show fang sad with dissolve
F "I don’t know Trish."
A "Yeeeaaaaahhhh I’m with Fang on this one."
show fang neutral
show trish unimpressed
"The glare Trish levels at me was akin to a very dull knife."
T "You don’t even know how good we are!"
T "That was simply a practice session!"
T "Since you’re Naser’s friend too, just know HE ruined our first concert. Right Fang?"
F "Ugh, yeah. If he hadn’t invited all those cocksuckers…"
A "Still I think-"
show trish angry with dissolve
T "It doesn’t matter what YOU think!"
"Whoa, where did that come from."
show fang happy with dissolve
F "Let’s drop it for now. My tuna sandwich is getting cold."
show trish smug
"Trish grins in victory."
Re "Dude… ya got told…"
"What the fuck am I doing? I’m dead if I out myself here outnumbered"
"Trish tore at me like she knew I was there."
"Had to happen EVENTUALLY."
"I hope that’s not the case."
show trish neutral
"I finally get to opening my omnivore lunch. A BLT, some chicken nuggets, and an orange."
"I take my first bite of the sandwich and-"
stop music fadeout 1.0
"*DING-DONG BING-BONG*"
"Are you kidding me."
"I cram as much of the sandwich into my mouth as I can and close the box."
"Reed puts the projector in the corner of the room, and Trish makes for the exit with Fang. I follow after, cheeks still filled with food"
scene hallway with fade
show fang happy flip at scenter with dissolve
show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
"Next class is… Music, that’s right. I’ll be walking with Fang then."
show hallway
play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg'
"The three all wave each other goodbye and Fang turns towards our shared class."
"May as well make some small talk."
A "So, uh… What’s your favorite band, Fang?"
F "My favorite band, huh…"
F "Guess it’d be something like The Skinks… Maybe the Fossillies?"
A "‘Oi, tha’‘ere’s sum pre’ey bri’ish tayste, yeah?"
F "Pffft."
"She turns away to hide her snickers."
F "Shut it."
F "I’m sure your favorite is much better."
A "I’m into…"
#>>Boomer rock
#>>Obscure hipster shit
#>>Anime openings and video game OSTs
menu:
"Boomer rock":
jump regardlessofselect
"Obscure hipster shit":
jump regardlessofselect
"Anime openings and video game OSTs":
jump regardlessofselect
label regardlessofselect:
"Fang holds a hand up to her beak."
F "AHAHAHAHAHAHHA. God you are such a dweeb"
"I flash her my biggest shit-eating grin."
A "Least I don’t need a ‘loisence’ to listen to it."
F "Oi luv, didn’ share me taystes to get rallied on, bit rewd, innit?"
stop music fadeout 1.0
scene black with fade
"The two of us banter with each other with increasingly strong british accents all the way to class."
scene classroom with fade
"..."
play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'
show bandroom
"ARGH!! This stupid-"
"Define a Treble clef? I don’t know what a Treble clef is! I don’t care about this shit, it won’t ever be useful."
"Fuck this, who can I cheat off of?"
"I lean back in my uncomfortable chair hoping to pop my spine back in place."
N "{i}Oh! What if you asked Fang for help?{/i}"
"I crane my head, looking for Fang. At her own desk she’s filling out her assignment page easily, drumming her fingers on her desk. Almost looks like she’s strumming honestly."
"Agh, and that’s another thing. Who the fuck made guitars?! Fuck trying to memorize frets or whatever the fuck."
"Oh shit, she’s looking at me now."
"She tilts her head and taps her sheet."
"OH!"
"I respond with an eyeroll and finger gun at my temple. My thumb hammer drops and I fake die in my seat."
"Fang shakes her head, returning to her assignment with a tiny smile gracing her beak."
"I look at the papers we need to finish. Fuck me, how the hell are we suppose to finish these by the end of class?!"
N "It can’t hurt to ask, though, right?"
"Maybe the neon Nero had a good point."
"Still, interrupting her now might piss her off."
"FFFFFfuck. I’ll flip a coin."
#>>> Heads, ask Fang for help
#>>> Tails, leave Fang alone
menu:
"Heads, ask Fang for help":
jump Heads
"Tails, leave Fang alone":
jump Tails
#>> Heads, ask Fang for help
label Heads:
$ fangscore += 1
play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
"Guess that’s that."
"May as well get it over with."
"I slink out of my chair and go around to Fang’s desk."
show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
A "Uh...."
show fang shocked flip at sright with dissolve
"She jumps in her chair"
F "How’d you get- don’t scare me like that!"
A "Sorry…"
hide fang shocked flip with dissolve
show fang neutral flip at sright
"I look at her work and see she’s only a quarter done. Fuck, I hope we have enough time."
A "sooo… You seem to be capable of deciphering dead languages."
F "Wha-"
A "canyouhelpmewiththis?!"
F "Help you with the assignment?"
A "....Yes. I don’t get any of this. It’s all moon runes to me."
F "How’d you even join this class?"
A "Only elective that had an open spot. Even though it’s mid semester and I’m expected to be at the level of everyone that’s been here all year."
