diff --git a/game/script/10.0A.(KO_OP-ending).rpy b/game/script/10.0A.(KO_OP-ending).rpy index 59404db..b4b8228 100644 --- a/game/script/10.0A.(KO_OP-ending).rpy +++ b/game/script/10.0A.(KO_OP-ending).rpy @@ -1 +1,785 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +#label BowlingForVolcanoHigh: - commented out 6/12/21 - redundant with new label/jump per chapter +label chapter_10.0A: + +scene room anon day + +#Bowling for Volcano High + +"I wake up the next morning with my head cradled in my arms." +play music "audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg" fadein 1.0 + +"My back aches from the lack of proper bedding, but that’s hardly anything new." + +"Groggily, I pull myself to my feet." + +"I pull back the curtain to reveal that a thick sunday fog had rolled in overnight." + +"What time is it…?" + +"Guess I’ll check my phone…" + +show anonphone at scenter with moveinbottom + +"Ten AM, huh…" + +hide anonphone with moveoutbottom + +"Damn, I slept a while." + +"...Did Fang sleep well?" + +A "Fang, you up?" + +stop music + +"The bed is empty." + +A "Oh." + +"Wait a second." + +"My phone has seventy missed calls and over a hundred texts from Naser…" + +"That’s right, my phone was on silent last night for Prom." + +"He’s probably just worried about Fang, but by Raptor Jesus’ right nut man." + +"I open the most recent voicemail." + +FD "By Raptor Jesus’ left testicle if Fang is not home within the hour I will hunt you down and mount your head on my trophy wall! You will RUE the day that-" + +"Whoa." + +"Next one…" + +FD "Maybe I didn’t make myself fucking clear. You will be sleeping with the fishes if Lucy is not home in the morning. I have a particular set of-" + +"I’m starting to get the idea." + +"All the texts are written in a similar vein." + +"I try texting Fang to see if she got home safe." + +"Anon: hey, you alright?" + +"Anon: just noticed your dad was pretty livid last night" + +"Anon: he mustve been writing all night long" + +"...No immediate response." + +"Well, she’ll see it when she sees it." + +"S’not like I can do much else for Fang right now." + +"I take note of the mess that Fang created, a reminder of how badly I fucked up." + +"Fuck me. So this is what they mean by Prom Night disasters." + +"I always thought it was just a euphemism for teen pregnancies." + +"There’s laminate… something, splinters all over the floor from my dresser." + +"And a check inside my bathroom reveals that The Duke managed to crack my porcelain throne." + +"Shit. No way am I getting my deposit back now." + +"I check the controller carefully, only barely relieved that there’s no damage." + +"After I’ve swept up the bits of broken dresser I find I have no real clue what to do." + +"A check of my phone again shows that Fang’s at least seen my texts." + +"I sigh." + +"How do I make this up to her?" + +"I feel like a fucking heel right now." + +"It’ll take my mind off things at least." + +scene black with fade + +"..." + +"Master Grug, you mind telling me what you’re doing on that boat?" + +"Ooga booga, finish this fight." + +"Guess I’ll play the next one, I really don’t feel like doing anything else today." + +"..." + +scene room anon night with fade + +"Wake Grug when you need Grug." + +"Really wish I could just float away in an iceberg like Master Grug after last night." +show anonphone with moveinbottom +"I glance at my phone and realize I spent ten hours playing Rock Ring." + +"My mind was turned off for most of that, guess I just lost track of time." + +hide anonphone with moveoutbottom + +"I’m shaken from my thoughts by a knock at my door." + +"The door I forgot to lock." + +"Oh god, I’m gonna be murdered, butchered, my body parts sold on the black market and turned into some disgusting rhinorex’s sex toys." + +"Hopefully in that order." + +"Before I can search for my knife, the door opens to reveal…" + +show anon neutral at aleft +show fang neutral flip at sright +with dissolve + +play music "audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg" fadein 1.0 +F "Anon? You- oh! Hey…" + +F "Uh… Why are you huddled in the fetal position?" + +A "Fang? Oh thank fuck." + +"I deflate, slumping lifelessly on my bed." + +A "I thought your dad was here to kill me." + +F "Ah. Yeah. Sorry." + +"Fang sets her backpack down on the kitchen table." + +F "So…" + +show anon sad with dissolve + +"Shit. Should have actually thought about what I should say to her." + +A "Fang, about last ni-" + +F "It’s fine." + +show anon neutral with dissolve + +A "-ight.. What?" + +F "It’s fine, Anon. I don’t blame you for what happened." + +"What." + +F "In fact, I’m sorry for overreacting last night." + +"There’s something about this all that is setting off alarms in my head." + +"I don’t know what kind though. Or why." + +A "I… What?" + +F "I said I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have blown up on you like last night." + +A "Even if it was my fault? I should have-" + +F "It isn’t, Anon." + +A "But-" + +show black with fade + +"My words are cut off. My mind goes completely blank." + +"Fang’s hands grip my dirty dress shirt tightly as her beak presses against my parted lips, her tongue invading my mouth." + +"She pulls away abruptly, leaving me confused and lightheaded." + +A "I..wha...Fang?" + +"Her hands guide me down onto my bed and she straddles my lap." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +show black with fade + + +"..." + +"Sometime in the night the bed shifts." +play music "audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg" fadein 1.0 + +"I hear the bathroom door close so I pay it no mind and drift back to sleep." + +"Eventually my internal clock wakes me up." + +scene room anon day with fade + +"Stretching and yawning, realize that it’s a lot brighter than normal." + +"Did I sleep in?" + +"The alarm clock on my table has been unplugged…" + +"I reach over to grab my phone to check the time." + +"Nine-o-two AM?" + +"Oh shit, Fang and I are beyond late." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +"Wait, where is Fang?" + +"Her backpack is gone, too." + +"Oh come on, she went to school without me?!" + +"I rush to put my clothes on and get out the door as soon as possible." + +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"About halfway there my phone buzzes in my pocket." + +"Unread texts from Fang?" + +"{i}Fang: ♪ Control over my life you denied, And now death approaches from the sky, Why'd it be me you had to vilify? I guess this is Goodbye, Volcano High ♫{/i}" + +"The cryptic message stops me in my tracks." + +"Something is definitely wrong." + +"This almost reads like…" + +"The adrenaline pushes my feet back into a desperate bolt towards the school." + +scene outside school fog +show anon neutral at aleft +with fade + +"The whole time my mind floods with horrid worst-case scenarios." + +"I tell myself I’m just worrying, but my mad sprint betrays the lie." + +"As I approach the school, I notice a crowd through the haze." + +"Surely it’s just a drill." + +"The deceit is shattered when I see the crowd consists of students huddling and crying, with teachers quietly making sure everyone is accounted for." + +"...Where’s Fang?" + +"She has to be in this crowd." + +"There’s just a fire in the school that scared people." + +"She’s in this crowd somewhere." + +scene a02 with fade + +T "YOU!!" + +"The voice calls out through the silence for all to hear." + +"Trish moves to stand a dozen feet in front of me on the pavement." + +"A shaky finger directing malice towards me." + +"She’s redfaced, streams of tears running the mascara down her face." + +T "WHY DID YOU COME HERE?!?" + +"Blurred heads turn to the commotion." + +T "YOU BASTARD!!" + +T "WHY COULDN’T YOU JUST LEAVE US ALONE?!" + +T "NOW JUST LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!!" + +T "LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE!" + +T "ARE YOU HAPPY?" + +"I can’t say anything." + +"Is this really happening?" + +T "LEAVE US ALREADY!!" + +T "YOU SHOW UP, GET THEIR ATTENTION, AND NOW… AND NOW…!" + +"She chucks her phone through the air." + +"It misses by inches and smashes on the ground somewhere behind me." + +T "I WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU THE WHOLE TIME!!" + +T "I WAS RIGHT ABOUT YOU!! YOU!!" + +"By now her tirade becomes incomprehensible screaming." + +"A teacher has to hold her back and try directing her to a nearby curb to sit." + +scene black with fade + +"...I don’t have time for this." + +"Where is Fang?" + +"I gotta get in that building." + +"I turn around and dash away into the fog as Trish is being consoled by a group of students." + +scene hallway with fade + +"The side door is still