From f1e70f0db2f5df963722317c6d2b7fe7861fa661 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: coolestskinnieinthejungle Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2021 21:53:53 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] tradoomer end reformatted --- game/script/10.0C.(good-ending).rpy | 717 ++++++++- ...im-she's-okay-with-being-called-a-girl.rpy | 270 +++- game/script/8.75C.dinner-movie-date.rpy | 580 ++++++- .../9.0C.(fang-and-anon-go-to-beach).rpy | 1383 ++++++++++++++++- 4 files changed, 2946 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/game/script/10.0C.(good-ending).rpy b/game/script/10.0C.(good-ending).rpy index 59404db..cb5966e 100644 --- a/game/script/10.0C.(good-ending).rpy +++ b/game/script/10.0C.(good-ending).rpy @@ -1 +1,716 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +label chapter_10.0C: + +#Volcano Highschool Musical +"-Three years later-" + +scene park fair with fade +play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0 + +"Volcadera Bluffs. New duty station. Recruiting teens to suffer just like I did." + +"Good times, good times." + +show anonc neutral at aleft +"With my rucksack on my back and a cheap rolling case at my side I make my way down to my old stomping ground for some cheap living." + +"Three years. I wonder if Lucy still lives here." + +"There’s new buildings in the Galleria. Not to mention it’s gotten even more labyrinthine." + +"The sun reflecting off the mirror polished windows are baking me alive in my JDUs." + +"Thinking back, I think there’s a park nearby that has a decent vending machine." + +scene park fair +show anonc neutral at aleft +with fade + +"Mentally retracing my steps from my senior year I manage to find the park." + +"Looks like they’re holding some kind of festival, with all the booths set up and tyranno tykes running around." + +"There’s an unoccupied picnic bench, miraculously, so I set my heavy bags carrying my entire life down and pop open my water bottle." + +"Sitting here, I can’t help but reminisce about the last time I was here." + +"There’s an awful lot I left behind here." + +"Like my highschool sweetheart." + +"The dicks in my old platoon never did believe me." + +"Then again I didn’t want to show that photo album her mom gifted me." + +"Raptor Jesus, I miss her." + +"I wonder if she remembers that promise." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +Lucy "Anon?" + +"Hm?" + +"I look up to see a pterodactyl in a floral print dress running full tilt towards me." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/intercept.ogg" fadein 1.0 +Lucy "ANON! YOU REMEMBERED!" + +scene c02 + +"What." + +"I stand up and prepare to take her down." + +"I am poorly prepared however." + +"She lunges at me and before I think to grab my cheap ass kabar her beak mashes roughly against my lips." + +"What." + +"I curse my instincts as my hands reflexively hold my amorous attacker by her hips." + +"Wait." + +"I pull back, both for air and to figure out if this is who I think it is and not some well dressed sexual harassing lady-hobo." + +A "Lucy..?" + +scene park fair +show fang c happy flip at scenter +show anonc neutral at aleft +with fade + +Lucy "You remembered our promise!" + +"Right. Right." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg" fadein 1.0 +A "That I’d come back and be with you. How could I forget?" + +"I finally have a chance to take Lucy in." + +"Gone is the halter top, torn jeans, and spiky hornband." + +"In their place, a simple golden sun dress and a large red ribbon tied around her head crest, looking for the world like a pair of red bunny ears." + +"Her hands remain on my shoulders, and I can see that she’s checking me out now." + +"I’m proud to say I’m no longer a lanklet, especially with how my uniform blouse’s rolled up sleeves feel like they’re cutting off the blood flow to my hands." + +Lucy "You’ve really changed since I last saw you, Anon!" + +Lucy "I’m so glad you’re safe after all these years!" + +Lucy "I got so worried for you, what if something happened overseas…" + +Lucy "What if you got lost or hurt..." + +Lucy "What if you never returned at all…" + +A "Hey, have more faith in me." + +A "I still got all my limbs, right?" + +A "I didn’t get bruised too bad." + +A "Like uhh, remember that time I fell down the stairs?" + +A "I’m pretty indestructible, yeah?" + +"...Maybe I’ll wait before showing her my scars." + +Lucy "Wow, you’re pretty amazing…" + +A "What’ve you been up to?" + +Lucy "Oh, I got my Associates and then-" + +unknown "MIIIISSSS LUCCYYYYYYYY!!!" + +"Fang shrugs." + +Lucy "And then this." + +"A little T-rex runs up to the table." + +unknown "MISS LUCY!! MISS LUCY!!" + +Lucy "Now Vince, there’s no need to yell this close." + +Lucy "What’s wrong?" + +Vince "I was playing with Jared and he said, he said that earthquakes happen when my mommy gets out of bed!!" + +Vince "Tell him it’s not true!!" + +A "Tell him that his mom has a secret daddy she doesn’t tell anyone about." + +Lucy "Anon!" + +Vince "Okaaay!" + +Lucy "Oh no you don’t." + +Lucy "JARED, GET OVER HERE." + +hide fang c happy flip with dissolve + +"After clearing up the squabble, Lucy slumps over the picnic table again." + +show fang c happy flip at scenter with dissolve + +A "Want me to get you a water bottle or something?" + +Lucy "No thanks, I had lemonade earlier." + +Lucy "The fair’s some annual town hunting celebration, this year the people in charge had extra funding." + +Lucy "So today they’re letting the local schools have a field trip here free of charge." + +A "... Need another chaperone?" + +Lucy "I’d love to, but parents get really upset about this sort of thing." + +Lucy "You have to be qualified and certified to look after these guys." + +A "Oi naehd a choild moindin’ loicence, yeh? Pray-ay bonkahs, yeh." + +"I chuckle aloud at my own silly accent. Lucy’s giggles echo my mirth." +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +"Lucy’s giggles slowly melt away and a trickling tear leaves from her eye." +show fang c sad4 flip + +Lucy "You’re really back…" + +"Her arms wrap around me tightly, as if afraid I’ll disappear at any moment." + +"My hand rubs comforting circles across her back, soothing her." + +A "Yeah. I’m back, Lucy." + +A "I’m surprised you waited for me here." + +Lucy "Of course. That promise means the world to me, Anon." + +"We stay embraced in the hot sun for just a moment longer before I let go again." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"Lucy’s gaze lingers on the children, her eyebrows knit together in contemplation." +show fang c happy flip with dissolve +F "Look at them, Anon." + +"Fang points toward the kids screaming and falling over each other." + +F "We were all like this at some point." + +A "Stupid?" + +F "Yeah- no, I mean careless. Innocent." + +A "Suppose we were." + +"She lets out a sigh." + +F "One day they’re gonna start thinking and doing all the wrong things we thought and did when we were teenagers..." + +F "I wish I could stop it from happening. They're perfect just like this." + +A "Kids can be, Jack mean to each other." + +F "But not cruel. The world makes them cruel." + +F "Until then...they're free. We gotta protect their freedom. Save them from our mistakes." + +"That’s quite a statement to hear from her." + +A "You've changed." + +"I think now would be a good time for a segue." + +A "I'm glad to see you're doing good. How’s everyone else?" + +F "Everyone else?" + +A "Y’know, Naser, Trish, Naomi, Reed, all those guys?" + +F "Oh! Naser went to medical school..." + +"She closes her eyes as though trying to recall a lost memory." + +F "I haven’t seen Naomi, though." + +A "And the others?" + +F "Haven't seen them since either." + +F "But you’re here now!" + +F "And now that you’re back, I’m never letting you go again." + +A "I’m not going anywhere… Sweet Tooth." + +"Lucy rolls her eyes." + +F "You know, if you had said that back then I’d have hit you." + +A "Yeah, and then I’d have just done it again because you’re cute when you’re annoyed." + +A "I guess we’ve both changed since then." + +F "Oh yeah? How so?" + +A "I mean, when I first enrolled I had