first five parts now with proper naming!
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#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
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label chapter_2.0:
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#Band Practice
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#label StartOfChap3: commented out 6/12/21 - confuses with new file consistency + in line with og script
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scene black
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play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
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"-One Week Later-"
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scene classroom with fade
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"It's math. Bane of retards and lazy intellectuals alike."
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"And teachers too, judging by the lack of a certain coomer teacher."
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"Substitute today, which means busywork. Group problems busywork specifically."
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"Of course, I can't escape this any more than I could have escaped the lab partner assignment."
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"At least here I have the opportunity to just keep to myself for an hour."
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"I don't even bother attempting the assignment, instead pretending my phone is a calculator and spending the first half shitposting about video games I haven’t played online."
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"The second half, interrupted by something pointy to the back of the dome."
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"*sshk*"
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"I can feel something stuck between my chair and my back."
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play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg' fadein 1.0
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"I fish around and pull out a crumpled paper airplane, a completed set of problems."
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"...this is Reed's. And it's..."
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"...done? Even the extra problems that I don't even bother with because they take another ten minutes each."
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"I turn around to see that technicolor burnout waving me over. He's sitting next to Trish."
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"She's giving me the evil eye."
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"At least I think it's the evil eye. Whatever that expression is, it clashes with her smile."
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"Might as well see what they want."
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"As I weave through the maze of desks squished together with partners more interested in their phones than the worksheet, I catch a hint of whatever Reed and Trish are talking about."
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show reed unimpressed at scenter
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show trish neutral flip at tright
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with dissolve
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show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
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Re "...Honesty is the best policy, eh?"
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Re "...Bad juju to keep somethin’ bottled up..."
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show reed neutral with dissolve
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"Reed grabs hold of another chair and sets it on Trish's other side, nodding in my direction before taking a big pull from whatever he's got in that thermos on his desk."
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"The widening of his pupils suggest its more than just Roarbucks cold brew in it."
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show trish happy flip with dissolve
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T "Hey, Anon!"
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A "You guys need something?"
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T "Nah, just wanted to chat a bit since we got the time"
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show trish neutral flip with dissolve
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"There’s something in her tone of voice…"
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" It’s like she's getting ready to gore me with those nubs she calls horns."
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A "...Sure"
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show reed explanatory with dissolve
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Re "Imma let you two get to whatever… gonna go for a refill..."
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"He shakes his thermos and heads for the door."
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"What's in that anyway?"
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Re "Don't ask..."
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hide reed with dissolve
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"Fair enough."
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"...Wait..."
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"Fuck it."
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show trish neutral flip at tcenter with move
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T "So… Anon… You and Fang?"
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A "...You and Fang what?"
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T "They’ve been talkin’ about you."
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A "They?"
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show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve
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"The tiny triceratops rolled her eyes dramatically."
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T "Fang. Fang’s been talkin’ bout you."
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A "All good things, I’m sure."
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"Fang’s been talking about me? That’s dumb."
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"Oh yeah. The phones."
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"All we’ve been doing is more labwork in science."
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#[CG of mad scientist Anon with a railgun aimed at Dr. Fernsworth]
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#God I wish we had time for this CG
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"Last Thursday I tried to remember how to make a railgun."
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"To show I could, of course."
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F "{i}Pfft, I could make one too.{/i}"
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"She seemed unimpressed at the time, but…"
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A "Was it about making a railgun?"
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T "Er… Yeah, it was."
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T "What exactly are you talking about with them?"
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A "Just science stuff."
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A "The railgun is just something I happen to know though, picked it up from an old game."
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show trish neutral flip with dissolve
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"Trish raises an eyebrow."
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T "...Right."
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A "Why do you ask?"
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T "You learned to make a deadly weapon from a video game?"
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show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve
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"Her tone is flat. Unlike her chest."
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A "I wouldn’t say deadl-"
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T "Don’t interrupt."
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show trish explanatory flip with dissolve
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T "Why would you think that it’s a good idea to make a weapon in class?"
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T "How did you not get in trouble?"
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A "Spears actually did talk to me, said something about the ‘great equaliser’."
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show trish annoyed flip with dissolve
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"Trish grabs the bridge of her snout."
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T "This is why men are useless."
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"She continues to mutter to herself. All of it incoherent."
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show trish unimpressed flip with dissolve
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A "Is there a point?"
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"She rounds back on me, anger painted clearly on her face."
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show trish angry flip with dissolve
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T "Look, Anon, YOU may be into that stuff, but leave Fang out of it."
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T "They have better things to do than… than…"
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T "Than play with some man-child’s lethal toys!"
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show reed shocked flip at rright with dissolve
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Re "Whoa… Harsh…"
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show reed neutral flip with move:
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xalign 1.1
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"Reed slumps into the seat next to Trish, sipping on his thermos of…"
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Re "Just agua, bro…"
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"Thermos of water…"
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"What the-"
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Re "What’d I miss?"
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show trish explanatory with dissolve
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T "I’m just trying to tell Anon here that he shouldn’t be telling Fang how to make a fuckin’ gun in school."
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show reed explanatory flip with dissolve
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Re "Why not?"
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T "We’ve been over this."
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Re "We have? When?"
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T "Less than five minutes ago."
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Re "Thought we were talkin’ about Anon?"
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T "Yes!"
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T "And specifically!"
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T "We were talking about Anon’s gun!"
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show trish neutral
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show reed shocked flip
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with dissolve
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"Heads start to turn."
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show reed happy with dissolve
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"Reed grins at them all"
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Re "Then how bout these guns?"
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"Reed places his hands on the back of his head and flexes his biceps."
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show trish unimpressed with dissolve
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show trish angry with dissolve
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show trish considering with dissolve
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show trish angry with dissolve
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"Trish’s face is a blur of emotions. At first confused, then fucking pissed, then aroused, then back to fucking pissed, all in the space of an attosecond."
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T "Not those! The one he made with magnets!"
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show reed neutral flip
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Re "But like… how do magnets work?"
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"*DING-DONG BING-BONG.*"
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"All at once all the students giving the clock a blank stare stand to attention and file out the door."
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T "I-I… Damn it, Reed!"
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"Trish punches Reed in the shoulder, gives me another evil stare, and saunters out the room."
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hide trish neutral flip with moveoutright
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Re "Hey."
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"Reed’s pats me on the shoulder."
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show reed neutral flip at scenter with moveoutleft
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Re "Bruh."
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show reed happy flip
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"He gives me a thumbs up and exits as well."
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hide reed neutral flip with moveoutright
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"Leaving only the substitute teacher, looking at me from her desk impatiently for me to leave."
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stop music fadeout 1.0
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"Guess it’s her lunch period, too."
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show anon neutral flip
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hide anon neutral with moveoutleft
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scene black with fade
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"..."
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scene cafeteria
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show anon neutral at aleft
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show naomi neutral flip at scenter
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show naser neutral flip at nright
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show cafeteria
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play music 'audio/OST/The Top of the Social Ladder.ogg'
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"Naser ended up dragging me to sit with him and the magenta motormouth again."
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"Naomi hovers over Naser, who currently has Gucci under his eyes."
