Merge pull request 'issue2-init' (#1) from issue2-init into master

Reviewed-on: https://git.snootgame.xyz/coolestskinnieinthejungle/SnootGame/pulls/1

game/options.rpy

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ define gui.show_name = True
 
 ## The version of the game.
 
-define config.version = "vee3-Valiant-Velociraptor-Victory-patch3"
+define config.version = "Patchy-patch5"
 
 ## Text that is placed on the game's about screen. Place the text between the
 ## triple-quotes, and leave a blank line between paragraphs.

game/script/10.an-excellent-reason-to-start-abusing-mod-powers.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+label chapter_10:
+
+scene black with fade
+#Confession
+play music 'audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg' fadein 1.0
+A "Hang on, lemme get my key…"
+
+"I awkwardly fish around for it in my pocket, hand weighed down by some cheap first aid stuff from the nearby liquor store."
+
+A "This stuff wasn’t nece-"
+
+F "Shut up."
+
+F "Open the door."
+
+"I finally managed to find my key wedged between my leg and wallet."
+
+"Fang takes the key from me and opens the door before I can think to throw it out the broken window nearby."
+
+"Welp. No turning back now."
+
+A "Welcome to Casa Del Shithole, occupancy a miserable weeb."
+
+scene room anon day with fade
+
+"Raptor Jesus threw me a bone at least."
+
+"There’s no dirty dishes stacked in the sink."
+
+"The trash is mostly empty save for a discarded box of cereal."
+
+"And my monitor is NOT displaying something Saturnia related."
+
+"The entrance isn’t big enough for both Fang and I, so I leave her supporting shoulder and limp my way to the twin-sized mattress on the floor."
+
+show anon neutral flip at aright with dissolve
+
+"It’s so tempting to just drop face-first like usual, but I don’t think I’d survive the shock of the fall."
+
+show fang neutral at sleft with dissolve
+
+F "...Nice place…?"
+
+A "You don’t have to stay. I just wanna curl up in bed and sleep my sorrows away."
+
+F "Anon it’s ten in the morning."
+
+A "And?"
+
+F "And you’re fucking hurt. At least let me try and patch you up."
+
+A "You do-"
+
+"Fang’s glare makes my mouth click shut."
+
+"Fang sets the bag of ice packs, icy hots, and sabre balm on my computer desk when something catches her eye."
+
+play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg' fadein 1.0
+F "Is… Is that the phone roomba you bought a while back? You actually kept that thing?"
+
+"Fang is standing over the shoebox I’ve been using to hold my ‘pet’."
+
+"I’ve put in a few wooden blocks for it to bump around."
+
+A "Uhh, yeah. Can you go ahead and feed him for me?"
+
+F "...With this box of cornflakes?"
+
+A "Yeah… Two or three will do."
+
+F "...And you taped your railgun to the top of it."
+
+A "If you look close I gave him angry eyebrows too."
+
+F "Why?"
+
+A "Mom never let me have a pet. And he’s cute."
+
+F "He?"
+
+A "Don’t make fun of metal gear RAYmba or else he’ll shoot you."
+
+F "..."
+
+A "He’s armed with tiny angry marine munitions."
+
+F "..."
+
+"Fang crumples up some of the flakes and pours the crumbs into RAY’s box."
+
+"I can hear it happily ingesting breakfast from my bed."
+
+F "You are such a dweeb, Anon."
+
+"There’s no heat in her words."
+
+"Fang turns to me, the small tub of disgusting green stuff in hand."
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg' fadein 1.0
+F "Alright, let me see where you’re hurt Anon."
+
+"..."
+
+"No way in fuck."
+
+F "Now."
+
+"Shit. When did Fang learn the patented Mom Glare."
+
+F "Take off your shirt."
+
+A "Wait wha-"
+
+F "Take it off or I’ll cut it off with your knife."
+
+A "...Fine..."
+
+scene wounds1 with fade
+pause 2
+scene black with fade
+"I step into my tiny shower stall and turn on the water."
+
+"The shower head sputters before it starts weakly spraying lukewarm water."
+
+scene wounds2 with fade
+
+"The temperature of the water doesn’t help the tension in my muscles or the bruises marring my skin."
+
+"I stretch around and see massive blotches of purple and black splattered across my torso."
+
+scene wounds3
+
+"Each contusion is hot to the touch under my fingers and the pain is intense."
+
+scene wounds4
+
+"The worst is across my chest where the bollard hit me."
+
+scene wounds5
+
+"I eventually get finished examining my wicked wounds and step out of the bathroom.  Fang is on her phone doing Raptor Jesus knows what."
+
+scene wounds6
+
+"Fang then pats the bed"
+
+F "Come here"
+
+"I walk over and lie down on my stomach"
+
+scene wounds7
+
+F "Jesus that's bad..."
+
+"I then felt a cold cream and soft touch on my back, along with a massive jolt of pain"
+
+A "FUCK!"
+
+F "Shit, sorry!  Are you okay?"
+
+A "Yeah, just didn’t expect it to hurt that bad..."
+
+F "Just try to relax."
+
+"I sigh and try my hardest not to freak out when she touches me"
+
+"She eventually finds a sweet spot of pressure to apply.  It still hurts a little, but it doesn’t cause me to wince."
+
+"Her hands are soft."
+
+"I find myself relaxing under Fang’s ministrations."
+
+F "Starting to feel better now?"
+
+"I nod."
+
+"My eyes feel heavy as the ointment begins to warm up, drawing away tension from my aching muscles."
+
+"I can make out a steady thumping on my bed"
+
+"My senses fade more until all I’m aware of is Fang’s fingers tracing circles over my sore back and the sound of thumping."
+
+"I wonder what that is."
+
+"Fang’s hands slow to a stop and eventually pull away, leaving me disappointed."
+
+"The bed shifts."
+
+F "Anon."
+
+"There’s something in her voice, but I can’t discern it."
+
+A "Hm?"
+
+F "I need to do the front."
+scene wounds8
+"Oh."
+
+"Okay then. I roll over onto my back."
+scene wounds9
+"And find myself face to beak with her."
+
+"Dangerously close."
+
+"I can feel her breath on my lips and I blush."
+
+"It never even occurred to me that I could apply the ointment on myself."
+
+"I want to look aside."
+
+"Turn my face away to hide the growing blush."
+
+"But I can’t."
+
+"I’m entranced looking into Fang’s warm amber eyes."
+
+"Millions of words flash through my head as I try to find something to say."
+
+"Fang is looking right back."
+
+"Eyes that seemed to glow with what little sunlight filling the room stared into mine."
+
+"I wonder…"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"I hope…"
+
+"Do you like me, Fang?"
+
+scene wounds10
+
+F "A-anon…"
+
+"I’m pulled out of my thoughts by her voice."
+
+"Fang’s blushing heavily too, now."
+
+"And her tail is positively hammering away at my bed."
+
+"Wait."
+
+"Oh fuck."
+
+"Did I?"
+
+A "I- um… w-was that… did I say-"
+
+F "Y-yeah…"
+
+A "Fffffffffff-"
+
+"My head sinks back into my pillow."
+
+A "-fffffffffffuck."
+
+"A snort escapes from Fang’s beak."
+
+scene wounds11
+
+play music 'audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg' fadein 1.0
+F "You’re such a fucking dweeb…"
+
+scene wounds12
+
+"Her fingers brush lightly across the largest bruise on my chest, without ointment."
+
+F "You mutter from time to time. I didn’t start noticing til our… d-date…"
+
+"I groan aloud."
+
+"So the entire time…"
+
+F "Yeah… It’s uh… kinda cute…"
+
+A "Raptor Jesus on his cross of rock. So for months now-"
+
+F "I’ve known. And…"
+
+"Fang leans over me with her hand braced next to my head in support."
+
+F "I… like you too…"
+
+scene wounds10
+
+"Fang’s hand moves back to my chest, resting just over my machine-gun beating heart."
+
+"Her head slowly descends toward mine."
+
+"And before we can start trying to figure out how Human-Dino tonsil hockey is played."
+
+"Fang’s weight begins to press down behind her hand."
+
+"Which is dead center of the most serious bruise on my chest."
+
+scene wounds14
+
+A "FUCK!"
+
+F "Oh shit sorrysorrysorry-"
+
+A "Haaaah."
+
+scene wounds15
+
+"I manage to catch my breath."
+
+A "I’m okay. Just… ow…"
+
+"My hand wraps around Fang’s."
+
+A "M-maybe uh… something else?"
+
+A "That won’t stress these."
+
+"I nod at the blemishes across my chest."
+
+F "Er… liiiiike…?"
+
+A "Liiike…Hug? Maybe? I don-"
+
+scene wounds16
+
+"I’m cut off by Fang moving closer to me again."
+
+"Her arm shifts, moving from my chest to my shoulder."
+
+"Her wing drapes over both of us, becoming a soft and warm blanket of feathers."
+
+"And her head lands next to mine, sinking into our now shared pillow until I’m eye to eye with her."
+
+F "Cuddling it is."
+
+"I smile and nod."
+
+"Even if Fang is now laying atop my arm and I’m starting to lose feeling in it."
+
+"The feel of her warm body pressed against my side is definitely worth it."
+
+"And between that warmth and the plush wing-blanket, my eyes grow heavy again."
+
+"Fang’s already started to snore, right into my ear."
+
+"Ah, fuck it. I close my eyes and decide that sleeping with Fang is easily the best thing to happen to me."
+
+"Ah, there… we… gooo…"
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"Zzz"
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_11

game/script/11A.fang-desperately-wants-to-win-prom-night.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#label shooter: - commented out 6/12/21 - new format
+label chapter_11A:
+
+#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_12A

game/script/11B.anon-gets-fangs'-pronouns-right,-and-she's-smug-about-it.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,173 @@
+label chapter_11B:
+
+#>>doomer | Announcing Nothing Important
+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."
+
+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 flip at sleft with moveinleft
+Drf "Hello, Anon. Fang."
+show anon neutral flip at acenter with dissolve
+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."
+hide fang neutral
+show fang happy flip at sright
+"Phew, remembered it this time."
+
+Drf "Good, good."
+
+Drf "I won’t keep you any longer then."
+
+"Fernsworth meanders to pester the next few students."
+hide farnsworthflip
+show farnsworth
+hide farnsworth with moveoutleft
+A "Anyways, where were we?"
+show anon neutral at acenter with dissolve
+"I turn back to see Fang giving me a raised eyebrow and a smug grin."
+
+F "So…"
+
+A "Hm?"
+
+"Fang's eyebrow rise and fall faster and faster."
+
+"as if she's trying to send a message in morse code."
+
+"Wait wha-"
+
+F "Heh. See, you can learn, Anon."
+
+"Oh."
+
+"OH!"
+
+"Oh god she’s still on about that?!"
+
+"...She does seem pretty serious about it."
+
+"We’ve been friends long enough…"
+
+"I guess it’s the least I can do to start going along with it."
+
+F "I didn’t realize you were Pan, Anon."
+
+A "Pan? Wait, what does a Raptor William’s movie have to do with this?"
+
+F "No, dummy! You’re Pansexual!"
+
+A "I’m sorry, what?"
+
+F "You’re Pan!"
+
+F "That means you’re willing to date people regardless of identity!"
+
+"Do I come off as that desperate…?"
+
+#I knew someone who would say shit like this and it was a great pain ~ Programnon
+F "I’m an enbie, you recognize me, we’re dating, therefore you are Pan!"
+
+"Fang deserves a gold medal at the mental gymnastic olympics."
+
+"Even the French would give that routine a ten outta ten."
+
+"Aaaaanyways…."
+
+F "Mumblin’ again."
+
+A "...Prom! You uh.. Wanna actually like… go? Together?"
+
+"Ugh, which is worse, the panny stuff or prom?"
+
+F "mmmm… naaaaah."
+
+F "Prom is like… so lame, ya know?"
+
+A "O-oh. Yeah, I get ya. Not to mention a waste of money."
+
+F "Yeah. Money better spent on actual good stuff."
+
+A "Like carfe?"
+
+"In the distance I can hear Reed rebuffing my attempt to try his product."
+
+F "Yeah. And booze."
+
+A "Yeah totally. Like, prom cash is way better spent on fun stuff like liquor."
+
+F "In fact, we totally should."
+
+A "Should what?"
+
+F "Have our own prom! Just the two of us! With booze!"
+
+"I consider the idea for a moment."
+
+"Just Fang, me and a few dozen cans of beer somewhere."
+
+A "Fuck yeah!"
+
+F "Fuck yeah!"
+
+Drf "Quiet down, you in the back."
+
+A "Oops."
+
+A "Crap, the assignment!"
+
+F "You’re still worried about that?"
+
+"I flip the page over to reveal the second half, which we only have about ten minutes to finish."
+
+F "It’s just the one assignment, and there’s already no way you can finish, right?"
+
+F "Just relax, take a break now and then."
+
+"I worriedly glance at the page again."
+
+"Maybe she’s... they’re right."
+
+A "Alright, sure."
+
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+"The two of us continue making plans up to the bell, and I toss the paper out when I leave."
+
+"..."
+jump chapter_12B

game/script/11C.anon-gets-fangs'-pronouns-right,-but-she-tells-him-she's-okay-with-being-called-a-girl.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+label chapter_11C:
+
+#Announcing a Date | Tradwife
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang neutral at scenter
+
+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 flip at sleft 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."
+show fang sad flip with dissolve
+"Phew, remembered it this time."
+
+Drf "Good, good."
+
+Drf "I won’t keep you any longer then."
+
+hide farnsworth with moveoutleft
+
+show fang hiding with dissolve
+
+"Fernsworth meanders to pester the next few students."
+
+A "Anyways, where were we?"
+
+"Turning back to Fang, her hands are trying to cover her face."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"Except the frown that’s impossible to hide with her long beak."
+
+A "Fang? You okay?"
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+"An embarrassed smile forms as she begins to shake her head."
+show fang neutral flip
+F "Yeah. I'm good. Just, was reminded of something embarrassing."
+
+A "What?"
+
+F "Trish."
+
+A "Trish?"
+
+show fang sad flip
+
+F "I can't help it, I see her everyday. We tried signing up to as many classes together as we could and now I regret it."
+
+F "And every time I do I’m reminded of… this whole thing."
+
+A "I’m not good at the pronoun game, Fang. What whole thing?"
+
+F "THAT, the pronoun thing!"
+
+F "Now things are… different."
+
+F "And, I wish I hung out with Naser more than..."
+
+F "...her."
+
+"There's some disdain in the way she said it."
+
+"Now that they mentioned it, Trish has been very weird lately."
+
+"Should I mention to Fang the fact that every day in Math period I try to check if there's a bomb under my seat?"
+
+F "you're the one I see the least. It's such a shame."
+
+"Fang started stroking my hand on the table."
+
+F "Now though…"
+
+F "I’ve been thinking and…"
+
+F "And… I wouldn’t mind..."
+
+F "Wouldn’t mind if you called me Lucy."
+
+F "I… I’d like it, in fact."
+
+A "I… A-are you sure?"
+
+F "Mhm."
+
+"There’s a fragility to her voice. A stiffness in her nod."
+
+"But if Fa-"
+
+"If Lucy would like it then…"
+
+A "Alright then... Lucy."
+
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+
+"She blushes again and looks away."
+
+"I test her name a couple times. It’s a nice name. Really sweet. But..."
+
+"Fang fits her more in my mind."
+
+Lucy "Only you, though."
+
+Lucy "I don’t know if I’m comfortable with anyone else saying it yet."
+
+A "I-I see."
+
+A "Thank you for sharing that with me."
+
+"Now both of us are blushing."
+
+"...Well, if we’re already in the moment, I may as well ask."
+
+A "A-anyways, Flucy."
+
+Lucy "Don’t stress yourself over it."
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+A "Right, right."
+
+A "Anyways, uhh."
+
+A "Prom, right?"
+
+"Fang’s amber eyes zero in on mine."
+
+"Her pleading gaze bores through to my soul and I feel the unstoppable urge to comfort her in any way possible."
+
+A "... You uhh, wanna go with me?"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"I watch as Lucy’s face slowly grows redder and redder."
+
+"Her lips turn from a thin line to an impressively massive grin."
+
+show fang hiding flip with dissolve
+
+"She tries to cover up her face with her hands."
+
+"When that fails to hide her growing excitement her wings engulf her upper body."
+
+"A squeal of elation penetrates the feathered cage, accompanied by the staccato beat of boots stomping rapidly on the ground."
+
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+
+"Once the sounds of jubilation die down Lucy lowers her wings."
+
+"She takes a calming breath and shrugs nonchalantly."
+
+F "Sure, could be cool."
+
+"The whole class is snickering and I have to fight back my own."
+
+"Sadly it was a foe far greater than I."
+
+A "Pfffftttahahahaha."
+
+F "Up the shut fuck."
+
+Lucy "You’re my date. I’m allowed to be happy."
+
+"While her voice was petulant there was an underlying tone of cheer in it."
+
+"I reassured Lucy with a smile, which she responded by lowering her wings until they folded neatly behind her."
+
+A "Yeah. Though I should warn you that I can’t dance for shit. Your feet have been warned."
+
+Lucy "That’s fine."
+
+Lucy "I’ll just step on your feet instead."
+
+"Crap, I need a suit."
+
+Lucy "You’re mumbling again. And uhmm."
+
+Lucy "I could ask Naser for his old one."
+
+A "I was thinking something like that, but I’ll probably just ask my dad for his old tux."
+
+A "His is tailored for humans, after all."
+
+A "Be pretty silly to be walking around all night with the wingholes exposing my undershirt."
+
+Lucy "That’d be pretty silly, yeah."
+
+Lucy "And then there’s the tail."
+
+A "Oh god no."
+
+A "But yeah, my dad’s suit would work nice, even if it’s a bit old."
+
+A "He used to tell me about the parties he went to when he was about my age."
+
+Lucy "Sounds like he was a lot of fun."
+
+A "Anyways, you got anything to wear?"
+
+Lucy "My mom’s already probably bought the 'perfect outfit' for me."
+
+A "But the announcement for prom was just earlier this period."
+
+Lucy "And?"
+
+A "Sounds like it’s a date, then."
+
+"Fang’s smile is cherubic."
+
+"And before I can fully memorize it,"
+
+"*DING-DONG, BING-BONG*"
+
+A "Crap, the assignment."
+
+Lucy "We were mostly done with it anyways."
+
+"I look at our mostly done sheet."
+
+"Flipping it over, the backside has twice the questions and four times the blank spots."
+
+Lucy "M-mostly half way?"
+
+"I simply sigh and drop the sheet."
+
+A "Finish it at my place?"
+
+Lucy "Sounds like a second date."
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_12C

game/script/11D.anon-gets-fangs'-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

