SnootGame/game/script/1.first-two-days-anon-meets-fang.rpy

label chapter_1:
    #First Day of School
    "January sixth."

    "Year 201M2020 BC."

    "Volcaldera Bluffs."

    "Weather conditions; cold as balls."

    "It’s my first time living close to water."

    "The idea of ‘marine layer’ is new to me, but I do understand morning mist."

    "This was like it, except infinitely more shitty."

    "The heavy fog makes navigating to my new school more difficult as I fail to see anything five feet in front of me."

    "Like a runt of a tree planted in the sidewalk that I swerve to avoid."

    "It’s my first time having to walk to school too."

    "My new apartment is in an awkward spot. Opposite side of town, yet no school or public bus to take me from there."

    "It’s my first day at a new school."

    "It’s the second half of the first semester of senior year."

    "I had six months left at my old school."

    "I can’t even imagine the kind of hell those six months would have been."

    "But this…"

    "I should take my mind off of it."

    "I whip out my phone, and consider the best way to make people upset online."

    menu:
        "Reply to the obvious shill thread":
          "I replied to the obvious shill thread"

        "Bait the obvious underaged poster":
          "I baited as underage B&"


    "The thread goes 404 right as I'm ready to post my well thought-out reply."

    "Better hide my phone before someone sees fit to take it from me, the only human around town. I think."


    play music 'audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg' fadein 1.0

    "It’s the sounds that reach me first. The chatter of people milling about."
    show rosaSilo at scenter
    show stellaSilo at sright

    unknown "Bro"
    unknown "It’s been too long!"
    unknown "It was only three weeks *Giggle*"

    "I can make out the building now."

    "The fog shrouding gives the school an ominous vibe to it."

    "I look at the name written on the arch over the entrance."

    "Volcano High."

    scene outside school fog with fade

    A "Perfect setting for a horror game. Or maybe a shitty WAD."

    "The attempt at humouring myself just made me feel more alone."

    show anonphone
    "A check of my phone says I’m 30 minutes early."
    "Wonderful."
    hide anonphone
    "I move to the entrance, only to see all of the steps occupied by students."
    scene stairs with fade
    scene stairs at Pan((6000, 1200),(553, 169), 30.0)
    "Their eyes turn to me. Expressions of confusion and contemplation. I can feel their judging stares, the same that had haunted me for four months previous."

    "I can already picture what they’re thinking."

    unknown "{i}Dude, check it out!{/i}"

    unknown "{i}Is that a skinnie?{/i}"

    unknown "{i}Where’s his spear? Aren’t they all like, spear chuckers or something?{/i}"

    unknown "{i}Bet he eats his own kind.{/i}"

    "They probably see me as some kind of circus attraction and nothing more."

    "Ha, I’m the freakshow among this cereal box mascot crowd."

    #(Scrolling Staircase CG here)

    "Taking acid is not nearly as colorful as going to Volcano High, I should write that down."

    "As I write '’write that down'' on my phone’s note app, I noticed the surrounding students stopped looking at me, which is good."

    "I can peep around the friend circles without a problem now."

    "Not like I'll ever be a part of one anyway."

    "?"
    stop music fadeout 1.0
    play music "audio/OST/That Monochromatic Weirdo.ogg" fadein 0.5

    scene fanglookback at Pan((0, 1080), (0, 0), 10.0)

    "Talk about wanting to stand out, I never thought it was possible to look like you were from a black and white twenties cartoon."

    "She does differ from the other technicolor students though..."

    "...in the worst way possible."

    "O-oh yeah. She's staring at me..."

    "...with that look. Fucking hell."

    "Has she never seen a human in her life?"

    "I fucking hate that look."

    "Contempt. Judging."

    "Everyone that has looked at me like that never proved to be anything more than an asshole."

    "Like I'M the anomaly here. She's just as dumb and insufferable as the rest of them."

    "She’s probably no better than me, miss ''my snout is so big I can land a plane on it''."

    "Go back to your friends."

    scene fangtalkingwithtrish with dissolve

    stop music fadeout 1.0
    pause 1
    play music "audio/OST/Beach Chill Out.ogg" fadein 1.0

    "Huh. She did. I feel like I should say something."

    "I notice that all this time my knees were weak and my arms were heavy."

    "My feet carry me over the soggy grass as I look for somewhere else to be."

    stop music
    stop sound

    stop audio
    "On the side of the building is where I find sanctuary"
    scene garden with fade
    show anon neutral flip at scenter

    "It’s a small alcove of sorts."

    "The pavement is cracked to bits and the shrubs surrounding it are overgrown."

    "Even the bench, cracked paint on rotted wood held between two concrete legs, matched the ‘abandoned’ vibe of the place."

    "It was perfect."
    "I flop down on the wet bench and the violent crack from it makes my heart drop."
    "Almost perfect but good enough."
    "I feel a tightness in my chest, and my lungs fight to draw air in."
    "Head in my hands I can fully understand what I’ve done now."
    "Six months in a new school."
    "A year on my own in some rundown apartment in a town I know nothing about."
    "All on my own."

    "Three weeks."

    "It took a day for me to want to change schools, and three weeks to make it happen."

    "And this is my life now for the next year. I think back to my old man’s ultimatum."

    "{i}Once the lease is done, Anon, either college or the service.{/i}"

    "{i}I don’t care which.{/i}"

    show naomiSilo at sleft
    show naserSilo at sright
    unknown "Would you happen to be Anon?" #Naomi
    play sound "audio/effects/WoodSnap.wav"
    hide anon
    "I look up. The bench broke down."
    "I lay on the ground, ass hurt from hitting jagged concrete and splintered wood."
    "Thank god for jeans."
    scene pathetic at Pan((0, 1031), (0, 0), 10.0)


    play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'

