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#Volcano Highschool Musical
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"-Three years later-"
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scene park fair with fade
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play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0
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"Volcadera Bluffs. New duty station. Recruiting teens to suffer just like I did."
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"Good times, good times."
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"With my rucksack on my back and a cheap rolling case at my side I make my way down to my old stomping ground for some cheap living."
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"Three years. I wonder if Lucy still lives here."
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"There’s new buildings in the Galleria. Not to mention it’s gotten even more labyrinthine."
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"The sun reflecting off the mirror polished windows are baking me alive in my JDUs."
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"Thinking back, I think there’s a park nearby that has a decent vending machine."
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scene park fair
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with fade
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"Mentally retracing my steps from my senior year I manage to find the park."
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"Looks like they’re holding some kind of festival, with all the booths set up and tyranno tykes running around."
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"There’s an unoccupied picnic bench, miraculously, so I set my heavy bags carrying my entire life down and pop open my water bottle."
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"Sitting here, I can’t help but reminisce about the last time I was here."
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"There’s an awful lot I left behind here."
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"Like my highschool sweetheart."
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"The dicks in my old platoon never did believe me."
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"Then again I didn’t want to show that photo album her mom gifted me."
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"Raptor Jesus, I miss her."
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"I wonder if she remembers that promise."
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stop music fadeout 1.0
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Lucy "Anon?"
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"Hm?"
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"I look up to see a pterodactyl in a floral print dress running full tilt towards me."
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Lucy "ANON! YOU REMEMBERED!"
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scene c02
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"What."
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"I stand up and prepare to take her down."
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"I am poorly prepared however."
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"She lunges at me and before I think to grab my cheap ass kabar her beak mashes roughly against my lips."
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"What."
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"I curse my instincts as my hands reflexively hold my amorous attacker by her hips."
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"Wait."
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"I pull back, both for air and to figure out if this is who I think it is and not some well dressed sexual harassing lady-hobo."
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A "Lucy..?"
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scene park fair
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with fade
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Lucy "You remembered our promise!"
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"Right. Right."
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A "That I’d come back and be with you. How could I forget?"
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"I finally have a chance to take Lucy in."
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"Gone is the halter top, torn jeans, and spiky hornband."
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"In their place, a simple golden sun dress and a large red ribbon tied around her head crest, looking for the world like a pair of red bunny ears."
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"Her hands remain on my shoulders, and I can see that she’s checking me out now."
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"I’m proud to say I’m no longer a lanklet, especially with how my uniform blouse’s rolled up sleeves feel like they’re cutting off the blood flow to my hands."
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Lucy "You’ve really changed since I last saw you, Anon!"
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Lucy "I’m so glad you’re safe after all these years!"
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Lucy "I got so worried for you, what if something happened overseas…"
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Lucy "What if you got lost or hurt..."
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Lucy "What if you never returned at all…"
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A "Hey, have more faith in me."
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A "I still got all my limbs, right?"
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A "I didn’t get bruised too bad."
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A "Like uhh, remember that time I fell down the stairs?"
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A "I’m pretty indestructible, yeah?"
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"...Maybe I’ll wait before showing her my scars."
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Lucy "Wow, you’re pretty amazing…"
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A "What’ve you been up to?"
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Lucy "Oh, I got my Associates and then-"
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unknown "MIIIISSSS LUCCYYYYYYYY!!!"
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"Fang shrugs."
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Lucy "And then this."
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"A little T-rex runs up to the table."
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unknown "MISS LUCY!! MISS LUCY!!"
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Lucy "Now Vince, there’s no need to yell this close."
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Lucy "What’s wrong?"
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Vince "I was playing with Jared and he said, he said that earthquakes happen when my mommy gets out of bed!!"
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Vince "Tell him it’s not true!!"
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A "Tell him that his mom has a secret daddy she doesn’t tell anyone about."
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Lucy "Anon!"
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Vince "Okaaay!"
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Lucy "Oh no you don’t."
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Lucy "JARED, GET OVER HERE."
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"After clearing up the squabble, Lucy slumps over the picnic table again."
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A "Want me to get you a water bottle or something?"
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Lucy "No thanks, I had lemonade earlier."
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Lucy "The fair’s some annual town hunting celebration, this year the people in charge had extra funding."
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Lucy "So today they’re letting the local schools have a field trip here free of charge."
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A "... Need another chaperone?"
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Lucy "I’d love to, but parents get really upset about this sort of thing."
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Lucy "You have to be qualified and certified to look after these guys."
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A "Oi naehd a choild moindin’ loicence, yeh? Pray-ay bonkahs, yeh."
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"I chuckle aloud at my own silly accent. Lucy’s giggles echo my mirth."
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"Lucy’s giggles slowly melt away and a trickling tear leaves from her eye."
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Lucy "You’re really back…"
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"Her arms wrap around me tightly, as if afraid I’ll disappear at any moment."
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"My hand rubs comforting circles across her back, soothing her."
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A "Yeah. I’m back, Lucy."
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A "I’m surprised you waited for me here."
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Lucy "Of course. That promise means the world to me, Anon."
