From 47d53bb0650156c3ff259292ba20c1341e045a02 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coolestskinnieinthejungle <maple@waifu.club>
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 21:56:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] bloomer end reformatted

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 game/script/10.0D.(gold-ending).rpy           |  613 ++++-
 ...-carrying-herself-with-more-confidence.rpy |  301 +-
 game/script/8.75D.aquarium.rpy                |  429 ++-
 .../9.0.prom-(ending-calculated-here).rpy     |    2 +-
 ...break-while-she-thinks-about-her-life).rpy | 2446 ++++++++++++++++-
 5 files changed, 3786 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/game/script/10.0D.(gold-ending).rpy b/game/script/10.0D.(gold-ending).rpy
index 59404db..1572962 100644
--- a/game/script/10.0D.(gold-ending).rpy
+++ b/game/script/10.0D.(gold-ending).rpy
@@ -1 +1,612 @@
-#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
\ No newline at end of file
+label chapter_10.0D:
+
+"-Five Years Later-"
+
+"July seventeenth."
+
+"Year 201M2025 BC."
+
+"Volcaldera Bluffs."
+
+"Weather conditions; hot as tits."
+
+"The evening sun is boiling hot and I’m reminded of one of the myriad of reasons why I first loathed living here."
+
+"The sweat dripping in my eyes makes it difficult to see anything five feet in front of me."
+
+"Like a runt of a tree planted in the sidewalk that I swerve to avoid."
+
+"The air is hot and humid, and I can feel my body grow heavier as I get closer."
+
+"I can’t determine if it’s from the sweat soaking my clothes or the welling trepidation inside me."
+
+"It’s been five years since I’ve seen anyone here."
+
+"I’ve kept in touch with all of them."
+
+"But to see them again in person?"
+
+"It’s the sounds that reach me first. The chatter of people milling about."
+
+unknown "Bro"
+
+unknown "It’s been too long!"
+
+unknown "It was only five years *Giggle*"
+
+"I can make out the building now. I use the sleeve of my shirt to wipe the sweat from my eyes and brow."
+
+"I look at the name written on the arch over the entrance."
+scene outside school fog with fade
+"Volcano High."
+
+A "Still the perfect setting for a horror game. Or maybe a shitty WAD."
+
+"The attempt at humouring myself just made me feel more anxious."
+
+"A check of my phone says I’m thirty minutes early. Wonderful."
+
+"I move to the entrance, only to see all of the steps occupied by twenty-somethings waiting."
+
+show anond neutral at aleft with dissolve
+
+
+A "Yo, this the line?"
+show reed future explanatory flip at rright
+
+Re "Anon?"
+
+play music "audio/OST/Those Other Two Weirdos.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"A hobo raptor at the top of the steps pulls his oversized shades down to peer at me."
+
+Re "Ayyy Anon, what’s up dude?"
+
+"I immediately recognize his voice."
+
+A "Hey Reed, what’s happening?"
+
+A "You seem to certainly have uh… changed."
+
+A "Why do you look like uh… I don’t want to sound rude or anything, but…"
+
+A "You look homeless, Reed."
+
+Re "Whaaaat?"
+
+Re "Duuude, I’m not a hobo! I’m the richest raptor in the world, guy!"
+
+"I think Reed’s lost it."
+
+Re "What’d you say, man?"
+
+A "What? Nothing. No idea what you’re talking about."
+
+A "So, how did you get to become the 'richest raptor in the world'?"
+
+Re "You wouldn’t believe it, man!"
+
+Re "See, it all started with…"
+
+"Reed proceeds to run his mouth off about a bunch of gibberish."
+
+"I cannot understand anything he's saying."
+
+"I think I heard ‘pharmaceutical business’ at one point?"
+
+Re "...and then I was brought here by the birds, dude."
+
+Re "So what’ve you been up to, man?"
+
+Re "You look like you haven’t changed a day."
+
+A "It’s not as exciting as your story, honestly."
+
+A "I just went off to college, got my bachelor’s, and now I’m just a sound engineer."
+
+Re "Sounds pretty sweet, dude."
+show reed future neutral flip with dissolve
+"We stand there for a moment in the blazing heat."
+show reed future explanatory flip with dissolve
+
+Re "Dude, it’s fuckin’ hot out here, you wanna get inside?"
+
+Re "They got drinks n’ shit!"
+
+A "Definitely, I need some air conditioning."
+
+"We quickly moved along to the gymnasium."
+scene reunion with fade
+A "Man, it really hasn’t changed. Takes me back."
+show anond neutral at aleft
+show reed future explanatory flip at rright
+with dissolve
+
+Re "Yeah, takes me back too, man."
+
+Re "Hold on, have you signed in yet?"
+
+A "No, didn’t know I had to."
+
+"Reed gestures to the sign-in table."
+scene reunion with fade
+show anond neutral at aleft
+"The clerk is crouched behind the table sorting through a box."
+
+"I go over to write in my John Hancock and the person behind the counter stands up."
+
+"Seeing her in person now is like witnessing a possessed barbie doll."
+
+show naomi future at sright
+N "Oh!"
+
+N "Anon, you made it!"
+
+A "Yeah, I did."
+
+A "Life been treating you well?"
+
+N "Oh yes, just last year I moved in with my dear Kanyesaurus."
+
+"What the fuck is this world anymore?"
+
+A "Real shame about his last presidential run."
+
+N "Oh, he got over it."
+
+N "There’s always 2028!"
+
+N "Presidential yeezys shall rise again, he says."
+
+"WHAT THE FUUUUCK"
+
+A "That reminds me, have you seen Naser’s college posts?"
+
+A "He got top marks on his last exam."
+
+N "No, I lost touch with him about three years ago."
+
+A "Oh, sorry. How about work, then?"
+
+N "I haven’t been working, mostly staying back at home and looking after the kids."
+
+A "Sounds like you got a pretty good deal going on."
+
+"I turn around to see a short line forming behind me."
+
+A "Sorry to keep you so long, I’ll get out of here."
+
+N "Thanks for catching up, Anon. When I’m done here we can chat more."
+
+scene reunion
+show anond neutral at aleft
+show reed future neutral flip at rcenter
+with fade
+"I go rejoin Reed and we enter the gymnasium together."
+
+"The setup is rather similar to that prom night all those years ago, albeit without the foreign decor."
+
+"Young men and women mingle with small drinks and party foods across the floor."
+
+Re "Man, those look good. Come over here, I’ll get you a drink, on me."
+
+"I follow him over to the minibar. Trish is sitting in one of the seats, huddled over an empty glass."
+
+show rosa future at scenter with dissolve
+
+play music "audio/OST/Ramo de Rosas.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"Rosa is pouring drinks for the few other drunkards when she spots us approach."
+
+Ro "Oh! An-on, it is great to see you after all this time!"
+
+Ro "Please, sit and talk awhile!"
+
+A "Trish, glad we found you here!"
+show reed at rright with move
+show rosa future flip at sright with move
+show trish future neutral flip at tcenter with dissolve
+"She looks up from her sulking and her face lights up at the sight of us."
+
+T "Anon! It’s been years!"
+
+A "Trish, Rosa, glad we found you here!"
+
+Re "Come on man, we’ve been texting this whole time."
+
+"Reed flashes two fingers at the barkeeper, who sets out a few glasses."
+
+A "Yeah, good to see you too."
+
+A "Why’re you looking so gloomy over here?"
+
+Ro "She has been telling me about how it is the end of her world."
+
+T "It’s nothing that serious, just workplace drama."
+
+Re "What, your employees raise another beef with the concept of horn piercings again?"
+
+Ro "No, this time it’s with the engraving tools."
+
+T "They’re telling me people would rather go to the dentist with all the drills we use."
+
+T "And mostly with my designs for hollowed-out horns."
+
+"Rosa instinctively rubs her own horn."
+
+A "H-hollow?"
+
+T "Of course, I even got in contact with a sculptor and figured out how to make them whistle in the wind!"
+
+"Reed leans in to whisper in my ear."
+
+Re "One of the designs sounds like Road Warrior."
+
+"I shudder at the image."
+
+show trish future smug flip
+
+T "Don’t knock it, my satisfaction rate is a clean one-hundred percent!"
+
+Ro "The only problem is getting people to be willing to try it."
+
+A "Sounds like there’s a lot of risk there, yeah."
+
+T "It’s not even that bloody, I only hire the best."
+
+A "B-bloody?"
+
+T "What, never had a piercing before? Same thing."
+
+"Reed shakes his head."
+
+Ro "Anything more than a regular piercing is an abomination before our Lord."
+show trish future unimpressed flip
+"I finish my drink and Reed downs his in one shot, tossing a few dollars on the counter."
+
+"I look up to see the one person I’m most anxious and excited to talk with again approaching."
+
+play music "audio/OST/That Monochromatic Weirdo.ogg" fadein 1.0
+A "Fang! You’re here!"
+show fang d shock with dissolve:
+ xalign -0.6
+F "Wha- I- dammit Anon, I told you to stop calling me that!"
+
+Re "Isn’t that the name Lucy used back in senior year?"
+
+T "Yeah, I think it was."
+
+A "Come on, you’ll always be Fang to me."
+
+"Lucy covers her eyes with her hands."
+show fang d happy with dissolve
+F "You haven’t changed a bit, I swear."
+
+play music "audio/OST/she_fucks_human_men.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+scene d03 with fade
+
+Re "C’mon, get over here. I’ll order us all another watchamacallit of drinks. It’s on me, the richest raptor in the woooorld!"
+
+"Reed cheerfully throws his arms up as he shouts out a prolonged ‘world’"
+
+F "Sure, thanks. I can’t have too much though, I’m the event organizer and all."
+
+A "Sounds like a tough break."
+
+A "Wait, I thought you were the music teacher here."
+#show fang d neutral with dissolve
+F "I’m getting there. Still working with Mister Jingo until he retires next year."
+
+F "Until then I’m a teachers’ assistant."
+
+A "Oh, alright, I see."
+
+"I take a quick glimpse around the room and fail to see any large ape-man."
+
+A "I feel like we’re missing someone."
+
+A "Where’s Spears? I could have sworn he would be here."
+
+Re "Nah man, he’s gone. I saw him on TV the other day, though."
+
+A "Was he giving a speech or something?"
+
+Re "Sort of, he does commercials for car dealerships now."
+
+Re "He’s built a reputation for his gimmick of wrecking a car every ad he does."
+
+A "I… I see."
+
+"Oh god I thought that was a joke about slamming people into cars."
+
+"The hours reconnecting with my old friends pass surprisingly quickly, and the time eventually comes for everyone to go home."
+
+"Lucy excuses herself from the group to go give the closing speech."
+scene reunion with fade
+show anond neutral at aleft
+show reed future at rright
+show rosa future flip at sright
+show trish future neutral flip at tcenter
+with dissolve
+"She goes up onstage and tests the microphone, getting everyone’s attention."
+
+F "Alright everyone, it’s been a wonderful night."
+
+F "You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here."
+
+F "Please start finding your designated drivers or calling up the taxi driver left."
+
+F "We will be locking the doors at three."
+
+"She puts the mic back on its stand and jumps offstage."
+
+show fang d happy with moveinleft:
+ xalign -0.6
+
+"Reed pats my shoulder."
+
+Re "You got a ride home man?"
+
+A "I can walk, but thanks."
+
+"Lucy returns to the minibar and starts raiding the fridge for the last of the alcohol."
+
+T "There it is."
+
+Re "Alright, great seeing you guys. I’ll bounce."
+
+T "We should all meet again for lunch sometime!"
+
+A "Yeah, absolutely. It’s been forever since I’ve been in town, would love to get a tour of what’s new."
+
+Re "You got it, man. See ya."
+hide reed future explanatory with fade
+A "Bye, Reed."
+hide reed future explanatory with moveoutleft
+
+T "Actually, I should get going, too."
+
+T "I don’t want to get stuck in traffic."
+hide trish with dissolve
+A "You’ve had the most to drink out of all of us, you gonna be alright?"
+
+"She raises a smug eyebrow and starts walking to the exit."
+
+T "See you guys."
+
+Ro "Come visit me too, An-on. Stella and I would love to have you."
+
+hide rosa with dissolve
+
+"More people trickle out of the room until it’s just Lucy and I."
+
+"Naomi gives a thumbs-up to Lucy through the door to signal that everyone else has left."
+
+F "Thanks, Naomi, couldn’t have organized this without you."
+
+N "Oh, don’t worry about it! It was nice getting to act like a class representative again."
+
+"The Plastic Persimmon waves and lets the door swing closed with an echoing *clang*."
+
+A "Sooo… Just the two of us…"
+
+F "Damn you Anon and damn you Bill Withers."
+
+A "Ha! Still got it."
+
+F "Yeah yeah."
+
+"Lucy holds up a plastic bag that *clink*s with each shake."
+
+F "I was gonna offer you the last of these… Buuuut…"
+
+A "Hey now, let’s not let those go to waste."
+
+"Her smug grin and laugh says enough."
+
+A "Rooftop?"
+
+F "Rooftop. Now."
+
+"She leads the way through the darkened school hallways and stairwell."
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"I can picture all the old posters from my time here along the walls."
+
+"Oh hey, they finally replaced the door."
+label kino:
+scene roof night
+show fang d neutral at sleft
+show anond neutral flip at sright
+"The door is booted open and the night air has finally cooled down to something breathable now."
+
+"I turn to the ladder on the side of the stair enclosure and climb up."
+
+"Lucy hands me the bag and makes her own ascent."
+
+"From our new vantage point we can see all of the town lit up."
+
+play music "audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"And with the stars above and no moon I would say the view is picturesque."
+
+F "Oi, you gonna hog the drinks?"
+
+"I take out a pair of bottles, using one to pop the cap off the other."
+
+F "Show-off. They’re twist-offs, ya know."
+
+"To prove her point she takes the capped one and simply twists it’s top off."
+
+A "Ow. My ego."
+
+show fang d happy with dissolve
+
+F "Pfffft. Anyways."