unlocked, and I’m able to slip in without being noticed." + +"The halls are silent, despite it all." + +"My footsteps clatter through the empty halls." + +"It’s third period now, Fang always talks about having to deal with Naomi in Econ." + +"That’s not on this floor, fuck!" + +scene black with fade + +"I pause when I reach the stairwell upwards." + +"I can’t say for sure what, but my instincts are screaming at me to not go up, to turn back now." + +"... I can’t." + +"My hand lightly glides along the handrail while I cautiously cross the stairs to the second floor." + +"The first thing that hits me is the smell." + +"That electric, almost metallic stench of wet ozone." + +"I’ve never been in a real fight before, but even so…" + +"It’s a smell everyone instinctively knows." + +"I couldn’t tell what sound I made, because I frankly don’t remember." + +"All I will ever remember from this is the sight of my former classmates splattered across the halls like bags of waste." + +scene a04 with fade + +"The spills and trails of blood tell the story of their final moments." + +"Two were trying to run and still remain face down in their final resting places." + +"One slumped from a locker, smearing his remains all the way down like a puppet string." + +"And the last one, who tried fighting back, now clumped in the middle of the hallway soaked in the collective pooling blood." + +"It was Naser." + +"This isn’t real, none of this is real." + +"I’m just having a nightmare after last nights’ episode." + +"Things are just fine, I’ll return to reality soon…" + +"..." + +"..." + +"..." + +"Please…" + +"...God...Damn it..." + +"...Where is Fang…?" + +"I just need to find her." + +"There’s one open door in the hall, the one closest to the battlefield." + +"I already know I’m not going to see her." + +"Fang hasn’t been in that room since she started." + +"The only thing in there is the huddled corpse of our student council president." + +"...Guess she didn’t get that ‘perfect highschool life’ in the end." + +"..." + +scene black with fade + +"The stairs." + +"There’s only one place she can be." + +"One place where she’d go." + +"When I turn back to the stairwell, something makes a wet thud behind me." + +"Somehow, Naser’s still alive." + +"He’s moved his arm in my direction, and still has the strength to move a bit." + +"His eyes meet mine for a moment." + +"Disappointment." + +"Sorrow." + +"Mourning." + +"..." + +"I can’t focus on him." + +"He’s got seconds left, anything I tried would just be a waste of time." + +"His hand makes a wet slap against the hard tiles one last time while I start up the stairs." + +"Somehow, the remaining two flights of stairs have gained another several hundred steps." + +"I haven’t seen who it was yet, it might not be her." + +"You know well it can only be her." + +"How could I have known this would happen? This isn’t my fault..!" + +"You had just as much a hand in this as she did." + +"Fang isn’t here. She’s at home being grilled by her father for seeing me again." + +"She’s behind that door with a loaded gun." + +"...How long have I been standing here, staring at the doorknob?" + +"...How much longer could I get away with putting it off?" + +"As it is, it’s not the worst case scenario." + +"Even if Naser and Naomi are gone…" + +"There’s a chance it’s not Fang up here." + +"I’d rather just stand here forever." + +"Relishing in the possibility that there’s some hope left." + +"However." + +"Time stops for no one." + +"Not even me." + +"The police sirens have been outside for a while." + +"I can’t ignore them any longer." + +"I owe Fang this much at least." + +"..." + +"The doorknob is still cold on my hand." + +"I turn it and exit to the rooftop." + +"In the dense morning fog the only thing to stand out is the silhouette." + +"One that I easily recognize." +scene a10 with fade + +A "Fang." + +"She’s silent. I can’t even tell if she’s looking at me or not." + +A "Fang, please. Say something." + +"My legs feel leaden as I approach her." + +A "Fang. Come on. T-this is all…" + +"Slowly more and more details come too." + +"The revolver that hung limply from her fingers." + +"The splatter of blood on her pants." + +"Her wings with multiple bald patches on them." + +"And the sound of her ragged breaths." + +A "Fang…" + +"My fingers brush against her shoulder." +scene black + +play sound "audio/effects/shot.ogg" + +A "ARGH!" + +"Hot, searing pain." + +"My left leg crumples under me." + +"As I fall I see Fang’s beautiful amber eyes." + +"They’re red and puffy, with makeup-less tears running freely down her cheeks." + +F "A-Anon… WHY ARE YOU-!" + +A "Aaaah… haaaah… Fang… Why…?" + +F "Y-you weren’t supposed to be here!" + +F "You shouldn’t have come here!" + +A "Fuck… Because… Because I love you! Haaaaaah." + +scene a10 with fade + +"I struggle to balance on my left leg. The hole in my shin dribbles blood down to the floor." + +"I don’t care though." + +"I hobble forward." + +"Fang steps back." + +F "S-stay back!" + +"The revolver clatters against the concrete, spent on ammo." + +A "Fang… please…" + +"A painful step forward." + +"She takes another back." + +F "Anon!" + +A "Just come downstairs with me… It’s not over, it doesn’t have to be this wa-" + +"With a crunch, my shin gives out completely, lurching me forward onto my hands and knees." + +scene black with fade + +"I have to keep going." + +"Even if it’s on my knees." + +"I can feel myself slowing." + +"My thoughts cloudy." + +"The blood loss..." + +"The pain is so intense, however." + +"It brings some clarity to my mind." + +"Enough that I can drag myself forward." + +A "Please, come down with me." + +F "Oh-oh god. Oh my god. S-stop…" + +"The sharp bone pokes and tears through my leg muscle." + +"I briefly look behind me, the trail is spilling out and making my other leg wet." + +"Bile rises up my throat at the sight." + +"I swallow hard and look back to Fang." + +"I have to reach her." + +"I can still fix this." + +"I can still save her." + +"Fang keeps backing away as I try to get closer, remaining out of my reach." + +"Fang stops and catches her balance." + +"Her foot is halfway over the edge." + +"We’ve reached the edge of the rooftop." + +"End of the line." + +A "Fang." + +A "Look at me." + +scene a11 with fade + +"Her head shakily turns from the concrete below to meet my eyes again." + +A "Back away from there, please." + +F "I-I… I…" + +A "It’s not over." + +A "Stay with me here, please." + +F "I…" + +A "Don’t leave me alone." + +"We stare for an eternity, all through the police’s screaming below." + +"Fang looks below once more, down the three story drop to the walkway below." + +"The walkway we’d passed through so many times to get to classes without a second thought." + +"The walkway we crossed daily with our friends through all our trials." + +A "Please…" + +"She looks to me again, less shakily this time." + +"The sides of her mouth curl into a warm smile." + +"The last of her tears falls." + +scene a12 with fade + +"She jumps." + +A "Fang!" + +"I can’t look over." + +"I don’t want to see it." + +"The authorities betray my final wish of death by bursting through the door at that exact minute." + +"I drift into unconsciousness when they start wrapping my leg." + +scene black with fade + +pause 5 + +"..." + +"Three weeks pass." + +"Probably." + +"All I can remember is the sterile hospital room and an endless lineup of reporters." + +"The whole incident made national news." + +"Apparently I had become ‘the brave soul who took a bullet to stop a school shooting.’" + +"But to everyone I know I’m just the one who caused all this." + +"After I refused to answer the constant pestering enough, I was finally left in blissful solitude." + +"I expected a visit from Spears, or Reed, or Stella or someone." + +"But they never came." + +"I got discharged just yesterday." + +"I’ll need to stay on a crutch for a few months, but that’s hardly the wound I'm worried about." + +scene a13 with fade + +"...Her funeral was today." + +"I wasn’t invited, of course." + +"But I can’t just leave it either." + +"So I wait out of sight several hundreds of feet away for the remaining family members to trickle out of the crowd and go home." + +scene a14a with fade + +"The last figure lingers for over an hour." + +"If anyone, he’s the one who deserved this the least." + +"He was right the whole time, about me." + +"And here I am, defiling her grave with my presence." + +"Eventually, he too leaves." + +scene a15 with fade + +"The alternations of footsteps and the crutch make me feel more mechanical than human." + +"Then again, that may be true regardless of having a crutch." + +scene a14 with fade + +"The two graves are right next to each other." + +"Various flowers pollute the fresh mounds." + +"In memory of Naser. Loving son and brother." + +"... I’m sorry, man." + +"I hobble over to the other headstone." + +"{i}Here lies dearest Lucy. Heaven restores you in light.