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+label chapter_11D:
+
+#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_12D

game/script/12A.music-museum-date.rpy

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+label chapter_12A:
+
+#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_13A

game/script/12B.band-fang-likes-concert.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,371 @@
+label chapter_12B:
+
+#Let's all go to a Concert
+scene room anon day
+play music 'audio/OST/intercept.ogg' fadein 1.0
+
+"The saturday after next I’m laying in bed, scrolling through various feeds of worthless information."
+
+"God this Sandanistan post-modern graffitist RSS feed’s become a dumpster fire. Fucking tourists."
+
+"I got an open can of soda, the lights are out, and I can hear RAYmba bumping around his box."
+
+"This is the life."
+
+"I’m about to reply to some guy claiming that he is most definitely angered in the posterior, but my phone buzzes, throwing off my answer."
+
+"It’s a text from Fang."
+
+"Fang: heyyyyyyy you got any plans later today?"
+
+"Anon: who do you take me for"
+
+"Anon: why do you ask?"
+
+"Fang: ive shown you some songs from my favorite band right?"
+
+"Fang: ‘Bigly Die’?"
+
+"I vaguely recall Fang’s phone bugging out occasionally, was that supposed to be music?"
+
+"Anon: think so yeah"
+
+"Fang: theyre coming into town for tonight only!!!!!!!"
+
+"Anon: cool, you plan on buying a ticket?"
+
+"Fang: no need >:)))))"
+
+"Fang: i won them in a raffle!"
+
+"Anon: now when you say ‘them’..."
+
+"Fang: of course i want you to go dork"
+
+"Anon: oh. cool."
+
+"Anon: wait"
+
+"Fang: ill come pick you up at six tonight, dont forget!"
+
+"Anon: alright, see you then"
+
+"My hand falls to my side, dropping the phone onto the mattress."
+
+"A concert…"
+
+"On the one hand, I get to spend time with Fang doing something they love."
+
+"On the other, concert."
+
+"Who am I kidding, of course I’m going."
+
+"I should go run and buy some earplugs just in case…"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+"..."
+
+scene skinrow
+show anon neutral flip at aright
+with fade
+play music 'audio/OST/protestra_punk.ogg' fadein 1.0
+
+
+"As I wait in front of my building for Fang I can’t help but feel a bit nervous."
+
+"I’ve never been to a proper concert before."
+
+"The closest was Fang and the band at Moe’s place."
+
+"That counts, right?"
+
+"Before I can continue that thought, I spot the NasCar speeding towards me."
+
+"I feel myself cringe a bit for even thinking of that name."
+
+"I move to the back before the car comes to a complete stop and open the door, Fang sitting on the other side."
+
+F "Get in, dweeb."
+
+"I can tell Naser is a bit nervous driving in this part of town with how he’s constantly looking around the car."
+
+scene nascar day
+"The door barely shuts when he speeds away from my apartment building and back towards civilization."
+
+Nas "So uh, Anon…"
+
+A "Yeah?"
+
+Nas "That’s where you live?"
+
+"Essentially asking ‘are you that poor’."
+
+A "Nah, I just sleep there, keep all my stuff there, and hang out there most of the time."
+
+"That elicited a laugh from Fang and a confused look from Naser."
+
+"Can’t win them all I guess."
+
+A "So this band-"
+
+F "Bigly Die."
+
+A "Bigly Die. Where are they playing at?"
+
+F "Some club on the other side of town called the Lava Lamp."
+
+"Can’t say I’ve really been to a club either."
+
+A "...And what genre is their music exactly?"
+
+F "They’re a Post-Extreme Neo-Indie Experimental Hardcore-Mathcore-Grindcore Industrial Heavy Punk Metal band."
+
+"...What."
+
+F "With an emphasis on creative expression and a down-to-earth worldview that just really speaks to me."
+
+F "It’s the kind of stuff I wish we could have played in our band but Trish never thought it was ‘marketable’ enough."
+
+A "English?"
+
+Nas "Blender noises."
+
+A "Thanks."
+
+F "Oh, fuck both of you."
+
+"Fang pouts, or as they put it, was in ‘silent protest against the world.’"
+
+"Really, the way Fang crossed their arms and pointedly looked away from the two of us made me chuckle at the cute angry act."
+
+A "So, word salad genre aside, they sound pretty big."
+
+Nas "Not really."
+
+F "They’re pretty underground, honestly."
+
+"Fang passes my ticket over so I can see."
+
+"Oh wow."
+
+"The venue can hold double what Moe’s could."
+
+"...Does that make it a big venue? Trish said Moe’s was small."
+
+F "The place shouldn’t be too packed."
+
+F "I know you don’t exactly like crowds, Anon."
+
+"Awww, she does care."
+
+"When we get there Naser stops me before I get out."
+
+Nas "You need earplugs bro?"
+
+A "Oh, I brought my own actually, but thanks."
+
+F "Bunch of pansies. Both of you."
+scene nightclub
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang neutral at scenter
+with fade
+"Naser smiles again and drives off, leaving Fang and I in front of the building."
+
+
+"The place is a warehouse shed three stories tall, with graffiti staining nearly every inch of it."
+
+"I’ve always wondered how people get up there."
+
+"Already I can hear the bass rattling my eardrums."
+play music 'audio/OST/The Top of the Social Ladder.ogg' fadein 1.0
+
+"A man by the entrance checks our tickets and lets us pass."
+
+A "This place must be pretty nice if they have to use a bouncer."
+
+F "Oh yeah, the band makes plenty. They can afford some neat stuff like that."
+
+"Painted signs in the lobby point to a stairwell leading down into the basement."
+
+"The temperature rises a good twenty degrees on the trip down."
+scene concertlobby
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang happy flip at sright
+with fade
+A "Jeez, do they have a furnace going down here?"
+
+F "Concerts are usually hot, Anon."
+
+F "Didn’t I tell you to bring a water bottle or something?"
+
+A "No?"
+
+F "Oops."
+
+F "Well, there was a water fountain back up in the lobby. Not sure if you want to actually drink from it though unless you have a lead stomach lining."
+
+A "I’ll keep that in mind."
+
+"The music’s starting to sound like a gaggle of pissed-off cats being dropped into lawnmower blades, so I pop in the earplugs I got earlier."
+
+"I was starting to hear animalistic chanting combined with the arrhythmic bashing of drums and what could only be described as the unholy fusion of squealing feedback and an unmaintained generator running on overdrive."
+
+"Fang rolls their eyes and gestures to the open door to the concert hall."
+
+F "The preshow’s almost done, we got here just in time."
+
+"As soon as we open the doors, we’re almost blown back by the wall of sound that blasts past us."
+play music 'audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg' fadein 1.0
+scene biglydie
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show fang happy at sright
+"The earplugs were not helping. At all."
+
+"I’m pretty sure I just went deaf."
+
+"There are about a hundred to a hundred fifty of the concert-goers, give or take."
+
+"Most of them are thronging the stage while a few hang back and nurse their beers, waiting for the show to start."
+
+unknown "THANK YOU MOTHERFUCKERS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT!"
+
+"The crowd responds with a collective roar of approval, Fang adding her voice to the cacophonic chorus."
+
+unknown "It was an honor to open for the main show tonight, and they’re in for the gig of their lives judging by how brutal you guys were in the pit!"
+
+"Another roar rips from the audience at the bare-faced flattery, probably the leftover adrenaline in their systems."
+
+unknown "Alright… It’s time. Are you guys ready?"
+
+"The crowd is practically foaming at the mouth as they scream unintelligibly yet again."
+
+unknown "Come on, is that all you fucking got?! ARE YOU FUCKING READY?!"
+
+"I thought that they couldn’t possibly have been more ready, but they somehow manage to scream even louder."
+
+"I think I even saw some guy get punched as the person next to him thrust his fist upward while he yelled."
+
+unknown "Now that’s what I like to hear. Let’s welcome… BIGLY DIE!"
+
+"The crowd goes absolutely nuclear, people jumping up and down screaming their heads off as the band walks up onto the stage."
+
+"Without another word they launch right into their opening song."
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Many Such Cases of Being So True.ogg' fadein 1.0
+
+"A flurry of instruments meet my ears in something vaguely resembling music."
+
+"I still don’t quite understand the appeal, but the energy of the moment is getting to me."
+
+"Before I know it I’m jumping and fist swinging along with everyone else."
+scene black with fade
+"Fang sees me join in and their beaming smile intensifies."
+
+"Soon enough I’m elbow deep in the pit screaming as wildly as the crowd."
+stop music
+"...Then a stray elbow clocks me out early."
+
+"..."
+
+"Urgh…"
+
+"Guh… Fuck piss cunt shit…"
+
+unknown "How the fuck are you so heavy?"
+
+"Wha…?"
+
+"Someone’s dragging me?"
+
+F "Oh, you’re back!"
+
+"Fang lets me down onto my back, and I sit up straight."
+scene concertlobby with fade
+show fang happy at scenter
+play music 'audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"We’re back in the lobby of the building, only it’s a lot quieter than when we first arrived."
+show anon neutral flip at sright
+"A dull pain rings through my head."
+
+F "Are you alright?"
+
+A "What happened?"
+
+F "No idea, after the show I just found you laying on the ground."
+
+F "You’re pretty lucky no one jumped on you. Everyone’s got good ole steel toes."
+
+A "I was out the rest of the show?"
+
+F "That’s the concert experience, right?"
+
+F "Isn’t it great?"
+
+A "It… certainly is a different experience, yeah."
+
+A "Argh, my head…"
+
+F "Yeah, you’re gonna want a rag or something."
+
+F "Your lip’s pretty busted."
+
+"I feel around my face, and sure enough a new pulse of pain shakes me."
+
+"My fingers are covered in blood as I register my new cleft lip."
+
+A "Do you got one?"
+
+F "No… Sorry…"
+
+"I bunch up the front of my shirt and hold it to my mouth."
+
+F "Naser always keeps a first-aid kit in his trunk, he’ll be here in ten or so minutes."
+
+F "You’ll look like ass at school for a few days but it can’t be that much of a change."
+
+"Fang laughs at their own joke and I try to join in before my splitting headache kicks in."
+
+F "Can you get up or do I have to drag you all the way out the door?"
+
+"My legs are a bit wobbly but I manage to stand up with some assistance from Fang."
+scene nightclub with fade
+show anon neutral at acenter
+show fang happy flip at sright
+"They lead me out the front of the building and we sit on the curb to wait for Naser."
+
+F "You doing okay? The bleeding stopped."
+
+A "I feel like my head’s about to explode but I’ll be fine."
+
+A "Better than last time this happened at least."
+
+"Fang reaches into their pocket and retrieves their lighter and pack of cigarettes."
+
+F "...You want a smoke?"
+
+A "You know me too well."
+
+"I take them from Fang’s hand and light my own cigarette for once."
+
+"Taking my first draw and it’s almost enough to ignore my migraine."
+
+F "You seem to really like those."
+
+A "Yeah…"
+
+F "You should get around to scraping enough pennies to get your own sometime."
+
+A "Yeah, I’ll start buying my own when they cost less than my monthly rent."
+
+F "So until then you’re gonna keep getting your teeth kicked in just to get one of mine?"
+
+A "That’s the plan!"
+
+"We chuckle, and Fang shifts closer to me, hugging my arm."
+
+F "Dweeb."
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+#Prom is For Suckers
+"..."
+jump chapter_13B