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"We stay embraced in the hot sun for just a moment longer before I let go again."
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play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0
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"Lucy’s gaze lingers on the children, her eyebrows knit together in contemplation."
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F "Look at them, Anon."
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"Fang points toward the kids screaming and falling over each other."
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F "We were all like this at some point."
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A "Stupid?"
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F "Yeah- no, I mean careless. Innocent."
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A "Suppose we were."
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"She lets out a sigh."
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F "One day they’re gonna start thinking and doing all the wrong things we thought and did when we were teenagers..."
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F "I wish I could stop it from happening. They're perfect just like this."
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A "Kids can be, Jack mean to each other."
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F "But not cruel. The world makes them cruel."
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F "Until then...they're free. We gotta protect their freedom. Save them from our mistakes."
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"That’s quite a statement to hear from her."
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A "You've changed."
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"I think now would be a good time for a segue."
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A "I'm glad to see you're doing good. How’s everyone else?"
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F "Everyone else?"
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A "Y’know, Naser, Trish, Naomi, Reed, all those guys?"
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F "Oh! Naser went to medical school..."
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"She closes her eyes as though trying to recall a lost memory."
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F "I haven’t seen Naomi, though."
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A "And the others?"
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F "Haven't seen them since either."
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F "But you’re here now!"
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F "And now that you’re back, I’m never letting you go again."
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A "I’m not going anywhere… Sweet Tooth."
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"Lucy rolls her eyes."
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F "You know, if you had said that back then I’d have hit you."
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A "Yeah, and then I’d have just done it again because you’re cute when you’re annoyed."
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A "I guess we’ve both changed since then."
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F "Oh yeah? How so?"
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A "I mean, when I first enrolled I had every intention of just laying low and not sticking out."
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A "I didn’t care about making friends as long as it suited that goal."
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A "As long as I didn’t get bullied any more, I was glad to just blend in."
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F "Guess that plan fell apart."
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A "It did, yeah."
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A "I kinda blame you for that development."
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F "Ha, I made you care about people."
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A "You did."
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"A few kids chase each other around the table."
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A "You get any break time today?"
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A "I'd love to check out the town, see what else is different."
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F "I’d love to! I’ll go ask, I might get a few minutes to step away."
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A "Yeah, and we could go and check Volcano High again, for old time's sake."
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"She freezes for a second."
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F "I-I’d rather not Volcano High. Too many bad memories."
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"Lucy ended up getting the rest of the day off from her supervisors, I was surprised by how understanding they were once they saw me."
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F "They said I deserve it after a hard day's work."
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A "You do look exhausted dealing with the ankle biters."
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F "Not at all! Truth be told, Anon. I love doing what I do."
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"..."
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"Catching up with Lucy was the happiest I felt in years, the memories came rushing back as we walked under the hot sun."
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A "So you don’t know at all how Reed and Trish are doing?"
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F "OH! ...When was the last time I spoke with them…?"
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A "Hope Trish is alright, the two of you were friends for the longest time."
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F "I guess I… Didn’t feel the need to see them again?"
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F "Looking back, they were terrible influences."
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A "I guess so..."
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A "And Stella and Rosa?"
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F "Haven't seen them either."
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A "Seems weird, considering Rosa was of such help to us."
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F "Don't get me wrong, Anon. I love what Rosa did for me, Naser and you, but I guess I...just didn't need to see her anymore."
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F "I didn't want to see anyone else, for that matter."
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F "You must've had friends in the army, back at rock bottom, or even before that, right?"
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F "They're gone from your life too, there's nothing wrong with that."
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A "Haven't you looked for them?"
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F "I don't want to."
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"The scenery here seems familiar..."
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"Oh, this is my old path to school. Maybe I will get to see it after all."
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F "l-let's turn away. To Moe's, or somewhere."
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A "Aww, I wanted to see the school again though."
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F "NO, Anon."
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A "..."
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F "Seems like we just repeat each other, I get upset over nothing, and I apologize."
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F "Sorry, I just… don't want to remember Volcano High, I just…"
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F "I did too much dumb stuff there, you know?"
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F "I just want to forget all that happened."
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A "Moe’s is fine, too. I do want to see how that fossil is doing."
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F "Er, actually, Moe retired! He sold his franchise."
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A "Oh. Well, we can still go check it out."
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"It took a while to get there, getting to be nearly five when we arrived at Moe's, we ordered our usual and picked a table."
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"I can see the old piano in my peripheral vision."
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A "I’ve been asking so much about what you’re doing now, but what happened while I was away?"
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F "I remembered your promise."
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F "I tried improving myself, like, really tried."
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F "But things kept getting difficult. For a while I gave up."
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F "There were times I’d cry. I would think back to when you were here and miss you so much."
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F "I...don't wanna worry you with the details of what I did during that time, but…"
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F "I guess I realized something."
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F "All this time I was a huge dick to my family, I idealized things too much and lashed out at them for not being on the same page as me."
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F "I wanted to be a rockstar, so I wanted them to behave a certain way I think it would fit for that lifestyle."
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F "I was being unfair and unrealistic towards them, I wanted them to hate me and somehow that was gonna further my career."
