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label chapter_10.0D:
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"-Five Years Later-"
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"July seventeenth."
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"Year 201M2025 BC."
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"Volcaldera Bluffs."
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"Weather conditions; hot as tits."
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"The evening sun is boiling hot and I’m reminded of one of the myriad of reasons why I first loathed living here."
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"The sweat dripping in my eyes makes it difficult to see anything five feet in front of me."
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"Like a runt of a tree planted in the sidewalk that I swerve to avoid."
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"The air is hot and humid, and I can feel my body grow heavier as I get closer."
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"I can’t determine if it’s from the sweat soaking my clothes or the welling trepidation inside me."
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"It’s been five years since I’ve seen anyone here."
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"I’ve kept in touch with all of them."
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"But to see them again in person?"
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"It’s the sounds that reach me first. The chatter of people milling about."
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unknown "Bro"
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unknown "It’s been too long!"
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unknown "It was only five years *Giggle*"
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"I can make out the building now. I use the sleeve of my shirt to wipe the sweat from my eyes and brow."
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"I look at the name written on the arch over the entrance."
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scene outside school fog with fade
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"Volcano High."
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A "Still the perfect setting for a horror game. Or maybe a shitty WAD."
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"The attempt at humouring myself just made me feel more anxious."
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"A check of my phone says I’m thirty minutes early. Wonderful."
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"I move to the entrance, only to see all of the steps occupied by twenty-somethings waiting."
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A "Yo, this the line?"
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show reed future explanatory flip at rright
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Re "Anon?"
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"A hobo raptor at the top of the steps pulls his oversized shades down to peer at me."
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Re "Ayyy Anon, what’s up dude?"
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"I immediately recognize his voice."
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A "Hey Reed, what’s happening?"
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A "You seem to certainly have uh… changed."
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A "Why do you look like uh… I don’t want to sound rude or anything, but…"
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A "You look homeless, Reed."
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Re "Whaaaat?"
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Re "Duuude, I’m not a hobo! I’m the richest raptor in the world, guy!"
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"I think Reed’s lost it."
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Re "What’d you say, man?"
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A "What? Nothing. No idea what you’re talking about."
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A "So, how did you get to become the 'richest raptor in the world'?"
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Re "You wouldn’t believe it, man!"
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Re "See, it all started with…"
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"Reed proceeds to run his mouth off about a bunch of gibberish."
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"I cannot understand anything he's saying."
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"I think I heard ‘pharmaceutical business’ at one point?"
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Re "...and then I was brought here by the birds, dude."
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Re "So what’ve you been up to, man?"
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Re "You look like you haven’t changed a day."
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A "It’s not as exciting as your story, honestly."
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A "I just went off to college, got my bachelor’s, and now I’m just a sound engineer."
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Re "Sounds pretty sweet, dude."
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"We stand there for a moment in the blazing heat."
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Re "Dude, it’s fuckin’ hot out here, you wanna get inside?"
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Re "They got drinks n’ shit!"
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A "Definitely, I need some air conditioning."
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"We quickly moved along to the gymnasium."
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A "Man, it really hasn’t changed. Takes me back."
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Re "Yeah, takes me back too, man."
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Re "Hold on, have you signed in yet?"
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A "No, didn’t know I had to."
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"Reed gestures to the sign-in table."
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scene reunion with fade
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"The clerk is crouched behind the table sorting through a box."
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"I go over to write in my John Hancock and the person behind the counter stands up."
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"Seeing her in person now is like witnessing a possessed barbie doll."
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N "Oh!"
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N "Anon, you made it!"
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A "Yeah, I did."
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A "Life been treating you well?"
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N "Oh yes, just last year I moved in with my dear Kanyesaurus."
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"What the fuck is this world anymore?"
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A "Real shame about his last presidential run."
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N "Oh, he got over it."
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N "There’s always 2028!"
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N "Presidential yeezys shall rise again, he says."
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"WHAT THE FUUUUCK"
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A "That reminds me, have you seen Naser’s college posts?"
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A "He got top marks on his last exam."
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N "No, I lost touch with him about three years ago."
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A "Oh, sorry. How about work, then?"
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N "I haven’t been working, mostly staying back at home and looking after the kids."
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A "Sounds like you got a pretty good deal going on."
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"I turn around to see a short line forming behind me."
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A "Sorry to keep you so long, I’ll get out of here."