    unknown "Oh my goodness! Are you okay?"
    "I groan"
    A "Never better"
    "I instinctively apply my ‘chill guy’ facade in the presence of strangers to hide how uneasy I am today."
    "A hand is held over my face. In my pain addled confusion I shake it."
    unknown "Naser!"
    Nas "Right, right"
    scene garden with fade
    show naser neutral flip at nright
    show naomiSilo at sleft
    show anon neutral at acenter with dissolve
    "The hand tightens around my own and pulls roughly."
    "The force is enough for my feet to get under me, stumbling back up to stand before the pair of strangers."
    "It also felt like enough force to pull my arm out of its socket."
    show anon neutral at acenter
    A "Uh... 'Sup?"
    Nas "You're Anon, yeah?"
    unknown "I'm glad we found you!"
    A "...Who are you guys? Why do you know my name?"
    show anon neutral flip at acenter with dissolve
    unknown "Where are my manners! My name is Naomi, student council president and your guide. It’s my sincere pleasure to make your acquaintance Anon!"
    show naomi neutral at sleft with dissolve
    hide naomiSilo
    Nas "We’re your welcoming committee"
    A "O-kay then."
    "Is that really necessary?"
    N "I had this prepared just for you!"
    "The orange one, Naomi hands me a brochure."
    "Volcano High and You. A new beginning to adulthood."
    "The title alone makes me gag. The pink one, Naomi, looks at me expectantly."
    "The brochure is full of the typical trivialities."
    "College prep, financial assistance, after school programs."
    "None of it matters."
    Nas "Babe, I’ve got some things to take care of."
    show naser neutral flip:
        xalign 1.0 yalign 0.0
    show naomi sad
    with dissolve
    "Naser looks back to the school entrance. I follow his eyes and see some people trying to lift a large speaker up the stairs of the school. "
    N "O-oh."
    N "I’ll see you at lunch, right Naser?"
    "She looks dejected."
    Nas "*chuckles* Of course."
    show anon at aright
    show naser neutral flip at ncenter
    with move
    "Naser pulls her into a hug and nudges his muzzle against hers. Is that how dinos kiss?"
    "He leaves, running quickly to assist with the heavy sound equipment."
    hide naser neutral flip with dissolve
    N "ahem"
    show naomi neutral with dissolve
    "I turn back to Naomi. She smiles again, though there is a plasticity to it."
    N "How about I show you the campus, Anon? We wouldn’t want you getting lost on your first day, now would we?"
    A "Mm, sounds good."
    scene hallway
    show naomi neutral at sleft
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    with fade


    show hallway
    play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'

    "Instead of using the main entrance Naomi led me to a side entrance. Inside, the school looked like your stereotypical school hallway."
    "Lockers and posters along the walls. Doors interspersed equally all the way down. More students milling about before class."
    N "Anon, may I see your class schedule?"
    "I pull the folded up sheet from my pocket and hand it to her. She unfolds it delicately and scans the page thoroughly."
    N "Oh my gosh! We share a home room Anon!"
    "Oh wonderful."
    N "Speaking of, class will be starting shortly. Follow me. Mr. Tsuki’s classroom is this way."


    play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'

    "I follow after her to a classroom on the 2nd floor. The seats were being filled with students. I take one near the front, knowing I’ll have to introduce myself. I’ll probably be doing that for all my classes."
    scene classroom with fade
    "Fuck my life."
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    "The artificial ring of a bell blares from a speaker on the wall. With it everyone waits as the teacher finally enters the room and shuts the door."
    show jinflip at sleft with dissolve
    Tsuki "Ohayo gozaimasu curassu. Tudei yu habu e niu curassu-meito tsu Borukeino Hai"
    "What"
    Tsuki "Anon-kun puriizu camu appu zen intorudiusu yooru serfu"
    stop sound
    "Naomi coughs and makes a subtle nod up."
    "OH!"
    stop sound

    stop audio

    stop music

    "I stood from my seat and faced the class. Once again all eyes on me and the tightness in my chest returns. I inhale deep, willing my erratic heart to slow."
    show anon neutral flip at acenter with move
    show jinflip with move:
        xalign -0.2 yalign 0.0
    show anon neutral at acenter with dissolve
    A "Hey…"
    "Again those eyes, just like three weeks ago."
    A "My name is Anon. I uh…"
    "Just like every day for the past four months."
    A "I don’t really have any hobbies."
    "I wanted to flee. Hide away. Anything to avoid those judging eyes."
    N "Why did you transfer here?"
    "My throat clenches. It’s an innocent question. But I think back again to it all."
    A "uh… I…"
    "There’s whispers now. The hushed tones, silenced snickers, blending with the everpresent stares. My heart hammers at my chest and I am sure that they all can hear it. See the cold chill racing over me."
    Tsuki "Anon-kun, yuu du natto habu tsu ansaa zattu"
    "His words snap me out of my trance. Only Naomi was looking at me. The rest were preoccupied."
    "Either talking about their winter break. Or catching up on sleep."
    "They’ve all been ignoring me the entire time."
    Tsuki "Puriizu retaano tsu yo shiito, Anon-kun. Hai, nao curassu-"
    "That was nothing like my Japanese animes."
    hide anon neutral with dissolve
    "Mr. Tsuki continued on, drawing what little attention there was to himself. I sat down, finally feeling the blood that had caught in my legs rush up, leaving me lightheaded."
    hide jinflip with dissolve
    "And I probably have to do this for each class today?"
    "Double fuck my life."
    scene black with fade
    "Awkward introduction after awkward introduction to classmates that couldn’t care less kept me anxious the whole morning."
    scene cafeteria
    show anon neutral at aleft
    with dissolve
    "And there’s still the rest of the day to go."

    "Eventually, lunch comes around."

    "I don’t have the lunch card yet, so I settle for a pseudopizza."

    "The kind that becomes a viable weapon if you leave it alone for ten minutes."

    "No time to waste after exiting the line, I scan the lunchroom for an open seat."

    "I thought I had found a decent spot in the corner when disaster struck."

    show naser neutral with moveinleft:
      xalign -0.1 yalign 0.0
    show anon neutral flip at scenter with move

    "Said disaster was a hand grabbing my shoulder and turning me about."

    "My plate of pizza shaped cardboard threatened to smear across my shirt."

    "I fought the momentum of the tray until the hand that had spun me stabilized it and me."
    show naser explanatory
    Nas "Whoa there! Nearly dropped your food Anon."

    A "Yeah, whose fault is that?"
    show naser considering with dissolve
    pause 2
    show naser explanatory with dissolve
    Nas "...Yours?"

    "I swear to all that is good and holy."
    show naser happy with dissolve
    Nas "Wanna sit with us?"

    "What?"

    Nas "Wanna sit with Naomi and me? Since you’re new and all."

    "He points to a table where the living pink sugar rush is waving."

    "God damn it."

    "I don’t want to make a scene."

    A "Suuuure…"

    scene cafeteria
    show anon neutral at aleft
    show naomi neutral flip at sright
    show naser neutral flip:
      xalign 0.4 yalign 0.0
    with fade


    play music 'audio/OST/Dragging on and on....ogg'

    "Before I even sit down the barrage of questions begins."

    show naomi explanatory flip with dissolve

    N "SO! How’d it go! Did you like Spears? Were you able to get what you need?"

    "I just nod along, starting to not pay attention."

    Nas "You looking forward to the rest of the day?"

    A "Not really."

    A "All these introductions, you know?"

    Nas "I get you, hard to talk to people you don’t know, right?"

