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label diya2:
$ammaName=_("Amma")
hide screen quick_menu3
$save_name = _("Diya")
play sound "sound/jackpot.ogg"
$ renpy.pause(0.8, hard=True)
hide bg
show card roll
show circle circle1
show film strip1 at Pan((0, 0), (0, 868), 10, repeat=True)
$ renpy.pause(2.65, hard=True)
show card cardDiya
show circle circleFlash
$ renpy.pause(3.2, hard=True)
hide circle
hide card
hide film
show bg black
show screen quick_menu3
$ renpy.pause(1, hard=True)
stop sound
play music "music/Night Tourist.ogg"
$chTitle=_("Diya")
show chTitle [chTitle] onlayer screens
$ renpy.pause(2, hard=True)
$chTitle = _("3rd grade")
show chTitle [chTitle] onlayer screens
$ renpy.pause(2, hard=True)
hide chTitle onlayer screens
stop sound2
show bg horseshoe
"Diya, Min, and Jun wait at the horseshoe for their parents to pick them up from school."
show sprite yJunUh with dissolve
Jun "Why does it always take Mom so long to get here?"
show sprite yMinAnnoyed
Min "I'm so hungry I would even eat a pizza with pineapple!" with sshake
Min "Mom should just let us walk home ourselves! It'd be way faster."
show sprite yMinStupidHappy
Min "Especially if she buys us Heelys!"
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorried
Diya "But if you did that, I'd have to wait for my mom alone. It'd be so boring."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yMinHappy
Min "Oh, I thought of that already. We can chat on walkie-talkies while I'm rolling away on my Heelys."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAwayHappy
DiyaT "That sounds fun..."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"The three of them peer down the horseshoe at the long line of cars, hoping to catch sight of their rides."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAway
DiyaT "My mom's car is tan colored."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "They should make cars in better colors like sky blue or pink."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yJunNeutral
Jun "Yeah...I bet if they did, they'd sell a lot more."
show sprite yMinAnnoyed
Min "It's 'cause adults are boring and have bad taste."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "They should sell cars with pictures of dolphins on them. Everyone would want one."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"Diya perks up as a beige Toyota drives into the horseshoe, but it's the wrong model."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAnnoyed
Diya "......."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yMinHappy with dissolve
Min "Did you hear about Barry Bonds? He's in trouble because he did steroids!"
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "What're \"steroids\"?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yJunNeutral
Jun "They're drugs that make you really buff. It's cheating."
show sprite yMinSmug
Min "I don't see why they don't let you use them. If they're so good, everyone should use steroids."
Min "Baseball would be more fun if everyone was super strong and super fast."
"Suddenly, Min jolts upright and shouts as a silver sedan pulls up to the curb."
show sprite yMinStupidHappy
Min "I see our car! Bye Diya!"
hide sprite with dissolve
"Heat rushes to Diya's face as Min hugs her tightly before dashing off."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaBlush
Diya "Bye..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yJunNervous
Jun "Wait, that car has a side thingy under the door that ours doesn't have!"
show sprite yMinStupidHappy
"Min flings the car's passenger seat door open, revealing a stranger inside."
play sound "sound/YES!.ogg"
show sprite yMinShocked
Min "{big=+20}WHO'RE YOU??!!{/big}" with sshake
"Min hastily slams the car door shut and stomps back to Diya and Jun, who are both wheezing with laughter."
play sound "sound/smack.ogg"
show sprite yMinSurprised
Min "THAT WAS THE WRONG CAR!" with sshake
show sprite yJunHappy
Jun "I told you!"
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAwayHappy
Diya "........"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yJunNeutral
Jun "Diya, I think your car is over there, though."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaSurprised
Diya "!"
show sideSprite1 yDiyaHappy
Diya "Thanks. Bye for real this time."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite yMinStupidHappy
Min "See you tomorrow!!!"
label momFindsOut:
hide sprite
show bg diyaCar with dissolve
"As Diya buckles up in her mom's sedan, she peers out the window, smiling a little when she sees Min waving frenetically at her outside."
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "How was your day at school?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "Okay."
Diya "We had to write about an invention we'd make in class today."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "What did you invent?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "A better bed that makes it so your stuffed animals can never accidentally roll off it."
Diya "I thought of it because last night while I was sleeping, Horny fell on the floor."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "H-horny?? Who's that?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "My cow plushie. He's one of Snakey's older brothers."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorriedAway
Diya "He was all cold and alone for hours and I didn't know."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "Maybe you should give \"Horny\" a different name, like Moo Moo."
#Amma "Maybe you should give \"Horny\" a different name...Like Moo Moo, or Nandi."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorried
Diya "Why? It'll be hard for him to get used to it."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "You must have the most loved stuffed animals in the entire world."
#Amma "How do you make it so they don't fall off?"
# Diya "I drew a picture. Do you wanna see?"
#Amma "Not while I'm driving. But when we're home, sure."
Amma "What else did you do at school?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAway
Diya "I tried to take an Accelerated Reader quiz on the Boxcar Children book I read."
Diya "But I accidentally clicked the wrong book. So it made me take the quiz of a book I never read before."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "It didn't let you quit out? What bad design."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "Yeah. My classmates all tried to help me, though."
Diya "Hayden read the book a year ago, but he could barely remember anything."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorriedAway
Diya "So even with everyone's help I got a 2/10."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "Oh no!"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "Mr. Armstrong said he wouldn't count it for my grade, though."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "That's a relief."
Amma "The boy waving at you earlier — was that Hayden? The classmate who helped you?"
hide sideSprite2
# Amma "The one wearing black."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "You mean Min? She's not a boy."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "Huh? The one wearing a hoodie?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaNeutral
Diya "Yeah. She's a girl."
hide sideSprite1
stop music
play sound "sound/Alert!.ogg"
"To Diya's surprise, her mom wrinkles her nose in disgust."
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "That was a girl?! She's a freak." with sshake
Amma "You should make friends with more normal girls."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaSurprised
DiyaT "Huh??" with sshake
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAnnoyed
Diya "That's not very nice."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "But it's true, she looks like a boy. Stay away from her or you'll catch it, too."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAnnoyed
Diya "Catch what? It's not like she has a disease."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "You're too young to understand. Only freaks look like that."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAnnoyed
Diya "It's bad to judge people by what they look like."
Diya "You don't even know her. She's really nice to me."
hide sideSprite1
# Diya "Just because Min dresses like that doesn't mean anything."
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "I don't need to know her, there's clearly something wrong with her."
Amma "She's only acting nice because she has impure thoughts toward you."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorried
DiyaT "What's that supposed to mean?"
Diya "Even if she has problems, I can tell her and she'll fix them."
Diya "We're friends, so she'll listen to me."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "You can't change people. Especially not weirdos like that."
