label chapter_3: play music mus_slow fadein 1 scene bg_class_iadakan with Dissolve(1) pause 0.25 show inco neutral at moveinright(0.2) with eidissolve "My nerves had been acting up when I first stepped back into the classroom." "{cps=5}...{/cps}made even worse when I was hit with another flash bang." window auto hide play sound snd_camera_once pause 0.2 show white with Dissolve(.1) pause 1 show inco shocked show iadakan eccentric left at moveinleft(0.6, 0.0, 0.1) behind white hide white with Dissolve(0.75) "After my twenty other classmates had finished laughing, Mr. Iadakan made a show of waving a freshly taken photo from a fancy fold-up camera from the seventies." pause 0.5 Iad "I dub this portrait,{w=0.3} {i}'d'étudiant sans poils'{/i}." window auto hide show iadakan at moveoutright_cs(0.6) show iadakan eccentric with eidissolve hide iadakan pause 1 hide inco with eidissolve pause .5 show inco at setxy(0.37, 0.1) show ben at setxy(0.55, 0.1) behind inco with eidissolve "After he'd thumbtacked the shot on a corkboard filled with poor snapshots of everyone else, Mr. Iadakan reassured me and sat me right next to Ben." show inco at movex(0.2) show ben at movex(0.35) show iadakan explaining left at moveinleft(0.75) with eidissolve "He managed to sum up his syllabus in under a minute, instead taking the majority of the time to go over our first lesson and assignment on exposure and lighting." "With each new light fixture he brought out and explained I felt my mind swirl faster with new possibilities of old shots." "{i}'If only I had that then, or if I could've used that there.'{/i}" show iadakan happy with eidissolve Iad "Now that you've had a small taste of it, we'll start on your first photography assignment; proper lighting!" "I'm salivating at the thought." "Mr. Iadakan had just finished his first lesson where he'd handed out all sorts of equipment to look over." "It's the first time I've handled some of these things, like the enormous box-light that was still taking up the entirety of my desk." show iadakan eccentric with eidissolve Iad "Remember, though, that these are just tools meant to enhance the photo." show iadakan happy with eidissolve Iad "You can highlight a turd all you want, it's still a turd." show ben happy with eidissolve "The crude language guarantees a chortle from the few half-listening students." show iadakan considering with eidissolve "The teacher looks over to the clock and hums." Iad "Well, I see that we managed to finish this lecture a tad bit early." show iadakan happy with eidissolve Iad "Why don't you all take these last ten minutes to compare notes, maybe even consider doing the assignment as a collab piece with a classmate." show iadakan at moveoutright_cs(0.75) show iadakan happy with eidissolve hide iadakan pause 0.5 show inco at movex(0.37) show ben at movex(0.55) "The room is quick to fill with the sound of chatter." "I wonder if I-" show ben at setx(0.55), hop(0.1) show ben happy left with eidissolve B "Hey." "I turn to Ben and see his eager grin." B "Do you wanna do a joint piece? Since you don't know any good spots in the school and all." "I pull out the assignment sheet from beneath the lightweight light on my desk and give it a quick scan again." pause 0.5 "{i}'Present a set of photos demonstrating your understanding of proper lighting.'{/i}" "{i}'You are allowed to borrow one lighting tool, and must take the shot on school premises.'{/i}" "{i}'And I swear, I've handed out this assignment for years now; if one more student just takes a picture of the hallway outside the classroom I'm going to personally throw them over the railing.'{/i}" "{i}'Be original, please.'{/i}" show ben explaining with eidissolve B "I've got the perfect place for it. If we work together, we can even use two items." show ben happy with eidissolve "The offer is too tempting." show inco happy with eidissolve I "Sure." pause .25 show ben happy left at nudgeup(0.1, 0.8) show inco happy at setx(0.37), nudgeup(0.1, 0.8) pause .25 "I hold out my hand and Ben takes and shakes it, sealing the pact." show black behind inco: alpha 0.0 linear 30 alpha 0.4 camera: perspective None xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 ease_quad 30 zoom 1.15 xpos 0.57 ypos 0.56 "My face is feeling weird from all the smiling today." show ben neutral with eidissolve "But in truth, I'd been enjoying Mr. Iadakan's class so much that I couldn't stop." "It feels like I've the entire world to gain from Mr. Iadakan's lesson." "And the entire world to explore, seeing as ever since the move I hadn't had time to actually explore Volcaldera Bluffs." show ben unimpressed with eidissolve "Sure, on occasion I go out on my own to parks and stuff, but who doesn't?" "Besides, I'd be a pretty lame photographer if I didn't go out and find stuff to photograph." "And you know what, I've been meaning to do a little looking around here." show ben sheepish with eidissolve "So to everyone else this assignment makes them 'have' to explore the school, but I 'get' to." "Pretty sweet deal if I do say so myself." "The hall outside the classroom is only one major photo op, between that and the murals outside I'm certain to find something cool." show ben angry with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}No, the murals won't work on their own." "Since it was my first thought to use them, that means it's likely someone else's first thought." "I need to think outside the box a bit, think of some way to use the schools' architecture to my advantage in a way that-" show ben at hop(0.1) camera: ease_quad 0.5 zoom 1 xpos 0.5 ypos 0.5 xalign 0.0 yalign 0.0 hide black with dissolve_nd B "-Inco!{fast}" show inco neutral with eidissolve "My thoughts are disrupted by a worried-looking Ben." show ben unimpressed left with eidissolve B "Maybe you should see a doctor, man. Head injuries are no laughing matter." I "I'm fine." I "What were you saying?" B "I was asking how you were doing. You know, with school and classes now." show inco surprised at nudgeup(0.1) I "Oh,{w=0.3} right!" show inco happy with eidissolve_nd I "Doing good." I "Really good, actually." I "I'm in a class that I'm one hundred percent enjoying, and starting to make some genuine friendships{cps=5}...{/cps}" I "Compared to the disaster of yesterday, today has been astoundingly positive." show ben happy left with eidissolve_nd B "That's good to hear." I "Yeah, I've even got some friends now." B "Great! Oh, and what about your art submission?" B "Was Liz able to help?" show inco skeptical with eidissolve "There's something nibbling at the corner of my thoughts at the mention of the long-necked girl." I "Yeah, she gave me my log-in stuff and everything." I "Uploading the submission was a piece of cake after all." show ben cheerful left with eidissolve B "Awesome! Though that does make you competition now." show ben happy left with eidissolve_nd B "Both Liz and I have pieces in the running too." show inco surprised with eidissolve_nd I "She told me she had submitted something, yeah. I'm a bit concerned since I didn't have as much time at all to prepare anything, but{cps=5}...{/cps}" B "Hey, everyone's got a chance. You never know." show inco happy with eidissolve_nd I "Yeah. She was pretty cool about it too." I "That whole friend group is pretty welcoming. I think I'm pretty lucky." show ben skeptical left with eidissolve B "Lucky?" "Ben seems perplexed by my statement." show inco neutral with eidissolve I "You said something at lunch when Olivia vanished." show inco skeptical with eidissolve I "I'm noticing for a silent paraplegic she sure has a lot of people upset." I "You got some hidden drama with her, too?" B "No, not really{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=1}{nw}" show ben surprised with eidissolve_nd extend " wait, 'too'? Who-" show ben: parallel: movex(0.35) parallel: hop(0.1) show inco: parallel: movex(0.2) parallel: hop(0.1) with None show inco surprised show ben shocked show iadakan annoyed left at moveinleft(0.6) with eidissolve "Iadakan calls out to us, striding over to inspect." Iad "I take it you gentlemen are conversing about your assignment together?" I "{cps=20}O-O of course Mr. Iadakan,{/cps}{w=0.3} we were just discussing where we'd take our picture. Right, Ben?" show ben at setx(0.35), hop(0.1) show ben sheepish with eidissolve #Ben nervously nodding his head #Iadakan looking suspiciously at the two before smiling Iad "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show iadakan happy left with eidissolve Iad "Well that's good then!" Iad "Good thing you guys weren't talking about something off-topic, like gossip." show iadakan explaining left with eidissolve_nd Iad "That would be a pretty embarrassing use of your time right off the bat, I think." Iad "Especially considering you're currently the subject of some fairly humorous gossip, aren't you, Mr. Nito?" show inco concerned with eidissolve "I'm awash in a wave of shame from his words." "I look at Ben, and I can see he feels it as well." show iadakan neutral with eidissolve Iad "{cps=20}If the air around someone needs clearing, clear it yourself.{/cps}" "Iadakan has a point. Maybe once a friendship is established I can learn more about her." pause 0.25 #School bell ring SFX play sound snd_school_bell fadein 0.5 volume 0.7 pause 1 show iadakan at movex(0.7) with None show iadakan eccentric show inco neutral show ben right with eidissolve stop sound fadeout 3 Iad "Alright, off you go now. And remember to get your assignment done by the end of the week!!" show iadakan happy with eidissolve_nd "The room empties out slowly, most of my peers still chatting and discussing their plans for the assignment." show ben: parallel: movey(0.0) parallel: moveoutleft_cs(0.35) show ben neutral left with eidissolve hide ben pause .5 show inco left with eidissolve_nd "Before I can continue talking with Ben about our own project, the StuCo president is already packed up and exiting the room." "Guess we'll talk later then." show inco at setx(0.2), movey(0.0) show inco right with eidissolve "Packing up my own notebook, I wave goodbye to my new favorite teacher and head off to my next class." window auto hide show inco at sety(), moveoutleft_cs(0.2) show inco neutral left with eidissolve hide inco pause 1 stop music fadeout 2 scene black with Dissolve(1) pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 #Fade to black #Fade into Prockling's class scene bg_class_history with Dissolve(1) pause 0.5 "Walking into history class for the first time, and it's about what I expect it to look like." "Pictures of historical figures, small relics from various regions, and cartography of the earth during its stages of continental drift." "Though I notice that there's a distinct lack of a teacher in the class." "Must be finishing up their lunch, I assume." "Well, better get a good seat now before they're all taken." pause 0.5 "{cps=20}Eeenie meenie miney{/cps}{cps=5}...{/cps}" "This one." show inco neutral left at moveinleft(0.2) with eidissolve show inco right with eidissolve show inco at setx(0.2), backmovey(0.1, t=1.5) "I settle myself into my chosen desk and pull out my history book and notebook, along with a pencil." play ambient1 amb_crowd_interior_loop fadein 3 volume 0.6 pause 0.5 "As the classroom fills with more and more students, it becomes a blur of vibrant scales." pause 0.5 "A few minutes pass, and I'm still wondering where the teacher is?" window auto hide pause 0.5 play sound snd_door_slam stop ambient1 fadeout .5 pause 0.1 show inco surprised at nudgeup(0.1) with xpunch pause 1 "The suddenness of the door slamming open stops any and all noise." "It's quiet enough to hear a pin drop." show solly neutral left at moveinleft(0.9,0.0,0.9,4) "The figure walks into the classroom and-" show inco shocked with eidissolve "Oh sweet heaven, no." "He stands there and stares down at everyone{cps=5}...{/cps} menacingly!" "{cps=20}He's the history teacher too?!{/cps}" show prockling neutral left at moveinleft(0.7) with eidissolve show prockling neutral right with eidissolve unknown "Thanks for walking me to my classroom, Solly." #Solly Saluting sprite show solly neutral left at setx(0.9), hity() So "Of course,{w=0.3} Miss Prockling!" show solly at moveoutright(0.9) hide solly pause 0.75 show prockling at movex(0.6) with None show prockling neutral left show inco neutral with eidissolve play music mus_slow fadein 1 "Oh thank raptor Jesus, he isn't our teacher." pause 0.5 "The raptor woman adjusts her glasses as she scans around the room before looking down at the paperwork in her hands." pause 0.5 Proc "Looks like we'll have some late arrivals, but let's get down to business." Proc "I know that I introduced myself yesterday, but for any of those who weren't here{cps=5}...{/cps}" "Her momentary glance at me makes me believe Solly told her about my absence." Proc "My name is Ms. Prockling, and this is history class." show prockling smirk with eidissolve Proc "In this course, we'll be learning about the history of our primeval ancestors and their advancements through history." Proc "You can even say that it'll be like going back in time. Doesn't that sound exciting?" pause 0.5 "Despite her admittedly-forced enthusiasm, everyone in class responds with uninterested murmuring." "Not sure why, though. This all sounds exciting!" #Prockling tired sprite show prockling neutral with eidissolve Proc "{i}sigh.