game/script/12C.anon-fang-lovey-dovey.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,578 @@
+label chapter_12C:
+
+scene room anon night with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/its_footloose_now.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"Later at my hovel of a home…"
+
+show anon neutral at aleft
+
+A "Almost finished."
+
+show fang neutral flip at sright with dissolve
+
+F "I wish I could get some help for the other periods, this took way too long."
+
+F "Fuck, man. Trish keeps staring at me during class expecting me to talk to her, I gotta avoid Reed and Stella now because they're always around her too, it's agonizing!"
+
+F "I keep having these dreams where she mans up and I'm forced to talk to her again! They feel more like nightmares now!"
+
+F "Rosa is too busy to help - with the exercises, I mean - but I hope the camping trip will be fun."
+
+A "Well it's done. All of it."
+
+F "Thanks, Anon. You're a pretty cool guy."
+
+A "No problem, I just like helping you, I guess."
+
+F "...and without asking for anything in return."
+
+F "..."
+hide fang
+hide anon
+show kissu1
+with fade
+
+F "You're so good to me."
+
+A "Thanks. F- Lucy."
+
+F "Is there nothing you really want from me?"
+
+A "You mean repay? I don't know, things are too good now, though."
+
+F "More naps?"
+
+F "or perhaps hugs?"
+
+F "Hand holding?"
+
+"I'm sweating profusely."
+
+F "Or maybe...a kiss?"
+
+A "Kiss? With that huge snoot?"
+
+F "Why? Are you afraid? Have you never kissed a dinosaur before?"
+
+A "No?"
+
+F "Not even a human girl?"
+
+A "Uhhh..."
+
+F "So I'm your first? That's exciting."
+
+A "This is so weird, I don't know how I'm feeling right now. Don't you feel weird too?"
+
+F "I've kissed shorter snouts, yours can't be that different."
+
+F "Uh...look Anon, if it doesn't work out..."
+
+F "...It won't change anything. Right?"
+
+A "Promise?"
+
+F "Of course I promise! Get over here you fucking pussy!"
+
+A "O-okay."
+
+F "I won't bite, though I've never had human before..."
+
+A "Okay, here it goes..."
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"..."
+
+A "Well?"
+
+F "T-that’s just the lips!"
+
+"..."
+
+F "T-the tongue, come on."
+
+"..."
+
+F "What are you doing?!"
+
+A "Your mouth hinges way back, I have to hang my jaw."
+
+F "Don’t do that, it’s stupid!"
+
+A "Wait, {i}you{/i} open wide now."
+
+F "That’s even sillier."
+
+"..."
+
+F "*glug* *hack* *urk*"
+
+A "Oh god how long is your tongue?! I think I reached your tonsils!"
+
+F "*cough* Oh god *cough* I think I almost threw up."
+
+A "Shit sorry sorry sorr-"
+
+F "No no. It’s fine. Let me think."
+
+F "Let’s try the other one again."
+
+A "O-okay…"
+
+"..."
+
+F "Don’t open as *mnph*... wide."
+
+"..."
+
+F "Wait…"
+
+"..."
+
+F "Tilt to the side… like this."
+
+"..."
+
+"..."
+
+"..."
+
+A "I don’t know… I’ll probably never get the hang of this."
+
+F "Really? I uh… think it was… nice."
+
+A "Wait seriously?"
+
+F "Y-yeah. You’re not a *bad* kisser."
+
+A "Bullshit."
+
+F "Seriously, here."
+
+"..."
+
+"..."
+
+F "Don’t be shy now…"
+
+A "Lucy."
+
+"..."
+
+scene room anon day
+show kissu2
+with fade
+
+F "See? Getting better."
+
+A "Mmm…"
+
+F "I can feel your heart beating. It’s so loud."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+scene black with fade
+A "Y-yeah, same."
+
+"..."
+
+#Let's all go Campin
+#stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/Dino Destiny Reader.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"It’s been a few weeks since I asked Lucy out to prom."
+
+"Gotta say, things are looking up for me right now."
+
+"Lucy has really taken to helping Rosa with the school gardens."
+
+"Rosa doesn’t force me to help anymore, but I still frequently lend a hand."
+
+"Just earlier today Lucy and I were planting some hydrangeas that were set to bloom in just a few weeks."
+
+scene campsite
+show anon neutral at acenter
+with fade
+
+"And now I’m setting up a pair of tents."
+
+"Alone."
+
+"Despite being in a group of four."
+scene garden with fade
+
+"{i}Stella’s chattering with me about the esoteric while the school delinquents get the Orwellian treatment from Rosa, who swaps between helping Fang plant some kind of exotic flower I don’t know and barking orders."
+
+"{i}I understand maybe a third of what Stella’s saying and mostly just nod along."
+
+St "{i}-nights really important because the moon will be in perfect alignment for my divinations."
+
+A "{i}Right, right. Lunar eclipse. Is that the one where you can’t see the Moon or the one where you can’t see the sun?"
+
+St "{i}*sigh*{/i}"
+
+St "{i}It’s also called a Blood Moon for its color?{/i}"
+
+St "{i}It’s a very important night for me, Anon.{/i}"
+
+St "{i}I feel as though my divinations will be at their best under it’s crimson glow."
+
+A "{i}But camping?{/i}"
+
+Ro "{i}Oh, yes!{/i}"
+
+Ro "{i}My backyard is very big. Long bus ride to school.{/i}"
+
+Ro "{i}But I see the stars at night so well, so Stella has slumber parties often!{/i}"
+
+F "{i}Anon! We should go to!{/i}"
+
+A "{i}Wait what why?{/i}"
+
+F "{i}We can go stargazing Anon. Just imagine it.{/i}"
+
+A "{i}But camping? Can’t we just-{/i}"
+
+F "{i}C’mon Anon. Don’t you want to watch the stars together with me?{/i}"
+
+"{i}Lucy’s pleading eyes lock onto mine.{/i}"
+
+A "{i}Alriiiiiight. As long as we have tents. I don’t wanna deal with insects.{/i}"
+
+A "{i}As long as we have tents.{/i} Me and my stupid fucking mouth."
+
+scene campsite
+show anon neutral at acenter
+with fade
+
+"Finally I manage to get a post to stick into the soft soil."
+
+"One down. Nineteen to go."
+
+"Ugh, and now Lucy’s gonna use those cute sad eyes whenever she wants something."
+
+"And no alone time with her, since all the girls are working at the grill."
+
+A "Hey, you guys aren’t just making dinner with that gross herbivore meat, right?"
+
+Ro "Of course! I’m always prepared to serve guests."
+
+St "Wait, which ones were which again?"
+
+A "Wha- If I bite into even a single bug your cards are going into the campfire."
+
+Ro "Hey! Camping is supposed to be relaxing! Relax!"
+
+Ro "Also, when you’re done with the tents you need to start the campfire."
+
+A "Wait, why me?"
+
+"Rosa and Stella flinch and exchange glances."
+
+St "Just… figured you’d know, is all."
+
+A "Why would I… Hey!"
+
+St "The principal fits the bill so well."
+
+Ro "Guess that’s just him."
+
+F "Come on, quit teasing him."
+
+F "Who cares if he hasn’t evolved to fire yet?"
+
+"I trip into the tent and tear the whole thing down."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.oggs" fadein 1.0
+"By the time I get both of the tents standing, the sun is nearing the horizon."
+
+"My back already hurts from setting everything up."
+
+"Luckily Lucy carries around a lighter for her cigarettes so I was able to start a small fire."
+
+"I slump on one of the logs around the firepit and try to massage my shoulders."
+show rosa neutral flip at sright with dissolve
+Ro "Hello, An-on."
+
+A "Oh, is the food ready?"
+
+Ro "Stella and Lucy are getting some plates to use."
+
+Ro "Just taking a seat for a minute."
+
+A "Thanks for inviting Lucy and I to camp back here."
+
+Ro "Oh, don’t thank me, I am very happy to have friends over!"
+
+Ro "Although normally I struggle with making the tents stand."
+
+Ro "So really I must thank you for setting it up for me!"
+
+A "Oh, uh, it was nothing."
+
+"Stella calls out from the back door to Rosa’s house."
+
+"She’s returning with Lucy, both holding extra utensils and snack foods."
+
+"Rosa waves them over."
+show stella neutral:
+    xalign -0.1
+show fang neutral at sleft
+with moveinleft
+show anon neutral flip at acenter with dissolve
+
+Ro "I never pictured Fang coming over."
+
+Ro "Lucy really is lucky to have you."
+
+"Stella struggles to separate the false shish kebabs from the real meat before handing me a plate."
+
+"Lucy gets that look in her eye and snatches the bigger one right off."
+
+St "Eventide draws near. I believe it best we sojourn from the fated ones, Rosa. My scrying glass awaits."
+
+"What."
+show fang neutral flip
+F "Er, what? I don’t speak… whatever the fuck that was."
+
+Ro "*giggle* I believe Stella means that the sun is setting and we need to go set up her telescope."
+
+A "Then why didn’t she just say that?"
+
+"Rosa and Stella take their plates of imposter kebabs and start walking to the other end of Rosa’s yard."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/middle_of_nowhere.ogg" fadein 1.0
+hide rosa
+hide stella
+with dissolve
+
+"Fang shrugs at me and starts devouring her food."
+
+"With nothing to do but wait for night time I also begin to remove kebab."
+
+F "Bleh. I think Stella undercooked this. Gimme some of yours."
+
+A "No way, you have your own."
+
+F "Well I want yours too. You’re supposed to share with your girlfriend."
+
+"Damn her and her filthy ptero-logic."
+
+A "Fiiiiiiiiine. You can have a bite."
+
+"I hold out the meat on a stick for her."
+
+"She grins wickedly."
+
+"I realize my mistake as I watch her maw widen and engulf the entirety of my kebab."
+
+"Once she pulls away I’m left holding a crispy yet clean wooden stick."
+
+F "Mmmm… Stolen food is the best food."
+
+show fang happy with dissolve
+
+A "Well that was uncalled for."
+
+F "Here, take the gross one."
+
+"Lucy hands over her undercooked kebab."
+
+A "Whatever, I like it rare anyways."
+
+F "You should be thanking me, then."
+
+"She leans her head into my shoulder."
+
+"Yuck, this really was undercooked."
+
+"I hold the stick over the fire to char a bit more."
+
+F "That’s just going to burn the outside."
+
+A "Can’t be harder than roasting a marshmallow, right?"
+
+F "Did Rosa bring any?"
+
+A "Think so. Save your kebab stick for them."
+
+F "Think I’d rather use a regular stick off the ground than get a greasy marshmallow."
+
+A "Heh."
+
+"Lucy and I listen to the crackling of the fire for a few minutes."
+
+"Somewhere in the distance I hear Stella yelling at Rosa about leaving the telescope cap on."
+
+F "..."
+
+F "Rosa said earlier that I’m lucky to have you."
+
+A "You feel lucky? I’m thinking it’s the other way around."
+
+F "I do."
+
+F "Rosa was right, I wouldn’t have thought about going camping back in first semester."
+
+F "Guess I really have been changing a lot."
+
+F "... Your kebab’s on fire."
+
+A "Huh- Shit!"
+
+"I blow out the now burnt chunks of meat."
+
+A "Uhhh… Flambe?"
+
+"Lucy snorts."
+
+"Chewing down on this, it’s not the worst thing I’ve eaten."
+
+A "Still want a piece?"
+
+"She just holds her mouth open."
+
+"I put the stick in biting range and she gnaws the chunk off."
+
+F "Yeah, It’s not undercooked anymore. That’s for certain."
+
+A "Looks like I poured jet fuel on it."
+
+"Lucy leans back into her arms staring up at the night sky."
+
+"I finish off the stick and join her."
+
+"Stella was right, the stars look great out here."
+
+"Reminds me of home."
+
+F "The stars do?"
+
+A "Hm? Oh. Yeah, there wasn’t a lot of light pollution around Rock Bottom."
+
+A "In the brief time I was in scouts, I got to look at the constellations a bit."
+
+F "Name a few."
+
+A "I don’t remember now, this was like a decade ago."
+
+A "... Orion’s belt?"
+
+F "Anyone can name Orion’s belt."
+
+A "Uh… big spoon and lil spoon?"
+
+F "You mean the dippers?"
+
+A "Also yes."
+
+"Lucy hums and scoots close enough so I can wrap an arm around her shoulder."
+
+"Her head leans on my shoulder and I can’t help but smile."
+
+F "Something like this, then?"
+
+A "Eh, close enough."
+
+A "I think you can see Mars too, it’s supposed to be the red one."
+
+F "Uh… I think that’s the moon, Anon."
+
+A "..."
+
+A "It’s been a while, okay? Cut your boyfriend some slack."
+
+"I feel her head shake as she withholds a snicker for my sake."
+
+A "Still managed to get my badge though."
+
+F "Aren’t you the big strong man."
+
+A "... Fuck it. A compliment’s a compliment."
+
+"We gaze up at the night sky in companionable silence."
+
+F "Oh! Look!"
+
+"Lucy points to the sky at a shooting star."
+
+A "Well hey, you got a wish?"
+
+F "That’s not a shooting star, dork."
+
+A "It isn’t?"
+
+"I look again."
+
+"The star is joined by several smaller dots trailing behind, in the sky for only an instant before disappearing over the other horizon."
+
+A "Whoa, a meteor shower."
+
+"Stella’s incomprehensible excited gibberish breaches our ears."
+
+"Lucy lays down on her back to get a better view."
+
+"A little dirt on my clothes is worth the moment."
+
+"Man, being here with Lucy, after such a wonderful night…"
+
+"I feel like no matter what, everything’s going to be just fine."
+F "...I feel the same."
+
+"I’m just going to start biting my tongue."
+
+F "Thank you for being here with me, Anon."
+
+A "I mean… This was all you. And Rosa and Stella too."
+
+F "No, you big dweeb… I mean…"
+
+F "You’ve always been there for me even when I was so mean to you."
+
+F "I don’t know what kind of road I was going down when you met me, but…"
+
+F "But I know it wasn’t a good place to be. I don’t know where I was going to end up if I never found you."
+
+F "You saved me, Anon. And I’ll always be grateful for that."
+
+"She sits up and looks down to me with that warm smile of hers."
+
+"Hearing her put it that way…"
+
+"Maybe I did ‘fix’ Lucy after all."
+
+"She seems so happy with how things are, it doesn’t matter if it was all part of someone’s stupid plan."
+
+"Lucy’s fingers dance across my cheek."
+
+"Slowly, slowly, ever so slowly."
+
+"Her eyes lid as she leans forward, her head tilting and her mouth opening slowly."
+
+"It’s taken a month for us to figure this out, but now that we’ve had practice…"
+
+"I raise myself up, my own mouth meeting her’s in a slow and soft connection."
+
+"Her tongue slides along mine and this time she manages not to gag me with it."
+
+"Our first through fourteen kisses never went this smoothly."
+
+"And it’s utter bliss as we savor each other’s lips."
+
+"And while I would stay like this forever if I could."
+
+"Air is very much a necessity for life."
+
+"We separate just as slowly as when we connected."
+
+"Lucy’s eyes open as she smiles impishly at me."
+
+F "I love you."
+
+"Yeah. Me too."
+
+"She giggles and lays down. Her head resting on my shoulder and her wing becoming a blanket as we look back to the stars."
+
+"We stay laying a while longer, keeping the red moon company."
+scene black with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"..."
+jump chapter_13C

game/script/12D.aquarium.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,428 @@
+label chapter_12D:
+
+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_13D