Amma "If they're bad, they're bad. It's a waste of time to try."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaAnnoyed
DiyaT "If you can't change people, then how can she change me into looking like a boy?"
DiyaT "You can't have it both ways."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "You're normal, so you have to stay away from weirdos like that."
hide sideSprite2
# Amma "You're too young to understand."
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorried
Diya "I don't care. She's my friend."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "No, you can't be friends with her anymore."
Amma "If I see you talking to her again, you're in big trouble."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 yDiyaWorriedAway
Diya "........"
hide sideSprite1
label diyaminMakeout:
stop music
show bg black
pause 2.0
play music "music/blooming.ogg"
$chTitle = _("6 years later")
show chTitle [chTitle] onlayer screens
$ renpy.pause(2, hard=True)
$ chTitle =_("After baseball practice")
show chTitle [chTitle] onlayer screens
$ renpy.pause(2, hard=True)
hide chTitle onlayer screens
show bg diyaMinKiss with dissolve
"Min pushes Diya back against the locker room wall, kissing her again and again." with sshake
# "Min backs Diya up against the wall as they share a deep, urgent kiss, the kind that leaves Diya absolutely dizzy with affection."
play sound "sound/YES!.ogg"
DiyaT "JSFDAKJJJK??!! DFJSKJHFJ!!!!!" with sshake
DiyaT "Wow!!! This is great!!!!!"
"They break apart, both panting for air."
"A pleasant shiver runs down Diya's spine as Min grins sharply at her."
Min "Oh, you like this, don't you?"
Diya "......................."
"Diya is too embarrassed to admit it, so she just nods, her cheeks blazing."
Min "You don't need to be shy."
Min "It's just me."
Diya "I feel like I absolutely can't say it aloud though."
Diya "Sorry..."
"Min presses a kiss to her cheek and whispers in her ear, voice low. Diya can feel her smiling, her breath warm on her cheek."
Min "It's okay, you're so cute when you're like this. I almost can't stand it."
Diya "................"
DiyaT "It's so surreal dating a friend you've had a crush on forever."
DiyaT "Sometimes I get scared that us getting together was just a dream, and when I wake up we'll just be friends again."
DiyaT "But it's real! Somehow a miracle happened and now I'm her girlfriend!"
play sound2 "sound/calm walk.ogg"
show bg dropOff with dissolve
show sprite minAway
"Min holds Diya's hand as they wait for their rides home."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "No one knows about us except the baseball club. And maybe the workers at the dessert place we had our first date at."
DiyaT "So we end up kissing in the locker room a lot because the lockers block the view, and you can hear if other people walk in."
show sideSprite1 diyaHappyBlush
DiyaT "But it's still fun. I love spending time with Min..."
#DiyaT "I feel all giddy and excited when I'm with her."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
DiyaT "She can almost even make me forget I have a presentation tomorrow in Biology."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "Assignments that make you talk in front of the class should be outlawed."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "What's wrong? You look worried about something."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "?!"
Diya "You can tell?"
hide sideSprite1
# DiyaT "I thought I was hiding it pretty well."
show sprite minSmirk
Min "Of course I can. What kind of girlfriend would I be if I couldn't even tell if something was bothering you?"
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
Diya "You're like a mind reader. Psychic."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHuh
Min "Nah, I just know you. You got all tense and quiet."
# DiyaT "Min is so attentive to how I'm feeling."
# DiyaT "I hope I'm observant enough to pick up on when she's secretly stressed out, too."
Min "So what's up?"
#show sprite minSmug
Min "If someone's bothering you, I'll kill them, no questions asked."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "You probably should at least ask one or two questions."
Diya "Killing people is wrong."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "Okay. Then if someone's bothering you, I'll...be really mean to them."
Min "So who is it?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "It isn't anyone."
Diya "It's just that my group presentation is tomorrow. In Biology."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minNeutral
Min "Oh, that PowerPoint you've been working on with Akarsha and Noelle?"
"Diya nods."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "We're supposed to elaborate on what we put on our slides."
Diya "But I get so nervous in front of everyone that I blank out."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHuh
Min "What's there to be nervous about? You know all the stuff, don't you?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Even if I know all the facts in my head, I can't improvise at all."
Diya "It's hard to string words together on the spot."
Diya "I always have to write out everything I'm going to say word-for-word beforehand, and memorize it."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"Their conversation is abruptly cut short when a beige sedan turns the corner into the school."
stop music fadeout 2.0
play sound "sound/What!.ogg"
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
Diya "My mom's here!" with sshake
DiyaT "She picks me up after the baseball club if it ends late enough for her to be done with work."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSurprised
Min "I'll hide!" with sshake
show sprite minBlush
Min "Bye!!!"
#"Min pulls Diya close and fiercely kisses her one last time before dashing out of sight."
# "Min pulls Diya close for one last kiss; in her haste, it's a little rougher than normal"
hide sprite with dissolve
"Min roughly pulls Diya close for one last kiss before dashing out of sight."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprisedBlush
Diya "!!!!!!!!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
"Diya tries to slow her shaky breathing to a normal pace."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
DiyaT "I'm calm...I need to look normal..."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya gets uncharacteristically clumsy after making out with Min, like a dog who's still woozy after surgery."
"She staggers over to her mom's car as it pulls up to the curb."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "I'm scared of how my mom will react if she finds out I'm talking to Min again. Let alone that I'm dating her..."
DiyaT "So it's a secret for now."
hide sideSprite1
play music "music/Ketsa - Illicit Activities.mp3"
$npcName=_("Pop song")
# stop music fadeout 2.0
show bg diyaCar with dissolve
play sound "sound/thud.ogg"
"Diya reaches for the door handle, misses, and slams her hand directly into the side of the car." with sshake
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
Diya "!!!"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "What's the matter with you?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
Diya "Nothing."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya hastily pulls the door open and gets into the passenger seat, trying to look natural."
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma ".........."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya ".........."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "How was your day at school?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Okay."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma ".........."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya ".........."
hide sideSprite1
#"The song playing on the radio fills the silence in the car as they drive home."
"On the radio, a woman sings to a catchy beat."
NPC "{font=times.ttf}♫{/font} I'm curious for you...Caught my attention... {font=times.ttf}♫{/font}"
#DiyaT "I haven't heard this one before. It must've just come out."
NPC "{font=times.ttf}♫{/font} I kissed a girl and I liked it! {font=times.ttf}♫{/font}"
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
DiyaT "What the...?? Did she really just say that?" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
NPC "{font=times.ttf}♫{/font} The taste of her cherry chapstick... {font=times.ttf}♫{/font}"
NPC "{font=times.ttf}♫{/font} I kissed a girl just to try it! {font=times.ttf}♫{/font}"
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
DiyaT "Is she allowed to say that on the radio? It doesn't break any laws?"
hide sideSprite1
# DiyaT "I've never heard a song like this before..."
"Diya shifts uncomfortably in her seat as her mom frowns at the lyrics."