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Nas "So, I uh… Talked to the soccer team earlier."
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Nas "They’re going to make the first game after all."
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N "Isn’t that great, Anon?"
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A "..."
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Nas "I also… Got the L&L Club to finally take down their christmas decorations…"
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Nas "So… The library’s clean again…"
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"Naser’s head lands in his chicken salad, then he jerks wide awake."
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show naomi shocked flip
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N "NASER!"
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show naser shocked flip
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Nas "OH GOOD LORD NOT THE WATER-"
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A "..."
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show naser sad flip
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Nas "Ugh… Sorry."
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Nas "...Did you say something, Anon?"
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show naomi unimpressed flip
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A "Naser, you look like you fell into another blender."
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A "What’s going on, big guy?"
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Nas "Don’t worry about it…"
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Nas "Just some… Family problems last night…"
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A "Like what?"
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Nas "Ugh…"
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N "You don’t have to tell him if you don’t want to, dear."
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show naomi happy flip with dissolve
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N "Why don’t you wipe that alfredo sauce off your cute little face."
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"She’s so saccharine she’d give a third world country diabetes"
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Nas "It’s my sister again…"
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"Why is it always his sister with him?"
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show naomi unimpressed flip
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N "Aww…"
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Nas "I was going to sleep last night, when I heard something downstairs."
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"...When did this turn into an interrogation?"
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Nas "It was about one or two in the morning. I checked what it was, and…"
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Nas "Fang was just, standing in front of the microwave."
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Nas "Staring at the dino nuggets rotate inside."
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"At one in the morning?"
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Nas "At one in the morning."
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show naomi neutral flip
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N "This is a personal issue, isn’t it?"
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N "Wouldn’t you rather just be enjoying lunch with us?"
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Nas "I just need advice from someone at this point, Naomi."
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N "But from Anon?"
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A "But from me?"
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show naomi considering flip
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"Naser continues."
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Nas "I asked her what she was doing, and she just…"
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Nas "Just says ‘fuck off…’, so I think ‘maybe dad will help’."
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Nas "...He didn’t."
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Nas "...They just got into a shouting match."
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Nas "Screamin’ bout her lack of control an’ dad was pissed an’-"
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show naomi sad flip
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N "Poor baby."
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"Naomi wraps her arms around Naser’s head, cradling the tired pterosaur in her bosom."
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hide naser with dissolve
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"There’s a rumbling snore and it’s clear that Naser has checked out."
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A "...Riiiiiiiight…"
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"Naomi looks distraught."
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N "He’s always like this…"
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N "But it’s been getting worse recently..."
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A "Going unconscious?"
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N "Trying to help. Wearing himself ragged."
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N "That Fang…"
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N "We should help Naser."
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A "What, by talking to Fang?"
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N "By taking him to the nurses office."
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"Ah fuck."
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"Naomi looks at me with the biggest, wettest doe eyes possible."
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A "Alright alright. He doesn’t look that heavy anyway."
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N "Only a hundred and sixty pounds."
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A "How do you- nevermind."
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scene black with fade
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"Naomi puts herself under Naser’s left arm, motioning me to take the other one."
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"I sling his arm around my back and-"
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"GOOD LORD HE’S HEAVY."
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N "Alright, the Nurses’ Office is down the main hall on the left side, near the front desk."
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stop music fadeout 1.0
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"I’m clenching my face too much to be able to speak, I can only get a slight nod out."
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"..."
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scene hallway with fade
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"After dropping Naser at the nurse and leaving before Naomi could argue with her about staying, the lunch bell rings."
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"With music at the ass end of the campus I have to sprint through the halls."
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"Fuck today, I avoided gym class for a reason."
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play music 'audio/OST/Dino Destiny Reader.ogg'
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"Halfway to Music class, I slam into somebody and tumble to the floor."
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scene black
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A "Augh..."
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scene hallway with fade
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show stella neutral at stleft with dissolve
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unknown "You…"
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A "AH!"
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"Sorry, sorry sorry!"
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show anon neutral flip at aright with dissolve
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"I get up from the floor and look at the stego who bumped into me. The plates on her back twitch as she looks me up and down."
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unknown "Judgement…"
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"A chill rolls over me."
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show stella considering
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unknown "Karma? No. No, maybe second chance?"
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"She draws closer, a contemplative expression on her face."
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show stella explanatory
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unknown "Ah, I see now."
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A "What?"
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unknown "You’ve important choices to come."
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A "I do? Wait back up what the fuck are you talking about?"
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unknown "This."
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"She reaches toward my chest, plucking something off of it. She holds it up for me to see it’s some oversized playing card."
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A "Still lost."
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unknown "It’s you. Your card. You are on the precipice of a great ordeal. Many difficult points of divergence and contention are coming your way. Reflect on them."
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"I think about asking the green weirdo to make sense, but the bell is about to ring."
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A "Yeah, thanks, sure. Sorry, gotta dash."
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show classroom at scenter with dissolve
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stop music fadeout 1.0
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show bandroom
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"I slam into the band room door just as the late bell trills, panting and sweaty."
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show jingo at sleft with dissolve
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jingo "Good timing, Mr. Mous. Just in time for free period."
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"What…"
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jingo "Take up anything you like and have fun."
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"The teacher then took to his extremely lavish loveseat, threw on a pair of headphones and blacked out."
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hide jingo with fade
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"I looked at the scattered instruments, left alone for whatever reason."
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"Dent looking brass and cracked woodwinds. Even a bass with a missing string."
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"Wow. I feel like that right about now."
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"I reach for one at random, taking a wooden… thing…"
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"It looks like an oak tree made love to an eggplant and this is the aborted monstrosity in Mexico."
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"Whatever, I melt into my chair and pull out my phone. Seems a majority of my classmates have a similar idea."
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"I’ve some shitposting to do."
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"Let’s see…"
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show anonphone with moveintop
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#phone overlay with Elliot Raptor, and the text ‘he made some valid points :^)’
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"Ah yes, perfect. Click post aaaand now to wait."
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"Nefarious deed for the day done, I look around the room out of boredom."
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"Oh fuck no."
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"Fang has a weapon of mass hearing loss."
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"I’m covering my ears in preparation when the ptero-rist starts strumming and…"
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play music 'audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg'
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"Oh wow."
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"I still have my hearing."
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"In fact she’s actually playing something pleasant."
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"It’s mellow. Relaxed. A slow rhythm that carries a strange nostalgic hint to it."
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"The difference between this and the performance is night and day."
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"What gives?"
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"Looking a bit closer, she’s swinging her tail a bit to the rhythm."
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"She uses her tail as a metronome?"
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"Suddenly, the phone slips from my hand onto the floor."
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stop music
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A "SHIT!"
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"The sound it makes as it clatters on the ground is a klaxon of pants-shitting terror."
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"It lies face down on the isle."
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"Do I really want to pick it up and potentially face a harsh reality?"
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"Schrodingers’ crack."
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"...I can’t just leave it there."
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"I pick up the phone and slowly turn it over."
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"It’s the moment of truth."
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"...No cracks?"
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"Thank the Lord."
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play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg'
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F "Yeah, you got lucky."
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"Fang has stopped playing and is throwing a small smirk my way."