every intention of just laying low and not sticking out." + +A "I didn’t care about making friends as long as it suited that goal." + +A "As long as I didn’t get bullied any more, I was glad to just blend in." + +F "Guess that plan fell apart." + +A "It did, yeah." + +A "I kinda blame you for that development." + +F "Ha, I made you care about people." + +A "You did." + +"A few kids chase each other around the table." + +A "You get any break time today?" + +A "I'd love to check out the town, see what else is different." + +F "I’d love to! I’ll go ask, I might get a few minutes to step away." + +A "Yeah, and we could go and check Volcano High again, for old time's sake." + +show fang sad3 flip with dissolve + +"She freezes for a second." + +F "I-I’d rather not Volcano High. Too many bad memories." + +scene black with fade + +"Lucy ended up getting the rest of the day off from her supervisors, I was surprised by how understanding they were once they saw me." + +scene park fair with fade +show fang c happy flip at scenter with dissolve +show anonc neutral at aleft with dissolve + +F "They said I deserve it after a hard day's work." + +A "You do look exhausted dealing with the ankle biters." + +F "Not at all! Truth be told, Anon. I love doing what I do." + +scene black with fade + +"..." + +scene c04 with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/effects/beach loop 2.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"Catching up with Lucy was the happiest I felt in years, the memories came rushing back as we walked under the hot sun." + +A "So you don’t know at all how Reed and Trish are doing?" + +F "OH! ...When was the last time I spoke with them…?" + +A "Hope Trish is alright, the two of you were friends for the longest time." + +F "I guess I… Didn’t feel the need to see them again?" + +F "Looking back, they were terrible influences." + +A "I guess so..." + +A "And Stella and Rosa?" + +F "Haven't seen them either." + +A "Seems weird, considering Rosa was of such help to us." + +F "Don't get me wrong, Anon. I love what Rosa did for me, Naser and you, but I guess I...just didn't need to see her anymore." + +F "I didn't want to see anyone else, for that matter." + +F "You must've had friends in the army, back at rock bottom, or even before that, right?" + +F "They're gone from your life too, there's nothing wrong with that." + +A "Haven't you looked for them?" + +F "I don't want to." + +"The scenery here seems familiar..." + +"Oh, this is my old path to school. Maybe I will get to see it after all." + +F "l-let's turn away. To Moe's, or somewhere." + +A "Aww, I wanted to see the school again though." + +F "NO, Anon." + +A "..." + +F "Seems like we just repeat each other, I get upset over nothing, and I apologize." + +F "Sorry, I just… don't want to remember Volcano High, I just…" + +F "I did too much dumb stuff there, you know?" + +F "I just want to forget all that happened." + +A "Moe’s is fine, too. I do want to see how that fossil is doing." + +F "Er, actually, Moe retired! He sold his franchise." + +A "Oh. Well, we can still go check it out." + +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +scene outside moes + +"It took a while to get there, getting to be nearly five when we arrived at Moe's, we ordered our usual and picked a table." + +scene moes pizza +show anonc neutral at aleft +show fang c happy flip at sright +with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"I can see the old piano in my peripheral vision." + +A "I’ve been asking so much about what you’re doing now, but what happened while I was away?" +F "I remembered your promise." + +show fang c sad flip with dissolve + +F "I tried improving myself, like, really tried." + +F "But things kept getting difficult. For a while I gave up." + +F "There were times I’d cry. I would think back to when you were here and miss you so much." + +F "I...don't wanna worry you with the details of what I did during that time, but…" + +F "I guess I realized something." + +F "All this time I was a huge dick to my family, I idealized things too much and lashed out at them for not being on the same page as me." + +F "I wanted to be a rockstar, so I wanted them to behave a certain way I think it would fit for that lifestyle." + +F "I was being unfair and unrealistic towards them, I wanted them to hate me and somehow that was gonna further my career." + +F "Looked like it worked for a lot of famous people." + +F "I didn't want to make my family sad anymore, so I just did what I've always should have done and learned to love them, to thank them for all they did for me." + +A "So you kept playing? I'd love to see what else you've composed over the years. I'm sure it's great." + +show fang c sad2 flip with dissolve + +F "No...I just gave that up." + +A "What? Really? It was such a huge part of you!" + +show fang c sad3 flip with dissolve + +F "I didn't need it anymore, plus it reminded me too much of Trish, I've put away the instruments somewhere and never played anything ever again." + +A "Then what have you been doing all these years?" + +show fang c sad4 flip with dissolve + +F "Dad needed help with a charity event, he bought food and he needed me to help him carry it around since Naser was away in college." + +F "I thought it was just going to be a boring evening with a bunch of brats, but I saw something..." + +F "I saw the children, they ran around me, they offered me toys to play with, I joined them." + +F "I lifted them from the ground, some clung to my legs as I moved about-" + +F "No one ever played with me like that, no one ever approached me like that, it was so pure, so innocent." + +A "Should have shown them a picture of you in your high school clothes" + +show fang c happy flip with dissolve + +F "THAT would be hilarious." + +F "But yeah, I enjoyed my time with the children so much...I asked around in my church and eventually I got a gig dealing with preschoolers." + +"She looks so happy right now. I feel like I would ruin the mood to bring up Trish, Reed and the others again." + +A "Y’know, part of me expected you to forget about the whole promise." + +A "That I’d come back and some lucky dino guy had already swept you off your feet." + +"She just smiles and gives a small laugh." + +F "The amount of guys I had to tell that my boyfriend was just deployed and coming home soon…" + +"She begins stroking my hand on the table." + +F "Anon, I’d never forget about you or our promise." + +"Part of me is glad she's saying this to me, but I still have too many questions." + +"It's weird because I know she’s happy, she looks happy in her work, and she's glad I'm here..." + +"But something deflates the moment, I don't know what it is." + +"I look towards the decorative piano Moe always had in the corner." + +A "Look Fang, the piano." + +show fang c neutral with dissolve + +F "What about it?" + +A "You think they’d let us play it?" + +F "I don't know, it's probably out of tune..." + +A "Might be worth a shot, come on." + +F "But you can't play..." + +A "Then {i}you{/i} play." +stop music fadeout 30.0 +scene c05 with fade + +"As we sit by the piano, I think she understands why I'm teasing her like that." + +"I open the lid, the keys look rather pristine." + +F "Anon, I-" + +"Her fingers lightly roll across the keys" + +"She retracts herself." + +F "I haven't played in a long time...I don't know if I can still do it." + +A "I bet you still remember how to do it." + +"She positions her hands just above the keys." + +F "I haven't done this in years. I don't even know which song to play." + +A "I wanna see you play, that's all. I wanna hear you after all this time away." + +F "Alright." + +"She gave out a sigh, but then..." + +F "What to play?" + +"Her eyes seem to glimmer for a moment." + +F "I know." + +play music 'audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance - Piano.ogg' fadein 3.0 + +F "Remember this?" + +F "It was our song, remember?" + +F "We made it together." + +F "Ha! I still got it!" + +F "I always thought of this melody when I thought about you..." + +F "Guess I never forgot how to do it. Thought I'd be rusty with the piano." + +stop music fadeout 