{/i}" + +"God damn it." + +"This is all my fault." + +"None of this would have happened if I noticed something was wrong." + +"If I just supported Fang more instead of getting into a fight." + +"If I never got between her and her friends by telling her how I felt." + +"If I never bothered Fang and just stayed to myself." + +"...If I never moved to Volcaldera in the first place." + +"Fuck." + +"And because of me Naomi and Naser and Fang and the others are gone." + +"Because I’m too fucking stupid to see any of the warning signs." + +"I should be crying right now." + +"I should be screaming to the world why I should have died instead." + +"But I instead I just feel…" + +"My final plea to Fang races through my head." +#fade in wind blowing here +play sound "audio/effects/wind.wav" loop volume 0.3 +"{i}Don’t leave me alone.{/i}" + +"I just feel completely and utterly and hopelessly alone." + +"The sprinkling rain stops." + +"Seems the world is tired of my monologuing." + +"Like Trish said, I’m just some nobody from the middle of nowhere." + +"And the only person I ever cared about is gone." + +"The split second I thought I was somebody, I ruined everything." + +"So now, I’m back to being nobody." + +"..." + +"It’s better this way." + +$ quick_menu = False +window hide +play sound "audio/effects/wind.wav" loop volume 0.2 +play music "audio/OST/Sad!.ogg" fadein 1.0 volume 2.8 noloop +pause 20 +stop sound fadeout 1.0 +scene black with fade +pause 30 +scene 1of4 with fade +pause 15 +$ renpy.quit() \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/game/script/8.50A.fang-desperately-wants-to-win-prom-night.rpy b/game/script/8.50A.fang-desperately-wants-to-win-prom-night.rpy index 59404db..d866555 100644 --- a/game/script/8.50A.fang-desperately-wants-to-win-prom-night.rpy +++ b/game/script/8.50A.fang-desperately-wants-to-win-prom-night.rpy @@ -1 +1,113 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +#label shooter: - commented out 6/12/21 - new format +label chapter_8.50A: + +#Announcing a Plan | shooter +show anon neutral at aleft +show fang neutral at scenter + +"I help Fang through the first few questions until she says she has a good grasp on the concept." + +"Eventually I’m able to focus on my own work again, making steady progress through the remaining problems." + +"My mind wanders back to the idea of going to Prom." +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"I honestly don’t feel like going." + +"Maybe Fang will feel the same about skipping prom and just going to the beach or something." + +play music 'audio/OST/That Monochromatic Weirdo.ogg' fadein 1.0 +A "Hey Fang. Do-" + +"Something’s off with Fang, she’s gazing vacantly into space." + +"Her worksheet lies untouched in front of her." + +A "... Fang?" + +F "... I’ve decided." + +A "Huh?" + +show fang happy flip at scenter + +F "VVURM DRAMA has to play for the school at prom." + +F "It’s the only way that everyone will finally see our talent." + +A "Wait, your band? But I thought you broke off last mon-" + +F "Oh, don’t worry about that." + +F "Trish called with the idea last night and I apologized!" + +A "I-wait, you apologized?" + +F "Thinking about it again, leaving the band was something of an overreaction on my part." + +A "Overreaction? But she-" + +F "Trish has been my friend for a long time, and I shouldn’t have been so harsh on her." + +A "Uh… ye-" + +F "So the band’s back together!" + +F "Isn’t that great!?" + +A "I-I, uh, sure?" + +F "So you’ll go to prom to help us play, right?" + +"So much for avoiding it. Fuck me." + +A "Guess I don’t have much of a choice." + +A "You sure about Trish though?" + +A "She proba-" + +F "Oh, you can apologize to her at lunch today." +stop music + +A "Wh-buh… What?!" + +play music 'audio/OST/ballad_of_the_boot.ogg' fadein 1.0 +A "Why in the seven fucks would I apologize to her?" + +A "The janitors have stopped washing my locker since it just gets more dicks drawn on it every day!" + +A "There’s more dicks on my locker than in a pride parade for fucks sake!" + +F "It’s easier than just letting it boil, right?" + +F "You should be more willing to forgive people." + +F "Come on, we both have limited friend groups." + +F "We can’t afford to burn bridges when we can just accept things, right?" + +"..." + +"When she puts it like that…" + +A "I… Whatever. Fine." + +"But how she put it." + +"Maybe it’s just me, but she seems a little…" + +"Frantic." + +F "Ohh, thank you so much Anon!" + +F "I’ll start looking for a good suit to wear!" + +"Fang yanks her phone out and starts looking through an online catalogue of androgynous formal wear." + +"Well, this can’t be a good sign." + +"Highlight of our time here at Volcano High indeed." +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +jump chapter_8.75A \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/game/script/8.75A.music-museum-date.rpy b/game/script/8.75A.music-museum-date.rpy index 59404db..59051ca 100644 --- a/game/script/8.75A.music-museum-date.rpy +++ b/game/script/8.75A.music-museum-date.rpy @@ -1 +1,553 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +label chapter_8.75A: + +#Lets all go to the Museum +scene black with fade +scene room anon dark with fade +play music 'audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg' fadein 1.0 + +"Later that night after school Fang texts me." + +"Fang: Alright i got a plan" + +"Anon: a plan?" + +"Fang: To make sure the concert goes off without a hitch" + +"Fang: First we need to learn right from the source" + +"Anon: the source?" + +"Fang: Theres an old museum of fine arts doing a special exhibit on music next week" + +"Fang: Lots of stories of bands pulling through last minute right?" + +"Fang: If we study from those old guys we’re guaranteed to do great!" + +"Anon: is it really that simple?" + +"Fang: Sure!" + +"Fang: Were gonna learn how old bands did well, were gonna play our music at prom, everyones gonna love us, and its gonna be great." + +"Anon: that’s a lot of ‘gonnas’" + +"Fang: And youre gonna come with me" + +"Anon: what about trish and reed?" + +"Fang: Sending them to a bunch of old record shops to cover more ground" + +"Fang: So itll just be the two of us" + +"Anon: sounds like a plan." + +"Fang: Meet me at the galleria at three alright?" + +"Anon: i’ll be there." + +"I put my phone down and look around my room." + +"Do you need to dress special to go to museums…?" + +"... Not sure if that would be good enough." + +"It’s probably fine, I shouldn’t be getting so worked up." + +"I get to spend the whole day with Fang, after all." +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"..." +scene museum +play music 'audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg' fadein 1.0 +"The fine art museum turns out to be a relatively modern building right in the middle of the galleria." + +"Exactly the last kind of place I would expect Fang to be seen at." + +"I almost regret my decision not to wear my dirty dress clothes before seeing Fang already waiting for me by the entrance." + +"Seeing me approach, she drops her cigarette and grinds the butt to ash under her heel." + +F "Took you long enough." +show anon neutral at aleft +show fang happy flip at sright +with dissolve +"Here’s your one chance Anon don’t fuck it up." + +A "Kept you waiting, huh?" + +F "God, you’re such a dork. C’mon, the music exhibit is inside." + +"Thankfully admission to the museum was free." + +"She leads me by the hand through the front doors, and I immediately feel the temperature fall at least ten degrees." + +"Are museums always this cold?" +scene museuminside +show anon neutral at aleft +show fang happy at sright +"The music exhibit is all the way in the back of the museum, past several rooms of abstract modern art." + +F "What a bunch of junk." + +A "What, you don’t want to buy a painting made with dino egg yolks and whites for ten million?" + +F "What a steal!" + +A "What about a sheet of paper with an url to a picture of a fridge for fifty grand?" + +F "You’re messing with me." + +A "It’s true, I’ll show you when we get out of here." + +"We reach the exhibit hall with the big words ‘THE STYGY MOLDRIX EXPERIENCE’ hanging over the door." + +"Despite it being a limited time event on the life and times of a famous musician, there’s only a few dozen people here." + +F "Finally!" + +F "Alright, Anon, get ready to take notes!" + +A "Notes…?" + +"Fang grabs me by the forearm and rushes the two of us into the