game/script/13B.fang-breaks-up-with-anon.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,633 @@
+label chapter_13B:
+
+"-One Month Later-"
+
+play music 'audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"It’s prom night."
+
+"The night Fang and I set aside for our own little party."
+
+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 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 "... You, uh… Don’t seem very dressed for prom?"
+
+A "Not going."
+
+N "But you and Fang just make the cutest couple! You could have signed 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
+#[Naomi keikaku here]
+
+"I’ve already tuned her out."
+
+"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 neutral 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."
+
+FM "Oh! Oh! Is that Anon?"
+
+show fangmom neutral flip at sright with moveinright
+
+Nas "Here we go."
+
+"The small pterodactyl comes out, a bowl she’s struggling to stir in her arms."
+
+FM "Oh! Anon’s come over too!."
+
+FM "Are you two going to prom as well?"
+
+A "No, I’m just visiting for a bit. Fang doesn’t want to go."
+
+A "Where are they?"
+
+FM "Lucy will be downstairs in a bit, she’s just getting the last of her makeup on!"
+
+FM "In the meantime, take a seat! I’ve got some cookies in the oven that are almost ready!"
+
+hide fangmom with moveoutleft
+
+A "Er, yes, thank you ma’am."
+
+hide anon with moveoutright
+scene black with fade
+
+"I take my seat in the usual spot, sinking in and feeling the pillows conform around my spine."
+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 jeans."
+
+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 carnivores, 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."
+
+FD "Oh come on, you can’t expect me to believe he’s only here for a visit on the school’s prom night!"
+
+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."
+
+FM "Oh Naser, you just look so cute with Naomi in that dashing little jacket!"
+
+FM "Pictures! I need pictures!"
+
+FM "Oh, we should get a new scrapbook just for this!"
+
+"Naser worriedly looks at me as though I’d let him down somehow."
+
+"My phone buzzes and I check to see who it is."
+
+show anonphone at scenter with moveinbottom
+
+"Fang: got out through the window, meet me at the bus stop"
+
+"Anon: why didnt you have me wait there in the first place???"
+
+"Fang: forgot dad wouldnt let us leave on our own in a million years"
+
+"Fang: just make something up and get out of there"
+hide anonphone with moveoutbottom
+"I shift a bit in my seat, and Fang’s father notices my face has a gone a bit pale."
+
+FD "Something wrong, son?"
+
+A "Uhh, yeah."
+
+"I get up from the sofa and start inching towards the door."
+
+A "Sorry, I gotta go early."
+
+"He squints distrustfully."
+
+FD "Already? Lucy hasn’t even come downstairs yet."
+
+A "Yeah, sorry. Emergency came up."
+
+A "I uhh, y’know… Gotta go feed my pet roomba."
+
+"I powerwalk to the exit, his chilling voice freezes me when I grab the doorknob."
+
+FD "Hold it."
+
+A "..."
+
+FD "Roomba?"
+
+A "That’s my dog’s name, yes."
+
+"It is an absolute blessing that I’m facing the door."
+
+"Cold sweat is pouring down my face, threatening to drip off my forehead."
+
+"If it wasn’t for my suit jacket he would definitely see the spreading patches around my armpits."
+
+FD "..."
+
+A "..."
+
+FD "..."
+
+A "..."
+
+FD "...Sorry to keep you then. Safe trip home."
+
+A "Thanksyoutoobye."
+
+"The door slams behind me and I make record time out of the block."
+scene skinrow with fade
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+"My calves are on fire but I only care about getting as far away as possible."
+
+"Fang is sitting on the bench by the bus stop."
+
+"They jump when they see me."
+
+show fang neutral flip at sright
+
+F "Jeez, anon, you look terrible!"
+
+A "*huff* yeah...  I *huff*... don’t feel great…"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/OST/bayside_revamp.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"I take a moment to catch my breath."
+
+A "...Don’t put me that close to death again, please."
+
+F "Sorry, I forgot…"
+
+F "I hate him so much sometimes…"
+
+F "You gonna be okay?"
+
+A "Yeah, I’m fine."
+
+A "Are we taking the bus to the beach?"
+
+F "I’ve called up a taxi."
+
+F "It’ll be here any minute."
+
+"I notice they’ve got a backpack with them."
+
+A "The beer in there?"
+
+F "Loads. Also some fireworks."
+
+A "Rad."
+
+"I sit next to Fang on the bench to wait."
+
+"-Three Minutes and Twenty-Seven Seconds Later-"
+
+"The Taxi comes barreling down the street, drifting into a turn and coming to a graceful stop in front of Fang and I."
+
+"The window rolls down."
+
+"It’s the same driver from before."
+
+D "Yep. Still got it."
+
+"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."
+
+"I open the door for Fang and we both climb in the back."
+scene taxi night
+D "Where am I takin’ you?"
+
+F "Take us to the beach."
+
+D "Sounds romantic, anywhere in particular you got in mind?"
+
+"I throw a look at Fang, not really having anywhere in mind."
+
+A "Just anywhere I guess."
+
+D "I think I know just the spot."
+
+D " And it’s the scenic route too, so it works out for everyone!"
+
+"He peels out from the school to whichever beach he’s taking us."
+
+"Fang locks their hand in my own and rests her head on my shoulder during the silent drive."
+
+"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."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/OST/its_footloose_now.ogg' fadein 1.0
+A "Don-"
+
+"The way I dance with youuuu~"
+
+"Fang throws their head back in disgust."
+
+F "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGHHHHHHH."
+
+F "Man, you hate getting tips, don’t you?"
+
+D "I get something much better, take my word for it."
+
+"Two songs and thirty ran red lights later we reach wherever it was he took us."
+
+D "Here we are, best point at the beach."
+
+D "Twenty-seven bucks and eighty cents."
+
+"I pay the toll in crumpled fives, ones, and exact change."
+
+D "Oh yeah. Skin Row, that’s right."
+
+D "Anywho, have fun, you two!"
+scene beach with fade
+"We climb out the back of the cab and the driver gives me a wink before the taxi screeches away in a cloud of sand and carbon monoxide."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/effects/beach loop 1.ogg' fadein 1.0
+
+"We have to be the only two who ever ride in that thing."
+
+"Now it’s just us. Alone."
+
+"I take Fang by the hand and we make our way down to the beach."
+
+"There isn’t a single other person in sight. Perfect."
+
+"..."
+
+"I have no clue what the fuck I’m doing right now."
+show anon prom neutral at aleft
+show fang neutral flip at sright
+F "How about we find a spot to sit then?"
+
+A "Y-yeah. Sounds like a plan."
+
+"The waves have receded far back, letting us walk along the soft sand more easily."
+
+"After some time we find some kind of hidden shoal, only now revealed thanks to low tide."
+
+F "This looks like a good place."
+
+"Fang drops the backpack in the sand and promptly unzips it, retrieving two beer cans from inside."
+
+"I take one from their extended hand and pull the tab open."
+
+F "To all those fucking losers who went to prom."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/OST/protestra_punk.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"I take a sip and my face immediately contorts. It’s been a while since I’ve drank this shit."
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+"Meanwhile Fang chugs half of their can and laughs at me."
+
+F "Come on, Anon, don’t tell me you’re a lightweight."
+
+"Fang wants to go? Let’s go."
+
+A "No, fuck you!"
+
+"I grab a fresh can and ram my pocket knife in the bottom, raising the hole to my mouth as I pull the tab."
+
+F "Woohoo!"
+
+"I finish the can and look up to see that Fang now has a firework in their hand."
+
+"They plant it a few feet away and light the fuse way too close to the base."
+
+"It zips off seconds later and explodes in a red burst after a few moments."
+
+A "Oh hell yeah! This is way better than prom!"
+
+A "Whaddya think they’re doing there anyways?"
+
+F "Pffft, who cares?"
+
+F "Naomi got her stupid crown and is probably sucking Naser’s dick in the locker room or something."
+
+"That’s… specific."
+
+"Fang sighs as I take another can from their bag and crack it open."
+
+F "Y’know, Trish had this big idea when we started VVURM DRAMA."
+
+"Fang sits down in the sand and I feel obligated to take a seat next to them, suffering the moist sand seeping into my clothes."
+
+F "We were gonna play a show at prom and everyone was gonna love us and it was gonna be our ‘big break’ like she always said."
+
+F "Now… fuuuck. Now Trish went and did all that to you and now none of that’s happening."
+
+A "Eh, fuck her."
+
+
+F "You know, part of me thought you two would just hatefuck and be done with it."
+
+"..."
+
+A "I er… that’s not happening."
+
+"I finish the beer and toss the can into the sand."
+
+"Better keep this party going."
+
+F "I just wish everything could go back to the way it was before all that bullshit."
+
+"Fang takes a sip from her can as I grab another."
+
+A "Ha, you shaid it."
+
+F "Pffft, are you already drunk? Looks like you are a lightweight after all."
+
+A "It’sh all a bunch of bullshit. Shkool is bullshit and promf is bullshit and err’thang is bullshit."
+
+A "Not you though, you- you- you’re not bullshit."
+
+A "Err’thin was great ’til fuckin’ Trish done did me dirty and turned it into Rock Bottom two point oh."
+
+A "I ackshually had frens ’n life ‘n shit."
+
+A "’n not come off as a fuckin’ retard for once."
+
+A "Fuck Trish n’ fuck Naomi too."
+
+F "Yeah, fuck that bitch Naomi."
+
+"Fang downs the rest of her can and reaches for another."
+
+A "Yeah, fuck that bitch."
+
+F "Controlling freak, probably does Naser’s homework."
+
+"I bring my can up for another swig but it’s empty."
+
+"Fuckin’ bitch. Even stealin’ my booze."
+
+"I reach my hand… two hands… four hands?"
+
+"I reach into the bag and find more liquid sustenance and pop the top and chug it all at once."
+
+A "Fuck her stupid fuckin’ plans n’ try’na fix people."
+
+F "Ha! Now you’re wasted!"
+
+"The fuck I am."
+
+"I bring my can up for another swig but it’s empty again."
+
+"How does that pink bitch keep doing it?!"
+
+"Always puttin’ her nose into everythin’. ‘How’s Fang, Anon?’ ‘What have yoush and Fang been up to?’"
+
+"Whatta bitch."
+
+F "That pampered princess. Always acting like she’s right. And how she’s got Naser just… wound up around her stupid finger."
+
+"Yeah. Poor fuckin’ Naser. Even if his head looks like a perfect circle."
+
+F "Hah!"
+
+"Why is she laughing?"
+
+"Meh. Musta thought somethin’ funneh."
+
+A "Yeah, poor Naser."
+
+"How the fuck did he even hook up with her ‘nyways?"
+
+A "He’s soo worried about everyone, I always see him fretting about you."
+
+A "You wouldn’t believe how much that pisses Naomi off."
+
+"I can just imagine her now."
+
+A "‘Nooo stop paying attention to Fang, waaaah’."
+
+"The fuck’s her deal anyway… tryna ‘fix’ Fang…"
+
+"Like… s’not her shit to fix…"
+
+"S’not mine either…"
+
+F "Fix?"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/effects/beach loop 2.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"Hm?"
+
+A "Y’say somethin’?"
+
+F "You said Naomi was trying to ‘Fix’ me?"
+
+A "Fuuuuuuuuck…"
+
+A "Well, uhhh…"
+
+A "Y’know what, we’ve been together long enough…"
+
+A "You promise not to kill me?"
+
+F "I… what? Sure."
+
+A "So Naomi right, she’s buggin’ me constantly when I first got here about dumb stuff."
+
+F "As she does, yes."
+
+A "Yeah, yeah. You fuckin’ hate her and she fuckin’ hates you and all, and she uhhhhh…"
+
+A "She got me to start dating you, she thought I was some super cool magic guy that would make you normal or whatever."
+
+F "Wait… Naomi put you up to dating me?"
+
+A "She tried, yeah…"
+
+A "Somethin’ about wanting all of Naser’s attention because he thinks you’re a screwup."
+
+A "Shows what she knows, right?"
+
+A "Probably couldn’t fix you if I tried."
+
+"Fang’s eyebrows furrow."
+
+F "You think I need fixing?"
+
+A "I mean, no more than anyone else."
+
+A "Everyone’s got their problems, y’know?"
+
+A "Like me, I’m too nice to people. Too nice."
+
+A "And you do that weird thing with the pronouns for attention."
+
+show fang sad flip with dissolve
+
+F "A-a-attention?!?"
+
+A "We just gotta live with our faults sometimes, yeah?"
+
+A "You can trust me, I know about this sorta thing…"
+show fang angry flip with move:
+    xalign 1.3
+"Pain blossoms across my cheek."
+
+"Fang cradles her palm."
+
+"If it feels anything like my face right now she’s gotta be hurting."
+
+F "What the fuck is wrong with you?"
+
+F "How could you say this is for attention!"
+
+F "What attention? You know this is who I am!"
+
+A "What, a girl with daddy issues?"
+
+F "Y-y-you know I’m not a girl!"
+
+A "You sure are fuckin’ acting like one…"
+
+show fang very angry flip with dissolve
+
+"Fang visibly pales."
+
+"Her eyes harden."
+
+F "Did you ever care about me or were you just ‘fixing’ everything Naomi didn’t like?"
+
+F "Like the fucking tool that you are."
+
+A "You serious? The way you’re going it seems anyone cares more about you than you!"
+
+F "I can’t believe I ever thought you were better than any of the other fuckheads at school!"
+
+F "That I ever opened up to you thinking this time would be different!"
+
+F "...That I actually stuck up for you and broke off with my friends!"
+
+F "But you’re still the same bigoted dumbass as the day I met you."
+
+A "You should be glad I’ve put up with your shit as long as I have, I deserve a fuckin’ prize or something."
+
+A "Not like anyone else would put up with a mentally ill schizo like you."
+
+F "Mentally ill?!"
+
+show fang ultra angry flip with dissolve
+
+F "I AM NON-BINARY."
+#TODO make a prom angry sprite and put it here
+show anon prom neutral with dissolve
+
+A "YOU DON’T EVEN MAKE A PASSABLE FAGGOT."
+
+F "SHUT UP!"
+
+"I try to step closer."
+#TODO make a prom socked sprite for here
+
+show anon prom neutral with move:
+    xalign -2.0
+hide anon with dissolve
+
+"Her palms thrust roughly into my chest."
+
+show fang angry with dissolve
+
+"The momentum from her shove and the soft footing beneath me send me sprawling back."
+hide fang with moveoutright
+"I splash into the shallow water, the stinging salt burning my eyes."
+
+"From my resting spot in the shallows I see Fang’s silhouette shrink into the distance."
+
+"I sit up, rising out of the pool of ocean water to see her halfway up the beach."
+
+"She stops for a moment and turns back."
+
+F "Anon…"
+
+"I can barely make out her voice from so far away."
+
+F "Trish was right about you."
+
+"Her wings shift, hiding her completely as she slips away into the night."
+
+"I lean back, resubmerging into the black sea water."
+
+"The pain, from my cheek, and in my eyes, brings sobriety and clarity to what I’ve just done."
+
+"Her parting words echo in my head and I can’t help but agree after I realize just what exactly happened."
+
+"Surrounded by the salty air and soft waves, the alcohol finally gets to me and I drift out of consciousness."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+scene black with fade
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_14B

game/script/14A.KO_OP-ending.rpy

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+#label BowlingForVolcanoHigh: - commented out 6/12/21 - redundant with new label/jump per chapter
+label chapter_14A:
+
+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()

game/script/14B.bad-ending.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+#Anon and the Infinite Sadness
+#label clusterfuck - commented out 6/12/21 - you know the drill, redundant, etc.
+label chapter_14B:
+"After Fang broke up with me everything just fell apart."
+
+"I couldn’t be bothered with school anymore, instead shutting myself in my room and replaying old games."
+
+"Naturally, I flunked out."
+
+"With time on the lease running out, I had to make a decision soon.."
+
+"College isn’t an option, so my choices were…"
+
+"Minimum wage job, military, or going homeless."
+
+"I’d rather not have stuck around town, and being homeless wasn’t very appealing either."
+
+"So that November I signed up for the Navy as a PACT Seaman."
+
+"The worst mistake of my life, and that’s really saying something considering how I got here."
+
+"I was sold on the idea of picking a real job and getting training."
+
+"Instead I was at the mercy of brutal Boatswain's Mates."
+
+"I have the pig and chicken shit tattooed on my feet to prove it."
+
+"Or at least I did, until I sold my battlestation to get them removed."
+
+"I never want to touch a paintbrush in my life again."
+
+"Though every day since I’ve been eying rope…"
+
+"For four years my life was suffering."
+
+"And now I’m back here."
+
+"Plane ticket to anywhere."
+
+"And I picked Volcadera Bluff."
+
+"What the fuck was I thinking?"
+
+"There was a simple answer to that."
+
+"I wasn’t."
+
+"Just like I wasn’t thinking on that beach."
+
+"People don’t change, after all."
+
+"I managed to get my old apartment in Skin Row back and it’s somehow even more of a shithole than it was four years ago."
+
+"Only good thing out of the Navy was the monthly check."
+
+"Fucking ladderwells. The steps finally got me in the end."
+
+"Once I got my general discharge papers I vowed to never step foot on a ship again."
+
+"Instead I’ve locked myself away in this room."
+scene room anon dark with dissolve
+play music 'audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"Just listlessly drifting through life."
+
+"Just like I always wanted."
+
+"The trash from all the deliveries has turned it into a small landfill."
+
+"I’m out of smokes, I’m out of liquor, my apartment smells like a shallow grave."
+
+"I really need to go out for once."
+
+"I vaguely recall there being a pizza place nearby, some chain on the edge of Skin Row."
+
+"Pizza always helps. And it’s cheap."
+
+"And there’s a smoke shop nearby."
+
+"With that plan settled I grab the jacket that I haven’t worn in weeks."
+
+"I give it a quick smell check before putting it on and heading for the door."
+
+"As I walk through the front of the building I feel the burning bright light of the setting sun searing my eyes."
+
+A "Argh, fuck! It’s like getting skullfucked by one of Stony’s light bars!"
+show doomeranon01 with fade
+"After stumbling around like Helen Keller for a few moments, my eyes finally adjust to the sunlight and I start to make my way down the street."
+
+"Pizza time here I come."
+
+"..."
+scene doomeranon02 with fade
+
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"It’s morose and gray out, clouds hang heavy and blots the sun out."
+
+"The homeless litter the street more than usual in this part of town."
+
+"Even outside the dingy pizza place I found."
+
+"There’s only a few people inside the joint when I enter."
+
+"The entire place could be described as ‘slow’."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/OST/The Top of the Social Ladder.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"A cashier leans on one arm over the counter, the customers’ pizza already looks cold on their plates, an ambient track plays at a molasses pace."
+
+"Time itself seems to be dilating in here."
+
+"I order two slices to go and wait by the counter for the cashier to meander to the back for a new stack of boxes."
+
+"Out of the corner of my eye I notice that the place has a small stage tucked into the back."
+
+"Oh, so they have live music?"
+
+"The current song ends and they shift amongst themselves to get the next one ready."
+
+"The drummer taps his drumsticks together and starts a basic percussion line."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"After a few beats the dreary singing begins and I feel my heart drop."
+
+"No matter how much of my memory I repress, I could never forget that voice."
+
+"I throw an inconspicuous glance across the room and confirm my suspicions."
+scene doomeranon03
+play music 'audio/OST/The.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"I can barely recognize Fang."
+"A part of me denies that the person up on stage could have been her."
+
+"My more rational side however clarifies that it’s Fang up there, singing a song I know by heart."
+
+"The years have not been kind to her."
+
+"Her long gray hair is now totally shaved off and she has tattoos down both of her arms."
+
+"The thick black eyeliner makes her once bright amber eyes seem dull."
+
+"And the expression on her face is one of absolute misery."
+
+"The other two don’t look any better off either."
+
+"I don’t think Fang’s seen me yet."
+
+"Or doesn’t recognize me."
+
+"We’re a few years older now, a few years wiser."
+
+"Maybe just a bit worse off."
+
+"The cashier returns with some cardboard boxes and packs my order into a neatly-folded package."
+"I stay and wait. Watching her."
+"Hoping for her to look at me."
+
+"Recognize me."
+
+"That I’m the only one here who cares to watch her play here."
+
+"Finally, her eyes cast over the audience, looking over them."
+
+"Looking over me."
+
+"Her gaze just passes me by, even though I’m the only one looking."
+
+"She doesn’t recognize me."
+
+"It’s sobering."
+
+"I guess that was it, it was fun pretending this might go somewhere."
+
+"She recognizes me, drops her instruments and comes to my arms, and we date again."
+
+"We forgive ourselves, and we start over."
+
+"I let out a small sigh."
+"I hesitate with the box in my hand."
+
+"Fang is right there."
+
+"I could take everything back. Everything that went wrong all because of that fight."
+
+"If {i}I{/i} try talking to her, she might forgive me."
+
+"Give us both a fresh start."
+
+"Things could go back to the way they were, back before..."
+
+"Before…"
+
+F "{alpha=0.5}{i}Trish was right about you.{/i}{/alpha}"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music 'audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"I…"
+
+"I really should go get those smokes."
+
+"I take one last look of Fang, to further cement in my mind I’m making the right choice."
+
+"I couldn’t save her. Why would I save her? In her infinite talent can’t she see she’s a dump?"
+
+"I saw it, she’s smart, I’m a dope. Yet why does she do that to herself?"
+
+scene doomeranon04 with fade
+"The bell on the door jingles it’s farewell, and I open the box to eat the first slice."
+
+"As the taste of cardboard fills my mouth I try to erase the last few minutes from my memory."
+
+"But I know it won’t ever leave."
+
+"None of my memories will."
+
+"I can just picture Fang, looking like a junkie like she does now in that pizzeria, playing to an audience of nobody: judging me and how I’m living from now on."
+
+"And I’ll say: \"Yes Fang. I live on a pension alone in my apartment, playing games and watching movies and sleeping. it’s all I could ever want because I don’t want much in the first place.\""
+
+"And she’ll probably scream at me, unload her frustrations on me, call me selfish, and I’ll just say \"goodbye, Fang.\""
+
+"It could’ve been a painful way of going our own way…"
+
+"...after some possibly pleasant time playing catch-up…"
+
+"....but the thought of coming back to my apartment alone with my pizza, watching a movie on my tv, undisturbed, with no judgement for my appearance or the place I live, it fills me with relief."
+
+"It’s all I ever wanted."
+
+"It’s all I’ll ever need."
+
+"Goodbye, Fang. It was nice seeing you again, I suppose."
+
+"Because I haven’t changed."
+stop music
+scene black
+"People never change."
+
+$ quick_menu = False
+window hide
+scene 2of4 with fade
+pause 5
+scene black with fade
+pause 5
+jump ending