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F "Looked like it worked for a lot of famous people."
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F "I didn't want to make my family sad anymore, so I just did what I've always should have done and learned to love them, to thank them for all they did for me."
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A "So you kept playing? I'd love to see what else you've composed over the years. I'm sure it's great."
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F "No...I just gave that up."
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A "What? Really? It was such a huge part of you!"
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F "I didn't need it anymore, plus it reminded me too much of Trish, I've put away the instruments somewhere and never played anything ever again."
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A "Then what have you been doing all these years?"
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F "Dad needed help with a charity event, he bought food and he needed me to help him carry it around since Naser was away in college."
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F "I thought it was just going to be a boring evening with a bunch of brats, but I saw something..."
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F "I saw the children, they ran around me, they offered me toys to play with, I joined them."
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F "I lifted them from the ground, some clung to my legs as I moved about-"
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F "No one ever played with me like that, no one ever approached me like that, it was so pure, so innocent."
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A "Should have shown them a picture of you in your high school clothes"
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F "THAT would be hilarious."
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F "But yeah, I enjoyed my time with the children so much...I asked around in my church and eventually I got a gig dealing with preschoolers."
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"She looks so happy right now. I feel like I would ruin the mood to bring up Trish, Reed and the others again."
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A "Y’know, part of me expected you to forget about the whole promise."
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A "That I’d come back and some lucky dino guy had already swept you off your feet."
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"She just smiles and gives a small laugh."
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F "The amount of guys I had to tell that my boyfriend was just deployed and coming home soon…"
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"She begins stroking my hand on the table."
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F "Anon, I’d never forget about you or our promise."
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"Part of me is glad she's saying this to me, but I still have too many questions."
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"It's weird because I know she’s happy, she looks happy in her work, and she's glad I'm here..."
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"But something deflates the moment, I don't know what it is."
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"I look towards the decorative piano Moe always had in the corner."
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A "Look Fang, the piano."
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F "What about it?"
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A "You think they’d let us play it?"
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F "I don't know, it's probably out of tune..."
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A "Might be worth a shot, come on."
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F "But you can't play..."
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A "Then {i}you{/i} play."
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"As we sit by the piano, I think she understands why I'm teasing her like that."
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"I open the lid, the keys look rather pristine."
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F "Anon, I-"
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"Her fingers lightly roll across the keys"
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"She retracts herself."
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F "I haven't played in a long time...I don't know if I can still do it."
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A "I bet you still remember how to do it."
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"She positions her hands just above the keys."
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F "I haven't done this in years. I don't even know which song to play."
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A "I wanna see you play, that's all. I wanna hear you after all this time away."
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F "Alright."
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"She gave out a sigh, but then..."
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F "What to play?"
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"Her eyes seem to glimmer for a moment."
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F "I know."
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F "Remember this?"
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F "It was our song, remember?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "We made it together."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Ha! I still got it!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I always thought of this melody when I thought about you..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Guess I never forgot how to do it. Thought I'd be rusty with the piano."
|
||||
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
|
||||
A "You play beautifully."
|
||||
|
||||
F "...Thank you..."
|
||||
|
||||
"I sit closer to Lucy, she rests her head on my shoulder. Her hands are still resting on the keys, eager to play again."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You shouldn't have abandoned music."
|
||||
|
||||
F "..."
|
||||
|
||||
"We talked about what we would do now, especially since it was getting dark outside and the street lights were coming on."
|
||||
|
||||
"We walked our way back to where we started, near the park."
|
||||
scene park night
|
||||
show anonc neutral at aleft
|
||||
show fang c sad flip at sright
|
||||
with fade
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
F "I don't know, Anon! It's just so WEIRD! A music teacher?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "I don't know, Fang, it could be cool if you tried."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang is shivering, the colder air setting in."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Here, this'll get you warmer."
|
||||
|
||||
hide anonc
|
||||
hide fang
|
||||
show c06 at center
|
||||
with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"I draw Lucy close to my chest."
|
||||
|
||||
"She snuggles up to me."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Thank you."
|
||||
|
||||
"She's precious. Being taller now, I guess the animal part of my brain is telling me to protect my smaller and more fragile mate."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Little by little, I'll get you back to music, your friends, I'm sure it'll work out fine towards the end."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy stirs. She doesn’t like the idea."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Anon...please don't ask me to do that. I'm not ready."
|
||||
|
||||
A "How are you not ready?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I lied, Anon. Ok?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I lied, I disappointed you, I promised I would get better, but you're clearly not happy with how I turned out."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Nonsense, you have no idea how proud I am of you."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I'm still broken, Anon."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’ve even started preening again because I had no one, but remembering I promised you and Naser I wouldn't do it anymore hurt even more so."
|
||||
|
||||
F "But that was years ago. I swear, I tried getting better."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Forgive me."
|
||||
|
||||
"I'm the one sighing this time."
|
||||
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You wanted me to live my own life, be this great person you wanted me to be, yet I'm here doing menial church tasks and dealing with children."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I got no friends, no new songs, nothing going on for me."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I know I needed to be a famous musician to make you happy, I know I needed to have forgiven Trish and the others, but it just didn't work out. I couldn't do it."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I'm lonely, Anon. You're all that's left for me."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You didn't need to be all that to be happy, I still think you're the best."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Forget it, Lucy. What's done is done. We're here."