+
+A "A toast!"
+
+F "To adulthood!"
+
+A "To stable employment!"
+
+"We tap our bottles together and chug the sweet ambrosia down."
+
+F "Aaaaah. I needed this."
+
+A "Oh?"
+
+"I’m already handing her a second bottle, knowing that she’ll finish her first with her next chug."
+
+A "I guess you’ve been busy."
+
+show fang d unimpressed with dissolve
+
+F "Dealing with teens is a fuckin’ nightmare."
+
+F "There’s this one brat, Kenny. The little shit has broken two trumpets already."
+
+A "Can’t be that bad."
+
+F "Well you see, it happened during band camp-"
+
+"Lucy’s rant went on for what felt like an hour."
+
+"Though judging by the pile of beer bottles, it couldn’t have been more than twenty minutes."
+
+F "-at the fucking dance of all places."
+
+A "Snrk."
+
+show fang d neutral with dissolve
+
+F "What!"
+
+A "Sounds like us, honestly."
+
+F "Bullshit."
+
+A "For real! You were just as bad!"
+
+"Lucy’s elbow finds it’s familiar spot in my side."
+
+F "Nuh uh."
+
+A "Yeah huh. Faaaaang."
+
+"She groans and hides her face in her knees."
+
+F "Why the fuck was I so edgy?"
+
+A "Trish."
+
+F "Mrrrr… Okay, so maybe we were that bad."
+
+A "That’s life for ya."
+
+"She sighs and relaxes. Her legs stretch forward and she leans back on her arms."
+
+F "Yeah…"
+
+F "That’s life…"
+
+"I mimic her pose and find myself staring at the small dots spreading across the night sky."
+stop music fadeout 5.0
+
+A "Teacher at your alma mater. Wasn’t really expecting that, ya know."
+
+F "And you as a sound engineer? Pffft, I figured you’d be making a sexbot or something."
+
+A "The self-cleaning subroutine never worked right."
+show fang d happy with dissolve
+"We chuckle together."
+
+play music "audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance.wav" fadein 1.0
+A "Hey, Lucy…"
+
+"I keep my eyes on the stars, even when Lucy turns to look at me."
+
+"I can feel heat creep across my face."
+
+A "I got a contract with a studio here. I’m thinking…"
+
+A "Since I’ll be here for a good while, how about we get some dinner sometime."
+
+A "Y’know… together…"
+
+"I look at Lucy at last."
+
+"Her face is turned back to the sky, but there’s a dusting of pink across her cheeks."
+
+F "I would… I totally would, Anon…"
+
+F "But I’ve got work like you wouldn’t believe."
+show fang d neutral with dissolve
+A "O-oh. Well, if it’s too mu-"
+
+F "However!"
+
+show fang d happy with dissolve
+
+"Something covers my hand."
+
+"I quick glimpse down and I see it’s Lucy’s atop mine."
+
+F "I’ve got time in the morning."
+
+F "So how bout breakfasts?"
+
+"I smile."
+
+A "Is that a date then?"
+
+F "I don’t know, is it?"
+
+"Lucy turns back to me and smiles."
+
+A "It is, then."
+
+F "You’re such a dweeb."
+
+A "I know."
+
+scene d04b with fade
+
+"That didn’t stop Lucy from shuffling closer until our legs were pressed together."
+
+"That didn’t stop Lucy from leaning her head on my shoulder."
+
+"I grin and wrap my arm around her shoulder."
+
+"Feels just like old times, honestly."
+
+"Like no time has passed since I left Volcadera Bluff."
+
+"I guess I never did say goodbye to Volcano High."
+
+F "Thanks, now my face is forever stuck in a cringe, Anon."
+
+A "...Way to ruin the moment Fang."
+
+F "You ruined it first with your mumbling."
+
+A "Fix it then."
+
+F "You ruined it, you fix it."
+
+A "Fine I will."
+scene black with fade
+"My hand cups her cheek gently."
+
+"Lucy smiles and leans in."
+
+"Ah, I missed this feeling."
+
+"Our lips meld together as we embrace just like we were teens again."
+$ quick_menu = False
+window hide
+scene 4of4 with fade
+stop music fadeout 15.0
+pause 16
+scene black with fade
+pause 1
+jump ending
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/game/script/8.50D.anon-gets-fang's-pronouns-right-and-fang-teases-him-for-it,-almost-making-fun-of-him-for-continuing-to-do-so.-fang-is-now-carrying-herself-with-more-confidence.rpy b/game/script/8.50D.anon-gets-fang's-pronouns-right-and-fang-teases-him-for-it,-almost-making-fun-of-him-for-continuing-to-do-so.-fang-is-now-carrying-herself-with-more-confidence.rpy
index 59404db..7d020c1 100644
--- a/game/script/8.50D.anon-gets-fang's-pronouns-right-and-fang-teases-him-for-it,-almost-making-fun-of-him-for-continuing-to-do-so.-fang-is-now-carrying-herself-with-more-confidence.rpy
+++ b/game/script/8.50D.anon-gets-fang's-pronouns-right-and-fang-teases-him-for-it,-almost-making-fun-of-him-for-continuing-to-do-so.-fang-is-now-carrying-herself-with-more-confidence.rpy
@@ -1 +1,300 @@
-#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
\ No newline at end of file
+label chapter_8.50C:
+
+#label golden: - commented out 6/12/21 - redundant with new chapter labels
+#Announcing a Show | Golden
+
+#le inconsistant indention has arrived
+#le wrong move indent slut
+
+play music "audio/OST/Appreciating her Company.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"About fifteen minutes into the assignment, the two of us are just about done."
+
+"We’re making surprisingly good time."
+
+F "Uhm… and you said that the electrons hold the negative charge, right?"
+
+A "Yeah, yeah."
+
+F "Can’t imagine when I’d be using this crap in real life."
+
+A "You never know, you might shrink one day."
+
+show fang happy behind anon with dissolve
+
+F "Yeah, and you might stop pretending you’re livestreaming on Yousnoot."
+
+A "As far as you know I might be giving you incorrect answers, you know."
+
+F "Mhm, sure."
+
+"The teacher is making his rounds checking on the students and gets to our desks."
+show farnsworth at sright with moveinleft
+Drf "Hello, Anon. Fang."
+
+Drf "Are you two getting along well?"
+
+AnonAndFang "Yes, Mister Fernsworth."
+
+Drf "Great to hear."
+
+Drf "You know, I’m real proud of you two."
+
+Drf "I remember at the start of the year you were at each other's' throats."
+
+Drf "And now look at you!"
+
+"The two of us cringe."
+
+A "Uhh… Yeah, thanks."
+
+Drf "At any rate, you two understand the material, right?"
+
+A "Oh yeah, Fang and I are fine."
+
+A "I was just helping them with a few problems."
+
+"Phew, remembered it this time."
+
+Drf "Good, good."
+
+Drf "I won’t keep you any longer then."
+
+hide farnsworth with moveoutleft
+
+"Fernsworth meanders to pester the next few students."
+
+A "Anyways, where were we?"
+
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+
+"I turn back to Fang and her mischievous grin."
+
+A "What?"
+
+"Her grin only grows."
+
+A "What?! What’s with the look?"
+
+"She shakes her head and holds up her wrist."
+
+A "Uh… it’s ten thirty-seven? Why is that funny?"
+
+F "Anon you ignorant slut."
+
+F "Notice something missing?"
+
+A "...Why do you have feathers on your elbows anyway?"
+
+F "Gawd! No! I’m not enbie, Anon."
+
+A "Oh… Still, why do you have feathers on your elbows?"
+
+"Fang rolls her eyes and digs her feathered elbow into my side."
+
+A "Alright alright, I get it."
+
+A "Just joking around."
+
+F "Shame your jokes suck."
+
+"We chuckle together."
+
+A "So, like, I can say you’re my girlfriend now?"
+
+"Fang blushes a little."
+
+F "You always could. Dummy."
+
+"The blush becomes contagious and I find myself looking back at the worksheet."
+
+"... Girlfriend…"
+
+"Suddenly I’m feeling squeamish all over again."
+
+"I mean, we went on dates before, but she’s never straight up said she’s my girlfriend…"
+
+"Now I’m on the spot."
+
+"It only makes sense that I ask her to prom, right?"
+
+"Why am I getting so worked up again all of a sudden?"
+
+"This is ridiculous, I’m just going to ask."
+
+A "Hey, Fang, you-"
+
+F "We’re going to prom together, right?"
+
+A "O-oh, yeah. Totally."
+
+A "I was gonna ask if you wanted to go at all."
+
+F "Of course I do, but do you want to go?"
+
+A "I mean, only with you?"
+
+F "Yes or no, dork."
+
+A "Yes."
+
+F "That wasn’t so hard, was it?"
+
+A "Like plucking feathers."
+
+"She playfully elbows me again."
+
+"I think I get the feathers on the elbow thing now, because those things fucking dig in. Ow."
+
+F "Do you even have something to wear?"
+
+A "I was going to ask my dad for his old clothes."
+
+F "You sure? I could ask Naser for his old stuff."
+
+A "Tail and wings."
+
+F "Right, right."
+
+A "What about you?"
+
+A "You actually gonna wear a dress?"
+
+F "I’ve got this sick looking dress shirt…"
+
+F "Naaaah, shirts suck."
+
+A "Wings again?"
+
+F "Wings again. At least I can wear a backless dress."
+
+"I cup my chin and try to picture the dress."
+
+"The heat"
+
+"I grin and nod approvingly."
+
+"And earn a third elbow to my side."
+
+A "Wait, hold on."
+
+A "Do you still go by Fang, at least?"
+
+F "Why wouldn’t I?"
+
+A "Cool, just checking."
+
+F "Taking it one step at a time, you know?"
+
+F "There’s only about ten minutes left of class, are we gonna have enough time to finish the assignment?"
+
+A "Shit, yeah. Forgot."
+
+"I flip over the page to reveal the entire second half of the assignment."
+
+A "It’s gonna be close though."
+
+"Fang scoots her chair closer to me."
+
+F "No time to waste then, yeah?"
+
+"Splitting the questions between us, Fang and I are able to finish the assignment seconds before the bell."
+
+"Somehow."
+
+play music "audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"We walk through the hall together, at least until we have to split to our separate classes."
+
+scene hallway with dissolve
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang happy at scenter
+
+A "Hey wait, you did the word search bit this time, right?"
+
+A "I thought you said you were terrible at those?"
+
+F "And you’ve believed me up to this point."
+
+A "I feel used."
+
+F "That’s because I used you."
+
+A "I’ll get you fo-"
+
+Sp "Ah, Fang! There you are, a moment please."
+
+"We turn to see Principal Spears trailing behind us."
+
+F "Yes?"
+
+show spears neutral flip at sright with dissolve
+
+Sp "Fang, I was planning on asking you during your next class, but since I found you here…"
+
+Sp "I’m embarrassed to say we’re missing one event slot during prom. Scheduling error."
+
+Sp "And your teacher, Mr Jingo, recommended you for your musical talents."
+
+Sp "I’m not asking you to make your decision right now, but if you’d consider helping out by performing a musical number or two that would help monumentally."
+
+F "Oh!"
+
+A "Fang’s going to play for the school?"
+
+Sp "If Fang agrees to."
+
+F "Well, uh… Sure!"
+
+F "Yeah, I’d love to do some songs for prom."
+
+Sp "Fantastic news, Fang. When you can, please swing by the office."
+
+F "Thank you, Principal Spears. I’ll come after school today."
+
+"Spears nods and heads off."
+
+hide spears with moveoutright
+
+F "Shit, now I really need to get a good dress."
+
+A "I thought you had one?"
+
+F "A party dress isn’t a performance dress!"
+
+F "It’s like- you know what I mean."
+
+A "I guess?"
+
+A "You don’t seem as excited as last time you got somewhere to play."
+
+F "I know, I mean... last time I had a whole band to play with."
+
+A "You sure you’ll be alright playing solo?"
+
+F "Probably."
+
+F "I’ll also need to practice a lot more…"
+
+F "You’ll help me, right?"
+
+A "Of course."
+
+A "As long as you don’t need me up on stage with you."
+
+F "I’m trying to keep the crowd from throwing things this time around, actually."
+
+A "Bite me."
+
+F "Speaking of. I’ll see you at lunch, right?"
+
+A "Yeah, of course."
+
+"Fang pecks me on the cheek and starts down the hall to her next class."
+
+hide fang neutral with moveoutright
+
+"I feel my lips spread into a grin. It’s kind of weird to think of it, but I’m actually excited for prom."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"Man, I hope dad’s suit has actually been to the cleaner, I don’t wanna disappoint."
+
+"..."
+jump chapter_8.75D
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diff --git a/game/script/8.75D.aquarium.rpy b/game/script/8.75D.aquarium.rpy
index 59404db..7715791 100644
--- a/game/script/8.75D.aquarium.rpy
+++ b/game/script/8.75D.aquarium.rpy
@@ -1 +1,428 @@
-#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
\ No newline at end of file
+label chapter_8.75D:
+
+scene black with fade
+pause 3
+#Let's all go to the Aquarium
+#label LetsAllGoToTheAquarium: - commented out on 6/12/21 - redundo with new systeo
+play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"Every day after school for the next few weeks I would join Fang to help her practice."
+
+"Some days we would go to her place, and other days her father was home early."
+
+"Those days Fang would ‘politely ask’ Naser to drop her off at my place."
+
+"The bribes to keep it from her dad stopped being necessary after the third time."
+
+"The practice sessions themselves were long and arduous."
+
+"Sessions would go on until either her dad kicked me out or sundown."
+
+"Fang would play for hours on end, occasionally stopping to let me try and to take a break."
+
+"Despite my warnings, she’d play until her fingertips were red and raw."
+
+"I decided it was time for a real break once I ran out of band aids."
+
+"My great idea was to take out the map of the city I’d had since I moved in and throw a dart at it to decide where we’d go for the day."
+
+"There’s lots of neat places in the city for dates, the mall, the arcade, a local amusement park."