1.0 + +A "You play beautifully." + +F "...Thank you..." + +"I sit closer to Lucy, she rests her head on my shoulder. Her hands are still resting on the keys, eager to play again." + +A "You shouldn't have abandoned music." + +F "..." + +"We talked about what we would do now, especially since it was getting dark outside and the street lights were coming on." + +"We walked our way back to where we started, near the park." +scene park night +show anonc neutral at aleft +show fang c sad flip at sright +with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +F "I don't know, Anon! It's just so WEIRD! A music teacher?" + +A "I don't know, Fang, it could be cool if you tried." + +"Fang is shivering, the colder air setting in." + +A "Here, this'll get you warmer." + +hide anonc +hide fang +show c06 at center +with dissolve + +"I draw Lucy close to my chest." + +"She snuggles up to me." + +F "Thank you." + +"She's precious. Being taller now, I guess the animal part of my brain is telling me to protect my smaller and more fragile mate." + +A "Little by little, I'll get you back to music, your friends, I'm sure it'll work out fine towards the end." + +"Lucy stirs. She doesn’t like the idea." + +F "Anon...please don't ask me to do that. I'm not ready." + +A "How are you not ready?" + +F "I lied, Anon. Ok?" + +F "I lied, I disappointed you, I promised I would get better, but you're clearly not happy with how I turned out." + +A "Nonsense, you have no idea how proud I am of you." + +F "I'm still broken, Anon." + +F "I’ve even started preening again because I had no one, but remembering I promised you and Naser I wouldn't do it anymore hurt even more so." + +F "But that was years ago. I swear, I tried getting better." + +F "Forgive me." + +"I'm the one sighing this time." + +A "..." + +F "You wanted me to live my own life, be this great person you wanted me to be, yet I'm here doing menial church tasks and dealing with children." + +F "I got no friends, no new songs, nothing going on for me." + +F "I know I needed to be a famous musician to make you happy, I know I needed to have forgiven Trish and the others, but it just didn't work out. I couldn't do it." + +F "I'm lonely, Anon. You're all that's left for me." + +A "You didn't need to be all that to be happy, I still think you're the best." + +A "Forget it, Lucy. What's done is done. We're here." + +A "That's all it matters." + +hide c06 +show c07 +with dissolve + +"I embrace her, I could tell she was getting tense, but slowly she relaxes in my arms." + +"When I said that we're being together was all that mattered, she hugged me back." + +A "I'm here." + +F "And I still can't believe it." + +"Lucy is shaking with excitement in my arms now." + +F "I already am thinking up all kinds of things we could do!" + +F "Fuck, just knowing I won't see you until tomorrow already hurts me." + +F "I can take you to see Mom and Dad! Right now! They would get a kick out of seeing you like this." + +A "Ah! Not right now. That would be too much for them to take in." + +A "And I have to unpack too, I got a little room in a motel for now." + +F "Would you like some help?" + +"I thought to deny her, but Lucy’s eyes are pleading with me to say yes." + +A "I’ve got quite a bit, you sure Lucy?" + +F "All the more reason for me to help!" + +A "...Alright then. My motel isn’t too far from here." +play music "audio/effects/apartment loop.ogg" fadein 5.0 +scene apartment morning with dissolve + +"I wasn’t kidding when I said I had a lot to unpack." + +"Between all the luggage I had brought back with me." + +"And the heavier memories of my time spent in the arid deserts." + +"I saw and felt a different side of Lucy I’d partially forgotten." + +"Her tender hands rubbing soothingly across the scars now littered across my chest." + +"We stayed up til the warm morning glow of dawn lit up the messy motel room." + +"Clothes, paperwork and useless knick knacks I’d collected were scattered everywhere in an organized chaos." + +"And yet I’ve never felt more rest and at peace with the world than with Lucy cuddled up next to me." + +"A peace shattered by my stomach demanding sustenance loudly." + +A "Mmm… How about we get some breakfast? My treat." + +F "A breakfast date sounds nice." + +F "Say, how about we invite my family. I’m sure mom would love to see you again." + +"Probably would, too. However…" + +A "I’d rather spend it with just you, Lucy." + +"I grin as I watch Lucy’s face turn beet red." + +F "You were never this smooth a talker, Anon…" + +F "Fine. But I definitely want them to see you." + +A "Tomorrow then?" + +F "Tomorrow." + +F "I'll tell them first! Get them hyped to see you!" + +A "That would be great. So...tomorrow then?" + +F "Tomorrow, yes." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +scene city morning with fade +play sound "audio/OST/Amberlight Brilliance.wav" fadein 5.0 +"We made our way towards her car door, but before getting in, she once again embraces me, This time a little stronger." + +show c09 with dissolve + +A "Urgh-- it's ok, Lucy." + +F "I was so lonely, Anon." + +A "You don't need to be alone, you know." + +F "I'm so glad you're here. I missed you." + +A "I missed you too, Lucy." + +"Though I miss the old Fang, I'm elated. I love you, Lucy." + +$ quick_menu = False +window hide +scene 3of4 with fade +stop music fadeout 15.0 +pause 16 +scene black with fade +pause 1 +jump ending diff --git a/game/script/8.50C.anon-gets-fangs'-pronouns-right,-but-she-tells-him-she's-okay-with-being-called-a-girl.rpy b/game/script/8.50C.anon-gets-fangs'-pronouns-right,-but-she-tells-him-she's-okay-with-being-called-a-girl.rpy index 59404db..440ed61 100644 --- a/game/script/8.50C.anon-gets-fangs'-pronouns-right,-but-she-tells-him-she's-okay-with-being-called-a-girl.rpy +++ b/game/script/8.50C.anon-gets-fangs'-pronouns-right,-but-she-tells-him-she's-okay-with-being-called-a-girl.rpy @@ -1 +1,269 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +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 \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/game/script/8.75C.dinner-movie-date.rpy b/game/script/8.75C.dinner-movie-date.rpy index 59404db..8baa506 100644 --- a/game/script/8.75C.dinner-movie-date.rpy +++ b/game/script/8.75C.dinner-movie-date.rpy @@ -1 +1,579 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +#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!" + +A "O-okay." + +F "I won't bite, though I've never had human before..." + +A "Okay, here it goes..." +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +"..." + +A "Well?" + +F "T-that’s just the lips!" + +"..." + +F "T-the tongue, come on." + +"..." + +F "What are you doing?!" + +A "Your mouth hinges way back, I have to hang my jaw." + +F "Don’t do that, it’s stupid!" + +A "Wait, {i}you{/i} open wide now." + +F "That’s even sillier." + +"..." + +F "*glug* *hack* *urk*" + +A "Oh god how long is your tongue?! I think I reached your tonsils!" + +F "*cough* Oh god *cough* I think I almost threw up." + +A "Shit sorry sorry sorr-" + +F "No no. It’s fine. Let me think." + +F "Let’s try the other one again." + +A "O-okay…" + +"..." + +F "Don’t open as *mnph*... wide." + +"..." + +F "Wait…" + +"..." + +F "Tilt to the side… like this." + +"..." + +"..." + +"..." + +A "I don’t know… I’ll probably never get the hang of this." + +F "Really? I uh… think it was… nice." + +A "Wait seriously?" + +F "Y-yeah. You’re not a *bad* kisser." + +A "Bullshit." + +F "Seriously, here." + +"..." + +"..." + +F "Don’t be shy now…" + +A "Lucy." + +"..." + +scene room anon day +show kissu2 +with fade + +F "See? Getting better." + +A "Mmm…" + +F "I can feel your heart beating. It’s so loud." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +scene black with fade +A "Y-yeah, same." + +"..." + +#Let's all go Campin +#stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Dino Destiny Reader.