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "\"I kissed a girl...?\" What kind of terrible song is this?"
hide sideSprite2
"Disgusted, Diya's mom changes the station."
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "............"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "..........."
DiyaT "You know how in the movies, superheroes have to hide their identity to their families?"
DiyaT "I'm doing that in real life, all the time."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "............"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "............"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "The other day, I saw Akarsha and her mom at Safeway."
Amma "She was so outgoing! She even told me about the Biology project you're working on together."
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "I didn't even know you were doing a project until Akarsha said so."
Amma "Why can't you be more like her? I like knowing things about you."
hide sideSprite2
# Diya "Don't know."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
DiyaT "If Akarsha was her daughter, she'd disown her for being bi. Not that she'd know that."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "............"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
Diya "............"
DiyaT "I never really know how to fill the silence when I'm with my mom."
DiyaT "I don't know what I can talk about with her."
DiyaT "She really loves me, but she comes from such a different time and culture that talking to her feels kind of unpredictable."
DiyaT "Sometimes, she'll surprise me by getting upset over something I didn't expect would cause problems at all."
DiyaT "So my safest bet most of the time is just to stay quiet."
DiyaT "It's annoying how she's raised me to be afraid of talking, yet expects me to magically turn out like a child who was raised normally."
hide sideSprite1
# DiyaT "It's like she doesn't understand that what she does as a parent has an effect on me."
label cantSleep:
stop music fadeout 2.0
show bg black with dissolve
$ renpy.pause(1, hard=True)
play music "sound/crickets.ogg" fadein 1.0
show bg bedroomNight with dissolve
"That night, Diya tosses and turns in bed, anxious about her presentation the next day."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedB
DiyaT "I wish I could time travel to this time tomorrow, after the Biology presentation is already over."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAwayB
Diya "........"
DiyaT "I need to stop thinking about this. It's making my mind race. I can't relax enough to sleep."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya checks her alarm clock."
show sideSprite1 diyaShockedB
DiyaT "It's midnight already. And I need to wake up at seven tomorrow!"
DiyaT "I need to fall asleep right now! Or else I'll get less than seven hours of sleep."
hide sideSprite1
menu:
"Count sheep":
show bg black with eyeClose
"Diya squeezes her eyes shut and starts counting."
DiyaT "One...two...three..."
DiyaT "Four...five...six..."
DiyaT "Six...Giant pandas have six fingers..."
DiyaT "And their thumbs are opposable like primates' thumbs. These similar features are called analogous structures."
DiyaT "...Shoot, I was supposed to be counting sheep."
DiyaT "What number was I on again?"
DiyaT "Let's start over."
DiyaT "One...two..."
DiyaT "Two...Birds and bats are two groups that evolved flight independently..."
show bg bedroomNight with eyeOpen
"Diya keeps trying to count without getting sidetracked, but after an hour, she's more awake and frustrated than ever."
"Take deep, calming breaths":
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
DiyaT "I looked up some breathing exercises that're supposed to make you sleepier."
hide sideSprite1
show bg black with eyeClose
"Diya squeezes her eyes shut, inhaling slowly and steadily..."
DiyaT "Now I'll breathe out on a count of one...two...three..."
DiyaT "Four...five...six..."
DiyaT "Six...Giant pandas have six fingers..."
DiyaT "And their thumbs are opposable like primates' thumbs. These similar features are called analogous structures..."
DiyaT "Shoot, I started thinking about the presentation again."
DiyaT "Let's start over."
DiyaT "One...two..."
DiyaT "Two...Birds and bats are two groups that evolved flight independently..."
show bg bedroomNight with eyeOpen
"Diya keeps trying to breathe without getting sidetracked, but after an hour, she's more awake and frustrated than ever."
"Imagine being hugged by Min":
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
DiyaT "Sometimes when I can't sleep, I fantasize that Min is hugging me and saying nice things to me."
DiyaT "Usually this works."
hide sideSprite1
show bg black with eyeClose
"Diya hugs herself with one arm and squeezes her eyes shut."
DiyaT "Min is holding me really close, and telling me I'm going to fall asleep in her arms..."
DiyaT "And she's stroking my side with her hand..."
DiyaT "Hands...Primates have hands, too..."
DiyaT "And their thumbs are opposable like pandas' thumbs. These similar features are called analogous structures..."
DiyaT "Shoot, I started thinking about the presentation again."
DiyaT "Forget the presentation! Just think about Min."
DiyaT "Min is holding me really tight and saying nice things to me..."
DiyaT "And we're all alone together...It's just the two of us..."
DiyaT "Two...Birds and bats are two groups that evolved flight independently..."
show bg bedroomNight with eyeOpen
"Diya keeps trying to imagine Min comforting her without getting sidetracked, but after an hour, she's more awake and frustrated than ever."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedB
DiyaT "There's so much anxious energy pent up in my body, I feel like running a marathon."
DiyaT "Maybe if I release all that energy, I can finally doze off."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya frantically starts doing sit-ups in bed."
"After a few sets, she switches to doing jumping jacks in the middle of her room."
show sideSprite1 diyaDelightedB
DiyaT "Yeah! Become tired!!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
"After several minutes of frenzied exercise, Diya lies back down in bed, her heart pounding..."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedB
DiyaT "Phew. Hopefully that didn't just make me even more awake."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya wearily checks her clock again."
play sound "sound/shock.ogg"
show sideSprite1 diyaShockedB
DiyaT "It's two in the morning! I need to fall asleep right now so I can at least get five hours of sleep!!!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
"Diya ends up lying awake for a few more hours..."
show bg black with dissolve
"Just as the sun begins coming up, she loses consciousness from sheer exhaustion..."
stop music fadeout 2.0
label walkToSchool:
pause 0.9
play music "sound/alarms.ogg"
"After what feels like a few minutes of sleep, Diya's alarms go off."
$newSpeaker=True
Diya "...................."
hide sideSprite1
play sound "sound/hit alarm clock.ogg"
pause 0.3
stop music
play music "music/Ketsa_-_06_-_Thought_projection.ogg"
"Diya hits all her alarms without even bothering to open her eyes."
DiyaT "I don't feel rested at all...Barely got any sleep."
"Her morning routine includes lying in bed for ten minutes thinking about how tired she is. "
menu:
"{cps=0}Her morning routine includes lying in bed for ten minutes thinking about how tired she is. {/cps}"
"Do it":
DiyaT "Nnnnnooooooooo..."
DiyaT "I'm so anxious I feel like I'm gonna explode..."
DiyaT "I don't have Biology till fifth period. So I'm going to be stewing in this dread for hours..."