+
+"...And the dart landed in the ocean over the dock."
+
+"The look from Fang told me she wasn’t stepping anywhere near a tuna boat."
+
+"The Aquarium it is."
+
+scene aquarium with fade
+
+"So here we are inside after paying admission."
+
+"I’d suggested she wear some gloves, just to protect her hands."
+
+"I don’t think she understood the second part, because they were fingerless."
+
+"The Aquarium is a large marble building on a marina."
+
+"The various exhibits sprawl out to make the place turtle-shaped from a birds-eye view."
+
+"It’s a nice place, but I still need to make this entertaining to Fang."
+
+"She already looks bored."
+
+"Looking through one of the map kiosks, I try to make a mental plan for the trip."
+
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang neutral at sright
+
+
+A "Uhh… They got exhibits for the deep sea, the gulf of Mexico, the dopefish, tropical reefs…"
+
+A "... Eenie meanie mini-"
+
+F "Really?"
+
+A "Sea turtles it is."
+
+"I take Fang’s hand and lead her through the lobby into the cmber labeled ‘Sea Turtle Conservatory’."
+
+scene aquariumexhibit
+
+F "Anon, are you sure you want to spend the day here? If you wanted to go to the mall or somethin- omigawd."
+
+"A little sea turtle swims out of hiding in the tank right in front of us."
+
+"Immediately Fang breaks free of my arm and presses against the glass."
+
+F "Look at these cute little shits, I love them!"
+
+show fang adorable at sleft
+show anon neutral at aright
+
+A "Yeah, I see them."
+
+"I peer into the tank and see a few more hatchlings bob out of the decorative grass."
+
+"The hype becomes contagious and I find myself pressed against the glass as well."
+
+Attendant "Please avoid touching the glass, it stresses the little guys out."
+
+A "Oh, sorry."
+
+A "Come on Fang, there’s more stuff to see."
+
+F "Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno."
+
+A "There’s more here than just those baby turtles, you know."
+
+F "Doesn’t matter."
+
+A "You’re just going to stay here all day then?"
+
+F "Yyyeeeep."
+
+A "What’ll you do for lunch?"
+
+F "Bring me something from the cafe."
+
+A "Allright, here I am going off without you."
+
+A "Oh look, a Dumbo Octopus."
+
+F "Whereisit?"
+
+"In a snap Fang’s moved from pressing her face against the turtle tank to pressing it against the octopus tank."
+
+scene aquariumexhibit
+show fang happy at sleft
+#confirmed that fang has autism
+Attendant "Ma’am, please refrain from-"
+
+show fang adorable at sleft
+
+F "OmigoshAnonlookatit."
+
+F "It’s like a living egg yolk with button eyes."
+
+A "Is that the first analogy you can think of…?"
+
+F "And what’s over there? Are those seahorses holy crap I have to take a video of this."
+
+"I shrug apologetically at the attendant who has given up entirely."
+
+"But watching Fang zoom between the exhibits to gush over each oddly cute sea animal was just too much."
+
+"Subtly my phone finds its way into my jacket pocket, already set to record."
+
+show anonphone at scenter with moveinbottom
+
+"She’ll probably kill me if she found out."
+
+"But it’d be a good death."
+
+"Wait, where’d she go?"
+
+hide anonphone with moveoutbottom
+
+scene aquarium with fade
+show fang happy at sleft
+"I round the corner to see the next room has a large group of school children hovering over a stingray touch tank."
+"That is, a large group of school children and Fang, towering above the rest."
+
+"She does have the act down though."
+
+scene stingray pool with dissolve
+
+A "Oh, cool, a stingray pool."
+
+A "You plan on touching one?"
+
+F "Touch?"
+
+A "Yeah, you can put your hand in and they’ll slide against it, watch."
+
+"I roll up my jacket sleeve and push my hand into the water, splaying it out."
+
+"Fang and the children lean in intently."
+
+"The water’s cold, but sure enough, a few of the playful things make their round and slide up right against it like a cat begging for scratches."
+
+A "See?"
+
+"Several in the crowd start jumping with excitement and put their own hands in the water to try for themselves."
+
+"Fang doesn’t seem completely convinced, though."
+
+F "You sure they’re alright to just touch like that? Aren't those dangerous?"
+
+A "I mean, it’s a bit slimy, but there’s a hand sanitizer thing on the wall right there."
+
+F "That isn’t what I meant."
+
+A "Come on, I’ll make sure they don’t bite."
+
+"Fang reluctantly grabs my dry arm and I lead her to a spot not occupied by ankle biters."
+
+"I put my hand back in and motion for Fang to do the same."
+
+"She hesitates with her hand raised just above the waters’ surface, then plunges her hand down next to mine."
+
+"It doesn’t take long for a few rays to make the corner and brush up against our hands."
+
+F "Eep!"
+
+A "You alright?"
+
+F "Yeah, no, it’s just… You were right about them being slimy."
+
+A "Well, I have yet to hear of a dry fish."
+
+F "Shut up."
+
+"After a few more rounds of rays, Fang decides she’s had enough."
+
+
+scene aquarium
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang happy flip at sright
+with fade
+A "See, that wasn’t terrible, right?"
+
+A "Actually, you got all your fingers right?"
+
+F "I dunno, wanna check?"
+
+show fang flip off happy flip
+
+"Her cheeky grin and raised middle finger confirm her hand’s integrity."
+
+show fang neutral flip
+
+F "So uh…"
+
+F "Which exhibit are we checking next?"
+
+"I check the aquarium pamphlet to see where we haven’t been yet."
+
+A "Well… if we go outside we can see the dolphin pools. That way it loops back through the deep sea exhibits."
+
+"With Fang in agreement I lead her towards the exit marked with a large dolphin sign."
+
+scene aquariumoutside with dissolve
+
+"Upon exiting the building my nose is assaulted by a mix of salty air and the smell of raw fish."
+
+"Somehow it’s even fishier than inside the aquarium."
+play music "audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+
+show fang happy at sleft
+show anon neutral flip at aright
+with dissolve
+
+F "Ooh, smells like lunch."
+
+A "It says they should be feeding the dolphins pretty soon."
+
+"The walkway circles around a large pool with several dolphins swimming around, and I can make out the trainer holding a hoop with a bucket of fish by their feet."
+
+"One of the dolphins jumps straight through the hoop and is rewarded with a fish caught out of the air."
+
+F "Would you jump through a hoola hoop for me if I had treats?"
+
+A "..."
+
+"I notice the trainer has traded the hoop for a large brush and is getting one of the dolphins to open its mouth."
+
+"The trainer starts brushing the Dolphin’s teeth and showing off the rows of neatly spaced cones."
+
+"I make a show of craning my neck down to get a view of Fang’s teeth from below."
+
+"She raises an eyebrow for a second and then realizes."
+
+"An elbow jams into my shoulder and her other hand covers her snout."
+
+A "So that’s how you brush your teeth!"
+
+show fang considering with dissolve
+
+F "...I don’t need someone to bribe me at least."
+
+A "Well if you ever need help I’m sure I can get them to lend me one of those brushes."
+
+show fang neutral with dissolve
+
+"And that gets me a jab to the ribs this time."
+
+A "Oh come on, you have to admit they look a bit like you..."
+
+F "Ehh, I don’t see it."
+
+"The dolphin beside her nods in agreement."
+
+"...Right then…"
+
+show fang happy at sleft
+
+A "So, how bout we hit the last spot and then go grab our own lunch?"
+
+A "Unless you want to have some tuna with your clone there."
+
+"Fang rolls her eyes at that."
+
+"Her dolphin duplicate did too."
+
+A "You’re fucking with me, aren’t you."
+
+F "What’re you talking about?"
+
+"Fang’s aquatic doppelganger makes a laugh-like chirping and finally swims away."
+
+"..."
+
+A "So Deep Sea then!"
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"We leave the dolphin pen, following signs back towards the building."
+
+"The floor slopes slowly until we reach a door labelled as the sub-level to our destination."
+
+"Pushing through, we find ourselves in an oversized hamster tube beneath the water."
+
+"Oh, I didn’t realize they had one of these."
+
+scene aquariumtube with fade
+
+"From within the glass walkway we’re surrounded by a myriad of colorful marine life swimming around us."
+show fang surprised at sright
+show anon neutral at aleft
+
+"Fang’s eyes are wide as she tries to follow the different schools of fish that dart to and fro about."
+
+"I’m more mesmerized by the water filtered light cascading off Fang, casting her in a gentle glow that illuminates her white feathers."
+
+"God. So glad I’m recording this."
+
+F "Recording what?"
+
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+
+A "The uh… The shark! Yeah, that cool looking shark over there!"
+
+"I point to the shark that’s currently lazing about, casually drifting by the walkway."
+
+show fang adorable with dissolve
+
+"Fang turns to gush at the shark, giving me the opportunity to quickly stop my phone and see that my battery is near dead and storage near full."
+
+A "Ah, there’s the last exhibit."
+
+show fang happy with dissolve
+
+"I hold open another set of doors, the room within near pitch black."
+
+F "Is it closed?"
+
+A "Hm?"
+
+F "The lights…"
+
+A "Oh! Nah, the room is dark because the things inside aren’t used to light."
+
+F "O-oh."
+
+A "Wait… are you sca-"
+
+F "No! I just… Wasn’t expecting it, is all."
+
+"I offer her my hand."
+
+"Despite her claim otherwise I can feel how tense she is by how her fingernails dig into my hand."
+scene black with fade
+"I lead her into the darkened room, what little light there is coming from the various animals within."
+play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+
+"The aquariums within are packed with bioluminescent jellyfish, illuminating the darkened room with an ethereal glow."
+scene jellyfishroom with fade
+
+F "Whoa. This is…"
+
+A "Beautiful."
+
+F "Yeah… that…"
+
+"I wasn’t referring to the exhibit."
+
+"Fang’s grip on my hand eases, and her fingers work to intertwine with mine."
+
+"With what little light there is I can make out Fang’s smile."
+"My eyes have adjusted enough that I can see Fang’s eyes locked onto mine, the gossamer light making them glow."
+"My lips press softly onto Fang’s beak-end in a chaste peck."
+
+F "eep!"
+F "Oi! G-give me a warning next time!"
+
+A "Mmmm… Naaaah."
+
+"I laugh even as her hip bumps me roughly."
+
+"Our interlocked fingers prevent her from using her preferred elbow tactic."
+
+A "So… had fun?"
+
+F "Mmmm… Maaaaybe…"
+
+F "I’ll say yes if you delete that recording."
+
+A "Awwww, but you were so cute!"
+
+F "Sh-shut up! I’m sexy damn it! Not cute!"
+
+A "Why not both?"
+
+"She glowers."
+
+A "Feel rested?"
+
+F "A bit. I’ll feel even more rested after some lunch though."
+
+A "Sounds like a plan."
+scene aquariumoutside with dissolve
+"The rest of our rest day was spent just relaxing on the pier."
+
+"Snacks on the boardwalk."
+
+"A bad sunburn on my neck."
+
+"And a very relaxed girlfriend."
+
+"Overall, mission successful."
+
+"Except the sunburn."
+
+"Ow."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_9.0D
diff --git a/game/script/9.0.prom-(ending-calculated-here).rpy b/game/script/9.0.prom-(ending-calculated-here).rpy
index 59404db..edbea64 100644
--- a/game/script/9.0.prom-(ending-calculated-here).rpy
+++ b/game/script/9.0.prom-(ending-calculated-here).rpy
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
\ No newline at end of file
+#TODO: i am error delete it
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/game/script/9.0D.(fang-plays-well,-naomi-is-furious-fang-is-taking-attention-from-her,-then-talks-to-anon-in-private-to-break-up-slash-take-a-break-while-she-thinks-about-her-life).rpy b/game/script/9.0D.(fang-plays-well,-naomi-is-furious-fang-is-taking-attention-from-her,-then-talks-to-anon-in-private-to-break-up-slash-take-a-break-while-she-thinks-about-her-life).rpy
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--- a/game/script/9.0D.(fang-plays-well,-naomi-is-furious-fang-is-taking-attention-from-her,-then-talks-to-anon-in-private-to-break-up-slash-take-a-break-while-she-thinks-about-her-life).rpy
+++ b/game/script/9.0D.(fang-plays-well,-naomi-is-furious-fang-is-taking-attention-from-her,-then-talks-to-anon-in-private-to-break-up-slash-take-a-break-while-she-thinks-about-her-life).rpy
@@ -1 +1,2445 @@
-#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
\ No newline at end of file
+label chapter_9.0D:
+
+scene black with fade
+#label PromIsMemorable: - commented out 6/12/21 - redundant with new system of chapter labels
+#Prom is Memorable
+scene black with fade
+
+"-One Month Later-"
+play music "audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"It’s prom night."
+
+"My old man was kind enough to send over his old tuxedo from his time at high school."
+
+"It took a bit of sewing, but I got it looking pretty good."
+
+"Judging by the wine stains on the sleeves, Dad’s made a lot of important announcements in this tuxedo."
+
+"Gives it a bit of history, I guess."
+
+scene home fang outside night
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show naomi prom neutral flip at sright
+with fade
+
+"When I arrive at Fang’s place with a cheap corsage I see the Pomegranate Parasite waiting outside the front door."
+
+"Great."
+
+"And dear god, how can she move in that dress."
+
+"It looks like it’s been shrink-wrapped to her body."
+
+N "Oh, I already knocked Anon."
+
+N "Naser will be out in a moment to invite us in, I’m sure Fang will be getting ready too."
+
+N "I’ve heard the two of you are going to prom together!"
+
+"Ladies and gentlemen, the next Sherlock Holmes."
+
+A "No, I just happen to be here in a suit to go golfing."
+
+"I ignore her, focusing instead on not stabbing my palm even more on this flower’s thorns."
+
+"Fuck it, free is free."
+
+"And nothing more free than a five finger discount from the neighbor’s yard."
+
+N "You and Fang just make the cutest couple! Did you two sign up for prom king and queen?"
