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label chapter_12A:
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#Lets all go to the Museum
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play music 'audio/OST/to_swagger.ogg' fadein 1.0
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scene room anon dark with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"Later that night after school Fang texts me."
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pause .5
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show anonphone with easeinbottom
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pause .5
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Alright i got a plan"
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} a plan?"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} To make sure the concert goes off without a hitch"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} First we need to learn right from the source"
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} the source?"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Theres an old museum of fine arts doing a special exhibit on music next week"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Lots of stories of bands pulling through last minute right?"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} If we study from those old guys we’re guaranteed to do great!"
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pause .5
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} is it really that simple?"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Sure!"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Were gonna learn how old bands did well, were gonna play our music at prom, everyones gonna love us, and its gonna be great."
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pause .5
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} that’s a lot of ‘gonnas’"
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pause .5
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} And youre gonna come with me"
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} what about trish and reed?"
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pause .5
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Sending them to a bunch of old record shops to cover more ground"
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} So itll just be the two of us"
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} sounds like a plan."
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"{i}Fang:{/i}{fast} Meet me at the galleria at three alright?"
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"{i}Anon:{/i}{fast} i’ll be there."
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hide anonphone with easeoutbottom
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pause .5
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"I put my phone down and look around my room."
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"Do you need to dress special to go to museums{cps=*.1}...{/cps}?"
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"{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Not sure if that would be good enough."
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pause .5
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stop music fadeout 4
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"It’s probably fine, I shouldn’t be getting so worked up."
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"I get to spend the whole day with Fang, after all."
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scene black with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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play ambient 'audio/effects/city loop.ogg' fadein 3
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scene museum with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"The fine art museum turns out to be a relatively modern building right in the middle of the galleria."
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"Exactly the last kind of place I would expect Fang to be seen at."
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pause .5
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"I almost regret my decision not to wear my dirty dress clothes before seeing Fang already waiting for me by the entrance."
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show fang neutral flip:
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yalign 0.0 xalign 0.9
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with dissolve
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"Seeing me approach, she drops her cigarette and grinds the butt to ash under her heel."
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stop ambient fadeout 4
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play music 'audio/ost/dragging on and on....ogg' fadein 1.0
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show anon neutral:
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yalign 0.1 xalign -0.2
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show anon:
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.2
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with dissolve
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pause .5
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F "Took you long enough."
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pause .5
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"Here’s your one chance Anon don’t fuck it up."
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show anon shrug with dissolve
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A "Kept you waiting, huh?"
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show fang happy flip with dissolve
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F "God, you’re such a dork. C’mon, the music exhibit is inside."
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show anon neutral with dissolve
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"Thankfully admission to the museum was free."
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with dissolve
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scene black with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"She leads me by the hand through the front doors, and I immediately feel the temperature fall at least ten degrees."
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"Are museums always this cold?"
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pause .5
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"The music exhibit is all the way in the back of the museum, past several rooms of abstract modern art."
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F "What a bunch of junk."
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A "What, you don’t want to buy a painting made with dino egg yolks and whites for ten million?"
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F "What a steal!"
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A "What about a sheet of paper with an url to a picture of a fridge for fifty grand?"
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F "You’re messing with me."
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A "It’s true, I’ll show you when we get out of here."
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pause .5
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scene museuminside
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with Dissolve(1)
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"We reach the exhibit hall with the big words ‘THE STYGY MOLDRIX EXPERIENCE’ hanging over the door."
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"Despite it being a limited time event on the life and times of a famous musician, there’s only a few dozen people here."
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pause .5
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F "Finally!"
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F "Alright, Anon, get ready to take notes!"
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pause .5
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A "Notes{cps=*.1}...{/cps}?"
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"Fang grabs me by the forearm and rushes the two of us into the exhibit."
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easein_cubic 1 xalign -0.25
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with dissolve
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pause .5
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"Once inside, she gives me her phone."
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F "Take pictures of everything for me, okay?"
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A "Dowhatnow? Uh, okay, sure{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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F "Let’s start with{cps=*.1}...{/cps} uhh{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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"She scans the room briefly before pointing giddily to a guitar hanging inside a case."
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"Despite being several decades old, the guitar was clearly well looked after."