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N "Thanks for catching up, Anon. When I’m done here we can chat more."
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scene reunion
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"I go rejoin Reed and we enter the gymnasium together."
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"The setup is rather similar to that prom night all those years ago, albeit without the foreign decor."
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"Young men and women mingle with small drinks and party foods across the floor."
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Re "Man, those look good. Come over here, I’ll get you a drink, on me."
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"I follow him over to the minibar. Trish is sitting in one of the seats, huddled over an empty glass."
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"Rosa is pouring drinks for the few other drunkards when she spots us approach."
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Ro "Oh! An-on, it is great to see you after all this time!"
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Ro "Please, sit and talk awhile!"
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A "Trish, glad we found you here!"
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"She looks up from her sulking and her face lights up at the sight of us."
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T "Anon! It’s been years!"
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A "Trish, Rosa, glad we found you here!"
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Re "Come on man, we’ve been texting this whole time."
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"Reed flashes two fingers at the barkeeper, who sets out a few glasses."
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A "Yeah, good to see you too."
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A "Why’re you looking so gloomy over here?"
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Ro "She has been telling me about how it is the end of her world."
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T "It’s nothing that serious, just workplace drama."
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Re "What, your employees raise another beef with the concept of horn piercings again?"
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Ro "No, this time it’s with the engraving tools."
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T "They’re telling me people would rather go to the dentist with all the drills we use."
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T "And mostly with my designs for hollowed-out horns."
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"Rosa instinctively rubs her own horn."
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A "H-hollow?"
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T "Of course, I even got in contact with a sculptor and figured out how to make them whistle in the wind!"
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"Reed leans in to whisper in my ear."
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Re "One of the designs sounds like Road Warrior."
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"I shudder at the image."
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T "Don’t knock it, my satisfaction rate is a clean one-hundred percent!"
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Ro "The only problem is getting people to be willing to try it."
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A "Sounds like there’s a lot of risk there, yeah."
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T "It’s not even that bloody, I only hire the best."
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A "B-bloody?"
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T "What, never had a piercing before? Same thing."
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"Reed shakes his head."
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Ro "Anything more than a regular piercing is an abomination before our Lord."
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"I finish my drink and Reed downs his in one shot, tossing a few dollars on the counter."
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"I look up to see the one person I’m most anxious and excited to talk with again approaching."
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A "Fang! You’re here!"
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F "Wha- I- dammit Anon, I told you to stop calling me that!"
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Re "Isn’t that the name Lucy used back in senior year?"
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T "Yeah, I think it was."
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A "Come on, you’ll always be Fang to me."
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"Lucy covers her eyes with her hands."
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F "You haven’t changed a bit, I swear."
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Re "C’mon, get over here. I’ll order us all another watchamacallit of drinks. It’s on me, the richest raptor in the woooorld!"
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"Reed cheerfully throws his arms up as he shouts out a prolonged ‘world’"
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F "Sure, thanks. I can’t have too much though, I’m the event organizer and all."
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A "Sounds like a tough break."
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A "Wait, I thought you were the music teacher here."
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F "I’m getting there. Still working with Mister Jingo until he retires next year."
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F "Until then I’m a teachers’ assistant."
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A "Oh, alright, I see."
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"I take a quick glimpse around the room and fail to see any large ape-man."
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A "I feel like we’re missing someone."
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A "Where’s Spears? I could have sworn he would be here."
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Re "Nah man, he’s gone. I saw him on TV the other day, though."
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A "Was he giving a speech or something?"
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Re "Sort of, he does commercials for car dealerships now."
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Re "He’s built a reputation for his gimmick of wrecking a car every ad he does."
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A "I… I see."
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"Oh god I thought that was a joke about slamming people into cars."
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"The hours reconnecting with my old friends pass surprisingly quickly, and the time eventually comes for everyone to go home."
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"Lucy excuses herself from the group to go give the closing speech."
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"She goes up onstage and tests the microphone, getting everyone’s attention."
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F "Alright everyone, it’s been a wonderful night."
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F "You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here."
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F "Please start finding your designated drivers or calling up the taxi driver left."
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F "We will be locking the doors at three."
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"She puts the mic back on its stand and jumps offstage."
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"Reed pats my shoulder."
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Re "You got a ride home man?"
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A "I can walk, but thanks."
