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

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 happy 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
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    scene black with fade
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