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"The lacquer on the wood gleamed under the spotlights and the metal didn’t have a speck of rust on it."
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show fang:
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easein_back 0.75 xalign 0.0
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show fang surprised with Dissolve(.25)
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F "OH! OH! That!"
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A "What is it?"
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show fang:
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ease_cubic 1 xalign 1.3
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show anon:
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pause .5
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show fang happy with dissolve
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"She sprints over to the case and I have to catch up making sure I don’t drop her phone."
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show fang:
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easein_back 1 xalign 1.4
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show fang very happy with dissolve
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F "It’s Stygy’s famous guitar!"
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pause .5
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show fang happy flip with dissolve
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F "It’s actually a right handed piece, but Stygy was left-handed but couldn’t afford a lefty guitar, so he re-strung a regular one so he could play it."
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F "This guitar was the one he used on his last show at an informal gig in some jazz club in London, a few days before he bit it while OD-ing on drugs."
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pause .5
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A "Yeah, that’s pretty cool."
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"I caught maybe half of that."
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"Either way, I snap several pictures from various angles while Fang continues her sermon."
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F "Alright, what’s next?"
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show fang:
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pause .55
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show anon:
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easein_back 1 xalign 0.25 yalign 0.05
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show anon fear with Dissolve(.25)
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pause .5
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"She drags me along to the next display case, a few vacuum-sealed pages with various scribblings on them."
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show anon:
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ease 1 yalign 0.1
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show anon neutral flip with dissolve
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F "And these are some letters he hand-wrote to his father! If my dad wasn’t such an asshole he could have pulled some strings and let us play in the precinct!"
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show fang:
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easeout 0.75 xalign -1.5
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hide fang with dissolve
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show anon:
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ease_cubic 1 xalign -0.1
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pause .5
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"I try keeping up with her ramblings while taking pictures, but somewhere along the way I lose her in the twisting corridors."
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pause .5
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show anon neutral with dissolve
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A "Oops."
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"I stand in place looking around a bit, but she’s nowhere in sight."
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pause .5
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"She can’t have gone far, guess I’ll keep taking pictures of things."
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show anon:
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pause .5
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"My eyes are drawn to a monitor on the wall playing documentary footage."
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"It was a clip of Stygy playing the national anthem as a protest song or something."
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"It sounded kinda cool, I’ll give him that much."
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play ambient 'audio/effects/chatter loop.ogg' fadein 4
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stop music fadeout 4
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pause .5
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show fang happy behind anon:
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yalign 0.0 xalign -0.3
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show fang:
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.75
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with dissolve
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show anon:
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easein_back 0.5 xalign 0.25
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show anon fear with Dissolve(.25)
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F "Ooh, that’s a good find, Anon!"
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show anon sad with dissolve
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"Fang’s voice makes me jump as she reappears out of nowhere."
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F "Maybe we could play something like that, show us as a champion of the common man!"
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show anon neutral with dissolve
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A "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Glad I could help."
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F "I saw some good stuff in the next row over we can go check out. too."
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show fang:
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easeout_back 1 xalign 1.8
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show anon:
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pause 0.3
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pause .5
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hide anon
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hide fang
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with dissolve
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"She drags me away from the screen to whatever it is she wants to take ‘inspiration’ from."
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pause .5
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stop ambient fadeout 4
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play music 'audio/OST/The Hunt for more (You)s.ogg' fadein 1.0
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scene black with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"I’m glad she’s having fun and all, but{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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"I wish this was more of a date than a research assignment."
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"But I guess she’d feel the same way if I bombarded her with anime."
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"She has her interests and I have mine."
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pause .5
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"Maybe after this I can take her to a restaurant."
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"We’re in a city, but there’s bound to be something relatively cheap nearby."
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"It’d be nice, talking about the pictures and things we’ve been taking over some burgers."
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pause .5
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"It’s only four-thirty now, it’ll be about dinner time by the time we get out, too."
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"Pretty decent timing, sounds like a good plan."
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pause .5
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"Fang drags me around a few more exhibits, cataloguing the various paraphernalia and stopping occasionally to obsess over some minor detail."
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"Eventually we loop back around to the entrance."