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"Lucy returns to the minibar and starts raiding the fridge for the last of the alcohol."
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T "There it is."
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Re "Alright, great seeing you guys. I’ll bounce."
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T "We should all meet again for lunch sometime!"
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A "Yeah, absolutely. It’s been forever since I’ve been in town, would love to get a tour of what’s new."
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Re "You got it, man. See ya."
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A "Bye, Reed."
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T "Actually, I should get going, too."
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T "I don’t want to get stuck in traffic."
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A "You’ve had the most to drink out of all of us, you gonna be alright?"
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"She raises a smug eyebrow and starts walking to the exit."
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T "See you guys."
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Ro "Come visit me too, An-on. Stella and I would love to have you."
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"More people trickle out of the room until it’s just Lucy and I."
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"Naomi gives a thumbs-up to Lucy through the door to signal that everyone else has left."
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F "Thanks, Naomi, couldn’t have organized this without you."
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N "Oh, don’t worry about it! It was nice getting to act like a class representative again."
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"The Plastic Persimmon waves and lets the door swing closed with an echoing *clang*."
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A "Sooo… Just the two of us…"
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F "Damn you Anon and damn you Bill Withers."
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A "Ha! Still got it."
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F "Yeah yeah."
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"Lucy holds up a plastic bag that *clink*s with each shake."
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F "I was gonna offer you the last of these… Buuuut…"
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A "Hey now, let’s not let those go to waste."
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"Her smug grin and laugh says enough."
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A "Rooftop?"
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F "Rooftop. Now."
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"She leads the way through the darkened school hallways and stairwell."
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"I can picture all the old posters from my time here along the walls."
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"The door is booted open and the night air has finally cooled down to something breathable now."
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"I turn to the ladder on the side of the stair enclosure and climb up."
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"Lucy hands me the bag and makes her own ascent."
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"From our new vantage point we can see all of the town lit up."
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"And with the stars above and no moon I would say the view is picturesque."
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F "Oi, you gonna hog the drinks?"
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"I take out a pair of bottles, using one to pop the cap off the other."
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F "Show-off. They’re twist-offs, ya know."
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"To prove her point she takes the capped one and simply twists it’s top off."
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A "Ow. My ego."
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F "Pfffft. Anyways."
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A "A toast!"
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F "To adulthood!"
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A "To stable employment!"
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"We tap our bottles together and chug the sweet ambrosia down."
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F "Aaaaah. I needed this."
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A "Oh?"
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"I’m already handing her a second bottle, knowing that she’ll finish her first with her next chug."
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A "I guess you’ve been busy."
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F "Dealing with teens is a fuckin’ nightmare."
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F "There’s this one brat, Kenny. The little shit has broken two trumpets already."
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A "Can’t be that bad."
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F "Well you see, it happened during band camp-"
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"Lucy’s rant went on for what felt like an hour."
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"Though judging by the pile of beer bottles, it couldn’t have been more than twenty minutes."
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F "-at the fucking dance of all places."
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A "Snrk."
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F "What!"
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A "Sounds like us, honestly."
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F "Bullshit."
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A "For real! You were just as bad!"
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"Lucy’s elbow finds it’s familiar spot in my side."
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F "Nuh uh."
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A "Yeah huh. Faaaaang."
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"She groans and hides her face in her knees."
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F "Why the fuck was I so edgy?"
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A "Trish."
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F "Mrrrr… Okay, so maybe we were that bad."
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A "That’s life for ya."
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"She sighs and relaxes. Her legs stretch forward and she leans back on her arms."
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F "Yeah…"
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F "That’s life…"
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"I mimic her pose and find myself staring at the small dots spreading across the night sky."
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A "Teacher at your alma mater. Wasn’t really expecting that, ya know."
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F "And you as a sound engineer? Pffft, I figured you’d be making a sexbot or something."
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A "The self-cleaning subroutine never worked right."
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"We chuckle together."
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A "Hey, Lucy…"
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"I keep my eyes on the stars, even when Lucy turns to look at me."
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"I can feel heat creep across my face."