"Fang leans her head down and holds her hand on top of her muzzle."
"I’m guessing that’s supposed to be like pinching the bridge of your nose."
F "Whatever, it’s fine if the teacher gives the greenlight."
show reed king rex with moveinleft:
xalign -0.35 yalign 0.0
Re "It’ll be fine."
"Fang and I jump several inches."
F "What are you doing here?!"
A "And what’s with the costume?"
"Reed is in an overly large inflatable T-rex costume."
Re "Gotta get a signature for this absent note, man…"
Re "Anyways... Mr. Jingo doesn’t care about if you use, like, partners and stuff… He just wants the work done…"
A "I… I see. I didn’t know you were also the school mascot, Reed."
Re "There’s, like, pockets in here man… You get to bring a lot of cool stuff… As long as you clean it after…"
"I’m not even going to bother at this point."
F "Thanks, Reed."
Re "s’all good, man…"
"Reed gets up and goes to the teachers’ desk in the corner of the room."
hide reed king rex with moveoutleft
"I turn back to Fang expectantly."
F "I’m not getting up. Get your crap and sit down already."
A "Thanks."
"..."
jump PostFlip
#>>Tails, leave Fang alone.
label Tails:
"Guess that settles it."
"Fang wouldn’t want to be bothered right now anyways."
"Looking back to my paper, I try once again to make sense of the questions and music notes."
"Write the following notes in both Treble and Bass clef."
"...What?"
show reed king rex flip at rcenter
Re "Yo, you should have like... asked Fang for help, man…"
"I have to grab the desk to keep myself from falling out of my chair."
A "Reed, what the fuck are you doing here?!"
Re "Just getting an absent note signed by teach, man…"
A "And what’s with the outfit?!"
"Reed is in an overly large inflatable T-rex costume."
Re "School mascots are pretty cool… You wouldn’t believe the things they let you do with these…"
"I’m not going to ask for clarification."
Re "But, uhh… You should get some help or something…"
Re "I’ll ask the teacher for you…"
A "No, Reed, you don’t have to-"
Re "YO, TEACH! THIS GUY NEEDS SOME EXTRA HELP!"
"All eyes turn to us. The desk makes a nice ‘conk’ sound when my head hits it."
show jingo at sleft
jingo "Does he really?"
jingo "Err… Someone… Fang! You help him with the packet."
"Fang glares daggers at the two of us."
A "Thanks, Reed."
Re "Hey, no problem man! I gotta go…"
hide reed
"Reed shuffles over to the teachers’ desk in the corner to get his signature."
"Fang calls out from her chair."
F "I’m not getting up. If you need help grab your stuff and get over here."
"The damage is done. May as well at this point."
"..."
scene classroom with fade
show fang angry flip at sright
show anon neutral at aleft
jump PostFlip
label PostFlip:
F "Jesus... you suck at this"
A "No shit, I don’t know what half this shit is!"
F "God, they tell you about treble notes in Elementary, it’s E, G, B, D, F for treble and G, B, D, F, A for bass!"
A "How the hell do you know any of this"
"Anon then realized, he is horrendously fucking stupid."
F "I’ve been into playing music since pre-k"
"... Roll with it"
A "So does it take that long to learn that horrid thing?"
"I point at the class’ electric guitar"
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
F "Nah, I started with piano. I didn’t get my first guitar ‘til freshman year."
A "The piano? Isn’t that the hardest one?"
"I have no clue what i'm talking about"
F "Maybe for some, but I started early and got ahead. My grandma had an old piano she would let me mess around with."
F "She would try to get me to play all kinds of songs, mostly church stuff because she wanted me to be a little goodie two shoes like she was. It... was fun."
F "Then I started taking piano lessons privately because my mom saw that I was interested in it, and in middle school I joined the band for awhile!"
show fang happy flip
F "Only quit because of marching season, I was not wearing a dumb uniform."
show fang unimpressed flip
"Fang gets a strange expression, a mix between a blush and a scowl as she returns back to her snappy attitude."
F "You done with that yet? It's taking you way too long, rather have you out of my way."
"Cute."
"I show her the half-finished worksheet."
A "I still don’t get this fucking part."
F "It’s literally three classifications, it’s really easy"
A "It doesn’t list them!"
F "Did you even read the page?"
"Fang then grabs the paper and points at the top right. In a small box is a list of three types, woodwind, brass, and percussion."
A "Oh..."
F "You need me to still help you with this or do you have it from here?"
"Of course I have it, I know this shit, it's just 3 catagories"
"Percussion is simple enough. Getting the differences between woodwind and brass is a bit harder."
A "Right. You know your stuff. Band stuff."
play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg'
"I heard a sigh from Fang"
F "I can’t believe this."
A "What is it?"
F "Why did you leave your old school?"
A "Wh-"
A "Where did that come from?"
F "Just wondering, though I think I know the answer."
A "Why do you care?"
F "You’re here for just two weeks and already you’ve wedged yourself in with my friends."
A "I didn’t really have a choice there, Fang."
A "I just...wanted to cruise through this year. I’m not good with friends."