game/script/14C.good-ending.rpy

@@ -0,0 +1,716 @@
+label chapter_14C:
+
+#Volcano Highschool Musical
+"-Three years later-"
+
+scene park fair with fade
+play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0
+
+"Volcadera Bluffs. New duty station. Recruiting teens to suffer just like I did."
+
+"Good times, good times."
+
+show anonc neutral at aleft
+"With my rucksack on my back and a cheap rolling case at my side I make my way down to my old stomping ground for some cheap living."
+
+"Three years. I wonder if Lucy still lives here."
+
+"There’s new buildings in the Galleria. Not to mention it’s gotten even more labyrinthine."
+
+"The sun reflecting off the mirror polished windows are baking me alive in my JDUs."
+
+"Thinking back, I think there’s a park nearby that has a decent vending machine."
+
+scene park fair
+show anonc neutral at aleft
+with fade
+
+"Mentally retracing my steps from my senior year I manage to find the park."
+
+"Looks like they’re holding some kind of festival, with all the booths set up and tyranno tykes running around."
+
+"There’s an unoccupied picnic bench, miraculously, so I set my heavy bags carrying my entire life down and pop open my water bottle."
+
+"Sitting here, I can’t help but reminisce about the last time I was here."
+
+"There’s an awful lot I left behind here."
+
+"Like my highschool sweetheart."
+
+"The dicks in my old platoon never did believe me."
+
+"Then again I didn’t want to show that photo album her mom gifted me."
+
+"Raptor Jesus, I miss her."
+
+"I wonder if she remembers that promise."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+Lucy "Anon?"
+
+"Hm?"
+
+"I look up to see a pterodactyl in a floral print dress running full tilt towards me."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/intercept.ogg" fadein 1.0
+Lucy "ANON! YOU REMEMBERED!"
+
+scene c02
+
+"What."
+
+"I stand up and prepare to take her down."
+
+"I am poorly prepared however."
+
+"She lunges at me and before I think to grab my cheap ass kabar her beak mashes roughly against my lips."
+
+"What."
+
+"I curse my instincts as my hands reflexively hold my amorous attacker by her hips."
+
+"Wait."
+
+"I pull back, both for air and to figure out if this is who I think it is and not some well dressed sexual harassing lady-hobo."
+
+A "Lucy..?"
+
+scene park fair
+show fang c happy flip at scenter
+show anonc neutral at aleft
+with fade
+
+Lucy "You remembered our promise!"
+
+"Right. Right."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg" fadein 1.0
+A "That I’d come back and be with you. How could I forget?"
+
+"I finally have a chance to take Lucy in."
+
+"Gone is the halter top, torn jeans, and spiky hornband."
+
+"In their place, a simple golden sun dress and a large red ribbon tied around her head crest, looking for the world like a pair of red bunny ears."
+
+"Her hands remain on my shoulders, and I can see that she’s checking me out now."
+
+"I’m proud to say I’m no longer a lanklet, especially with how my uniform blouse’s rolled up sleeves feel like they’re cutting off the blood flow to my hands."
+
+Lucy "You’ve really changed since I last saw you, Anon!"
+
+Lucy "I’m so glad you’re safe after all these years!"
+
+Lucy "I got so worried for you, what if something happened overseas…"
+
+Lucy "What if you got lost or hurt..."
+
+Lucy "What if you never returned at all…"
+
+A "Hey, have more faith in me."
+
+A "I still got all my limbs, right?"
+
+A "I didn’t get bruised too bad."
+
+A "Like uhh, remember that time I fell down the stairs?"
+
+A "I’m pretty indestructible, yeah?"
+
+"...Maybe I’ll wait before showing her my scars."
+
+Lucy "Wow, you’re pretty amazing…"
+
+A "What’ve you been up to?"
+
+Lucy "Oh, I got my Associates and then-"
+
+unknown "MIIIISSSS LUCCYYYYYYYY!!!"
+
+"Fang shrugs."
+
+Lucy "And then this."
+
+"A little T-rex runs up to the table."
+
+unknown "MISS LUCY!! MISS LUCY!!"
+
+Lucy "Now Vince, there’s no need to yell this close."
+
+Lucy "What’s wrong?"
+
+Vince "I was playing with Jared and he said, he said that earthquakes happen when my mommy gets out of bed!!"
+
+Vince "Tell him it’s not true!!"
+
+A "Tell him that his mom has a secret daddy she doesn’t tell anyone about."
+
+Lucy "Anon!"
+
+Vince "Okaaay!"
+
+Lucy "Oh no you don’t."
+
+Lucy "JARED, GET OVER HERE."
+
+hide fang c happy flip with dissolve
+
+"After clearing up the squabble, Lucy slumps over the picnic table again."
+
+show fang c happy flip at scenter with dissolve
+
+A "Want me to get you a water bottle or something?"
+
+Lucy "No thanks, I had lemonade earlier."
+
+Lucy "The fair’s some annual town hunting celebration, this year the people in charge had extra funding."
+
+Lucy "So today they’re letting the local schools have a field trip here free of charge."
+
+A "... Need another chaperone?"
+
+Lucy "I’d love to, but parents get really upset about this sort of thing."
+
+Lucy "You have to be qualified and certified to look after these guys."
+
+A "Oi naehd a choild moindin’ loicence, yeh? Pray-ay bonkahs, yeh."
+
+"I chuckle aloud at my own silly accent. Lucy’s giggles echo my mirth."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+"Lucy’s giggles slowly melt away and a trickling tear leaves from her eye."
+show fang c sad4 flip
+
+Lucy "You’re really back…"
+
+"Her arms wrap around me tightly, as if afraid I’ll disappear at any moment."
+
+"My hand rubs comforting circles across her back, soothing her."
+
+A "Yeah. I’m back, Lucy."
+
+A "I’m surprised you waited for me here."
+
+Lucy "Of course. That promise means the world to me, Anon."
+
+"We stay embraced in the hot sun for just a moment longer before I let go again."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"Lucy’s gaze lingers on the children, her eyebrows knit together in contemplation."
+show fang c happy flip with dissolve
+F "Look at them, Anon."
+
+"Fang points toward the kids screaming and falling over each other."
+
+F "We were all like this at some point."
+
+A "Stupid?"
+
+F "Yeah- no, I mean careless. Innocent."
+
+A "Suppose we were."
+
+"She lets out a sigh."
+
+F "One day they’re gonna start thinking and doing all the wrong things we thought and did when we were teenagers..."
+
+F "I wish I could stop it from happening. They're perfect just like this."
+
+A "Kids can be, Jack mean to each other."
+
+F "But not cruel. The world makes them cruel."
+
+F "Until then...they're free. We gotta protect their freedom. Save them from our mistakes."
+
+"That’s quite a statement to hear from her."
+
+A "You've changed."
+
+"I think now would be a good time for a segue."
+
+A "I'm glad to see you're doing good. How’s everyone else?"
+
+F "Everyone else?"
+
+A "Y’know, Naser, Trish, Naomi, Reed, all those guys?"
+
+F "Oh! Naser went to medical school..."
+
+"She closes her eyes as though trying to recall a lost memory."
+
+F "I haven’t seen Naomi, though."
+
+A "And the others?"
+
+F "Haven't seen them since either."
+
+F "But you’re here now!"
+
+F "And now that you’re back, I’m never letting you go again."
+
+A "I’m not going anywhere… Sweet Tooth."
+
+"Lucy rolls her eyes."
+
+F "You know, if you had said that back then I’d have hit you."
+
+A "Yeah, and then I’d have just done it again because you’re cute when you’re annoyed."
+
+A "I guess we’ve both changed since then."
+
+F "Oh yeah? How so?"
+
+A "I mean, when I first enrolled I had every intention of just laying low and not sticking out."
+
+A "I didn’t care about making friends as long as it suited that goal."
+
+A "As long as I didn’t get bullied any more, I was glad to just blend in."
+
+F "Guess that plan fell apart."
+
+A "It did, yeah."
+
+A "I kinda blame you for that development."
+
+F "Ha, I made you care about people."
+
+A "You did."
+
+"A few kids chase each other around the table."
+
+A "You get any break time today?"
+
+A "I'd love to check out the town, see what else is different."
+
+F "I’d love to! I’ll go ask, I might get a few minutes to step away."
+
+A "Yeah, and we could go and check Volcano High again, for old time's sake."
+
+show fang sad3 flip with dissolve
+
+"She freezes for a second."
+
+F "I-I’d rather not Volcano High. Too many bad memories."
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"Lucy ended up getting the rest of the day off from her supervisors, I was surprised by how understanding they were once they saw me."
+
+scene park fair with fade
+show fang c happy flip at scenter with dissolve
+show anonc neutral at aleft with dissolve
+
+F "They said I deserve it after a hard day's work."
+
+A "You do look exhausted dealing with the ankle biters."
+
+F "Not at all! Truth be told, Anon. I love doing what I do."
+
+scene black with fade
+
+"..."
+
+scene c04 with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/effects/beach loop 2.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"Catching up with Lucy was the happiest I felt in years, the memories came rushing back as we walked under the hot sun."
+
+A "So you don’t know at all how Reed and Trish are doing?"
+
+F "OH! ...When was the last time I spoke with them…?"
+
+A "Hope Trish is alright, the two of you were friends for the longest time."
+
+F "I guess I… Didn’t feel the need to see them again?"
+
+F "Looking back, they were terrible influences."
+
+A "I guess so..."
+
+A "And Stella and Rosa?"
+
+F "Haven't seen them either."
+
+A "Seems weird, considering Rosa was of such help to us."
+
+F "Don't get me wrong, Anon. I love what Rosa did for me, Naser and you, but I guess I...just didn't need to see her anymore."
+
+F "I didn't want to see anyone else, for that matter."
+
+F "You must've had friends in the army, back at rock bottom, or even before that, right?"
+
+F "They're gone from your life too, there's nothing wrong with that."
+
+A "Haven't you looked for them?"
+
+F "I don't want to."
+
+"The scenery here seems familiar..."
+
+"Oh, this is my old path to school. Maybe I will get to see it after all."
+
+F "l-let's turn away. To Moe's, or somewhere."
+
+A "Aww, I wanted to see the school again though."
+
+F "NO, Anon."
+
+A "..."
+
+F "Seems like we just repeat each other, I get upset over nothing, and I apologize."
+
+F "Sorry, I just… don't want to remember Volcano High, I just…"
+
+F "I did too much dumb stuff there, you know?"
+
+F "I just want to forget all that happened."
+
+A "Moe’s is fine, too. I do want to see how that fossil is doing."
+
+F "Er, actually, Moe retired! He sold his franchise."
+
+A "Oh. Well, we can still go check it out."
+
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+scene outside moes
+
+"It took a while to get there, getting to be nearly five when we arrived at Moe's, we ordered our usual and picked a table."
+
+scene moes pizza
+show anonc neutral at aleft
+show fang c happy flip at sright
+with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+play music "audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg" fadein 1.0
+"I can see the old piano in my peripheral vision."
+
+A "I’ve been asking so much about what you’re doing now, but what happened while I was away?"
+F "I remembered your promise."
+
+show fang c sad flip with dissolve
+
+F "I tried improving myself, like, really tried."
+
+F "But things kept getting difficult. For a while I gave up."
+
+F "There were times I’d cry. I would think back to when you were here and miss you so much."
+
+F "I...don't wanna worry you with the details of what I did during that time, but…"
+
+F "I guess I realized something."
+
+F "All this time I was a huge dick to my family, I idealized things too much and lashed out at them for not being on the same page as me."
+
+F "I wanted to be a rockstar, so I wanted them to behave a certain way I think it would fit for that lifestyle."
+
+F "I was being unfair and unrealistic towards them, I wanted them to hate me and somehow that was gonna further my career."
+
+F "Looked like it worked for a lot of famous people."
+
+F "I didn't want to make my family sad anymore, so I just did what I've always should have done and learned to love them, to thank them for all they did for me."
+
+A "So you kept playing? I'd love to see what else you've composed over the years. I'm sure it's great."
+
+show fang c sad2 flip with dissolve
+
+F "No...I just gave that up."
+
+A "What? Really? It was such a huge part of you!"
+
+show fang c sad3 flip with dissolve
+
+F "I didn't need it anymore, plus it reminded me too much of Trish, I've put away the instruments somewhere and never played anything ever again."
+
+A "Then what have you been doing all these years?"
+
+show fang c sad4 flip with dissolve
+
+F "Dad needed help with a charity event, he bought food and he needed me to help him carry it around since Naser was away in college."
+
+F "I thought it was just going to be a boring evening with a bunch of brats, but I saw something..."
+
+F "I saw the children, they ran around me, they offered me toys to play with, I joined them."
+
+F "I lifted them from the ground, some clung to my legs as I moved about-"
+
+F "No one ever played with me like that, no one ever approached me like that, it was so pure, so innocent."
+
+A "Should have shown them a picture of you in your high school clothes"
+
+show fang c happy flip with dissolve
+
+F "THAT would be hilarious."
+
+F "But yeah, I enjoyed my time with the children so much...I asked around in my church and eventually I got a gig dealing with preschoolers."
+
+"She looks so happy right now. I feel like I would ruin the mood to bring up Trish, Reed and the others again."
+
+A "Y’know, part of me expected you to forget about the whole promise."
+
+A "That I’d come back and some lucky dino guy had already swept you off your feet."
+
+"She just smiles and gives a small laugh."
+
+F "The amount of guys I had to tell that my boyfriend was just deployed and coming home soon…"
+
+"She begins stroking my hand on the table."
+
+F "Anon, I’d never forget about you or our promise."
+
+"Part of me is glad she's saying this to me, but I still have too many questions."
+
+"It's weird because I know she’s happy, she looks happy in her work, and she's glad I'm here..."
+
+"But something deflates the moment, I don't know what it is."
+
+"I look towards the decorative piano Moe always had in the corner."
+
+A "Look Fang, the piano."
+
+show fang c neutral with dissolve
+
+F "What about it?"
+
+A "You think they’d let us play it?"
+
+F "I don't know, it's probably out of tune..."
+
+A "Might be worth a shot, come on."
+
+F "But you can't play..."
+
+A "Then {i}you{/i} play."
+stop music fadeout 30.0
+scene c05 with fade
+
+"As we sit by the piano, I think she understands why I'm teasing her like that."
+
+"I open the lid, the keys look rather pristine."
+
+F "Anon, I-"
+
+"Her fingers lightly roll across the keys"
+
+"She retracts herself."
+
+F "I haven't played in a long time...I don't know if I can still do it."
+
+A "I bet you still remember how to do it."
+
+"She positions her hands just above the keys."
+
+F "I haven't done this in years. I don't even know which song to play."
+
+A "I wanna see you play, that's all. I wanna hear you after all this time away."
+
+F "Alright."
+
+"She gave out a sigh, but then..."
+
+F "What to play?"
+
+"Her eyes seem to glimmer for a moment."
+
+F "I know."
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance - Piano.ogg' fadein 3.0
+
+F "Remember this?"
+
+F "It was our song, remember?"
+
+F "We made it together."
+
+F "Ha! I still got it!"
+
+F "I always thought of this melody when I thought about you..."
+
+F "Guess I never forgot how to do it. Thought I'd be rusty with the piano."
+
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+A "You play beautifully."
+
+F "...Thank you..."
+
+"I sit closer to Lucy, she rests her head on my shoulder. Her hands are still resting on the keys, eager to play again."
+
+A "You shouldn't have abandoned music."
+
+F "..."
+
+"We talked about what we would do now, especially since it was getting dark outside and the street lights were coming on."
+
+"We walked our way back to where we started, near the park."
+scene park night
+show anonc neutral at aleft
+show fang c sad flip at sright
+with fade
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+F "I don't know, Anon! It's just so WEIRD! A music teacher?"
+
+A "I don't know, Fang, it could be cool if you tried."
+
+"Fang is shivering, the colder air setting in."
+
+A "Here, this'll get you warmer."
+
+hide anonc
+hide fang
+show c06 at center
+with dissolve
+
+"I draw Lucy close to my chest."
+
+"She snuggles up to me."
+
+F "Thank you."
+
+"She's precious. Being taller now, I guess the animal part of my brain is telling me to protect my smaller and more fragile mate."
+
+A "Little by little, I'll get you back to music, your friends, I'm sure it'll work out fine towards the end."
+
+"Lucy stirs. She doesn’t like the idea."
+
+F "Anon...please don't ask me to do that. I'm not ready."
+
+A "How are you not ready?"
+
+F "I lied, Anon. Ok?"
+
+F "I lied, I disappointed you, I promised I would get better, but you're clearly not happy with how I turned out."
+
+A "Nonsense, you have no idea how proud I am of you."
+
+F "I'm still broken, Anon."
+
+F "I’ve even started preening again because I had no one, but remembering I promised you and Naser I wouldn't do it anymore hurt even more so."
+
+F "But that was years ago. I swear, I tried getting better."
+
+F "Forgive me."
+
+"I'm the one sighing this time."
+
+A "..."
+
+F "You wanted me to live my own life, be this great person you wanted me to be, yet I'm here doing menial church tasks and dealing with children."
+
+F "I got no friends, no new songs, nothing going on for me."
+
+F "I know I needed to be a famous musician to make you happy, I know I needed to have forgiven Trish and the others, but it just didn't work out. I couldn't do it."
+
+F "I'm lonely, Anon. You're all that's left for me."
+
+A "You didn't need to be all that to be happy, I still think you're the best."
+
+A "Forget it, Lucy. What's done is done. We're here."
+
+A "That's all it matters."
+
+hide c06
+show c07
+with dissolve
+
+"I embrace her, I could tell she was getting tense, but slowly she relaxes in my arms."
+
+"When I said that we're being together was all that mattered, she hugged me back."
+
+A "I'm here."
+
+F "And I still can't believe it."
+
+"Lucy is shaking with excitement in my arms now."
+
+F "I already am thinking up all kinds of things we could do!"
+
+F "Fuck, just knowing I won't see you until tomorrow already hurts me."
+
+F "I can take you to see Mom and Dad! Right now! They would get a kick out of seeing you like this."
+
+A "Ah! Not right now. That would be too much for them to take in."
+
+A "And I have to unpack too, I got a little room in a motel for now."
+
+F "Would you like some help?"
+
+"I thought to deny her, but Lucy’s eyes are pleading with me to say yes."
+
+A "I’ve got quite a bit, you sure Lucy?"
+
+F "All the more reason for me to help!"
+
+A "...Alright then. My motel isn’t too far from here."
+play music "audio/effects/apartment loop.ogg" fadein 5.0
+scene apartment morning with dissolve
+
+"I wasn’t kidding when I said I had a lot to unpack."
+
+"Between all the luggage I had brought back with me."
+
+"And the heavier memories of my time spent in the arid deserts."
+
+"I saw and felt a different side of Lucy I’d partially forgotten."
+
+"Her tender hands rubbing soothingly across the scars now littered across my chest."
+
+"We stayed up til the warm morning glow of dawn lit up the messy motel room."
+
+"Clothes, paperwork and useless knick knacks I’d collected were scattered everywhere in an organized chaos."
+
+"And yet I’ve never felt more rest and at peace with the world than with Lucy cuddled up next to me."
+
+"A peace shattered by my stomach demanding sustenance loudly."
+
+A "Mmm… How about we get some breakfast? My treat."
+
+F "A breakfast date sounds nice."
+
+F "Say, how about we invite my family. I’m sure mom would love to see you again."
+
+"Probably would, too. However…"
+
+A "I’d rather spend it with just you, Lucy."
+
+"I grin as I watch Lucy’s face turn beet red."
+
+F "You were never this smooth a talker, Anon…"
+
+F "Fine. But I definitely want them to see you."
+
+A "Tomorrow then?"
+
+F "Tomorrow."
+
+F "I'll tell them first! Get them hyped to see you!"
+
+A "That would be great. So...tomorrow then?"
+
+F "Tomorrow, yes."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+scene city morning with fade
+play sound "audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance.wav" fadein 5.0
+"We made our way towards her car door, but before getting in, she once again embraces me, This time a little stronger."
+
+show c09 with dissolve
+
+A "Urgh-- it's ok, Lucy."
+
+F "I was so lonely, Anon."
+
+A "You don't need to be alone, you know."
+
+F "I'm so glad you're here. I missed you."
+
+A "I missed you too, Lucy."
+
+"Though I miss the old Fang, I'm elated. I love you, Lucy."
+
+$ quick_menu = False
+window hide
+scene 3of4 with fade
+stop music fadeout 15.0
+pause 16
+scene black with fade
+pause 1
+jump ending