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"I should probably say something…"
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"Her playing is pretty good, I'll compliment that."
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A "That sounded way better than in the video Reed took."
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"..."
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"Wrong choice of words."
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F "You’re still not off my shit list, watch it."
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"Quick Anon, think"
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A "Why didn’t you play guitar back then, you’re obviously a lot better with it."
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F "Would’ve if I could’ve."
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A "What do you mean?"
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"There’s an empty seat next to Fang."
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"Finders’ keepers, I guess."
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F "The band is just Reed, Trish, and I."
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F "So we all have to decide by majority what happens."
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F "Reed says using a bass is more unique, and Trish always says how it’s a ‘promising business model’."
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A "But it sounds like you play the guitar much easier than a bass."
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F "I play the bass just fine."
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F "I think the problem is more that if you want to make an unconventional band layout, you damn well better know what you’re doing."
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F "If you’re anything short of masterful it won’t sound good."
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F "And when it comes to music, it either sounds good or it doesn’t."
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F "Simple as."
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"She continues strumming."
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A "But it’s just a high school band, right?"
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A "Shouldn’t it just be fun?"
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F "It is, yeah."
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A "Even though you’re just doing what they want without getting a say in it?"
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"Fang flinches and misses a note."
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F "..."
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F "It’s not like that…"
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F "It’s just… Trish says… I mean… God damn it."
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F "Look, we’re better with two basses. Trish and Reed say so."
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A "The au--"
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"Uhp"
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"Fuck"
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"I almost said 'the audience at the concert' to her outloud."
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F "What was that?"
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A "Nuthin’"
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"Fang growls at that."
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F "You know what, we’re having band practice after school today."
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F "Just show up and see for yourself."
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A "And what if I don’t?"
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F "You’ll be a little bitch that’s wrong."
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"Oh."
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"In that case."
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A "Fuck you, I’m right, your band sucks with two basses, and you shoulda been on guitar!"
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"I lock eyes with her."
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F "Fuck you!"
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A "Fuck you!"
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F "Fuck! You!"
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A "FUCK YOU!"
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stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
jingo "Aaaaand we’re caaaaaalm now."
|
||||
"Fuck me."
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
hide jingo with fade
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
|
||||
show hallway
|
||||
|
||||
F "Hurry up, dweeb. If I can keep ahead of you while carrying two instruments, you can speedwalk."
|
||||
A "You sure you don’t want me to carry one?"
|
||||
F "Pfeh."
|
||||
"Fang is leading me back to the auditorium with both the acoustic guitar ‘borrowed’ from the music room and her bass in hand, one over each shoulder."
|
||||
"When we eventually get to the auditorium, Fang stops."
|
||||
"Is something wrong?"
|
||||
A "Uh, is everything-"
|
||||
F "The doors, moron."
|
||||
"She swings the guitar cases on her shoulders around a bit."
|
||||
"Oh."
|
||||
"I step around her and grab the hanlde, pulling the door wide open."
|
||||
A "Ladies first."
|
||||
"Fang growls and stomps on my foot as she walks past."
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
A "FUCK!"
|
||||
F "Hurry up already."
|
||||
scene bandroom
|
||||
show reed neutral flip at rright
|
||||
show trish neutral at tcenter
|
||||
"Inside, Reed and Trish already have everything set up onstage."
|
||||
show fang neutral with moveinleft:
|
||||
xalign 0.2 yalign 0.1
|
||||
show anon neutral with moveinleft:
|
||||
xalign -0.1 yalign 0.0
|
||||
"Where does Reed keep that huge drumset during the day?"
|
||||
show trish very happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
"Trish waves her arms from the stage."
|
||||
T "HEY, FANG! WHAT TOOK SO LONG?"
|
||||
F "HAD TO GRAB SOMETHING."
|
||||
show trish unimpressed
|
||||
"Trish squints in the spotlight, then finally notices me."
|
||||
show trish indignant
|
||||
T "What-"
|
||||
T "What’s he doing here?!"
|
||||
"Fang slings both cases onto the stage, then climbs on herself."
|
||||
F "Proving a dumbass bigot wrong."
|
||||
A "So you admit there’s smart ones?"
|
||||
show fang angry
|
||||
show jewlcase at truecenter:
|
||||
xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 zoom 0.3
|
||||
rotate 0.6
|
||||
linear 0.3 xalign 0.05 yalign 0.12
|
||||
linear 1.5 yalign 5.0
|
||||
"Fang then ripped something from Trish’s hands and threw it at me."
|
||||
show trish angry
|
||||
T "What the fuck?!"
|
||||
"It strikes against my head with a dull *tonk* and lands on the ground in front of me."
|
||||
show jewlcase at truecenter:
|
||||
xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 zoom 1.0
|
||||
"Looking down at the makeshift shuriken, it was a copy of 'VVORM DRAMA’s new hit single Indragon Onslaught'"
|
||||
hide jewlcase
|
||||
show trish indignant
|
||||
T "Fang! I just made that in art class!"
|
||||
A "It looks like picasso had a seizure."
|
||||
show fang considering
|
||||
F "He was being an ass!"
|
||||
A "I was."
|
||||
show reed explanatory flip
|
||||
Re "Like… are we on break now?"
|
||||
T "We haven’t even started!"
|
||||
show reed neutral flip
|
||||
T "Fang! Why is Anon here?!"
|
||||
show fang neutral
|
||||
F "Like I said, proving him wrong."
|
||||
A "More like proving me right."
|
||||
T "Proving him wrong how?"
|
||||
Re "Like… Playing guitar, right? Ya wanted to play your guitar…"
|
||||
T "What?"
|
||||
F "Yes! I mean-"
|
||||
A "Ha!"
|
||||
F "No, I mean Anon thinks that if I used a guitar instead of bass the music would sound better."
|
||||
show trish neutral
|
||||
T "What? No wayyyy."
|
||||
F "I know, right?"
|
||||
Re "Woooow… Way to try throwing everything off, Anon..."
|
||||
F "Mm. Let’s just go through ‘I Need Meth Money By Tuesday Night And If I Don’t Get It I Will Stomp On Your Child’."
|
||||
"Don’t say ayy lmao."
|
||||
F "Three… Two... One.."
|
||||
#half life flash bang
|
||||
scene black
|
||||
pause 5
|
||||
"My mind went blank."
|
||||
"I don’t know what happened during the time when it was blank"
|
||||
scene bandroom
|
||||
show trish neutral at tleft
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"I look to the stage and see Fang, panting, looking distressed."
|
||||
F "S-see? Totally awesome, r-right?"
|
||||
"Not the word I would use."
|
||||
show trish explanatory with moveinright:
|
||||
xalign -0.2 yalign 0.1
|
||||
show anon neutral with dissolve:
|
||||
xalign 0.3 yalign 0.1
|
||||
show reed neutral flip with dissolve:
|
||||
xalign 0.9 yalign 0.1
|
||||
show fang neutral flip with dissolve:
|
||||
xalign 1.6 yalign 0.1
|
||||
A "...I think you should give the guitar a try."
|
||||
show trish angry
|
||||
T "Oh shut up, you don’t know anything about music."