F "Sorry, just had a feeling. I myself haven’t gotten many new friends in a few years..."
F "It’s like I make people avoid me... I don’t like new people…"
A "That's weird."
F "Fuck em', you know?"
A "Sure."
F "You act like you have a hard time socializing, I’m not seeing it."
F "Makes me think you didn’t leave your school out of necessity, but because you really must have fucked up royally."
F "I know your kind."
"I-I, what did Fang mean by that? It all just came out of nowhere - I mean jeez-"
"We’re talking about how she can’t get friends and now she wants to know about THAT…"
"Oh God. I’m getting hot."
"It’s Trish. She told Fang and she knows everything."
"Play dumb? Hopefully that will work."
A "I have no clue what you’re talking about."
F "Honestly? Me neither."
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
F "You’re just some loser that knows NOTHING about music."
F "And yet you come in from your cave where even their parents must’ve wanted you gone."
F "But still you’re now BOTH my science and music partner, on top of worming your way in with MY band and with MY friends-"
F "Anon, what is there TO understand?"
show fang happy flip with dissolve
"She’s laughing."
A "..."
F "Hey, you ok?"
A "..."
F "That’s funny, come on."
A "..."
A "Haha."
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
F "I'll almost miss you when you leave and start finding your own friends."
A "Whatever you say, Fang."
"With a roll of her eyes she returns to scrolling through her phone again. I seriously wonder now what she meant."
F "I gotta go."
A "Y-you’re leaving so soon?"
F "I’m going to the bathroom, stupid."
hide fang neutral flip
show fang neutral at sright
hide fang neutral with moveoutleft
"..."
play music 'audio/OST/you can_t sage here.ogg'
"She knows."
"But how?!"
"She left her phone on the desk."
"I can see the imprint of the password being illuminated by the room’s lamps"
"It… It wouldn’t be right."
"...I have to know."
"I reach over to pick up the phone."
"Some movement in the corner of my eye solidifies me."
"Why’s Reed still here?!"
Re "..."
A "..."
Re "... {i}*snrrrk*{/i}"
"Oh thank Raptor Jesus. He’s asleep."
"Fang’s password is…"
"Wait, only the ‘one’ key is smudged?"
"I guess it’s worked until now…"
"Ah, the messenger app."
#TODO: IMPLEMENT MESSAGING GUI
#do we even have time for this?
#maybe this will be a post release update
#lmao as if
#--refer to Writer1 for the entirety of the texting part as he wants it to be more interactive.
"... There’s surprisingly not a lot."
"Seems they interact mostly in person."
"...What did I even just accomplish?"
"I shouldn’t have looked."
"All because of my paranoia… I just violated someone’s privacy."
"I can feel a pit open in my stomach."
"I shouldn't have done it."
"Trish is Fang’s friend. Not me."
"God damn it, Anon. The fuck is wrong with you."
"I set the phone back where it was."
"A glance back at Reed and I confirm that he’s still unconscious."
play music 'audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg'
"What’s another secret to keep?"
"Each one just building on the last, the growing maw in my gut threatens to make me violently ill."
show fang unimpressed flip at sright with moveinright
F "Oi!"
"I’m startled as Fang retakes her seat."
F "Did you manage to do {i}anything{/i} on the sheet?"
"I simply shake my head as I show her the incomplete worksheet."
show fang angry flip with dissolve
"Fang sighs frustratedly."
A "Look if I’m being a bother-"
F "It’s simple you dweeb."
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
"Fang began breaking down the questions, her tone less condescending than when we initially started."
"The way she explained it was infinitely better than how Mr. Jingo did at the start of class."
"Over time the sheet was slowly filled in, things finally starting to click now."
F "Looks like you got the hang of this bit. Good job, dork."
"Fang smirks a bit."
"I see a chance to strike."
A "Helps to have an actual decent teacher."
show fang surprised flip with dissolve
"The slight red tint tells me I was right on the mark."
"There’s also the steady *thump thump thump* of her tail on the back of her seat to clue me in. I can’t help thinking of tugging on the appendage."
F "I’m feeling out a rhythm. Thinking of a new song."
A "Is that normally part of the creative process?"
F "Maybe, maybe not. Are you done with the packet yet?"
"I groan."
A "Still got half a page left."
F "That’s just a crossword puzzle. I’m not helping if you can’t do even that."
A "I know, I know."
"I have to resort to good ol’ logic to solve the crossword. The longest and shortest words are easy enough to figure out."
A "But, uhh…"
F "Hm?"
A "Thanks for helping me. With the assignment I mean."
show fang considering flip with dissolve
F "Uhh… Yeah. Sure."
"There’s that red tint again."
F "I’ll help again… I mean, if you need it."
A "Really? Thanks."
F "Yeah, just-"
show fang neutral flip
"*DING-DONG BING-BONG*"
"That’s the bell telling us to piss off to the last period. Crap, I still got a few words left."
scene black with fade
"I guess the last few words and rush over to the teachers’ desk to turn it in. When I turn back I catch sight of Fang leaving the room in a hurry, tail between her legs."
Nas "{i}She’s not that bad once you get to know her.{/i}"