exhibit." + +"Once inside, she gives me her phone." + +F "Take pictures of everything for me, okay?" + +A "Dowhatnow? Uh, okay, sure…" + +F "Let’s start with… Uhh…" + +"She scans the room briefly before pointing giddily to a guitar hanging inside a case." + +"Despite being several decades old, the guitar was clearly well looked after." + +"The lacquer on the wood gleamed under the spotlights and the metal didn’t have a speck of rust on it." + +F "OH! OH! That!" + +A "What is it?" + +"She sprints over to the case and I have to catch up making sure I don’t drop her phone." + +F "It’s Stygy’s famous guitar!" + +F "It’s actually a right handed piece, but Stygy was left-handed but couldn’t afford a lefty guitar, so he re-strung a regular one so he could play it." + +F "This guitar was the one he used on his last show at an informal gig in some jazz club in London, a few days before he bit it while OD-ing on drugs." + +A "Yeah, that’s pretty cool." + +"I caught maybe half of that." + +"Either way, I snap several pictures from various angles while Fang continues her sermon." + +F "Alright, what’s next?" + +"She drags me along to the next display case, a few vacuum-sealed pages with various scribblings on them." + +F "And these are some letters he hand-wrote to his father! If my dad wasn’t such an asshole he could have pulled some strings and let us play in the precinct!" + +"I try keeping up with her ramblings while taking pictures, but somewhere along the way I lose her in the twisting corridors." + +A "Oops." + +"I stand in place looking around a bit, but she’s nowhere in sight." + +"She can’t have gone far, guess I’ll keep taking pictures of things." + +"My eyes are drawn to a monitor on the wall playing documentary footage." + +"It was a clip of Stygy playing the national anthem as a protest song or something." + +"It sounded kinda cool, I’ll give him that much." + +F "Ooh, that’s a good find, Anon!" + +"Fang’s voice makes me jump as she reappears out of nowhere." + +F "Maybe we could play something like that, show us as a champion of the common man!" + +A "...Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Glad I could help." + +F "I saw some good stuff in the next row over we can go check out. too." + +"She drags me away from the screen to whatever it is she wants to take ‘inspiration’ from." + +play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg' fadein 1.0 +"I’m glad she’s having fun and all, but…" + +"I wish this was more of a date than a research assignment." + +"But I guess she’d feel the same way if I bombarded her with anime." + +"She has her interests and I have mine." + +"Maybe after this I can take her to a restaurant." + +"We’re in a city, but there’s bound to be something relatively cheap nearby." + +"It’d be nice, talking about the pictures and things we’ve been taking over some burgers." + +"It’s only four-thirty now, it’ll be about dinner time by the time we get out, too." + +"Pretty decent timing, sounds like a good plan." + +"Fang drags me around a few more exhibits, cataloguing the various paraphernalia and stopping occasionally to obsess over some minor detail." + +"Eventually we loop back around to the entrance." + +"Fang looks back at the room we just came from." + +A "You about ready to go?" + +F "Maybe… Just trying to think if we missed anything…" + +A "I’m pretty sure we got everything, you could probably reconstruct the entire exhibit using only these pictures I took." + +F "I guess… Just can’t have this part of the plan go wrong, you know?" + +A "About that, I’m still not sure what your plan is meant to-" + +F "OH WAIT!" + +"She dashes off back into the room we just came in, leaving my words dangling from my mouth." + +"While I’m gone her phone buzzes." + +play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg' fadein 1.0 +"Trish: hey r u rdy to mt up lik u sad we wud?" + +"What…?" + +"It says these ebonics come from Trish, but I didn’t know they were meeting later…" + +"This’ll throw a huge wrench into my plan earlier…" + +F "Alright, sorry, I’m back." + +A "What was that about?" + +F "Sorry, had to hit up the gift shop." + +A "Oh." + +"That explains the fuck-ugly tie-dye monstrosity tide around her headcrest." + +A "You uh, got a text from Trish, I think." + +"I hand her back her phone." + +F "Oh! That’s right, I told her and Reed that we’d meet up after we were done with everything." + +A "...I see…" + +F "Right, so I’ll tell her we should meet at-" + +A "Actually, Fang, hold on a second…" + +F "Hm?" + +A "Before we all meet together, do you want to stop by a restaurant or something, just the two of us?" + +"She thinks to herself for a moment and smiles." + +F "Of course, I dragged you along this whole time after all." + +A "Don’t worry about it." + +A "I think I can get us something from that taco truck I saw on the way in." + +F "Alright, I’ll tell Trish to wait a bit." + +"Instead of Fang dragging me through the museum, we walked out casually hand in hand." + +"I think I saw that truck a block east from here…" + +A "By the way, do you take pollo or asada or what on your taco. Please don’t say leng-" + +F "Wait!!" + +"She stops dead in her tracks, head jerked to the side." + +A "Huh?" + +F "Look!" + +"I peer at where she’s pointing." + +"Some poster on the museum wall, it’s an advertisement for a documentary playing in the museum’s mini theater." + +"And… It’s a documentary on Stygy Moldrix." + +F "I didn’t see this on the way in, we have to see that too!" + +A "But what abou-" + +F "I know, I know, I’m sorry Anon…" + +"Her eyes plead with me for mercy." + +F "Just bear with me a while longer?" + +"I…" + +"Well, it’s not like the truck’s going anywhere, at least." + +A "... Fine. Let’s go…" + +F "Oh, thank you Anon!" + +A "Yeah, I know this means a lot to you." + +F "Come on, the next showing is in five minutes!" + +"Already I’m being dragged back inside." + +"I guess seeing a movie with Fang isn’t the worst thing in the world." +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +"..." +scene theater with fade +"Well this sucks." + +"I feel my stomach grumble for what feels like the fiftieth time, once again regretting not even buying an overpriced bag of popcorn." + +"Stealthily as I could, I check the time on my phone before the light can distract anyone else." + +"It’s been thirty-six minutes since the documentary started, only a few more to go before I can escape." + +"I glance over at Fang, who has been so engrossed in the film that she hasn’t so much as looked at me this entire time." + +"Resigning myself to my fate, my eyes return to the screen which is currently going on about Stygy’s fourth unfinished studio album." + +"How exciting." + +"I would have just slept through it if I knew Fang wouldn’t be upset with me." + +"Not just because of how interested she is in Stygy Moldrix, but because I wouldn’t be taking notes." + +"As the screen fades and the lights turn back on, I silently thank Raptor Jesus for ending my forty-minute torment." + +F "That was really good! A lot of ideas for the band!" + +A "Er… yeah, it was cool I guess." + +"Just please get me out of here." + +A "Now about that food truck…" + +F "Oh! I told Trish and Reed that we could meet at the Galleria food court, we can get something to eat there." + +"Really not looking forward to being anywhere near Trish but food is food." + +"Part of me just wants to call the date here and go home." + +"Not that it was ever much of a date to begin with." + +A "Alright, let’s go then." + +"At least I can talk to Reed about Rock Ring or something." + +"Fang smiles and leads me back out of the museum and towards the food court." + +"I still think this is a bad idea, I’m still not over what Trish did and I doubt her mind has changed much either." + +F "Stop being grumpy, Anon, you’re just hungry." + +"For fuck’s sake." + +A "Fang, someone filled my locker with a shit-ton of hentai they printed out last week. It’s not okay." + +F "That’s just some dumbass at school, we can get some food and it’ll be fine." +scene foodcourt +show fang neutral at aleft +show anon neutral at aleft +with fade +"We round the corner and I immediately lock on to a certain triceratops." + +show reed sunglasses flip at rright: +show trish neutral: +xalign 0.8 +with dissolve + +"Trish and Reed were already eating at one of the tables." + +"Fuck that." + +A "I’m gonna go get something to eat first… You want anything?" + +F "Nah, I’m good. Not that hungry." + +"Extra order of fries it is." + +"I split off from Fang to find a place to get food from." + +scene foodcourt +show anon neutral flip at aleft +with fade + +play music 'audio/OST/sadist.ogg' fadein 1.0 +"I glance over my shoulder