+
+A "Nah. She said something about the ‘fascist sexist monarchy system’."
+
+N "Well, Naser and I have entered and we are going to be prom royalty. Ooooh, I can not wait to wear that beautiful tiara, I picked it out and everything and the crown for Naser-"
+
+show naomi prom happy flip
+
+"I’ve already tuned her out."
+
+show naser prom neutral at ncenter with dissolve
+
+"Naser opens the door."
+
+"Well if that isn’t the fanciest jacket I’ve seen in a while."
+
+"It’s certainly better than the background of Avatar he always wears."
+
+Nas "Sorry to keep you waiting, Naomi."
+
+Nas "This thing is a nightmare to get over my wings."
+
+show naser prom happy flip at ncenter with dissolve
+
+Nas "Oh, Anon! Come on in, didn’t know you were already here."
+
+"He waves for the two of us to enter, pecking Naomi on the cheek when she passes."
+
+scene home fang night
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show naser prom neutral at ncenter
+show naomi prom neutral at scenter
+with fade
+
+"Fang’s Mother speaks up from the kitchen."
+
+show fangmom neutral flip at sright with moveinright
+
+FM "Oh! Oh! Is that Anon?"
+
+Nas "Here we go."
+
+"The small pterodactyl comes out, a bowl she’s struggling to stir in her arms."
+
+FM "My, aren’t you handsome."
+
+FM "Pictures! I need to get pictures of you and Lucy!"
+
+"She sets the bowl aside on the coffee table to frantically search for a polaroid camera."
+
+FM "To think Lucy would have such a wonderful young man to take her to prom!"
+
+FM "Aha! Found it. Hold still, dear."
+scene black with fade
+"ARGH! Like getting slapped in the face by the sun’s dick!"
+
+"I blink the blindness away. So that’s why Naser has those fucking aviators."
+
+scene home fang night
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show naser prom neutral at ncenter
+show naomi prom neutral at scenter
+show fangmom neutral flip at sright
+with fade
+
+FM "Lucy will be downstairs in a bit, she’s just getting the last of her makeup on!"
+hide fangmom with moveoutleft
+FM "In the meantime, take a seat! I’ve got some cookies in the oven that are almost ready!"
+
+A "Er, yes, thank you ma’am."
+
+"I take my seat in the usual spot, sinking in and feeling the pillows conform around my spine."
+
+hide anon with moveoutright
+
+scene black with fade
+
+scene home fang night with fade
+show anon prom neutral flip at aright
+
+"This thing must cost a fortune."
+
+"Fang’s dad is a police commissioner if I recall."
+
+"That explains the luxurious furnishings."
+
+"Now that I think about it, I’m surprised I haven’t seen him yet."
+show fangdad neutral at sleft with dissolve
+FD "So…"
+
+"I hope I didn’t just ruin these slacks."
+
+A "Good evening, sir."
+
+A "I didn’t even see you in your chair, sir."
+
+A "My apologies."
+
+FD "Don’t sweat it, son."
+
+FD "Thing about humans, as well as many charnivores, is that their vision is based largely on movement."
+
+FD "You’d be surprised how useful staying quiet and stationary can be."
+
+FD "How close you can get to someone without them knowing-"
+
+show fangmom unimpressed flip at fmcenter with dissolve
+
+FM "Sweetheart."
+
+FM "No. Intimidating. The Suitor."
+
+"The big guy deflates a bit in his chair."
+
+FD "Point is, don’t get any funny ideas."
+
+A "Yessir."
+
+hide fangdad with dissolve
+show naser prom neutral at nleft with moveinleft
+
+N "We’re all taking the NasCar, right?"
+
+Nas "Yeah, yeah."
+
+Nas "Once Fang gets down we’ll skedaddle."
+
+A "So until then we just sit and chill?"
+show naomi prom happy at sleft with moveinleft
+
+N "We could take more pictures!"
+
+"Please no."
+
+show fangmom neutral at fmcenter with moveinleft
+
+FM "Oh! I would love to make this a little photo op!"
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"Thirty photos later and I never want to see another camera again."
+
+"Fang’s mom decided to take pictures of every possible combination of us."
+
+"I don’t know which was worse, having to pose with Naomi or Fang’s dad digging his murder claws into my shoulder."
+
+"I’ve lost nearly all feeling in that arm."
+
+"Pretty sure that’ll leave a bruise worse than my accelerated hug with the stair bollard last month."
+
+"At least the pics with Naser were a nice reprieve."
+
+"We ended up looking like the blues brothers, standing side by side in fuck ugly suits."
+
+"Just as I was about to resign myself to premature blindness from the camera flash, my saviour arrives."
+
+F "Oh, Anon, you’re already here!"
+
+scene home fang night
+show fang d prom happy flip at sright
+with fade
+F "Nice suit! Did ya get it from the suit store?"
+play music "audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"Fang leans over the railing of the staircase."
+
+"Holy shit, she can really rock that dress."
+
+"Fang's Dad" "Ahem."
+
+show fangdad neutral at sleft with moveinleft
+
+"Ah. Shit."
+
+F "Daaaad. Stop scaring Anon!"
+
+FD "I’ll scare who I want in my home."
+
+show fangmom neutral at fmcenter behind fang
+
+"Fang’s mom saves me, taking the mountainous pterodactyl by his head crest."
+
+FM "Now now, dear, Anon is a lovely guest."
+
+FM "Come on down and pose for pictures with everyone, Lucy!"
+
+A "Actually, stay up there so we can all rest."
+
+F "Har."
+
+F "Best thing to do is get it over with."
+
+FM "That’s right. Alright everyone, group together, this one’s going on Christmas postcards for sure!"
+scene home fang day with fade
+show anon prom neutral:
+ xalign -0.1 yalign 0.1
+show fang d prom neutral behind anon:
+ xalign 0.1 yalign 0.1
+show naser prom neutral flip:
+ xalign 0.9 yalign 0.1
+show naomi prom neutral flip:
+ xalign 1.1 yalign 0.1
+with fade
+"Kill me."
+
+F "Later."
+
+"The onslaught of flashes continues as the four of us are directed to stand and pose together in every possible combination."
+
+"After a millenia Fang’s mother is satisfied, or her camera ran out of storage."
+
+"Naser and Fang both crash onto the couch rubbing their photo-bleached eyes, Even Naomi is holding her eyes closed."
+
+"The whole thing left me parched."
+
+A "Hate to bother, but do you guys have any water?"
+
+F "The fridge dispenses water."
+
+Nas "Cups are in the cabinet closest on the right."
+
+A "Thanks."
+
+scene kitchen
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show naomi prom neutral flip at scenter
+with fade
+"While pouring my glass of water Naomi walks in after me."
+
+A "Oh, you need a cup too? I’ll grab you one."
+
+N "No thank you."
+
+N "Actually, Anon, can I speak with you for a moment?"
+
+"Oh boy."
+
+A "Go ahead."
+
+N "I’m very happy that you and Fang are together now, but…"
+
+"I take a long, slow sip."
+
+A "But what?"
+show naomi prom angry flip at scenter
+
+N "But, I mean… Just look at her."
+
+N "The school year’s almost over and she’s barely changed from being that weird punk-goth type."
+
+"Siiiiip. Aaaaah. Refreshing."
+
+A "So?"
+
+N "I mean, I thought you would try to make her… Presentable, you know?"
+
+"Mmm, love me some water."
+
+A "Could you elaborate?"
+
+N "But it’s like you aren’t even trying to fix her."
+
+"Damn, now I need a refill."
+
+N "Could you stop that, I’m being serious here."
+
+A "No no, keep going, I’m listening."
+
+"A quick top up and I’m good to go."
+
+show naomi prom neutral flip with dissolve
+
+N "Well I figured you would help her become more ladylike."
+
+A "I understand. How does that make you feel?"
+
+N "Well, to be honest, I’d rather Fang not be a problem to me at all."
+
+N "I’ve tried everything, too, but even getting her a boyfriend doesn’t work."
+
+N "It’s harsh to ask, but when we go to prom tonight I’d like you two to avoid us."
+
+N "It’s supposed to be a special night."
+
+A "I see."
+
+N "Oh, really? That’s grea-"
+
+A "And how does that make you feel, Fang?"
+play music "audio/OST/punk_revamp.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"Naomi goes white as a sheet."
+show fang d prom happy flip at sright with moveinright
+F "Well since you’ve asked, Anon, I’d be glad to share."
+
+N "O-oh, Fang, I d-didn’t see you there."
+
+show naomi prom neutral with dissolve
+
+F "You’d be surprised how useful staying quiet and stationary can be."
+
+F "How close you can get to someone without them knowing you’re even there."
+
+N "I-I see. Very impressive."
+
+F "Why do you look so surprised? Isn’t me being invisible exactly what you want?"
+
+N "W-well, n-no, I was only planning-"
+
+show fang d prom unimpressed flip with dissolve
+
+F "Oh, right! Your ‘plan’!"
+
+F "I’ve known for months now you were up to something retarded, but not what."
+
+F "But I totally get this, it’s exactly something only you would come up with."
+
+F "Down to the whole thing crashing and burning."
+
+F "I mean really, how could you mess this up?"
+
+F "Literally all you had to do was get some poor schmuck and get him to do everything for you."
+
+F "Hey…"
+
+F "You can’t get even one person to do what you want?"
+
+F "Pretty sad, right Anon?"
+
+A "I could do that in seconds on a certain website."
+
+F "Man, even Anon can do it better. Huh."
+
+F "So basically, fuck your stupid plan, fuck your prom crown, and fuck you."
+
+"In a flash Fang strikes Naomi right across the face."
+hide anon
+hide fang
+show naomi slapped:
+xalign 0.5 yalign 0.4
+with dissolve
+#Johnny test whip sound effect
+F "...And your dress sucks."
+
+F "Anon, you’ve got the taxi number right? We’re gonna need to leave like, right now."
+
+A "Yeah, I’ll give him a call."
+
+A "Bye Naomi, enjoy your hat."
+
+"We leave a speechless Naomi fuming in the kitchen and head towards the front door."
+scene home fang night
+show fangmom neutral at fmleft
+show fang d prom neutral at sright
+show anon prom neutral at acenter
+"...And are promptly intercepted by Fang’s mother still holding her camera."
+
+"I guess she found another card for it."
+
+FM "You two look so darling together! We need more photos!"
+
+A "...I think we’re gonna be late if we take any more pictures."
+
+F "Yeah mom, we need to leave early so I can get everything all set up."
+
+"And to avoid being anywhere near Naomi."
+
+"To my surprise, she seemingly relents to Fang this time."
+
+FM "Oh fine, you’ll be happy you have them when your own children are going to prom!"
+
+"An image flashes in my mind of me and Fang as parents."
+
+"A bit early to think of something like that, and the blush on Fang’s face tells me she’s thinking the same thing."
+
+F "MOM!"
+
+FM "Make sure to have fun at prom, you two!"
+
+"I glance over and Fang’s dad catches me dead in the eyes."
+
+FD "Home by midnight."
+
+"I manage a nod as Fang grabs my hand and leads me out the door with her guitar in the other."
+
+scene home fang outside night with dissolve
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show fang d prom neutral at scenter
+
+A "Let me call the taxi…"
+
+"I dial the number for the taxi service."
+
+D "City taxi service."
+
+A "Yes, can you come to the bus stop at-"
+
+D "Got it."
+
+"*click*"
+
+F "Did he hang up on you?"
+
+A "I dunno, maybe-"
+
+"The taxi skids around the corner, barreling towards the bus stop."
+
+"In the last ten feet it slows to a graceful stop in front of us."
+
+"The window rolls down and it’s the same velociraptor driver from before. Of course it is."
+
+D "Yep. Still got it."
+
+A "How did you get here so fast?"
+
+D "Was in the neighborhood."
+
+play music "audio/OST/bayside_revamp.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"The driver turns his head and looks over at us."
+
+D "Ay, it’s my favorite couple again! How’s the leg, skinnie?"
+
+"The driver chuckles at his own remark."
+
+"I briefly consider calling a different cab, but decide to give him the benefit of the doubt."
+
+A "It’s fine now, thanks for asking."
+
+"This guy must stake out wherever we go."
+
+"Aren’t there {i}any{/i} other taxi drivers in this town?"
+
+"I open the door for Fang and we climb in the back, fitting her guitar behind the driver’s seat."
+scene taxi night
+D "So where’re you two lovebirds heading dressed all snazzy like that?"
+
+A "Volcano High, it’s prom night."
+
+"The driver gives a whistle in response."
+
+D "Prom, huh? Sounds like one romantic night."
+
+"With that he speeds off away, leaving Fang’s house a          shrinking spot in the rear-view mirror."
+
+"The drive back to school is rather calm, despite the driver going at least thirty miles over the speed limit the whole time."
+
+"In the rear-view mirror, the driver makes eye contact with me."
+
+"The bottom of his eye curls, and I know exactly what he’s thinking."
+
+"His hand darts to the radio knob."
+
+A "Don-"
+
+"The way I dance with youuuu~"
+
+"Fang’s heel digs into the back of the driver’s seat, making him yelp."
+
+D "Sheesh, no wonder they call them stilettos."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"The driver kills the radio, a smug grin of victory spreading across Fang’s face."
+
+"Eventually the cab pulls up to the school gymnasium, illuminated by the celebratory decorative string lights."
+
+"I reach for my wallet to pay the toll and the driver just gives me a wave."
+
+D "Y’know what? It’s on the house this time, kids."
+
+D "Just have fun, you two."
+
+scene outside school night
+
+play music "audio/effects/prom chatter loop.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"We climb out the back of the cab and the driver gives me a wink before the taxi screeches away in a cloud of carbon monoxide."
+
+"I offer to carry Fang’s guitar from here which she gladly accepts."
+
+"The students strung up various strings of lights along the overgrowths of vines around the school."
+
+"A rather impressive mural of King Rex is spray painted on the wall outside by the ticket booth."
+
+"You could tell how recent it was by how there was smoke leaking out of the eyes and mouth."