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"It’s been a few weeks since I asked Lucy out to prom." + +"Gotta say, things are looking up for me right now." + +"Lucy has really taken to helping Rosa with the school gardens." + +"Rosa doesn’t force me to help anymore, but I still frequently lend a hand." + +"Just earlier today Lucy and I were planting some hydrangeas that were set to bloom in just a few weeks." + +scene campsite +show anon neutral at acenter +with fade + +"And now I’m setting up a pair of tents." + +"Alone." + +"Despite being in a group of four." +scene garden with fade + +"{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." + +"{i}I understand maybe a third of what Stella’s saying and mostly just nod along." + +St "{i}-nights really important because the moon will be in perfect alignment for my divinations." + +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?" + +St "{i}*sigh*{/i}" + +St "{i}It’s also called a Blood Moon for its color?{/i}" + +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." + +A "{i}But camping?{/i}" + +Ro "{i}Oh, yes!{/i}" + +Ro "{i}My backyard is very big. Long bus ride to school.{/i}" + +Ro "{i}But I see the stars at night so well, so Stella has slumber parties often!{/i}" + +F "{i}Anon! We should go to!{/i}" + +A "{i}Wait what why?{/i}" + +F "{i}We can go stargazing Anon. Just imagine it.{/i}" + +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}" + +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." + +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 +"..." +jump chapter_9.0C \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/game/script/9.0C.(fang-and-anon-go-to-beach).rpy b/game/script/9.0C.(fang-and-anon-go-to-beach).rpy index 59404db..584183a 100644 --- a/game/script/9.0C.(fang-and-anon-go-to-beach).rpy +++ b/game/script/9.0C.(fang-and-anon-go-to-beach).rpy @@ -1 +1,1382 @@ -#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section \ No newline at end of file +#TODO: script differs a bit here - beach and prom are both in this file. renaming of files would prob be good +label chapter_9.0C: + +pause 3 + +#Prom is Suprising +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Appreciating the Moment.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"-One Month Later-" + +"It’s prom night." + +"My old man was kind enough to send over his old tuxedo from his time at high school." + +"It took a bit of sewing, but I got it looking pretty good." + +"Judging by the wine stains on the sleeves, Dad’s made a lot of important announcements in this tuxedo." + +"Gives it a bit of history, I guess." + +scene home fang outside night +show anon prom neutral at aleft +show naomi prom neutral flip at sright +with fade + +"When I arrive at Fang’s place with a cheap corsage I see the Pomegranate Parasite waiting outside the front door." + +"Great." + +"And dear god, how can she move in that dress." + +"It looks like it’s been shrink-wrapped to her body." + +N "Oh, I already knocked Anon." + +N "Naser will be out in a moment to invite us in, I’m sure Fang will be getting ready too." + +N "I’ve heard the two of you are going to prom together!" + +"Ladies and gentlemen, the next Sherlock Holmes." + +A "No, I just happen to be here in a suit to go golfing." + +"I ignore her, focusing instead on not stabbing my palm even more on this flower’s thorns." + +"Fuck it, free is free." + +"And nothing more free than a five finger discount from the neighbor’s yard." + +N "You and Fang just make the cutest couple! Did you two sign up for prom king and queen?" + +A "Nah. She said something about the ‘fascist sexist monarchy system’." + +N "Well, Naser and I have entered and we are going to be prom royalty. Ooooh, I can not wait to wear that beautiful tiara, I picked it out and everything and the crown for Naser-" + +show naomi prom happy flip + +"I’ve already tuned her out." + +show naser prom neutral at ncenter with dissolve + +"Naser opens the door." + +"Well if that isn’t the fanciest jacket I’ve seen in a while." + +"It’s certainly better than the background of Avatar he always wears." + +Nas "Sorry to keep you waiting, Naomi." + +Nas "This thing is a nightmare to get over my wings." + +show naser prom happy flip at ncenter with dissolve + +Nas "Oh, Anon! Come on in, didn’t know you were already here." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg" fadein 1.0 +"He waves for the two of us to enter, pecking Naomi on the cheek when she passes." + +scene home fang night +show anon prom neutral at aleft +show naser prom neutral at ncenter +show naomi prom neutral at scenter +with fade + +"Fang’s Mother speaks up from the kitchen." + +show fangmom neutral flip at sright with moveinright + +FM "Oh! Oh! Is that Anon?" + +Nas "Here we go." + +"The small pterodactyl comes out, a bowl she’s struggling to stir in her arms." + +FM "My, aren’t you handsome." + +FM "Pictures! I need to get pictures of you and Lucy!" + +"She sets the bowl aside on the coffee table to frantically search for a polaroid camera." + +FM "To think Lucy would have such a wonderful young man to take her to prom!" + +FM "Aha! Found it. Hold still, dear." +scene black with fade +"ARGH! Like getting slapped in the face by the sun’s dick!" + +"I blink the blindness away. So that’s why Naser has those fucking aviators." + +scene home fang night +show anon prom neutral at aleft +show naser prom neutral at ncenter +show naomi prom neutral at scenter +show fangmom neutral flip at sright +with fade + +FM "Lucy will be downstairs in a bit, she’s just getting the last of her makeup on!" +hide fangmom with moveoutleft +FM "In the meantime, take a seat! I’ve got some cookies in the oven that are almost ready!" + +A "Er, yes, thank you ma’am." + +"I take my seat in the usual spot, sinking in and feeling the pillows conform around my spine." + +hide anon with moveoutright + +scene black with fade + +scene home fang night with fade +show anon prom neutral flip at aright + +"This thing must cost a fortune." + +"Fang’s dad is a police commissioner if I recall." + +"That explains the luxurious furnishings." + +"Now that I think about it, I’m surprised I haven’t seen him yet." +show fangdad neutral at sleft with dissolve +FD "So…" + +"I hope I didn’t just ruin these slacks." + +A "Good evening, sir." + +A "I didn’t even see you in your chair, sir." + +A "My apologies." + +FD "Don’t sweat it, son." + +FD "Thing about humans, as well as many charnivores, is that their vision is based largely on movement." + +FD "You’d be surprised how useful staying quiet and stationary can be." + +FD "How close you can get to someone without them knowing-" + +show fangmom unimpressed flip at fmcenter with dissolve + +FM "Sweetheart." + +FM "No. Intimidating. The Suitor." + +"The big guy deflates a bit in his chair." + +FD "Point is, don’t get any funny ideas." + +A "Yessir." + +hide fangdad with dissolve +show naser prom neutral at nleft with moveinleft + +N "We’re all taking the NasCar, right?" + +Nas "Yeah, yeah." + +Nas "Once Fang gets down we’ll skedaddle." + +A "So until then we just sit and chill?" +show naomi prom happy at sleft with moveinleft + +N "We could take more pictures!" + +"Please no." + +show fangmom neutral at fmcenter with moveinleft + +FM "Oh! I would love to make this a little photo op!" + +scene black with fade + +"Thirty photos later and I never want to see another camera again." + +"Fang’s mom decided to take pictures of every possible combination of us." + +"I don’t know which was worse, having to pose with Naomi or Fang’s dad digging his murder claws into my shoulder." + +"I’ve lost nearly all feeling in that arm." + +"Pretty sure that’ll leave a bruise worse than my accelerated hug with the stair bollard last month." + +"At least the pics with Naser were a nice reprieve." + +"We ended up looking like the blues brothers, standing side by side in fuck ugly suits." + +"Just as I was about to resign myself to premature blindness from the camera flash, my saviour arrives." + +F "Oh, Anon, you’re already here!" +scene home fang night +show fang c prom happy: +xalign -0.3 +show anon prom neutral flip at acenter +with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"Lucy comes downstairs in a white dress." + +"The back of the dress trails down the stairs behind her." + +"Can’t say I’d imagined she’d ever willingly wear one of these." + +A "Yeah, been here a while." + +A "Your dress looks