|
||||
F "Might as well. That’s what I brought him for, after all."
|
||||
T "You’re really siding with him on this?"
|
||||
T "We already decided VVURM DRAMA is better with only drum and bass, remember?"
|
||||
show reed explanatory flip
|
||||
Re "Yeah man… WAY more unique that way."
|
||||
A "Aren’t there like two bands in existence that pulled it off?"
|
||||
Re "That means there’s a chance then, yeah…?"
|
||||
A "It can’t hurt to try, right?"
|
||||
show reed neutral flip
|
||||
show trish angry
|
||||
T "You don’t get a say in this, it’s a band decision and we already made our choice."
|
||||
F "Maybe he’s right, Trish. What’s the big deal?"
|
||||
T "The ‘deal’ is we’re wasting enough time as it is when we should be practicing!"
|
||||
T "Especially wasting time on playing guitar when it doesn’t match any of our stuff."
|
||||
show fang angry flip
|
||||
"That clearly struck a nerve."
|
||||
F "‘Wasting time’ playing guitar? What’s THAT supposed to mean?"
|
||||
"Fang rounds on Trish, jabbing an accusing finger into the little triceratop’s surprisingly voluminous chest."
|
||||
F "Every time I want to make changes you guys always overrule me!"
|
||||
F "Even when it’s something like playing my favorite instrument in my own band!"
|
||||
"Yikes."
|
||||
show trish indignant
|
||||
T "Come on Fang, you know I didn’t mean it that way!"
|
||||
T "We decided that democratically, right Reed?"
|
||||
Re "Yeah, but… like, there are only three of us, y’know?"
|
||||
"I’ll hate myself for this…"
|
||||
"...this is already getting too intimate for me..."
|
||||
"...but maybe I should say something."
|
||||
"It’s only going to get worse if I don’t"
|
||||
"But this seems like a personal argument between them."
|
||||
|
||||
menu:
|
||||
"Speak Up":
|
||||
jump GuitarQuestionSpeakUp
|
||||
"Stay Silent":
|
||||
jump GuitarQuestionStaySilent
|
||||
|
||||
label GuitarQuestionSpeakUp:
|
||||
$ fangscore += 1
|
||||
"Fang does seem very passionate about playing guitar."
|
||||
"It could only help their music, right?"
|
||||
show trish unimpressed
|
||||
show fang surprised
|
||||
A "Just give Fang a chance, have you ever even let them play guitar with the band?"
|
||||
"That seemed to stop Trish in her presidential yeezys."
|
||||
show trish neutral
|
||||
T "I- uh, well… not really. We voted on it in our first jam session together."
|
||||
"Fang made a weird face, like she couldn’t believe I was standing up for her."
|
||||
"Honestly I couldn’t believe I stood up for her either."
|
||||
"But god dammit I’m winning this challenge!"
|
||||
A "If you’re really Fang’s friend, you should at least let them try."
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
"Trish’s mouth opened and closed, as if she was trying to find the right words."
|
||||
"She threw up her hands and let out a frustrated sigh."
|
||||
show trish unimpressed
|
||||
T "Fine, I guess we can try it with the guitar…"
|
||||
jump postguitarscene
|
||||
|
||||
label GuitarQuestionStaySilent:
|
||||
"Can’t guarantee their style won’t be better than dogshit if I lose this challenge."
|
||||
"Certainly can’t get worse."
|
||||
"This is between the members of the band."
|
||||
T "In the end, majority still rules."
|
||||
T "I’m sorry, Fang, but we can’t get into creative squabbles like this all the time."
|
||||
T "And you already agreed to it, right?"
|
||||
"How controlling."
|
||||
show fang sad flip with dissolve
|
||||
"Fang hangs her head in defeat."
|
||||
F "I guess so…"
|
||||
Re "Hey man, Fang… Don’t let it get to you so hard…"
|
||||
show reed explanatory:
|
||||
xalign 0.7 yalign 0.1
|
||||
Re "We just gotta get it out of your system’s all, right...?"
|
||||
Re "Like, y’know, get it all out now so you don’t have to later, yeah…?"
|
||||
Re "Like Trish said…"
|
||||
T "I never said that."
|
||||
Re "Cuz’, that’s how these things work, right? You know until you don’t, and then all the rest is wack."
|
||||
T "I… Guess?"
|
||||
T "What?"
|
||||
Re "It’s like the bigger picture, you got Fang playin’ bass with all us…"
|
||||
Re "And they’re all ‘ohh yeah good thing I’m not thinking about playing other instruments, yeah yeah,’"
|
||||
Re "And you’re all like ‘see, I told you so’..."
|
||||
T "Yeah, so we should let them play now to get it all out for later!"
|
||||
T "Wait…"
|
||||
"If there were any cameras rolling, they’d be zooming in on Trish’s face."
|
||||
F "Thanks, Reed."
|
||||
show trish unimpressed
|
||||
T "Yeah, thanks a lot."
|
||||
jump postguitarscene
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
label postguitarscene:
|
||||
|
||||
F "Alright, this time we’re doing I Gave The Special Kids The Jonestown Special And Now I’m Going To Jail!"
|
||||
"...I’m gonna need Raptor Jesus after this one..."
|
||||
F "And a three, two, and…"
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/That Almost Sounded Good.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"Opposed to the nostalgic tune earlier, Fang rapidly strums on her borrowed guitar."
|
||||
"It’s fast and rough but the tone carried doesn’t melt my eardrums."
|
||||
"Watching and listening now I can see and hear the difference clear as day."
|
||||
"They’re actually not bad."
|
||||
"Not good, not by any metric worth it’s weight."
|
||||
"But at least I don’t cringe so hard my spleen erupts from my side and creates a splash zone."
|
||||
"I find myself bobbing to the song, in fact."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
"And just as I consider the song ‘gittin’ gud’ it ends."
|
||||
"I feel a little disappointed that the show ended so soon."
|
||||
"Then I remember it’s not a show at all."
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"And that I definitely won."
|
||||
"There’s sweat dripping from Fang’s brow, and her black clothes are clinging to her a bit more tightly."
|
||||
"The grin on her face stands out the most though."
|
||||
F "See! Totally better with a guitar Trish!"
|
||||
A "Ha! I win!"
|
||||
"Trish, Reed, and Fang turn to look at me."
|
||||
F "Oh… OH! OH GOD DAMN IT!"
|
||||
A "So you’re now a normal band?"
|
||||
F "I mean…"
|
||||
"Trish scowls."
|
||||
T "A vote then. Who votes if we stick to drum and bass?"
|
||||
"She’s the only one to raise her hand."
|
||||
T "fff… And against?"
|
||||
"Even I raise my hands along with Reed and Fang."
|
||||
T "You stay out of this Skinnie!"
|
||||
A "Skinnie?"
|
||||
F "Yessss!"
|
||||
Re "So like… do we gotta redo all the songs?"
|
||||
F "It’s only one instrument line."
|
||||
F "Shouldn’t take too long."
|
||||
T "Ugh…"
|
||||
T "There goes our main marketing strategy."
|
||||
"Marketing strategy? I thought she was a triceratops, not a rhinorex."