+
+"I think about getting a picture with Fang by it, but I think I’ve developed a serious case of photophobia."
+
+"The line to get in isn’t too long, and it only takes a few minutes to get inside."
+
+scene prom
+
+"Inside is about as well decorated as outside."
+
+"More lights hang from the greenery and even the ceiling."
+
+"Those nerdy little chinese lanterns are strung about from wall to wall."
+
+F "Gotta wonder who picked decorations that go perfectly with her dress."
+show fang d prom neutral at sleft
+A "Perks of the job."
+show anon prom neutral flip at sright
+"Fang leads me to the temporary stage on the other side of the gymnasium where a curtain had been set up."
+
+"Thanks to her guitar lessons I feel like I can actually help get her set up instead of standing around doing nothing."
+
+"We slip behind the curtain and come face to face with King Rex, smoke billowing out of his mouth."
+show reed king rex flip behind anon:
+xalign 1.3 yalign 0.0
+Re "...’Sup?"
+"Reed must be helping Spears with the sound system."
+
+F "Oh good, Reed’s here."
+
+F "You can get everything set up like you usually do."
+
+Re "You got it, amigo."
+
+"With a mock salute, Reed takes the guitar case from my hand and promptly disappears behind one of the speakers."
+
+"Only to return moments later with the guitar, now with a cable trailing behind him."
+
+"Damn, he works fast."
+
+F "Yeah he does, there’s a reason he handles all this sort of stuff."
+
+"The MUMBLING."
+
+"Reed dusts off his hands and lets out a sigh, releasing another mushroom cloud of smoke from the costume."
+
+Re "Man… I haven’t talked to you guys in ages, y’know?"
+
+Re "Not since the whole… projector thing."
+
+A "...You know I sit two seats away from you in math, why didn’t you just talk to me then?"
+
+Re "Bro, I would but like… don’t wanna leave Trish alone."
+
+Re "She’s still suuuuper beating herself up over it, don’t wanna isolate her even more, y’know?"
+
+menu:
+"I’m sure Trish’ll be fine soon enough.":
+ Re "Fang, why don’t you try talking to her sometime?"
+"Weren’t you going to talk to her about it, Fang?":
+ A "Weren’t you going to talk to her about it, Fang?"
+show fang prom d sad with dissolve
+F "I’ve… been meaning to, but…"
+
+F "It’s just sort of awkward, you know…"
+
+F "I’ll try talking to her soon, I promise."
+
+Re "Trish is here… somewhere."
+
+A "She bought a ticket? Does she even have a date?"
+
+Re "Took advantage of my ‘plus one’ deal for deejaying tonight, dude."
+
+Re "Don’t think she wanted a dance with King Rex though..."
+
+"Reed’s shoulders slump a bit inside the costume."
+
+A "I can imagine."
+
+show fang prom d neutral with dissolve
+
+F "Think everything’s set up now, so we can just enjoy ourselves for the next ninety minutes."
+
+Re "You guys going out?"
+
+A "Yeah, see you later Reed."
+
+"He waves his goodbye and turns his attention back to the mix table."
+hide reed king rex with dissolve
+F "You getting hungry?"
+
+A "Yeah, actually."
+
+F "I saw there was a pretty big food table on the way in, come on."
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"Despite the selection of food being rather diverse and professional, Fang piles her plate with barbecue."
+
+"I myself end up with a bit of this and that, bites of sushi, various meats, a few of those tiny party sandwiches, and a few things I don’t recognize but look tasty enough."
+
+scene prom
+show fang prom d neutral at sleft
+show anon prom neutral at aright
+with dissolve
+
+F "Spears told me Rosa helped cook most of this."
+
+show anon prom neutral flip with dissolve
+
+A "Wh-how? This has got to be at least a month’s worth of food."
+
+F "I dunno, she just did it."
+
+A "Is she here now?"
+
+F "Probably in the kitchen working her tail off making more."
+
+"We sit against the back wall to wolf down our servings, and Fang makes me go back to get her seconds."
+
+"Eventually she decides the black hole in her esophagus is satisfied."
+
+F "Man, were these tickets worth every penny or what?"
+
+A "I’m not sure what those things filled with melted cheese were, but they were great."
+
+F "Let’s go see what other crap there is to do here."
+
+A "How much time do we got?"
+
+F "Spears told me I should head back once the slow dances start."
+
+F "Probably another hour or so."
+
+F "You know what, speaking of dances, we should go hit up the floor while they’re still playing the good stuff."
+
+A "What, you don’t like slow dances?"
+
+F "What I like are the bones in my feet."
+
+A "Woooooow."
+play music "audio/OST/its_footloose_now.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"Fang takes my hand and leads me into the crowd of dancing teenagers."
+
+"Reed actually has a pretty good selection of music going."
+
+"Instead of whatever garbage was in the weekly top-forty list, he’s been playing real music."
+
+"Fang’s already lost in the music, grooving along with the other students."
+
+"Now would be a good time to mention I can’t dance in any capacity, not just slow dancing."
+
+"I can’t just stand here like a sperg, need to think of something fast…"
+
+F "Stop being a dweeb, Anon."
+
+"When in doubt, improvise."
+
+$ i = 0
+
+show anon prom neutral flip with move:
+yalign 0.0
+linear 0.3
+yalign 0.1
+linear 0.3
+repeat
+
+"I bob my knees to the fast rhythm of the music."
+
+"And my hands mimic the reload animations from various first person shooters I’ve actually played."
+
+"For good measure I spice it up with a couple dragon punch moves from some fightan cabinets."
+
+show fang prom d happy with move:
+
+"Fang seems glad I’ve joined in, she even tries to mimic a few of my ‘moves’."
+
+"Then she raises an eyebrow and her smile curls a bit more."
+
+F "Wait, Anon, are you…?"
+
+F "BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAH!"
+
+A "I’m not sure what you were expecting."
+
+F "Yeah, no, that’s great, keep doing it."
+
+F "Holy shit you’re weird."
+
+"At least I’m not flossing like some of the faggots here."
+
+show reed king rex behind fang with moveinleft:
+xalign -1.1 yalign 0.1
+show anon prom neutral flip at aright
+show fang prom d neutral with dissolve
+"Reed wades through the crowd and grabs Fang’s shoulder from behind."
+
+F "Yah! What the-"
+
+F "Reed, why aren’t you on stage?"
+
+Re "Autoplay, don’t worry about it."
+
+Re "Something’s come up, we’re gonna need you a bit early."
+
+show fang prom d considering with dissolve
+
+"Fang hesitates."
+
+show fang prom d sad with dissolve
+
+F "Damn it, sorry Anon, I don’t mean to leave you like this."
+
+A "Things happen, go ahead and fix whatever Reed tripped over."
+
+show fang prom d neutral with dissolve
+
+Re "How did you- nevermind."
+
+Re "Come on, there’s no time!"
+
+A "Good luck, Fang."
+
+hide reed king rex with moveoutright
+
+"Fang gives me a brief hug before following Reed out of the crowd, leaving me alone amongst the sea of sweaty teenagers."
+
+hide fang d prom neutral with moveoutright
+
+"..."
+
+"I should go get more of those cheese things from earlier."
+
+"It’s nice to eat like an actual human for once."
+
+"On my way over to the catering table something catches the corner of my eye."
+
+show trish prom neutral at sleft
+
+"Sitting alone at a table in the back is Trish, blankly staring at her phone and not touching the plate of food in front of her."
+play music "audio/OST/Appreciating her Company.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"I really don't pay any mind to her, my focus solely on getting to the buffet table."
+
+Re "{alpha=0.5}{i}She’s still suuuuper beating herself up over it, don’t wanna isolate her even more, y’know?{/i}{/alpha}"
+
+"God… damn it, Reed."
+
+"I really don’t feel like playing therapist again, especially at prom."
+
+"...But if she’s still hung up on what happened then the least I can do is talk to her, right?"
+
+"After getting another plate of tiny greasy delights, I begin to approach Trish."
+
+"Worse case scenario I get gored on her horn, and it’s not as threatening as staircases."
+show anon prom neutral flip at acenter with move
+A "Is this seat taken?"
+
+"Trish looks up from her phone and her face flies through a myriad of emotions."
+"At first confused, then fucking pissed, then aroused, then back to fucking pissed, all in the space of an attosecond."
+
+A "Hey… Lookin’ good in that dress."
+
+T "Y-you too…"
+
+"Okay, operation confused trigga is off to a good start."
+"I hold out the second plate of morsels to her." #Isn't she a fucking vegan?
+
+A "I snagged these for Fang, but she had some last minute stage issues to deal with."
+
+T "O-oh. Uh… Thanks?"
+
+"I sit down next to her and tuck into my meal."
+
+T "Aren’t you supposed to be with Fang? Why are you here?"
+
+A "Well, she’s got something to deal with and I’m hungry."
+
+T "No! I mean here!"
+
+A "To… eat?"
+
+"For emphasis I show her my half finished plate."
+
+T "Oh my fuck, no! As in right here!"
+show trish prom indignant with dissolve
+
+A "Oh!"
+
+A "Because it’s prom-"
+
+"Before her hands can reach for my throat I finish."
+
+show trish prom neutral with dissolve
+
+A "And you’re looking lonely."
+
+"Ah, there we go."
+
+"Trish locks up completely."
+
+"Looking closer I can see just how dry her eyes are."
+
+"Man, she must’ve been crying a lot."
+
+T "I wasn’t!"
+
+"God damn it mouth."
+
+A "Alright, alright. I was just thinking."
+
+A "And like. How do I say this."
+
+"Trish is focused completely on me now. Okay brain, help me out here."
+
+A "I saw you sat here. No date, no friends, no nothing."
+
+"Ah, bad choice, Trish’s face sunk at each word."
+
+A "I was thinking ’bout how lonely you were."
+
+A "Which is something I know quite well."
+
+A "Being alone and all."
+
+A "So!"
+
+A "Since I’m by myself now, and you were looking lonely, I’d figured we could be lonely together."
+
+A "Make sense?"
+
+"Trish lets out a sigh."
+show trish prom sad with dissolve
+
+T "...Why are you doing this?"
+
+T "After everything I did, you should hate me for it."
+
+"I sigh."
+
+A "Yeah… I mean, I still get called names and stuff."
+
+A "And Stella keeps trying to get me to watch shit with her."
+
+A "But fuck it. I won’t have to see those fuckers ever again in a few weeks."
+
+A "That shit’s gonna be in the past."
+
+A "But…"
+
+F "{alpha=0.5}{i}I’ve… been meaning to, but…{/i}{/alpha}"
+
+A "But it’d crush Fang if she never talks with her best friend again."
+
+play music "audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"Trish’s eyes widen."
+
+A "So. Peace?"
+
+"I hold out the second plate of food to her again."
+
+"Trish takes the proffered plate. Her dry eyes start to water and a fragile smile grows on her face."
+show trish prom neutral with dissolve
+
+T "Peace."
+
+A "Cool. Also speaking of, that food’s probably cold now, too."
+
+"It’s a bad joke, but it works in getting a simple laugh out of the triceratops girl."
+
+"I make quick work of the rest of my pot stickers, noting how Trish is ravenously devouring them."
+
+"Huh, I guess she was looking a little thin. This month must have been hell for her."
+
+"We sit in silence until the music changes to something much slower."
+
+"Definitely not my kind of music."
+
+"I peer over and see Trish staring longingly at the couples dancing."
+
+"Guess no one’s bothered to ask her."
+
+T "Reed has."
+
+A "Then why not dance with him?"
+
+T "I am NOT dancing with King Rex."
+
+"Poor Reed."
+
+A "Well, how ‘bout with me?"
+
+T "...Do you even know how to dance?"
+
+A "I can improvise?"
+
+T "Let me rephrase that. Do you even know how to slow dance?"
+
+A "There’s a difference?"
+
+"Trish sighs in frustration."
+
+T "The things I put up with…"
+
+T "Alright, I’ll teach you."
+
+A "Wait wha-"
+
+T "I want to dance, and so help me Raptor Jesus I’m getting a dance."
+
+play music "audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"Trish grabs me by the elbow and pulls me to the dance floor."
+scene black with fade
+"When Trish finds a spot she’s satisfied with, away from most of the other couples and open, she turns back to me."
+scene prom with fade
+show trish and anon cuck fang:
+xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5
+pause 3
+
+T "Left hand on my hip. Now!"
+"Oh wow, she is short as hell."
+
+"I need to actually reach so my hand plants itself on her hip."
+
+A "Okay, next?"
+
+"Trish’s left hand takes my right, and her right hand is placed on my left bicep since she doesn’t want to stand on her toes. Or mine."
+
+T "Now just step to your left."
+
+show trish and anon cuck fang:
+linear 1.0 xalign 0.9 yalign 0.5
+
+
+"My left foot moves left."
+
+T "And bring your right foot next to it."
+
+"Okay. That’s one step."
+
+
+T "And that’s it."
+
+"..."
+
+"Wow, dancing is simple."
+
+"Slowly I find myself getting into the rhythm of the dance."
+
+show trish and anon cuck fang:
+linear 1.0 xalign 0.4
+pause 3
+linear 1.0 xalign -0.2
+pause 3
+linear 1.0 xalign 0.4
+pause 3
+linear 1.0 xalign 1.0
+pause 3
+repeat
+
+"Occasionally Trish would give instructions for a new step or move."
+
+"One song and dance grew into three or four, I lost track."
+
+"But as we ease into the next song, I realize that Trish is starting to smile at last."
+
+play music "audio/effects/prom chatter loop 2.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"*GRRRRRRRRRLLLL*"
+
+"Trish’s face goes bright red."
+
+A "What was that?"
+
+T "Uhh… I think I was hungrier than I thought."
+
+A "Wanna head back to the food table?"
+
+T "Er- yeah. Sorry."
+
+A "For what? Come on."
+scene black with fade
+
+"I lead Trish out of the crowd back in the general direction of the buffet."