|
||||
|
||||
A "That's all it matters."
|
||||
|
||||
hide c06
|
||||
show c07
|
||||
with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"I embrace her, I could tell she was getting tense, but slowly she relaxes in my arms."
|
||||
|
||||
"When I said that we're being together was all that mattered, she hugged me back."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I'm here."
|
||||
|
||||
F "And I still can't believe it."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy is shaking with excitement in my arms now."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I already am thinking up all kinds of things we could do!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Fuck, just knowing I won't see you until tomorrow already hurts me."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I can take you to see Mom and Dad! Right now! They would get a kick out of seeing you like this."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Ah! Not right now. That would be too much for them to take in."
|
||||
|
||||
A "And I have to unpack too, I got a little room in a motel for now."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Would you like some help?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I thought to deny her, but Lucy’s eyes are pleading with me to say yes."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I’ve got quite a bit, you sure Lucy?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "All the more reason for me to help!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "...Alright then. My motel isn’t too far from here."
|
||||
play music "audio/effects/apartment loop.ogg" fadein 5.0
|
||||
scene apartment morning with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"I wasn’t kidding when I said I had a lot to unpack."
|
||||
|
||||
"Between all the luggage I had brought back with me."
|
||||
|
||||
"And the heavier memories of my time spent in the arid deserts."
|
||||
|
||||
"I saw and felt a different side of Lucy I’d partially forgotten."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her tender hands rubbing soothingly across the scars now littered across my chest."
|
||||
|
||||
"We stayed up til the warm morning glow of dawn lit up the messy motel room."
|
||||
|
||||
"Clothes, paperwork and useless knick knacks I’d collected were scattered everywhere in an organized chaos."
|
||||
|
||||
"And yet I’ve never felt more rest and at peace with the world than with Lucy cuddled up next to me."
|
||||
|
||||
"A peace shattered by my stomach demanding sustenance loudly."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Mmm… How about we get some breakfast? My treat."
|
||||
|
||||
F "A breakfast date sounds nice."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Say, how about we invite my family. I’m sure mom would love to see you again."
|
||||
|
||||
"Probably would, too. However…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "I’d rather spend it with just you, Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
"I grin as I watch Lucy’s face turn beet red."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You were never this smooth a talker, Anon…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Fine. But I definitely want them to see you."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Tomorrow then?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Tomorrow."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I'll tell them first! Get them hyped to see you!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "That would be great. So...tomorrow then?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Tomorrow, yes."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
scene city morning with fade
|
||||
play sound "audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance.wav" fadein 5.0
|
||||
"We made our way towards her car door, but before getting in, she once again embraces me, This time a little stronger."
|
||||
|
||||
show c09 with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
A "Urgh-- it's ok, Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I was so lonely, Anon."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You don't need to be alone, you know."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I'm so glad you're here. I missed you."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I missed you too, Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
"Though I miss the old Fang, I'm elated. I love you, Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
$ quick_menu = False
|
||||
window hide
|
||||
scene 3of4 with fade
|
||||
stop music fadeout 15.0
|
||||
pause 16
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
pause 1
|
||||
jump ending
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -1 +1,269 @@
|
|||
#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
|
||||
label chapter_8.50C:
|
||||
|
||||
#Announcing a Date | Tradwife
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft
|
||||
show fang neutral at scenter
|
||||
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/Appreciating her Company.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"About fifteen minutes into the assignment, the two of us are just about done."
|
||||
|
||||
"We’re making surprisingly good time."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Uhm… and you said that the electrons hold the negative charge, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Yeah, yeah."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Can’t imagine when I’d be using this crap in real life."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You never know, you might shrink one day."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy behind anon with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yeah, and you might stop pretending you’re livestreaming on Yousnoot."
|
||||
|
||||
A "As far as you know I might be giving you incorrect answers, you know."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Mhm, sure."
|
||||
|
||||
"The teacher is making his rounds checking on the students and gets to our desks."
|
||||
show farnsworth flip at sleft with moveinleft
|
||||
Drf "Hello, Anon. Fang."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "Are you two getting along well?"
|
||||
|
||||
AnonAndFang "Yes, Mister Fernsworth."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "Great to hear."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "You know, I’m real proud of you two."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "I remember at the start of the year you were at each other's' throats."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "And now look at you!"
|
||||
|
||||
"The two of us cringe."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Uhh… Yeah, thanks."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "At any rate, you two understand the material, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh yeah, Fang and I are fine."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I was just helping them with a few problems."
|
||||
show fang sad flip with dissolve
|
||||
"Phew, remembered it this time."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "Good, good."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "I won’t keep you any longer then."
|
||||
|
||||
hide farnsworth with moveoutleft
|
||||
|
||||
show fang hiding with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"Fernsworth meanders to pester the next few students."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Anyways, where were we?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Turning back to Fang, her hands are trying to cover her face."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"Except the frown that’s impossible to hide with her long beak."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Fang? You okay?"