game/script/14D.gold-ending.rpy

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+label chapter_14D:
+
+"-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

game/script/3.showing-up-at-band-practice-and-giving-feedback.rpy

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+label chapter_3:
+
+#Band Practice
+#label StartOfChap3: commented out 6/12/21 - confuses with new file consistency + in line with og script
+
+scene black
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
+
+"-One Week Later-"
+scene classroom with fade
+
+"It's math. Bane of retards and lazy intellectuals alike."
+"And teachers too, judging by the lack of a certain coomer teacher."
+"Substitute today, which means busywork. Group problems busywork specifically."
+"Of course, I can't escape this any more than I could have escaped the lab partner assignment."
+"At least here I have the opportunity to just keep to myself for an hour."
+"I don't even bother attempting the assignment, instead pretending my phone is a calculator and spending the first half shitposting about video games I haven’t played online."
+"The second half, interrupted by something pointy to the back of the dome."
+"*sshk*"
+"I can feel something stuck between my chair and my back."
+play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg' fadein 1.0
+"I fish around and pull out a crumpled paper airplane, a completed set of problems."
+"...this is Reed's. And it's..."
+"...done? Even the extra problems that I don't even bother with because they take another ten minutes each."
+"I turn around to see that technicolor burnout waving me over. He's sitting next to Trish."
+"She's giving me the evil eye."
+"At least I think it's the evil eye. Whatever that expression is, it clashes with her smile."
+"Might as well see what they want."
+"As I weave through the maze of desks squished together with partners more interested in their phones than the worksheet, I catch a hint of whatever Reed and Trish are talking about."
+show reed unimpressed at scenter
+show trish neutral flip at tright
+with dissolve
+show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
+Re "...Honesty is the best policy, eh?"
+Re "...Bad juju to keep somethin’ bottled up..."
+show reed neutral with dissolve
+"Reed grabs hold of another chair and sets it on Trish's other side, nodding in my direction before taking a big pull from whatever he's got in that thermos on his desk."
+"The widening of his pupils suggest its more than just Roarbucks cold brew in it."
+show trish happy flip with dissolve
+T "Hey, Anon!"
+A "You guys need something?"
+T "Nah, just wanted to chat a bit since we got the time"
+show trish neutral flip with dissolve
+"There’s something in her tone of voice…"
+" It’s like she's getting ready to gore me with those nubs she calls horns."
+A "...Sure"
+show reed explanatory with dissolve
+Re "Imma let you two get to whatever… gonna go for a refill..."
+"He shakes his thermos and heads for the door."
+"What's in that anyway?"
+Re "Don't ask..."
+hide reed with dissolve
+"Fair enough."
+"...Wait..."
+"Fuck it."
+show trish neutral flip at tcenter with move
+T "So… Anon… You and Fang?"
+A "...You and Fang what?"
+T "They’ve been talkin’ about you."
+A "They?"
+show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve
+"The tiny triceratops rolled her eyes dramatically."
+T "Fang. Fang’s been talkin’ bout you."
+A "All good things, I’m sure."
+"Fang’s been talking about me? That’s dumb."
+"Oh yeah. The phones."
+"All we’ve been doing is more labwork in science."
+#[CG of mad scientist Anon with a railgun aimed at Dr. Fernsworth]
+#God I wish we had time for this CG
+"Last Thursday I tried to remember how to make a railgun."
+"To show I could, of course."
+F "{i}Pfft, I could make one too.{/i}"
+"She seemed unimpressed at the time, but…"
+A "Was it about making a railgun?"
+T "Er… Yeah, it was."
+T "What exactly are you talking about with them?"
+A "Just science stuff."
+A "The railgun is just something I happen to know though, picked it up from an old game."
+show trish neutral flip with dissolve
+"Trish raises an eyebrow."
+T "...Right."
+A "Why do you ask?"
+T "You learned to make a deadly weapon from a video game?"
+show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve
+"Her tone is flat. Unlike her chest."
+A "I wouldn’t say deadl-"
+T "Don’t interrupt."
+show trish explanatory flip with dissolve
+T "Why would you think that it’s a good idea to make a weapon in class?"
+T "How did you not get in trouble?"
+A "Spears actually did talk to me, said something about the ‘great equaliser’."
+show trish annoyed flip with dissolve
+"Trish grabs the bridge of her snout."
+T "This is why men are useless."
+"She continues to mutter to herself. All of it incoherent."
+show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve
+A "Is there a point?"
+"She rounds back on me, anger painted clearly on her face."
+show trish angry flip with dissolve
+T "Look, Anon, YOU may be into that stuff, but leave Fang out of it."
+T "They have better things to do than… than…"
+T "Than play with some man-child’s lethal toys!"
+show reed shocked flip at rright with dissolve
+Re "Whoa… Harsh…"
+show reed neutral flip with move:
+  xalign 1.1
+"Reed slumps into the seat next to Trish, sipping on his thermos of…"
+Re "Just agua, bro…"
+"Thermos of water…"
+"What the-"
+Re "What’d I miss?"
+show trish explanatory with dissolve
+T "I’m just trying to tell Anon here that he shouldn’t be telling Fang how to make a fuckin’ gun in school."
+show reed explanatory flip with dissolve
+Re "Why not?"
+T "We’ve been over this."
+Re "We have? When?"
+T "Less than five minutes ago."
+Re "Thought we were talkin’ about Anon?"
+T "Yes!"
+T "And specifically!"
+T "We were talking about Anon’s gun!"
+show trish neutral
+show reed shocked flip
+with dissolve
+"Heads start to turn."
+show reed happy with dissolve
+"Reed grins at them all"
+Re "Then how bout these guns?"
+"Reed places his hands on the back of his head and flexes his biceps."
+show trish unimpressed  with dissolve
+show trish angry  with dissolve
+show trish considering with dissolve
+show trish angry  with dissolve
+"Trish’s face is a blur of emotions. At first confused, then fucking pissed, then aroused, then back to fucking pissed, all in the space of an attosecond."
+T "Not those! The one he made with magnets!"
+show reed neutral flip
+Re "But like… how do magnets work?"
+"*DING-DONG BING-BONG.*"
+"All at once all the students giving the clock a blank stare stand to attention and file out the door."
+T "I-I… Damn it, Reed!"
+"Trish punches Reed in the shoulder, gives me another evil stare, and saunters out the room."
+hide trish neutral flip with moveoutright
+Re "Hey."
+"Reed’s pats me on the shoulder."
+show reed neutral flip at scenter with moveoutleft
+Re "Bruh."
+show reed happy flip
+"He gives me a thumbs up and exits as well."
+hide reed neutral flip with moveoutright
+"Leaving only the substitute teacher, looking at me from her desk impatiently for me to leave."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"Guess it’s her lunch period, too."
+show anon neutral flip
+hide anon neutral with moveoutleft
+scene black with fade
+"..."
+scene cafeteria
+show anon neutral at aleft
+show naomi neutral flip at scenter
+show naser neutral flip at nright
+
+show cafeteria
+play music 'audio/OST/The Top of the Social Ladder.ogg'
+
+"Naser ended up dragging me to sit with him and the magenta motormouth again."
+"Naomi hovers over Naser, who currently has Gucci under his eyes."
+Nas "So, I uh… Talked to the soccer team earlier."
+Nas "They’re going to make the first game after all."
+N "Isn’t that great, Anon?"
+A "..."
+Nas "I also… Got the L&L Club to finally take down their christmas decorations…"
+Nas "So… The library’s clean again…"
+"Naser’s head lands in his chicken salad, then he jerks wide awake."
+show naomi shocked flip
+N "NASER!"
+show naser shocked flip
+Nas "OH GOOD LORD NOT THE WATER-"
+A "..."
+show naser sad flip
+Nas "Ugh… Sorry."
+Nas "...Did you say something, Anon?"
+show naomi unimpressed flip
+A "Naser, you look like you fell into another blender."
+A "What’s going on, big guy?"
+Nas "Don’t worry about it…"
+Nas "Just some… Family problems last night…"
+A "Like what?"
+Nas "Ugh…"
+N "You don’t have to tell him if you don’t want to, dear."
+show naomi happy flip with dissolve
+N "Why don’t you wipe that alfredo sauce off your cute little face."
+"She’s so saccharine she’d give a third world country diabetes"
+Nas "It’s my sister again…"
+"Why is it always his sister with him?"
+show naomi unimpressed flip
+N "Aww…"
+Nas "I was going to sleep last night, when I heard something downstairs."
+"...When did this turn into an interrogation?"
+Nas "It was about one or two in the morning. I checked what it was, and…"
+Nas "Fang was just, standing in front of the microwave."
+Nas "Staring at the dino nuggets rotate inside."
+"At one in the morning?"
+Nas "At one in the morning."
+show naomi neutral flip
+N "This is a personal issue, isn’t it?"
+N "Wouldn’t you rather just be enjoying lunch with us?"
+Nas "I just need advice from someone at this point, Naomi."
+N "But from Anon?"
+A "But from me?"
+show naomi considering flip
+"Naser continues."
+Nas "I asked her what she was doing, and she just…"
+Nas "Just says ‘fuck off…’, so I think ‘maybe dad will help’."
+Nas "...He didn’t."
+Nas "...They just got into a shouting match."
+Nas "Screamin’ bout her lack of control an’ dad was pissed an’-"
+show naomi sad flip
+N "Poor baby."
+"Naomi wraps her arms around Naser’s head, cradling the tired pterosaur in her bosom."
+hide naser with dissolve
+"There’s a rumbling snore and it’s clear that Naser has checked out."
+A "...Riiiiiiiight…"
+"Naomi looks distraught."
+N "He’s always like this…"
+N "But it’s been getting worse recently..."
+A "Going unconscious?"
+N "Trying to help. Wearing himself ragged."
+N "That Fang…"
+N "We should help Naser."
+A "What, by talking to Fang?"
+N "By taking him to the nurses office."
+"Ah fuck."
+"Naomi looks at me with the biggest, wettest doe eyes possible."
+A "Alright alright. He doesn’t look that heavy anyway."
+N "Only a hundred and sixty pounds."
+A "How do you- nevermind."
+scene black with fade
+"Naomi puts herself under Naser’s left arm, motioning me to take the other one."
+"I sling his arm around my back and-"
+"GOOD LORD HE’S HEAVY."
+N "Alright, the Nurses’ Office is down the main hall on the left side, near the front desk."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"I’m clenching my face too much to be able to speak, I can only get a slight nod out."
+"..."
+scene hallway with fade
+"After dropping Naser at the nurse and leaving before Naomi could argue with her about staying, the lunch bell rings."
+"With music at the ass end of the campus I have to sprint through the halls."
+"Fuck today, I avoided gym class for a reason."
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Dino Destiny Reader.ogg'
+
+"Halfway to Music class, I slam into somebody and tumble to the floor."
+scene black
+A "Augh..."
+
+scene hallway with fade
+show stella neutral at stleft with dissolve
+
+unknown "You…"
+
+A "AH!"
+
+"Sorry, sorry sorry!"
+
+show anon neutral flip at aright with dissolve
+
+"I get up from the floor and look at the stego who bumped into me. The plates on her back twitch as she looks me up and down."
+
+unknown "Judgement…"
+
+"A chill rolls over me."
+
+show stella considering
+
+unknown "Karma? No. No, maybe second chance?"
+
+"She draws closer, a contemplative expression on her face."
+
+show stella explanatory
+
+unknown "Ah, I see now."
+
+A "What?"
+
+unknown "You’ve important choices to come."
+
+A "I do? Wait back up what the fuck are you talking about?"
+
+unknown "This."
+
+"She reaches toward my chest, plucking something off of it. She holds it up for me to see it’s some oversized playing card."
+
+A "Still lost."
+
+unknown "It’s you. Your card. You are on the precipice of a great ordeal. Many difficult points of divergence and contention are coming your way. Reflect on them."
+
+"I think about asking the green weirdo to make sense, but the bell is about to ring."
+
+A "Yeah, thanks, sure. Sorry, gotta dash."
+show classroom at scenter with dissolve
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+
+
+show bandroom
+
+"I slam into the band room door just as the late bell trills, panting and sweaty."
+show jingo at sleft with dissolve
+jingo "Good timing, Mr. Mous. Just in time for free period."
+"What…"
+jingo "Take up anything you like and have fun."
+"The teacher then took to his extremely lavish loveseat, threw on a pair of headphones and blacked out."
+hide jingo with fade
+"I looked at the scattered instruments, left alone for whatever reason."
+"Dent looking brass and cracked woodwinds. Even a bass with a missing string."
+"Wow. I feel like that right about now."
+"I reach for one at random, taking a wooden… thing…"
+"It looks like an oak tree made love to an eggplant and this is the aborted monstrosity in Mexico."
+"Whatever, I melt into my chair and pull out my phone. Seems a majority of my classmates have a similar idea."
+"I’ve some shitposting to do."
+"Let’s see…"
+show anonphone with moveintop
+#phone overlay with Elliot Raptor, and the text ‘he made some valid points :^)’
+"Ah yes, perfect. Click post aaaand now to wait."
+hide anonphone with moveoutbottom
+"Nefarious deed for the day done, I look around the room out of boredom."
+"Oh fuck no."
+"Fang has a weapon of mass hearing loss."
+"I’m covering my ears in preparation when the ptero-rist starts strumming and…"
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg'
+
+"Oh wow."
+"I still have my hearing."
+"In fact she’s actually playing something pleasant."
+"It’s mellow. Relaxed. A slow rhythm that carries a strange nostalgic hint to it."
+"The difference between this and the performance is night and day."
+"What gives?"
+"Looking a bit closer, she’s swinging her tail a bit to the rhythm."
+"She uses her tail as a metronome?"
+"Suddenly, the phone slips from my hand onto the floor."
+stop music
+A "SHIT!"
+"The sound it makes as it clatters on the ground is a klaxon of pants-shitting terror."
+"It lies face down on the isle."
+"Do I really want to pick it up and potentially face a harsh reality?"
+"Schrodingers’ crack."
+"...I can’t just leave it there."
+"I pick up the phone and slowly turn it over."
+"It’s the moment of truth."
+"...No cracks?"
+"Thank the Lord."
+show fang considering at scenter with dissolve