DiyaT "Ugghhhhhghghhhghhh...Ggggggh..."
"Ten minutes pass like this."
"Finally, Diya drags herself out of bed and steels herself for the terrifying day ahead."
play sound "sound/dingLow.ogg"
show bg laptop
with eyeOpen
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "Akarsha messaged me. That normally means she's on her way to my house."
$nvlHeader=""
window hide
hide sideSprite1
$newSpeaker=True
menu:
"Check your computer":
jump ay
label ay:
$nvlShow()
cFirstLine "{nw}"
cAkarsha "ay diya"
cSame ":^)"
cSame "{image=diyaTheHedgehog.png}"
cDiya "????"
cSame "What is that"
cAkarsha "i googled Diya the Hedgehog and thats what came up"
cNarrator "Diya has gone offline."
$nvlHide()
nvl clear
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya ".........."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "How can she act so normal on a day like this?"
DiyaT "I wish I was all outgoing and good at talking like her..."
hide sideSprite1
show bg black
with diamond
pause 0.9
show bg driveway
with diamond
$newSpeaker=True
"Diya goes outside."
$newSpeaker=False
show sprite akarshaShrug with dissolve
Akarsha "Yo! Ready to blow everyone outta the water with our amazing group presentation?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "No......"
hide sideSprite1
play sound "sound/walk.wav"
"Diya nervously strides off, forcing Akarsha to jog to keep up with her."
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Hey, hold your horses!"
hide sprite with dissolve
play sound "sound/walk.wav"
show bg nearSchool with sshake
show sprite akarshaNervous
Akarsha "Slow down! Some of us have average-length legs, yanno!"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "........"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaAway
Akarsha "Miss long legs..."
show sprite akarshaShrug
Akarsha "Or should I say Daddy Long Legs..."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Don't call me that."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaShocker
Akarsha "You're so cold to me, bro. I'm dyin' here..."
play sound "sound/shock.ogg"
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Why would you die if you can't call me Daddy Long Legs. Weirdo." with sshake
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
show bg akarshaDiyaRainy with dissolve
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "So dark and cloudy today. Think it's gonna rain..."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "Ay Diya..."
Akarsha "What do you think {incoherent}( ? ? ? ){/incoherent}"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "I wish real life had captions like on TV. No clue what anyone's ever saying to me."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "What?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "What do {incoherent}( ? ? ? ){/incoherent}"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "What?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaAnnoyed
Akarsha "What do you think happens {incoherent}( ? ? ? ){/incoherent}"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "............"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Oh wait, sorry. I forgot about your ear..."
hide sideSprite2
"Akarsha switches to Diya's other side so she can hear her over the sound of traffic."
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "What do you think happens to a Teletubby when its screen gets destroyed?"
menu:
Akarsha "{cps=0}What do you think happens to a Teletubby when its screen gets destroyed?{/cps}"
"Nothing":
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Why would anything happen?"
Diya "It's not like it needs the screen to live."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "But the fact that it's called a Teletubby implies the television is part of its body, doesn't it?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "That doesn't mean it needs it to live."
Diya "You could dye a bluebird pink and it'd still survive. It'd just be a pinkbird."
Diya "If you get rid of a Teletubby's screen it just becomes a Tubby."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Destroying the screen is a way bigger change than changing something's color, though. It's like, built into its stomach."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "So? TV's not a living part with cells and stuff. More like hair or fingernails."
Diya "It's not painful to get haircuts."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Speak for yourself. I've gotten some extremely catastrophic ones before."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Okay...But you can't die from it."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "...Or can I? Challenge accepted."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "That wasn't a challenge." with sshake
hide sideSprite1
"It dies":
hide sideSprite2
# Diya "The screen must be a vital organ, right."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "It'd be like punching it in the heart or something."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Damn, that's dark."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "You asked."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "I dunno...Screens are so fragile, though."
Akarsha "If it's that important, you'd think the Teletubbies would've evolved a ribcage over it or something to protect it."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "But they can't. They couldn't see what's on the screens if they were covered."
Diya "Must be like why our eyes don't have bones over them even though they're delicate."
Diya "We wouldn't be able to see."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Whoa, you might be onto something."
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "You should become a scientist. A Teletubby scientist."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
DiyaT "I doubt the world really needs Teletubby scientists..."
hide sideSprite1
"Why...":
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Where is this even coming from."
Diya "Have you been watching Teletubbies lately or something?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "What? No!"
show sideSprite2 akarshaShrug
Akarsha "It's called having a healthy curiosity about the world around us, my friend."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Doesn't sound healthy to me. What kind of person thinks of destroying Teletubbies."
Diya "They're so colorful and friendly. Messed up."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Wow, geez! I see you're not ready for my cutting-edge Dragon Tales theories, either."
hide sideSprite2
label courtyardArrive:
play sound2 "sound/calm walk.ogg"
#should be rainy version of courtyard
show bg courtyardRainy onlayer farBack
with dissolve
stop music fadeout 2.0
play sound2 "sound/thunder.wav"
#rain sounds
"As Diya and Akarsha arrive at school, Diya feels something cold and wet drop onto her shoulder."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
# DiyaT "Huge drop of water!" with sshake
DiyaT "It's raining!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaNervous
Akarsha "Gah! I'm heading inside."
hide sprite with dissolve
stop sound2 fadeout 2.0
play music "sound/rain-sound-loop.mp3" fadein 2.0
show prop rainOverlay onlayer farBack
with dissolve
"Akarsha scurries off as the rain picks up. Soon, torrents of water are pelting the ground."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "I still need to get my things from my locker."
$bgTransition=False
$useLocker=0
$swapBinders=0
$lookValentineCard=0
$lookRosin=0
$lookLunchbox=0
label backToCourtyardRain:
hide sprite
hide sideSprite1
hide sideSprite2
with None
$newSpeaker=True
if bgTransition==True:
show bg courtyardRainy onlayer farBack
show prop rainOverlay onlayer farBack
with dissolve
$renpy.call_screen("qte_courtyardDiya",_layer="farBack")
screen qte_courtyardDiya:
vbox xalign 0.6 yalign 0.44:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/action_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Use locker"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("useLockerRain")]
at qte_move
if lookValentineCard==0:
vbox xalign 0.5 yalign 0.86:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/walk_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Go to class"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("cantGoRain")]
at qte_move
else:
vbox xalign 0.5 yalign 0.86:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/walk_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Go to class"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("groupPresentation")]
at qte_move
label cantGoRain:
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
DiyaT "I need to get my stuff from the locker first."
jump backToCourtyardRain
label useLockerRain:
hide prop rainOverlay onlayer farBack with dissolve
play sound "sound/locker open.ogg"
if lookValentineCard>0:
show bg insideLocker3
elif swapBinders>0:
show bg insideLocker2
else:
show bg insideLocker1
with dissolve
$newSpeaker=False
if useLocker==0:
#show sprite noelleAway with dissolve
# Diya "....!"
#DiyaT "Noelle is here."