|
||||
show fang happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
"An embarrassed smile forms as she begins to shake her head."
|
||||
show fang neutral flip
|
||||
F "Yeah. I'm good. Just, was reminded of something embarrassing."
|
||||
|
||||
A "What?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Trish."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Trish?"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang sad flip
|
||||
|
||||
F "I can't help it, I see her everyday. We tried signing up to as many classes together as we could and now I regret it."
|
||||
|
||||
F "And every time I do I’m reminded of… this whole thing."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I’m not good at the pronoun game, Fang. What whole thing?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "THAT, the pronoun thing!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Now things are… different."
|
||||
|
||||
F "And, I wish I hung out with Naser more than..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "...her."
|
||||
|
||||
"There's some disdain in the way she said it."
|
||||
|
||||
"Now that they mentioned it, Trish has been very weird lately."
|
||||
|
||||
"Should I mention to Fang the fact that every day in Math period I try to check if there's a bomb under my seat?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "you're the one I see the least. It's such a shame."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang started stroking my hand on the table."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Now though…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’ve been thinking and…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "And… I wouldn’t mind..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Wouldn’t mind if you called me Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I… I’d like it, in fact."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I… A-are you sure?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Mhm."
|
||||
|
||||
"There’s a fragility to her voice. A stiffness in her nod."
|
||||
|
||||
"But if Fa-"
|
||||
|
||||
"If Lucy would like it then…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Alright then... Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"She blushes again and looks away."
|
||||
|
||||
"I test her name a couple times. It’s a nice name. Really sweet. But..."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang fits her more in my mind."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "Only you, though."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "I don’t know if I’m comfortable with anyone else saying it yet."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I-I see."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Thank you for sharing that with me."
|
||||
|
||||
"Now both of us are blushing."
|
||||
|
||||
"...Well, if we’re already in the moment, I may as well ask."
|
||||
|
||||
A "A-anyways, Flucy."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "Don’t stress yourself over it."
|
||||
show fang happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
A "Right, right."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Anyways, uhh."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Prom, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang’s amber eyes zero in on mine."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her pleading gaze bores through to my soul and I feel the unstoppable urge to comfort her in any way possible."
|
||||
|
||||
A "... You uhh, wanna go with me?"
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/Fuck You I Like To Shitpost.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"I watch as Lucy’s face slowly grows redder and redder."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her lips turn from a thin line to an impressively massive grin."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang hiding flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"She tries to cover up her face with her hands."
|
||||
|
||||
"When that fails to hide her growing excitement her wings engulf her upper body."
|
||||
|
||||
"A squeal of elation penetrates the feathered cage, accompanied by the staccato beat of boots stomping rapidly on the ground."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"Once the sounds of jubilation die down Lucy lowers her wings."
|
||||
|
||||
"She takes a calming breath and shrugs nonchalantly."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Sure, could be cool."
|
||||
|
||||
"The whole class is snickering and I have to fight back my own."
|
||||
|
||||
"Sadly it was a foe far greater than I."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Pfffftttahahahaha."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Up the shut fuck."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "You’re my date. I’m allowed to be happy."
|
||||
|
||||
"While her voice was petulant there was an underlying tone of cheer in it."
|
||||
|
||||
"I reassured Lucy with a smile, which she responded by lowering her wings until they folded neatly behind her."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Yeah. Though I should warn you that I can’t dance for shit. Your feet have been warned."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "That’s fine."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "I’ll just step on your feet instead."
|
||||
|
||||
"Crap, I need a suit."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "You’re mumbling again. And uhmm."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "I could ask Naser for his old one."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I was thinking something like that, but I’ll probably just ask my dad for his old tux."
|
||||
|
||||
A "His is tailored for humans, after all."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Be pretty silly to be walking around all night with the wingholes exposing my undershirt."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "That’d be pretty silly, yeah."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "And then there’s the tail."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh god no."
|
||||
|
||||
A "But yeah, my dad’s suit would work nice, even if it’s a bit old."
|
||||
|
||||
A "He used to tell me about the parties he went to when he was about my age."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "Sounds like he was a lot of fun."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Anyways, you got anything to wear?"
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "My mom’s already probably bought the 'perfect outfit' for me."
|
||||
|
||||
A "But the announcement for prom was just earlier this period."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "And?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Sounds like it’s a date, then."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang’s smile is cherubic."
|
||||
|
||||
"And before I can fully memorize it,"
|
||||
|
||||
"*DING-DONG, BING-BONG*"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Crap, the assignment."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "We were mostly done with it anyways."
|
||||
|
||||
"I look at our mostly done sheet."
|
||||
|
||||
"Flipping it over, the backside has twice the questions and four times the blank spots."
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "M-mostly half way?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I simply sigh and drop the sheet."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Finish it at my place?"
|
||||
|
||||
Lucy "Sounds like a second date."