    A "Something like that, yeah."

    A "Hell, last period I tripped in front of everyone. Talk about a first impression."

    Nas "I don’t think they’d care too much."

    N "Have you had any trouble since then? Do you have enough money for food today?"

    Nas "Oh, you’re short on food money man?"

    show naser flip unimpressed
    show naomi flip sad
    with dissolve
    "I perk up at Naser’s interjection. Naomi looks disappointed for a second."

    show naomi neutral flip with dissolve

    A "Not really, just had to sign up for some handouts."

    "Naomi is starting to look disappointed I’m only picking up on Naser’s interjections"

    Nas "If you need a bit more extra chow, there’s going to be free refreshments at my si-- uh…"
    show naser considering flip with dissolve
    pause 0.3
    show naser neutral flip with dissolve
    Nas "At Fang’s concert after school today"

    A "Your what?"

    Nas "Fang"

    A "Your brother or….?"
    pause 0.1
    Nas "...Sibling."

    "What."

    Nas "Fang’s gonna have some extra pizzas for the show. You could take some home."

    A "I uh... dunno about concerts. Not really one for public events like that."

    Nas "Alright man, just thought you could use a few opportunities to make friends."

    "What was that?"

    "I’ll pretend that wasn’t meant to be malicious."

    A "I’ll consider it."

    show naomi sad flip with dissolve

    N "Hey! Don’t leave me out of the conversation!"

    show naomi happy flip with dissolve

    N "How about I help you pick out some cheap food after school?"

    N "I know some great vegan shops in the area!"

    "My stomach roils at the V-word."

    A "Maaaaybe another time, sorry. So about that concert Naser?"

    show naomi sad flip with dissolve

    "Dinner and a show? Sign me the fuck up."

    A "So what do they play?"

    Nas "Music."

    A "Music?"

    Nas "Yes."
    show naomi neutral flip
    A "What kind?"

    Nas "The kind you listen to."

    A "Wh- Well what genre?"

    Nas "The good kind?"

    A "You don’t know, do you."

    Nas "Nope."

    "Well, free food is free food. Sign me the fuck up"

    "I look at my pizza, noticing something is wrong."

    "I test it with my plastic spork and watch the cheap utensil shatter to bits."

    "I curse life for a third time today."

    "The dreaded ten-minute mark has passed, rendering my ‘pizza’ only useful as building material."

    show naomi happy flip with dissolve

    N "Oh dear. Naser why don’t you split your sandwich with him?"

    show naser annoyed flip with dissolve

    Nas "But it’s my sandwich!"

    N "It’s fine, we can split my vegan TLT!"

    show naser sad flip with dissolve

    "Naser shudders and looks at his own footlong philly sub longingly."

    Nas "S-sure thing, babe."

    "He tears the sandwich in two and hands me the larger half."

    Nas "Here, Anon."

    "I will never forget your brave sacrifice."

    "With that we all dig into our meal."

    "..."

    scene black with fade

    "--After school--"

    "My classes after lunch were the same as before it."

    "By now I had a rehearsed introduction that only the teacher cared about."

    "My classmates were disinterested and I would sit down to be forgotten."

    "I hope the rest of the year is just like that."

    "I just want to skate through it all."

    "All that’s left for today is the concert. And dinner."
    scene door auditorium
    show naser neutral at sleft
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    with fade
    "I wait outside the auditorium entrance with Naser, who was checking his phone for messages."

    Nas "Right, Fang says the show is starting in a bit. See?"

    show fuckedwingretard with dissolve

    "Naser turns the screen to me."

    "Fang: Piss off."

    "Fang: Is the pizza here?"

    "Fang: You can have a slice"

    "Fang: But after that you GTFO FWR"

    hide fuckedwingretard with dissolve

    A "FWR? Like, Franklin W. Roosevelt?"

    Nas "Nah. Fucked wing retard. Fang’s words, not mine."

    A "Is your uh… sibling always like this?"

    Nas "Fang’s...."

    show naser considering with dissolve

    "I wait for him to continue."

    Nas "Well um…"

    Nas "I mean, kinda?"

    A "Glad I’m an only child."

    show naser angry with dissolve

    "Naser glares at me."

    Nas "Fang’s still family."

    A "Ah, sorry. Just saying is all."

    show naser sad with dissolve

    "Naser deflates."

    Nas "You’re good, Anon. And yeah, they’re family but Fang’s just so… so…"

    A "Difficult?"

    show naser explanatory with dissolve

    Nas "YES! Difficult! And I don’t know why."

    A "Sounds rough."

    show naser considering with dissolve

    Nas "It is. Like, I know sh- THEY care but Fang doesn’t even wanna be around me."

    A "Hmmm."

    "Finally the doors open and I smell the cheesy, heart clogging goodness within."

    show naser happy with dissolve

    Nas "Sweet. Come on, Anon."

    hide naser with dissolve


    play music 'audio/OST/we just turned on the microphone in our programmers_ house.ogg'

    "A caveman of a man holds open the door for everyone."

    unknown "Wait."

    "His massive hand stops me."

    A "A-ah. Y-yes?"

    "I’m guided to the side, away from the crowd that’s filtering into the auditorium."

    show spears neutral at sleft with dissolve

    unknown "So how are you feeling about our lovely school, Anon?"

    A "Uh…"

    "It’s the spear-shaped pin on his lapel that reads ‘principal’ that informs me of who this giant is."

    A "O-oh! It’s uh… nice? Cleaner than my old school."

    "He guffaws and slaps his chest."

    Sp "You can thank your classmates for that."

    "What?"

    Sp "Now, go enjoy the show."

    A "Yes sir."

    Sp "Oh, I do need you to come by my office tomorrow for some paperwork."

    hide spears with dissolve

    scene auditorium with dissolve
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    show naser neutral at sleft
    with fade


    "I nod and go back to the door where Naser is standing, holding it open for the last of the audience to go inside."


    "Naser leads me and the large crowd into the shitty school theater."

    "The foyer has tables with boxes of pizzas stacked taller than me."

    Nas "You can take a couple boxes after, Anon. That should help ya out."

    A "Who the hell got all these anyway?"

    Nas "I did."

    "I take a box down from the stack. Others have already started stacking their plates."

    "I check the logo on the box."

    A "And to get so many larges from… \"Dino-moe’s Pizza\"?"

    A "That’s a couple hundred bucks though."

    Nas "Meh, ‘bout a month’s allowance."

    "A month? That explains that disaster of a jacket."

