69 lines
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69 lines
2.2 KiB
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<vnscene name="ScenePrologue3" extend="scenes/SceneStandard">
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<events>
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<set-font font="font_main" size="32" />
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<choices key="dress-choice">
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<title>
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<string lang="en">I get dressed.</string>
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</title>
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<choice value="pink-tulle">
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<string lang="en">A pink tulle, a kind of prettier dress.</string>
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</choice>
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</choices>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">I'm perfect.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">On the morning of May 29th, my mother is proud of me. She had been Angelwood's Queen in her eighteens. I am carrying her legacy on my shoulders, and today she finally believes I will be victorious.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"I wouldn't expect any less from our daughter" Mother says. She smiles at me: it creases her mouth in an unnatural way. "Doesn't Ethereality look like Angelwood's Queen already?"</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">My father nods his agreement. "Yes", he tells me, "An Estridge in her finest."</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">(I've done this before. I've <font style="italics">had</font> this talk before, on May 29th, oh I remember it so clearly.)</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">(Father, he'll look over my dress.)</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Father looks over my dress. He is not glinting with as much pride as Mother. But he approves.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">(Mother, she'll squeeze my fingers.)</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Mother squeezes my fingers, as delicate as a dove. Her smile is no less unnatural. But it fits her.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">(And I, I'll pay gratitude.)</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Thank you," I say. "I'm really happy you think that."</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">(They'll gaze at me with so much love and pride and feeling.)</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">I smile. I leave.</string>
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</text>
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<scene-change scene="vnscenes/ScenePrologue4" />
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</events>
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</vnscene> |