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
|
||||
jump chapter_8.75C
|
||||
|
|
@ -1 +1,579 @@
|
|||
#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
|
||||
#TODO: script differs a bit here - renaming of files would prob be good
|
||||
label chapter_8.75C:
|
||||
|
||||
scene room anon night with fade
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/its_footloose_now.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"Later at my hovel of a home…"
|
||||
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft
|
||||
|
||||
A "Almost finished."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang neutral flip at sright with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
F "I wish I could get some help for the other periods, this took way too long."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Fuck, man. Trish keeps staring at me during class expecting me to talk to her, I gotta avoid Reed and Stella now because they're always around her too, it's agonizing!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I keep having these dreams where she mans up and I'm forced to talk to her again! They feel more like nightmares now!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Rosa is too busy to help - with the exercises, I mean - but I hope the camping trip will be fun."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Well it's done. All of it."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Thanks, Anon. You're a pretty cool guy."
|
||||
|
||||
A "No problem, I just like helping you, I guess."
|
||||
|
||||
F "...and without asking for anything in return."
|
||||
|
||||
F "..."
|
||||
hide fang
|
||||
hide anon
|
||||
show kissu1
|
||||
with fade
|
||||
|
||||
F "You're so good to me."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Thanks. F- Lucy."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Is there nothing you really want from me?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "You mean repay? I don't know, things are too good now, though."
|
||||
|
||||
F "More naps?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "or perhaps hugs?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Hand holding?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I'm sweating profusely."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Or maybe...a kiss?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Kiss? With that huge snoot?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Why? Are you afraid? Have you never kissed a dinosaur before?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "No?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Not even a human girl?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Uhhh..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "So I'm your first? That's exciting."
|
||||
|
||||
A "This is so weird, I don't know how I'm feeling right now. Don't you feel weird too?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I've kissed shorter snouts, yours can't be that different."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Uh...look Anon, if it doesn't work out..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "...It won't change anything. Right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Promise?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Of course I promise! Get over here you fucking pussy!"
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A "O-okay."
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F "I won't bite, though I've never had human before..."
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A "Okay, here it goes..."
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"..."
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A "Well?"
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F "T-that’s just the lips!"
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"..."
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F "T-the tongue, come on."
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"..."
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F "What are you doing?!"
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A "Your mouth hinges way back, I have to hang my jaw."
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F "Don’t do that, it’s stupid!"
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A "Wait, {i}you{/i} open wide now."
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F "That’s even sillier."
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"..."
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F "*glug* *hack* *urk*"
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A "Oh god how long is your tongue?! I think I reached your tonsils!"
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F "*cough* Oh god *cough* I think I almost threw up."
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A "Shit sorry sorry sorr-"
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F "No no. It’s fine. Let me think."
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F "Let’s try the other one again."
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A "O-okay…"
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"..."
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F "Don’t open as *mnph*... wide."
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"..."
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F "Wait…"
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"..."
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F "Tilt to the side… like this."
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"..."
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"..."
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"..."
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A "I don’t know… I’ll probably never get the hang of this."
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F "Really? I uh… think it was… nice."
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A "Wait seriously?"
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F "Y-yeah. You’re not a *bad* kisser."
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A "Bullshit."
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F "Seriously, here."
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"..."
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"..."
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F "Don’t be shy now…"
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A "Lucy."
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"..."
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F "See? Getting better."
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A "Mmm…"
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F "I can feel your heart beating. It’s so loud."
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A "Y-yeah, same."
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"..."
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#Let's all go Campin
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"It’s been a few weeks since I asked Lucy out to prom."
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"Gotta say, things are looking up for me right now."
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"Lucy has really taken to helping Rosa with the school gardens."
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"Rosa doesn’t force me to help anymore, but I still frequently lend a hand."
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"Just earlier today Lucy and I were planting some hydrangeas that were set to bloom in just a few weeks."
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scene campsite
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"And now I’m setting up a pair of tents."
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"Alone."
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"Despite being in a group of four."
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scene garden with fade
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|
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"{i}Stella’s chattering with me about the esoteric while the school delinquents get the Orwellian treatment from Rosa, who swaps between helping Fang plant some kind of exotic flower I don’t know and barking orders."
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|
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"{i}I understand maybe a third of what Stella’s saying and mostly just nod along."
|
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|
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St "{i}-nights really important because the moon will be in perfect alignment for my divinations."
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|
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A "{i}Right, right. Lunar eclipse. Is that the one where you can’t see the Moon or the one where you can’t see the sun?"
|
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|
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St "{i}*sigh*{/i}"
|
||||
|
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St "{i}It’s also called a Blood Moon for its color?{/i}"
|
||||
|
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St "{i}It’s a very important night for me, Anon.{/i}"
|
||||
|
||||
St "{i}I feel as though my divinations will be at their best under it’s crimson glow."