to see Fang saying something and hugging Trish, both of them turning to look over at me." + +"Trish looking significantly less enthused than Fang. No surprise there." + +"I stand in line for a Cretaceous Fried Chicken stand and order my food, savoring every moment I wait and don’t have to interact with Trish." + +"The moment doesn’t last long and I walk over to the table, food in hand." +scene foodcourt +show fang neutral at aleft +show anon neutral at aleft +show reed sunglasses flip at rright: +show trish neutral flip: +xalign 1.1 +with dissolve + +"I take the seat between Fang and Reed, which puts me straight across the table from Trish." + +"Of fucking course." + +"I place the basket of fries in front of Fang and she immediately starts digging in. So much for not being hungry." + +"Reed gives me a thumbs up, wearing his giant oversized sunglasses again." + +"While Trish is making a face somewhere in between judgemental and open contempt." + +show trish smug flip + +T "So what took you so long? He wasn’t wasting your time again, was he, Fang?" + +show trish neutral flip with dissolve + +"Welp time to clock out of that conversation." + +"I’m sure they can have a riveting discussion without me." + +"It’s just one meal after all, I can ignore Trish for an hour and then Fang and I can leave." + +"Digging into my basket of chicken tenders, I pull out my phone and head straight to the armenian graphic design forum." + +show anonphone with moveinbottom + +"There’s another Grugsnax thread I can shitpost in to pass the time." + +"Every once in a while I look up from my phone and catch Trish giving me a death glare before turning to look back at the others." + +"Before long my train of thought is broken by Fang saying… something." + +F "...so Anon, what do you think?" + +hide anonphone with moveoutbottom + +A "Uh, yeah. That sounds good?" + +F "Great! We can try Trish’s new song in the next rehearsal!" + +show trish smug flip with dissolve + +"Trish looks smug. What did I agree to?" + +T "I’m surprised you agreed to that, I would have thought you wanted us to play some anime song instead." + +"She’s just loving this, isn’t she." + +Re "Hey man, that sounds kinda fun." + +"Reed is qualed by Trish’s sneer." + +"Know what. I don’t care anymore." + +F "Maybe… But let’s talk about that later. I’m cravin’ a milkshake now." + +hide fang with dissolve + +"Fang gets up and turns to a nearby smoothie booth." + +"Leaving me here." + +"To deal with this. These." + +T "So, Anon…" + +"Her grin is just short of vicious." + +T "So happy you agreed to my idea." + +T "Guess you’re starting to get some good taste." + +T "Better than any of that weeb-pop trash you’ve got on your phone." + +"I pointedly ignore her. She’s trying to get a rise out of me." + +T "Maybe I’ll make a somebody out of you too." + +T "Maybe…" + +"My fist clenches tightly beneath the table." + +menu: +"It's not worth it.": +"I can see it now." +"I've had about enough of this.": +"Just before I get up I think through it one more time." + +"Her stupid horn jammed right in her eye." + +"I sigh." + +"My fist unfurls." + +A "Yeah, sure, whatever." + +"God this was a waste of a day." + +"Normally I would love just spending time with Fang, but she’s been so preoccupied with the band lately." + +"I don’t even know why she needed me today when all she did was drag me around." + +"And now being anywhere near Trish is the cherry on the shit sundae." + +"Fang returns a few moments later with a milkshake in her hand." + +show fang happy at sleft behind anon with dissolve + +F "What’d I miss?" + +T "Just talking to White Knight about his taste in music." + +"Fuck this." + +"I can’t deal with this anymore." + +A "Shit, I just got a text from the post office. Says my dad’s prom suit came and I wanted to get there before it closed." + +A "Sorry to do this Fang, I gotta go. See you at school tomorrow." + +"I hate lying to Fang this way but I just can’t stand being around Trish any more." + +show fang sad with dissolve + +F "O-oh, it wasn’t anything I did, was it?" + +A "Everything’s fine, I just want to be ready for prom and your show." + +show fang neutral with dissolve + +"That seemed to put her at ease." + +F "Alright… we still have a bunch to talk about for the show. See you tomorrow, then." + +show reed happy sunglasses flip with dissolve + +Re "Peace, dude." + +"I give Fang a reassuring hug and promptly head towards the bus stop, not missing Trish’s dumb smug face as I pass her." +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +"God damn it." + +"..." + +jump chapter_9.0A \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/game/script/9.0A.(fang-loses-it-after-losing-prom-queen).rpy b/game/script/9.0A.(fang-loses-it-after-losing-prom-queen).rpy index 59404db..54c816c 100644 --- a/game/script/9.0A.(fang-loses-it-after-losing-prom-queen).rpy +++ b/game/script/9.0A.(fang-loses-it-after-losing-prom-queen).rpy @@ -1 +1,1386 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +label chapter_9.0A: + +scene home fang day +show fang a prom happy flip at sright +show fangmom neutral at fmleft +show naomi prom neutral at scenter +show anon prom neutral flip at aright +with fade +#Prom is Complicated +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." +play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg' fadein 1.0 + +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!" +stop music fadeout 1.0 +scene home fang night +show fang a prom neutral: +xalign -0.3 +show anon prom neutral flip at acenter +with fade + +"Fang comes downstairs in a fancy getup." +play music 'audio/OST/ballad_of_the_boot.ogg' fadein 1.0 + +"It’s certainly… Less traditional than mine." + +"No less flattering though." + +"Legs for days and days." + +show fangmom unimpressed flip at fmright + +FM "Oh, I was hoping you would wear the dress I bought you sweetheart." + +F "Mooooom. This is better, it’s gender neutral formal wear!" + +"Looks more like she took some dickies and made them into some booty shorts." + +"Not that I’m complaining." + +"The word plump is quite apt right now." + +show naomi prom neutral flip with moveinright: +xalign 1.2 + +N "Oh, Fang…" + +N "That’s an… Interesting outfit you’re wearing." + +"Naomi side-eyes me a dagger." + +N "I thought you’d be wearing some kind of dress…" + +F "Nah, dresses aren’t my style." + +N "I-I see…" + +N "Well your outfit certainly… pairs well with Anon’s." + +show fang a prom angry +with dissolve + +F "Oh I love your dress too, you look just like a giant pink dildo!" + +show naomi prom angry flip with dissolve + +FM "Lucy!" + +F "What did I say about that! I already told you, my name is Fang!" + +"Fang’s mom just sighs." + +FM "Okay, sorry, Fang. But please, you don’t need to use that kind of language towards guests!" + +F "...Whatever…" + +A "Maybe we should just go…" + +F "I’m not sharing a ride with her." + +N "Well, if you insist, Fang. Before you go… Anon, can I speak with you for a second?" + +"Before I can even say anything, Naomi’s dragging me by the shoulder into the kitchen." +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +scene kitchen +show anon prom neutral at aleft +show naomi prom angry flip at scenter +with fade + +"She gives me a death stare for what seems like a solid minute before she begins yelling at me" + +N "What the hell is your problem, Anon?!" + +"I think it’s the first time I’ve ever heard Naomi raise her voice, or even swear." + +N "How in the fuck did you manage to make Fang worse?" + +A "I… What the hell are you talking about?" + +"Naomi begins to somehow look even more earth-shatteringly mad." + +N "I thought you were gonna make her better!" + +A "What the fuck do you mean, ‘make her better’?" + +N "It’s like you didn’t even try to help her." + +A "I did the best I could, okay!" + +A "I certainly did more than whatever you’ve ever done for her." + +A "And you know what, she’s her own person! If she’s happy, I’m happy." + +"Naomi’s face of sheer anger quickly turns to disgust." + +N "I can’t believe you. You really don’t get it." + +"Naomi sighs and walks away, shoving into my shoulder on the way out, completely disregarding my presence." + +N "Just go, get out of here." + +N "This conversation is over." + +hide naomi with dissolve + +"I can hear Fang arguing with her parents in the other room with Naomi not yelling at me anymore." + +"I place my hands in my pockets, turn around, and head back into the foyer." + +"My walking slows, and the hall feels like it stretches onwards for miles." + +"Could Naomi be right? About Fang?" + +"No, no, she can’t be right!" + +"Fang is happy with herself, for once." + +"The arguing from the other room quickly and very