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A "I got a contract with a studio here. I’m thinking…"
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A "Since I’ll be here for a good while, how about we get some dinner sometime."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Y’know… together…"
|
||||
|
||||
"I look at Lucy at last."
|
||||
|
||||
"Her face is turned back to the sky, but there’s a dusting of pink across her cheeks."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I would… I totally would, Anon…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "But I’ve got work like you wouldn’t believe."
|
||||
show fang d neutral with dissolve
|
||||
A "O-oh. Well, if it’s too mu-"
|
||||
|
||||
F "However!"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang d happy with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"Something covers my hand."
|
||||
|
||||
"I quick glimpse down and I see it’s Lucy’s atop mine."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’ve got time in the morning."
|
||||
|
||||
F "So how bout breakfasts?"
|
||||
|
||||
"I smile."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Is that a date then?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I don’t know, is it?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy turns back to me and smiles."
|
||||
|
||||
A "It is, then."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You’re such a dweeb."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I know."
|
||||
|
||||
scene d04b with fade
|
||||
|
||||
"That didn’t stop Lucy from shuffling closer until our legs were pressed together."
|
||||
|
||||
"That didn’t stop Lucy from leaning her head on my shoulder."
|
||||
|
||||
"I grin and wrap my arm around her shoulder."
|
||||
|
||||
"Feels just like old times, honestly."
|
||||
|
||||
"Like no time has passed since I left Volcadera Bluff."
|
||||
|
||||
"I guess I never did say goodbye to Volcano High."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Thanks, now my face is forever stuck in a cringe, Anon."
|
||||
|
||||
A "...Way to ruin the moment Fang."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You ruined it first with your mumbling."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Fix it then."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You ruined it, you fix it."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Fine I will."
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
"My hand cups her cheek gently."
|
||||
|
||||
"Lucy smiles and leans in."
|
||||
|
||||
"Ah, I missed this feeling."
|
||||
|
||||
"Our lips meld together as we embrace just like we were teens again."
|
||||
$ quick_menu = False
|
||||
window hide
|
||||
scene 4of4 with fade
|
||||
stop music fadeout 15.0
|
||||
pause 16
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
pause 1
|
||||
jump ending
|
@ -1 +1,300 @@
|
||||
#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
|
||||
label chapter_8.50C:
|
||||
|
||||
#label golden: - commented out 6/12/21 - redundant with new chapter labels
|
||||
#Announcing a Show | Golden
|
||||
|
||||
#le inconsistant indention has arrived
|
||||
#le wrong move indent slut
|
||||
|
||||
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 at sright 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."
|
||||
|
||||
"Phew, remembered it this time."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "Good, good."
|
||||
|
||||
Drf "I won’t keep you any longer then."
|
||||
|
||||
hide farnsworth with moveoutleft
|
||||
|
||||
"Fernsworth meanders to pester the next few students."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Anyways, where were we?"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"I turn back to Fang and her mischievous grin."
|
||||
|
||||
A "What?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Her grin only grows."
|
||||
|
||||
A "What?! What’s with the look?"
|
||||
|
||||
"She shakes her head and holds up her wrist."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Uh… it’s ten thirty-seven? Why is that funny?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Anon you ignorant slut."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Notice something missing?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "...Why do you have feathers on your elbows anyway?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Gawd! No! I’m not enbie, Anon."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh… Still, why do you have feathers on your elbows?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang rolls her eyes and digs her feathered elbow into my side."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Alright alright, I get it."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Just joking around."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Shame your jokes suck."
|
||||
|
||||
"We chuckle together."
|
||||
|
||||
A "So, like, I can say you’re my girlfriend now?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang blushes a little."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You always could. Dummy."
|
||||
|
||||
"The blush becomes contagious and I find myself looking back at the worksheet."
|
||||
|
||||
"... Girlfriend…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Suddenly I’m feeling squeamish all over again."
|
||||
|
||||
"I mean, we went on dates before, but she’s never straight up said she’s my girlfriend…"
|
||||
|
||||
"Now I’m on the spot."
|
||||
|
||||
"It only makes sense that I ask her to prom, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Why am I getting so worked up again all of a sudden?"
|
||||
|
||||
"This is ridiculous, I’m just going to ask."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Hey, Fang, you-"
|
||||
|
||||
F "We’re going to prom together, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "O-oh, yeah. Totally."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I was gonna ask if you wanted to go at all."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Of course I do, but do you want to go?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "I mean, only with you?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yes or no, dork."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Yes."
|
||||
|
||||
F "That wasn’t so hard, was it?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Like plucking feathers."
|
||||
|
||||
"She playfully elbows me again."