|
||||
|
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A "{i}But camping?{/i}"
|
||||
|
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Ro "{i}Oh, yes!{/i}"
|
||||
|
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Ro "{i}My backyard is very big. Long bus ride to school.{/i}"
|
||||
|
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Ro "{i}But I see the stars at night so well, so Stella has slumber parties often!{/i}"
|
||||
|
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F "{i}Anon! We should go to!{/i}"
|
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|
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A "{i}Wait what why?{/i}"
|
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|
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F "{i}We can go stargazing Anon. Just imagine it.{/i}"
|
||||
|
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A "{i}But camping? Can’t we just-{/i}"
|
||||
|
||||
F "{i}C’mon Anon. Don’t you want to watch the stars together with me?{/i}"
|
||||
|
||||
"{i}Lucy’s pleading eyes lock onto mine.{/i}"
|
||||
|
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A "{i}Alriiiiiight. As long as we have tents. I don’t wanna deal with insects.{/i}"
|
||||
|
||||
A "{i}As long as we have tents.{/i} Me and my stupid fucking mouth."
|
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|
||||
scene campsite
|
||||
show anon neutral at acenter
|
||||
with fade
|
||||
|
||||
"Finally I manage to get a post to stick into the soft soil."
|
||||
|
||||
"One down. Nineteen to go."
|
||||
|
||||
"Ugh, and now Lucy’s gonna use those cute sad eyes whenever she wants something."
|
||||
|
||||
"And no alone time with her, since all the girls are working at the grill."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Hey, you guys aren’t just making dinner with that gross herbivore meat, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Of course! I’m always prepared to serve guests."
|
||||
|
||||
St "Wait, which ones were which again?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Wha- If I bite into even a single bug your cards are going into the campfire."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Hey! Camping is supposed to be relaxing! Relax!"
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Also, when you’re done with the tents you need to start the campfire."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Wait, why me?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Rosa and Stella flinch and exchange glances."
|
||||
|
||||
St "Just… figured you’d know, is all."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Why would I… Hey!"
|
||||
|
||||
St "The principal fits the bill so well."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Guess that’s just him."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Come on, quit teasing him."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Who cares if he hasn’t evolved to fire yet?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I trip into the tent and tear the whole thing down."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/Fuck You I Like This Chick.oggs" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"By the time I get both of the tents standing, the sun is nearing the horizon."
|
||||
|
||||
"My back already hurts from setting everything up."
|
||||
|
||||
"Luckily Lucy carries around a lighter for her cigarettes so I was able to start a small fire."
|
||||
|
||||
"I slump on one of the logs around the firepit and try to massage my shoulders."
|
||||
show rosa neutral flip at sright with dissolve
|
||||
Ro "Hello, An-on."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh, is the food ready?"
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Stella and Lucy are getting some plates to use."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Just taking a seat for a minute."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Thanks for inviting Lucy and I to camp back here."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Oh, don’t thank me, I am very happy to have friends over!"
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Although normally I struggle with making the tents stand."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "So really I must thank you for setting it up for me!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh, uh, it was nothing."
|
||||
|
||||
"Stella calls out from the back door to Rosa’s house."
|
||||
|
||||
"She’s returning with Lucy, both holding extra utensils and snack foods."
|
||||
|
||||
"Rosa waves them over."
|
||||
show stella neutral:
|
||||
xalign -0.1
|
||||
show fang neutral at sleft
|
||||
with moveinleft
|
||||
show anon neutral flip at acenter with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "I never pictured Fang coming over."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "Lucy really is lucky to have you."
|
||||
|
||||
"Stella struggles to separate the false shish kebabs from the real meat before handing me a plate."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy gets that look in her eye and snatches the bigger one right off."
|
||||
|
||||
St "Eventide draws near. I believe it best we sojourn from the fated ones, Rosa. My scrying glass awaits."
|
||||
|
||||
"What."
|
||||
show fang neutral flip
|
||||
F "Er, what? I don’t speak… whatever the fuck that was."
|
||||
|
||||
Ro "*giggle* I believe Stella means that the sun is setting and we need to go set up her telescope."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Then why didn’t she just say that?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Rosa and Stella take their plates of imposter kebabs and start walking to the other end of Rosa’s yard."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/middle_of_nowhere.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
hide rosa
|
||||
hide stella
|
||||
with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang shrugs at me and starts devouring her food."
|
||||
|
||||
"With nothing to do but wait for night time I also begin to remove kebab."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Bleh. I think Stella undercooked this. Gimme some of yours."
|
||||
|
||||
A "No way, you have your own."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Well I want yours too. You’re supposed to share with your girlfriend."
|
||||
|
||||
"Damn her and her filthy ptero-logic."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Fiiiiiiiiine. You can have a bite."
|
||||
|
||||
"I hold out the meat on a stick for her."
|
||||
|
||||
"She grins wickedly."
|
||||
|
||||
"I realize my mistake as I watch her maw widen and engulf the entirety of my kebab."
|
||||
|
||||
"Once she pulls away I’m left holding a crispy yet clean wooden stick."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Mmmm… Stolen food is the best food."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
A "Well that was uncalled for."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Here, take the gross one."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy hands over her undercooked kebab."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Whatever, I like it rare anyways."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You should be thanking me, then."
|
||||
|
||||
"She leans her head into my shoulder."
|
||||
|
||||
"Yuck, this really was undercooked."
|
||||
|
||||
"I hold the stick over the fire to char a bit more."
|
||||
|
||||
F "That’s just going to burn the outside."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Can’t be harder than roasting a marshmallow, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Did Rosa bring any?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Think so. Save your kebab stick for them."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Think I’d rather use a regular stick off the ground than get a greasy marshmallow."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Heh."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy and I listen to the crackling of the fire for a few minutes."