    A "So about the actual show-"

    Nas "I’ll check on them. Be right back."
    hide naser with dissolve

    "Left on my own I stack my plate up with some quality grease topped delight."

    show anon neutral flip at sleft with move
    show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve

    "I lean against the wall, chewing bits of supreme and observing the rest of the crowd."

    unknown "-nother shitshow-"

    unknown "She’s so stupid-"

    unknown "-they even bother?"

    unknown "Bunch of losers-"

    "Everyone seems to share the same sentiment."

    "So why the hell did they even show up for this?"

    "Naser finally comes back and opens the door to the main hall."

    "The crowd moves in, though I hang back so I can talk with Naser."

    show naser neutral flip at ncenter with moveinright

    A "What’s with them, Naser?"

    Nas "What do you mean?"

    A "The crowd. They were talking mad shit."

    show naser angry flip

    Nas "What?!"

    show anon neutral at acenter with move
    show anon neutral flip at aright with move

    show naser angry flip at ncenter with dissolve
    show naser angry flip at sleft with move

    "Naser grasps at the air unsure what to think or do at the moment. I think he’s angry"

    show naser table hit at sleft with dissolve

    #(Naser bangs the table, there is no text or indication on screen, only a loud banging noise and a screen shake)

    play sound "audio/effects/Slam.ogg"

    A "Whoa whoa."

    show naser angry flip at sleft

    Nas "Ugh, I should’ve known."

    show naser angry at sleft

    A "I don’t, what are you talking about man?"

    Nas "I brought them here so Fang has an audience."
    stop music
    A "Oh."

    show naser considering at sleft

    play sound 'audio/OST/ringtone.ogg'

    "Naser’s phone rings. He moves aside to answer it."

    show naser flip neutral with dissolve

    hide naser with moveoutleft


    Nas "Fa-"

    "The voice on the other end is loud and shrill."

    Nas "Yeah I-"

    "He holds the phone away from his ear to save his eardrum."

    Nas "Okay okay I-"

    "The call ends and Naser sags."

    show naser sad at sleft with moveinleft

    Nas "I’ve gotta leave."

    A "Seriously?"

    Nas "Yeah, Fang doesn’t want me here. Said I’ll ruin the show."

    "Harsh."

    Nas "Look, whatever happens promise you won’t hold this against them."

    Nas "They're actually a really a nice person once you get to know them"

    A "Naser why did you just murder the english language in cold blood?"

    "Within I see the rest of the audience, huddled in groups around tiny snack tables."

    Nas "Even went to the trouble of switching out the seats for them. Naomi said it’d help."

    "With a huff Naser turns away, begrudgingly leaving the auditorium.:"

    hide naser with moveoutright

    "I enter the hall and take a seat in the back, away from the rest of the crowd."

    scene black with fade

    "The lights dim and the curtains are drawn open."

    stop music fadeout 1.0

    scene fang band playing with fade

    "Onstage is a trio of people my age."

    "I think Fang is the drummer? He doesn’t look related to Naser, maybe it is the main front-woman?"

    "That must be Naser’s sister."

    A "Wh-"

    "Then why the whole confusion over her sex? For fuck’s sake."

    "I’m just getting thrown around today. I don’t know."

    "She looks familiar."

    "The band doesn’t bother introducing themselves."


    play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg'

    "Instead the purple one begins plucking her bass."

    "It all went tumbling down from there."

    "What I thought was a guitar sounded horrifically wrong, far too heavy."

    "The lead guitarist was using a fucking bass."

    "And then the vocals kicked in."

    "It’s horrific screeching, combined with the amelodious shredding on a bass created a cacophony equal to hundreds of cats ritualistically sacrificed."

    "I fight the urge to cover my ears."

    "I don’t know too much about music, but even I know that you don’t use two basses in one band unless you know exactly what you’re doing."

    "Ooooooh nooooooo."

    "Ooooooooh God."

    "What were they thinking?!"

    "I looked back to the crowd to gauge their interest."

    "Surely I’m not alone in thinking this is an absolute travesty."
    unknown "PFFFT AHAHAHA THEY STILL FUCKING SUCK!!"
    #(In-CG insult layers)
    window hide
    $ i = 0
    while i < 20:
      $ showCG()
      pause 1
      $ i = i + 1

    #(In-CG insult layers)

    "The crowd was standing, jeering and laughing with whoever said that."

    "More words were said but the laughter eclipsed them and the music."

    "Wait, what happened to the music?"

    "On-stage, the trio looked panicked."

    "The drummer was inching off stage, while the purple bassist was about to break down into tears."

    "But the frontwoman stood there. Stood her ground."

    #(In-CG insult layers)
    window hide
    $ showCG()
    #(In-CG insult layers)

    scene fang band screaming

    unknown "FUCK YOU!"

    "She tossed her bass aside, raising both hands and proudly displaying a finger on each of them."

    unknown "FUCK ALL OF YOU!"

    unknown "NO ONE WOULD WANT TO FUCK YOU, BITCH!"

    "Pffft… That struck a chord with her."

    #(In-CG insult layers)

    window hide
    $ i = 0
    while i < 5:
      $ showCG()
      pause 1
      $ i = i + 1
    #(In-CG insult layers)

    "I watch as she grabs her bass and takes the arm of the purple one, rushing off stage with the pink drummer."

    scene black with fade

    scene black with fade
    window hide
    $ i = 0
    while i < 3:
      $ showCG()
      pause 1
      $ i = i + 1

    "Oh God I can’t take this, I’m gonna grow a 6 pack from laughing so much, I’m just gonna grab my pizza and leave"
    scene auditorium
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    show spears neutral at sleft
    with fade
    "I turn towards the door and see Principal Spears, a fierce glare freezing me in place."

    Sp "Anon."

    "Oh fuck"

    "His voice is even more stern than this morning."

    A "Yes sir?"

    "He looks to the crowd and then to me."

    Sp "I don’t want to hear about any of this come tomorrow."

    Sp "I expect some goddamned maturity from you, Anon."

    Sp "You’ll be an adult once you graduate."

    A "Uh… Why me though?"

    Sp "I’ve taught many students, and I can tell these things."

    "His hand lands on my shoulder."

    "It’s grip was firm as it weighed on me."

    Sp "Listen here, Anon. You are not the only person in the world."

    Sp "Everyone’s fighting their own battles."

    "The hand squeezes before pushing me towards the door."

    show anon neutral at aright

    Sp "I want to see you in my office first thing tomorrow."

    Sp "Now get out of here, this is the only warning that you’ll get from me."

    Sp "Next time it will be campus clean-up."

    stop audio

    stop sound
    stop music
    "Behind me the principal’s voice shakes the room."

    show spears angry with dissolve

    Sp "WHOSE SORRY ASS AM I GOING TO HAVE TO SUPLEX!"

    scene hallway with dissolve
    show anon neutral at aleft

    "Back in the foyer I see some boxes of partially finished pizza left."

