label chapter_11C:
    #Announcing a Date | Tradwife
    stop music fadeout 4

    "Turning back to Fang, her hands are trying to cover her face."

    "Except the frown that’s impossible to hide with her long beak."
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    A "Fang? You okay?"
    
    play music "audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg" fadein 1.0
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    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.5
    show fang happy flip with dissolve
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    "An embarrassed smile forms as she begins to shake her head."
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    F "Yeah. I'm good. Just, was reminded of something embarrassing."

    A "What?"
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    show fang neutral flip with dissolve
    F "Trish."

    A "Trish?"

    show fang sad flip with dissolve
    F "I can't help it, I see her every day. 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{cps=*.1}...{/cps} this whole thing."
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    A "I’m not good at the pronoun game, Fang. What whole thing?"

    F "THAT, the pronoun thing!"

    F "Now things are{cps=*.1}...{/cps} different."
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    F "And, I wish I hung out with Naser more than{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    show fang considering flip with Dissolve(.25)
    F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}her."
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    "There's some disdain in the way she said it."
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    "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?"

    show fang sad flip with dissolve
    F "You're the one I see the least. It's such a shame."
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    "Fang starts stroking my hand on the table."

    F "Now though{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    F "I’ve been thinking and{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    F "And{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I wouldn’t mind{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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    F "Wouldn’t mind if you called me Lucy."
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    F "I{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I’d like it, in fact."
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    A "I{cps=*.1}...{/cps} A-are you sure?"

    F "Mhm."
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    "There’s a fragility to her voice. A stiffness in her nod."

    "But if Fa-"

    "If Lucy would like it then{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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    A "Alright then{cps=*.1}...{/cps} Lucy."

    show fang happy flip with dissolve
    pause .5
    show fang happy with dissolve

    "She blushes again and looks away."
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    "I test her name a couple times. It’s a nice name. Really sweet. But{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    "Fang fits her more in my mind."
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    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."
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    "Now both of us are blushing."

    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Well, if we’re already in the moment, I may as well ask."
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    A "A-anyways, Flucy."
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    show anon sad with dissolve

    Lucy "Don’t stress yourself over it."

    show anon neutral with dissolve
    A "Right, right."

    A "Anyways, uhh."
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    A "Prom, right?"
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    stop music fadeout 8
    show dimmer_light behind anon, fang
    show fang neutral flip 
    with Dissolve(1)
    pause .5
    "Fang’s amber eyes zero in on mine."
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    "Her pleading gaze bores through to my soul and I feel the unstoppable urge to comfort her in any way possible."
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    A "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}You uhh, wanna go with me?"
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    play music "audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg" fadein 1.0

    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.55
    show fang happy flip with Dissolve(1)

    "I watch as Lucy’s face slowly grows redder and redder."

    "Her lips turn from a thin line to an impressively massive grin."
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    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.6
    show fang hiding flip with dissolve
    "She tries to cover up her face with her hands."
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    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.7
    show fang embarass flip with dissolve
    "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."
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    "Once the sounds of jubilation die down Lucy lowers her wings."
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    show fang:
        easein_back 1 xalign 0.5
    with None
    show fang happy flip 
    hide dimmer_light
    with dissolve

    "She takes a calming breath and shrugs nonchalantly."
 
    show fang neutral flip with dissolve

    Lucy "Sure, could be cool."
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    "The whole class is snickering and I have to fight back my own."

    "Sadly it was a foe far greater than I."

    show anon grin with Dissolve(.25)
    A "Pfffftttahahahaha."

    show fang:
        easeout_cubic 0.25 xalign 0.35
        ease_cubic 0.5 xalign 0.4
    show fang unimpressed flip with Dissolve(.15)
    show anon:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.0
    Lucy "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."

    show fang neutral flip
    show anon neutral 
    with dissolve

    A "Yeah. Though I should warn you that I can’t dance for shit. Your feet have been warned."

    Lucy "That’s fine."

    show fang happy flip with Dissolve(.25)
    Lucy "I’ll just step on your feet first."
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    "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."
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    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?"

    show fang considering flip with dissolve
    Lucy "My mom’s already probably bought the 'perfect outfit' for me."

    A "But the announcement for prom was just earlier this period."

    show fang neutral flip with Dissolve(.25)
    Lucy "And?"

    A "Sounds like it’s a date, then."
    
    show fang happy flip with dissolve
    pause .5

    "Fang’s smile is cherubic."

    "And before I can fully memorize it,"

    $ renpy.music.set_volume(0, 2, 'music')
    play sound 'audio/effects/schoolBell.ogg'
    "{cps=*20}{i}DING-{w=0.7}DONG {w=0.65}BING-{w=0.7}BONG{/i}{/cps}"
    pause 0.5
    stop sound fadeout 1
    $ renpy.music.set_volume(1, 2, 'music')

    A "Crap, the assignment."

    Lucy "We were mostly done with it anyways."
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    "I look at our mostly done sheet."

    "Flipping it over, the backside has twice the questions and four times the blank spots."

    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.45    
    show fang surprised flip with dissolve
    Lucy "M-mostly half way?"
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    "I simply sigh and drop the sheet."
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    A "Finish it at my place?"

    show fang happy flip with Dissolve(.25)
    Lucy "Sounds like a second date."
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    stop music fadeout 4
    scene black with Dissolve(1)
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    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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