great, Lucy." +show fangmom neutral flip with dissolve: +xalign 1.4 +FM "Oh, doesn’t it?" + +FM "When I got the school’s email, I knew right away that the precious little getup I saw shopping the day before would be just perfect, and I even got Nasers’ outfit while I was at it!" +show fang with move: +xalign -0.7 +show anon prom neutral flip with move: +xalign 0.0 +show naser neutral prom flip with dissolve: +xalign 0.8 +show anon prom neutral behind fang with dissolve +Nas "I would have been fine just going in church clothes, for the record." + +FM "Oh, hush. The two of you look just like your Father and I when we met at a school dance!" + +"We all look at Nasers’ rather colorful getup for a moment." + +"It was somehow still less loud than his usual jacket." + +A "Come again?" + +FM "Oh yes, I remember it fondly. Right dear?" + +"Lucy’s father hasn’t moved from his seat." + +FD "I don’t know. Do I?" + +FM "Oh yes, I remember you in that snazzy zoot suit." + +FM "You saw me by the punchbowl, strode right up, and offered a dance-" + +show fang c prom considering with dissolve + +F "Mom, stooop!" + +show fang c prom neutral with dissolve + +"I’m trying to create the mental image." + +"Nope, can’t do it." + +"That look her Dad is giving me…" + +"It’s saying ‘You’ll be upgraded to a putter if you never speak of this to anyone.’" + +"I can see where Fang gets her temper from now." + +"Fine by me." + +FM "Awww. But Lucy, you look so precious in that dress." + +FM "Oh! We need more pictures!" + +"The tiny pterosaur tries to push Lucy next to her father, fighting with the duo to pose properly." + +"I glance at Naser, who seemingly resigns himself to countless more photos." + +A "Uhh… I think we’re going to be late if you take any more pictures." + +"Both Lucy and Naser nod in agreement to that." + +FM "Oh, just a couple pictures! You’ll be able to show these when your own children are going to prom!" + +"A bit early to think of something like that." + +"I feel a tug on my arm and spin around to Naomi giving me a look of…" + +"Unfiltered frustration." + +FM "Oh Lucy, there's a string coming out of your dress! Where are the scissors?" + +N "I’ll get them! Anon, come with me." + +A "Why, I don't even live here?" + +N "It's uh… the scissors are kept on the top shelf and I can’t reach!" + +"She pushes me towards the kitchen, I don't even know how Naser doesn’t catch on to what she’s doing." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/The Top of the Social Ladder.ogg" fadein 1.0 +scene kitchen +show anon prom neutral at aleft +show naomi prom angry flip at sright +with fade + +A "What’re you up to, Naomi?" + +"She pinches the bridge of her nose and exhales slowly." + +N "Look, normally I would be thanking you from the bottom of my warm heart for fixing Lucy and Naser's relationship, they're siblings and that's how it should be--" + +A "Then what's the big fucking d--" + +N "Let me finish." + +N "However, I don't think Lucy is COMPLETELY fixed. She's still not talking to me, she just runs away from everyone at school now, and Naser keeps texting her-" + +N "I had to call him out on it that he was slacking on his school duties, behaving like a crass idiot like you, JUST like you. What have you done to them both?" + +A "The only thing I’ve ‘done’ is support her. I didn’t do it for you or your stupid plan." + +A "I just want to have a good time with Lucy without any more bullshit." + +N "Anon, I swear to God almighty, if my night with Naser is ruined because of Lucy’s-" +show naomi prom happy flip with dissolve +"Naomi’s sneer vanishes, replaced with her usual false smile." + +N "But okay!" + +N "Of course! You two deserve it after everything you’ve done." + +"Suddenly I feel another tug on my arm, this time Fang’s mom dragging me back into the middle of the room." +scene home fang night +show anon prom neutral flip at scenter +show fangmom neutral at fmleft +with dissolve +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/appreciating_the_scenery.ogg" fadein 1.0 +FM "No need for scissors anymore! Oh Anon, I never got any pictures of you and Lucy yet!" + +"Oh please god no more pictures." + +A "Fine but we really should get going if we want to-" + +FM "Just a couple! I can even send these ones to your parents, I bet they’re just as proud of you as we are of Lucy and Naser!" +scene home fang night +show anon neutral prom at acenter +show fang c prom happy at sleft +with fade +"I’m sure they’re just as surprised that I’m actually going to prom." + +"Posing with Lucy is nice, but I make sure to be extra careful where my arms go in front of her dad." + +"The searing strobe lights finally end and I can {i}feel{/i} my early onset of blindness." + +FM "These photos need to have a special album all their own. Honey! We need another photo album!" + +F "MOM!" + +FM "Oh fine, make sure to have fun at prom!" + +"I glance over and Lucy’s dad catches me dead in the eyes." + +FD "Home by midnight." + +"I only manage a weak nod as Lucy rushes me towards the door." +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +"..." +scene nascar night with fade +"The ride in the NasCar is awkward and uneventful." + +"Naser didn’t chuck his jacket to the backseat as a divider, so Lucy and I can sit next to each other this time around." + +Nas "I heard that Spears might be giving a little musical number tonight." + +N "Naser, stop spreading rumors from the junior class." + +A "So that was just a rumor? Damn." + +Nas "What, you want to hear him sing some opera?" + +A "I’d certainly pay to see him try." + +F "Good lord, no. My ears take enough abuse from him during the school day." + +Nas "He won’t be singing, but we did get Reed to be a DJ for the night." + +Nas "His only condition was that he got to wear that mascot costume, which is rather odd, but whatever." + +"Everyone aside from Naser involuntarily sighs." + +Nas "What?" + +Nas "Was it something I said?" + +"..." +scene outside school night +show naomi prom neutral: +xalign -0.2 +show fang c prom happy: +xalign 0.9 +show naser prom neutral: +xalign 0.1 +show anon prom neutral: +xalign 1.1 +with fade +"Pulling into the school’s parking lot by the gym, I take in the view." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/effects/prom chatter loop.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"The students strung up various strings of lights along the overgrowths of vines around the school." + +"The line to get in isn’t too long, and it only takes a few minutes to get inside." + +"Inside is about as well decorated as outside." +"Those nerdy little chinese lanterns are strung about from wall to wall." +scene prom with fade +show naomi prom happy: +xalign -0.2 +show fang c prom happy flip: +xalign 0.9 +show naser prom happy: +xalign 0.1 +show anon prom neutral flip: +xalign 1.1 +with fade +N "Oh! Oh! They go with my dress!" + +"Wow, it’s almost like the person who planned the entire event has insider information on the decor? Color me surprised." + +F "Mumbling." + +"Fuck." +Nas "I think I’ll hit up the catering first." + +Nas "What about you guys?" + +A "I’ll pass, I can’t afford any fancy food." +show naser prom neutral +show naomi prom neutral +show fang c prom neutral flip +with dissolve + +F "What?" + +N "What?" + +A "What?" + +Nas "The price of the food is included in the tickets, man." + +Nas "How poor are you?" + +A "I live in Skin Row, remember?" + +Nas "Sorry, forget I asked." +show naser prom happy +show naomi prom happy +show fang c prom happy flip +with dissolve + +"The thought of being able to eat like an actual human for once already pushed Naser’s apology out of my mind." + +A "In that case, I’ll go get food for both me and Lucy." + +A "Waddaya want?" + +F "Uhh, get me the closest thing they have to barbecue." + +N "Oh, Naser if you’re getting food too, could you get me a plate of kappamaki." + +"Wrong country." + +"Naser slugs me on the shoulder." + +A "Ow." + +Nas "Looks like we’re playing waiters for a bit." + +A "Seems that way." +scene prom with fade +show naser prom neutral flip at nright +show anon prom neutral at aleft +"I follow him to the food table." + +"I don’t even