loudly breaks my train of thought and I stride back to where everybody is gathered." + +scene home fang night + +show fangdad unimpressed at sleft +show fang a prom angry flip at scenter +show naomi prom angry flip: +xalign 1.3 +FD "...That is no way to talk to your mother, young lady!" + +F "I’m not a fuckin’ lady, dad!" + +"Naomi’s leaned against a wall next to the entry to that hall." + +"She turns to me, with an expression of very intently restrained rage on her face." + +"Did I really do this, Naomi?" + +N "Maybe you should leave before this turns into a fight." + +"Naomi’s words were cold but probably true." + +show fang a prom angry with dissolve + +"Fang looked ready to set her house on fire until she caught me in the corner of her eye." + +hide fang with moveoutright + +"Without a word she grabbed me by the wrist and dragged me through the front door, guitar in her other hand." + +scene home fang outside night with fade +show fang a prom angry at sleft +show anon prom neutral flip at aright + +F "…’mme call a taxi or something." + +"We sit on the curb in silence until our ride arrives." + +"It’s the same velociraptor driver from before. Of course it is." + +"I open the door for Fang as she fits her guitar in the back seat." + +scene taxi night with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +D "Ay, it’s my favorite couple again! How’s the leg, skinnie?" + +"The driver chuckles at his own remark." + +A "We’re doing fine, take us to Volcano high" + +D "Prom I’m guessing? Ya’ two high school sweet-hearts should stay safe out there! Crazy worl’ out there innit’?" + +A "Yeah I guess..." + +D "Not too much party in you. You sure you guys are going to prom?" + +A "We’re sure." + +D "Well, if you say so." + +"The cab starts down the street at what was easily twice the speed limit." + +"The engine is surprisingly quiet, and leaves the silence awkward between the three of us." + +"In the mirror, the Drivers’ eyes start showing a bit of concern." + +"He glances towards the radio." + +A "Please don’t." + +D "Mmm." + +"He gives a disappointed look through the reflection." + +D "..." + +D "You kids uh…" + +D "You feel like stopping by a restaurant or something by any chance?" + +D "I know a good Chinese place around here…" + +D "I can wait outside if you two want to, y’know… I won't even add onto the bill..." + +F "I’m on a schedule." + +F "We’ll pass." + +A "No Thanks." + +D "Sure, sure." + +"The Driver sighs a little" + +scene outside school night +show fang a prom neutral at sleft +show anon prom neutral flip at aright +with fade + +"Eventually the cab pulls up to the school gymnasium, illuminated by the celebratory decorative string lights." + +"Fang opens her wallet to pay the toll." + +D "Uhh… Y’know what, it’s on the house this time, kids." + +A "Wait, really?" + +D "Sure, yeah." + +D "Just have fun, y’know, and uhh…" + +D "If you need a cab again, you know the number." + +F "We know, we know." + +F "Get lost." + +A "See you." + +"The taxi pulls away from the curb and rounds the corner back onto the main road." +play music 'audio/OST/ballad_of_the_boot.ogg' fadein 1.0 + +F "We still got about an hour before Spears told us to be on." + +A "Sounds like we got plenty of time." + +F "You’d be surprised. Come on." + +"I considered carrying the guitar case for her, but Fang is already a couple yards ahead power walking to Prom." + +"Fang leads the way to the school’s gymnasium. Her shoulders are tense and her wings are raised higher than usual." +scene hallway +show fang a prom neutral at sright +show anon prom neutral at aleft +with fade +"I pick up the pace to try and catch up, but Fang’s long legs only moved faster." + +A "What song are you going to play?" + +F "Just something simple me and Trish wrote up, why?" + +A "Just curious about what's going to knock the prom out of the park, what about Reed?" + +F "He was busy." + +scene prom +show fang a prom neutral at sleft +show anon prom neutral at aleft +with fade +"The two of us go up to the entrance, the room filled with seniors, strobe lights and a very suspicious smelling fog." + +"Reed and Trish were over in a corner, both with red solo cups." + +"I didn’t need to question what was in Reed’s." + +"Reed noticed us first and waved us over." + +show trish prom neutral flip at tright +show reed sunglasses flip at rright +with dissolve +Re "Yooo buddy, how's it going? Ready to see us kill it up on the stage?" + +A "Yeah man! Fang said you guys were going to keep it pretty simple with what's up there?" + +Re "Yeah, don’t want to do something super complex, just wanna keep it simple and cool for these guys." + +A "When are you guys starting?" + +Re "Forty-five minutes." + +F "Forty-five? Shit I thought we were later than that, we need to start getting prepped." + +scene bandroom +show fang a prom neutral at sright +show anon prom neutral at acenter +show reed sunglasses at sleft +show trish prom neutral at tright +with fade +"We hauled ass to Mr.Jingo’s room, where the band had stored their gear." + +"Reed’s drumset was in pieces and I helped him reassemble it while Trish and Fang tuned their guitars." +stop music + +"{i}*TWANG*{/i}" + +show fang a prom angry with dissolve + +F "SHIT!" + +show trish prom sad flip with dissolve + +"I drop the snare drum I was holding." + +"Fang’s guitar string had snapped." + +play music 'audio/OST/Many Such Cases of Being So True.ogg' fadein 1.0 +"Trish and Fang look devastated." + +A "Don’t you have a spare?" + +show fang a prom sad with dissolve + +F "...At home…" + +T "There’s got to be some here! Reed! Anon! Look arou-" + +F "We don’t have time!" + +A "What? But-" + +Re "A spare guitar, maybe?" + +F "We do not have the time!" + +A "Look me and Reed can-" +show fang a prom angry flip with dissolve +F "ANON YOU’RE NOT HELPING!" + +F "Look Anon, we just need to focus right now." + +F "Just go outside so we can figure something out." + +"Her words cut straight through me." + +"She’s really kicking me out right now." + +show fang a prom neutral flip with dissolve + +F "Please, Anon?" + +"Reed is silent and I catch a glimpse of a smirking speciesist triceratops." + +"I begin to formulate a response, but just manage a small nod." + +A "I- Yeah… sure…" +stop music fadeout 3.0 + +hide anon neutral with moveoutright + +scene prom +show anon prom neutral at sleft +with fade +play music "audio/effects/prom chatter loop 2.ogg" fadein 3.0 +"Fang hasn’t yelled at me like that since… the beginning of the semester." + +"But playing at prom seemed pretty important to Fang and who am I to interfere with that?" + +"I didn’t even want to be here in the first place, but…" + +"But I’m following Moe’s advice and supporting Fang, right?" + +"The music slams into me as I reenter the room, grating on my ears and thrumming roughly in my chest." + +"A quick pass of the punch bowl and I find the ideal spot." + +"In the darkened corner, where I can support the wall with my back and sip on my cheap punch." + +"My feet grow sore as I observe the other seniors having fun." + +"Every now and then one of them would point at me and snicker." + +"I simply hide my face behind my solo cup and try to drown out their judging eyes behind sugary water." + +show spears neutral flip at sright with moveinright + +Sp "Enjoying yourself, Anon?" + +"I nearly choke on the fruit punch." + +A "P-principal Spears! Uh… You’re chaperoning?" + +Sp "I wouldn’t ask any of the faculty to look after you lot." + +A "Hm…" + +Sp "You enjoying your prom?" + +menu: + "Could be worse": + A "Could be worse." + "Going great, actually": + A "Going great, Actually" + +Sp "Where’s your date, I thought I saw the two of you enter." + +Sp "Weren’t you all getting ready in the music room?" + +A "We were…" + +A "Something came up… She asked me to leave." + +Sp "Fang did?" + +A "Yeah, I was just getting in the way." + +Sp "I see." + +"The two of us stare into the crowd’s mindless frolicking in silence." + +Sp "Seems there’s something else on your mind, Anon." + +Sp "I can tell these things." + +A "Not really, it’s just that I’m respecting her boundaries." + +Sp "..." + +Sp "Are you sure that’s what’s really going on here?" + +"Ugh, here we go." + +Sp "Back when I was in the game, I learned a thing or two about-" + +"I sigh and tune out the massive man standing next to me." + +"I swirl the punch in my cup around before chugging the last of it." + +"...I just want to go home…" + +Sp "-ake responsibility and take it seriously." + +Sp "Relationships are a give and take sort of deal." + +Sp "Got it, Anon?" + +A "...Sure, sir. I’ll keep that in mind." + +"The principal sighs and leaves me." +hide spears with moveoutleft +"Everyone moves out of