|
||||
"I’m abusing my good luck here so I probably should leave."
|
||||
A "That was very fun you guys, I hope I can see you all play more...again...better now than it was before...uuuhhhh…."
|
||||
A "We’re cool right? Bye!"
|
||||
A "So uh… I guess I should go now?"
|
||||
"As I move to the door Fang calls out."
|
||||
F "Wait!"
|
||||
F "We uh…"
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"I look to see her fidgeting onstage."
|
||||
F "We couuuld uh… OH! Feedback! We could use your feedback!"
|
||||
T "We what?! Fang, from him!"
|
||||
Re "Like... He’s alright but… like, for real?"
|
||||
A "Wha-"
|
||||
F "He’s been helpful! So why not? Reed, back me up here."
|
||||
Re "mmmm… Kay… Anon should stay…"
|
||||
show trish indignant
|
||||
T "REALLY?! BUT-"
|
||||
show trish unimpressed
|
||||
show fang happy flip
|
||||
F "Anon, you’ll stick around a while, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "If you guys’ll order some Dino-moe’s, sure."
|
||||
|
||||
"The three of them just stare blankly."
|
||||
|
||||
"Wait. Auditorium. Pizza."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fuck."
|
||||
|
||||
"Ohfuckohshitfortheloveofallthatisholywhynow."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I-I mean, uhh…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Actually, I have to go. Like, right now. So... Bye."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Why? I can spring for pizza if you’re too broke."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Nah nah nah, no need."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Plus I just remembered, I have to do uh...important things."
|
||||
|
||||
F "More important than our music?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Err, yeah. See I have to go return a blu- a book!"
|
||||
|
||||
"Fucking hell mouth, don’t go slipping weebtalk now!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "See it’s WAAAAY overdue and I can NOT afford the late fee."
|
||||
|
||||
Re "Wait a minute…"
|
||||
|
||||
"?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I almost didn’t recognize Reed’s voice, he said that way too sharply"
|
||||
|
||||
Re "...the late date is like...two weeks...Are you up to something, Anon?"
|
||||
|
||||
"He sounds completely lucid and didn’t slur any words…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Oh no."
|
||||
|
||||
"SHUT IT DOWN"
|
||||
|
||||
"SHUT IT DOWN"
|
||||
|
||||
"THE PINK CUBONE KNOWS"
|
||||
|
||||
A "It’s from the library near my place. Suuuper strict. Y’know how public libraries are like."
|
||||
|
||||
Re "riiiiiight."
|
||||
|
||||
T "WILL YOU JUST FUCKING LEAVE ALREADY?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I love you, Trish."
|
||||
|
||||
A "sure, bye."
|
||||
|
||||
"I scramble away to the exit. I turn to make my way out of there, on the stage I hear…"
|
||||
|
||||
T "THANK YOU."
|
||||
|
||||
"I uh….hear them chattering…"
|
||||
F "Okay now how about ‘I’m Not Sure Why But The Burglar Joined My Threesome."
|
||||
"Don’t think about a Threesome with Trish and Fang, Don’t think about a threesome with Trish and Fang, they’re meteor dodgers for crying out loud!"
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
"Ok, just for one second"
|
||||
if persistent.lewd == True:
|
||||
scene lesbo with fade
|
||||
pause 20.00
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
|
||||
"Fuck."
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
|
||||
jump chapter_3.0
|
||||
|
|
@ -1 +1,599 @@
|
|||
#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
|
||||
label chapter_3.0:
|
||||
|
||||
#Music class
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg'
|
||||
show outside school fog
|
||||
|
||||
"-The Following Monday Morning-"
|
||||
"I haven’t been able to focus much lately."
|
||||
|
||||
"My original plan is in absolute tatters."
|
||||
|
||||
"As opposed to staying silent and not facing any conflict, I’m now all buddy-buddy with the school reject club."
|
||||
|
||||
"And then there’s Naser and Naomi as well, and all their issues…"
|
||||
|
||||
"At any moment I feel I’m going to get found out."
|
||||
|
||||
"Trish would certainly beat me senseless."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang might as well…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Definitely Naser."
|
||||
|
||||
"All this shit happening, I can’t even get into my favorite hobby."
|
||||
|
||||
"I don’t think I’ve made a single forum post in three days."
|
||||
|
||||
"I stare down at my phone screen and see a sea of threads to post in."
|
||||
|
||||
"And yet, I have nothing to say."
|
||||
|
||||
"Wait, it’s already seven?!"
|
||||
|
||||
"Fuck me, I dragged my feet too much!"
|
||||
|
||||
"I sprint the rest of the way to school."
|
||||
scene classroom with fade
|
||||
"Luckily, I’m able to slink into homeroom without the teacher molesting me for a tardy pass."
|
||||
"Classes tick by in the daily slog, and like all things, lunch eventually comes to pass."
|
||||
scene cafeteria with dissolve
|
||||
show anon neutral flip at sright
|
||||
"I grab a packaged lunch from the omnivore line and begin looking for a place to sit."
|
||||
"By now it’s a foregone conclusion, I already know what happens next."
|
||||
N "Anon!"
|
||||
"Right on cue."
|
||||
show naomi neutral at sleft with moveinleft
|
||||
show naser neutral behind nanomi with moveinleft:
|
||||
xalign 0.25 yalign -0.0
|
||||
"Naomi rushes over, followed by Naser. I’d really rather not deal with her anymore today."
|
||||
N "Come on, Anon, let's continue our conversation from earlier!"
|
||||
"I need to think of something, and fast."
|
||||
A "Err, sorry. I already promised Fang I’d be eating with her."
|
||||
"Smooth."
|
||||
N "Oh..."
|
||||
"Oh!"
|
||||
"I’m glad to hear you’re trying to be better friends with Fang!"
|
||||
Nas "Well hey, this is a welcome surprise!"
|
||||
A "Right. Actually, she doesn’t eat in the cafeteria, does she?"
|
||||
Nas "Didn’t she tell you? She hangs out with her band in the auditorium."
|
||||
A "She’s allowed to do that?"
|
||||
N "I’ve asked Principal Spears before, he sees no issue with it."
|
||||
A "Huh. Anyways, I uh… Don’t want to keep them waiting!"
|
||||
Nas "See you."
|
||||
N "Have fun!"
|
||||
A "Right. Bye!"
|
||||
hide naser with moveoutleft
|
||||
hide naomi with moveoutleft
|
||||
"I turn away from the two and leave them behind in the cafeteria."
|
||||
scene bandroom
|
||||
"Now that i’m in front of the auditorium when it isn’t crowded for once, I can get a decent look around the foyer."
|
||||
"The walls are as vine-covered as anywhere else in the building, but the ones here have small magenta flowers blooming on them here and there."
|
||||
"I suppose there’s different kinds of vines, wouldn’t make much sense otherwise. Never really thought about it until now."
|
||||
"I peer into the small window in the door to see Fang’s gang lazing about within. Reed is messing with some box on a table, and Fang and Trish are sitting on the first row of seats chattering to each other."
|
||||
"I put my hand on the doorhandle and hesitate a bit. Then I pull it open."
|
||||
"The squeak of the door echoes through the near empty auditorium, and immediately all three turn their heads and stare."
|
||||
"There’s an awkward pause that goes on for just a bit too long. Eventually Fang calls out from her seat."
|
||||
show fang shocked at scenter with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
F "What the hell are you doing here, dweeb?"
|
||||
hide fang shocked
|
||||
show fang neutral at scenter
|
||||
show anon neutral flip at sright
|
||||
A "Hiding from Naomi."
|
||||
"Fang throws her head back and goes limp on the shitty wooden chair."
|
||||
F "UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHHHH, THAT BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH."
|
||||
show fang considering
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
F "..."