recognize most of these dishes." + +"I get a heaping plate of seven or eight different dishes for Lucy, and pick out a steak for myself, grabbing a few nice looking sandwiches from the other end of the table." + +"Wait, I have to get drinks, too." + +"Fuck, my hands are already full." + +Nas "You got everything?" + +A "Don’t got drinks." + +Nas "We can always do a return trip." + +A "I guess." + +A "Hey, is this what Lucy would want?" + +Nas "Honestly man, you could probably get her to eat a rock if you told her it came from a cow." + +A "I see." + +"Naser starts heading back to where we left the other two." + +"He suddenly stops halfway through and I have to catch myself from dropping the plates." + +A "What’s wrong?" + +"Naser gestures forward." +scene prom +show naomi prom neutral: +xalign -0.2 +show fang c prom neutral flip: +xalign 0.1 +show naser prom neutral flip: +xalign 0.9 +show anon prom neutral flip: +xalign 1.1 +with dissolve + +"Naomi is attempting to talk to Lucy, overwhelming her with questions" +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"Lucy's looking on edge, I should probably intervene quick." +N "-dress is very nice, Lucy, we should go out together clothes shopping sometime!" + +F "I-I uh…" + +Lucy "Oh, come on, you’re in need of new friends right now, right? Why don’t we-" + +A "Heyyy, we’re back, and we have food." + +"Naomi turns her attention to the plates Naser and I are carrying." + +N "Oh! Naser, did you get the sukiyaki?" +show fang c prom sad flip with dissolve +Nas "Oh, guess I forgot, sorry. I’ll go run and get it." + +N "That’s fine! I was getting to be friends with Lucy and-" +hide fang with moveoutleft +"Lucy pushes herself away from the table and strides away." + +N "O-oh?" +hide anon prom with moveoutleft +"I leave the plate behind and chase after her." +scene prom with fade +"Lucy has retreated to a back corner of the gym." +show anon prom neutral flip at acenter +show fang c prom sad at sleft +with dissolve +F "I just can't, Anon." + +A "Then don't." + +F "God, I'm doing it again, everyone just wants to have a good time and I'm ruining everything." + +A "It's alright." + +"I caught a glimpse of Naser and Naomi away at their seat enjoying themselves, I think Lucy saw the same thing because she snapped back to me and wrapped her arms around my waist." + +F "You know what, no need to be upset. Naser and Naomi aren't my prom dates, just you." + +"She breathes in and lets out a comforting sigh. I looked around for any witnesses, feeling very smug." + +F "...but that suit does kinda stink." + +"Confidence shattered." +show spears neutral flip at sright with moveinright +Sp "Oh, there you two are." +show anon prom neutral with dissolve + +"Our principal strides over to us, signing off a few papers on a clipboard he has." +show fang c prom neutral with dissolve +Sp "Lucy, there you are. That ‘surprise’ you wanted is about ready." + +F "Surprise?" + +Sp "Yeah, the one you filed papers for a few weeks back." + +Sp "Everything’s ready for it." + +A "Is the surprise you giving an opera number?" + +Sp "I’m on a pretty tight schedule tonight, Anon, don’t have a lot of time for jokes." + +Sp "Follow me." +scene black with fade + +"Spears leads us around the crowd to behind the temporary stage set up at the other end of the gym." +scene prom +show spears neutral at sleft +show anon prom neutral at acenter +show fang c prom neutral at sleft +with fade +A "You signed up for something?" + +F "I don’t think so…" + +Sp "Alright, you’re on in ten or so minutes." +show fang c prom shock with dissolve +"Lucy freezes." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg" fadein 1.0 +A "On?" +show trish prom bass flip at sright +show rosa prom neutral flip at sright behind trish +show stella prom neutral flip behind trish: +xalign 1.155 +with moveinright +T "Surprise!" + +A "Oh no. Oh nooooooo." + +"Trish, Rosa, and Stella are carrying around various instruments and equipment." + +"Trish is visibly exhausted and stressed." + +F "..." + +Sp "I'll leave you to it, you'll get in after Reed's done with his DJ bit." +hide spears with moveoutright +show fang c prom surprised with dissolve +A "What the hell is this?!" + +T "So… Fang?" + +T "Fang, we get to play at the prom!" + +F "..." + +T "We have all the instruments ready, I brought in a regular guitar for you to play, I don’t mind!" + +T "We can play whatever you want!" + +T "What do you say?" + +"Lucy is completely catatonic by this point, unable to respond." + +A "I-- what?" + +T "Oh, Anon! didn't see you there! You look less dorky with a suit on, let me tell you haha." + +T "You came with Fang? That's sweet." + +T "Reed's also coming! I don't know if he'll manage in the costume but he'll play the drums!" + +T "What do you say?" + +A "Whose idea was this?" + +Ro "It was a group effort!" + +St "We’re here to help, right?" + +Ro "We’ve noticed Lucy’s been struggling by herself!" + +"The expectant stares of the trio snap Lucy from her stupor." + +show fang c prom sad flip with dissolve +hide fang with moveoutleft +show anon prom neutral with dissolve + +"She flinches a bit, then bolts out of the backstage area." + +show anon prom neutral flip +show stella prom sad flip +show rosa prom closed flip +with dissolve + +"Rosa and Stella look as though they’re only just now thinking this was a bad idea." +show anon prom neutral +show trish prom sad flip +with dissolve + +"Trish’s smile melts from her face." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/ballad_of_the_boot.ogg" fadein 1.0 +A "What were you thinking?!" + +Ro "E-eh?" + +T "Anon, please tell me, is Fang fine?" + +A "She {i}was{i\} fine, Trish. Now look what you’ve done." + +A "Where do you think you're going?" + +"Trish tries to leave but I manage to grab her shoulder." + +T "I'm-I’m going after her!" + +Ro "Wait, Anon!" +hide trish with moveoutleft +"Damn it, Rosa pulls my arm free, letting Trish run after Lucy." + +Ro "Let them solve this, I'm sure Lucy's at a point where she can deal with this." + +A "She most definitely is NOT, Rosa." + +A "God dammit, why’d you have to pull this stunt {i}today{i\} of all days?" + +A "Couldn’t you have tried this bullshit any other time?!" + +Ro "Who are you to say I didn't? I've been talking to Lucy for a while trying to get her to make amends with Trish." + +A "...?" + +A "She never told me." + +St "I drew her The World and The Sun, past this night she'll achieve completion, fulfillment. It's a good thing, Anon!" + +A "For your sake I hope they were upright." + +Ro "Does it matter if they're upright?" + +St "What do you mean?" + +St "I flipped the cards after I got back from the bathroom, Rosa what did you do?" + +Ro "I peeked, The world was upside down, so I fixed it." + +A "..." + +St "Anon, go get Fang." + +"No need to tell me that." + +"I leave the incompetent bunch behind to look for Lucy." +show anon prom neutral flip at acenter +hide anon with moveoutleft +Ro "Is that important, Stella? I thought it was just for play." + +scene prom +with fade +"Back in the gymnasium I find Lucy huddled in a corner." + +"Her hands are on her head as she tries to block out Trish." + +"Trish for her part is only shouting even louder." + +"Loud enough for me to hear as I make my way to my girlfriend." +show fang c prom hiding: +xalign -0.6 +show trish prom indignant flip at scenter +with fade +T "You never thought about me all this time?" + +T "Seriously, say something!" + +F "Trish, I can't even look at you anymore" + +T "Why?" + +T "Is it still what I said?" + +T "I accept you and Anon, seriously! You and him are cute together or something, I didn't mean any of what I said about you two!" + +show fang c prom angry with dissolve + +F "It wasn't just that, it was everything else, shit you did and said - making me question YEARS of my life." + +T "What are you talking about, Fang?" + +T "Come on, let's play! This’ll be VVURM DRAMA’s biggest show to date!!" + +F "I! Don't! Want! To!" + +T "Come on, let's go!" + +F "NO!" + +show anon prom neutral flip at aright with dissolve + +A "Trish!" + +show trish prom indignant flip at scenter + +"My shout shocks the desperate triceratops away from Lucy." + +show trish prom happy with dissolve + +"I glower as she turns a sickeningly sweet smile towards me." + +T "Anon, if I did or said anything that hurt you then I'm sorry." + +T "But please tell Fang I'm sorry too, this isn't right!" + +A "..." + +"I hear footsteps behind me and I already know it's the rest of the loser patrol without looking." + +Ro "Lucy, you have to give Trish one more chance, if you're not gonna do it for her then at least do it for me." + +St "Please Lucy, you need to hear her out!" + +show trish prom happy flip with dissolve + +T "Me and Reed miss {i}us{/i}! Together, shooting the shit, playing songs, making fun of Naser-" + +F "NO! FUCK OFF!" + +Ro "Lucy!" + +St "Come on..." + +A "Guys, you're overwhelming her, back off for a sec-" + +show fang c prom hiding with dissolve + +show trish prom angry with dissolve + +T "Stay out of this!" + +show trish prom neutral flip with dissolve +show anon prom neutral with dissolve + +A "Rosa, Stella. Take a look around. At this current situation." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Many Such Cases of Being So True.ogg" fadein 1.0 +A "Once you realize what you’re doing, please just leave us alone and don’t bother us for the rest of the night." + +"The two shut up and sheepishly back away a few steps." + +show trish prom angry with dissolve + +T "What, are you two flaking on me as well?!" + +Ro "Trish, I’m thinking An-on’s right here… We shouldn’t be intruding on their special night…" + +St "Er, yeah, my reading was wrong, soo…" + +show anon prom neutral flip with dissolve + +T "I can’t believe you two!" + +T "Fang, we’re playing now. I’m not asking again." + +show trish prom angry flip with dissolve + +"She takes hold of Lucy’s forearm and moves to take her back to the stage by force." +show anon: +xalign 1.0 +show trish: +xalign 0.75 +show fang prom angry: +xalign 0.4 +with move +show rosa prom closed flip with moveinright: +xalign 1.3 + +"Rosa blocks her way long enough for me to grab her wrist." +show anon behind trish +show trish prom angry with dissolve + +T "Wh- Rosa, hey!!" + +show fang prom sad with move: +xalign -0.4 + +"Trish glares at me with murderous intent." + +A "Try again another time." + +"She yanks her hand away from me in disgust, glancing between Stella and Rosa’s disappointed stares and Fang’s baleful leer." + +T "I guess that’s it then." +hide trish with moveoutright +"She backs off into the crowd." + +show anon prom neutral flip at acenter with move: +show rosa prom closed flip with move: +xalign 0.7 +show stella prom sad flip with moveinright: +xalign 0.8 + +A "Lucy, are you alright?" + +F "Yeah… I think I need to get away from the crowd…" +hide stella +hide rosa +with moveoutleft +"I wave off Stella and Rosa and lead Lucy away into the hallway." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg" fadein 1.0 +scene hallway +show anon prom neutral flip at aright +show fang c prom sad at sleft +with fade + +"We find another corner near the bathrooms unpopulated aside from a few students passing by for smokes." + +"Lucy looks like her entire world has crumbled." + +A "Are you alright? Let me help you-" + +F "Anon, please..." + +F "I just want to move past it." + +A "Okay then." + +F "I don't wanna see or talk to anyone anymore, not even Rosa or Stella, just us." + +F "I just wanna see you." + +F "Only you." + +A "It's alright. You won't see anyone else anymore tonight." +show fang c prom soft smile with dissolve +"Lucy’s chuckle is choked back as she offers me a strained smile." + +F "There, I did it again, I ruined everything for everyone again." + +"How do I respond to that?" + +A "None of this is your fault." + +"She sighs." + +F "I need to go to the bathroom." + +A "It's ok. I’ll go get some water or something while you’re in, won’t take a minute." + +F "Yeah, sure." + +A "Okay." +scene prom +show anon prom neutral at acenter +with fade +"I watch her enter the restroom and reenter the gym." + +"Think there’s lemonade and stuff by the food tables." +show trish prom neutral flip at sright +T "Hey, you." + +"Raptor Jesus on His cross of rock, give me strength." + +A "Hey." + +T "Is Fang...ok?" + +A "No." + +T "Tell me about Fang, are they happy?" + +A "I'd say so, she and Naser are on speaking terms." + +T "Did Fang say anything about me? Would they ever forgive me?" + +A "Look Trish, this shit? It ends now." + +A "She said she would have constant nightmares of you wanting to talk to her." + +show trish prom sad flip with dissolve + +A "Maybe this could’ve been sorted out, but not today." + +A "You're doing more harm by staying here, though. I advise that you stay clear of her for now." + +"Trish is getting teary, I better shut up, now." + +T "It's ok. Tell Fa-- Lucy, I only want her to be happy. I won't be a bother anymore, she'll never see or hear from me again. I told Spears to cancel the performance, I'm going home." + +A "Maybe there will be another chance sometime." + +T "Bye Anon." +hide trish with moveoutleft +"She left. Oh well." + +scene hallway with fade +show anon prom neutral at aleft with moveinleft + +"I get the drinks and return to Lucy." + +"She downs the whole glass in one shot." + +A "You good?" +show fang c prom happy flip at sright with moveinright +F "Yeah! Fuck! Splashing your face with water works wonders, I’m good to go." + +"I look at the crowd gathering around the stage." + +"Principal Spears moves to the podium set there and taps on the microphone." + +A "Yeah, good to go… speaking of." + +A "I uh… wanna get some fresh air?" + +"Finally I see a real smile from Lucy." + +F "Yeah. Fresh air sounds pretty good right now." + +"I hold my hand out and Lucy’s hand links with it." +scene outside school night with fade +show fang c prom happy at sleft +show anon prom neutral at acenter +"Walking out of the stuffy gymnasium we’re met with the cooling evening air." + +"I feel all the tension leave my body as Lucy’s body presses close to my side." + +A "Cold?" + +F "A little. I’m uh… not used to wearing these things." + +"My hand leaves hers. Before Lucy can balk I wrap my arm around her." + +A "How’s this?" + +F "I can one up this." + +"Right, wings." + +"Her wings wrap around both of us as a feathered cloak of warmth." + +A "You want me to call a taxi or something?" + +F "Nah, we can walk home…" + +"It’s a fifteen minute walk to her neighborhood, which is filled with comfortable silence for most of the way." + +"I guess Lucy is as glad as I am to put everything that happened tonight behind us." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/Tracy was fired from her real job.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"As we round the corner past the bus stop, I let out an audible groan as my eyes land on a particular cart." + +"It’s that same hot dog vendor from before, illuminated under a street light in the same spot." + +"She notices us almost immediately and begins wildly waving." + +F "Does she know you?" + +"I shrug and shake my head as we as continue to approach the vendor." +show tracy neutral: +xalign 1.1 +SV "Well if it isn’t my favorite skinnie! And you brought your lady friend!" + +A "It’s like ten at night, you can’t get that many customers this late, right?" + +SV "Hey, you’re here, aren’cha? Now what can I get for you two lovebirds? Nothing says date night like some steamin’ hot franks!" + +A "I think we’re good, we were just on our way back and-" + +"{i}*GRRRRRRRRRLLLL*{/i}" +show fang prom neutral with dissolve +"Fang’s face glows bright red as she grasps her stomach." + +F "Er… we left before we could eat, didn’t we?" + +A "Oops. Well, nobody ever misses Prom food, right?" +show tracy tease with dissolve +SV "Prom?! Oh man, I was the life of the party at mine! Tell me you kids got Reef City’s dumb mascot?" + +"We shake our heads." + +SV "WHAT?! Well you at least spiked the punch, right?" + +"More shaking." + +SV "Seriously? {i}Please{/i} tell me you egged the principal’s car." + +A "No, we, er…" + +F "Got into a fight…" +show tracy unimpressed with dissolve +"The vendor winces, but just as quickly puts on her smile." +show tracy neutral with dissolve +SV "They could