# hide sideSprite1
"Noelle is hunched over in front of their shared locker and frowning at its contents."
show sideSprite2 noelleNeutral
Noelle "Good morning."
Noelle "We need to remove our books from the locker or they'll get soaked in the rain."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Oh, no."
Diya "Won't the roof overhang block it?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHm
Noelle "No, look at it. The wind's blowing the rain inward."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "Yeah...We're even getting damp standing here right now."
hide sideSprite1
#if time, draw Diya holding umbrella with Noelle bg
"Diya takes a mini travel umbrella from her backpack and opens it."
"As Diya diligently holds it over the two of them, Noelle holds her daily water bottle out to her without looking."
show sideSprite2 noelleAway
Noelle "Also, can you open this water bottle?"
hide sideSprite2
menu:
"Take the water bottle":
"Diya holds the umbrella with one hand and grabs the water bottle with the other."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "Don't have enough hands to open it..."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya carefully balances the water bottle on top of Noelle's head as she continues pulling her library books from their locker."
show sideSprite2 noelleAway
Noelle "......"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "......"
hide sideSprite1
"Diya grips the bottle's cap with her index finger and thumb while pressing the bottle down on Noelle's head with the rest of her hand."
"She manages to twist it open without spilling any of the water."
show sideSprite1 diyaDelighted
Diya "....!"
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
DiyaT "I'm pretty proud of myself for pulling that off."
hide sideSprite1
"She closes the cap and gives it back to Noelle as she slots the last of her novels into her bookbag."
show sideSprite2 noelleNeutral
Noelle "Thank you."
Noelle "I've finished rescuing all my water-sensitive items. It's your turn."
hide sideSprite2
"Diya peers into her and Noelle's shared locker."
$useLocker+=1
else:
"Diya opens her and Noelle's shared locker."
$bgTransition=False
label backToLocker:
hide sideSprite1
hide sideSprite2
with None
$newSpeaker=True
hide sprite
if bgTransition==True:
if lookValentineCard>0:
show bg insideLocker3
elif swapBinders>0:
show bg insideLocker2
else:
show bg insideLocker1
with dissolve
with dissolve1
$renpy.call_screen("qte_locker",_layer="farBack")
screen qte_locker:
if swapBinders==0:
vbox xalign 0.38 yalign 0.47:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/action_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Get your school stuff"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("getStuff")]
at qte_move
if lookLunchbox<2:
vbox xalign 0.56 yalign 0.54:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/action_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Look in Noelle's lunchbox"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("lunchbox")]
at qte_move
if swapBinders>0 and lookValentineCard==0:
vbox xalign 0.33 yalign 0.75:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/action_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Take Valentine's Day card"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("valentinesDayCard")]
at qte_move
if lookRosin<2:
vbox xalign 0.54 yalign 0.9:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/look_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Look at rosin"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("rosin")]
at qte_move
if lookValentineCard>0 and lookLunchbox>0:
vbox xalign 0.7 yalign 0.5:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/action_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Close locker door"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("closeLocker")]
at qte_move
label closeLocker:
play sound "sound/locker close.ogg"
if lookValentineCard>0:
show bg courtyardRainy onlayer farBack
show prop rainOverlay onlayer farBack with dissolve
show sprite noelleNeutral
Noelle "I'm ready to head to class when you are."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "Wish I could just head home and go to bed..."
jump backToCourtyardRain
label getStuff:
$swapBinders=1
play sound "sound/pageTurn.ogg"
queue sound "sound/backpack-zipping.ogg"
"Diya slips her books and binders into her backpack."
$bgTransition=True
jump backToLocker
label rosin:
if lookRosin==0:
$lookRosin=1
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "This is rosin for string instruments."
$newSpeaker=False
DiyaT "The first time Noelle showed it to me,{w=0.10} I tried to eat it."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Why do you have this, anyway?"
Diya "You only play piano."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHappy
Noelle "It's the same kind Akarsha uses. She plays the cello in her orchestra class."
show sideSprite2 noelleBigSmile
Noelle "Whenever she drops and cracks the one she's using, she leaves it in her locker, and I secretly replace it with an identical copy."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya ".....?"
Diya "How do you get it in her locker?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHappy
Noelle "I figured out her locker combination."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Can't she tell it's just new rosin?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleBigSmile
Noelle "No, I always scratch up the top and make it look worn, so it looks identical to the one she dropped."
Noelle "This is the third one."
Noelle "By now, she's convinced her rosin has self-healing abilities."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "Noelle goes to such lengths just to mess with Akarsha sometimes..."
DiyaT "I don't really know what to make of it."
else:
$lookRosin=2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
DiyaT "This is rosin for string instruments."
# DiyaT "If this is how she treats her friends, I'm afraid to see how she treats her enemies."
$newSpeaker=False
DiyaT "It looks like you can eat it,{w=0.10} but you can't."
$bgTransition=False
jump backToLocker
label lunchbox:
if lookLunchbox==0:
"Out of curiosity, Diya checks what Noelle has for lunch today."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
DiyaT "Rice porridge. Noelle really likes this."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "I shouldn't eat it. I don't have much of an appetite today, anyway."
hide sideSprite1
"Deeper in the lunchbox, there's also a Ziploc bag of neatly peeled apple slices."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Thoughtful of your mom to do that."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHm
Noelle "Do what?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Peel the apple and slice it."
Diya "Most people just eat them whole."
hide sideSprite1
# "A corner of Noelle's mouth quirks up in a humorless smile."
show sideSprite2 noelleNeutral
Noelle "I guess she has to show me she loves me somehow."
Noelle "Since she lacks the emotional maturity to communicate it through words, she's left to express it through actions."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
Diya "Funny, that sounds like someone else I know."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleUh
Noelle "Are you insinuating I'm the same as her?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
Diya "Maybe."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleAway
Noelle "I wish I could deny it..."
show sideSprite2 noelleHm
Noelle "Does your mother do the thing too, where after you have an argument, instead of apologizing, she just silently leaves you a plate of fruit to eat?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "!"
Diya "I thought it was just my mom who did that."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHm
Noelle "It must be an immigrant mother thing."
else:
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "This is waterproof, right?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleNeutral
Noelle "If not waterproof, at least water-resistant."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
Diya "Okay. Just checking."
$bgTransition=False
$lookLunchbox+=1
jump backToLocker
label valentinesDayCard:
$lookValentineCard+=1
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
DiyaT "It's the Valentine's Day card Min made for me this year."