    "I consolidate them all into a pair of boxes and make my exit."

    scene outside school
    show anon neutral at aleft
    with fade

    "The sun is starting to set now as I make my way home."

    play music 'audio/OST/Skinrow Soul.ogg' fadein 1.0

    Sp "{i}You are not the only person in the world.{/i}"

    "Pfft. Like I don’t already know that. There’s like…"

    "The classmates that all ignored me today."

    "Naomi’s annoying ass."

    "That fucking caveman of a principal."

    "Naser, whose been a bro."

    "Naser’s Sis-"

    "Oh."

    "Shit."

    "..."

    scene black with fade

    #Meeting the Band
    "-The Next Day-"
    play sound "audio/effects/Alarm.ogg"

    "*BLEEP* *BLEEP* *BLEEP* *BLEEP* *BLEEP* *BLEEP* "
    stop sound
    scene room anon dark with fade
    "The bane of all sleep echoes violently by my head, swiftly erasing any traces of slumber."
    "Still without the energy to turn the alarm off, I stare at the ceiling for a bit, recalling the events of the last few days as an exercise."
    "The school, if you could call it one."
    "My new friends, if you could call them that."
    "That band, if you could call it such."
    "Great idea Anon, start the day by dissing everything you've done so far in your new life."
    "No wonder you're so damn popular."
    "Finally, I lean out of bed and turn the alarm clock off."
    "I have a good forty-five minutes before I need to be at school, and it takes twenty to walk."
    "That leaves twenty-five minutes to get ready."
    "With practiced movements I execute a proper combat roll from bed, tackling the floor and headbutt it into submission. My foe defeated, I groan in victory."
    show anon neutral at acenter with dissolve

    "My new bed is half the size of what I’m used to."

    "The hardwood (or is it vinyl?) floor is cold as hell."

    "From the purview of the floor, I look around my room again."

    "A tiny one room apartment with only a computer, bed, television, and fridge."

    "A whole year in this shithole."

    "... Guess I gotta take it one day at a time."

    "Picking myself up, I slide into todays’ (and everydays’) clothes and pour myself a bowl" #of off-brand cereal I picked up the day before.
    "My eyes scan over my phone while I shovel my sugary breakfast into my mouth."
    "*Scroll*"
    "*Crunch*"
    "*Scroll*"
    "*Crunch*"
    "Like a poorly oiled machine until it runs out of fuel with a noisy slurp."
    "Soon enough it's time to leave for school.  I grab my backpack and slide it over my shoulders.  I take my jacket off the hanger and"
    "…"
    "I take off the backpack and put the jacket on."
    "Opening the door blows the cool morning air in my face, and I stop to take a deep breath."
    scene skinrow
    show anon neutral at aleft
    "Day four out of however many days are left in the year. So far so good."
    scene outside school
    show anon neutral at aleft


    play music 'audio/OST/Appreciating the Atmosphere.ogg'
    show outside school fog

    "I approach the grand building, looking to find a place in line between the other students trundling into the front doors."
    "The halls before class are as crowded as always, hundreds of students filing in unison towards their homerooms."
    "By now I was starting to be able to make my way around on autopilot, I've walked the same path twice already after all."

    "Even after the longest sleep of my life, I still feel miserably tired and ready to crash once again."

    "I found another entrance at the side of the school that has less students on it. The less the merrier."

    "I check my clock once again - I’m early. Fucking hell. Should have shitposted a bit more."


    play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg'

    "Why am I here so early again?"

    "Think I had to do something."

    "Oh yeah."

    "I should talk to Naser. Give him my version of events."

    "That way he won’t kick {i}my{/i} ass."

    "Wait."

    "Oh goddamn it."

    "The principal also wanted to see me. Shit, probably gonna get some demerit or whatever rich schools do as punishment."

    "I had almost forgotten."

    "Please Raptor Jesus just let this be the last time I need to deal with stuff like this."

    "Get it over with so I can finally just slip my way through this year."
    menu:
        "Naser's a bro":
            jump naserBro
        "I don't wanna piss off the caveman.":
            jump pissOffCaveman

    label naserBro:

    "Principal caveman can wait. I want to apologize to Naser about yesterday…"

    "I hope I can be nice to him this time."

    "Great job, Anon!"

    "He saves you from soy poisoning by sacrificing his footlong, and how do you repay him? By laughing at his sister."

    "There he is, I hope he’s not too busy."

    "..."

    "I just realized I don’t know what to say to him"

    "\"I wasn’t laughing AT your sister, I was laughing WITH the crowd\""

    "No, that sounds bad"

    "\"Weird sisters, amirite?\""

    "I might be retarded. I just told him I’m an only son yesterday."

    "\"Can’t help it, dude. Some people just won’t amount to anything in life. Sorry.\""

    "This isn’t time to be edgy, Anon."

    "As I try and fail to find some way to explain myself to Naser I also fail at actually finding Naser."

    "How the fuck did I even end up in the tard yard?"


    play music 'audio/OST/That Monochromatic Weirdo.ogg'

    "What feels like a space decade of walking, or really just half an hour I find the crippled pteradon being accosted by a VERY pissed off purple midget."

    unknown "-SAID YOU INVITED ALL THOSE ASSHOLES!" #trish

    Nas "Wait, Trish, you don’t understand-!"

    T "DON’T CUT ME OFF YOU GRAY PIECE OF SHIT!"

    "Students are clearing out of the way, just trying to get to their classes."
    scene hallway with fade
    show trish angry at tleft
    show naser neutral flip at nright

    "This must be a common occurrence."

    "The diminutive triceratops, Trish, bows her head and charges Naser."

    "He just holds a hand out to her forehead."
    show naser shocked flip at nright behind trish with dissolve
    show trish fury:
        xalign 0.0 yalign 10.0
    show trish fury with move:
        xalign 0.75 yalign 10.0

    T "GET YOUR HANDS OFF ME!!"

    Nas "Trish, I’m not going to fight you again."

    Nas "The principal’s already gotten onto me about the lockers from last time."

    Nas "Believe me, I had no idea the concert would have turned out like that."

    T "LIAR!!"

    Nas "I just wanted to make sure you guys had an actual audience-"

    T "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?!?"

    Nas "You know what I mean, come on..."

    T "Argh!"

    show trish angry at ncenter with dissolve

    "She stops trying to gore Naser and throws her arms to her sides."

    show naser unimpressed flip with dissolve

    T "Screw you!"

    T "Even if you weren’t trying to mess with Fang!"

    T "Screw! You!"