be yours too, y’know." + +A "Riiiight. I don’t think it will be." + +F "Look, can we just like, get some food? Our night’s been a fuckin’ wash." + +SV "Night’s still young, though." + +"I listen to the sizzling meat as we wait." + +SV "Look kids, Prom? It’s not that special if you ask me." + +SV "What makes something special is on you. For me I think back to the shit I can actually remember." + +SV "Carfe’s a helluva drug." + +SV "I’m getting off-topic. Point is, the night isn’t over yet." + +"She motions to the table for us to sit at." + +SV "Enjoy your ‘dogs, think about something to do with the rest of your night." + +SV "Make it something worth remembering." + +SV "I’m gonna start packing for the night though, so that’s enough chatter from me." + +A "Thanks." + +hide tracy with dissolve +show anon prom neutral flip with dissolve: +xalign 0.55 + +"Lucy and I sit at the plastic folding table with our artery-clogging grease tubes." + +F "Dad grills these sometimes, but I’ve never had one that wasn’t just ketchup and mustard…" + +F "Actually, I can’t even tell what’s all on this, there’s so much junk dumped on." + +A "They’re just plain chili-cheese dogs." + +A "Been a hot minute since I had one, figured why not?" + +F "Mm…" + +F "..." + +A "She made a good point, what {i}should{/i} we do with the rest of the night?" + +"Lucy chews contemplatively." + +"Not sure if she heard me or is giving a silent review." + +F "..." + +F "Whatever we do, I want to get out of this dress first." + +F "It’s freezing." + +A "Think your dad will let us watch some movies or something?" + +F "Dunno, maybe. We only have cop movies and hunting documentaries, though." + +A "I’m down for it." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +scene home fang outside night +show anon prom neutral flip at acenter +show fang c prom happy at sleft +with fade +"After finishing we wave goodbye to the vendor and start down Lucy’s neighborhood." + +"Oddly enough there’s no cars in the driveway when we arrive." + +A "Your folks get groceries this late at night?" + +F "They probably took the opportunity to go on a date themselves." + +F "Don’t remember the last time they took the occasion though. Been maybe… Three years?" + +"Lucy kicks over a rock in the walkway and gets the key taped under it." + +A "Your parents put it there instead of under the doormat?" + +F "Nah, I put this here. They don’t know about it." + +F "Get kicked out for the night one too many times, you find ways back in on your own." + +"Lucy stretches when we walk in." +scene home fang night with fade +F "I’ll change back into normal clothes, hang here a while, kay?" +show anon prom neutral flip at aright with dissolve +"I nearly sit in my normal place on the couch when I notice the armchair." + +"The now vacant armchair." + +"That’s for Lucy’s Dad only." + +"Oh how it calls to me…" + +show fang happy at sleft with dissolve + +F "{i}Phew{/i}, that’s better." + +F "... Anon?" + +A "Lucy, what are you doing up this late at night?" + +A "You better not be listening to that ratchet again." + +F "Oh my G-" + +F "Anon, get out of there before you leave your scent." + +A "Scent? You can’t be serious." + +F "Hey, it’s your head on the line." + +F "Naser sat there once and he ended up with a new scar." + +"Suddenly, I find myself seated in my normal spot after all." + +F "Think they actually are on a date. If that’s the case the house is ours for at least an hour." + +A "Oh, sweet. We gonna raid your dad’s liquor cabinet then?" + +F "He doesn’t have one. Mom won’t let him." + +"Damn it. He really is whipped." + +A "So, movie night then?" + +F "Well, I was thinking…" + +"Lucy took hold of the coffee table in the middle of the room and started pushing it aside." + +A "Er… Why are you doing that?" + +"With the living room now more open Lucy approaches an antique stereo in the corner." + +F "I was really looking forward to dancing with you tonight, Anon." + +"Double damn it. Thought I managed to get out of that." + +"But the look in Lucy’s eyes…" + +"I nod my head." + +F "Yes! I’ve always wanted to try out mom’s lights." +stop music fadeout 1.0 +play music "audio/OST/its_footloose_now.ogg" fadein 1.0 +"The music playing from the stereo sounds positively ancient." + +"Probably one of her parents’ CDs. If it even uses CDs" + +A "Wait what was that about lights?" + +"Lucy practically skips to the light switch and dims them." + +scene home fang dim +show anon prom blacklight neutral flip at aright +show fang blacklight happy at sleft +with dissolve + +"She then flicks a hidden switch that casts the room in a hazy violet glow." + +"My eyes are drawn to the glowing marks all across her." + +"Wow." + +F "Like what you see?" + +"She turns back to me and the anticipation in her eyes makes me feel more nervous." + +"Shit I just remembered." + +A "Just so you know, I can’t dance." + +A "And I mean, I REALLY can’t dance." + +A "Like, quadraplegic with down syndrome can’t dance." + +A "But-" + +F "Yes! I’ve been waiting since forever!" +show fang blacklight happy at scenter with move +show anon prom blacklight neutral flip with move: +xalign 0.7 +"Her hand clasps mine, and Lucy doesn’t seem bothered at all with how moist my palms are." + +"We move to the impromptu dance floor hand in hand until we manage to find an open space." + +A "Right, okay. Like this?" + +"Right hand on her hip I think." + +"I try to take her right hand with my left, but Lucy shakes her head." + +"Both of her arms wrap loosely around my neck." + +"Lucy’s body is pressed against mine, the contours of her lithe frame fitting very well with mine." + +"Oh hey, those alarms aren’t broken." + +"My left hand lands on her hip too and now I can’t stop thinking about how Lucy molds against my body near perfectly." + +F "J-just follow my lead, okay? Mom gave me some lessons." + +"I nod stiffly." + +show fang: +xalign -0.4 +show anon: +xalign 0.2 +with move + +"Lucy mutters a one-two count before taking a left step back." + +"My right foot follows and lands on her toes." +show fang blacklight neutral +F "OW!" + +A "Sorry!" + +F "Nonono. Don’t worry." + +F "Just uh… slowly, okay?" + +A "Y-yeah, okay." +show fang blacklight happy at scenter +show anon prom blacklight neutral flip: +xalign 0.7 +with move +"Lucy repeats the step back. I step forward and manage somehow." + +"She then steps to the side and I try to follow." + +"Our awkward steps continue like this." + +"A couple successful steps and then I ruin it with a heavy step on her dainty toes." + +"But slowly those failures are less and less common." + +"By the third song Lucy and I are finally managing a basic waltz." + +show anon: +linear 1.0 xalign 0.2 +pause 3 +linear 1.0 xalign 0.7 +pause 3 +linear 1.0 xalign 1.2 +pause 3 +linear 1.0 xalign 0.7 +pause 3 +repeat +show fang: +linear 1.0 xalign -0.5 +pause 3 +linear 1.0 xalign 0.3 +pause 3 +linear 1.0 xalign 1.25 +pause 3 +linear 1.0 xalign 0.3 +pause 3 +repeat + +"By the third song Lucy and I are finally managing a basic waltz." + +"As the night goes on, the dance becomes more natural." + +"In the light of the various strobes I’m able to relish the moment being this close, face to face." + +"Whenever one of the lights passes directly through her eyes they glow with the luster of cut amber, and her diamond pupils soften." + +"There's no one else in the room right now. Just us." + +A "You think it’s going well?" + +F "What?" + +A "Our Prom night." + +F "It didn’t go as planned… but I like where it’s taken us." + +F "I wouldn’t rather be anywhere else right now." + +A "Me neither." + +"The last song slowly fades away, leaving us in a comfortable silence in each other’s arms." +show fang: +xalign 0.5 +show anon: +xalign 0.7 +with move + +"Under the blacklights I can fully take in Lucy’s beauty." + +"I felt humbled that she’d consider this horrible night to have still gone well." + +"Lucy’s eyes become lidded as she leans in towards my face." + +"I meet her half-way, our mouths melding together." + +"For all that happened tonight and still Lucy enjoyed it…" +scene black with fade +stop music fadeout 1.0 +"..." +jump chapter_10.0C \ No newline at end of file