DiyaT "Every time I see it, I feel happy."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHm
Noelle "You still haven't taken that home?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "I'm paranoid my parents will find it if I do."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
Diya "Min said a lot of stuff in it...Even if she were a boy, I don't think they'd be okay with it."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleUh
Noelle "I see..."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "Guess I have to move it out of the locker or it'll get soaked and wrinkly, though..."
hide sideSprite1
show bg insideLocker3 with dissolve
"Diya carefully slips it into her binder's inside pocket."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Speaking of Valentine's Day. How's Akarsha's investigation of her secret admirer going."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleBigSmile
Noelle "Awful. And by that, I mean wonderful."
Noelle "She's utterly lost."
show sideSprite2 noelleHappy
Noelle "Her list of suspects includes a random guy in our History class, a sophomore she's never uttered a word to before..."
Noelle "...And even the lunch lady who once gave her two slices of pizza that were stuck together instead of one."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Wow."
Diya "We really can keep this up every Valentine's Day without her realizing it's us."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleHappy
Noelle "Yes, as long as we don't accidentally let it slip at some point."
$bgTransition=False
jump backToLocker
label groupPresentation:
hide bg onlayer farBack
hide prop rainOverlay onlayer farBack
show bg black with dissolve
"Diya loves the sound of rain when she's indoors, especially the drum of water on metal."
# "She likes to imagine that the water droplets are tapping on a tiny saucepan hanging from the roof."
"Unfortunately, today she's so consumed with dread over her presentation that she's totally unable to enjoy it."
"Her next few hours pass in a sleep-deprived haze..."
stop music fadeout 2.0
show bg bioClass with diamond
play music "music/romaras.ogg"
"Diya's stomach churns with dread as she finally walks into her Biology class."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
DiyaT "It's here...The period of doom..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minAway with dissolve
"To her surprise, she finds Min leaning against her desk, waiting for her."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "?"
Diya "Why're you here?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmirk
Min "You're about to do your presentation, right?"
Min "I thought I'd swing by and try to pump you up for it."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
Diya "Oh. Thanks."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "How do you feel?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "I'm so nervous, my stomach hurts."
Diya "I even forgot to eat my gummy vitamins this morning."
hide sideSprite1
"Each day, Diya looks forward to eating two gummy vitamins."
"Min gives her hand a reassuring squeeze."
show sprite minHuh
Min "It'll be okay! You're gonna kill it."
show sprite minSmug
Min "You're so cute, there's no way the teacher can give you a bad grade."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "If the teacher really graded like that he'd be in jail." with sshake
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minStupidHappy
Min "Well, if I were in charge, I'd give you an A."
Min "Anything I can do to help?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Can I have a hug? And a kiss."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmirk
Min "Yeah! Of course!!!"
show sprite minHuh
Min "Won't people see, though?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "It's an emergency."
hide sideSprite1
# "Min's face lights up, she pulls Diya flush against her with a sly smile."
# "Min's face lights up, and she draws Diya in close with a sly smile."
hide sprite with dissolve
"Min's face lights up, and she eagerly envelopes Diya in a tight, warm hug."
show sideSprite2 minFlusteredSmile
Min ".........."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
DiyaT ".........."
hide sideSprite1
"Min pulls her in for a kiss, but Diya rears back when she smells cigarette smoke on her breath."
# "Diya stands up straight so Min can't kiss her again."
# "Because of their height difference, Min can't reach her mouth without Diya's cooperation."
# "Because of their height difference, this is all she has to do when she doesn't want Min to kiss her."
"Because Diya's so tall, when she doesn't want Min to kiss her, all she has to do is stand up straight."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Yuck. Were you smoking again?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSurprised
Min "Huh? Yeah..."
# Noelle "You're seriously still doing that?!"
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
Diya "You should stop."
Diya "It's bad for you. Didn't you ever see a D.A.R.E. presentation in elementary school?"
Diya "They came to my class, and it was so scary I pledged not to do drugs or peer pressure forever."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
# Min "Tons of guys smoke in Korea, so it can't be that bad."
Min "You don't think it looks badass?"
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "No. Dare to resist drugs and violence."
Diya "How'd you even start doing it?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minStupidHappy
Min "Back in Florida, I mostly hung out with a group of guys who smoked."
Min "And we'd set things on fire and do other dangerous stuff."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya ".........."
DiyaT "I'm really glad she's over here with me now..."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "But those guys aren't here anymore. So why keep doing it."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "It was a pain to get the cigarettes in the first place, since stores won't sell them to people under 18."
Min "So it feels like a waste not to use them."
Min "And I thought it'd make me look hot."
show sideSprite1 diyaEmbarrassed
Diya "You look hot when your hair's all messed up from kissing me."
Diya "Not when your mouth tastes bad and I can't even kiss you."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite noelleUh
"Noelle scowls as she sits down at her desk."
play sound "sound/smack.ogg"
Noelle "You're seriously still smoking?! You need to get your life in order." with sshake
play sound "sound/What!.ogg"
show sprite minAnnoyed
Min "I don't need to hear it from you, too!" with sshake
Min "I don't even do it that often!"
show sprite noelleAnnoyed
Noelle "Aren't you going to be tardy for your class? The bell's going to ring in about a minute."
show sprite minSurprised
Min "Oh, shit! I better run."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Go, I'll live. Probably."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmirk
Min "Tell me how it goes later!"
hide sprite with dissolve
"Min sprints off!"
play sound "sound/school bell.ogg"
"Seconds later, the bell rings."
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "D'you think she made it?"
show sprite noelleTsun
Noelle "I couldn't care less."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "Min is so cool. But I hope she stops smoking..."
DiyaT "They say people don't change, but I hope that's not true."
DiyaT "It's too sad if it is."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"As another group starts presenting at the front of the class, Diya wipes her clammy palms on her hoodie."
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
DiyaT "We're gonna get called up any minute now..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite noelleWorried
Noelle "Diya, please try not to panic."
Noelle "When you're not speaking, you can hide behind me if you have to. Just don't bolt off."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "Okay."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaBigSmile
Akarsha "Can I hide behind you too?"
show sprite noelleUh
Noelle "NO." with sshake
show sprite akarshaShocker
Akarsha "No fair! How come Diya gets to, but not me?"
show sprite noelleShocked
Noelle "There's no reason for you to! We'll look like we're doing those dances where everyone's standing behind one person and waving their arms!" with sshake
show sprite noelleUh
Noelle "And you'd better not do that horrendous British accent."
#Noelle "If you assume this is going to be horrible, it'll be a self-fulfilling prophecy."
# Noelle "And you'd better not do that horrendous British accent."
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Why not? It'll be a hit."
show sprite noelleNeutral
Noelle "More like a hit on our grade. Accents aren't a proper example of divergent evolution."