{/i}" show prockling at easemovex(0.8) show prockling right with eidissolve "She walks over to her desk and places down her pile of folders before flipping open her own special version of the history book." "With a click of a button, she also turns on the projector to reveal a prepared slideshow for today's lecture." show prockling at movex(0.6) show prockling left with eidissolve "To learn about the extensive history of saurians and their culture is something I've yearned for." Proc "If you can turn your books to page thirty-six, we'll begin with the first chapter detailing the earliest interaction between Saurians and Hominids." show inco happy with eidissolve "Ooooh,{w=0.3} that sounds interesting!" stop music fadeout 2 window auto hide pause .25 scene black with dissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .25 play music mus_introspective_night scene bg_class_history show inco verysad at setxy(0.5, 0.1) with Dissolve(1) pause 0.5 "I think I jinxed myself." "Ms. Prockling's history class is the polar opposite to Iadakan's photography class." "While her introduction to the class engaged me at first, things have slowed down into an unbearably slow crawl." show inco neutral with eidissolve "My eyes scan over the introductory text of the first chapter." pause .5 "{i}'Despite the tension between the two groups, human settlers to the New World would continue to make overtures of trade to the native velociraptor tribes-'{/i}" pause .5 "Pretty sure I've read this line three times now." pause .5 "I tear my eyes away from the page in the hopes of blinking the boredom away." "I look up to see the teacher staring down at various papers on her desk with laser focus." "I must've stared too long, though, because I end up locked in a staring contest with Prockling." "She raises an eyebrow at me." pause .5 "Okay then, right, write down notes of pages three through seven about the discovery of the new world!" pause .5 "Without even fully comprehending the words before me I'm copying the page down to the letter in my notebook." "Absent-mindedly, I begin to recall everything that's happened so far with my new classmates." "Ben carries himself with a lot of refinement, and is easily my first pick as a photography partner." "But that Mia girl{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.4} she doesn't seem to want to make friends." "Of course, I could've figured that out from the cold look she gave me yesterday, not to mention the rude hand gesture." "Damien's very friendly, even if he can be a bit too {cps=20}enthusiastic{/cps} sometimes." "And though my encounter with Liz was brief, I can tell she's dependable." "My progress in making friends has been pretty good, all things considered!" pause .5 show inco concerned with eidissolve_nd "{cps=20}...But then there's Olivia.{/cps}" "So far she's still an enigma, and coupled with the apparent history she has with the others, it makes me all the more curious about her." "Liz said it would be a bad idea to 'get invested', but in the end it's effectively gossip and hearsay." "{cps=30}This had come as something of a shock to me, but-{/cps}" stop music fadeout 1 show inco neutral at nudgeup(0.1) Proc "And what do we have here,{w=0.3} Ms. Halford?" pause .5 "The sudden voice of Ms. Prockling snaps me out of my thoughts." "I lean my head to see the teacher looking down at{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.15) with None show prockling annoyed left at moveinleft(0.85, m=0.35): show olivia neutral right at moveinleft(0.6, m=0.35): with eidissolve show inco surprised with eidissolve "Wait a minute, Olivia is here too?" "As luck would have it, I share not one, but two classes with Olivia." "I must've been so jaded from trying to read this textbook that I didn't even notice the girl in the wheelchair." "She sits in the front row, diagonally in front of me." "And I don't think she's noticed this strange twist of fate herself." show inco neutral with eidissolve Proc "Only the second day of the school year and already doodling in class again?" show prockling: parallel: movex(0.8, t=.75) movex(0.85, t=.75) parallel: pause .5 nudgeup() pause 1 "She proceeds to pick up the piece of paper from Olivia's desk." "Looks like she's been drawing on it, though I can't tell what they are from where I'm sitting." pause .5 Proc "Listen, Olivia. I know history isn't the most exciting subject to learn, but could you at least {cps=15}{i}pretend{/i}{/cps} that you're taking notes?" show olivia considering with eidissolve "The only response I hear from Olivia is a heavy sigh before leaning her head back down." show prockling at sety(), moveoutright_cs(0.85) show prockling right with eidissolve hide prockling pause 0.5 show olivia at movex(0.725) show inco at movex(0.275) play music mus_boring fadein 1 show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "While the teacher returns to skulking around the room, Olivia hunches over a notebook." "{cps=5}...{/cps}Although I don't think those are notes she's taking." "Nah, no one would do something like that with the totalitarian teacher patrolling the room." "It's an attempt to get all of us to focus, but{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at movex(0.5) show olivia at movex(0.95) hide olivia with eodissolve "I'm fighting a losing battle to keep my eyelids from shutting." "My jaw is clenched tight to suppress the loud yawn building inside, even as Ms. Prockling skulks right passed me." "Just before my drowsiness can overtake me though I notice minute movement in the corner of my eye." "One of my classmates glances up at the teacher, whose eyes are roving over the opposite side of the room, and down to scribble something down." "The paper is then folded into a neat little note and{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco skeptical with eidissolve "I watch as the next person carefully unfolds the sheet and also scribbles on it, before folding and passing it along again." "Curiosity thoroughly piqued, I await anxiously in my seat for the paper to get to me." "It's a dangerous game, passing the note along so Prockling doesn't see." "{cps=5}...{/cps}If I'm participating, does that make me a slacker?" "The student to my side makes his move to toss the note over{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at movex(0.3) show prockling neutral left at moveinleft(0.75) with eidissolve "But Prockling starts turning around right then." "He flinches, and drops the hot potato on my desk in a flash." show inco shocked at setx(0.3), nudgeup(0.1) pause .5 "I nearly slam my own paper over the page to cover it from sight." show inco neutral with eidissolve "Ms. Prockling continues to lecture about how the raptors and humans eventually started to get along because they traded narcotic leaves, or something like that." show prockling at movex(0.8) show prockling neutral right with eidissolve Proc "{cps=5}...{/cps}And as you can see on the board, here{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at hop(0.1) show inco smug with eidissolve "NOW." show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.5) show prockling at movex(1.0) hide prockling with eodissolve "I lift my paper. Luckily, there's plenty of space left." "As for what everyone else has drawn{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco skeptical with eidissolve "A not-so-solid attempt at a race car." "Rough sketches of some eyes." "A bunch of doodles." "Names in various stylized fonts that I could only describe as graffiti." "And-{w=0.3} ah, of course." "It's not high school if someone hasn't drawn a penis." pause 0.5 "Ms. Prockling with stink lines coming off of her." show inco neutral with eidissolve_nd "Yeesh, better not get caught with this." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}That being said, I'm drawing a blank." "What should I draw? I don't exactly doodle every day." show inco at movex(0.275) show olivia neutraldown at moveinleft(0.725) with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}Hm." "Drawing stuff for others is a nice gesture." "Maybe I'll try to break the ice a bit." "Although I don't really know anything about her." "Hey, can't hurt to try, though, yeah?" "I can think of a few things to sketch out here." pause 0.5 "Let's see{cps=*0.1}...{/cps}" $ quick_menu = False window auto hide pause 0.5 show paper_color with dissolve hide paper_color python: #change the last_drawing_index in the occurrences of sketches last_drawing = 0 #TODO: Make this not a string call. last_drawing should be a check against the multi-persistance. #Why the fuck did no one write this with compatibility for the demo!? draw_logic.PAPER = "#ede6e6" draw_logic.PENCOLOR = "#0f0f0d" has_drawn = type(waniDemoCarryover.Chapter3Drawing) == bytes draw_logic.Draw.main(last_drawing_index=0, seed_index=drawings_seed, has_drawn=has_drawn) if (renpy.store.persistent.drawn): if not (draw_logic.last_filename == ''): #Fucking horrible. Why is this not just a function that returns some shit?! waniDemoCarryover.Chapter3Drawing = draw_logic.rawImageBytes waniDemoCarryover.save() renpy.store.persistent.drawn = 0 $ my_drawing = renpy.display.im.Data(waniDemoCarryover.Chapter3Drawing, "input.png") show expression my_drawing pause 1 play sound snd_scribble volume 1.5 hide my_drawing with Dissolve(1.0) python: my_drawing = None _hash = None _data = None pause 0.25 $ quick_menu = True show inco happy with eidissolve_nd "{cps=18}Aand, done.{/cps}" "I didn't have a lot of room to really work with, but as I surreptitiously admire my work I find{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco neutral with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}That I have a long way to go. It feels like I'm being mogged by the other doodles." "Alright, Olivia's sure to like this." "Ms. Prockling is still turned around. Alright." "If I slip the paper over Olivia's shoulder I won't have to get up and risk getting caught." "{cps=5}...{/cps}Aaaand,{w=0.3} here,{w=0.3} we,{w=0.3} goooooo." show inco at setx(0.275), hop(0.1) pause 0.5 "It's a bit tricky, and I hesitate, but the paper meets its' destination." show olivia at setx(0.725), nudgeup() show olivia grindown with eidissolve "She doesn't even look back, just takes the paper eagerly." "It's completely different from how she was acting earlier." "Her tail is even swaying side to side{cps=5}...{/cps} Oh, is that wagging?" "Huh." pause 0.5 "Alright, now she's gonna see my sketch and possibly think I'm cool." show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "She's not turning around." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}Well, It's not much, so it could also just-" show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.15) show olivia at sety(), movex(0.6) with None show olivia surprised show prockling annoyed left: parallel: moveinleft(0.85, m=0.4) parallel: pause 0.5 nudgeup() with eidissolve Proc "I'll be taking that." "Ms. Prockling snatches the paper from Olivia's claws, she holds her arms out." show prockling considering with eidissolve "She takes a glance at the paper, and a small crack of a smile appears on her face before going back to its stoic visage." show prockling at sety(), movex(0.8) show prockling annoyed with eidissolve Proc "So, is this how you view me, Ms. Halford?" show prockling at movex(0.85) show prockling right with eidissolve "Prockling holds the paper up for all to see." "Everyone in the class does their best to avoid her persecuting gaze." show prockling left with eidissolve Proc "I know that most of you were a part of this as well." show olivia considering with eidissolve Proc "Look, I'm not asking for much. Please do your assignments when you're in class, it's the least you can do." unknown "We were just passing a note one at a time, she wasn't even paying attention!" unknown "Yeah, how come all of us are in trouble?" pause 0.5 "I notice Prockling look down at Olivia for a moment before letting out a sigh of defeat." show prockling neutral with eidissolve Proc "Look, since it's only the second day I'll let this one slide, but I'm warning you now that I won't be so lenient the next time it happens." Proc "Otherwise you'll end up like the last student who decided to be disruptive during class." unknown "Pfft.{w=0.3} What happened to him? Get a detention slip or something?" stop music fadeout 2 window auto hide pause .5 show prockling annoyed with eidissolve pause .5 show prockling at movex(0.6) show olivia at movex(0.35) show inco at movex(-0.1) show olivia neutral with eidissolve pause 0.25 show prockling at easemovex(0.9, 1.5) show prockling right with eidissolve pause 0.5 show prockling left with eidissolve play sound snd_window_open volume 0.5 show prockling at nudgeup() "Ms. Prockling pulls up the window blinds and pushes the window screen open." show prockling at movex(0.85) pause 0.5 "She then takes out a walkie-talkie." play sound snd_radio_on volume 0.5 Proc "{w=.4}Solly.{w=0.3} Yep.{w=0.3} {i}ANOTHER{/i} hippie.{w=0.3} Seat H-4." play sound snd_radio_off volume 0.5 pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .5 show spr_dodgeball: xpos 1.2 ypos 0.3 linear 0.2 xpos -0.2 show prockling: linear 0.2 xpos 1.225 show olivia shocked: parallel: linear 0.2 xpos 0.725 parallel: movey(0.18, 0.2) easemovey(0.00) show inco shocked: parallel: linear 0.2 xpos 0.275 parallel: pause 0.05 movey(0.3, .2) easemovey(0.1) play audio snd_slapstick_fastthrow play audio snd_impact play audio [ "", snd_crowd_wince] pause .3 hide spr_dodgeball with xpunchlong pause 1.25 Proc "Good job, soldier." play sound snd_window_close volume 0.5 pause 1.0 show prockling smirk at moveinleft(0.9) with eidissolve Proc "Now, if we can, let's continue." pause .5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}{cps=20}W-we're on the second floor{/cps}{cps=5}...{/cps}" play music mus_introspective_night show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.5) show olivia at sety(), movex(0.95) show prockling neutral at movex(1.05) with None hide prockling hide olivia with eodissolve "I sink back into my seat and continue writing, mainly out of unadulterated fear of experiencing the same wrath from the teacher." show inco concerned with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}Man, now I feel guilty for Olivia." "I was the one to pass her the note, after all{cps=5}...