his way as he cuts his way across the room to the small stage." + +"The music fades until all that’s left is chatter." +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"Spears takes to the stage with mic in hand for once." + +scene prom with dissolve +show spears neutral at scenter +Sp "Alright everyone. Before we end tonight’s prom we have a couple of items to take care of." + +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 neutral at sleft with moveinleft +show naomi prom neutral flip with moveinright: + 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 spears neutral at scenter with moveinright + +hide naomi +hide naser +with moveoutright + +Sp "I promised your parents we’d be out of here by ten." + +Sp "To close off this wonderful night, I’ve asked a student band to play a few bops for us." + +Sp "They’ve had their trials earlier in the year, but I think everyone deserves a second chance." + +Sp "Please welcome, VVURM DRAMA!!!!" + +"The audience’s applause decreases noticeably." + +hide spears with moveoutright + +unknown "Wait, again?" + +unknown "He was there last time, wasn’t he?" + +unknown "I’ll just start recording…" + +"Feh. Screw ‘em." + +"Fang’ll show them how much they’ve all improved." + +"I should be memorizing their faces now to make their dumbstruck expressions that much sweeter." + +"I know Fang can pull this off." + +"Reed wheels the drumkit onstage on a dolly, and Trish follows with her bass." + +"And then Fang comes on with her bass as well." + +play music 'audio/OST/you can_t sage here.ogg' fadein 1.0 +scene prom +show anon prom neutral at scenter + +"Wait." + +"Wait no." + +"They couldn’t find a new string?!" + +"They’re just going to repeat the first concert?!" + +"What were they thinking?!" + +"The three finish making last minute preparations and give an anxious look at one another." + +"For a brief moment, Fang looks me right in the eyes." + +"I think we all know what’s about to happen." +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"The band doesn’t bother introducing themselves. Instead Trish begins plucking her bass." + +"It all went tumbling down from there." +play music 'audio/OST/its_the_piece_of_shit_you_asked_for.ogg' fadein 1.0 + +scene prom fang fuck up a ending with fade + +"Just like before, Fang’s bass sounds horrifically wrong, far too heavy. She’s a guitarist using a fucking jazz bass, so of course it sounds horrid." + +"And then the vocals kicked in. Reed’s lyrical expertise was not on display here, no these sounded like they came from an edgy teen’s twitter page." + +"It’s horrific screeching, combined with the amelodious shredding on a bass creating a cacophony equal to hundreds of cats ritualistically sacrificed." +stop music +unknown "PFFFT AHAHAHA THEY STILL FUCKING SUCK AFTER SIX MONTHS!!" + +"The crowd’s cautious cheers were long gone, replaced by a symphony of ridicule." + +"The band’s already accepted their fate, both basses hang limply from their shoulder straps." + +"Then a few students start chucking balled up tissues at their heads." + +"Reed puts his hand on Trish’s shoulder and the two duck out." + +scene prom fang freak out a ending with fade + +"Fang stays a moment longer, the despair on her face manifesting through hot streams of tears." + +scene prom with fade + +"She turns to leave as well, trying to maintain a calm composure." + +"Then a student throws their red plastic cup of punch upstage." + +"It splashes against her head, drenching her suit in red dye and making her smash onto the floor." + +"A few more food articles follow while Fang scrambles to get up." + +"Shakily, she tries walking offstage again, only to be met with another makeshift water balloon." + +"The back of her suit shines a dull red in the stage lights, and she struggles to not slip again." + +show spears neutral at scenter with moveinleft + +"Spears rushes onstage and throws his coat over Fang." + +"Naser was about to jump off the stage and tackle someone." + +"Except Naomi had her arms around his waist." + +show spears angry at scenter with dissolve + +Sp "ENOUGH!" + +"The room goes completely silent aside from the sounds of Fang’s sprinting footsteps and sobbing." + +"Spear’s lazer gaze is directed at me." + +scene prom +show anon prom neutral at scenter +with fade + +"He jams his thumb in the direction of the exit Fang just took." + +scene black with fade + +"I slip out the side door towards the music room once again." + +"Trish and Reed were sitting in the far corner of the room, and Fang was nowhere to be seen." + +scene bandroom +show trish prom sad flip at tright +show reed sad flip: +xalign 0.75 +show anon prom neutral at aleft + +Re "Hey, man…" + +T "Great, what do YOU want?" + +Re "Fang’s not here, dude." + +A "Where’d she go?" + +Re "Probably the auditorium." + +Re "To be alone." + +T "We’re doing fine too, not that you care. Asshole." + +A "You’re right, Trish." + +T "I, whu-" + +A "I don’t care, I need to find Fang. Now." + +show reed angry flip with dissolve + +Re "That was uncalled for, man." + +A "And so is this." + +scene black + +"*SLAM*" + +"It felt so satisfying to slam the door in their useless faces." + +"I turn around and leave, flipping off Trish through the window as I go." + +"She probably blames me for this show going wrong too." + +"That I sabotaged Fang’s guitar because it would make Trish look bad or something." + +scene door auditorium with fade + +"I run to the auditorium with only the sound of my footsteps echoing through the hallway." + +"I stop at the foyer to catch my breath." + +"My hands rest on the door, ready to push it open." + +"What do I even say to her?" + +"‘Just bear with it?’ ‘You still have friends?’" + +"All of that’s terrible." + +"At the same time, I can’t just stall here." + +"I push open the door softly." + +"The light spills through the foyer into the darkened chamber." + +"Spear’s jacket is thrown over one of the seats near me." + +"The door shuts behind me, leaving me in the dark." + +scene black with fade + +"I can only stand in the night-veiled room for my eyes to adjust." + +"From somewhere in the room, a faint sobbing echoes." + +A "Fang? You alright?" + +"Great opener. Fantastic." + +A "I mean, are you gonna be alright?" + +"The sobbing continues for a bit longer." + +F "... Nooo…" + +"I slowly follow her voice down the aisle, using the chairs as my guide." + +"By this point I can vaguely make out Fang sitting at the bottom of the stage." + +A "Fang?" + +"I’m standing before her now, and my eyes have adjusted just enough to make out some details of Fang’s face." + +"Such as her eyes looking… off…" + +A "Uh… Fang?" + +F "I didn’t fuck up." + +A "Huh?" + +F "I didn’t fuck up. Right, Anon?" + +A "...Nah… You did your best up there." + +"Fang’s voice started to take on a hiss." + +F "Yeah… Yeah… it’s all their fault. Right?" + +A "Whose?" + +F "Who the fuck else! Naser and that BITCH!" + +F "Fucking Naomi. She ruined this. She caused this all." + +F "If she had never come into my life." + +F "If she was never around Naser." + +F "If-" + +A "Fang!" + +"That startles Fang, making her mouth click shut." + +A "Look, forget all of that. It doesn’t matter. None of it matters." + +F "I-" + +A "Naomi doesn’t matter at all. She and her stupid plan don’t fucking matter." + +F "..." + +"My eyes have finally focused enough to make out the smashed bass at Fang’s feet." + +"I ignore it, instead reaching out for Fang’s shoulder." + +A "Hey…" + +A "I want you to do something for me, alright?" + +A "Just repeat after me." + +A "Alright?" + +"She doesn’t look at me, but nods her head a bit." + +A "It doesn’t matter." + +F "...it… It doesn’t matter." + +F "It doesn’t matter." + +"The hiss is back but I ignore it." + +F "It doesn’t matter." + +A "See? Feel better, right?" + +F "Y-yeah. I guess." + +F "Thanks, Anon." + +A "Good." + +A "So." + +A "Uh." + +F "...I don’t wanna be here." + +A "Oh." + +A "... Do you need me to walk you home?" + +F "..." + +F "Actually…" + +F "I uh…" + +F "Can I…" + +F "Stay at your place?" + +F "I… Don’t want to see Naser right now…" + +"I can feel my face practically glow at that thought." + +A "S-sure. Of course!" +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +A "Come on, let’s go home, Fang." + +"..." + +scene room anon dark + +"When I enter my apartment I remove my suit jacket and toss it on the floor unceremoniously." + +"I loosen the tie, but don’t bother to take it all the way off." + +"Fang collapses in my cot without a word." + +"Guess I’m sleeping on the floor tonight." + +A "You going to sleep already?" + +F "...Nooo…" + +"I frown as I see her hair sticky and clinging to her dumb dress shirt." + +A "Maybe you should