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
"Fang lifts her head back up."
|
||||
show fang unimpressed with dissolve
|
||||
F "Ffffffffine, you can stay."
|
||||
"I go sit a few yards away from Fang and Trish on the theater seat. Reed turns back to that device he was messing with before."
|
||||
"Looks like a projector?"
|
||||
A "You don’t like Naomi?"
|
||||
show fang angry with dissolve
|
||||
F "What was your first fuckin’ clue? That stupid bitch, acting all high and mighty all the time."
|
||||
T "Hey, Fang."
|
||||
F "Oh look at me I’m super smart and nice to everyone and everyone likes me so if you disagree with me I get the moral high ground no matter what!"
|
||||
"Fang lets out some combination of a snort and a sigh."
|
||||
F "No different than Naser. What a couple."
|
||||
F "Ugh, whatever. What was she doing to bother you?"
|
||||
A "She’s been pestering me about every little thing since school started. Granted, she’s been a big help in some cases, but jeez she’s overbearing sometimes."
|
||||
show trish neutral at tleft with dissolve
|
||||
T "Fang?"
|
||||
F "I’ll say. Sometime in the first semester she ended up helping me with a major science project. We only had a day to do the whole thing."
|
||||
A "You waited until the last day for a major grade?"
|
||||
F "It… That doesn’t matter. Shut up."
|
||||
F "Anyways, Naomi insisted on helping me, and I just went along with it. She ended up just bossing me around for eight hours."
|
||||
show trish indignant
|
||||
T "HEY GUYS DID YOU FORGET I’M HERE TOO?!"
|
||||
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
|
||||
F "Oh, right. What were you talking about Trish?"
|
||||
show trish neutral
|
||||
"Trish pulls a cardboard tube out of her backpack. She pops the top of the tube open and pulls a rolled up poster out and unfurls it."
|
||||
T "This! Tada! Our first poster!"
|
||||
A "VVURM DRAMA? That’s an… interesting name… and what’s with the date on it?"
|
||||
F "Trish wants-"
|
||||
T "We need to have an actual show! Not some dumb school show. We need actual people who matter to show our genius to!"
|
||||
"Genius? More like retardation."
|
||||
show fang sad with dissolve
|
||||
F "I don’t know Trish."
|
||||
A "Yeeeaaaaahhhh I’m with Fang on this one."
|
||||
show fang neutral
|
||||
show trish unimpressed
|
||||
"The glare Trish levels at me was akin to a very dull knife."
|
||||
T "You don’t even know how good we are!"
|
||||
T "That was simply a practice session!"
|
||||
T "Since you’re Naser’s friend too, just know HE ruined our first concert. Right Fang?"
|
||||
F "Ugh, yeah. If he hadn’t invited all those cocksuckers…"
|
||||
A "Still I think-"
|
||||
show trish angry with dissolve
|
||||
T "It doesn’t matter what YOU think!"
|
||||
"Whoa, where did that come from."
|
||||
show fang happy with dissolve
|
||||
F "Let’s drop it for now. My tuna sandwich is getting cold."
|
||||
show trish smug
|
||||
"Trish grins in victory."
|
||||
Re "Dude… ya got told…"
|
||||
"What the fuck am I doing? I’m dead if I out myself here outnumbered"
|
||||
|
||||
"Trish tore at me like she knew I was there."
|
||||
|
||||
"Had to happen EVENTUALLY."
|
||||
|
||||
"I hope that’s not the case."
|
||||
show trish neutral
|
||||
"I finally get to opening my omnivore lunch. A BLT, some chicken nuggets, and an orange."
|
||||
"I take my first bite of the sandwich and-"
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
"*DING-DONG BING-BONG*"
|
||||
"Are you kidding me."
|
||||
"I cram as much of the sandwich into my mouth as I can and close the box."
|
||||
"Reed puts the projector in the corner of the room, and Trish makes for the exit with Fang. I follow after, cheeks still filled with food"
|
||||
scene hallway with fade
|
||||
show fang happy flip at scenter with dissolve
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
|
||||
"Next class is… Music, that’s right. I’ll be walking with Fang then."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
show hallway
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"The three all wave each other goodbye and Fang turns towards our shared class."
|
||||
"May as well make some small talk."
|
||||
A "So, uh… What’s your favorite band, Fang?"
|
||||
F "My favorite band, huh…"
|
||||
F "Guess it’d be something like The Skinks… Maybe the Fossillies?"
|
||||
A "‘Oi, tha’ ‘ere’s sum pre’ey bri’ish tayste, yeah?"
|
||||
F "Pffft."
|
||||
"She turns away to hide her snickers."
|
||||
F "Shut it."
|
||||
F "I’m sure your favorite is much better."
|
||||
A "I’m into…"
|
||||
#>>Boomer rock
|
||||
#>>Obscure hipster shit
|
||||
#>>Anime openings and video game OSTs
|
||||
|
||||
menu:
|
||||
"Boomer rock":
|
||||
jump regardlessofselect
|
||||
"Obscure hipster shit":
|
||||
jump regardlessofselect
|
||||
"Anime openings and video game OSTs":
|
||||
jump regardlessofselect
|
||||
|
||||
label regardlessofselect:
|
||||
"Fang holds a hand up to her beak."
|
||||
F "AHAHAHAHAHAHHA. God you are such a dweeb"
|
||||
"I flash her my biggest shit-eating grin."
|
||||
A "Least I don’t need a ‘loisence’ to listen to it."
|
||||
F "Oi luv, didn’ share me taystes to get rallied on, bit rewd, innit?"
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
"The two of us banter with each other with increasingly strong british accents all the way to class."
|
||||
scene classroom with fade
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'
|
||||
show bandroom
|
||||
|
||||
"ARGH!! This stupid-"
|
||||
"Define a Treble clef? I don’t know what a Treble clef is! I don’t care about this shit, it won’t ever be useful."
|
||||
"Fuck this, who can I cheat off of?"
|
||||
"I lean back in my uncomfortable chair hoping to pop my spine back in place."
|
||||
N "{i}Oh! What if you asked Fang for help?{/i}"
|
||||
"I crane my head, looking for Fang. At her own desk she’s filling out her assignment page easily, drumming her fingers on her desk. Almost looks like she’s strumming honestly."
|
||||
"Agh, and that’s another thing. Who the fuck made guitars?! Fuck trying to memorize frets or whatever the fuck."
|
||||
"Oh shit, she’s looking at me now."
|
||||
"She tilts her head and taps her sheet."
|
||||
"OH!"
|
||||
"I respond with an eyeroll and finger gun at my temple. My thumb hammer drops and I fake die in my seat."
|
||||
"Fang shakes her head, returning to her assignment with a tiny smile gracing her beak."
|
||||
"I look at the papers we need to finish. Fuck me, how the hell are we suppose to finish these by the end of class?!"
|
||||
N "It can’t hurt to ask, though, right?"
|
||||
"Maybe the neon Nero had a good point."
|
||||
"Still, interrupting her now might piss her off."
|
||||
"FFFFFfuck. I’ll flip a coin."
|
||||
#>>> Heads, ask Fang for help
|
||||
#>>> Tails, leave Fang alone
|
||||
|
||||
menu:
|
||||
"Heads, ask Fang for help":
|
||||
jump Heads
|
||||
"Tails, leave Fang alone":
|
||||
jump Tails
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
#>> Heads, ask Fang for help
|
||||
label Heads:
|
||||
$ fangscore += 1
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"Guess that’s that."
|
||||
"May as well get it over with."
|
||||
"I slink out of my chair and go around to Fang’s desk."