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pause .5
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scene museuminside
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show anon neutral flip:
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yalign 0.1 xalign 0.25
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show fang considering flip:
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yalign 0.0 xalign 0.7
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with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"Fang looks back at the room we just came from."
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A "You about ready to go?"
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F "Maybe{cps=*.1}...{/cps} just trying to think if we missed anything{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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A "I’m pretty sure we got everything, you could probably reconstruct the entire exhibit using only these pictures I took."
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F "I guess{cps=*.1}...{/cps} just can’t have this part of the plan go wrong, you know?"
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show anon:
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.15
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show anon neutral with dissolve
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A "About that, I’m still not sure what your plan is meant to-"
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show fang:
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easein_back 0.75 xalign 0.85
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show fang shocked flip with Dissolve(.25)
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F "OH WAIT!"
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stop music fadeout 4
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show fang:
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easeout_cubic 1 xalign 2.2
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pause .25
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show fang surprised with Dissolve(.25)
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hide fang with dissolve
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"She dashes off back into the room we just came in, leaving my words dangling from my mouth."
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pause .5
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"While I’m gone her phone buzzes."
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pause .5
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play music 'audio/OST/Summertime Synth.ogg' fadein 1.0
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"{i}Trish:{/i}{fast} hey r u rdy to mt up lik u sad we wud?"
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pause .5
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show anon sad with dissolve
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"What{cps=*.1}...{/cps}?"
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"It says these ebonics come from Trish, but I didn’t know they were meeting later{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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show anon neutral with dissolve
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"This’ll throw a huge wrench into my plan earlier{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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pause .5
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show fang neutral flip:
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yalign 0.1 xalign 1.6
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show fang:
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.7
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with dissolve
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pause .5
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F "Alright, sorry, I’m back."
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A "What was that about?"
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F "Sorry, had to hit up the gift shop."
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A "Oh."
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"That explains the fuck-ugly tie-dye monstrosity tied around her headcrest."
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pause .5
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A "You uh, got a text from Trish, I think."
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"I hand her back her phone."
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pause .5
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show fang:
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.75
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show fang happy flip with Dissolve(.25)
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F "Oh! That’s right, I told her and Reed that we’d meet up after we were done with everything."
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pause .5
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A "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}I see{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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F "Right, so I’ll tell her we should meet at-"
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A "Actually, Fang, hold on a second{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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show fang neutral flip with Dissolve(.25)
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F "Hm?"
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A "Before we all meet together, do you want to stop by a restaurant or something, just the two of us?"
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pause .5
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"She thinks to herself for a moment and smiles."
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show fang happy flip with Dissolve(.25)
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F "Of course, I dragged you along this whole time after all."
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A "Don’t worry about it."
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A "I think I can get us something from that taco truck I saw on the way in."
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F "Alright, I’ll tell Trish to wait a bit."
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show fang:
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ease_cubic 1 xalign 0.4
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pause .5
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show fang:
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show anon:
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pause 1
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hide anon
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hide fang
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with dissolve
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pause .5
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stop music fadeout 4
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scene black with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"Instead of Fang dragging me through the museum, we walked out casually hand in hand."
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pause .5
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play ambient 'audio/effects/city loop.ogg' fadein 4
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scene museum
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show anon neutral flip:
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yalign 0.1 xalign 0.3
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show fang happy flip:
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with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"I think I saw that truck a block east from here{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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A "By the way, do you take pollo or asada or what on your taco. Please don’t say leng-"
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show fang:
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easein_quart 1 xalign 1.0
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show fang surprised flip with Dissolve(.25)
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F "Wait!!"
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show fang surprised behind anon with dissolve
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"She stops dead in her tracks, head jerked to the side."
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show anon neutral with Dissolve(.25)
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A "Huh?"
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F "Look!"
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pause .5
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"I peer at where she’s pointing."
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"Some poster on the museum wall, it’s an advertisement for a documentary playing in the museum’s mini theater."
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"And{cps=*.1}...{/cps} it’s a documentary on Stygy Moldrix."
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show fang shocked with dissolve
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F "I didn’t see this on the way in, we have to see that too!"
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A "But what abou-"
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show fang sad with Dissolve(.25)
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F "I know, I know, I’m sorry Anon{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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show fang:
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.95
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show fang sad flip with dissolve
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pause .5
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"Her eyes plead with me for mercy."