+scene prom with fade
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show trish prom neutral flip at tcenter
+A "Thanks for teaching me to dance."
+
+T "I’m coming for you if I hear Fang’s got a broken toe."
+
+A "Noted. You go ahead, I’ll wait at the bench we were at before."
+
+"I gesture towards the tables of food."
+
+T "Oh, sure. Gimme a bit."
+
+"She heads off and I go sit in the same spot on the bleachers as before."
+hide trish with moveoutright
+
+"Well then. Got some time to kill, time to shitpo-"
+
+"*THUNK*"
+
+A "Whoa, Trish, warn me before you jump into the chair."
+
+show spears neutral flip at scenter with dissolve
+
+Sp "My bad."
+
+A "Oh ffff-flint, hello Principal Spears."
+
+A "Is Fang doing alright?"
+
+Sp "Yeah, she’s still getting everything ready."
+
+Sp "I just wanted to have a word with you. Got a minute?"
+
+A "Sure."
+
+Sp "When you first got here I noticed you were a bit on the egotistical side, if I may say so."
+
+Sp "You’ve since become a fine young man."
+
+Sp "You were in a muddy situation and were able to get this much out of it."
+
+Sp "I can tell you’re going places, son."
+
+A "I-I see. Thanks."
+
+"Principal Spears leans over and places one of his gargantuan hands on my shoulder."
+
+show spears happy flip with dissolve
+
+Sp "I’m real proud of you."
+
+"He pats my shoulder out of its socket and gets up."
+
+show spears neutral flip with dissolve
+
+Sp "I won’t keep you any longer, I have my own business to attend to in a moment."
+
+A "Giving Naomi and Naser their crowns?"
+
+Sp "Heh. It’s a bit obvious, but I won’t ruin their moment."
+
+Sp "Alright, be seeing you."
+
+A "Later, Principal Spears."
+label chadshark:
+"He marches away to get ready for the announcement."
+scene prom with fade
+show anonphone with moveinbottom
+"I check my phone to make my post."
+
+"hey fagets guess whos at prom? later virgins"
+"pic rel is my date :^)"
+
+scene black with fade
+scene prom
+show chadshark:
+xalign 0.4
+show stella prom neutral flip:
+xalign 0.65
+with fade
+"I attach a picture I took of Stella earlier when her date was in the restroom."
+
+"How did she end up with the football captain, anyway?"
+
+"Whatever."
+
+"Three… Two… One…"
+
+"Refreshing…"
+
+"Forty replies AND revenge for that soda can."
+scene prom
+show anonphone
+with fade
+
+hide anonphone with moveoutbottom
+show anon prom neutral at aleft with dissolve
+show trish prom neutral flip at tcenter with moveinright
+T "Alright, sorry, I’m back."
+
+"Trish slides into the chair Spears just left from."
+
+T "Did someone bend this…?"
+
+A "Spears."
+
+T "Oh."
+
+"She puts her plate down."
+
+"It’s a veritable bake sale."
+
+A "Hey, you can’t have dessert for dinner."
+
+T "Piss off."
+
+"The music fades until all that’s left is chatter."
+
+"Spears takes to the stage with mic in hand for once."
+scene prom
+show spears neutral at scenter
+Sp "Alright everyone. Before we end tonight’s prom we have a couple of items to take care of."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+Sp "First thing is-"
+
+"The principal pulls a tiny gold sheaf envelope from his lapel and holds it up for the audience to gawk at."
+
+Sp "to announce prom King and Queen."
+
+"Well this is a foregone conclusion."
+
+"A few students are already congratulating Naser as he’s led by the arm by his handler."
+
+Sp "A drum roll, please."
+
+"Reed steps onto the stage with a small block in his arms."
+
+"He smiles and nods, pressing one of the myriad of buttons on the block."
+
+"A mediocre recording of the drumline plays over the speakers as Spears clears his throat and tears open the envelope."
+
+Sp "And your winners."
+
+Sp "For the one Mil."
+
+Sp "Twenty-twenty class."
+
+Sp "Aaaaaare…."
+
+Sp "Naaaaaser aaaaand Naaaaoooomiiiiii!"
+
+"He tosses the paper over his shoulder and yanks out the crowns from a pocket inside his jacket."
+show spears neutral with moveinleft:
+ xalign -0.2 yalign 0.0
+show naser prom happy at sleft with moveinleft
+show naomi prom happy flip with moveinleft:
+ xalign 0.9 yalign 0.0
+"Spears backs out of the spotlight, giving a polite applause to the pair as they rush onstage to accept."
+
+"The rest of the class is in a celebratory uproar."
+
+"Spears offers the crowns to Naomi, who puts the larger one on Naser’s crest to droop off, and then dons the tiara.."
+
+"The whole moment is picturesque, just like Naomi wanted."
+
+N "Thank you all so much, Volcano High!"
+
+N "This is such an honor to receive."
+
+N "My, I don’t really have a speech prepared. But…"
+
+N "In just one short year, we-"
+
+Sp "Alright, alright, let’s stay on schedule."
+
+show naser prom neutral with dissolve
+show naomi prom neutral flip with dissolve
+
+Sp "I promised your parents we’d be out of here by ten."
+hide naomi with dissolve
+hide naser with dissolve
+
+Sp "To close off this wonderful night, I’ve asked a student to play one final song for us."
+
+Sp "Now I know she’s played before with… mixed results, but please give her a second chance."
+
+Sp "To finish up, please welcome Fang!"
+hide spears with dissolve
+show fang d prom happy at scenter
+"Spears puts the microphone up and gives a welcoming applause as the cheap curtains draw open."
+
+"Fang is standing onstage front and center, guitar."
+
+unknown "Wait, who?"
+
+unknown "She was there last time, wasn’t she?"
+
+unknown "I’ll just start recording…"
+
+"She scans the room, a nervous look creeping onto her face."
+
+scene prom
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show trish prom angry at scenter
+with dissolve
+
+T "Those dicks!"
+
+"I start waving my arms in the air, trying to catch Fang’s attention."
+
+"Trish sees what I’m doing and whistles with her thumb and index finger."
+
+unknown "Who the-"
+
+unknown "-that the weeb?"
+
+unknown "Only he would-"
+
+unknown "-match made for losers-"
+
+"Fang notices us and some of the nervousness melts off her face."
+
+play music "audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance - Demo.wav" fadein 1.0
+
+"She takes a deep breath and starts strumming the first notes of her song."
+
+scene fang d ending preformance 1
+
+"It took half a year but she finally completed the song from the roof."
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance - Live.wav' fadein 1.0
+
+"The cascade of chords is a slow build that increases tempo gradually."
+
+"Thinking back over all the practice sessions, Fang fretted over what exactly she would play."
+
+"Turns out, a rock ballad fit perfectly."
+
+"Both as a final song for prom."
+
+"And as a summation of Fang."
+
+"After all, as she plays her heart out on stage to the growing surprise and cheers of the crowd, this song is the best representation of her."
+
+"Trish and I cheer Fang on loudly."
+
+"The lyrics we composed together were a mix of her, admittedly, overly flowery and edgy poetry from her wall and my own shitposting."
+
+"Surprisingly it mixed well."
+
+"Apparently the rest of my classmates thought so too."
+
+"I spin around to get a better look at all the cheering students and immediately fix my eyes on Naomi."
+
+"And she looks pissed."
+
+"Naser looks like he’s enjoying the show, however."
+
+"Not wanting to let the moment go to waste, I get my phone out and zoom in as stealthily as I can."
+
+"I snap a picture of the seething prom queen before she stomps off, probably complaining how her perfect night was ruined."
+
+"Shame that someone other than her gets the spotlight for once."
+
+"Satisfied that Fang will enjoy seeing the picture, I begin pushing and squeezing my way towards the front of the crowd."
+
+"As soon as Fang’s eyes lock with mine, I catch a look of unreserved glee on her face."
+
+"That same look she had during their concert at Moe’s, or when we even found Moe’s in the first place."
+
+"She is finally in her element, and loving every second of it."
+
+"Fang’s voice is beginning to grow hoarse as she nears the end of her song."
+
+"As the song reaches its crescendo, her final lyrics are echoed by the crowd and reverberates throughout the hall."
+
+F "GOODBYE"
+F    "VOLCANO"
+F        "HIIIIIGH!"
+
+"Her voice shakes as the words trail off, delivering a meteoric finale to her show."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"The guitar echoes for several seconds before applause begins to fill the air, cheers that I didn’t initiate this time."
+
+"I begin to join in, but take notice of Fang’s utterly stiff posture."
+
+"Eyes wide, wings pressed against her back, legs locked like a statue."
+
+"She looks like she’s about to faint from shock."
+"I realize I have an opportunity here and stone the fuck up."
+
+"God damn it, I’m going to take it."
+
+"I push my way through the crowd and jump up on the stage, taking the nearly catatonic Fang into my arms."
+
+"Standing in an embrace on stage, my mind barely registers the crowd of students in front of us."
+
+"Fang gasps and snaps back to reality."
+
+"I can see the embarrassed mirth playing across her beautiful eyes."
+scene fang d ending preformance 4
+"No thought at all, I press my lips against hers."
+
+"Behind me I can hear the audience’s cheers grow louder."
+
+"I can hear Rosa and Stella’s wolf whistles inside the crowd."
+
+"I can even make out Naser, Trish and Reed’s own supportive calls."
+
+"It’s a picture-perfect moment."
+
+"Wait. Missing one thing."
+
+"I extend one arm out toward Naomi, who I know is suffering from rectal-ragnarok by now, and raise one finger in particular at her."
+
+"There, picture-perfect."
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"..."
+
+label FastTimesAtVolcanoHigh:
+#Fast Times at Volcano High
+"-Two Weeks Later-"
+
+scene beach with fade
+
+show anon neutral at acenter
+play music "audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg"
+"Time seemed to fly after prom, honestly."
+
+"Probably the stress of finals."
+
+"And graduation rehearsals."
+
+"And graduation itself."
+
+"I nearly gouged out my eardrums having to sit through Naomi’s speech."
+
+"Of course the bubblegum blockhead was the valedictorian."
+
+"Her speech, as rehearsed as it was, still sounded like we were at a funeral."
+
+"Even now I think she’s still seething from prom night."
+
+"Or maybe it’s the photo of her face that’s currently circulating a certain Albanian Car Trading chatroom."
+
+"Infinitely better than any reaction I could’ve made."
+
+"About a week after, Fang came to me with news that Trish got the idea for a celebration and Naser was organizing it."
+
+"Naser organizing any party meant that he’d make sure nobody had any real fun, so Fang convinced him to split up the work between the rest of us."
+
+"It was Fang’s job to get the pizza."
+
+"I, the broke fuck that I am, was put in charge of the fire and finding a good pit for it."
+
+Nas "{i}You people are good at making fires, right Anon?{/i}"
+
+"I wonder if I can sue him for hate speech."
+
+"That aside."
+
+"The party is at St. Hammond Beach, which is just below the cliffs that make the town’s namesake."
+
+"The sun has already set when we get there, the starry sky illuminating the whole place in a pale blue."
+
+"I got to the site a bit earlier and got to set up an impressive firepit with meticulously set stones surrounding it, and logs set in an ideal tower for an overnight blaze."
+
+"Everything is ready, so where is everyone else?"
+
+"We agreed to meet at seven, right?"
+
+"Right as I reach into my pocket for my phone, a van chugs onto the sand from the distance."
+
+"It stops right in front of me and Trish flies out the side door, gasping for breath."
+show anon neutral flip at aright with move
+show trish neutral at scenter with moveinleft
+T " *huff*, *huff*..."
+
+A "You look like you just got choked out by Spears."
+
+"She just points back to the van."
+
+"The drivers’ door opens, letting out a gust of smoke from within."
+
+"Reed emerges from the cloud as if nothing’s wrong."
+
+T "Reed... *huff*... Your car.... *huff*..."
+show reed explanatory at sleft with moveinleft
+Re "Oh yeah, you like it? It’s an electric!"
+
+"Trish collapses in the sand."
+
+"Before I can check if she’s still breathing, a stereotypical mariachi car horn catches my attention."
+
+"I swing around and catch Stella and Rosa exiting a hot pink Prius, each with a pair of phone speakers in their hands."
+
+"Waving to them, my focus returns to Reed now helping Trish off the ground."
+show reed with move:
+  xalign -0.55
+show trish with move:
+  xalign -0.05
+show anon neutral with move:
+  xalign 0.25 yalign 0.0
+show fang neutral behind anon with moveinright:
+  xalign 0.45
+show naser neutral flip with moveinright:
+  xalign 0.85
+show rosa neutral flip with moveinright:
+  xalign 1.05
+show stella neutral flip with moveinright:
+  xalign 1.05
+Re "Need a light, amigo?"
+
+"Before I can respond, he reaches into his pocket and fishes out a lighter which is promptly tossed my way."
+
+"Catching it out of the air, I only briefly catch the words ‘FUCK COMMUNISM’ engraved in its side when I hear yet another car approaching."
+
+"Recognizing it by sound alone, I see the NasCar glide to a halt next to Rosa’s car."
+
+"That name might still be dumb as hell, but I gotta admit it’s growing on me."
+
+"Fang emerges from the backseat and waves at me."
+
+"She hunches into the car to get out the pizza boxes and starts striding towards us."
+
+Nas "...c’mon babe, please. You know she didn’t do it on purpose!"
+
+show naser neutral flip with move:
+  xalign 1.25
+show rosa with move:
+  xalign 1.35
+show stella neutral flip with move:
+  xalign 1.25
+
+"Naomi erupts from the car in a frothing rage, her shirt noticeably stained an orange-red."
+
+show naomi angry flip behind naser with move:
+  xalign 0.70
+
+F "Ha! Wish I did."
+
+F "Oh yeah, the box on top is a bit messed up. Long story."
+
+N "How on *EARTH* did you throw a pizza on me from the backseat and get it back in the box?!"
+
+Re "Naser, bro... you were driving the whole time, right?"
+
+Nas "Yeah, why?"