{/cps}" "Maybe I shouldn't have tried." pause .5 "Well, I can always apologize after class." show inco neutral with eidissolve "Ms. Prockling places the note and continues with her lecture for another half-hour." pause .5 "With ten minutes of class left, I see Prockling look at the clock above the door." show inco at movex(0.2) with None show olivia neutral at moveinleft(0.6, m=0.3) show prockling neutral left at moveinleft(0.85, m=0.3) with eidissolve "I then notice Olivia grabbing her attention, and as if she knew what she's already going to say to her, the teacher nods her head." show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "Olivia grabs her backpack and shoves all of her things into it." show olivia at moveoutright_cs(0.8) show olivia neutral with eidissolve hide olivia show prockling right with eidissolve_nd "In silence, she wheels herself to the door, opens it, and rolls on out." "The teacher must've noticed me watching her leave." show prockling left with eidissolve Proc "Accommodations." pause .5 "Well, there goes my chances of saying sorry to her." pause .5 "Feeling defeated, I decide to focus on writing down my notes for the rest of the time left." "Although, I do wonder{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .5 show black with dissolve pause .5 "She must have noticed my doodle." "Did she just ignore it, then?" stop music fadeout 2 pause .5 "Class comes and goes, and I head back home on the metro." pause .5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .5 play music mus_chill2 play ambient1 amb_metro_loop fadein 2 volume 0.5 call l_metro_day from _call_l_metro_day camera: perspective True parallel: tf_metro_cameramove show spr_null at tf_metro_soundplayer # dummy sprite so we can cancel the sounds without interrupting the camera movement. with Dissolve(1) pause .5 "Another day, another dollar." "Though this time I pass on the mini breakfast burritos." "After how bad they messed me up during PE yesterday, I don't want my stomach to endure that torture again." "Instead I just got a few hashbrowns from a fast food joint by the metro." pause .5 "I idly scroll through my feed, as I usually do, while the metro jostles about to my destination." "It's been a few days now, and the strange scent of extremely cheap detergent and alcohol have become an afterthought." "Some of the vines are actually plastic, and the flowers are little air fresheners." "That's not actually something I noticed, moreso witnessed when a passenger tried eating one." "Some of the vines {i}are{/i} real though. For some reason, they go untouched anyways." "Maybe they're just not tasty?" "Vegetarians don't eat the grass in their lawns, after all." "Right?{w=0.3} Huh{cps=5}...{/cps}" show metroferris behind bg_metro_overlay with eidissolve: tf_metro_defaultalign moveindown(METRO_DEFAULTALIGNX, METRO_DEFAULTALIGNY, 0.07) pause 0.5 "Anyways." "The lights have gone out and someone just dropped a wrecking ball next to me." "Must be Mr. Ferris." show layer master: ease_cubic 1.5 ypos METRO_CAMERA_FERRISVIEW pause 1.5 show layer master: ypos METRO_CAMERA_FERRISVIEW Fe "Good morning, Inco." I "Good morning. Has work been going fine?" Fe "It has. Slowly, but I'm very thorough. I hate the idea of a place of learning not being an ideal place to learn." Fe "And I appreciate our talks, your perspective has really helped me understand the student body more." I "You're welcome." pause 0.5 I "Hey, have you given any more thought to the fashion thing?" Fe "I have. Although I can't say I really 'get it'." I "There's plenty to see everywhere if you just look around." Fe "Really? Like what?" I "Well{cps=5}...{/cps}" I "Like, look at the girl on the other end of the car, there." window auto hide show metroferris neutral_considering show layer master: ypos METRO_CAMERA_FERRISVIEW ease_cubic 1.5 ypos 200 pause 2 ease_cubic 1.5 ypos METRO_CAMERA_FERRISVIEW pause 5 show layer master: ypos METRO_CAMERA_FERRISVIEW Fe "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 Fe "It's{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} rather revealing." show metroferris considering_neutral Fe "I don't think that's really for me. I love my wife." I "I just mean as an example." pause 0.5 Fe "Well, there's an event coming up. I could see about trying something new." Fe "What would you recommend?" stop music fadeout 1.5 "That's a good question. What {i}would{/i} be good to use here." pause 1.0 play music mus_misc hide spr_null stop ambient1 fadeout 4 "In my inner eye I conceptualize the coolest possible Ferris." "The fresh machine is going full throttle." pause 0.5 "First, sunglasses." show metroferris glasses with dissolve pause .5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}His eyes may be a little too far apart for that." "However, beanie." show metroferris beanie with dissolve pause .5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}Moving on." "Big guns. Fresh jacket." window auto hide pause 0.25 show metroferris hairstyle jacket neutral_nomouth with Dissolve(1) pause 1.0 "There we go. The coolest possible Ferris." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 show metroferris outfits_off no_hairstyle neutral with dissolve Fe "{cps=5}...{/cps}Mr. Nito?" I "Sorry, just thinking." I "Why don't you start with{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 menu: "Radial Frosted Glass Dimroom Sunglasses": pause 0.5 pass "Cotton Refab Beanie #27": pause 0.5 pass "Mal'Com Seasonal Crossprint Jacket": pause 0.5 pass show metroferris neutral_skeptical Fe "Really now?" Fe "Those all sound rather{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} Expensive." I "{cps=5}...{/cps}Yeah. They are." I "You know what, try a gold chain necklace." show metroferris skeptical_neutral Fe "A what?" I "Yeah! Just make sure it's appropriately sized so it doesn't look silly." I "I'm sure it would go a long way. And they're pretty cheap to get." pause 0.5 show metroferris neutral_considering Fe "{cps=5}...{/cps}Well, alright. I'll take your word for it." show metroferris considering_neutral Fe "We sure talk about fashion a lot, though." Fe "Is that really all everything's about these days?" I "Oh, of course not." I "What do you wanna know about?" Fe "What's 'yowlow' mean?" Fe "I've heard the term thrown around recently." I "That was like five years ago." Fe "Oh." window auto hide pause .5 scene black camera at resetcamera with Dissolve(1) pause .5 stop ambient1 fadeout 3 "Mr. Ferris and I talk more about contemporary urban slang until we arrive at our stop." pause .5 stop music fadeout 1.5 stop sound fadeout 1.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .5 play music mus_slow fadein 1 scene bg_class_iadakan with Dissolve(1) pause .5 "Ah, Art." show inco neutral at setxy(0.2, 0.1) show iadakan explaining left at setx(0.7) with eidissolve "Mr. Iadakan had just started talking about our first project for the class." show inco at movex(0.15) with None show olivia cheerful at movey(-0.04), setx(0.35) behind inco show iadakan happy with eidissolve "As soon as he'd said the word, Olivia's hand had shot up." show olivia at bob(-0.05, 0.01) "Her gray eyes sparkled in excitement, and a smile threatened to crush the perpetual frown etched on her snout." "The girl vibrates in her seat as she waves her arm in the air trying to get the teacher's attention." show olivia at movey(0.0) show olivia happy with eidissolve "Iadakan's own smile was strained as he and Olivia engaged in a staring contest with one another." show olivia surprised show iadakan neutral left with eidissolve "I could only marvel as the two argued with each other without a single word." show iadakan at movex(0.75) pause 0.75 play sound snd_light_off show black: alpha .5 show iadakan: nudgeup() movex(0.7) show olivia skeptical with eidissolve_nd "Eventually,{w=0.3} Iadakan won by turning off the lights and turning on the cheap projector hanging from the ceiling." "{cps=5}...{/cps}And playing a safety video about paint that felt far too graphic for a school setting." show inco concerned with eidissolve_nd "I don't think I'll be able to eat barbeque for a while." show olivia hmph show inco neutral with eidissolve "Thoroughly defeated, Olivia crosses her arms and pouts in her seat." pause 0.5 Iad "-and that-" show iadakan at sety(), movex(0.75) pause 0.75 play sound snd_light_on hide black show iadakan at movex(0.7) Iad "Is why we won't be using any of the more{cps=5}...{/cps} exotic{cps=5}...{/cps} materials for any projects, Ms. Halford." "Ugh,{w=0.3} maybe I should've just skipped breakfast entirely." show olivia annoyed with eidissolve O "I still don't see the problem." Iad "Once you've all had the proper safety handling course,{w=0.3} in the {i}second{/i} semester,{w=0.3} you'll be allowed to use oil-based paints." Iad "Until that time, however, all the assignments will require safer supplies." Iad "Now, since we've pivoted to this, might as well finish the full video." show iadakan at movex(0.75) pause 0.75 play sound snd_light_off show black: alpha .5 show iadakan at movex(0.7) pause .5 show olivia ugh with eidissolve pause .5 show olivia canteen with eidissolve "The grumpy gator holds a hand to her throat, mumbling to herself as she grabs a metal flask and drinks from it." show iadakan at sety(), movex(1.0) show inco at movex(0.4) show olivia at sety(), movex(0.6) with None show olivia annoyed show inco skeptical hide iadakan with eidissolve "The entire display from her was mystifying, at odds with how Ben and Liz described Olivia." "In fact, it kind of reminded me of{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause .5 "Me." "I can understand why, after all, Iadakan is letting Ben and I use some of his equipment in photography." "That thrill of experimentation, of new possibilities{cps=5}...{/cps}" "No doubt that it brings a creative sparkle to her eyes{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia left with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}Eyes that fill with pure malice as they glare daggers my way." pause .5 O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco neutral at setx(0.4), hity(0.1) pause .5 "Oh. Was I staring?{w=0.5} Oops." show olivia right with eidissolve "Before I could offer an apology she already had her hands on the wheels." show inco at movex(0.1) show olivia at movex(0.3) show iadakan unimpressed left at moveinleft(0.8, m=.3) behind black, olivia with eidissolve pause 0.25 show olivia at easemovex(0.6, 1.25) pause 0.25 "She rolls up to Iadakan's desk. He leans forward intently." "I can't make out anything that's said through the video, but going by the occasional glare back it's not hard to imagine." show inco concerned with eidissolve "Crap, I really didn't mean to offend{cps=5}...{/cps}" show iadakan neutral left at nudgeup() "Iadakan notices I'm watching and motions for me to come forward." show inco at setx(0.1), movey(0.0) pause 0.5 "Slowly,{w=0.3} I shift out of my seat and approach the desk." window auto hide show inco concerned at sety(), easemovex(0.4, 1.5) pause 1.5 show inco at movex(0.25) show olivia at movex(0.45) show iadakan at movex(0.7) pause 0.75 Iad "Alright,{w=0.3} is something going on here?" "Iadakan speaks in a hushed tone, just loud enough for me to hear over the makeshift matinee." Iad "Olivia's telling me you're making goofy faces at her." show olivia angry at hity() show iadakan unimpressed O "No!{w=.5}{nw}" extend " I said he's been staring at me all through class!" show inco neutral with eidissolve "Huh." O "It's weird! Like he's never seen someone like me!" O "Can't you move him to a different seat?" show olivia grumpy show iadakan explaining with eidissolve Iad "Now hold on a sec there, Olivia, let's not get ahead of ourselves." Iad "I'm sure this is just a misunderstanding." show olivia ugh with eidissolve O "{cps=15}Mr. Iadakaaannn...{/cps}" "It's like she's a different person here." show olivia canteen with eidissolve "She fishes out a canteen of water and brings it to her mouth." show iadakan unimpressed with eidissolve Iad "You're given a lot of leeway when it comes to seat assignment, but asking for something like this?" show olivia skeptical with eidissolve O "Mmmm{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia grumpy with eidissolve O "I just want him to leave me alone{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia canteen with eidissolve "She sips again." "What's that about?" show iadakan explaining show olivia annoyed with eidissolve Iad "Well then, Inco, you tell us." Iad "What's on your mind? Can't have disagreements between classmates this early in the year." show inco verysad with eidissolve I "I'm confused. I didn't know there was any disagreement between us." Iad "Well, sometimes it's the little things you do that you don't even think about that affect people the most." Iad "Anything like that come to mind?" show inco neutral with eidissolve "I shake my head. Olivia's glare doesn't diminish away from my field of view." show iadakan neutral with eidissolve I "I mean, I've been a bit curious about her since we sit next to each other, and I'm friends with some of her friends." I "{cps=5}...{/cps}We all sat together at lunch yesterday." pause 0.5 "Iadakan nods to himself thoughtfully." Iad "Sounds like he just wants to hang out, Olivia." show olivia annoyeddown with eidissolve_nd "Her face scrunches at the mere thought." show olivia annoyedconsidering with eidissolve O "{cps=5}...{/cps}Eeeh, not really interested." O "He's distracting me from classwork. I wanna watch the video without being gawked at." I "Sorry, I didn't mean it." Iad "Does that resolve the issue for you, Olivia?" show olivia hmph with eidissolve O "No, I don't want some buddy in this class." show olivia canteen with eidissolve pause 1 show olivia canteeneyes with eidissolve "She goes to take another sip,{w=0.3} but ends up turning the canteen upside down." "All out." show olivia grumpy with eidissolve O "{cps=15}Grrgh...{/cps}" show iadakan unimpressed left with eidissolve Iad "Olivia, you can go fill that up if you want." O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" Iad "You won't be missing anything, the video's nothing you don't already know, I'm sure." show olivia annoyed left with eidissolve "Olivia eyes me suspiciously, and slowly moves out the door towards the nearest water fountain." stop music fadeout 2 show olivia at sety(), moveoutleft(0.5) hide olivia pause 1.0 show inco at movex(0.32) show iadakan at movex(0.62) pause 0.5 "Iadakan sighs." pause .5 play music mus_trouble Iad "Alright." show iadakan at easemovex(0.65) show iadakan neutral left with eidissolve "He leans back in his chair with his arms resting behind his head." Iad "Inco, I told you yesterday if the air needs clearing to do it yourself." Iad "Now she's in a mood because you were staring at her like a weirdo." Iad "And here I thought you two would get along, she even gave you that sketch she made of you." Iad "Truthfully, I'm impressed, but here we are." Iad "What's going on, big guy?" show inco verysad with eidissolve I "Again,{w=0.3} sorry." I "It's been a pretty busy few days{cps=5}...