+play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg'
+F "Yeah, you got lucky."
+show fang happy with dissolve
+"Fang has stopped playing and is throwing a small smirk my way."
+"I should probably say something…"
+"Her playing is pretty good, I'll compliment that."
+A "That sounded way better than in the video Reed took."
+hide fang shocked
+show fang angry at scenter
+"..."
+"Wrong choice of words."
+F "You’re still not off my shit list, watch it."
+"Quick Anon, think"
+A "Why didn’t you play guitar back then, you’re obviously a lot better with it."
+hide fang angry
+show fang neutral at scenter
+F "Would’ve if I could’ve."
+A "What do you mean?"
+"There’s an empty seat next to Fang."
+"Finders’ keepers, I guess."
+F "The band is just Reed, Trish, and I."
+F "So we all have to decide by majority what happens."
+F "Reed says using a bass is more unique, and Trish always says how it’s a ‘promising business model’."
+A "But it sounds like you play the guitar much easier than a bass."
+F "I play the bass just fine."
+F "I think the problem is more that if you want to make an unconventional band layout, you damn well better know what you’re doing."
+F "If you’re anything short of masterful it won’t sound good."
+F "And when it comes to music, it either sounds good or it doesn’t."
+F "Simple as."
+"She continues strumming."
+A "But it’s just a high school band, right?"
+A "Shouldn’t it just be fun?"
+F "It is, yeah."
+A "Even though you’re just doing what they want without getting a say in it?"
+"Fang flinches and misses a note."
+F "..."
+F "It’s not like that…"
+F "It’s just… Trish says… I mean… God damn it."
+F "Look, we’re better with two basses. Trish and Reed say so."
+stop music
+A "The au--"
+"Uhp"
+"Fuck"
+"I almost said 'the audience at the concert' to her outloud."
+F "What was that?"
+play music 'audio/OST/fighter.ogg' fadein 1.0
+A "Nuthin’"
+"Fang growls at that."
+F "You know what, we’re having band practice after school today."
+F "Just show up and see for yourself."
+A "And what if I don’t?"
+F "You’ll be a little bitch that’s wrong."
+"Oh."
+"In that case."
+A "Fuck you, I’m right, your band sucks with two basses, and you shoulda been on guitar!"
+"I lock eyes with her."
+F "Fuck you!"
+A "Fuck you!"
+F "Fuck! You!"
+A "FUCK YOU!"
+show jingo at sleft with dissolve
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+jingo "Aaaaand we’re caaaaaalm now."
+"Fuck me."
+"..."
+hide jingo with fade
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
+show hallway
+
+F "Hurry up, dweeb. If I can keep ahead of you while carrying two instruments, you can speedwalk."
+A "You sure you don’t want me to carry one?"
+F "Pfeh."
+"Fang is leading me back to the auditorium with both the acoustic guitar ‘borrowed’ from the music room and her bass in hand, one over each shoulder."
+"When we eventually get to the auditorium, Fang stops."
+"Is something wrong?"
+A "Uh, is everything-"
+F "The doors, moron."
+"She swings the guitar cases on her shoulders around a bit."
+"Oh."
+"I step around her and grab the hanlde, pulling the door wide open."
+A "Ladies first."
+"Fang growls and stomps on my foot as she walks past."
+"..."
+A "FUCK!"
+F "Hurry up already."
+scene bandroom
+show reed neutral flip at rright
+show trish neutral at tcenter
+"Inside, Reed and Trish already have everything set up onstage."
+show fang neutral with moveinleft:
+    xalign 0.2 yalign 0.1
+show anon neutral with moveinleft:
+    xalign -0.1 yalign 0.0
+"Where does Reed keep that huge drumset during the day?"
+show trish very happy flip with dissolve
+"Trish waves her arms from the stage."
+T "HEY, FANG! WHAT TOOK SO LONG?"
+F "HAD TO GRAB SOMETHING."
+show trish unimpressed
+"Trish squints in the spotlight, then finally notices me."
+show trish indignant
+T "What-"
+T "What’s he doing here?!"
+"Fang slings both cases onto the stage, then climbs on herself."
+F "Proving a dumbass bigot wrong."
+A "So you admit there’s smart ones?"
+show fang angry
+show jewlcase at truecenter:
+   xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 zoom 0.3
+   rotate 0.6
+   linear 0.3 xalign 0.05 yalign 0.12
+   linear 1.5 yalign 5.0
+"Fang then ripped something from Trish’s hands and threw it at me."
+show trish angry
+T "What the fuck?!"
+"It strikes against my head with a dull *tonk* and lands on the ground in front of me."
+show jewlcase at truecenter:
+   xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 zoom 1.0
+"Looking down at the makeshift shuriken, it was a copy of 'VVORM DRAMA’s new hit single Indragon Onslaught'"
+hide jewlcase
+show trish indignant
+T "Fang! I just made that in art class!"
+A "It looks like picasso had a seizure."
+show fang considering
+F "He was being an ass!"
+A "I was."
+show reed explanatory flip
+Re "Like… are we on break now?"
+T "We haven’t even started!"
+show reed neutral flip
+T "Fang! Why is Anon here?!"
+show fang neutral
+F "Like I said, proving him wrong."
+A "More like proving me right."
+T "Proving him wrong how?"
+Re "Like… Playing guitar, right? Ya wanted to play your guitar…"
+T "What?"
+F "Yes! I mean-"
+A "Ha!"
+F "No, I mean Anon thinks that if I used a guitar instead of bass the music would sound better."
+show trish neutral
+T "What? No wayyyy."
+F "I know, right?"
+Re "Woooow… Way to try throwing everything off, Anon..."
+F "Mm. Let’s just go through ‘I Need Meth Money By Tuesday Night And If I Don’t Get It I Will Stomp On Your Child’."
+"Don’t say ayy lmao."
+F "Three… Two... One.."
+#half life flash bang
+scene black
+pause 5
+"My mind went blank."
+"I don’t know what happened during the time when it was blank"
+scene bandroom
+show trish neutral at tleft
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg'
+
+"I look to the stage and see Fang, panting, looking distressed."
+F "S-see? Totally awesome, r-right?"
+"Not the word I would use."
+show trish explanatory with moveinright:
+    xalign -0.2 yalign 0.1
+show anon neutral with dissolve:
+    xalign 0.3 yalign 0.1
+show reed neutral flip with dissolve:
+    xalign 0.9 yalign 0.1
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve:
+    xalign 1.6 yalign 0.1
+A "...I think you should give the guitar a try."
+show trish angry
+T "Oh shut up, you don’t know anything about music."
+F "Might as well. That’s what I brought him for, after all."
+T "You’re really siding with him on this?"
+T "We already decided VVURM DRAMA is better with only drum and bass, remember?"
+show reed explanatory flip
+Re "Yeah man… WAY more unique that way."
+A "Aren’t there like two bands in existence that pulled it off?"
+Re "That means there’s a chance then, yeah…?"
+A "It can’t hurt to try, right?"
+show reed neutral flip
+show trish angry
+T "You don’t get a say in this, it’s a band decision and we already made our choice."
+F "Maybe he’s right, Trish. What’s the big deal?"
+T "The ‘deal’ is we’re wasting enough time as it is when we should be practicing!"
+T "Especially wasting time on playing guitar when it doesn’t match any of our stuff."
+show fang angry flip
+"That clearly struck a nerve."
+F "‘Wasting time’ playing guitar? What’s THAT supposed to mean?"
+"Fang rounds on Trish, jabbing an accusing finger into the little triceratop’s surprisingly voluminous chest."
+F "Every time I want to make changes you guys always overrule me!"
+F "Even when it’s something like playing my favorite instrument in my own band!"
+"Yikes."
+show trish indignant
+T "Come on Fang, you know I didn’t mean it that way!"
+T "We decided that democratically, right Reed?"
+Re "Yeah, but… like, there are only three of us, y’know?"
+"I’ll hate myself for this…"
+"...this is already getting too intimate for me..."
+"...but maybe I should say something."
+"It’s only going to get worse if I don’t"
+"But this seems like a personal argument between them."
+
+menu:
+    "Speak Up":
+        jump GuitarQuestionSpeakUp
+    "Stay Silent":
+        jump GuitarQuestionStaySilent
+
+label GuitarQuestionSpeakUp:
+$ fangscore += 1
+"Fang does seem very passionate about playing guitar."
+"It could only help their music, right?"
+show trish unimpressed
+show fang surprised
+A "Just give Fang a chance, have you ever even let them play guitar with the band?"
+"That seemed to stop Trish in her presidential yeezys."
+show trish neutral
+T "I- uh, well… not really. We voted on it in our first jam session together."
+"Fang made a weird face, like she couldn’t believe I was standing up for her."
+"Honestly I couldn’t believe I stood up for her either."
+"But god dammit I’m winning this challenge!"
+A "If you’re really Fang’s friend, you should at least let them try."
+"..."
+"Trish’s mouth opened and closed, as if she was trying to find the right words."
+"She threw up her hands and let out a frustrated sigh."
+show trish unimpressed
+T "Fine, I guess we can try it with the guitar…"
+jump postguitarscene
+
+label GuitarQuestionStaySilent:
+"Can’t guarantee their style won’t be better than dogshit if I lose this challenge."
+"Certainly can’t get worse."
+"This is between the members of the band."
+T "In the end, majority still rules."
+T "I’m sorry, Fang, but we can’t get into creative squabbles like this all the time."
+T "And you already agreed to it, right?"
+"How controlling."
+show fang sad flip with dissolve
+"Fang hangs her head in defeat."
+F "I guess so…"
+Re "Hey man, Fang… Don’t let it get to you so hard…"
+show reed explanatory:
+    xalign 0.7 yalign 0.1
+Re "We just gotta get it out of your system’s all, right...?"
+Re "Like, y’know, get it all out now so you don’t have to later, yeah…?"
+Re "Like Trish said…"
+T "I never said that."
+Re "Cuz’, that’s how these things work, right? You know until you don’t, and then all the rest is wack."
+T "I… Guess?"
+T "What?"
+Re "It’s like the bigger picture, you got Fang playin’ bass with all us…"
+Re "And they’re all ‘ohh yeah good thing I’m not thinking about playing other instruments, yeah yeah,’"
+Re "And you’re all like ‘see, I told you so’..."
+T "Yeah, so we should let them play now to get it all out for later!"
+T "Wait…"
+"If there were any cameras rolling, they’d be zooming in on Trish’s face."
+F "Thanks, Reed."
+show trish unimpressed
+T "Yeah, thanks a lot."
+jump postguitarscene
+
+
+label postguitarscene:
+
+F "Alright, this time we’re doing I Gave The Special Kids The Jonestown Special And Now I’m Going To Jail!"
+"...I’m gonna need Raptor Jesus after this one..."
+F "And a three, two, and…"
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/That Almost Sounded Good.ogg'
+
+"Opposed to the nostalgic tune earlier, Fang rapidly strums on her borrowed guitar."
+"It’s fast and rough but the tone carried doesn’t melt my eardrums."
+"Watching and listening now I can see and hear the difference clear as day."
+"They’re actually not bad."
+"Not good, not by any metric worth it’s weight."
+"But at least I don’t cringe so hard my spleen erupts from my side and creates a splash zone."
+"I find myself bobbing to the song, in fact."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"And just as I consider the song ‘gittin’ gud’ it ends."
+"I feel a little disappointed that the show ended so soon."
+"Then I remember it’s not a show at all."
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg'
+
+"And that I definitely won."
+"There’s sweat dripping from Fang’s brow, and her black clothes are clinging to her a bit more tightly."
+"The grin on her face stands out the most though."
+F "See! Totally better with a guitar Trish!"
+A "Ha! I win!"
+"Trish, Reed, and Fang turn to look at me."
+F "Oh… OH! OH GOD DAMN IT!"
+A "So you’re now a normal band?"
+F "I mean…"
+"Trish scowls."
+T "A vote then. Who votes if we stick to drum and bass?"
+"She’s the only one to raise her hand."
+T "fff… And against?"
+"Even I raise my hands along with Reed and Fang."
+T "You stay out of this Skinnie!"
+A "Skinnie?"
+F "Yessss!"
+Re "So like… do we gotta redo all the songs?"
+F "It’s only one instrument line."
+F "Shouldn’t take too long."
+T "Ugh…"
+T "There goes our main marketing strategy."
+"Marketing strategy? I thought she was a triceratops, not a rhinorex."
+"I’m abusing my good luck here so I probably should leave."
+A "That was very fun you guys, I hope I can see you all play more...again...better now than it was before...uuuhhhh…."
+A "We’re cool right? Bye!"
+A "So uh… I guess I should go now?"
+"As I move to the door Fang calls out."
+F "Wait!"
+F "We uh…"
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
+
+"I look to see her fidgeting onstage."
+F "We couuuld uh… OH! Feedback! We could use your feedback!"
+T "We what?! Fang, from him!"
+Re "Like... He’s alright but… like, for real?"
+A "Wha-"
+F "He’s been helpful! So why not? Reed, back me up here."
+Re "mmmm… Kay… Anon should stay…"
+show trish indignant
+T "REALLY?! BUT-"
+show trish unimpressed
+show fang happy flip
+F "Anon, you’ll stick around a while, right?"
+
+A "If you guys’ll order some Dino-moe’s, sure."
+
+"The three of them just stare blankly."
+
+"Wait. Auditorium. Pizza."
+
+"Fuck."
+
+"Ohfuckohshitfortheloveofallthatisholywhynow."
+
+A "I-I mean, uhh…"
+
+A "Actually, I have to go. Like, right now. So... Bye."
+
+F "Why? I can spring for pizza if you’re too broke."
+
+A "Nah nah nah, no need."
+
+A "Plus I just remembered, I have to do uh...important things."
+
+F "More important than our music?"
+
+A "Err, yeah. See I have to go return a blu- a book!"
+
+"Fucking hell mouth, don’t go slipping weebtalk now!"
+
+A "See it’s WAAAAY overdue and I can NOT afford the late fee."
+
+Re "Wait a minute…"
+
+"?"
+
+"I almost didn’t recognize Reed’s voice, he said that way too sharply"
+
+Re "...the late date is like...two weeks...Are you up to something, Anon?"
+
+"He sounds completely lucid and didn’t slur any words…"
+
+"Oh no."
+
+"SHUT IT DOWN"
+
+"SHUT IT DOWN"
+
+"THE PINK CUBONE KNOWS"
+
+A "It’s from the library near my place. Suuuper strict. Y’know how public libraries are like."
+
+Re "riiiiiight."
+
+T "WILL YOU JUST FUCKING LEAVE ALREADY?"
+
+"I love you, Trish."
+
+A "sure, bye."
+
+"I scramble away to the exit. I turn to make my way out of there, on the stage I hear…"
+
+T "THANK YOU."
+
+"I uh….hear them chattering…"
+F "Okay now how about ‘I’m Not Sure Why But The Burglar Joined My Threesome."
+"Don’t think about a Threesome with Trish and Fang, Don’t think about a threesome with Trish and Fang, they’re meteor dodgers for crying out loud!"
+"..."
+"Ok, just for one second"
+if persistent.lewd == True:
+   scene lesbo with fade
+   pause 20.00
+   scene black with fade
+
+"Fuck."
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_4