|
||||
|
||||
"I think I get the feathers on the elbow thing now, because those things fucking dig in. Ow."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Do you even have something to wear?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "I was going to ask my dad for his old clothes."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You sure? I could ask Naser for his old stuff."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Tail and wings."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Right, right."
|
||||
|
||||
A "What about you?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "You actually gonna wear a dress?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’ve got this sick looking dress shirt…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Naaaah, shirts suck."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Wings again?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Wings again. At least I can wear a backless dress."
|
||||
|
||||
"I cup my chin and try to picture the dress."
|
||||
|
||||
"The heat"
|
||||
|
||||
"I grin and nod approvingly."
|
||||
|
||||
"And earn a third elbow to my side."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Wait, hold on."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Do you still go by Fang, at least?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Why wouldn’t I?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Cool, just checking."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Taking it one step at a time, you know?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "There’s only about ten minutes left of class, are we gonna have enough time to finish the assignment?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Shit, yeah. Forgot."
|
||||
|
||||
"I flip over the page to reveal the entire second half of the assignment."
|
||||
|
||||
A "It’s gonna be close though."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang scoots her chair closer to me."
|
||||
|
||||
F "No time to waste then, yeah?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Splitting the questions between us, Fang and I are able to finish the assignment seconds before the bell."
|
||||
|
||||
"Somehow."
|
||||
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"We walk through the hall together, at least until we have to split to our separate classes."
|
||||
|
||||
scene hallway with dissolve
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft
|
||||
show fang happy at scenter
|
||||
|
||||
A "Hey wait, you did the word search bit this time, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "I thought you said you were terrible at those?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "And you’ve believed me up to this point."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I feel used."
|
||||
|
||||
F "That’s because I used you."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I’ll get you fo-"
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "Ah, Fang! There you are, a moment please."
|
||||
|
||||
"We turn to see Principal Spears trailing behind us."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yes?"
|
||||
|
||||
show spears neutral flip at sright with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "Fang, I was planning on asking you during your next class, but since I found you here…"
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "I’m embarrassed to say we’re missing one event slot during prom. Scheduling error."
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "And your teacher, Mr Jingo, recommended you for your musical talents."
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "I’m not asking you to make your decision right now, but if you’d consider helping out by performing a musical number or two that would help monumentally."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Oh!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Fang’s going to play for the school?"
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "If Fang agrees to."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Well, uh… Sure!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yeah, I’d love to do some songs for prom."
|
||||
|
||||
Sp "Fantastic news, Fang. When you can, please swing by the office."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Thank you, Principal Spears. I’ll come after school today."
|
||||
|
||||
"Spears nods and heads off."
|
||||
|
||||
hide spears with moveoutright
|
||||
|
||||
F "Shit, now I really need to get a good dress."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I thought you had one?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "A party dress isn’t a performance dress!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "It’s like- you know what I mean."
|
||||
|
||||
A "I guess?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "You don’t seem as excited as last time you got somewhere to play."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I know, I mean... last time I had a whole band to play with."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You sure you’ll be alright playing solo?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Probably."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’ll also need to practice a lot more…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "You’ll help me, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Of course."
|
||||
|
||||
A "As long as you don’t need me up on stage with you."
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’m trying to keep the crowd from throwing things this time around, actually."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Bite me."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Speaking of. I’ll see you at lunch, right?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Yeah, of course."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang pecks me on the cheek and starts down the hall to her next class."
|
||||
|
||||
hide fang neutral with moveoutright
|
||||
|
||||
"I feel my lips spread into a grin. It’s kind of weird to think of it, but I’m actually excited for prom."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
"Man, I hope dad’s suit has actually been to the cleaner, I don’t wanna disappoint."
|
||||
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
jump chapter_8.75D
|
@ -1 +1,428 @@
|
||||
#TODO: transfer DaScript appropriately to this section
|
||||
label chapter_8.75D:
|
||||
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
pause 3
|
||||
#Let's all go to the Aquarium
|
||||
#label LetsAllGoToTheAquarium: - commented out on 6/12/21 - redundo with new systeo
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/west_coast_kicking.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
"Every day after school for the next few weeks I would join Fang to help her practice."
|
||||
|
||||
"Some days we would go to her place, and other days her father was home early."
|
||||
|
||||
"Those days Fang would ‘politely ask’ Naser to drop her off at my place."