+
+Re "Just a feeling."
+
+N "This stuff has been happening ever since that picture of me was posted online."
+show naomi sad with dissolve
+Nas "Relax, babe, it’s the start of summer."
+
+Nas "Here, take my jacket."
+
+"Naser starts sliding the jacket off his back and…"
+
+"What the-...?"
+
+"What is this noneuclidean bullshit I see before me."
+
+"Why is there a second jacket below the first…?"
+show naomi neutral flip with dissolve
+"Reed taps my back and pulls my eyes away from the spatial anomaly."
+
+Re "Hurry up and start the fire, man…"
+
+Re "I got the booze all ready."
+
+"Once the bonfire was set ablaze Stella and Trish started setting up the speakers around in a radius."
+
+Ro "Are you sure these will be loud enough?"
+
+Ro "They’re only a few dollars at the supermarket."
+
+Re "Oh yeah, those’ll be louder than the carfe this time."
+
+Ro "Why would coffee be louder than a stereo?"
+
+show rosa considering flip with dissolve
+
+Re "Anyway!"
+
+"Reed drops the ice chest he was holding in the sand."
+
+Re "Went all in man, got the name brands and everything."
+
+A "I’m surprised you got Naser to let you bring this stuff."
+
+"Naser returns to the rest of the group, wearing his jacket again."
+show naomi neutral flip with dissolve
+
+Nas "Got me to agree to what?"
+
+show reed neutral with dissolve
+
+Re "About that..."
+
+show naser shocked flip
+show naomi shocked flip
+with dissolve
+
+Nas "You brought alcohol?!"
+
+Re "I mean, I usually call it liquor, but…"
+
+Nas "Darn it, Reed!"
+
+Nas "We’re all underage, you know even if I were to agree Naomi would pitch a fit!"
+
+Re "Dude, we all just graduated…"
+
+Re "If now isn’t the time to live a little, then when?"
+
+"Naser hesitates."
+
+Re "Besides, I did think of you and Naomi."
+
+Nas "Huh?"
+show reed happy with dissolve
+Re "Yeah, I got a special brand just for the two of you. Great beginner stuff."
+
+show naser annoyed flip
+show naomi neutral flip
+with dissolve
+
+Nas "You… Whatever, I’ll try to keep Naomi from calling the police, fine."
+
+Re "You’re a real bro, man…"
+show naser neutral flip with dissolve
+Re "If everyone’s ready then let’s get started!"
+show black with fade
+"Soon enough the pizza and booze are passed out and we’re all sitting in the sand around the blazing fire and the weekly top-forty list playing on the speakers."
+play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0
+show reed neutral
+show rosa neutral flip
+show stella explanatory flip:
+  xalign 1.2 yalign 0.0
+"Everyone is conversating amongst themselves."
+scene d01 with fade
+T "-are totally in! Come on, you’d look great in it!"
+
+F "No fucking way that’s fucking real! ‘Beach maid’?! Have you been sneaking Reed’s stash again?"
+
+N "And-and-and another thing!"
+
+N "Her song wasn’t even that good! *hic*"
+
+N "Why was it us who gets *hic*, gets the short end of the stick?!"
+
+Nas "I mean, I mean, I liked it…"
+
+N "You’ve said that a dozen times already…"
+
+Re "Y’know, I’m something of a gardener myself."
+
+Ro "Oh! Really? You should have joined the gardening club back at school, we had the loveliest little poppy bed."
+
+Re "Poppies, you say? The coincidences keep piling up, don’t they…"
+
+St "-And the robots are powered by their blood! Super cool right?!"
+
+"Oh right, Stella was talking to me. Forgot why I was zoning out for a bit."
+
+A "Sure, yeah."
+
+St "Great, I’ll get my copy and we can watch it at your place sometime."
+
+St "Oh! Bring Fang too! She’d love this movie too!"
+
+"Did I just agree to something?"
+
+St "Oh, oh! Enough about Escaflowne, I want to show you something neat!"
+
+"She brings a small box from her front pocket."
+
+St "I got a new set of tarot cards! You want to be the first to use them?"
+
+A "I don’t see why not."
+
+"Stella shifts to a criss-cross position and fans out all the cards for me to pick from."
+
+"I pull one out and turn it over."
+
+A "The lovers…?"
+
+"The illustration depicts a human and pterosaur in embrace."
+
+"I raise an eyebrow at Stella."
+
+St "What’s that look for?"
+
+A "Oh come on."
+
+St "Oh, you know, the heart of the cards and all that."
+
+St "Go ahead and keep that one."
+
+"I sigh and tuck the card into my jacket pocket."
+
+A "You did that on purpose, didn’t you?"
+
+"Stella’s not-so-innocent smile tells me all I need to know."
+
+Ro "I think it’s so cute!"
+
+"Rosa and Reed apparently finished their botanical conversation and were listening in on Stella’s entire ‘fortune’."
+
+Re "Ooh! Do me next, man."
+#show stella unimpressed flip with dissolve
+
+St "Maybe later, Reed."
+
+"Reed deflates a bit and my attention returns to the inebriated couple behind him."
+
+#show anon neutral flip with dissolve
+
+A "What did you even give Naser to get them that wasted?"
+
+"Reed glances behind him before throwing his head back in laughter."
+
+Re "Little party trick, bro…"
+
+"He grabs one of Naser’s empty cans and tosses it in my lap."
+
+"Holding it up to the light, I barely make out the words ‘NON ALCOHOLIC’ written in microscopic font."
+
+A "So you mean they’re-"
+
+Re "Totally sober, dude."
+
+"It’s my turn to laugh at the pair making fools of themselves when Fang suddenly gets up and starts walking towards the parked cars."
+
+#show anon neutral with dissolve
+
+F "Got something I want to do, be right back."
+
+#hide fang with moveoutright
+
+"I give her a smile and turn back to Reed."
+
+Re "We can still mess with them, man. Watch this."
+
+Re "Hey Naser! What’s your plan now that you’re, like, out of school?"
+
+"The two virgin drunks turn their attention to us, Naser clearly ‘deep’ in thought."
+
+Nas "Aw, man, like… I’m gonna be- gonna go and be a nur- nyros- sturgon."
+
+#show naomi neutral with dissolve
+
+N "My bad boy’s soooooooooo smart!"
+
+"Gross."
+
+"I lean towards Reed and lower my voice."
+
+#show anon neutral flip with dissolve
+
+A "Should we tell them?"
+
+Re "Nah, dude. Naomi’s having fun for like, the first time ever."
+
+A "...So tomorrow then?"
+
+Re "Definitely tomorrow, bro."
+
+"Reed lets out a sigh and turns back towards me."
+
+Re "So, like, for real though... what are you gonna do now that school’s over, man?"
+
+menu:
+
+ "Go to college":
+
+  A "Well… Spears convinced me to send out a couple application letters for college."
+
+  A "I’m thinking of doing something with music… maybe becoming a sound engineer?"
+
+ "Not certain just yet":
+  A "I’m not sure yet."
+
+  A "I’m thinking of doing something with music… maybe becoming a sound engineer?"
+
+Re "Oh nice, dude! You can be the band’s sound technician when you’re done!"
+
+#show reed explanatory with dissolve:
+#   xalign -0.55
+
+A "Yeah, something like that… What about you?"
+
+Re "Me? Flow with the go, dude. Like the dinos of old, gotta get in sync with the universe first, y’know?"
+
+A "Riiiight. What about-"
+
+T "I’m gonna get my cosmetologist license and open my own horn salon!"
+
+"The miniature triceratops bursts out from the other side of the bonfire, catching me off guard."
+
+T "We’ll do hair and horns and piercings and- oh! Engravings too! Fang even said-"
+
+F "That I’d be your first customer, I’ve told you a million times by now"
+
+"Fang returns from wherever it is she went, now carrying an object in her hands."
+#show fang neutral flip with moveinright:
+#     xalign 0.45
+
+"The flickering light of the bonfire is enough to illuminate the cover of the school yearbook she’s holding."
+
+"Without a word she walks in front of us, conspicuously carrying the yearbook right towards-"
+
+A "You’re not going to burn your yearbook, are you? That thing was like, eighty bucks!"
+
+F "What? No! How drunk are you, you dork?"
+
+A "This many."
+
+"I hold up three fingers, though why is it suddenly nine?"
+
+"Hmmmm… Gonna need some more beer to fix that."
+
+F "God, Anon, I was thinking we could all… I dunno… sign it? I saw a lot of others doing that."
+
+A "Oh…"
+
+"I always thought it was a silly tradition."
+
+"I think back to all the yearbooks I have back home."
+
+"And how they’re all blank inside the cover."
+
+"Totally just a silly tradition."
+
+F "Why else would I even have one of these things?"
+
+A "Your mom-"
+
+F "Aside from my mom."
+
+T "Me first me first!"
+
+"Trish is already fumbling through her hoodie pocket for some writing implement."
+
+Ro "Yes! I would love to, Fang!"
+
+St "Oh I know exactly what to write! First let me do a palm reading!"
+
+Re "Heh… I’ll sign it too."
+
+N "WOOOOOOOOOO!"
+
+"The yearbook makes its way around the fire, each of us leaving some meaningful message on it’s inside covers."
+
+"I’m the last to receive the book and I look at what each of our friends wrote."
+
+"{i}You’ll always be my best friend, no matter what happens, Lucy. - Trish{/i}"
+
+"Lucy? Heh, nah, Fang will always be Fang to me."
+
+"{i}Stay frosty. - Reed{/i}"
+
+"Wow, he even drew King Rex, complete with ‘fire breathing’."
+
+"{i}Even the most wilted flower flourishes under God’s light. -Rosa{/i}"
+
+"I think reading that one counts for my next few church visits. Amen, Raptor Jesus."
+
+"{i}The future is something that you build by yourself. - Stella{/i}"
+
+"So close to kneecapping her with this book. Fuckin’ Sailor Moon."
+
+"I can’t decipher either Naser or Naomi’s. Naser’s looks like a bunch of chicken scratched scribbles, while Naomi’s looks like her chickens went to college and got a doctorate."
+
+F "Anon? Hellooooo. You’ve been staring at the page for the past five minutes."
+
+A "Right right. Just uh… thinking of what to put."
+
+"Okay, Anon, something meaningful. Something that’ll remind Fang of you every time she reads it."
+
+#show anon neutral flip with dissolve
+
+$ renpy.input("What will you write?")
+
+"Perfect."
+
+"I hand the yearbook to Fang."
+
+"She skims the page and then shakes her head."
+
+F "Really Anon? You’re such a dweeb."
+
+A "It was very fitting if you ask me."
+
+"As the night draws on and the temperature falls we move closer to the fire."
+
+"My fingers find themselves interlocked with Fang’s, and her wing drapes over my shoulder as a natural blanket."
+
+"I can’t help but smile as we slowly drift off to sleep around the campfire."
+
+"I can regret the hangover tomorrow, right now I want to just enjoy the night with my friends."
+
+"..."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+scene black with fade
+label tink:
+"-Six months later-"
+
+play music "audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"After prom night and graduation life slowed down."
+
+"I’ve been accepted to a college a few states away for a degree in sound engineering."
+
+"No worries about school except for the lunch card I still had to pay back."
+
+"Moe had been kind enough to give me a summer job to help with that."
+
+"Though I don’t think I can talk about some of the things I’ve seen."
+
+"I’ll never be able to look at marinara the same way."
+
+"But pasta-based trauma aside, it’s now the day after Christmas."
+
+"I’m sitting in my bed, looking through one of my favorite presents."
+
+"Fang’s mom was right, I am happy about all those photos."
+
+"As I look through the scrapbook spread across my lap I can’t help but reminisce about the best year of my life."
+
+F "*SSSSNRRRRRRK*"
+
+"I have to contain my laugh, but Fang looks ridiculously cute curled up beside me in my bed."
+
+"Curled up around my pillow, suckling on her thumb."
+
+"And my present to her still hung around securely on her neck."
+
+"I go back to the scrapbook, enjoying the memories I’ve shared with my friends."
+
+"And to think I wanted to stay a loner when I first got here."
+
+"*Beep boop beep*"
+
+"*VRRRRRRRRRMMMM*"
+
+F "‘M UP!"
+
+play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"The loud noise of Trish’s present makes Fang bolt upright."
+
+A "OOF!"
+
+"And sends me tumbling onto Reed’s present."
+scene room anon day with dissolve
+"The new Metal Gear RAYmba Mk.II bumps against my face, turns, and continues eating the crumbs off my new carpet."
+
+"Even from the floor I can say that both were really thoughtful gifts."
+
+"Reed was right, the carpet really helped to tie the room together."
+
+F "...Anon? You here?"
+
+A "On the floor."
+
+"Fang’s face appears over the edge of my bed."
+
+F "Why are you on the floor?"
+
+A "...Yoga?"
+
+F "Riiiiight."
+
+show anon neutral at aleft with moveinbottom
+
+"I sit up from the floor and shiver."
+"Volcadera Bluffs may not get snow, but the cold air and the ocean definitely make the town cold as shit."
+
+"I crawl back on to my bed and try to find my spot that I warmed."
+
+A "Fang you stole my warm spot!"
+
+"In fact she’s taken up the entire bed. Her wings are spread wide and all of my blanket has been piled over her."
+
+F "Mine!"
+
+A "Come on, you gonna let your boyfriend freeze?"
+
+F "Yes."
+
+A "That’s just cold of you."
+
+"She groans at my pun but acquiesces, holding open the blanket and shuffling over."
+
+F "Hurry up! You’re letting the warm escape."
+
+"I slide into the blanket next to her, my arms automatically wrapping around Fang’s waist and drawing her against my chest."
+hide anon neutral dissolve
+scene black with fade
+
+F "Mmmm."
+
+"Her beak rubs against me as she hums."
+
+"Aw yes. Cuddles. Best way to spend a cold day."
+
+F "Damn right."
+
+"I chuckle and reach for the scrapbook."
+
+F "You’re looking at that again?"
+
+A "...Yeah?"