game/script/4.anon-needs-help-during-music-period.rpy

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+label chapter_4:
+
+#Music class
+scene black with fade
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg'
+show outside school fog
+
+"-The Following Monday Morning-"
+"I haven’t been able to focus much lately."
+
+"My original plan is in absolute tatters."
+
+"As opposed to staying silent and not facing any conflict, I’m now all buddy-buddy with the school reject club."
+
+"And then there’s Naser and Naomi as well, and all their issues…"
+
+"At any moment I feel I’m going to get found out."
+
+"Trish would certainly beat me senseless."
+
+"Fang might as well…"
+
+"Definitely Naser."
+
+"All this shit happening, I can’t even get into my favorite hobby."
+
+"I don’t think I’ve made a single forum post in three days."
+
+"I stare down at my phone screen and see a sea of threads to post in."
+
+"And yet, I have nothing to say."
+
+"Wait, it’s already seven?!"
+
+"Fuck me, I dragged my feet too much!"
+
+"I sprint the rest of the way to school."
+scene classroom with fade
+"Luckily, I’m able to slink into homeroom without the teacher molesting me for a tardy pass."
+"Classes tick by in the daily slog, and like all things, lunch eventually comes to pass."
+scene cafeteria with dissolve
+show anon neutral flip  at sright
+"I grab a packaged lunch from the omnivore line and begin looking for a place to sit."
+"By now it’s a foregone conclusion, I already know what happens next."
+N "Anon!"
+"Right on cue."
+show naomi neutral at sleft with moveinleft
+show naser neutral behind nanomi with moveinleft:
+   xalign 0.25 yalign -0.0
+"Naomi rushes over, followed by Naser. I’d really rather not deal with her anymore today."
+N "Come on, Anon, let's continue our conversation from earlier!"
+"I need to think of something, and fast."
+A "Err, sorry. I already promised Fang I’d be eating with her."
+"Smooth."
+N "Oh..."
+"Oh!"
+"I’m glad to hear you’re trying to be better friends with Fang!"
+Nas "Well hey, this is a welcome surprise!"
+A "Right. Actually, she doesn’t eat in the cafeteria, does she?"
+Nas "Didn’t she tell you? She hangs out with her band in the auditorium."
+A "She’s allowed to do that?"
+N "I’ve asked Principal Spears before, he sees no issue with it."
+A "Huh. Anyways, I uh… Don’t want to keep them waiting!"
+Nas "See you."
+N "Have fun!"
+A "Right. Bye!"
+hide naser with moveoutleft
+hide naomi with moveoutleft
+"I turn away from the two and leave them behind in the cafeteria."
+scene bandroom
+"Now that i’m in front of the auditorium when it isn’t crowded for once, I can get a decent look around the foyer."
+"The walls are as vine-covered as anywhere else in the building, but the ones here have small magenta flowers blooming on them here and there."
+"I suppose there’s different kinds of vines, wouldn’t make much sense otherwise. Never really thought about it until now."
+"I peer into the small window in the door to see Fang’s gang lazing about within. Reed is messing with some box on a table, and Fang and Trish are sitting on the first row of seats chattering to each other."
+"I put my hand on the doorhandle and hesitate a bit. Then I pull it open."
+"The squeak of the door echoes through the near empty auditorium, and immediately all three turn their heads and stare."
+"There’s an awkward pause that goes on for just a bit too long. Eventually Fang calls out from her seat."
+show fang shocked at scenter with dissolve
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg'
+
+F "What the hell are you doing here, dweeb?"
+hide fang shocked
+show fang neutral at scenter
+show anon neutral flip at sright
+A "Hiding from Naomi."
+"Fang throws her head back and goes limp on the shitty wooden chair."
+F "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHHHH, THAT BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH."
+show fang considering
+"..."
+A "..."
+F "..."
+A "..."
+"Fang lifts her head back up."
+show fang unimpressed with dissolve
+F "Ffffffffine, you can stay."
+"I go sit a few yards away from Fang and Trish on the theater seat. Reed turns back to that device he was messing with before."
+"Looks like a projector?"
+A "You don’t like Naomi?"
+show fang angry with dissolve
+F "What was your first fuckin’ clue? That stupid bitch, acting all high and mighty all the time."
+T "Hey, Fang."
+F "Oh look at me I’m super smart and nice to everyone and everyone likes me so if you disagree with me I get the moral high ground no matter what!"
+"Fang lets out some combination of a snort and a sigh."
+F "No different than Naser. What a couple."
+F "Ugh, whatever. What was she doing to bother you?"
+A "She’s been pestering me about every little thing since school started. Granted, she’s been a big help in some cases, but jeez she’s overbearing sometimes."
+show trish neutral at tleft with dissolve
+T "Fang?"
+F "I’ll say. Sometime in the first semester she ended up helping me with a major science project. We only had a day to do the whole thing."
+A "You waited until the last day for a major grade?"
+F "It… That doesn’t matter. Shut up."
+F "Anyways, Naomi insisted on helping me, and I just went along with it. She ended up just bossing me around for eight hours."
+show trish indignant
+T "HEY GUYS DID YOU FORGET I’M HERE TOO?!"
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+F "Oh, right. What were you talking about Trish?"
+show trish neutral
+"Trish pulls a cardboard tube out of her backpack. She pops the top of the tube open and pulls a rolled up poster out and unfurls it."
+T "This! Tada! Our first poster!"
+A "VVURM DRAMA? That’s an… interesting name… and what’s with the date on it?"
+F "Trish wants-"
+T "We need to have an actual show! Not some dumb school show. We need actual people who matter to show our genius to!"
+"Genius? More like retardation."
+show fang sad with dissolve
+F "I don’t know Trish."
+A "Yeeeaaaaahhhh I’m with Fang on this one."
+show fang neutral
+show trish unimpressed
+"The glare Trish levels at me was akin to a very dull knife."
+T "You don’t even know how good we are!"
+T "That was simply a practice session!"
+T "Since you’re Naser’s friend too, just know HE ruined our first concert. Right Fang?"
+F "Ugh, yeah. If he hadn’t invited all those cocksuckers…"
+A "Still I think-"
+show trish angry with dissolve
+T "It doesn’t matter what YOU think!"
+"Whoa, where did that come from."
+show fang happy with dissolve
+F "Let’s drop it for now. My tuna sandwich is getting cold."
+show trish smug
+"Trish grins in victory."
+Re "Dude… ya got told…"
+"What the fuck am I doing? I’m dead if I out myself here outnumbered"
+
+"Trish tore at me like she knew I was there."
+
+"Had to happen EVENTUALLY."
+
+"I hope that’s not the case."
+show trish neutral
+"I finally get to opening my omnivore lunch. A BLT, some chicken nuggets, and an orange."
+"I take my first bite of the sandwich and-"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+"*DING-DONG BING-BONG*"
+"Are you kidding me."
+"I cram as much of the sandwich into my mouth as I can and close the box."
+"Reed puts the projector in the corner of the room, and Trish makes for the exit with Fang. I follow after, cheeks still filled with food"
+scene hallway with fade
+show fang happy flip at scenter with dissolve
+show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
+"Next class is… Music, that’s right. I’ll be walking with Fang then."
+
+
+show hallway
+play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg'
+
+"The three all wave each other goodbye and Fang turns towards our shared class."
+"May as well make some small talk."
+A "So, uh… What’s your favorite band, Fang?"
+F "My favorite band, huh…"
+F "Guess it’d be something like The Skinks… Maybe the Fossillies?"
+A "‘Oi, tha’ ‘ere’s sum pre’ey bri’ish tayste, yeah?"
+F "Pffft."
+"She turns away to hide her snickers."
+F "Shut it."
+F "I’m sure your favorite is much better."
+A "I’m into…"
+#>>Boomer rock
+#>>Obscure hipster shit
+#>>Anime openings and video game OSTs
+
+menu:
+    "Boomer rock":
+      jump regardlessofselect
+    "Obscure hipster shit":
+      jump regardlessofselect
+    "Anime openings and video game OSTs":
+      jump regardlessofselect
+
+label regardlessofselect:
+"Fang holds a hand up to her beak."
+F "AHAHAHAHAHAHHA. God you are such a dweeb"
+"I flash her my biggest shit-eating grin."
+A "Least I don’t need a ‘loisence’ to listen to it."
+F "Oi luv, didn’ share me taystes to get rallied on, bit rewd, innit?"
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+scene black with fade
+"The two of us banter with each other with increasingly strong british accents all the way to class."
+scene classroom with fade
+"..."
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'
+show bandroom
+
+"ARGH!! This stupid-"
+"Define a Treble clef?  I don’t know what a Treble clef is!  I don’t care about this shit, it won’t ever be useful."
+"Fuck this, who can I cheat off of?"
+"I lean back in my uncomfortable chair hoping to pop my spine back in place."
+N "{i}Oh! What if you asked Fang for help?{/i}"
+"I crane my head, looking for Fang. At her own desk she’s filling out her assignment page easily, drumming her fingers on her desk. Almost looks like she’s strumming honestly."
+"Agh, and that’s another thing. Who the fuck made guitars?! Fuck trying to memorize frets or whatever the fuck."
+"Oh shit, she’s looking at me now."
+"She tilts her head and taps her sheet."
+"OH!"
+"I respond with an eyeroll and finger gun at my temple. My thumb hammer drops and I fake die in my seat."
+"Fang shakes her head, returning to her assignment with a tiny smile gracing her beak."
+"I look at the papers we need to finish. Fuck me, how the hell are we suppose to finish these by the end of class?!"
+N "It can’t hurt to ask, though, right?"
+"Maybe the neon Nero had a good point."
+"Still, interrupting her now might piss her off."
+"FFFFFfuck. I’ll flip a coin."
+#>>> Heads, ask Fang for help
+#>>> Tails, leave Fang alone
+
+menu:
+    "Heads, ask Fang for help":
+        jump Heads
+    "Tails, leave Fang alone":
+        jump Tails
+
+
+#>> Heads, ask Fang for help
+label Heads:
+$ fangscore += 1
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
+
+"Guess that’s that."
+"May as well get it over with."
+"I slink out of my chair and go around to Fang’s desk."
+show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
+A "Uh...."
+show fang shocked flip at sright with dissolve
+"She jumps in her chair"
+F "How’d you get- don’t scare me like that!"
+A "Sorry…"
+hide fang shocked flip with dissolve
+show fang neutral flip at sright
+"I look at her work and see she’s only a quarter done. Fuck, I hope we have enough time."
+A "sooo… You seem to be capable of deciphering dead languages."
+F "Wha-"
+A "canyouhelpmewiththis?!"
+F "Help you with the assignment?"
+A "....Yes. I don’t get any of this. It’s all moon runes to me."
+F "How’d you even join this class?"
+A "Only elective that had an open spot. Even though it’s mid semester and I’m expected to be at the level of everyone that’s been here all year."
+"Fang leans her head down and holds her hand on top of her muzzle."
+"I’m guessing that’s supposed to be like pinching the bridge of your nose."
+F "Whatever, it’s fine if the teacher gives the greenlight."
+show reed king rex with moveinleft:
+    xalign -0.35 yalign 0.0
+Re "It’ll be fine."
+"Fang and I jump several inches."
+F "What are you doing here?!"
+A "And what’s with the costume?"
+"Reed is in an overly large inflatable T-rex costume."
+Re "Gotta get a signature for this absent note, man…"
+Re "Anyways... Mr. Jingo doesn’t care about if you use, like, partners and stuff… He just wants the work done…"
+A "I… I see. I didn’t know you were also the school mascot, Reed."
+Re "There’s, like, pockets in here man… You get to bring a lot of cool stuff… As long as you clean it after…"
+"I’m not even going to bother at this point."
+F "Thanks, Reed."
+Re "s’all good, man…"
+"Reed gets up and goes to the teachers’ desk in the corner of the room."
+hide reed king rex with moveoutleft
+"I turn back to Fang expectantly."
+F "I’m not getting up. Get your crap and sit down already."
+A "Thanks."
+"..."
+jump PostFlip
+
+#>>Tails, leave Fang alone.
+label Tails:
+"Guess that settles it."
+"Fang wouldn’t want to be bothered right now anyways."
+"Looking back to my paper, I try once again to make sense of the questions and music notes."
+"Write the following notes in both Treble and Bass clef."
+"...What?"
+show reed king rex flip at rcenter
+Re "Yo, you should have like... asked Fang for help, man…"
+"I have to grab the desk to keep myself from falling out of my chair."
+A "Reed, what the fuck are you doing here?!"
+Re "Just getting an absent note signed by teach, man…"
+A "And what’s with the outfit?!"
+"Reed is in an overly large inflatable T-rex costume."
+Re "School mascots are pretty cool… You wouldn’t believe the things they let you do with these…"
+"I’m not going to ask for clarification."
+Re "But, uhh… You should get some help or something…"
+Re "I’ll ask the teacher for you…"
+A "No, Reed, you don’t have to-"
+Re "YO, TEACH! THIS GUY NEEDS SOME EXTRA HELP!"
+"All eyes turn to us. The desk makes a nice ‘conk’ sound when my head hits it."
+show jingo at sleft
+jingo "Does he really?"
+jingo "Err… Someone… Fang! You help him with the packet."
+"Fang glares daggers at the two of us."
+A "Thanks, Reed."
+Re "Hey, no problem man! I gotta go…"
+hide reed
+"Reed shuffles over to the teachers’ desk in the corner to get his signature."
+"Fang calls out from her chair."
+F "I’m not getting up. If you need help grab your stuff and get over here."
+"The damage is done. May as well at this point."
+"..."
+scene classroom with fade
+show fang angry flip at sright
+show anon neutral at aleft
+jump PostFlip
+
+label PostFlip:
+
+F "Jesus... you suck at this"
+A "No shit, I don’t know what half this shit is!"
+F "God, they tell you about treble notes in Elementary, it’s E, G, B, D, F for treble and G, B, D, F, A for bass!"
+A "How the hell do you know any of this"
+"Anon then realized, he is horrendously fucking stupid."
+F "I’ve been into playing music since pre-k"
+"... Roll with it"
+A "So does it take that long to learn that horrid thing?"
+"I point at the class’ electric guitar"
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+F "Nah, I started with piano. I didn’t get my first guitar ‘til freshman year."
+A "The piano?  Isn’t that the hardest one?"
+"I have no clue what i'm talking about"
+F "Maybe for some, but I started early and got ahead. My grandma had an old piano she would let me mess around with."
+F "She would try to get me to play all kinds of songs, mostly church stuff because she wanted me to be a little goodie two shoes like she was. It... was fun."
+F "Then I started taking piano lessons privately because my mom saw that I was interested in it, and in middle school I joined the band for awhile!"
+show fang happy flip
+F "Only quit because of marching season, I was not wearing a dumb uniform."
+show fang unimpressed flip
+"Fang gets a strange expression, a mix between a blush and a scowl as she returns back to her snappy attitude."
+F "You done with that yet?  It's taking you way too long, rather have you out of my way."
+"Cute."
+"I show her the half-finished worksheet."
+A "I still don’t get this fucking part."
+F "It’s literally three classifications, it’s really easy"
+A "It doesn’t list them!"
+F "Did you even read the page?"
+"Fang then grabs the paper and points at the top right.  In a small box is a list of three types, woodwind, brass, and percussion."
+A "Oh..."
+F "You need me to still help you with this or do you have it from here?"
+"Of course I have it, I know this shit, it's just 3 catagories"
+"Percussion is simple enough. Getting the differences between woodwind and brass is a bit harder."
+A "Right. You know your stuff. Band stuff."
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg'
+
+"I heard a sigh from Fang"
+
+F "I can’t believe this."
+
+A "What is it?"
+
+F "Why did you leave your old school?"
+
+A "Wh-"
+
+A "Where did that come from?"
+
+F "Just wondering, though I think I know the answer."
+
+A "Why do you care?"
+
+F "You’re here for just two weeks and already you’ve wedged yourself in with my friends."
+
+A "I didn’t really have a choice there, Fang."
+
+A "I just...wanted to cruise through this year. I’m not good with friends."
+
+F "Sorry, just had a feeling. I myself haven’t gotten many new friends in a few years..."
+
+F "It’s like I make people avoid me... I don’t like new people…"
+
+A "That's weird."
+
+F "Fuck em', you know?"
+
+A "Sure."
+
+F "You act like you have a hard time socializing, I’m not seeing it."
+
+F "Makes me think you didn’t leave your school out of necessity, but because you really must have fucked up royally."
+
+F "I know your kind."
+
+"I-I, what did Fang mean by that? It all just came out of nowhere - I mean jeez-"
+
+"We’re talking about how she can’t get friends and now she wants to know about THAT…"
+
+"Oh God. I’m getting hot."
+
+"It’s Trish. She told Fang and she knows everything."
+
+"Play dumb? Hopefully that will work."
+
+A "I have no clue what you’re talking about."
+
+F "Honestly? Me neither."
+
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+
+F "You’re just some loser that knows NOTHING about music."
+
+F "And yet you come in from your cave where even their parents must’ve wanted you gone."
+
+F "But still you’re now BOTH my science and music partner, on top of worming your way in with MY band and with MY friends-"
+
+F "Anon, what is there TO understand?"
+
+show fang happy flip with dissolve
+
+"She’s laughing."
+
+A "..."
+
+F "Hey, you ok?"
+
+A "..."
+
+F "That’s funny, come on."
+
+A "..."
+
+A "Haha."
+
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+
+F "I'll almost miss you when you leave and start finding your own friends."
+
+A "Whatever you say, Fang."
+
+"With a roll of her eyes she returns to scrolling through her phone again. I seriously wonder now what she meant."
+
+F "I gotta go."
+
+A "Y-you’re leaving so soon?"
+
+F "I’m going to the bathroom, stupid."
+hide fang neutral flip
+show fang neutral at sright
+hide fang neutral with moveoutleft
+
+"..."
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/you can_t sage here.ogg'
+
+"She knows."
+
+"But how?!"
+
+"She left her phone on the desk."
+
+"I can see the imprint of the password being illuminated by the room’s lamps"
+
+"It… It wouldn’t be right."
+
+"...I have to know."
+
+"I reach over to pick up the phone."
+
+"Some movement in the corner of my eye solidifies me."
+
+"Why’s Reed still here?!"
+
+Re "..."
+
+A "..."
+
+Re "... {i}*snrrrk*{/i}"
+
+"Oh thank Raptor Jesus. He’s asleep."
+
+"Fang’s password is…"
+
+"Wait, only the ‘one’ key is smudged?"
+
+"I guess it’s worked until now…"
+
+"Ah, the messenger app."
+#TODO: IMPLEMENT MESSAGING GUI
+#do we even have time for this?
+#maybe this will be a post release update
+#lmao as if
+#--refer to Writer1 for the entirety of the texting part as he wants it to be more interactive.
+"... There’s surprisingly not a lot."
+
+"Seems they interact mostly in person."
+
+"...What did I even just accomplish?"
+
+"I shouldn’t have looked."
+
+"All because of my paranoia… I just violated someone’s privacy."
+
+"I can feel a pit open in my stomach."
+
+"I shouldn't have done it."
+
+"Trish is Fang’s friend. Not me."
+
+"God damn it, Anon. The fuck is wrong with you."
+
+"I set the phone back where it was."
+
+"A glance back at Reed and I confirm that he’s still unconscious."
+
+
+play music 'audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg'
+
+"What’s another secret to keep?"
+
+"Each one just building on the last, the growing maw in my gut threatens to make me violently ill."
+
+show fang unimpressed flip at sright with moveinright
+
+F "Oi!"
+
+"I’m startled as Fang retakes her seat."
+
+F "Did you manage to do {i}anything{/i} on the sheet?"
+
+"I simply shake my head as I show her the incomplete worksheet."
+
+show fang angry flip with dissolve
+
+"Fang sighs frustratedly."
+
+A "Look if I’m being a bother-"
+
+F "It’s simple you dweeb."
+
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+
+"Fang began breaking down the questions, her tone less condescending than when we initially started."
+
+"The way she explained it was infinitely better than how Mr. Jingo did at the start of class."
+
+"Over time the sheet was slowly filled in, things finally starting to click now."
+F "Looks like you got the hang of this bit. Good job, dork."
+"Fang smirks a bit."
+"I see a chance to strike."
+A "Helps to have an actual decent teacher."
+show fang surprised flip with dissolve
+"The slight red tint tells me I was right on the mark."
+"There’s also the steady *thump thump thump* of her tail on the back of her seat to clue me in. I can’t help thinking of tugging on the appendage."
+"Wait, the thumping."
+"*Thump thump… thump thump thump… thump thump… thump thump thump*"
+A "Hey uh… Is… Is your tail drumming right now?"
+F "Hm? Oh, that. Kinda."
+show fang neutral flip with dissolve
+A "Kinda?"
+F "I’m feeling out a rhythm. Thinking of a new song."
+A "Is that normally part of the creative process?"
+F "Maybe, maybe not. Are you done with the packet yet?"
+"I groan."
+A "Still got half a page left."
+F "That’s just a crossword puzzle. I’m not helping if you can’t do even that."
+A "I know, I know."
+"I have to resort to good ol’ logic to solve the crossword. The longest and shortest words are easy enough to figure out."
+A "But, uhh…"
+F "Hm?"
+A "Thanks for helping me. With the assignment I mean."
+show fang considering flip with dissolve
+F "Uhh… Yeah. Sure."
+"There’s that red tint again."
+F "I’ll help again… I mean, if you need it."
+A "Really? Thanks."
+F "Yeah, just-"
+show fang neutral flip
+"*DING-DONG BING-BONG*"
+"That’s the bell telling us to piss off to the last period. Crap, I still got a few words left."
+scene black with fade
+"I guess the last few words and rush over to the teachers’ desk to turn it in. When I turn back I catch sight of Fang leaving the room in a hurry, tail between her legs."
+Nas "{i}She’s not that bad once you get to know her.{/i}"
+"Guess he was right after all."
+stop music fadeout 1.0
+scene black with fade
+"God, I feel like a jerk now."
+"..."
+
+jump chapter_5