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
|
||||
A "Uh...."
|
||||
show fang shocked flip at sright with dissolve
|
||||
"She jumps in her chair"
|
||||
F "How’d you get- don’t scare me like that!"
|
||||
A "Sorry…"
|
||||
hide fang shocked flip with dissolve
|
||||
show fang neutral flip at sright
|
||||
"I look at her work and see she’s only a quarter done. Fuck, I hope we have enough time."
|
||||
A "sooo… You seem to be capable of deciphering dead languages."
|
||||
F "Wha-"
|
||||
A "canyouhelpmewiththis?!"
|
||||
F "Help you with the assignment?"
|
||||
A "....Yes. I don’t get any of this. It’s all moon runes to me."
|
||||
F "How’d you even join this class?"
|
||||
A "Only elective that had an open spot. Even though it’s mid semester and I’m expected to be at the level of everyone that’s been here all year."
|
||||
"Fang leans her head down and holds her hand on top of her muzzle."
|
||||
"I’m guessing that’s supposed to be like pinching the bridge of your nose."
|
||||
F "Whatever, it’s fine if the teacher gives the greenlight."
|
||||
show reed king rex with moveinleft:
|
||||
xalign -0.35 yalign 0.0
|
||||
Re "It’ll be fine."
|
||||
"Fang and I jump several inches."
|
||||
F "What are you doing here?!"
|
||||
A "And what’s with the costume?"
|
||||
"Reed is in an overly large inflatable T-rex costume."
|
||||
Re "Gotta get a signature for this absent note, man…"
|
||||
Re "Anyways... Mr. Jingo doesn’t care about if you use, like, partners and stuff… He just wants the work done…"
|
||||
A "I… I see. I didn’t know you were also the school mascot, Reed."
|
||||
Re "There’s, like, pockets in here man… You get to bring a lot of cool stuff… As long as you clean it after…"
|
||||
"I’m not even going to bother at this point."
|
||||
F "Thanks, Reed."
|
||||
Re "s’all good, man…"
|
||||
"Reed gets up and goes to the teachers’ desk in the corner of the room."
|
||||
hide reed king rex with moveoutleft
|
||||
"I turn back to Fang expectantly."
|
||||
F "I’m not getting up. Get your crap and sit down already."
|
||||
A "Thanks."
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
jump PostFlip
|
||||
|
||||
#>>Tails, leave Fang alone.
|
||||
label Tails:
|
||||
"Guess that settles it."
|
||||
"Fang wouldn’t want to be bothered right now anyways."
|
||||
"Looking back to my paper, I try once again to make sense of the questions and music notes."
|
||||
"Write the following notes in both Treble and Bass clef."
|
||||
"...What?"
|
||||
show reed king rex flip at rcenter
|
||||
Re "Yo, you should have like... asked Fang for help, man…"
|
||||
"I have to grab the desk to keep myself from falling out of my chair."
|
||||
A "Reed, what the fuck are you doing here?!"
|
||||
Re "Just getting an absent note signed by teach, man…"
|
||||
A "And what’s with the outfit?!"
|
||||
"Reed is in an overly large inflatable T-rex costume."
|
||||
Re "School mascots are pretty cool… You wouldn’t believe the things they let you do with these…"
|
||||
"I’m not going to ask for clarification."
|
||||
Re "But, uhh… You should get some help or something…"
|
||||
Re "I’ll ask the teacher for you…"
|
||||
A "No, Reed, you don’t have to-"
|
||||
Re "YO, TEACH! THIS GUY NEEDS SOME EXTRA HELP!"
|
||||
"All eyes turn to us. The desk makes a nice ‘conk’ sound when my head hits it."
|
||||
show jingo at sleft
|
||||
jingo "Does he really?"
|
||||
jingo "Err… Someone… Fang! You help him with the packet."
|
||||
"Fang glares daggers at the two of us."
|
||||
A "Thanks, Reed."
|
||||
Re "Hey, no problem man! I gotta go…"
|
||||
hide reed
|
||||
"Reed shuffles over to the teachers’ desk in the corner to get his signature."
|
||||
"Fang calls out from her chair."
|
||||
F "I’m not getting up. If you need help grab your stuff and get over here."
|
||||
"The damage is done. May as well at this point."
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
scene classroom with fade
|
||||
show fang angry flip at sright
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft
|
||||
jump PostFlip
|
||||
|
||||
label PostFlip:
|
||||
|
||||
F "Jesus... you suck at this"
|
||||
A "No shit, I don’t know what half this shit is!"
|
||||
F "God, they tell you about treble notes in Elementary, it’s E, G, B, D, F for treble and G, B, D, F, A for bass!"
|
||||
A "How the hell do you know any of this"
|
||||
"Anon then realized, he is horrendously fucking stupid."
|
||||
F "I’ve been into playing music since pre-k"
|
||||
"... Roll with it"
|
||||
A "So does it take that long to learn that horrid thing?"
|
||||
"I point at the class’ electric guitar"
|
||||
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
|
||||
F "Nah, I started with piano. I didn’t get my first guitar ‘til freshman year."
|
||||
A "The piano? Isn’t that the hardest one?"
|
||||
"I have no clue what i'm talking about"
|
||||
F "Maybe for some, but I started early and got ahead. My grandma had an old piano she would let me mess around with."
|
||||
F "She would try to get me to play all kinds of songs, mostly church stuff because she wanted me to be a little goodie two shoes like she was. It... was fun."
|
||||
F "Then I started taking piano lessons privately because my mom saw that I was interested in it, and in middle school I joined the band for awhile!"
|
||||
show fang happy flip
|
||||
F "Only quit because of marching season, I was not wearing a dumb uniform."
|
||||
show fang unimpressed flip
|
||||
"Fang gets a strange expression, a mix between a blush and a scowl as she returns back to her snappy attitude."
|
||||
F "You done with that yet? It's taking you way too long, rather have you out of my way."
|
||||
"Cute."
|
||||
"I show her the half-finished worksheet."
|
||||
A "I still don’t get this fucking part."
|
||||
F "It’s literally three classifications, it’s really easy"
|
||||
A "It doesn’t list them!"
|
||||
F "Did you even read the page?"