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "But we need stuff to spice our presentation up. It's drier than the Sahara Desert."
show sprite noelleUh
Noelle "So? This is a Biology project, not a circus performance."
hide sprite with dissolve
"Before Noelle can press Akarsha any further, the first group finishes their presentation to scattered applause."
show sprite noelleNeutral
Noelle "Alright, it's our turn."
Noelle "Come on, Diya, let's do this."
play sound "sound/YES!.ogg"
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
Diya "!!!!!!!!!!!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"Diya feels like she's having an out-of-body experience as she follows Noelle and Akarsha to the front of the class."
"As Noelle brings up their PowerPoint on the computer, Diya hides behind her and nervously looks out at the class sitting before them..."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
DiyaT "I should've worn clothes that blended in with the classroom better so no one can see me!"
DiyaT "Like beige colored! I should've thought of that earlier!"
DiyaT "It's over...It's curtains for me..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite noelleNeutral
Noelle "Hello, everyone. We've been tasked with reviewing the patterns of macroevolution."
"The audience begins to nod off as soon as Noelle flicks to a slide with an essay crammed onto it in ten point font."
show sprite noelleAway
Noelle "Let's begin with the obvious question...What is macroevolution? To understand this, we must first consider..."
hide sprite with dissolve
"By the time Noelle is done droning through her last tome of a slide, half the classroom is asleep."
# #finch bg
"Akarsha shakes her head and sighs as she clicks to her first slide. It opens with an illustration of a finch's head."
show sprite akarshaShrug with dissolve
Akarsha "Aight. So, divergent evolution..."
hide sprite
play sound "sound/explosion.ogg"
show bg finches with sshake
"An explosion sound effect plays as five more finches with different beak shapes blast onto the screen, jolting their classmates back awake."
show sideSprite2 akarshaShrug
Akarsha "It's when populations from a common ancestor adapt to different pressures and become more different over time."
show sideSprite2 akarshaHappy
Akarsha "Just like how yer average New Yawker tawks like dis! Different from ova heah!"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "She just switched it from a British accent to a New York one..."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "Oh, well. Maybe the teacher will think it's funny."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 noelleFacepalm
Noelle "..................."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "You can let this slide, Noelle. Just hold it in until after the presentation's over."
hide sideSprite1
# Akarsha "Ey! I wan a cuppa waddah!"
show sideSprite2 noelleAnnoyed
Noelle "ACTUALLY, accents don't count as divergent evolution. New Yorkers aren't another species from us!"
Noelle "They're not so different they can't produce fertile offspring with other humans!"
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "But if dey keep tings up at dis rate, dat might change."
Akarsha "Dink about it. Would {i}you{/i} reproduce wit someone who tawks like dis??"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite2 noelleShocked
Noelle "Wh...what?! I don't see how that's relevant!" with sshake
Noelle "Just admit your example is invalid already!"
show sideSprite2 akarshaShrug
# Akarsha "Sure. Anyway..."
Akarsha "Oh, yeah?"
hide sideSprite2
show bg gravestone with pinwheel
"Akarsha clicks the mouse. A stock photo of a gravestone appears on the slide with the pinwheel transition."
show sideSprite2 akarshaShrug
Akarsha "What if dat was your gravestone? What then?"
play sound "sound/YES!.ogg"
show sideSprite2 noelleShocked
Noelle "DID YOU ADD THIS TO THE POWERPOINT JUST TO USE AS A COMEBACK?!" with sshake
hide sideSprite2
show bg bioClass with dissolve
"The class giggles as Akarsha clowns through her slides, but Diya's stomach churns as they stare at the front of the room with renewed interest..."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
DiyaT "I don't wanna be here...I wish I could time travel to 30 minutes from now..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaShrug
Akarsha "And wit dat, I pass tings ova to my buddy Diya."
hide sprite with dissolve
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
Diya ".........!!!!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
"When Diya doesn't move from her hiding spot behind Noelle, Noelle steps to the side, exposing her to the audience's view."
"Diya takes a deep shaky breath before quickly rattling off the speech she's mentally rehearsed hundreds of times over the past 24 hours."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
Diya "{small}Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar traits in species that are only distantly related. For example, giant pandas have six fingers and their thumbs are opposable like primates' thumbs. These similar features are called analogous structures.{/small}"
hide sideSprite1
"After barrelling through the slide in a matter of seconds, Diya quickly flips to the next one, her hands shaking from nerves."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
Diya "{small}Another example of convergent evolution are birds and bats. Birds and bats are two groups that evolved flight independently...{/small}"
hide sideSprite1
"She manages to zoom through the rest of the presentation in about a minute flat."
"After their classmates give them a tepid round of applause, Diya follows Noelle and Akarsha back to her seat in a daze..."
show sprite noelleWorried
Noelle "Well, at least that's over with..."
show sideSprite1 diyaDelighted
DiyaT "It's over!!! I'm free!!!!"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite noelleNeutral
Noelle "See? That wasn't so bad, was it?"
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
Diya "Actually, it was."
Diya "Think I'll be quiet for the rest of the day to recover from that..."
#DiyaT "I'm just glad now I can rest and recover from it for the rest of the day."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite
label lockerRoomCrisis:
# stop music fadeout 1.0
show bg black with diamond
pause 2.0
$ chTitle =_("After school")
show chTitle [chTitle] onlayer screens
pause 2.0
hide chTitle onlayer screens
stop sound2
# play music "music/side by side.ogg"
show bg atPitcher with dissolve
"To Diya's relief, the weather clears up just in time for the baseball club meeting."
show sprite minAwayB
"\"Sakura\" goes up to bat, and Diya readies herself to catch Min's next pitch."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
DiyaT "Besides Min's signature knuckler, the only pitch she knows is a fastball."
DiyaT "It's pretty mediocre compared to her knuckleball, so she rarely uses it except during practice like this."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite
show bg windup2
# "Besides her signature knuckler, the only other pitch Min knows is a very mediocre fastball that she rarely uses during games."
play sound2 "sound/pitch.ogg"
"Min hurls one of those fastballs to \"Sakura\"..."
show bg atPitcher
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprisedB
Diya "!"
hide sideSprite1
"\"Sakura\" flinches as she gets drilled on the shoulder by the baseball."
show bg white onlayer screens
play sound "sound/smack.ogg"
pause 0.1
hide bg white onlayer screens
with sshake
show sprite sayeedaSurprisedB
Sayeeda "Ow!" with sshake
show sprite minSurprisedB
Min "Shit, oops..."
show sideSprite2 chryssaNeutralB
Chryssa "You okay over there?"
hide sideSprite2
show sprite sayeedaNeutralB
Sayeeda "Yeah, I'm good. I don't think that broke anything."
show sideSprite2 lizNeutralB
Liz "Walk it off!"
Liz "At least if this were a game, you'd get to head over to first base as a consolation prize."