|
||||
|
||||
"The bribes to keep it from her dad stopped being necessary after the third time."
|
||||
|
||||
"The practice sessions themselves were long and arduous."
|
||||
|
||||
"Sessions would go on until either her dad kicked me out or sundown."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang would play for hours on end, occasionally stopping to let me try and to take a break."
|
||||
|
||||
"Despite my warnings, she’d play until her fingertips were red and raw."
|
||||
|
||||
"I decided it was time for a real break once I ran out of band aids."
|
||||
|
||||
"My great idea was to take out the map of the city I’d had since I moved in and throw a dart at it to decide where we’d go for the day."
|
||||
|
||||
"There’s lots of neat places in the city for dates, the mall, the arcade, a local amusement park."
|
||||
|
||||
"...And the dart landed in the ocean over the dock."
|
||||
|
||||
"The look from Fang told me she wasn’t stepping anywhere near a tuna boat."
|
||||
|
||||
"The Aquarium it is."
|
||||
|
||||
scene aquarium with fade
|
||||
|
||||
"So here we are inside after paying admission."
|
||||
|
||||
"I’d suggested she wear some gloves, just to protect her hands."
|
||||
|
||||
"I don’t think she understood the second part, because they were fingerless."
|
||||
|
||||
"The Aquarium is a large marble building on a marina."
|
||||
|
||||
"The various exhibits sprawl out to make the place turtle-shaped from a birds-eye view."
|
||||
|
||||
"It’s a nice place, but I still need to make this entertaining to Fang."
|
||||
|
||||
"She already looks bored."
|
||||
|
||||
"Looking through one of the map kiosks, I try to make a mental plan for the trip."
|
||||
|
||||
show anon neutral at aleft
|
||||
show fang neutral at sright
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
A "Uhh… They got exhibits for the deep sea, the gulf of Mexico, the dopefish, tropical reefs…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "... Eenie meanie mini-"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Really?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Sea turtles it is."
|
||||
|
||||
"I take Fang’s hand and lead her through the lobby into the cmber labeled ‘Sea Turtle Conservatory’."
|
||||
|
||||
scene aquariumexhibit
|
||||
|
||||
F "Anon, are you sure you want to spend the day here? If you wanted to go to the mall or somethin- omigawd."
|
||||
|
||||
"A little sea turtle swims out of hiding in the tank right in front of us."
|
||||
|
||||
"Immediately Fang breaks free of my arm and presses against the glass."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Look at these cute little shits, I love them!"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang adorable at sleft
|
||||
show anon neutral at aright
|
||||
|
||||
A "Yeah, I see them."
|
||||
|
||||
"I peer into the tank and see a few more hatchlings bob out of the decorative grass."
|
||||
|
||||
"The hype becomes contagious and I find myself pressed against the glass as well."
|
||||
|
||||
Attendant "Please avoid touching the glass, it stresses the little guys out."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh, sorry."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Come on Fang, there’s more stuff to see."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno."
|
||||
|
||||
A "There’s more here than just those baby turtles, you know."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Doesn’t matter."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You’re just going to stay here all day then?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yyyeeeep."
|
||||
|
||||
A "What’ll you do for lunch?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Bring me something from the cafe."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Allright, here I am going off without you."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh look, a Dumbo Octopus."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Whereisit?"
|
||||
|
||||
"In a snap Fang’s moved from pressing her face against the turtle tank to pressing it against the octopus tank."
|
||||
|
||||
scene aquariumexhibit
|
||||
show fang happy at sleft
|
||||
#confirmed that fang has autism
|
||||
Attendant "Ma’am, please refrain from-"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang adorable at sleft
|
||||
|
||||
F "OmigoshAnonlookatit."
|
||||
|
||||
F "It’s like a living egg yolk with button eyes."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Is that the first analogy you can think of…?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "And what’s over there? Are those seahorses holy crap I have to take a video of this."
|
||||
|
||||
"I shrug apologetically at the attendant who has given up entirely."
|
||||
|
||||
"But watching Fang zoom between the exhibits to gush over each oddly cute sea animal was just too much."
|
||||
|
||||
"Subtly my phone finds its way into my jacket pocket, already set to record."
|
||||
|
||||
show anonphone at scenter with moveinbottom
|
||||
|
||||
"She’ll probably kill me if she found out."
|
||||
|
||||
"But it’d be a good death."