{/cps}" Iad "Mhm?" I "Yeah, I've gotten into a cool friend group, we're all gonna sit together at lunch." I "Olivia's there, too. She didn't say much, but I got her a soda." I "Don't know why she's so upset at me." pause .5 Iad "It's nothing personal, Inco." show inco neutral with eidissolve I "It's not?" show iadakan explaining left with eidissolve Iad "She's{cps=5}...{/cps} reticent,{w=0.3} especially when it comes to change." Iad "If you're at her lunch period too, I can see why she'd be wary of you." show iadakan neutral with eidissolve I "Hm{cps=5}...{/cps}" I "If you don't mind me asking, Mr. Iadakan?" Iad "Yes?" I "Why's she so open with you?" Iad "How do you mean?" I "Just now, she spoke more in that conversation than all the other times I've seen her yesterday." I "I saw the canteen, I figured it's something to do with her voice, but{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} It's surprising." Iad "Her water bottle's the other way around. It's unfortunate, but she just really rarely talks at all." Iad "And I guess she just really trusts me. I've known her since she was a freshman." Iad "She seemed to gravitate towards art and how I taught it, and soon enough I took her under my wing." I "But she lives with Damien, right? He's at the lunch table and she still barely talks to him." show iadakan sad left with eidissolve Iad "Poor kid." Iad "Hope he's doing alright." I "He seems to be alright." I "But yeah, she's distant to everyone else." I "So much so I keep hearing weird things about her." show iadakan at movex(0.6) show iadakan neutral with eidissolve "Iadakan leans forward in his chair, suddenly attentive." pause .5 Iad "Is this about you gossiping with Ben yesterday?" I "A bit{cps=5}...{/cps} He showed up to the table and said something about her 'being the same' after she left." I "Probably some drama there, but I don't want to pry." pause .5 "He nods." pause .5 I "But also, Liz told me some weird things, too." show iadakan considering left with eidissolve "He stops nodding." pause .5 Iad "I know of her, is something wrong?" I "No,{w=0.3} no,{w=0.3} she just said I shouldn't get invested in being her friend." I "Everyone's being real weird about it, so I was curious for myself." I "Guess that's why I was looking at her weird. Sorry." pause .5 show iadakan at movex(0.62) show iadakan unimpressed left with eidissolve "Iadakan rubs his temples." show iadakan concerned left with eidissolve Iad "Ai yay yay{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} it's worse than I thought{cps=5}...{/cps}" I "What is?" Iad "I'll put it this way." Iad "You've met three people that know Olivia, other than me." Iad "Of the three, only one thinks highly of her and the other two start unloading drama on anyone willing to listen. In this case, you." Iad "No wonder you're confused." pause .5 I "{cps=5}...{/cps}I hadn't thought of it like that." Iad "I don't blame you, you shouldn't be involved in anything stupid." Iad "Highschoolers, you know?" I "I guess{cps=5}...{/cps}" show iadakan neutral left with eidissolve "Iadakan inhales, collecting his thoughts." pause .5 Iad "Important question, then." Iad "Do you really want to be Olivia's friend?" show inco surprised with eidissolve I "Huh?{w=0.4} I mean, I guess." show iadakan annoyed left with eidissolve "A judging eyebrow is raised my way." Iad "Are you really? Or just 'curious' about her?" "He seems pretty serious about this." show inco neutral with eidissolve I "Yes, then." show inco at movex(0.45) show iadakan at movex(0.7) show olivia at movex(0.25) behind black with eidissolve "Olivia returns to class and rolls right back up to the desk." pause .5 O "Back." O "Have you changed his desk yet?" show iadakan neutral left with eidissolve "Iadakan nudges his head towards me expectantly, prodding me on." show inco neutral left with eidissolve I "I'm sorry I distracted you during class, Olivia." show olivia annoyed with eidissolve O "{cps=10}...Uh...{/cps}" show olivia neutral with eidissolve_nd "She looks to Iadakan and gets a similar nod." pause .5 show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve_nd O "{cps=10}...Sure...{/cps}?" show olivia neutral with eidissolve_nd O "I mean you're welcome." show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve_nd O "I mean thanks.{w=0.3} Shit." O "But uhh{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} No really, I don't want to be distracted." show iadakan happy left with eidissolve Iad "Come on now, Olivia. The least you could do is give him another chance. You never know." O "I don't really want to know{cps=5}...{/cps}" O "I get he's, like, friends with Damien, but I don't really want to{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} You know." O "Not in this class." show inco at setx(0.45), nudgeup() show inco happy with eidissolve I "But I'd like to be your friend." show olivia skeptical with eidissolve "She stops and raises an eyebrow. Lots of those going around recently." "Like she was expecting this response." "She looks to Iadakan for help." pause .5 show inco neutral with eidissolve_nd Iad "Actually, Olivia, I also think he'd make a good friend for you." show olivia angry at setx(0.25), hity() O "...!" O "What?" "His words were like a battering ram." pause .5 Iad "I'm simply saying to give Inco here a chance." "I could almost see the imaginary bulwark she hid behind slowly crumbling from what Iadakan was saying." Iad "You are both quite similar at heart, though you may have different methods." Iad "Perhaps you'll find some compromise behind cynicism and naivety if you work together." show olivia surprised with eidissolve "Finally the last fragments of her imaginary fortress collapse. Olivia can only look at the art teacher with timid confusion painted across her features." pause .5 O "Uh, well{cps=5}...{/cps}" O "I, I don't{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} Are you for real, Mr. Iadakan?" Iad "I am. He's actually in another class of mine." Iad "I've seen him. He's passionate about his camera like you are with a brush." Iad "And I do expect great things from him." pause .5 show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve_nd O "{cps=10}...Uhm...{/cps}{w=.3} {cps=10}O-okay...{/cps}" O "Sorry, I really thought, uh{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia shocked at hity() O "Oh!" "Oops. She accidentally bit her tongue." "Her mouth is clamped shut." show olivia worried with eidissolve Iad "It's just my opinion. You can make your own choices, Olivia." "She nods furiously." pause .5 Iad "Oop, the movie's about to end. You two should get back to your seats." Iad "We good here?" stop music fadeout 5 show olivia considering show inco neutral right with eidissolve "Olivia side-eyes me again, and nods once more." Iad "Alright." "He motions for us to 'skedaddle'. Olivia backs away to her spot." show olivia at moveoutleft_cs(0.25) show olivia neutral left with eidissolve hide olivia I "Thanks, Mr. Iadakan." Iad "For what? I just gave an opinion." show iadakan neutral left with eidissolve Iad "I'm serious, it's up to the two of you if you want to be friends." Iad "Don't screw it up." "He waves me off again, and gets up to flip the lights." window auto hide show iadakan at moveoutright(0.7) hide iadakan pause 1.0 play music mus_boring fadein 2 show inco at movex(0.9) show olivia at moveinright(0.6, m=0.4) behind inco with eidissolve pause 0.25 show inco at easemovex(0.4, 1.5) show inco left with eidissolve pause 0.5 show inco right with eidissolve show inco at setx(0.4), backmovey(0.1) "I get back to my seat and stare absentmindedly at the projected screen as I digest Iadakan's words." "He said he only gave his opinion, but it seems like he also gave me an opportunity to take the right steps in connecting with Olivia." "And with what he said about her being passionate with a brush, it's gotten me even more curious about her artistic prowess." show olivia considering with eidissolve "Speaking of whom, I notice that she occasionally gives me a side-eye." show olivia neutral with eidissolve_nd "I don't think she can see my eyes due to the dim lighting combined with my shades." show olivia considering with eidissolve "She stares at me with a sense of strange curiosity, almost as if she's trying to get a read of me from my face alone." "But from what I can tell by her facial cues, she seems confused and almost shaken up." "It's like she wants to say something, but keeps on backing away at the last second." "Guess her mind is also jostling around from Iadakan's words." pause .5 play sound snd_light_on hide black show olivia annoyed at nudgeup() show inco concerned at nudgeup(0.1) pause .5 "Our teacher flicks the lightswitch, and I feel my retinae burn from the bright lamp lights even with my sunglasses." show olivia at sety(), movex(0.35) show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.15) with None show olivia neutral show iadakan neutral left at moveinleft(0.8) show inco neutral with eidissolve Iad "Alright, normally in your first week we'd be doing something simple, like a color swatch wheel." Iad "However, I think you all could manage something a bit more advanced." show olivia surprised with eidissolve "The gator girl's head whipped around at the word 'advanced.'" "Whatever Olivia was thinking before regarding me seems to be forgotten, as she focuses almost entirely on the teacher." pause .5 "Mr. Iadakan holds up a stack of paper for us to see." show iadakan eccentric left with eidissolve Iad "First things first, I'd like for you all to fill out these topic sheets, so that I know you understand how to {i}safely{/i} handle oil-based paints." show olivia neutral with eidissolve Iad "Last thing we need is another burnt down classroom{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause .5 "The way Iadakan says those words makes me imagine some pretty horrible outcomes..." pause .5 Iad "Once you've finished your sheets, bring them to me so I can review them." Iad "I'll be giving you the permission sheet after I know you lot won't set yourselves on fire or poison yourselves." pause .5 "The allosaur guy in front of me hands back the stack, and I take a page from it before handing the rest to the diplo girl behind me." "My eyes scan over the sheet-" I "'What grade of mask do snouts longer than 3 inches require?'" show inco concerned with eidissolve "And a realization hits me." "I didn't see the first half of that video." "My eyes scan over the page and I groan when I see questions I've no answers for." "All of them pertaining to dinosaur anatomy." show iadakan happy left with eidissolve "The art teacher looks directly at me, and then to the side." "I try to decipher his meaning, follow his eyes." pause .5 show inco neutral at nudgeup(0.1) "Oh." show olivia at movex(0.6) show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.4) show iadakan at movex(1.1) hide iadakan with eodissolve pause 0.5 show inco at easemovex(0.43) "I turn in my seat and lean closer to Olivia." pause 0.5 I "Hey uh-" show inco behind olivia show olivia annoyed left behind inco: parallel: movex(0.65, 0.5) parallel: hity() O "What!" with xpunch show olivia at setx(0.65), hity() O "What now?" show olivia at hity() O "What?" show olivia at hity() O "What is it?" show olivia at hity() O "I'm not gonna let you draw me." show inco concerned with eidissolve "What the hell-?" pause 0.5 "Looking at her paper, I see that she's already answered the questions I couldn't." show inco neutral with eidissolve "I show her my own page, tapping the upper section that was still blank." show olivia ugh with eidissolve "Olivia groans and looks to Iadakan pleadingly." "All she gets for her troubles is a thumbs up." show olivia at movex(0.675) show olivia embarassed with eidissolve O "{cps=15}Fffffffffffffff-{/cps}" show olivia at movex(0.65) show olivia annoyed with eidissolve O "Fine." O "Fine{w=0.3} fine{w=0.3} fine." show olivia angry at backmovex(0.6) O "Here!" "She holds out her sheet for me." show olivia annoyed with eidissolve_nd "Wait, isn't this cheating?" "The art teacher wouldn't-" show inco surprised with eidissolve "When did he get to his desk? Why does he have a sleeping mask?!" show inco neutral with eidissolve "Mmm{cps=5}...