+
+"Her face glows a soft pink in embarrassment."
+
+A "D’aaaaawww… Someone’s embarrassed."
+
+F "And someone is about to be on the floor again."
+
+"*VRRRRRM* *Beep boop beep*"
+
+F "I think Mark Two would like the company."
+
+A "Sheesh, you’re always so grouchy in the morning."
+
+"I laugh even as her elbow digs into my chest."
+
+"Fang crawls on top of me and puts all her weight down on my lungs."
+
+"I only laugh more."
+
+"Not like Fang can do what a staircase could."
+
+F "Stop. Cuddles now. Scrapbook later."
+
+A "Hahahahalright. Cuddles it is."
+
+"She squeals when I roll us on to our side, bringing us face to face."
+
+"I can feel my own face glow as warm as hers, but I also have the same smile as her too."
+
+"I place a chaste kiss on the end of her snoot, eliciting some giggles from Fang."
+
+F "What did I say about that."
+
+A "Bout what?"
+
+F "Kissing that!"
+
+A "Mmmm gonna need to be more specific."
+
+F "Kissing my nose!"
+
+A "Oh! You mean this!"
+
+"I kiss her snoot again."
+
+F "Ugh, stop messing with the snoot."
+
+"I chuckle again."
+
+F "Fuck!"
+
+A "I made you say it."
+
+F "Fucking insufferable."
+
+"I kiss the snoot one final time and get another elbow as my reward."
+
+F "In.suf.fer.a.ble."
+
+"I snatch the scrapbook at last."
+
+"Fang groans and hides her face in my chest."
+
+F "Why do you like that thing so much?"
+
+A "Because your mom was right."
+
+"Fang groans again."
+
+A "Come on, there’s some embarrassing pics of me in here too."
+
+F "Like you making out with an anime girl again?"
+
+A "Okay not that embarrassing."
+
+"I turn onto my back and Fang adjusts herself to lean on my shoulder."
+
+play music "audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"The rest of our morning is spent cuddled in my bed, going through the scrapbook together."
+
+"When lunchtime rolls around, I have to face reality and make something to eat."
+
+"Especially since no restaurant in the city will deliver to this neighborhood."
+
+A "Alas, I must leave the warmth of the bed to make lunch."
+
+A "...This is gonna suck."
+
+F "Wear the thing."
+
+A "I’d rather just carry the blanket around."
+
+F "Mine."
+
+A "Pfeh."
+
+"I reach under the bed to retrieve the bag I tried hiding, and I pull out the jacket from within."
+
+"Two expertly stitched gorilla heads stare back at me, with the text ‘MNKY 4 LYF’ embroidered in gold thread."
+
+"I still don’t know if Naser is racist or if he really is just that clueless."
+
+A "This is great."
+
+F "It looks freaking fantastic, I don’t know why you don’t want to wear it."
+
+A "And you don’t see anything wrong with this?"
+
+F "Nope."
+
+A "...You realize last month was Homo History Month, right?" #lol homo
+
+F "What’s that have to do with an ugly jacket?"
+
+"I’ll sue them later."
+
+A "Alright, here I go."
+scene room anon day
+"I zip the abomination on and step out of bed, the wall of cold stinging my toes."
+show anon monkey at aleft with dissolve
+A "Carbonara sound good?"
+
+F "Why do you make it so weird? Most people just use tomato sauce."
+
+hide anon with moveoutright
+A "...Don’t ask questions you aren’t prepared to know the answer to."
+
+"I crack four eggs, separating the yolk from the whites and saving them in a tupperware for later."
+
+"Maybe a simple custard pudding for dessert later."
+
+"I grab some bacon, cheese and milk from the fridge, grating a healthy handful of cheese into the yolks and mixing with a splash of milk before dicing the bacon."
+
+"Boiling some water in the kettle to save time, I measure out the appropriate amount of spaghetti and toss it in the pot with the water and some salt before grabbing a pan and setting it on the stove."
+
+F "Stop acting like you’re on the cooking channel, Anon."
+
+"I start frying the bacon to render out the fat before adding in some pre-chopped garlic, sauteing until it’s fragrant."
+
+"When the bacon turns crispy, just in time for the spaghetti to finish cooking, I remove the pan from the heat while throwing in some of the pasta water to bring down the temperature."
+
+
+"The final step was to add the yolks, cheese and milk to the bacon and garlic with some more pasta water and toss it with the spaghetti until it all came together as a creamy, salty and delicious lunch."
+
+"All in less than ten minutes."
+
+A "It’s all ready."
+
+A "Alright, RAYmba, nap time."
+
+A "Move to the rug so we can eat."
+
+show fang christmas neutral at sleft with dissolve
+
+"Fang grumbles and starts shifting in the bed, so I turn my attention to making the plates."
+
+show anon monkey flip at aright
+
+"I grab a few sodas from the fridge and place everything on the new rug for an indoor picnic setup."
+
+"Fang’s moved from being wrapped up on the bed to being wrapped up on the rug, laying on her stomach."
+
+"Her feet wagging back and forth in a pair of plush green dino slippers." #we had a guy on our dev team who had a fetish for massive animal slippers, I blame him for this line.
+
+A "Better hurry, in this weather this’ll get cold in minutes."
+
+A "Then again, the computer’s right there, I could always try running the snootcoin miner." #based;snoot coin on the ETH network will come out soon
+
+F "That sounds like it’ll only work once."
+
+A "True."
+
+"We both start eating the pasta."
+
+"While I take the classic approach of just slurping the noodles, Fang has a harder time and resorts to just twisting the fork around and eating a whole clump at once."
+
+A "You plan on enjoying any?"
+
+show fang christmas happy with dissolve
+
+F "It’sh good. Like the uh, cheese."
+
+A "Why thank you."
+
+"Eventually lunch is reduced to greasy plates and crushed soda cans."
+
+show fang christmas neutral
+
+"Fang moves her trash aside and rests in her arms."
+A "Oh, I just remembered."
+
+A "I have something else for you."
+
+F "Another christmas present?"
+
+A "You’ll see."
+
+"I take my phone from my pocket and lay it face-up on the carpet."
+
+F "Your phone?"
+
+A "Hold on."
+
+"From under my bed, RAYmba Mk1 hums to life and instinctively makes a beeline for the phone."
+
+"It struggles a bit due to the small package strapped around it like it’s a pack mule."
+
+"Fang has to raise her arm after it bumps into her to let it pass."
+
+"It reaches my phone and starts happily scraping the dust from it."
+
+show fang christmas happy
+
+F "Impressive."
+
+F "You get Reed to make it do that for you?"
+
+A "Maybe, however..."
+
+A "That’s not what I wanted to show you."
+
+scene d02a with fade
+
+"I remove the small package from the robot and hand it to Fang."
+
+A "Go ahead."
+
+"She examines the box carefully before removing the paper packaging."
+
+"Sliding the box open reveals an amber pendant on a silver chain."
+
+scene d02b
+
+"I take the necklace from the box and hold it up for both of us to inspect."
+
+"As the amber dangles in the air, it catches the light from outside and glows the same brilliant orange as her eyes."
+
+F "Anon… it’s beautiful."
+
+A "Here."
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"I take the pendant from her hands and hold it open to put around Fang’s neck."
+
+"She holds her hair up for my hands to reach across."
+
+"I try to fumble with the clasp, it’s a bit tricky with the wings getting in the way…"
+
+"The tip of her beak is mere centimeters from my face."
+
+F "..."
+
+A "..."
+
+A "...There."
+
+scene d02c with fade
+
+"Fang lets her hair down again and holds up the pendant."
+
+F "This is… thank you, Anon."
+
+A "The moment I saw it, I knew it would have been the perfect present."
+
+F "Speaking of presents…"
+scene room anon day
+show anon monkey flip at aright
+show fang pendant happy at sleft
+with fade
+"She gestures her snout to the ukulele resting against the corner of the room."
+
+F "You gonna try playing that?"
+
+A "I could, yeah."
+
+F "Do uh... do that song I taught you."
+
+"I happily oblige and rip off the bow still wrapped around the small instrument."
+
+A "I’m not singing for you, you know that, right?"
+
+"Fang giggles as I begin plucking away at the tiny little strings, producing a very familiar melody."
+"She starts thumbing her new pendant absentmindedly."
+"My shrill rendition more resembled that first time Fang played it on the rooftop than her energetic performance at prom."
+
+"Despite my occasional fumbling, it still possesses that same nostalgic tone it always had."
+
+"When Fang begins humming along, I soon find myself joining in to make the song sound complete."
+
+"I wish moments like these could last forever."
+
+"But just like the music in the air, they always do and before long we reach the end of the song."
+
+"A comfortable silence fills the room after the notes fade."
+
+F "...I love that song."
+
+A "I hope so, you wrote it after all."
+
+F "Yeah, but you know we-"
+
+show fang pendant shock with dissolve
+
+"Her thought is interrupted by a knock at the door."
+
+show fang pendant neutral with dissolve
+
+F "You expecting company?"
+
+"I give her a puzzled look in return before getting up and heading to the door."
+
+show anon monkey with dissolve
+
+"My momentary fear of it being a potential addict or murderer are quelled upon opening the door, revealing-"
+
+A "Principal Spears? What are you doing here?"
+show anon monkey with move:
+xalign 0.7
+show spears neutral flip behind anon with moveinright:
+xalign 1.3
+"Our ex-principal is squeezed into the narrow hallway, holding a delicately wrapped gift in his hands."
+
+Sp "Anon, I trust that you had a good Christmas?"
+
+Sp "Normally I wouldn’t visit a former student like this, but I intend on making light of my offer during the school year."
+
+"He extends the gift towards me and I cautiously accept, beginning to open the wrapping paper."
+
+"Inside is a box set of some anime I’ve never heard of before."
+
+A "...’Rurouni Kenshin’?"
+
+show spears happy flip with dissolve
+
+Sp "As I said, I am always open to giving some quality anime suggestions."
+
+Sp "I think you’ll find this quite enjoyable."
+
+A "I, uh… thank you, Principal Spears."
+
+"Spears gives a fatherly smile as I shake his hand."
+
+Sp "I hope you and Fang enjoy the rest of your holidays."
+
+A "Thanks, yeah. I’ve had fun exchanging gifts with my friends."
+
+Sp "I can see you’re wearing a new jacket now-"
+
+show spears neutral flip with dissolve
+
+"He stares with a certain thinly veiled disgust creeping on his face."
+
+Sp "Anon, I get that we live in a postracial world and all…"
+
+Sp "But come on, have a little pride in yourself."
+
+show fang pendant happy with dissolve
+
+"Fang struggles to keep her laughter in behind me."
+
+A "No it’s cool, Mister Spears."
+
+A "I’m taking monkey back."
+
+show spears happy flip
+
+Sp "If you say so."
+
+Sp "At any rate, I shouldn’t keep you too long."
+
+A "You sure? I have some leftover lunch if you want to stick around a bit."
+
+Sp "I really appreciate the offer, but I have my own plans for lunch with my family."
+
+A "Alright. Thanks again for stopping by."
+
+play music "audio/OST/Appreciating her Company.ogg" fadein 1.0
+Sp "Had to do it at least once before you leave next month."
+
+Sp "Be seeing you. Fang."
+
+"Fang throws a handwave back at him."
+
+hide spears with dissolve
+
+"Spears clambers out the door and shuts it behind him, leaving just Fang and I in the room again."
+show fang pendant sad with dissolve
+F "... That’s right, you’re leaving next month…"
+
+"Fang curls up in the blanket."
+
+show anon monkey flip with dissolve
+
+A "...Yeah…"
+
+"I sit next to her on the ground and wrap an arm around her shoulder."
+
+F "Do you really have to go?"
+
+F "Can’t you just go to community college here in the city?"
+
+A "You’ve seen the acceptance letter, Fang."
+
+A "I got a scholarship to stay there at a fraction of the cost. I can’t just pass that up."
+
+F "But five years?"
+
+A "You got plans of your own, don’t you?"
+
+F "Yeah. So…"
+
+A "So…"
+
+F "We’re still gonna talk."
+
+A "Obviously."
+
+F "But…"
+
+"Fang takes a deep breath."
+
+F "I’m not doing a distant relationship."
+
+"Oh…"
+
+"Oh wow…"
+
+A "Is this a break up?"
+
+"Because ow, my fucking heart."
+
+show fang pendant neutral
+
+"Fang shakes her head from side to side slowly."
+
+"Oh thank fuck."
+
+F "I don’t want to break up, Anon."
+
+F "But I was thinking…"
+
+F "You’ve been helping me ever since you got here."
+
+A "Yeah, and you’ve helped me too."
+
+F "I know."
+
+F "But you’re leaving for college."
+
+F "So…"
+
+F "I… Want to do some thinking."
+
+A "More thinking? Wow, that’s new for you."
+
+"The plastic plate bounces off my head harmlessly."
+
+show fang pendant happy with dissolve
+
+F "...Ass…"
+
+"Fang giggles as I fake like I’m on a soccer pitch."
+
+show fang pendant neutral with dissolve
+
+F "I want to do more thinking. Self-reflecting."
+
+F "This entire year has been one of the best in my life."
+
+F "And I want more of them like this."
+
+F "But with you gone I gotta make them good on my own, ya know?"
+
+A "I get you."
+
+"I pull Fang closer, my chin resting atop her head."
+
+A "So, not breaking up."
+
+F "No, just…"
+
+A "A break?"
+
+"She giggles again."
+
+show fang pendant happy with dissolve
+
+F "Yeah. A break sounds right. Not breaking up, just taking a break."
+
+A "Plus, I’m not leaving for a few weeks."
+
+"Fang perks up."
+
+F "True. That’s a few weeks to cram in all the cuddles I’ll be missing."
+
+A "Cuddles or cuddles?"
+
+"Fang’s grin is just shy of mischievous."
+
+F "On the bed. Now. I’m collecting on those cuddles right now."
+
+A "Yes ma’am."
+
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 4.0
+pause 6
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_10.0D