|
||||
|
||||
"Wait, where’d she go?"
|
||||
|
||||
hide anonphone with moveoutbottom
|
||||
|
||||
scene aquarium with fade
|
||||
show fang happy at sleft
|
||||
"I round the corner to see the next room has a large group of school children hovering over a stingray touch tank."
|
||||
"That is, a large group of school children and Fang, towering above the rest."
|
||||
|
||||
"She does have the act down though."
|
||||
|
||||
scene stingray pool with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh, cool, a stingray pool."
|
||||
|
||||
A "You plan on touching one?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Touch?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Yeah, you can put your hand in and they’ll slide against it, watch."
|
||||
|
||||
"I roll up my jacket sleeve and push my hand into the water, splaying it out."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang and the children lean in intently."
|
||||
|
||||
"The water’s cold, but sure enough, a few of the playful things make their round and slide up right against it like a cat begging for scratches."
|
||||
|
||||
A "See?"
|
||||
|
||||
"Several in the crowd start jumping with excitement and put their own hands in the water to try for themselves."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang doesn’t seem completely convinced, though."
|
||||
|
||||
F "You sure they’re alright to just touch like that? Aren't those dangerous?"
|
||||
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A "I mean, it’s a bit slimy, but there’s a hand sanitizer thing on the wall right there."
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F "That isn’t what I meant."
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A "Come on, I’ll make sure they don’t bite."
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"Fang reluctantly grabs my dry arm and I lead her to a spot not occupied by ankle biters."
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"I put my hand back in and motion for Fang to do the same."
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"She hesitates with her hand raised just above the waters’ surface, then plunges her hand down next to mine."
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"It doesn’t take long for a few rays to make the corner and brush up against our hands."
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F "Eep!"
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A "You alright?"
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F "Yeah, no, it’s just… You were right about them being slimy."
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A "Well, I have yet to hear of a dry fish."
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F "Shut up."
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"After a few more rounds of rays, Fang decides she’s had enough."
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scene aquarium
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A "See, that wasn’t terrible, right?"
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A "Actually, you got all your fingers right?"
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F "I dunno, wanna check?"
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show fang flip off happy flip
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"Her cheeky grin and raised middle finger confirm her hand’s integrity."
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show fang neutral flip
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F "So uh…"
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F "Which exhibit are we checking next?"
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"I check the aquarium pamphlet to see where we haven’t been yet."
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A "Well… if we go outside we can see the dolphin pools. That way it loops back through the deep sea exhibits."
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"With Fang in agreement I lead her towards the exit marked with a large dolphin sign."
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scene aquariumoutside with dissolve
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"Upon exiting the building my nose is assaulted by a mix of salty air and the smell of raw fish."
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"Somehow it’s even fishier than inside the aquarium."
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play music "audio/OST/Bayside Bumming it.ogg" fadein 1.0
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show fang happy at sleft
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show anon neutral flip at aright
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F "Ooh, smells like lunch."
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A "It says they should be feeding the dolphins pretty soon."
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"The walkway circles around a large pool with several dolphins swimming around, and I can make out the trainer holding a hoop with a bucket of fish by their feet."
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"One of the dolphins jumps straight through the hoop and is rewarded with a fish caught out of the air."
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F "Would you jump through a hoola hoop for me if I had treats?"
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A "..."
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"I notice the trainer has traded the hoop for a large brush and is getting one of the dolphins to open its mouth."
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"The trainer starts brushing the Dolphin’s teeth and showing off the rows of neatly spaced cones."
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"I make a show of craning my neck down to get a view of Fang’s teeth from below."
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"She raises an eyebrow for a second and then realizes."
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"An elbow jams into my shoulder and her other hand covers her snout."
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A "So that’s how you brush your teeth!"
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show fang considering with dissolve
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F "...I don’t need someone to bribe me at least."
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A "Well if you ever need help I’m sure I can get them to lend me one of those brushes."
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show fang neutral with dissolve
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"And that gets me a jab to the ribs this time."
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A "Oh come on, you have to admit they look a bit like you..."
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F "Ehh, I don’t see it."
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"The dolphin beside her nods in agreement."
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"...Right then…"
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show fang happy at sleft
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A "So, how bout we hit the last spot and then go grab our own lunch?"
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A "Unless you want to have some tuna with your clone there."
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"Fang rolls her eyes at that."