    "She stomps off."

    hide trish with moveoutright

    show naser annoyed flip with dissolve

    Nas "{i}*Sigh.*{/i}"

    show anon neutral at aleft with dissolve
    A "What was that all about?"

    show naomi neutral flip with moveinright:
         xalign 0.6

    N "Oh, Anon."

    N "Don’t worry about it, it’s nothing."

    Nas "Y’know, girl issues, right? Haha..."

    show naser sad flip with dissolve

    A "Sure…"

    A "Sounds like she was grilling you about the concert."

    Nas "..."

    N "Some concert, right?"

    A "Actually, about that…"

    A "I, uhh…"

    #play sound "audio/PANoise.ogg"
    pause 1
    Sp "ANON MOUS, IF YOU ARE NOT IN MY OFFICE WITHIN TEN MINUTES I SWEAR ON MY DEAR FAMILY I WILL PERSONALLY MOUNT YOU ON MY WALL."
    #play sound "audio/PANoise.ogg"
    pause 1

    A "..."

    "A layer of cold sweat makes its presence known."

    show naser neutral with dissolve

    Nas "It can wait, the office is down this hall on the right."

    A "I know the way, but thanks."

    "Naser waves and heads off."

    hide naomi with moveoutleft

    "Guess it’s to the principal’s office with me. Again."

    "And thinking about him makes me think about last night."

    Sp "{i}You are not the only person in the world.{/i}"

    "Poor Naser, man. Just wanted to help his sister."

    "But it’s not like he did anything wrong."

    scene hallway
    show naomi angry at scenter
    show reed explanatory flip at rright
    with fade
    "Just as I reach the office the sound of clinking glass draws my attention to the apricot asspain and some pink raptor."

    N "Is that contraband, Reed?"

    Re "Bro, you’ve known I’m in a band for like, a year now."

    N "No! Contraband! In your backpack!"

    Re "Hmmm… nah, I left my games at home."

    "Naomi facepalms, or whatever counts as a facepalm with a snout."

    N "Reed! You have a bong in your backpack!"

    Re "...But we aren’t in Britain?"

    N "Ugh, you’re impossible…"

    hide naomi with moveoutright

    "Naomi huffs and returns her focus to a stack of papers on the desk, leaving a satisfied raptor in her wake."

    show reed happy flip with dissolve

    Re "Heh, works every time…"

    "I need to learn how to do that."

    Re "S’all ‘bout misdirection…"

    "What."

    Re "Deuces."

    hide reed with moveoutright

    "The fuck just happened?"

    show naomi neutral flip at scenter with dissolve

    N "Oh! Anon, I didn’t see you there!"

    N "Just in time to finish your paperwork!"

    A "Paperwhatsit now?"

    N "Go inside, Principal Spears will finalize it with you now."

    "Paperwork? What fucking paperwork? I’m pretty sure all that stuff was finished before I even came here."

    "Whatever. Probably a detention slip or whatever the principal has planned."

    scene office spears with dissolve

    "I open the door to the cramped office, expecting to see a gruff cave of a workspace."

    "Instead, it was a fairly well furnished space complete with armchairs and cabinets of old photos."

    show spears neutral flip at sright with dissolve

    Sp "You going to stand there forever? What are you waiting for? Sit."

    show anon neutral at aleft with moveinleft

    "I plant myself in one of the armchairs and sink a bit lower into the cushion than expected."

    "Perks of being a human, I guess."

    Sp "I believe I told you last night to be here first thing this morning."

    "Shit!"

    Sp "Tell me, do I have a stutter?"

    A "..."

    Sp "Speak."

    A "N-no, sir."

    Sp "{i}*sigh…*{/i}"

    Sp "Take this as a learning experience, Anon."

    Sp "Punctuality gets you far in life."

    A "Yes, sir."

    Sp "I let you off the hook last night because you’re a new student."

    Sp "I meant what I said last night."

    "Hopefully not about the whole pile driving thing."

    Sp "Still, I didn’t bring you in here to lecture you."

    "He didn’t?"

    Sp "Not many people have to use the school’s financial services."

    A "What?"

    A "Financial services?"

    Sp "All the paperwork’s done to get you a special lunch card for the semester."

    Sp "You don’t have to worry about paying until after graduation. No interest, no down payments, none of that."

    A "I uh… What’s happening, sir?"

    Sp "You signed up for the financial services, correct?"

    Sp "Naomi told me you needed help with food and even had the papers filed out."

    "Naomi?!"

    Sp "Allow me to double-check real fast."

    Sp "NAOMI!!"

    show naomi neutral at rleft behind spears with dissolve


    play music 'audio/effects/Alarm.ogg'

    "Hello tinnitus my old friend…"

    N "...."

    Sp "....."

    "Oh god am I stuck like this?"

    Sp "-dismissed Naomi. And just to be absolutely clear, Anon did ask you for this, correct?"

    N "Well, he {i}is{/i} in need of assistance, right?"

    N "Otherwise he’s stuck with the budget meals."

    Sp "Anon?"

    "I glance between the two."
    "It probably wasn’t malicious, but still…"

    "I’m not getting involved in office politics today."

    A "... Yes."

    N "Oh, lovely!"

    N "Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any other prob-"

    Sp "You may leave now, Naomi."

    N "Oh! Yes sir!"
    hide naomi with dissolve
    "She leaves the office and Spears clicks the papers on his desk into a stack."

    Sp "Hate to do that, but she goes on for ages."

    Sp "Anyways, go ahead and sign here. Here. Here. Initial here. Date here. Print your name here."

    "I didn’t catch any of that."

    A "W-what?"

    Sp "Just kidding. You’re good to go, Anon, and don’t forget this."

    "He holds out the poorly laminated lunch card for me to take."

    Sp "Just keep in mind,"

    Sp "As a senior, this semester is your last, your biggest chance to figure your future out."

    Sp "Even if you’re new to all of us here at Volcano High, we’re here to help you make the most of it."

    "Huh…"

    A "Thank you, Mister Spears."

    "Mr. Spears nods and gives a small smile."

    Sp "You can come in anytime. I’m always here to listen. Except for topics relating to estrus season."

    "I sense great exhaustion in that last bit."

    "I thank Mr. Spears one last time and head to homeroom."

    "..."

    scene black with fade

    jump postCavemanConference

    label pissOffCaveman:
    "Probably best I try and not make the principal pissed at me."

    "Campus beautification sounds like slave labor. And my arms are strictly for shitposting and gaming."

    "I try to recall the way that the pomelo primadonna showed me to the office."

    "I somehow found myself in the potato ranch at the back of the school."

