# Passion of the Trigga part 1

label chapter_x4:

    stop music fadeout(3)
    scene black with Dissolve(2)
    pause 1

    # appreciating the scenery?
    # to swagger?
    # west coast kicking?
    "{cps=*.2}-- February Seventeenth --{/cps}"

    play music 'audio/ost/west_coast_kicking.ogg' fadein 1.0
    pause .5

    "I lean back against the wall, my freshly polished horns feeling fantastic today."

    "I deserve it after all the shit I deal with at school. Not to mention the tiny terrors at home{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    "A part of me wants to feel bad that I left Fang on their own the other day."

    "Especially with that useless skinnie."

    "But between the nice clean feeling on my scalp and the great news{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause .5

    scene bandroom
    show fang happy:
        yalign 0.0 xalign 0.1
    show trish surprised flip:
        yalign 0.0 xalign 0.7
    with Dissolve(1)
    pause .5

    T "Skinnie convinced him? How'd he manage to do that?"

    show fang:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.05
    show fang very happy with Dissolve(.25)
    F "I dunno but it's awesome! A real venue this time!"

    show dimmer_lighter behind trish with dissolve

    "It takes a second to actually register it."

    "An actual venue..?"

    "An actual venue!!"

    "The thoughts and possibilities flare in my head, all one step closer to reality."

    show trish:
        easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.75
    with None
    show trish very happy flip
    hide dimmer_lighter
    with dissolve
    T "Our chance to make VVURM DRAMA the hit it deserves to be!"

    "Our celebration continues until someone, probably one of the teachers passing by, knocks on the music room’s door several times."

    show fang happy
    show trish considering flip
    with dissolve

    "Then I remember the person responsible."
    pause .5

    "Ah, maybe skinnie isn’t so bad."
    pause .5

    "Pffft, nah. I probably coulda convinced that fucking fossil too."

    show trish neutral flip with dissolve
    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    "I look at Fang and notice them with a look on their face I haven’t seen in a very long time."

    "Like they’re daydreaming again."
    pause .5

    "It’s kinda weird. Like they’re too{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    "Embarrassed looking? Hmm?"
    pause .5

    T "So{cps=*.1}...{/cps} You two do anything else all day?"

    F "Not really. After I told Naser to fuck off, we got free pizza and just hung out."

    T "Exciting."

    "Unremarkably dull, more like. The guy looks duller than dull."

    show fang neutral with Dissolve(.25)
    F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Well{cps=*.1}...{/cps} there is something else I wanted to talk about."

    show trish surprised flip with Dissolve(.25)
    "I sit up and nod, giving them my undivided attention."

    T "Sure, go for it, Fang."

    F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Promise you won't tell anyone? Not even Reed."

    show trish smug flip with Dissolve(.25)
    T "Ooh, Fang has a big secret now, do they?"
    pause .5

    show fang considering with Dissolve(.25)
    F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}I think Anon{cps=*.1}...{/cps} likes me{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    show trish unimpressed flip
    "What."

    T "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Gross, Fang."

    show trish neutral flip with Dissolve(.25)
    T "You sure he's not just trying to get into your pants or something?"

    show fang neutral with Dissolve(.25)
    "Fang sighs and looks up. Their snout waves back and forth as they stare up at the dirty looking ceiling while thinking."
    pause .5

    F "I don't know{cps=*.1}...{/cps} he has this thing he does where he mumbles{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I don't think he knows he does it."
    pause .5

    F "Some of the things he says are{cps=*.1}...{/cps} nice things about me."

    show fang unimpressed with dissolve
    F "It's{cps=*.1}...{/cps} you know, kind of cute{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    show trish unimpressed flip with Dissolve(.25)
    "Just what did that skinnie say and do? I swear{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    T "Don't tell me-"

    F "He's still a huge dweeb and all but{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    pause .5

    show fang considering with Dissolve(.25)
    F "I{cps=*.1}...{/cps} think{cps=*.1}...{/cps} I kinda like him too."

    show trish:
        easein_back 1 xalign 0.775
    show trish surprised flip with Dissolve(.25)
    "What! With Anon! Him!"

    show trish unimpressed flip with Dissolve(.25)
    T "Fang, are you for real right now?"

    show fang unimpressed with Dissolve(.25)
    "They huff and cross their arms."

    F "I’m just saying. Anon’s a good friend."
    pause .5

    show trish considering flip with dissolve
    "A friend? The way they said it doesn’t sound like friend shit."

    "Not like with me."

    show trish neutral flip with dissolve
    T "Puhlease, Fang. Anon’s just like every other guy at Volcano High."

    show trish smug flip with Dissolve(.25)
    T "Only worse because he’s broke and from the boonies."

    show fang neutral with Dissolve(.25)
    F "C’mon Trish, you’re being harsh on him. You don’t even know Anon."

    show trish neutral flip with Dissolve(.25)
    T "I don’t need to know him to know he’s just like the rest of them."
    pause .5

    show fang:
        easein_back 1.5 xalign -0.05
    show fang unimpressed with dissolve
    "I hear Fang sigh and lean back in their chair."

    F "Maybe{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    T "No maybes about it, Fang. Their type are all the same. Nothing but loser assholes."

    show fang neutral with Dissolve(.25)
    F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"

    F "Even after he helped us with the venue?"
    pause .5

    T "A trick probably."
    pause .5

    show dimmer_light behind trish
    show trish unimpressed flip
    with dissolve
    pause .5
    "He probably only wants Fang for their body."

    "Fucking sleazy pervert."
    pause .5

    "I knew I had to keep my eyes on him at all times."
    pause .5

    "What right does that fucking monkey have to just come into my life and muck things up."
    pause .5

    show dimmer_light behind fang with dissolve
    F "Maybe we should get some practice in, Trish."

    hide dimmer_light
    show trish happy flip
    with Dissolve(.25)
    T "Sounds like a plan. We have to prepare for our biggest show yet!"

    show fang happy with Dissolve(.25)
    pause .5

    "Our biggest show{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause .5

    scene black with Dissolve(1)
    pause .5

    "I hand Fang the blue strat, which they immediately set to tuning just right."

    "Mr. Jingo really needs to get some new gear, these things aren’t maintained at all."

    stop music fadeout 4
    pause .5
    "Even this bass, no one ever even uses it."
    pause .5

    "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
    window hide
    window auto
    pause 2

    $ persistent.bonus_chapters |= (0b1 << 3)

    return