|
||||
"Fang then grabs the paper and points at the top right. In a small box is a list of three types, woodwind, brass, and percussion."
|
||||
A "Oh..."
|
||||
F "You need me to still help you with this or do you have it from here?"
|
||||
"Of course I have it, I know this shit, it's just 3 catagories"
|
||||
"Percussion is simple enough. Getting the differences between woodwind and brass is a bit harder."
|
||||
A "Right. You know your stuff. Band stuff."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"I heard a sigh from Fang"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I can’t believe this."
|
||||
|
||||
A "What is it?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Why did you leave your old school?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Wh-"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Where did that come from?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Just wondering, though I think I know the answer."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Why do you care?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "You’re here for just two weeks and already you’ve wedged yourself in with my friends."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I didn’t really have a choice there, Fang."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I just...wanted to cruise through this year. I’m not good with friends."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Sorry, just had a feeling. I myself haven’t gotten many new friends in a few years..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "It’s like I make people avoid me... I don’t like new people…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "That's weird."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Fuck em', you know?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Sure."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You act like you have a hard time socializing, I’m not seeing it."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Makes me think you didn’t leave your school out of necessity, but because you really must have fucked up royally."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I know your kind."
|
||||
|
||||
"I-I, what did Fang mean by that? It all just came out of nowhere - I mean jeez-"
|
||||
|
||||
"We’re talking about how she can’t get friends and now she wants to know about THAT…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Oh God. I’m getting hot."
|
||||
|
||||
"It’s Trish. She told Fang and she knows everything."
|
||||
|
||||
"Play dumb? Hopefully that will work."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I have no clue what you’re talking about."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Honestly? Me neither."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
F "You’re just some loser that knows NOTHING about music."
|
||||
|
||||
F "And yet you come in from your cave where even their parents must’ve wanted you gone."
|
||||
|
||||
F "But still you’re now BOTH my science and music partner, on top of worming your way in with MY band and with MY friends-"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Anon, what is there TO understand?"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"She’s laughing."
|
||||
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Hey, you ok?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "That’s funny, come on."
|
||||
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Haha."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
F "I'll almost miss you when you leave and start finding your own friends."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Whatever you say, Fang."
|
||||
|
||||
"With a roll of her eyes she returns to scrolling through her phone again. I seriously wonder now what she meant."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I gotta go."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Y-you’re leaving so soon?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’m going to the bathroom, stupid."
|
||||
hide fang neutral flip
|
||||
show fang neutral at sright
|
||||
hide fang neutral with moveoutleft
|
||||
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/you can_t sage here.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"She knows."
|
||||
|
||||
"But how?!"
|
||||
|
||||
"She left her phone on the desk."
|
||||
|
||||
"I can see the imprint of the password being illuminated by the room’s lamps"
|
||||
|
||||
"It… It wouldn’t be right."
|
||||
|
||||
"...I have to know."
|
||||
|
||||
"I reach over to pick up the phone."
|
||||
|
||||
"Some movement in the corner of my eye solidifies me."
|
||||
|
||||
"Why’s Reed still here?!"
|
||||
|
||||
Re "..."
|
||||
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
|
||||
Re "... {i}*snrrrk*{/i}"
|
||||
|
||||
"Oh thank Raptor Jesus. He’s asleep."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang’s password is…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Wait, only the ‘one’ key is smudged?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I guess it’s worked until now…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Ah, the messenger app."
|
||||
#TODO: IMPLEMENT MESSAGING GUI
|
||||
#do we even have time for this?
|
||||
#maybe this will be a post release update
|
||||
#lmao as if
|
||||
#--refer to Writer1 for the entirety of the texting part as he wants it to be more interactive.
|
||||
"... There’s surprisingly not a lot."
|
||||
|
||||
"Seems they interact mostly in person."
|
||||
|
||||
"...What did I even just accomplish?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I shouldn’t have looked."
|
||||
|
||||
"All because of my paranoia… I just violated someone’s privacy."
|
||||
|
||||
"I can feel a pit open in my stomach."
|
||||
|
||||
"I shouldn't have done it."
|
||||
|
||||
"Trish is Fang’s friend. Not me."
|
||||
|
||||
"God damn it, Anon. The fuck is wrong with you."
|
||||
|
||||
"I set the phone back where it was."
|
||||
|
||||
"A glance back at Reed and I confirm that he’s still unconscious."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
play music 'audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg'
|
||||
|
||||
"What’s another secret to keep?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Each one just building on the last, the growing maw in my gut threatens to make me violently ill."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang unimpressed flip at sright with moveinright
|
||||
|
||||
F "Oi!"
|
||||
|
||||
"I’m startled as Fang retakes her seat."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Did you manage to do {i}anything{/i} on the sheet?"
|
||||
|
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"I simply shake my head as I show her the incomplete worksheet."
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show fang angry flip with dissolve
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"Fang sighs frustratedly."
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A "Look if I’m being a bother-"
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F "It’s simple you dweeb."
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show fang neutral flip with dissolve
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"Fang began breaking down the questions, her tone less condescending than when we initially started."
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"The way she explained it was infinitely better than how Mr. Jingo did at the start of class."
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"Over time the sheet was slowly filled in, things finally starting to click now."
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F "Looks like you got the hang of this bit. Good job, dork."
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"Fang smirks a bit."
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"I see a chance to strike."
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A "Helps to have an actual decent teacher."
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show fang surprised flip with dissolve
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"The slight red tint tells me I was right on the mark."
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"There’s also the steady *thump thump thump* of her tail on the back of her seat to clue me in. I can’t help thinking of tugging on the appendage."
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"Wait, the thumping."
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"*Thump thump… thump thump thump… thump thump… thump thump thump*"
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A "Hey uh… Is… Is your tail drumming right now?"
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F "Hm? Oh, that. Kinda."
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show fang neutral flip with dissolve
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A "Kinda?"
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F "I’m feeling out a rhythm. Thinking of a new song."
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A "Is that normally part of the creative process?"
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F "Maybe, maybe not. Are you done with the packet yet?"
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"I groan."
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A "Still got half a page left."
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F "That’s just a crossword puzzle. I’m not helping if you can’t do even that."
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A "I know, I know."
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"I have to resort to good ol’ logic to solve the crossword. The longest and shortest words are easy enough to figure out."
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A "But, uhh…"
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F "Hm?"
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A "Thanks for helping me. With the assignment I mean."
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show fang considering flip with dissolve
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F "Uhh… Yeah. Sure."
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"There’s that red tint again."
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F "I’ll help again… I mean, if you need it."
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A "Really? Thanks."
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F "Yeah, just-"
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show fang neutral flip
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"*DING-DONG BING-BONG*"
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"That’s the bell telling us to piss off to the last period. Crap, I still got a few words left."
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scene black with fade
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"I guess the last few words and rush over to the teachers’ desk to turn it in. When I turn back I catch sight of Fang leaving the room in a hurry, tail between her legs."
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Nas "{i}She’s not that bad once you get to know her.{/i}"
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"Guess he was right after all."
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stop music fadeout 1.0
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scene black with fade
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"God, I feel like a jerk now."
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"..."
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