    "Fuck am I tired already."

    scene hallway
    show reed neutral at rleft with dissolve

    A "How the fuck did I end up here?"


    play music 'audio/OST/That Monochromatic Weirdo.ogg'

    unknown "Don’t worry man, it happens to new students all the time…"

    A "Wha-?"

    "Some pink raptor smelling of very heavily burnt grass surprises me."

    unknown "If you’re looking for the office you’re gonna wanna go thataway."

    A "Oh- thanks."

    unknown "Yeah, no problem, man…"

    unknown "I’m about to go myself, but I forgot something in my locker."

    unknown "See ya."

    hide reed with moveoutright

    "He walks off down another hallway."

    "I should follow the directions he gave me."

    "Oh wait..."

    "Was that the drummer from last night?"

    "Huh."

    "As I near the office I can feel a heavy tension suffusing the air."

    "In front of the principals’ office is Naomi and some other chick, engaged in a heated conversation."
    show naomi angry at scenter with dissolve
    show trish angry flip at sright with dissolve
    unknown "Come on, Naomi, there’s no reason at all for you to keep us from selling merchandise at school!"

    N "Very sorry, Trish, but we’ve already told you before that due to your friends’… record… we can’t allow you to sell on school grounds."

    N "Seven times, in fact."

    "The purple one, Trish, throws up her hands in frustration."

    T "Six! This is the seventh!"

    N "Go ahead and fill out a form if you really want to try again."

    T "I saw last time you just threw it in the trash without reading it!"

    N "It was illegible, Trish. You should work on your handwriting a bit."

    T "ARGH!"

    T "I don’t have time for this, I need to go track someone down."
    hide trish with moveoutleft
    "She stomps away, leaving Naomi to deflate a bit."
    show naomi flip at scenter with move
    A "That anything important?"

    N "Sorry you had to see that, Anon."

    N "Oh, I didn’t notice we were blocking the door from you, my apologies."

    A "The principal asked to see me early, I’m not really in any rush."

    N "Very commendable of you, though!"

    N "Go right ahead on in."

    A "Sure, thanks."

    scene office spears with fade


    play music 'audio/OST/we just turned on the microphone in our programmers_ house.ogg'

    "I open the door to the cramped office, expecting to see a gruff cave of a workspace."

    "Instead, it was a fairly well furnished space complete with armchairs and cabinets of old photos."

    show spears neutral flip at sright with dissolve

    Sp "You going to stand there forever? What are you waiting for? Sit."

    "I plant myself in one of the armchairs and sink a bit lower into the cushion than expected."

    "Perks of being a human, I guess."

    Sp "Punctual like I asked. I like that, Anon."

    Sp "I trust that what happened last night won’t become a recurring problem with you?"

    A "No, sir."

    Sp "Good. I meant what I said last night."

    "Hopefully not about the whole pile driving thing."

    Sp "Still, I didn’t bring you in here to lecture you."

    "He didn’t?"

    Sp "Not many people have to use the school’s financial services."

    A "What?"

    A "Financial services?"

    Sp "All the paperwork’s done to get you a special lunch card for the semester."

    Sp "You don’t have to worry about paying until after graduation. No interest, no down payments, none of that."

    A "I uh… What’s happening, sir?"

    Sp "You signed up for the financial services, correct?"

    Sp "Naomi told me you needed help with food and even had the papers filed out."

    "Naomi?!"

    Sp "Allow me to double-check real fast."

    Sp "NAOMI!!"

    show naomi neutral at rleft behind spears with dissolve

    "Hello tinnitus my old friend…"

    N "...."

    Sp "....."

    "Oh god am I stuck like this?"

    Sp "-dismissed Naomi. And just to be absolutely clear, Anon did ask you for this, correct?"

    N "Well, he {i}is{/i} in need of assistance, right?"

    N "Otherwise he’s stuck with the budget meals."

    Sp "Anon?"

    "I glance between the two."

    "It probably wasn’t malicious, but still…"

    "I’m not getting involved in office politics today."

    A "... Yes."

    N "Oh, lovely!"

    N "Don’t hesitate to ask if you have any other prob-"

    Sp "You may leave now, Naomi."

    N "Oh! Yes sir!"

    hide naomi with dissolve
    "She leaves the office and Spears clicks the papers on his desk into a stack."

    Sp "Hate to do that, but she goes on for ages."

    Sp "Anyways, go ahead and sign here. Here. Here. Initial here. Date here. Print your name here."

    "I didn’t catch any of that."

    A "W-what?"

    Sp "Just kidding. You’re good to go, Anon, and don’t forget this."

    "He holds out the poorly laminated lunch card for me to take."

    Sp "Just keep in mind,"

    Sp "As a senior, this semester is your last, your biggest chance to figure your future out."

    Sp "Even if you’re new to all of us here at Volcano High, we’re here to help you make the most of it."

    "Huh…"

    A "Thank you, Mister Spears."

    "Mr. Spears nods and gives a small smile."

    Sp "You can come in anytime. I’m always here to listen. Except for topics relating to estrus season."

    "I sense great exhaustion in that last bit."

    stop music
    scene hallway
    "I thank Mr. Spears one last time and head out."

    "Naser should be around here somewhere, I wanted to talk to him before class."

    "There’s still a bit of time before the bell."

    "But where would Naser be hanging out about now?"

    scene hallway

    "Maybe near the cafeteria? This place serves breakfa-"

    unknown "WAOOOH!!"

    "With the screech of a banshee, a blur of purple launches itself onto an unsuspecting student."

    "Everyone in the hallway pauses to watch as a midget of a triceratops attempts to bring down the taller raptor student."

    unknown "IMMAKILLYOUTRIGGA!"

    "The student body collectively rolls their eyes and continues on, choosing to ignore the pissed off trigga as she finally forces the helpless guy to the floor and sits triumphantly on his chest."

    "I’m pretty sure some would pay good money for this treatment."

    "The ineffectual pummel-slapping included as she flails at the raptor’s face."

    T "You were there last night weren’t you?!"

    unknown "YES, ALRIGHT, I WAS! GET OFF ME YOU PSYCHO BITCH!"

    T "You owe my band an apology!"

    unknown "WILL IT GET YOU OFF OF ME?!"

    T "If it’s good enough."

    unknown "ALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I’M SORRY, JUST GET OFF!!"

    "Wait, she’s in the band that played yesterday?"


    stop music

    "I… Should get out of here."

    "Last thing I need is whatever’s going on here."

    "I discreetly slip away, down the nearest hall."
    scene black with fade
    scene hallway
    show anon neutral flip at aright
    with fade
    A "That happen often…?"
    show naser neutral flip at ncenter
    show reed neutral at sleft
    Nas "Does what happen often?"

    show naser neutral at ncenter with dissolve

    A "WAH!"

