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#Announcing a Plan | shooter
show anon neutral at aleft
show fang neutral at scenter

"I help Fang through the first few questions until she says she has a good grasp on the concept."

"Eventually I’m able to focus on my own work again, making steady progress through the remaining problems."

"My mind wanders back to the idea of going to Prom."
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"I honestly don’t feel like going."

"Maybe Fang will feel the same about skipping prom and just going to the beach or something."

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A "Hey Fang. Do-"

"Something’s off with Fang, she’s gazing vacantly into space."

"Her worksheet lies untouched in front of her."

A "... Fang?"

F "... I’ve decided."

A "Huh?"

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F "VVURM DRAMA has to play for the school at prom."

F "It’s the only way that everyone will finally see our talent."

A "Wait, your band? But I thought you broke off last mon-"

F "Oh, don’t worry about that."

F "Trish called with the idea last night and I apologized!"

A "I-wait, you apologized?"

F "Thinking about it again, leaving the band was something of an overreaction on my part."

A "Overreaction? But she-"

F "Trish has been my friend for a long time, and I shouldn’t have been so harsh on her."

A "Uh… ye-"

F "So the band’s back together!"

F "Isn’t that great!?"

A "I-I, uh, sure?"

F "So you’ll go to prom to help us play, right?"

"So much for avoiding it. Fuck me."

A "Guess I don’t have much of a choice."

A "You sure about Trish though?"

A "She proba-"

F "Oh, you can apologize to her at lunch today."
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A "Wh-buh… What?!"

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A "Why in the seven fucks would I apologize to her?"

A "The janitors have stopped washing my locker since it just gets more dicks drawn on it every day!"

A "There’s more dicks on my locker than in a pride parade for fucks sake!"

F "It’s easier than just letting it boil, right?"

F "You should be more willing to forgive people."

F "Come on, we both have limited friend groups."

F "We can’t afford to burn bridges when we can just accept things, right?"

"..."

"When she puts it like that…"

A "I… Whatever. Fine."

"But how she put it."

"Maybe it’s just me, but she seems a little…"

"Frantic."

F "Ohh, thank you so much Anon!"

F "I’ll start looking for a good suit to wear!"

"Fang yanks her phone out and starts looking through an online catalogue of androgynous formal wear."

"Well, this can’t be a good sign."

"Highlight of our time here at Volcano High indeed."
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