|
||||
|
||||
"Somewhere in the distance I hear Stella yelling at Rosa about leaving the telescope cap on."
|
||||
|
||||
F "..."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Rosa said earlier that I’m lucky to have you."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You feel lucky? I’m thinking it’s the other way around."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I do."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Rosa was right, I wouldn’t have thought about going camping back in first semester."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Guess I really have been changing a lot."
|
||||
|
||||
F "... Your kebab’s on fire."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Huh- Shit!"
|
||||
|
||||
"I blow out the now burnt chunks of meat."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Uhhh… Flambe?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy snorts."
|
||||
|
||||
"Chewing down on this, it’s not the worst thing I’ve eaten."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Still want a piece?"
|
||||
|
||||
"She just holds her mouth open."
|
||||
|
||||
"I put the stick in biting range and she gnaws the chunk off."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yeah, It’s not undercooked anymore. That’s for certain."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Looks like I poured jet fuel on it."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy leans back into her arms staring up at the night sky."
|
||||
|
||||
"I finish off the stick and join her."
|
||||
|
||||
"Stella was right, the stars look great out here."
|
||||
|
||||
"Reminds me of home."
|
||||
|
||||
F "The stars do?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Hm? Oh. Yeah, there wasn’t a lot of light pollution around Rock Bottom."
|
||||
|
||||
A "In the brief time I was in scouts, I got to look at the constellations a bit."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Name a few."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I don’t remember now, this was like a decade ago."
|
||||
|
||||
A "... Orion’s belt?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Anyone can name Orion’s belt."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Uh… big spoon and lil spoon?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "You mean the dippers?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Also yes."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy hums and scoots close enough so I can wrap an arm around her shoulder."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her head leans on my shoulder and I can’t help but smile."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Something like this, then?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Eh, close enough."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I think you can see Mars too, it’s supposed to be the red one."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Uh… I think that’s the moon, Anon."
|
||||
|
||||
A "..."
|
||||
|
||||
A "It’s been a while, okay? Cut your boyfriend some slack."
|
||||
|
||||
"I feel her head shake as she withholds a snicker for my sake."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Still managed to get my badge though."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Aren’t you the big strong man."
|
||||
|
||||
A "... Fuck it. A compliment’s a compliment."
|
||||
|
||||
"We gaze up at the night sky in companionable silence."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Oh! Look!"
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy points to the sky at a shooting star."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Well hey, you got a wish?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "That’s not a shooting star, dork."
|
||||
|
||||
A "It isn’t?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I look again."
|
||||
|
||||
"The star is joined by several smaller dots trailing behind, in the sky for only an instant before disappearing over the other horizon."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Whoa, a meteor shower."
|
||||
|
||||
"Stella’s incomprehensible excited gibberish breaches our ears."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy lays down on her back to get a better view."
|
||||
|
||||
"A little dirt on my clothes is worth the moment."
|
||||
|
||||
"Man, being here with Lucy, after such a wonderful night…"
|
||||
|
||||
"I feel like no matter what, everything’s going to be just fine."
|
||||
F "...I feel the same."
|
||||
|
||||
"I’m just going to start biting my tongue."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Thank you for being here with me, Anon."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I mean… This was all you. And Rosa and Stella too."
|
||||
|
||||
F "No, you big dweeb… I mean…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "You’ve always been there for me even when I was so mean to you."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I don’t know what kind of road I was going down when you met me, but…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "But I know it wasn’t a good place to be. I don’t know where I was going to end up if I never found you."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You saved me, Anon. And I’ll always be grateful for that."
|
||||
|
||||
"She sits up and looks down to me with that warm smile of hers."
|
||||
|
||||
"Hearing her put it that way…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Maybe I did ‘fix’ Lucy after all."
|
||||
|
||||
"She seems so happy with how things are, it doesn’t matter if it was all part of someone’s stupid plan."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy’s fingers dance across my cheek."
|
||||
|
||||
"Slowly, slowly, ever so slowly."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her eyes lid as she leans forward, her head tilting and her mouth opening slowly."
|
||||
|
||||
"It’s taken a month for us to figure this out, but now that we’ve had practice…"
|
||||
|
||||
"I raise myself up, my own mouth meeting her’s in a slow and soft connection."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her tongue slides along mine and this time she manages not to gag me with it."
|
||||
|
||||
"Our first through fourteen kisses never went this smoothly."
|
||||
|
||||
"And it’s utter bliss as we savor each other’s lips."
|
||||
|
||||
"And while I would stay like this forever if I could."
|
||||
|
||||
"Air is very much a necessity for life."
|
||||
|
||||
"We separate just as slowly as when we connected."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy’s eyes open as she smiles impishly at me."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I love you."
|
||||
|
||||
"Yeah. Me too."
|
||||
|
||||
"She giggles and lays down. Her head resting on my shoulder and her wing becoming a blanket as we look back to the stars."
|
||||
|
||||
"We stay laying a while longer, keeping the red moon company."
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
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|
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