    "Naser’s leaning against a set of lockers, along with that guy from before."

    "The other one’s making a throat-slashing gesture, waving a palm across his neck."

    A "Uhh… nothing important."

    show naser neutral flip at ncenter with dissolve

    show reed explanatory with dissolve

    unknown "So as I was saying, bro…"

    unknown "BXR, best tactic in the game, y’know?"

    show reed neutral with dissolve
    show naser considering flip with dissolve

    Nas "Erm, yeah... Makes sense, I guess?"

    Nas "Anyways, Reed. I’m sorry for how things went last night, I didn’t think those assholes would laugh at you."

    "Oh."

    show reed unimpressed with dissolve

    Re "Nah man, s’cool."

    Re "They called me because they wanted me to kill bugs crawling on the drums with a couple sticks, I don't know why a bunch of people came there to watch it"

    Nas "Right... And you’re absolutely sure Trish is taking it okay?"

    show reed explanatory with dissolve

    Re "Hell yeah, man. Nothin’ goin’ on in the Trish department at all."

    "Reed suddenly reaches into his pocket and retrieves his phone, tapping away at a shockingly long password."

    show reed shocked with dissolve

    Re "Oh, sick! Right, gotta go. Catch you later, amigo."

    hide reed with moveoutright

    "The raptor bolts before Naser can respond, undoubtedly related to the triceratops."

    Nas "Weird guy."

    A "Uh, Naser, I actually wanted to talk to-"

    "{i}DING-DONG BING-BONG{/i}"

    Nas "Crap, can’t miss my homeroom today."

    Nas "Sorry, it’ll have to wait a bit."

    A "It… no, that’s fine."

    A "See you later."
    hide naser with moveoutleft

    stop music
    "Naser heads off down the hall and I go to my own homeroom."

    "..."
    scene black with fade
    jump postCavemanConference


    label postCavemanConference:

    "The periods pass and eventually it’s lunchtime again."

    "I’ve been focusing a bit less on class, and more on getting a routine down to avoid unwanted confrontation."

    "It’s like it’s only me and the teacher in class, phasing out everyone else."

    scene hallway
    show anon neutral at acenter
    with fade
    "I follow the flow of students towards the lunchroom, mindlessly looking about the halls."

    "Passing by the athletic awards case, a decent amount of group photos have Naser front and center."

    "Apparently this school is pretty well known for their track team."

    "In a similar vein, Naomi is present in a good deal of the photos in the academic achievement case."

    "The last case was reserved for general awards, I guess trophies that don’t belong anywhere else."

    "The school has a few commendation awards for their efforts to stop bullying."

    "Feh, they pass those around to every school."

    "Looking around, there’s several posters on the walls here."

    "All simple slogans to stop the evil bully menace."

    "A fat lot of good those did me at my old school…"

    "They always went all in with those efforts."

    "One time they even got the whole student body into the auditorium to watch a short movie."

    "Some frail, pasty kid gets pestered by a chubby, buff bully."

    "The kid ended up trying to run away and got hit by a car, with the credits scrolling over a scene in the hospital."

    "Everyone in class just said things like ‘man, good thing I’m not like that bully.’, ‘yeah, if I ever see a bully like that I’ll help the kid!’"

    "Then they went right back to talking about me."

    stop music

    "... No use feeling bad about the past."

    scene cafeteria
    show anon neutral at acenter
    with fade
    "I’m here now."

    "With the lunch card in my possession I’m able to snag something actually edible."


    "I should run the math on how much I’ll end up owing, but I feel more like indulging myself."

    menu:
        "Grab the cookies you fatass":
          "Why not both?"

        "That sandwich looks good":
          "Why not both?"

    "Hence my tray stacked high with desserts and the tastiest looking sandwich from the lunchline."

    "Looking around for a place to sit I see the aggravating creamsicle waving at me."


    play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg'

    "Next to her is Naser with a complicated expression."

    Nas "{i}I just wanted to make sure you guys had an actual audience-{/i}"

    "Shit. I go and sit across from Naser and Naomi."

    scene cafeteria
    show anon neutral at aleft
    show naomi neutral flip at sright
    show naser sad flip:
      xalign 0.4 yalign 0.0
    with fade
    N "I see you’re making use of the lunch card."

    A "Yyyyeeeaaaaah…"

    N "But all those sugars! All that is bad for your health, Anon. This school’s vegan options-"

    "I tune her out with the help of a crunchy sugar cookie."

    "A glance at Naser and I notice that he’s just poking at his pasta."

    N "Naser sweetie, you shouldn’t play with your food."

    show naser neutral with dissolve

    Nas "Huhwha- OH! Anon, what’s up?"

    A "Not much. And you?"

    Nas "Yeah no, totally good!"

    "His following laugh sounds hollow."

    N "Naser…"
    show naomi sad flip
    show naser sad flip
    with dissolve
    Nas "Yeah yeah. It’s just…"

    show naser angry flip with dissolve

    Nas "Fang stayed home today. The concert was a shitshow and wanted to avoid everyone. I knew I shouldn’t have invited all those guys."

    show naser sad flip with dissolve

    "Naomi places a comforting hand on his shoulder."

    A "I uh… Yeah… That crowd was harsh."

    Nas "What happened after I left?"

    "Naser looks at me pitifully."

    Nas "Trish gave me a general idea, but I have to know…"

    Sp "{i}You are not the only person in the world.{/i}"

    "Ah, shit."

    A "The band never made it past the first song. Someone said they ‘still’ sucked. "

    show naser angry flip with dissolve
    show naomi shocked flip with dissolve

    "Naser grits his teeth."

    A "Whoa whoa, calm down man."

    Nas "What else? Did they say anything about Fang?!"

    unknown "{i}NO ONE WOULD WANT TO FUCK YOU, BITCH!{/i}"

    A "...Yeah… I don’t think you’d want to hear it though…"

    Nas "And? What happened after! I’m gonna kick all their asses!"

    N "Naser! Please calm yourself!"

    "{i}I realize now that I had been laughing with them.{/i}"

    A "I left after that. Principal Spears was fucking pissed. Even threatened to suplex them."

    show naser sad flip
    show naomi unimpressed flip
    with dissolve
    "Naser sags, emotionally spent."

    Nas "Haaaaah.... Fuck… So that’s why she stayed home…"

    N "If Fang wishes to stay home then that is her prerogative. You just need to give her some time, Naser."

    show naomi considering flip with dissolve

    "While she said that I noticed a strange expression cross over Naomi’s face."

    Nas "I know babe. I just wish I could help them more."

    A "Yeah. If you need any help Naser, I owe ya for the pizza."

    return