{/cps}If I look over the answers, I still learn the safety procedures." "So what's the difference in the end? That must be what he's thinking." "Either that or he doesn't care." "I copy the words from Olivia's sheet, doing my best to at least rephrase them." "Some of my classmates are already walking up to Iadakan's desk." "He's barely reading the pages, not even taking the sleeping mask off." show inco happy with eidissolve I "Thanks,{w=0.3} Olivia." show olivia neutral right behind inco with eidissolve O "Whatever." show olivia at moveoutright(0.6) hide olivia pause 0.5 "Olivia finishes her page in a few seconds and wheels herself to the desk too." "The last answer I'm fairly confident on." "Like what 'flashpoint' means." show inco at movey(0.0) show inco neutral with eidissolve "I get up and go to Iadakan's desk and set my safety assessment down." show inco at sety(), movex(0.2) show iadakan left at moveinleft(0.8) with eidissolve pause 0.25 show inco at easemovex(0.55, 1.25) pause 1.0 Iad "Good good, here's your permission slip to use hazardous paints." pause 0.5 "He didn't even bother to look over my worksheet." pause 0.5 I "Uh{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "He lifts the eyemask from his face and looks at me with one eye." pause 0.5 Iad "What? Most of that stuff doesn't apply to you, Inco." Iad "Just don't drink the paint or get it in your eyes and you'll be okay." I "Yes, Mr. Iadakan." show iadakan happy left with eidissolve Iad "Attaboy. Now go back to your desk and wait for class to end." Iad "Tomorrow I'll be starting you all on something simple." Iad "Like painting a cube. Or a ball." Iad "Yeah, model dodgeball painting." "The eyemask drops down and I return to my seat." show inco: movex(0.4, 1.25) backmovey(0.1) show iadakan at movex(1.0) with None show olivia at moveinright(0.6) behind inco hide iadakan with eidissolve pause .5 "The class' clock reads five minutes until lunch." "Olivia's back to leering at me." "I consider what I should do or say, some sort of ice breaker." "Mr. Iadakan said we're similar, and I can see some of what he means." "But I'm a photographer and she's a painter." pause .5 "Hmmm{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause .5 "'So a cubist and a dadaist walk into a bar-" #School bell ring SFX play sound snd_school_bell volume 0.6 stop music fadeout 2 "BING BONG" stop sound fadeout 5 Iad "Have a good lunch now!" pause .5 show olivia at hop(h=-0.02) "The moment the bell rings, Olivia shoves most of her things into her backpack, not caring if her notebook gets crushed." show olivia at moveoutleft_cs(0.6) show olivia neutral left with eidissolve hide olivia "Once she zips up, she races out of the classroom." "Guess she doesn't want to get caught in the chaos of the lunchroom stampede{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .5 scene black with dissolve pause .5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause .5 camera: perspective True play music mus_general scene bg_cafeteria: zpos -1800 zzoom True $ sprHandler_CrowdTransitionIn(True) with Dissolve(1) pause .5 "I manage to avoid getting stuck in the frenzy by shuffling along the wall the long way around the lunchroom." "It's a bit longer, but at least there's less risk of getting used as an improvised meat club." pause .5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}Hey, why don't I just go in through the courtyard? It's right there next to the table." "Damn it." "Next time." pause .5 "Hey, is there a palm tree or something by the table now?" "Never seen one with a trunk that's green." pause .5 "I get around the last of the crowd and approach the table." show olivia neutraldown left at setx(0.5) show damien neutral at setx(0.2) camera: xpos -0.3 linear 1 xpos -0.1 easein_quad 1 xpos 0.0 $ sprHandler_crowdTransitionAway() pause 1.0 "Damien's here, chowing down on a sandwich stacked with various meats." "And, like yesterday, Olivia's already at the table." window auto hide show inco neutral left at moveinleft(0.8) show olivia considering with eidissolve pause .5 show inco right with eidissolve pause .5 show inco skeptical left with eidissolve #Inco sprite looking around, confused I "Hey, Damien. You've seen Liz? Thought she was joining us for lunch." "Without a word, Damien points to the palm tree next to us." show damien at movex(0.38) behind olivia show olivia at movex(0.6) show inco at movex(0.85) with None show lizbody neutral at moveinright(0.15) show damien neutralconsidering show inco surprised show olivia neutral with eidissolve pause .25 "Oh, crap, that's no tree." "I look up to see Liz's head in the rafters, prodding at the vines on the ceiling." "The ceiling was a lot lower in the computer lab, so I couldn't tell as easily, but{cps=5}...{/cps}" "That neck is {i}long{/i}.{w=0.3} Anyways{cps=5}...{/cps}" $ sprHandler_crowdTransitionAway(True) camera: xpos 0.0 with None show inco neutral left with eidissolve I "Uh{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} Hey Liz!" show lizbody at setx(0.15), hop() L "Hey Inco! Couldn't see you from up here 'til I heard you." "Well, guess I'll go ahead to get my food from the vending machines again." show inco right at moveoutright(0.85) hide inco pause .25 scene black with dissolve pause .25 "Making my way over to the vending machines, I do the same song and dance I did last time." "A card swipe and a few button presses later earn me a couple cans of soda, two bags of chips, and a few candy bars." "It's like when the teacher asks if you brought enough candy for everyone, only now it's true." pause .5 "I head back to our table, the bundle of foodstuff in my makeshift pouch, and distribute them." window auto hide pause .25 scene bg_cafeteria show damien neutral at setx(0.38) behind olivia show olivia neutraldown left at setx(0.6) show inco neutral left at moveinleft(0.85) show lizbody neutral at setxy(0.15, 0.0) with dissolve show olivia considering left with eidissolve "Olivia gets her share, but she doesn't say anything." show damien pog at hop() D "Aw sweet!" L "Ah, why thank you, Inco. Damien, if you'd be so kind." show damien neutral left with eidissolve D "Already on it!" "Damien cracks open a can of soda just as Liz lowers her head next to him. She's wearing a novelty soda cap." show damien at sety(), movex(0.43) show lizhead neutral hat: xpos 0.15 + LIZHEADX_NEUTRAL ypos -0.27 + LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL easein_cubic 1 ypos 0.0 + LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL show olivia neutral left with eidissolve "He then speed swaps the old can with the new one, almost like he's swapping wheels on a formula-one racer." L "Thank you." show damien sheepish left with eidissolve D "No problemo!" show lizhead: easeout_cubic 1 ypos -0.27 + LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL "Liz' head cranes back up to the top of the ceiling to continue eating the foliage." show damien at movex(0.38) show damien neutral right with eidissolve D "So, Niko, how's your day been so far?" I "It's been pretty decent, I'd say. I'm mostly looking forward to photography, since Ben'll show me some good photo spots." D "Cool,{w=0.3} cool." "Damien just nods as he continues to munch on his sandwich. I think he zoned out about halfway through my sentence." show inco happy with eidissolve I "Oh and also, Liz helped me submit my contest entry!" show damien happy with eidissolve D "Awesome! Can always rely on Liz to help you out." show lizbody at nudgeup() L "Flattery will get you nowhere, Damien." show damien neutral left with eidissolve D "Just sayin' the honest truth." show damien neutral right show inco neutral with eidissolve D "Liz entered the contest too, right? Everyone must be trying to win the cash prize." L "The money's{cps=5}...{/cps} {i}okay{/i}." $ liz_movexy_cs(0.12, 0.0, "salad", mode=POSE) "Liz comes down again with a mouthful of leaves." "Her hands hold up a tray with each segment filled with a different sauce." #Liz head bobs up out of frame and down all the way to the table every other line L "But the real prize is having your submission featured on the sponsors' magazine cover, and in a featured article." "How is she still articulate?" pause .5 L "Do you have any idea how great that looks on a resume?" L "Heck, I can probably get a scholarship with that alone." I "Whoa, you really got all this planned out. What'd you submit?" pause .5 "She takes a moment to swallow her salad and then shares a huge grin." show lizhead at setx(0.12 + LIZHEADX_NEUTRAL), nudgeup(LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL) show lizhead happy nosalad with eidissolve L "I submitted my best digital art piece!" show damien at hop() show damien happy left with eidissolve D "Oooooh!{w=0.3} What is it!?" L "Here." "The tray is set aside so she can bring out her phone to show Damien and me her entry." show inco at movex(0.8) show damien at sety(), movex(0.4) $ liz_movex(0.15) pause 0.5 "It looks to be a village townhouse piece, very rustic and classy.{w=0.3} It looks pretty good." pause .5 show damien pog at setx(0.4), nudgeup() D "{cps=15}YOOOOOOOO!{/cps}{w=0.3} That's so cool!" D "That looks so realistic!" show damien happy show lizhead neutral with eidissolve_nd L "Thanks. Took me about a week to really blend some of the more fanciful elements into each other." L "I based it off my grandfather's home from the old country." D "This is amazing! You can't even tell that this whole thing's digital art at all!" "Damien grabs hold of Liz's phone and turns towards Olivia." show inco at movex(0.85) with None $ liz_movex_cs(0.12, "neutral", usetrans=False) show damien happy right with eidissolve D "Hey,{w=0.3} Olivia!" show olivia surprised at hop() "She jumps up, having been suddenly made relevant to the conversation she was just spectating." O "What?" show olivia angry left with eidissolve_nd O "I'm not giving these chips back, they're mine." show damien skeptical show lizhead unimpressed with eidissolve D "{cps=5}...?{/cps}" D "Uh{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} I was just going to show you Liz's entry{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia neutral with eidissolve "Olivia narrows her eyes and leans over to see the image on Liz's phone. She then looks up and gives Damien a quick nod before returning to eating her chips." show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "Damien's smile falters a little at her minimal response,{w=0.3} though he's back to his usual grin as Liz takes back her phone." show damien neutral left with eidissolve show damien at movex(0.38, 0.5) pause 0.5 show damien at easemovex(0.4, 0.5) pause .5 show damien neutral show inco surprised with eidissolve_nd I "Wow Liz, I didn't know you were so into digital painting." I "That looks great, do you plan on being an artist after graduating?" show lizhead happy with eidissolve show lizhead at nudgeup(LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL) L "Aw, thanks!" L "Well, no, I don't plan on being an {i}artist{/i} per se." L "The plan is to be an antiques dealer. Specifically with art!" show inco neutral with eidissolve_nd I "What's that mean?" show damien right with eidissolve D "It means she buys the splattered canvases everyone else just uses for money laundering." show lizhead neutral with eidissolve_nd L "Har. No, it'll be the real deal stuff. There's a real market out there for it." L "So I'm taking the AP Business class, and using the school's prestigious art program." L "That's actually why I picked this place out." L "There's a real 'elite' selection of graduates from here." I "Oh, you're the school treasurer too, right?" show lizhead happy with eidissolve_nd L "Sure am! I'm doing everything to make sure I'm ready for the real deal." L "I do love painting, though, it's not just an ends to a means." L "Maybe that's why I want to get into trading, I can get the right people the right art they need." show inco thinking show lizhead neutral with eidissolve I "That's{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} very thoughtful. Huh." I "I should start thinking of my future more." show inco neutral with eidissolve "I wonder what Olivia thinks about this, if it even interests her." "Damien is just exaggeratedly nodding his head up and down, and I don't know if he's agreeing with Liz or headbanging to some tune playing in his head." show olivia disappointeddown with eidissolve O "{i}*sigh*{/i}..." show inco skeptical with eidissolve "?" pause 0.5 "I look to the side to see Olivia staring down the chips bag, looking pensive." "I guess I'm not the only one that's a bit worried about our long term plans after school, compared to Liz." "But we got the whole year, still." show inco neutral show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve I "What about you, Damien?" show damien sheepish with eidissolve D "Eh." D "Don't really have a big goal set." D "Only reason I'm going here is because it's the closest school to our home." show lizhead unimpressed with eidissolve L "Damien, you know I keep telling you about planning ahead." D "I know I know, but I like keeping my options open." I "So what {i}are{/i} you doing in school?" show damien happy show lizhead neutral with eidissolve D "I just picked out any classes that seemed interesting to me." D "Though I gotta say, home economics class is pretty fun. I get to make food in class and eat it too!" L "From learning skills in a class like that, you'd be a perfect husband." show damien at nudgeup() D "Yeah!" show damien skeptical left with eidissolve_nd D "Wait what?" show lizhead shocked at nudgeup(LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL) L "What?" window auto hide show olivia skeptical show inco skeptical with eidissolve pause 0.5 show lizhead: easeout_cubic 2 ypos -0.27 + LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL show lizhead thinking with eidissolve pause 2.0 show damien happy right show olivia neutral show inco neutral with eidissolve show lizbody at nudgeup() L "But to get back to my point, that art contest." L "If I win and get that interview, it's an {i}insane{/i} advantage." I "I'll say." pause 0.5 I "By the by, Olivia, did you submit something for the art contest?" show olivia considering with eidissolve O "Oh." show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "She looks away, slightly deflated." pause 0.5 O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 O "No." play sound snd_slapstick_whoosh show lizbody at nudgeupinv() show lizhead shocked nohat: easein_back 0.3 ypos LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL show spr_liz_hat: xpos 0.13 ypos -0.33 rotate 0 linear 0.1 ypos -0.05 parallel: linear 1 xpos 0.4 rotate 90 parallel: easein_circ .2 ypos -0.15 easeout_circ .65 ypos 1.03 show inco surprised left at nudgeup() show damien shocked at nudgeup() L "Really?!" #Liz head speeds back down into frame, hat prop falls off and show Inco dodging the prop show lizhead happy with eidissolve_nd L "Oh crap, I might have a chance, then!" show damien angryconsidering show olivia skeptical left with eidissolve D "Hey, Liz, that sounds a certain way." show lizhead sad with eidissolve L "Ah, sorry.