140 lines
4.3 KiB
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140 lines
4.3 KiB
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<vnscene name="ScenePrologueToilets" extend="scenes/SceneStandard">
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<events>
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<set-font font="font_main" size="32" />
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<if key="go-to" value="sports-field">
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<text>
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<string lang="en">On my return, I pass him by the lockers.</string>
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</text>
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</if>
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<if key="go-to" value="toilets">
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<text>
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<string lang="en">He's by the lockers.</string>
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</text>
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</if>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Ronin Beaufort. That's his name. I haven't seen him much around Angelwood: he was homeschooled throughout middle school. Came back again for his final years in Angelwood High.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Boys pass by Ronin, entering the toilets and out again. Ronin looks at me and only me.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">...</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">He doesn't need to watch me.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en"><font style="italics">I</font> don't need to look at <font style="italics">him.</font></string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">But he calls.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Stranger."</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">And I stop.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"And you are?"</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en"><font style="italics">He smiles thinly.</font></string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Ronin. Beaufort. But you knew that, Ther."</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Jesus.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en"><font style="italics">I roll my eyes.</font></string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">I stroll towards Ronin. Head high, back straight. I'm goddess of this school and he's- an a-hole of nothing.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"I don't know who you are."</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">It's a lie. Of course I know who he is.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Ave Beaufort's brother, in all of his edgy glory.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Of course I know.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">The boys go in and out of the toilets, like a cycle of flies. Going in, buzzing out. Hovering: mildly intrigued by whatever <font style="italics">this</font> confrontation is. They tend to want to know what Ethereality Estridge is doing.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Sure you don't," Ronin says. "I don't know who you are, either."</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Ugh.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Somethin' wrong, Ther?"</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Somethin' wrong, Ther?"</string>
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</text>
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<choices key="asshole">
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<title>
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<string lang="en"><font style="italics">Asshole.</font></string>
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</title>
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<choice value="you">
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<string lang="en">You.</string>
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</choice>
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<choice value="nothing">
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<string lang="en">Nothing.</string>
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</choice>
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</choices>
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<if key="asshole" value="you">
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<!-- He Laughs.-->
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Direct," Ronin says. "I like it."</string>
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</text>
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</if>
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<if key="asshole" value="nothing">
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<text>
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<string lang="en">"Nothing, nothing," Ronin says. "That goes knockin'." He raps his fist against his skull and grins. </string>
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</text>
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</if>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Get out of my sight.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Ronin gets out of my sight. He strolls into the boys' toilets. His boots clack with him, echoing through the floorboards. Each crack is as sharp as a bullet.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">I exhale.</string>
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</text>
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<text>
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<string lang="en">Thank Christ. I wouldn't know how to deal with him, otherwise.</string>
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</text>
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<if key="go-to" value="toilets">
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<text>
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<string lang="en">I need to get out of here. I need to find Craig.</string>
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</text>
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<scene-change scene="vnscenes/ScenePrologueSportsField" />
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</if>
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<scene-change scene="vnscenes/ScenePrologue7" />
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</events>
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</vnscene> |