take a shower. At least rinse the punch off." + +F "..." + +A "I’ve uh… I think I got some clothes for ya." + +F "...’kay…" + +"Fang gets up from my bed and trudges over to my bathroom." + +"Right. Clothes." + +"I open my closet and look at all my identical jackets." + +"Bulk buying seemed like a good idea at the time." + +"I take the spare dress shirt dad sent me. It’s super baggy even on me." + +"I think this was from that time I tried to cosplay." + +"I shudder at the memory." + +"I take that and some board shorts from my closet and kick it shut." + +"Okay I think this should… wait." + +"Wings and tail." + +"..." + +"Some minutes later with my knife and I hear the shower sputter to a stop." + +"I knock on the door and set the custom cut outfit on the floor for her." + +A "I set a change of clothes for you. Yell if you need me to do some more cutting." + +"With that I go back to my bed and consider what to do next." + +"Maybe a movie or something?" + +"Fuck. What would cheer her up." + +F "...Thanks…" + +scene roomthrash1 at Pan((0, 610),(0, 0), 30.0) + +"Fang plops down next to me, the hoodie falling down to her knees and hiding the shorts I gave her." + +"If only she wasn’t so depressed she’d look really cute right now." + +A "So… Wanna do something?" + +F "Play a game or something, I dunno…" + +F "I don’t want to sleep yet." + +A "Uhh… Sure…" + +"Fuck me sideways, what do I have that’s presentable to someone else…" + +"I got uhh… Kingdom he-no…" + +"Dark so-no…" + +"Senran- I feel retarded for even considering it, FUCK NO…" + +"Screw it, I'll just go with Rock Ring. That always calms you down." + +"Don’t get many opportunities these days to use The Duke, anyways." + +"I boot up the XROX and insert the Rock Ring 2 disc." +scene roomthrash2 with dissolve +"Fang flips over to see the TV as I take my spot on the floor sitting next to her." + +A "This one’s my favorite Rock Ring story." + +"I let the campaign intro play and turn to Fang." + +"She is just blankly staring at the screen, probably still thinking about earlier." + +A "You uhhh… wanna play first?" + +A "Might help take your mind off prom…" + +"Fang lets out a muffled sigh." + +F "I can just watch…" + +"I decide to skip the cutscenes and get right into the gameplay." + +"Repelling a bunch of dinosaurs from the volcano caves, easy enough." + +A "Playing with a torch and rock combo is the easiest way to kill enemies." + +A "Takes more skill than using a spear thrower at least." + +F "Yeah, cool…" + +F "Hey, Anon… You said something about Naomi having a ‘plan’ earlier. What did you mean by that?" +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"Shit." + +"Uh oh, gotta tread real carefully here…" + +A "Thing is, uh… you know when I just transferred in and everything?" + +F "Yeah?" + +A "Well uh, Naomi kept… No, it’s nothing. Forget I said anything." + +"Fang sits up and is eye level with me." + +F "It’s not nothing. What. Did. She. Do?" + +A "Now’s not a good time, we should talk about it lat-" + +scene roomthrash3 with dissolve + +"Fang grabs me by the shirt collar with shaking fists." + +F "Tell me!" + +A "I-I-I can’t! Fang, get a hold of yourself!" + +scene roomthrash4 with dissolve + +"She jumps to her feet, carrying my shirt with her and lurching my head with it." +F "DAMMIT ANON, WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN PLANNING WITH NAOMI?!" + +"Her free hand raises into a slashing position, clenched into a claw so her nails protrude like razors." + +F "TELL ME OR I’LL-" + +A "SHE PUT ME WITH YOU!" + +scene roomthrash5 with dissolve + +"All at once, Fang loses all energy in her body." + +"Her grip on my collar loosens and her clawed hand lowers." + +"All the tension has moved directly to her face." + +"I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a look of hopeless despair." + +"After what feels like a year of silence, I get the courage to stand again." + +A "..." + +A "...Naomi made it so the two of us were together." + +A "Naser’s always worrying about you, so she wanted to get his full attention…" + +A "...By trying to have someone ‘fix’ you." + +"Fang’s hands cradle her head, as though squeezing it hard enough would wake her up from this nightmare." + +A "Fang, I didn’t have any control over it…" + +A "You know I really do have feelings for you, I genuinely like you." + +A "It doesn’t matter what Naomi’s stupid ‘plans’ are, we still-" + +"Out of nowhere Fang’s energy returns into a fit of unrepressed rage." +scene roomthrash6 with dissolve +F "RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!" + +F "THAT STUPID BITCH!!" + +F "THAT, THAT, THAT GODDAMN SLUT!!" + +A "Fang! Calm down!" + +F "SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" + +F "YOU LITERAL, ACTUAL TOOL!!" + +"Fang, with no intention to vent her frustrations verbally, resorts to the next best thing." + +"Physical therapy." + +"The bedsheets are quickly discarded to the other side of the room in a clump." + +A "Fang, please!" + +"Fang is convulsing as though possessed, frantically looking for other things to ruin." + +"With a swift kick, the Duke is catapulted into the bathroom." + +A "Calm down! Don’t break anything!" + +"She starts kicking and punching the nearby shelf with all her might." + +A "Fang, stop, you’ll hurt yourself!" + +"My pleas are ignored, instead all I get are continued desperate grunts as she tries to pummel the wooden door." + +A "Fang, really, you need to stop-" + +"With one last scream, she punches clean through the shelf’s cabinet door, leaving a hole about the size of a football." + +A "THAT’S ENOUGH" +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +scene roomthrash7 with dissolve + +"While Fang is recoiling, I take the moment to grab her by the wrists and rush her over to sit on the bed." + +"Tears are streaming down her face as I shift my grip to her arms." + +F "I can’t even fall in love without HER interfering with it!" + +F "You don’t like me, you just wanted to change me to something I’m not to get Naomi off your back." +scene roomthrash8 with dissolve +A "That’s not true! Fang, listen to me. I do lo-" +scene roomthrash9 with dissolve +"The force makes me stumble back several feet." + +"Luckily, I manage to regain my balance before falling on my ass." + +"I raise my hands in a basic CQC stance." +scene roomthrash10 with dissolve +F "You took me away from my friends! You ruined our band!" + +A "What the hell are you talking about? I haven’t done any of that!" + +F "Well, Naomi is, and, and…" + +F "You’re just doing whatever Naomi wants!" + +A "Well then maybe Naomi had a point!" + +"A deafening silence permeates the room." + +"The malice radiating from Fang is as tense as a razor." + +scene roomthrash11 with dissolve + +"Eventually, the weight of the situation causes her to collapse into the bed completely." + +"Between sobs Fang tries squealing out more of her argument." + +F "Just-just shut up… I don’t…" + +F "I…" + +A "Here’s the reality, Fang." + +A "There are things about you that need fixing." + +A "That much I can agree with Naomi." + +A "And clearly, I can’t help you there." + +F "..." + +A "..." + +"Fang’s body tremors with her sobs." + +"Shit, was I too harsh on her?" + +A "Fang… I’m sorry." + +A "*sigh*" + +A "You’re right, I took you away from your friends and all that." + +A "I caused all this." + +F "No." + +F "You wish." + +F "That would be too much of an honor for you." + +play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"The phrase cuts to the bone." + +"I retrieve the bedsheets from the floor." + +A "Look…" + +A "You're tired, I'm tired, let's just sleep and think it over tomorrow" + +"As I drape the blanket over her shoulders, she reaches out to squeeze my hand." + +A "... I do love you, Fang." + +F "..." + +A "..." + +F "..." + +"She lets go." + +A "... Goodnight." + +"Fang curls into my blanket, staring at the wall away from me." +scene room anon dark with fade +"I hit the light switch and lie down across the room from the bed." + +"I’d use the felt blanket that exists in every house, but I’d frankly rather just sleep in my clothes." + +"The moonlight leaking through the curtain gives enough visibility for me to see Fang still silently weeping." + +"I watch from afar until her breathing becomes slow and rhythmic, the sort only achievable in a deep sleep." + +"What am I supposed to do about her?" + +"I’ll talk with her more about it in the morning…" + +"For now I’ll just try to get some shut-eye." + +"My heavy eyelids practically glue themselves shut, and I’m asleep within five minutes." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +scene black with fade + +"..." + +jump chapter_10.0A \ No newline at end of file