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"Her dolphin duplicate did too."
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A "You’re fucking with me, aren’t you."
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F "What’re you talking about?"
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"Fang’s aquatic doppelganger makes a laugh-like chirping and finally swims away."
|
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"..."
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A "So Deep Sea then!"
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scene black with fade
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"We leave the dolphin pen, following signs back towards the building."
|
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"The floor slopes slowly until we reach a door labelled as the sub-level to our destination."
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|
||||
"Pushing through, we find ourselves in an oversized hamster tube beneath the water."
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||||
"Oh, I didn’t realize they had one of these."
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scene aquariumtube with fade
|
||||
|
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"From within the glass walkway we’re surrounded by a myriad of colorful marine life swimming around us."
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show fang surprised at sright
|
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show anon neutral at aleft
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang’s eyes are wide as she tries to follow the different schools of fish that dart to and fro about."
|
||||
|
||||
"I’m more mesmerized by the water filtered light cascading off Fang, casting her in a gentle glow that illuminates her white feathers."
|
||||
|
||||
"God. So glad I’m recording this."
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||||
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F "Recording what?"
|
||||
|
||||
show fang neutral flip with dissolve
|
||||
|
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A "The uh… The shark! Yeah, that cool looking shark over there!"
|
||||
|
||||
"I point to the shark that’s currently lazing about, casually drifting by the walkway."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang adorable with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang turns to gush at the shark, giving me the opportunity to quickly stop my phone and see that my battery is near dead and storage near full."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Ah, there’s the last exhibit."
|
||||
|
||||
show fang happy with dissolve
|
||||
|
||||
"I hold open another set of doors, the room within near pitch black."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Is it closed?"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Hm?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "The lights…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Oh! Nah, the room is dark because the things inside aren’t used to light."
|
||||
|
||||
F "O-oh."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Wait… are you sca-"
|
||||
|
||||
F "No! I just… Wasn’t expecting it, is all."
|
||||
|
||||
"I offer her my hand."
|
||||
|
||||
"Despite her claim otherwise I can feel how tense she is by how her fingernails dig into my hand."
|
||||
scene black with fade
|
||||
"I lead her into the darkened room, what little light there is coming from the various animals within."
|
||||
play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
"The aquariums within are packed with bioluminescent jellyfish, illuminating the darkened room with an ethereal glow."
|
||||
scene jellyfishroom with fade
|
||||
|
||||
F "Whoa. This is…"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Beautiful."
|
||||
|
||||
F "Yeah… that…"
|
||||
|
||||
"I wasn’t referring to the exhibit."
|
||||
|
||||
"Fang’s grip on my hand eases, and her fingers work to intertwine with mine."
|
||||
|
||||
"With what little light there is I can make out Fang’s smile."
|
||||
"My eyes have adjusted enough that I can see Fang’s eyes locked onto mine, the gossamer light making them glow."
|
||||
"My lips press softly onto Fang’s beak-end in a chaste peck."
|
||||
|
||||
F "eep!"
|
||||
F "Oi! G-give me a warning next time!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Mmmm… Naaaah."
|
||||
|
||||
"I laugh even as her hip bumps me roughly."
|
||||
|
||||
"Our interlocked fingers prevent her from using her preferred elbow tactic."
|
||||
|
||||
A "So… had fun?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Mmmm… Maaaaybe…"
|
||||
|
||||
F "I’ll say yes if you delete that recording."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Awwww, but you were so cute!"
|
||||
|
||||
F "Sh-shut up! I’m sexy damn it! Not cute!"
|
||||
|
||||
A "Why not both?"
|
||||
|
||||
"She glowers."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Feel rested?"
|
||||
|
||||
F "A bit. I’ll feel even more rested after some lunch though."
|
||||
|
||||
A "Sounds like a plan."
|
||||
scene aquariumoutside with dissolve
|
||||
"The rest of our rest day was spent just relaxing on the pier."
|
||||
|
||||
"Snacks on the boardwalk."
|
||||
|
||||
"A bad sunburn on my neck."
|
||||
|
||||
"And a very relaxed girlfriend."
|
||||
|
||||
"Overall, mission successful."
|
||||
|
||||
"Except the sunburn."
|
||||
|
||||
"Ow."
|
||||
stop music fadeout 1.0
|
||||
"..."
|
||||
|
||||
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|
||||
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