{w=0.3} I didn't mean it like that." show lizhead neutral show damien neutral with eidissolve pause 0.5 show olivia neutraldown left with eidissolve "Olivia rolls her eyes and merely goes back to munching on her chips." show inco neutral left with eidissolve I "Mr. Iadakan said you were really into painting." I "And I really liked the portrait of me you'd made." show damien pog at nudgeup() show olivia shocked at hit(0.6, 0.4) D "Whoa, she what?!" show damien at sety(), movex(0.38) with None show olivia annoyed right behind damien show damien neutral with eidissolve "Her suspicious leer is now replaced by a murderous glare." show inco concerned with eidissolve "Hm, yep, lunch IS the perfect time to eat my feet." "I haven't actually seen any of her real work, only something she'd done out of boredom." pause 0.5 "Olivia's eyes close as she inhales deeply, the air of neutrality returning to her once she reopens them." show olivia neutral left with eidissolve O "{cps=5}...{/cps}I just{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "She looks me up and down again, as though something will be different this time." show olivia considering with eidissolve O "{cps=5}...{/cps}Can't." show lizhead unimpressed show inco skeptical with eidissolve I "What's that mean?" O "Besides, even if I could, they're gonna be looking for the best artists here, so you gotta show that to them with how good your art is." O "But I just don't want them to look at me and feel like they have to give me a reward out of pity." show damien shocked with eidissolve "Damien's face is frozen mid-bite, his sandwich losing its meat integrity by the second as his eyes flick between Olivia and I." "I can practically hear the blaring alarm in his head as his brain catches fire trying to connect dots." pause 0.5 O "I want to be judged for my art and not{cps=5}...{/cps}" "Olivia struggles to formulate the next few words, and lets out a weary sigh." show olivia neutral with eidissolve O "It would just feel undeserved." I "How?" show damien at backmovex(0.45) show lizhead at nudgeup(LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL) show olivia at movex(0.61) with None show inco surprised show olivia surprised show lizhead surprised with eidissolve_qrt_nd D "YEAH, HOW?" show lizhead: easein_quad 0.75 xpos 0.52 ypos 0.05 yoffset LIZHEAD_YOFFSET "lizhead considering" with eidissolve backmovex(0.42) show damien: setx(0.45) pause 0.75 backmovex(0.37) pause 0.25 #liz's head wraps around Damien and pulls him away from inco and olivia L "Damien,{w=.3} {cps=15}shh.{/cps}" show lizhead considering: yoffset 0 quadmovexy(0.12 + LIZHEADX_NEUTRAL, LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL) with None show lizhead neutral show damien sad with eidissolve I "Has that ever happened before? Do people really do that?" show olivia at movex(0.6) show olivia considering with eidissolve O "{cps=5}...{/cps}You weren't there for it." O "Some losers used to even tell me to take advantage of it." I "Why not?" stop music fadeout 2 show damien angry show olivia angry right show lizhead considering with eidissolve "That was a bad move." show lizhead: setx(0.12 + LIZHEADX_NEUTRAL) pause 3 easeout_cubic 2 ypos -0.27 + LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL D "Dude, seriously?" O "Why? So I constantly get reminded of myself? So I can't separate myself from my work?" O "So I can get complacent being worse, so I can eventually rely on it?" O "So the 'playing field can be even'?" show inco surprised left with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}That's a lot all at once." "I'm not even sure I got all of that, but I definitely touched a nerve I shouldn't have." show inco neutral left with eidissolve I "No. Sorry." "Olivia brushes her hair down." play music mus_awkward fadein 1 show olivia neutral left show damien neutral with eidissolve O "Look, I don't want to get awards and praise I haven't earned." O "I'm seriously not that good. I really wouldn't win." pause 0.5 "She sighs and takes a long sip of cola." pause 0.5 I "{cps=5}...{/cps}Can I see some of your work?" O "No." show olivia neutral left with eidissolve "Man, she really shouldn't put herself down like that." show inco verysad with eidissolve I "I get it, a lot of the students here are crazy good at art." I "Some are probably better now than I ever will be, and they're just starting." I "It's pretty scary to think about." I "I mean, like that landscape of the city near the principal's office." show damien skeptical with eidissolve D "Landscape?" show inco neutral with eidissolve_nd I "Hold on, I took a shot of it." "It's a bit tough getting my camera out now with all the books I needed for class in the way." show inco at sety(), movex(0.6) behind olivia show olivia at sety(), movex(0.8) show olivia neutral left with eidissolve "I lay out the contents of my backpack, taking my treasured DSLR out last." "After finding the shot in question in the menus, I turn the display towards everyone else so they could see the glamour shot." show olivia at movex(0.75) show damien at movex(0.44) pause 1 #Olivia and Damian sprites move closer to Inco I "A {i}freshman{/i} made that painting." I "Just from looking at it, I can see why it won first place." pause 0.5 O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia considering left with eidissolve O "I drew that." pause 0.5 #Subtly tilt Olivia sprite to look downward at an angle "Oh." show damien neutral at movex(0.38) pause 0.5 D "Her name is on it, isn't it?" "My brain finally makes the connection with the signature on the mural." show olivia at movex(0.8) show inco right with eidissolve I "That was you?" #Return Olivia sprite to original position show olivia neutral left with eidissolve O "Is it that much of a shocker to you?" show inco happy with eidissolve I "Quite a bit, yeah. It looks amazing!" show olivia neutral left with eidissolve O "I mean, it's whatever. Had to have some dumb guide help me out, so it isn't like I was the one who did it all." show inco neutral with eidissolve I "So when you say you 'can't enter', it's because you already won once?" O "{cps=5}...{/cps}Yeah. Basically." show olivia considering left with eidissolve "She looks away from us, eating her chips in silence." "I've heard the expression of being one's worst critic, but I'd never expect Olivia to kick herself this hard." "{cps=5}...{/cps}" "I'm mentally kicking myself thrice over just for thinking that last part." show lizhead shocked: easein_cubic 2 ypos LIZHEADY_NEUTRAL pause 1 show inco neutral left with eidissolve #Drop Liz head down slowly with shocked expression I "What? Something wrong Liz?" "Did she bite her tongue or something? Why is she imitating one of those pitcher plans right now?" show damien neutral left behind inco with eidissolve D "Liz?" show olivia neutral left with eidissolve O "What's with the look, longneck?" #shake Liz head side to side, switch expression to neutral show lizhead neutral with eidissolve L "Just surprised to see you{cps=5}...{/cps} in better spirits, is all." show olivia skeptical left with eidissolve #olivia neutral/confused O "You're making it weird." O "Don't make it weird." show damien happy right with eidissolve D "Yeah it's been {i}ages{/i}, Olivia!" show lizhead unimpressed with eidissolve_nd #liz looks at damien disapprovingly at 'randy like this' D "To think a randy like Inky here got you to open up like this in just two days!" "He gestures to me." D "What'd you do, man?" show olivia shocked left show inco neutral with eidissolve "The girl in question freezes, Damien's thoughtless comments having thrust her into self-awareness." pause 0.5 show olivia at moveoutright_cs(0.8) show olivia angry right with eidissolve hide olivia "{cps=5}...{/cps}And she just leaves." show damien at setx(0.38), hop() show damien shocked with eidissolve D "Olivia, wait!" pause 0.5 "She's gone." pause 0.5 L "Well, she {i}did{/i} give a warning." show damien verysad with eidissolve D "{cps=5}...{/cps}Yeahh{cps=5}...{/cps}" D "I was just excited she was making good progress..." window auto hide pause 0.5 scene black with Dissolve(1) pause 0.5 "The rest of lunch we'd spent trying to talk about Liz's art process." "Damien looked like he wanted to try to bring Olivia back into the conversation, but no one had any idea where she had gone." "Still, a part of me thinks she wants to talk." "So why doesn't she?" pause 0.25 #bell sfx play sound snd_school_bell volume 0.6 fadein 0.5 pause 1 stop sound fadeout 5 "Sadly a question for another time, as Olivia's departure seems to signal the end of lunch." "At least Liz and Damien wave goodbye." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" "Leaving me to clean up all the trash from the table." "Including everything I'd removed from my backpack." "Darn it!" stop music fadeout 2 pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 play music mus_school1 scene bg_school_hallway with dissolve pause 0.5 "Photography class comes and goes." "Since we're partners, Iadakan gives Ben and I the green light to walk around the campus." "Ben shows me around to see his prime photo spots and such, and as such becomes my impromptu tour guide." "It's actually pretty neat to see the parts of the school that I haven't explored yet until now." "Places like the music hall and recreational pool were the most interesting to see." window auto hide pause 0.25 scene black with dissolve pause 0.5 scene bg_school_day show inco neutral left at setx(0.5) show ben happy left at setx(0.3) behind inco with dissolve pause 0.25 "Currently at the courtyard, Ben points out the views of the outer landscapes around the school." "No wonder why Ben was eager to show me, these views are impeccable." "But while he's explaining the image he has in his head, my mind still wanders back to Olivia." "I wonder what I did to make her express herself so much?" show ben considering with eidissolve B "Inco?" show ben angry right with eidissolve B "Inco!" show inco at backmovex(0.53) show inco surprised left with eidissolve I "Huh?" B "I was asking if you'd be available sometime during the weekend to take photos." I "Oh,{w=0.3} uh,{w=0.3} I'm free on Saturday." show ben happy with eidissolve B "Excellent, we can meet up back here." I "Sounds good." show inco neutral with eidissolve "As we head back to class, I begin to think if there's something I can do in history class{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 stop music fadeout 2 scene black with dissolve pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 #Fade to black #Fade to history class play music mus_awkward scene bg_class_history show prockling neutral left at setx(0.8) with Dissolve(1) pause 0.5 "Back in history class, Ms. Prockling continues prattling on about{cps=5}...{/cps}" Proc "And after a final offensive that left the entire city of Triceroptis destroyed, the Chthonian Hegemony was defeated, bringing an end to their crimes against both dino and human kind." Proc "With that, the 'Dino-Human War' came to an end and peace was finally declared after ten years of strife." Proc "Of course, there was the matter of rebuilding and dousing all those fires still burning, as well as what to do with all the bodies and..." #insert text fading and going into 'white noise' "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}{cps=20}*{i}Yawn{/i}*{/cps}{cps=5}...{/cps}" show prockling at movex(1.2) hide prockling with eodissolve_nd show inco skeptical at moveinright(0.3, 0.1, m=.4) with eidissolve "{cps=5}...{/cps}I should probably care more about Prockling's lecture since history has extremely strong cultural connotations, but MAN is it {cps=15}B O R I N G{/cps}{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at movex(0.2) with None show inco neutral show olivia neutraldown at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve "Ahead of me, Olivia has returned to her default sullen, deflated gloom." "She's not glaring back at me, so she's probably over whatever that was." "Or she {i}still{/i} doesn't know I'm here." "Boy, will that be entertaining to see." "Assuming I don't end up with a mechanical pencil jammed through a lens." show inco neutral at movex(0.3) show olivia at movex(0.8) hide olivia with eidissolve "The other students are similarly bored, only occasionally marking down something whenever it sounds like it'll be on a review sheet at the end of the week." "There is, of course, no more note passing today." "Ms. Procklings' effusion yesterday must still be on their minds." "There won't be any more chances given, and even though she doesn't seem threatening on her own, the consequences would be dire." "Especially if she can call Solly over like her own personal enforcer." "There's simply no getting around it. This is just a period we'll all have to sit through." "And there isn't even any solidarity to be had in our shared misery." "It's simply the reality of high school history class." "The only saving grace is that she isn't stalking around the room looking for us to do something wrong." "Instead we're being lectured at." pause 0.5 "My hand mechanically copies down whatever she's written on the board." "And while I should also be paying attention to what Ms. Prockling is saying, I'm more than certain that we'll be reading the exact same things from our heavy textbook." "So my eyes wander away from her and the board to scan over my peers, all equally as bored and feigning interest." pause 0.5 "Eventually, there's a bit of movement ahead of me." show inco at movex(0.2) with None show inco skeptical show olivia neutraldown at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve "What's she up to now?" pause 0.5 "Olivia folds a sheet of notebook paper back and forth discreetly, creating a deep crease." "Then she licks her finger and runs it along the crease and gently pulls." "The paper rips along the seam silently." "Oh, is she really risking it?" "What's she even got to gain, it's just a note-passing game." "{cps=5}...{/cps}Maybe she feels bad because she got caught yesterday?" "Oh boy." show olivia considering with eidissolve "Olivia passes the note to her left." "The student next to her raises an eyebrow, but surprisingly takes the note." "{cps=5}...