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F "Just bear with me a while longer?"
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pause .5
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"I{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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"Well, it’s not like the truck’s going anywhere, at least."
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A "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}Fine. Let’s go{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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show fang:
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easein_cubic 0.4 xalign 0.75
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.85
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show fang very happy flip with Dissolve(.25)
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show anon:
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pause .15
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easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.375
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F "Oh, thank you Anon!"
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A "Yeah, I know this means a lot to you."
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show fang happy with dissolve
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F "Come on, the next showing is in five minutes!"
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"Already I’m being dragged back inside."
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show fang:
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easeout_cubic 1 xalign 2.0
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show anon:
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easeout_cubic 1 xalign 1.1
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pause .5
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hide anon
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hide fang
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with dissolve
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pause .5
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stop ambient fadeout 4
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"I guess seeing a movie with Fang isn’t the worst thing in the world."
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pause .5
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scene black with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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"{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
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pause .5
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scene theater with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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play music 'audio/ost/fighter.ogg' fadein 1
|
||
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"Well this sucks."
|
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pause .5
|
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|
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"I feel my stomach grumble for what feels like the fiftieth time, once again regretting not even buying an overpriced bag of popcorn."
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|
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"Stealthily as I could, I check the time on my phone before the light can distract anyone else."
|
||
|
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"It’s been thirty-six minutes since the documentary started, only a few more to go before I can escape."
|
||
|
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"I glance over at Fang, who has been so engrossed in the film that she hasn’t so much as looked at me this entire time."
|
||
|
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"Resigning myself to my fate, my eyes return to the screen which is currently going on about Stygy’s fourth unfinished studio album."
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|
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"How exciting."
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pause .5
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|
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"I would have just slept through it if I knew Fang wouldn’t be upset with me."
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|
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"Not just because of how interested she is in Stygy Moldrix, but because I wouldn’t be taking notes."
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"As the screen fades and the lights turn back on, I silently thank Raptor Jesus for ending my forty-minute torment."
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show fang happy:
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yalign 0.0 xalign 0.0
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show anon neutral flip:
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yalign 0.1 xalign 0.75
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with Dissolve(1)
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pause .5
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F "That was really good! A lot of ideas for the band!"
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A "Er{cps=*.1}...{/cps} yeah, it was cool I guess."
|
||
|
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"Just please get me out of here."
|
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|
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A "Now about that food truck{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
|
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F "Oh! I told Trish and Reed that we could meet at the Galleria food court, we can get something to eat there."
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pause .5
|
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"Really not looking forward to being anywhere near Trish but food is food."
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|
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"Part of me just wants to call the date here and go home."
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||
|
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"Not that it was ever much of a date to begin with."
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pause .5
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|
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A "Alright, let’s go then."
|
||
|
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"At least I can talk to Reed about Rock Ring or something."
|
||
|
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"Fang smiles and leads me back out of the museum and towards the food court."
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||
pause .5
|
||
|
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scene foodcourt
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show fang neutral:
|
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yalign 0.0 xalign 0.6
|
||
show anon concerned:
|
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yalign 0.1 xalign 0.2
|
||
with Fade(1, 0, 1)
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
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"I still think this is a bad idea, I’m still not over what Trish did and I doubt her mind has changed much either."
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||
|
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show fang considering with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
F "Stop being grumpy, Anon, you’re just hungry."
|
||
|
||
"For fuck’s sake."
|
||
|
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show anon sad with Dissolve(.25)
|
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A "Fang, someone filled my locker with a shit-ton of hentai they printed out last week. It’s not okay."
|
||
|
||
show fang neutral with dissolve
|
||
F "That’s just some dumbass at school, we can get some food and it’ll be fine."
|
||
|
||
show anon neutral with dissolve
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
stop music fadeout 5
|
||
play ambient 'audio/effects/teenagecrowdfarloop.ogg' fadein 6
|
||
|
||
"We round the corner and I immediately lock on to a certain triceratops."
|
||
|
||
show anon:
|
||
easein 1 xalign -0.3
|
||
show fang:
|
||
easein 1 xalign -0.15
|
||
with None
|
||
|
||
show reed sunglasses flip:
|
||
yalign 0.1 xalign 1.95
|
||
show trish neutral:
|
||
yalign 0.0 xalign 1.0
|
||
show reed:
|
||
easein 1 xalign 1.6
|
||
show trish:
|
||
easein 1 xalign 0.75
|
||
with dissolve
|
||
pause 1
|
||
|
||
"Trish and Reed were already eating at one of the tables."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"Fuck that."
|
||
|
||
A "I’m gonna go get something to eat first{cps=*.1}...{/cps} you want anything?"
|
||
|
||
show fang unimpressed with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
F "Nah, I’m good. Not that hungry."
|
||
show fang neutral with dissolve
|
||
|
||
"Extra order of fries it is."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"I split off from Fang to find a place to get food from."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
scene black with Dissolve(1)
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"I glance over my shoulder to see Fang saying something and hugging Trish, both of them turning to look over at me."
|
||
|
||
"Trish looking significantly less enthused than Fang. No surprise there."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"I stand in line for a Cretaceous Fried Chicken stand and order my food, savoring every moment I wait and don’t have to interact with Trish."
|
||
|
||
"The moment doesn’t last long and I walk over to the table, food in hand."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
scene foodcourt
|
||
show fang neutral:
|
||
yalign 0.0 xalign -0.5
|
||
show trish neutral flip:
|
||
yalign 0.0 xalign 0.8
|
||
show reed sunglasses flip:
|
||
yalign 0.1 xalign 1.4
|
||
with Dissolve(1)
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
# minor change so the descriptions doesn't clash with the visuals
|
||
# "I take the seat between Fang and Reed, which puts me straight across the table from Trish."
|
||
"The only remaining seat puts me straight across the table from Trish."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"Of fucking course."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show anon neutral behind fang:
|
||
yalign 0.1 xalign -0.4
|
||
show anon neutral:
|
||
easein_back 1.5 xalign 0.2
|
||
show trish neutral flip
|
||
with dissolve
|
||
pause 1
|
||
|
||
"I place the basket of fries in front of Fang and she immediately starts digging in."
|
||
|
||
"So much for not being hungry."
|
||
|
||
show reed happy sunglasses flip with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
"Reed gives me a thumbs up, wearing his giant oversized sunglasses again."
|
||
|
||
show reed sunglasses flip
|
||
show trish unimpressed flip
|
||
with dissolve
|
||
|
||
"While Trish is making a face somewhere in between judgemental and open contempt."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
T "So what took you so long? He wasn’t wasting your time again, was he, Fang?"
|
||
show trish neutral flip with dissolve
|
||
|
||
"Welp time to clock out of that conversation."
|
||
|
||
"I’m sure they can have a riveting discussion without me."
|
||
|
||
"It’s just one meal after all, I can ignore Trish for an hour and then Fang and I can leave."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"Digging into my basket of chicken tenders, I pull out my phone and head straight to the armenian graphic design forum."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show fang:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 0
|
||
show anon:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 0
|
||
show trish:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 0
|
||
show reed:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 0
|
||
show anonphone with easeinbottom
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"There’s another Grugsnax thread I can shitpost in to pass the time."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"Every once in a while I look up from my phone and catch Trish giving me a death glare before turning to look back at the others."
|
||
|
||
"Before long my train of thought is broken by Fang saying{cps=*.1}...{/cps} something."
|
||
|
||
stop ambient fadeout 4
|
||
F "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}so Anon, what do you think?"
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show fang happy:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 1
|
||
show anon:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 1
|
||
show trish:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 1
|
||
show reed:
|
||
linear 0.5 alpha 1
|
||
hide anonphone with moveoutbottom
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
A "Uh, yeah. That sounds good?"
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
play music 'audio/OST/sage goes in all fields.ogg' fadein 0.5
|
||
show trish smug flip with dissolve
|
||
pause 1
|
||
|
||
"Trish looks smug. What did I agree to?"