{/cps}And immediately passes it on without looking at it." "One by one, my classmates pass the note along to the next." "Nobody dares open the note and write something in." "I surreptitiously keep track of the note in the corner of my eye as it makes its circuit around the room." "Thankfully Ms. Prockling's eyes are focused on the board when I feel a tap on my shoulder." show inco at movex(0.3) show olivia at movex(0.8) show inco neutral with eidissolve_nd hide olivia with eodissolve "I reach for my ear as if to give it a scratch and the folded page is pushed into my waiting fingers and against my ear." show inco concerned with eidissolve "As I feel an edge grind against my earlobe I chew my lip to keep the hiss of pain contained." "Probably unintentional, but a paper cut still stings bad, especially on such a fleshy part." show inco neutral with eidissolve "My fingers toy with the bundle of paper now at my desk." "No one else had bothered with it." "I wouldn't exactly call it an 'empty canvas', but there could be potential here." pause 0.5 "There's a crumpling noise beneath my fingertips." "Must've unfolded it while I was thinking." pause 0.5 "Looking at the sole doodle on the sheet, I see a pretty simple rat drawing with a very realistic hand next to it giving a thumbs up." "There's plenty of space this time." "And Ms. Prockling is preoccupied at the front, I doubt she'd even notice." "The temptation is there, making my fingers itch at finally getting a real chance to do something fun in this sleep-inducing class." "In fact, I've the perfect idea in mind that'd catch Olivia's attention." "If that doesn't ruin everything, that is." "She's not uncompassionate, but Ms. Prockling has a lot less tolerance for horseplay in her class." "We probably {i}wouldn't{/i} get another chance." "And going by coach Solly's 'one chance' policy and how these guys aren't even considering playing along, I bet it really wouldn't be pretty." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}Kind of makes me concerned for Olivia." "I 'could' just hold onto the note and give it back after class." "Heck, Olivia would never even know." "I don't think she even knows I'm in this class." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 menu: "Draw the gator girl on a half-pipe": $ score_inco += 1 $ score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe = True jump choice_DrawNoteHalfPipe "Hold onto the sheet til after class": $ score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe = False jump choice_HoldOntoNote label choice_HoldOntoNote: pause 0.5 "I'll just hold onto this." "That way Olivia'll be spared from Ms. Prockling's scolding." pause 0.5 "With the note safely in my pocket I can focus entirely on the teacher's lecture." "Which was dragging on and on and on and{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "Suddenly, I find myself leaning over to see what the wheelchair-bound girl is doing now." "She's hunched over, arms atop her desk moving lazily." "Hm{cps=5}...{/cps}" show prockling annoyed left at moveinleft(0.8) with eidissolve Proc "Mr. Nito, is there a problem?" show inco surprised at setx(0.3), hop(0.1) "I bolt upward when the teacher calls my name, and notice that a lot of eyes are now on me." I "N-{w=0.3}no, ma'am.{w=0.3} I was uh{cps=5}...{/cps} Just trying to see the board better." pause 0.5 "Ms. Prockling huffs." Proc "If you'd pay attention to what I said, that wouldn't be necessary, Mr. Nito." I "Yes ma'am." show prockling right with eidissolve Proc "And that goes double for the rest of you." Everyone "Yes, Ms. Prockling." show inco neutral show prockling neutral with eidissolve Proc "Good. Now, where were we?" Proc "Oh, right, the old world myth of Magellanica, or what would be more accurate to say is my home continent-" show prockling at moveoutright(0.8) hide prockling "While she went on talking about her spider-infested homeland, I found my eyes looking back at a certain someone." show inco at movex(0.2) show olivia shocked left at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve "A certain someone who was now looking back at me with wide-eyed shock." "I'm caught in the briefest of staring contests, and for once I manage to win." show olivia grumpy right with eidissolve "Olivia's head whips back forward. It stayed locked forward for the rest of class." "But the last look I saw from her, that came after the surprise." "That one radiated anger." show inco verysad with eidissolve "I feel the folded paper in my pocket, and my mood suddenly dips." "I mean, no one else was adding to it either." "That look plus the knowledge of what I had in my pocket{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "I take the note back out, unfolding it to see the singular doodle on the page." show olivia neutral with eidissolve show olivia at setx(0.7), movey(-0.05) "From the corner of my vision, I notice Olivia raise her hand to Ms. Prockling." Proc "Alright Ms. Halford, you may leave now." Proc "Everyone else, you may take the last five minutes to start on your homework." show olivia at movey(0.0) pause 0.5 "Olivia takes her time to pack away her supplies, occasionally glancing my way." "Gone is the paranoia from earlier, it's now become just plain annoyance." show olivia at moveoutright(0.7) hide olivia show inco neutral with eidissolve "As she's leaving, I sketch the first thing that comes to mind." "Olivia waits at the doorway for Ms. Prockling to open it for her." "Her head turns my way one last time, and I hold up the doodle page with a big fat doodle of Prockling in the center of it." "Her eyes widen again, though she's forced out when the teacher coughs meaningfully next to her." "It's too late for me to realize that Prockling sees me holding the paper up." show inco at setx(0.2), nudgeup(0.1) show inco shocked with eidissolve "I try in vain to hide the paper, but by then the teacher is marching her way over." show prockling annoyed left at moveinleft(0.6) with eidissolve Proc "And what do we have here, Mr. Nito?" show prockling: parallel: movex(0.45) parallel: pause 0.75 nudgeup() "She snatches the paper out of my grasp." show inco concerned with eidissolve Proc "Haven't I already told you about wasting the time you have in class-" show prockling surprised at setx(0.45), hity() "Her eyes go wide when she sees the unflattering doodle of herself." show prockling angry with eidissolve "She looks at me, face scrunched in anger." pause 0.5 Proc "If this is your attempt at making a humorous gesture,{w=0.3} Mr. Nito,{w=0.3} then I do not find it funny at all." show prockling at sety(), moveoutright_cs(0.45) show prockling right with eidissolve hide prockling "Before I could explain myself, Prockling crumpled the papers in her hands and unceremoniously tossed it into the trash bin." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}Shoot." show inco verysad with eidissolve "Defeated, I slump into my seat, now with no paper at all." pause 0.5 "Finally, the bell rings and the rest of us are excused." "As I pack my things, I hope Olivia will understand what happened." window auto hide pause 0.5 jump choice_NoteConvergence label choice_DrawNoteHalfPipe: pause 0.5 "Mm, what's life without a bit of risk?" pause 0.5 "I wait for Ms. Prockling to start a new tangent to make sure I have enough time." "She just said something about the single-continent movement. Time to move." show inco at setx(0.3), movey(0.15) "This is going to be basically a stick figure, but it's just a doodle." "If only you could doodle a photograph. I'm not sure what I mean by that." "{cps=5}...{/cps}I also don't know how to draw a wheelchair." pause 0.5 "In the end, it looks more like an abstract depiction of a bow-legged t-rex than what I wanted." "Oops.{w=0.3} It'll have to do." "I check it over one last time as if I had the conceptualization to improve it." "Ah well." show inco at movey(0.1) "I pass the note forwards, careful to not notify the teacher." show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.2) show olivia neutraldown at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve "Olivia takes the note over her shoulder, once more not checking it." "She seems to deflate a bit on opening the note." "Probably because of all the blank space." "Doesn't look like she recognizes whatever I did either." show inco skeptical with eidissolve_nd "Maybe I should talk about it with her after class?" "I dunno, seems like an okay thing to do-" "She just passed the note again." pause 0.5 "What." pause 0.5 "Once more, the process of students taking the note and passing it along without looking at it." "Although this time it's a little more{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} collectively annoyed." "It probably won't go around again." "Why the heck would Olivia send the note around again?" "Nobody's going to change their mind and draw something {i}now{/i}." "Is it desperation? Thoughtlessness?" "Whatever it is, the note's coming my way again." show inco neutral at movex(0.3) show olivia at movex(0.8) hide olivia with eidissolve "Once I take it, I confirm that yes, once again nobody else wrote anything." "However, there is a new doodle of a rat with a flamethrower from Olivia." "Cute." pause 0.5 "Alright, guess this time I'll draw{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at setx(0.3), movey(0.15) "How about adding myself to the sketch of the half-pipe?" "This time I just depict myself as a stick figure." "No use trying to go outside my skill level for a note-passing game." "It's simple enough to do." "I even include my sunglasses." show inco smug with eidissolve_nd "Yeah, I'm liking this." pause 0.5 show inco neutral with eidissolve_nd "Maybe I should also make sure Ms. Prockling isn't looking my way{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at movey(0.1) pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" "Yeah, she's not right now." "I'm in luck." "Alright, time to pass this on." "I pass the note forward once more." show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.2) show olivia neutraldown at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve "Olivia pinches the note between two fingers, still not looking back." "I keep saying that, but I guess it's not weird. Why would you look back in that situation?" "She checks the note and looks a bit down again." "She glances up to the corner I'd drawn in." stop music fadeout 1 window hide pause 0.5 play sound snd_slapstick_fastsmash show olivia shockeddown t_none at hity() show spr_olivia_tail_normal_blurred behind olivia: setx(0.7) xanchor 0.5 yoffset -150 linear 0.04 ypos 0.53 xpos 0.56 pause 0.02 show inco shocked at jumping(0.1, 1, 0.5, h=0.05) window auto show Dissolve(0.0) "{i}*whCRACK*{/i}" with xpunch pause 0.5 "I nearly fall out of my seat from the sudden loud noise." pause 0.5 "There's a moment of unwavering silence before a voice speaks up." pause 0.5 Proc "Ms. Halford?" show olivia embarassed show inco neutral hide spr_olivia_tail_normal_blurred with eidissolve "The girl in question shrinks in her seat in embarrassment." pause 0.5 O "S-{w=0.3}sorry,{w=0.3} Ms. Prockling.{w=0.3} I uh{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.4} saw a spider." pause 0.5 "Ms. Prockling simply sighs, muttering to herself and turning her attention back to writing more notes on the board." show olivia considering t_neutral with eidissolve # should probably fix not being able to reset the tail on her tier 2 sprites play music mus_slow "She turns her head back slowly, just enough to be able to make eye contact with me." "While she eyes me with judging contempt and curiosity, I see her hand is tenderly massaging the tip of her tail." "Looking at the floor, I think she managed to chip the linoleum{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "As soon as Prockling turns around to continue teaching, Olivia scribbles something down." show olivia considering with eidissolve_nd "She turns to look at me once more, hesitating. Then, she flicks the note in my direction." show inco surprised at sety(0.1), movex(0.3) show olivia at sety(), movex(0.8) hide olivia with eidissolve "It completely misses me." show inco: parallel: easein_quad 1 xpos 0.32 parallel: easein_cubic 1 ypos 0.05 show black behind inco with dissolve: alpha 0.3 "I try to catch it mid-air, but end up slamming my face onto my desk to get it." show inco: parallel: easeout_quad 0.37 xpos 0.34 parallel: easeout_cubic 0.37 ypos 0.2 hide black with dissolve_qrt_nd pause .37 play sound snd_desk_slam show inco concerned with xpunch pause .5 Proc "Mr. Nito, what was that noise?" "I palm the note into my sleeve and strain to keep my injured eye open." "The teacher probably meant the foot stomping." show inco at movexy(0.3, 0.1) pause 0.5 I "I uh{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.4} found that spider, Ms. Prockling." pause 0.5 "The teacher grimaces." pause 0.5 Proc "That better be cleaned up by the end of class then, Mr. Nito." I "Yes ma'am." show inco neutral with eidissolve "I breathe a sigh of relief as my excuse weathers Mrs. Prockling's stare." "She turns a few pages in a textbook lying on her desk, instructing the class to do the same as she searches for something." "She's distracted. I can finally see what Olivia drew." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "There's now a surprisingly detailed dodgeball whizzing towards my stick figure's head." "I want to be upset, but I find myself admiring her motion lines." "Seriously, she should be an animator." pause 0.5 "I mull over what to add, and settle on giving the large rat sunglasses as well." "A few seconds later, he looks twice as cool as before." "I look up to Olivia, pondering how to get it back to her when a sinister idea comes to mind." "Her hood hangs open as it rests on her back. It's a tough shot, but{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco at sety(0.1), movex(0.2) with None show inco happy show olivia neutraldown at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve pause 0.25 play sound snd_slapstick_whoosh show inco: easeout_cubic 0.2 xpos 0.23 easein_cubic 0.3 xpos 0.2 pause 0.75 "Bingo." pause 0.5 "Olivia scratches at the back of her neck and finds the note." show olivia considering with eidissolve "She looks back with squinted eyes, judging my intent and scanning me for foul play." "She mouths something at me, a question I think, but I'm not the most apt lip reader." "Especially when said lips are thrice as long as a human's." show olivia neutral with eidissolve "Still she unfolds the page, and seconds later she's already added a new sketch and folded it up." show inco at movex(0.3) show olivia at movex(0.8) hide olivia with eidissolve "The note lands neatly on my desk this time, and I inspect the latest addition." "More rats doing decidedly non-rat activities." pause 0.5 "I wonder what she'd think of a cat this time." show inco at movex(0.2) show olivia neutral at moveinleft(0.7, m=.1) with eidissolve "We continue passing the sheet back and forth, adding new sketches and adding to others." "My fingers are starting to tire when Ms. Prockling addresses Olivia." pause 0.5 Proc "Alright Ms. Halford, you may leave now." Proc "Everyone else, you may take the last five minutes to start on your homework." show olivia considering with eidissolve "Olivia takes her time to pack away her supplies, occasionally glancing my way." "Gone is the paranoia, it's now become just plain confusion." "As if I wouldn't play the doodle game{cps=5}...{/cps} thing{cps=5}...{/cps} with her." show olivia at moveoutright(0.8) hide olivia pause 0.75 show inco at movex(0.3) "Even as she wheels out of the room, I notice her eyes still on me." "I give her a wave goodbye, and she seems shocked by that, turning her head and finally passing through the doorway." "Right then. Homework." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show inco concerned with eidissolve "Ah crap." "It only now occurs to me there's a pretty good reason the teacher doesn't want us slacking off during class." show inco annoyed with eidissolve "For the last five minutes, I try to speed read the second chapter in its entirety." "Failing to get any good information to use for today's homework, I resolve to just check online for a lecture that's not as boring." show inco neutral with eidissolve "Maybe one with some good animation, even." "When the rest of us are finally excused, I realize that I've still got the page full of doodles." "Considering all the stuff on it, it'd feel like a waste to just toss it away." "I decide to keep it, slipping it into one of my binder's extra plastic sleeves." "With everything safely packed away, I shoulder my backpack and exit the room." window auto hide pause 0.5 jump choice_NoteConvergence label choice_NoteConvergence hide: scene black with dissolve pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.5 scene bg_school_hallway with dissolve pause 0.5 "Man, now I get why Olivia gets to leave some classes early." "The halls are so packed and chaotic once class ends, I always end up being pushed around by rowdy students headed towards their next classes." "Once school ends it's even worse, when I saw it yesterday it was something else." "The word 'riptide' comes to mind. I ended up just waiting around for a few minutes for the flow to die down." "It's looking like that's just going to be my routine now." show inco neutral at moveinright(0.5) with eidissolve "I pass by a few more art displays on my way to the stairs back down to the first floor." "This isn't the art wing, but there's still a bunch of displays up. Maybe there simply isn't enough space?" show inco surprised at hitx(0.5) pause 0.5 "Something presses into my chest and lurches me to a stop." show inco at movex(0.6) with None show olivia neutral at moveinleft(0.4, m=.1) show inco neutral left with eidissolve "It's Olivia, holding an arm out to stop me." "She's still staring up at me, though less suspiciously." "Her jaws open, but no sound comes out." O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia considering with eidissolve "She realizes her hand is still out and it retracts awkwardly, indecisively darting between her hoodie pocket and her armrest." if score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe: "Is she expecting something?" pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}Oh, the note maybe?" pause 0.5 I "Hey, I-" show olivia neutral with eidissolve_nd O "You could've told me." I "Huh?" O "That you were in Ms. Prockling's class too. You could've mentioned that." I "Sorry. Guess I was sort of aiming for a bit of a 'dramatic reveal' there." pause 0.5 O "{cps=5}...{/cps}Hm." "She brushes her hair aside." show olivia considering with eidissolve O "Well, whatever." O "Later, I guess{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia: easeout_cubic 0.75 xpos 0.35 hit(0.35, i=0.5) show olivia neutral left with eidissolve I "Why did you stop me out here?" show olivia neutraldown with eidissolve "She stops her chair mid-turn, with gray eyes contemplating the dirty floor." pause 0.5 O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" O "I{cps=5}...{/cps}{w=.3} don't really get you{cps=5}...{/cps}" "Olivia's eyes turn back to me, and now I can see the nervousness in her pupils." show olivia neutral right with eidissolve O "Why do you care?" "Why indeed." "Well,{w=0.3} I guess the main reason is{cps=5}...{/cps}" I "I wanna be friends." show olivia neutral with eidissolve O "With me though?" show inco happy left with eidissolve_nd I "Sure!" if score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe: show olivia surprised with eidissolve "Those tiny moments, in which I saw the gator girl hyperanimate come to mind, and I can't help but smile." "Those small shows of just genuine feelings." pause 0.5 I "I think Mr. Iadakan was right, honestly." show olivia neutral with eidissolve_nd else: show olivia skeptical with eidissolve "She continues to look at me with a vague look of confusion, as if my being as a whole was an enigma." pause 0.5 I "I mean,{w=0.3} it wouldn't hurt to try, right?" "Olivia hums in disagreement, finally turning away." show olivia neutral left show inco neutral left with eidissolve "Ah, crap. Maybe that was too forward of me?" pause 0.5 if score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe: "I swing my backpack around so I can reach inside it." I "I uh, still have that note." show olivia considering with eidissolve O "Note?" O "What, with the doodles? From class right now?" O "Why?" I "Just figured you'd want it. It was fun filling it out and all." pause 0.5 "Just as I'm about to pull out my binder the gator girl looks back at me and shakes her head." show olivia neutral right with eidissolve O "It's just doodles, you can throw it ou-" O "{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia considering with eidissolve O "Keep it." O "If it's so important." "For the briefest second I swore I saw her mouth form a tiny smile." show olivia neutral left with eidissolve "But now she's back to looking neutrally at{cps=5}...{/cps}" else: I "Oh, by the way, I, uh, don't have the note on me anymore." show olivia considering left with eidissolve O "Note?" O "What, with the doodles? From class right now?" I "Yeah. Prockling saw me with it just as you left and she tossed it away." O "Sounds about right." I "And look, I didn't mean to hold onto it during class, but I didn't want you to get in trouble with Prockling if she saw you with it." I "Seemed like the best option for everyone, y'know?" show olivia surprised right with eidissolve "She seems surprised by my reasoning, and stirs in her emotions until she settles on neutral." show olivia neutral with eidissolve O "It's whatever. I deal with her on the regular anyways." show olivia left with eidissolve "Her head turns to look neutrally at{cps=5}...{/cps}" window auto hide pause 0.25 scene show black onlayer static_bg show bg_elevator_inside: yalign 0.5 show bg_elevator_door_left: yanchor 0.14821349801499779444199382443758 ypos 0.0 show bg_elevator_door_right: yanchor 0.14821349801499779444199382443758 ypos 0.0 show bg_elevator_outside: yanchor 0.14821349801499779444199382443758 ypos 0.0 with dissolve pause 0.5 I "Huh, didn't notice the school had elevators." I "Why don't more people use it?" show olivia neutral left at moveinleft(0.3) with eidissolve show inco neutral left at moveinleft(0.8) with eidissolve "She flashes a key from her pocket." "So it's part of her accommodations, makes sense." "By now, the hallway has cleared up a bit." play sound snd_elevator_open show bg_elevator_door_left: pause 0.3 ease_quad 2 xpos -0.26 show bg_elevator_door_right: pause 0.3 ease_quad 2 xpos 0.255 pause 0.5 show olivia right with eidissolve "The elevator arrives, and Olivia rolls in." show olivia neutral at quadmovex(0.5, 1.0) pause 0.5 "She moves her arm to push the button and jams the key in some slot." if score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe: show olivia neutral at movex(0.42, 1.2) pause 0.5 O "Uh." pause 0.5 "What's the look for?" pause 0.5 O "You coming?" show inco at nudgeup() show inco surprised left with eidissolve "Oh!" show inco at easemovex(0.6, 1.5) behind olivia pause 0.5 "I slide in beside Olivia just before the door closes." window auto hide play sound snd_elevator_close show inco at setx(0.6) behind bg_elevator_door_left, bg_elevator_door_right show olivia at setx(0.42) behind bg_elevator_door_left, bg_elevator_door_right show bg_elevator_door_left: pause 0.3 parallel: ease_quad 2 xpos 0.0 parallel: pause 1 linear 0.5 alpha 0.3 show bg_elevator_door_right: pause 0.3 parallel: ease_quad 2 xpos 0.0 parallel: pause 1 linear 0.5 alpha 0.3 pause 2.25 "It's probably safe to catch your foot in and just reopen, but{cps=5}...{/cps} Man, this thing is ancient." "There's an inspection certificate lazily plastered above the door from this side, it's covered in coffee stains and other signs of age." show inco skeptical left with eidissolve I "{cps=5}...{/cps}Is this thing really safe?" "Olivia shrugs." show olivia grin with eidissolve O "What's the worst that'd happen, our legs break?" "She eyes me with a smirk." pause 0.5 "This may have been a mistake." pause 0.3 play sound amb_elevator_start play ambient1 amb_elevator_loop fadein 1 pause 0.2 camera: perspective True elevator_cameramovement() show bg_elevator_door_left: setx(0.0) pause 0.5 easeout_cubic 0.75 ypos -0.05 linear 7.5 ypos -1.8 show bg_elevator_door_right: setx(0.0) pause 0.5 easeout_cubic 0.75 ypos -0.05 linear 7.5 ypos -1.8 show bg_elevator_outside: pause 0.5 easeout_cubic 0.75 ypos -0.05 linear 7.5 ypos -1.8 show bg_elevator_inside at hity(0.5) show olivia at hity(0.0) show inco at hity(0.0) show olivia neutral with eidissolve_nd show inco concerned with eidissolve_nd "{i}*Ka-chunk*{/i}" pause 0.5 "My heart drops as the space around me seems to drop for a split second." "The sound of the worn out elevator mechanics fills the cramped space." pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" pause 0.5 "How slow is this thing?!" "I look over to Olivia, she uses this thing daily. Surely it normally runs smoother." show olivia grin with eidissolve "Her mouth hangs slightly open in an amused grin watching my sudden onset claustrophobia." O "Relax, dude. This is normal." "Alright, this is normal." "This thing jostling around like it's going to drop us at any second is completely normal." pause 0.5 stop ambient1 fadeout 1.0 play audio amb_elevator_end play audio [ "", snd_elevator_open ] show bg_elevator_door_left: alpha 0.0 ypos 0.13 parallel: easein_cubic 0.75 ypos 0.0 pause 0.5 ease_quad 2 xpos -0.26 parallel: linear 1 alpha 0.3 pause 0.75 linear 0.5 alpha 1.0 show bg_elevator_door_right: alpha 0.0 ypos 0.13 parallel: easein_cubic 0.75 ypos 0.0 pause 0.5 ease_quad 2 xpos 0.255 parallel: linear 1 alpha 0.3 pause 0.75 linear 0.5 alpha 1.0 show bg_elevator_outside: alpha 0.0 ypos 0.13 parallel: easein_cubic 0.75 ypos 0.0 parallel: linear 1 alpha 1.0 show bg_elevator_inside: pause 0.5 nudgeup(0.5) show olivia: pause 0.5 nudgeup() show inco: pause 0.5 nudgeup() camera at movey() "When we reach the bottom, the doors clunk open and I practically fall out." "Olivia casually rolls from behind. Somehow, I sense it's with a degree of superiority." window auto hide pause 0.25 scene bg_school_hallway_exit with dissolve pause 0.25 show olivia grin at moveinright(0.3) show inco neutral at moveinright(0.6) with eidissolve show inco neutral left with eidissolve O "Anyway. Uh{cps=5}...{/cps}" show olivia neutral with eidissolve O "See ya later." I "Oh,{w=0.3} yeah.{w=0.3} See you." show olivia at moveoutleft_cs(0.3) show olivia neutral left with eidissolve hide olivia pause .5 show inco at movex(0.5) "Olivia rounds a corner and I'm left on my lonesome." pause 0.5 else: pause 0.5 O "Anyways. Later." pause 0.5 I "I'll, uh, see you tomorrow then." play sound snd_elevator_close show olivia at setx(0.5) behind bg_elevator_door_left, bg_elevator_door_right show bg_elevator_door_left: pause 0.3 ease_quad 2 xpos 0.0 show bg_elevator_door_right: pause 0.3 ease_quad 2 xpos 0.0 pause 0.5 "I watch as the doors slowly shut with a squeak until I can no longer see the green gator girl." "My senses return to me, and I start making my way to the metro station." window auto hide pause 0.5 stop music fadeout 1 scene black hide black onlayer static_bg with dissolve pause 1 play music mus_chill1 call l_metro_dusk from _call_l_metro_dusk_1 with Dissolve(1) pause 0.5 if score_inco_drawnotehalfpipe: "As I make the journey home, it strikes me how much progress I've made with Olivia." "It's definitely still in its awkward phase, but I can see that she's opening up little by little." "And it's starting to become amusing seeing her get confused by my friendly gestures." "All in all, I got a pretty good feeling about this." "Liz and Ben sure were overreacting, though." "I'll be sure to tell them {cps=20}aaaaaaall{/cps} about it." else: "As I make the journey home, I look back to the progress I've made with Olivia." "It's definitely been a rocky start, but I put it on unfortunate circumstances." "Though maybe there were some things I could've done better." "Liz and Ben may have had a bit of a point about Olivia, but I'll keep trying." window auto hide pause 0.5 stop music fadeout 2 scene black camera: matrixcolor BrightnessMatrix(0.0)*TintMatrix("#ffffff")*ContrastMatrix(value=1.0) resetcamera with dissolve pause 0.5 "{cps=5}...{/cps}" return