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
F "Great! We can try Trish’s new song in the next rehearsal!"
|
||
|
||
T "I’m surprised you agreed to that, I would have thought you wanted us to play some anime song instead."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"She’s just loving this, isn’t she."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
Re "Hey man, that sounds kinda fun."
|
||
|
||
show trish considering flip with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
show reed:
|
||
pause .2
|
||
easein_back 1 xalign 1.425
|
||
"Reed is qualed by Trish’s sneer."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"Know what. I don’t care any more."
|
||
|
||
show fang neutral
|
||
show trish neutral flip
|
||
with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
F "Maybe{cps=*.1}...{/cps} but let’s talk about that later. I’m cravin’ a milkshake now."
|
||
|
||
show fang:
|
||
easeout_back 1 xalign -1.0
|
||
pause .25
|
||
show fang neutral flip with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
hide fang with dissolve
|
||
|
||
"Fang gets up and turns to a nearby smoothie booth."
|
||
|
||
"Leaving me here."
|
||
|
||
"To deal with this. These."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show trish smug flip with dissolve
|
||
T "So, Anon{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
|
||
|
||
"Her grin is just short of vicious."
|
||
|
||
T "So happy you agreed to my idea."
|
||
|
||
T "Guess you’re starting to get some good taste."
|
||
|
||
T "Better than any of that weeb-pop trash you’ve got on your phone."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"I pointedly ignore her. She’s trying to get a rise out of me."
|
||
|
||
T "Maybe I’ll make a somebody out of you too."
|
||
|
||
T "Maybe{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
|
||
|
||
"My fist clenches tightly beneath the table."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
menu:
|
||
"It's not worth it.":
|
||
|
||
pause .5
|
||
"I can see it now."
|
||
|
||
"I've had about enough of this.":
|
||
|
||
pause .5
|
||
"Just before I get up I think through it one more time."
|
||
|
||
"Her stupid horn jammed right in her eye."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"I sigh."
|
||
|
||
"My fist unfurls."
|
||
|
||
A "Yeah, sure, whatever."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"God this was a waste of a day."
|
||
|
||
"Normally I would love just spending time with Fang, but she’s been so preoccupied with the band lately."
|
||
|
||
"I don’t even know why she needed me today when all she did was drag me around."
|
||
|
||
"And now being anywhere near Trish is the cherry on the shit sundae."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"Fang returns a few moments later with a milkshake in her hand."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show fang happy:
|
||
yalign 0.1 xalign -1.0
|
||
show fang:
|
||
easein_cubic 1 xalign -0.5
|
||
with dissolve
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
F "What’d I miss?"
|
||
|
||
T "Just talking to White Knight about his taste in music."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show dimmer_light behind anon, fang, trish, reed with Dissolve(.25)
|
||
"Fuck this."
|
||
|
||
"I can’t deal with this any more."
|
||
hide dimmer_light with dissolve
|
||
|
||
A "Shit, I just got a text from the post office. Says my dad’s prom suit came and I wanted to get there before it closed."
|
||
|
||
show anon:
|
||
easein_cubic 1 xalign 0.3
|
||
show anon neutral flip with dissolve
|
||
|
||
A "Sorry to do this Fang, I gotta go. See you at school tomorrow."
|
||
|
||
"I hate lying to Fang this way but I just can’t stand being around Trish any more."
|
||
|
||
show fang sad with dissolve
|
||
F "O-oh, it wasn’t anything I did, was it?"
|
||
|
||
A "Everything’s fine, I just want to be ready for prom and your show."
|
||
|
||
show fang neutral with dissolve
|
||
"That seemed to put her at ease."
|
||
|
||
F "Alright{cps=*.1}...{/cps} we still have a bunch to talk about for the show. See you tomorrow, then."
|
||
|
||
Re "Peace, dude."
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
show anon:
|
||
easein_cubic 0.75 xalign 0.225
|
||
ease_cubic 1 xalign 0.3
|
||
show fang:
|
||
pause .75
|
||
ease_cubic 1.2 xalign -0.3
|
||
"I give Fang a reassuring hug and promptly head for the exit, not missing Trish’s dumb smug face as I pass her."
|
||
|
||
stop music fadeout 4
|
||
show anon:
|
||
easeout_cubic 1.25 xalign 1.4
|
||
pause .25
|
||
show anon neutral with dissolve
|
||
hide anon with dissolve
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
scene black with Dissolve(1)
|
||
pause .5
|
||
|
||
"God damn it."
|
||
|
||
"{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
|
||
pause 1
|
||
|
||
return |