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutralB
Akarsha "Wait...So getting hit is like a free pass to first base?"
hide sideSprite2
Sayeeda "It's not free. It hurts!"
show sprite akarshaHmB with dissolve
"\"Sakura\" walks off, rubbing her shoulder. Akarsha eagerly takes her place at the plate."
hide sprite
show bg windup2
play sound2 "sound/pitch.ogg"
"Min throws a pitch her way..."
show bg atPitcher
show sprite akarshaBigSmileB
"But instead of swinging the bat, Akarsha purposefully leans in toward the ball!"
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprisedB
Diya "?!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
play sound2 "sound/catch.ogg"
"It narrowly misses her, and Diya manages to recover from her surprise in time to catch it."
play sound2 "sound/What!.ogg"
show sprite minUhB
Min "The fuck's wrong with you?!" with sshake
show sprite akarshaShrugB
Akarsha "I'm becoming a hit-by-pitch specialist."
Akarsha "If I can master getting beaned as much as possible, it'll guarantee I always make it to first base."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyedB
DiyaT "Why would you do that instead of just hitting the ball?"
DiyaT "Hitting the ball is so fun."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaHappyB
Akarsha "Hit me! I know you wanna!" with sshake
show sprite minDisgustedB
Min "Stop making this weird!" with sshake
show sprite akarshaShockerB
Akarsha "Homophobic hate crime..."
show sprite minUhB
Min "What???" with sshake
show sprite akarshaShrugB
Akarsha "The B in LGBT stands for Baseball. Just sayin'..."
play sound "sound/YES!.ogg"
show sprite minShockedB
Min "Yeah??! WELL I THINK THE B IS FOR BITCH!!!" with sshake
"Having lost her patience, Min beans Akarsha on purpose."
show bg white onlayer screens
play sound "sound/smack.ogg"
pause 0.1
hide bg white onlayer screens
with sshake
show sprite akarshaShockerB
Akarsha "Owie!!!" with sshake
show sideSprite2 lizHappyB
Liz "........."
show sideSprite2 chryssaAnnoyedB
Chryssa "If you keep this up, the B in LGBT is gonna stand for Broken Bones..."
hide sideSprite2
play sound2 "sound/rimshot.ogg"
hide sprite
show bg black with diamond
pause 0.5
show bg field with diamond
play sound2 "sound/walkGrass.ogg"
"After practice, Diya slings a big equipment bag over each of her shoulders and hauls them to the locker room."
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappyB
DiyaT "I'm being so helpful."
DiyaT "I hope someone notices how many bags I'm carrying."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite chryssaHappyB
Chryssa "Wow, Diya, you're carrying two bags at once!"
show sprite lizHappyB
Liz "Thank you for helping!"
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappyB
Diya "........."
hide sideSprite1
#show bg lockerRoomDoor with dissolve
"Diya happily heads up the hill with a spring in her step."
show sprite chryssaHappyB
Chryssa "Say, Diya, do you watch The Bachelor?"
"Bewildered, Diya shakes her head."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAwayB
DiyaT "What is that? A show?"
DiyaT "I don't watch much TV except sports, Animal Planet, and the Discovery Channel."
DiyaT "So when people talk about movies and shows, I usually don't know any of them."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite lizBigSmileB
Liz "You should try it, we need more people to talk about it with!"
show sprite chryssaHappyB
Chryssa "My mom and I started watching it this season and we're obsessed."
# DiyaT "I don't really watch TV with my parents...Our tastes are too different."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
Diya "What's it about?"
hide sideSprite1
Chryssa "Basically, thirty women try to date the same guy at the same time."
Chryssa "Each week, the guy eliminates some of them until finally, he proposes to the last one standing."
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayB
DiyaT "My mom would definitely never watch that with me. She'd be so scandalized."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
Diya "Your mom likes watching shows like this?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite chryssaHappyB
Chryssa "Yeah, she's the one who got into it first."
Chryssa "She spread it to us like a virus and now we're infected too."
show sprite lizHappyB
Liz "The way you put that makes it sound like a zombie apocalypse..."
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayB
Diya "Wish I had something like that with my parents."
Diya "I feel like I have nothing in common with them."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite lizHmB
Liz "They don't try to get you into the things they like?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedB
Diya "Not really."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite lizWorriedB
Liz "For instance, I initially got into baseball 'cause my dad is...well..."
show sprite lizHappyB
Liz "Alright, there's no nice way to put this. My dad's really weird."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyedB
DiyaT "There definitely could've been a nicer way to put that." with sshake
hide sideSprite1
show sprite lizNeutralB
Liz "Whenever he drives, he makes us listen to radio broadcasts of Mariners games."
show sprite chryssaSurprisedB
Chryssa "The Mariners? You're not even from Seattle."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
Diya "Ichiro is an incredible player, though."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite chryssaNeutralB
Chryssa "But he's a weirdo...The guy only decided to stay in Seattle because his dog told him to."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutralB
Diya "So? I would stay in Seattle if my dog told me to, too."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite lizNeutralB
Liz "He does grow on you. They're all such strange lil' guys."
# show sprite chryssaNeutralB
# Chryssa "Over radio? But you can't see."
# hide sideSprite1
# show sprite lizNeutralB
# Liz "Well, as long as you know the players you can more or less picture it in your head."
show sprite chryssaHappyB
Chryssa "I think that's just your Stockholm Syndrome speaking."
show sprite lizHappyB
Liz "Who knows, maybe it is."
# # Liz "But Chryssa says that's my Stockholm Syndrome speaking, so who knows."
show sprite lizBigSmileB
Liz "As for my mom, her thing is Madonna CDs. I could sing every word of True Blue since kindergarten."
show sprite chryssaSurprisedB
Chryssa "Isn't the first song about a teenage girl not wanting to get an abortion?!" with sshake
show sprite lizHappyB
Liz "I didn't say I {i}understood{/i} every word."
show sprite chryssaNeutralB
Chryssa "Maybe listening to all that Madonna did something to you as a little kid."
show sprite lizHappyB
Liz "Excuse me? What was that?"
show sprite chryssaAnnoyedSmileB
Chryssa "I take it back! I take it back!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite
show bg lockerRoomDoor with dissolve
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayB
DiyaT "I have no clue what kind of music my mom likes. All I know are which songs she hates on the radio."
DiyaT "And she doesn't know what kind of music I like, either. Or my favorite movie, or favorite color, anything like that."
DiyaT "I've known her my whole life and we still don't even know basic facts about each other."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedB
DiyaT "That's so sad. I wanna have a good relationship with my parents, too..."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite
show bg lockers with dissolve
"Diya listens to her teammates chat as she changes out of her baseball uniform."
show sprite graceSurprisedB
Grace "Kyaaa! Don't look at my hairy legs!" with sshake
Grace "I haven't shaved for like, two days."
show sprite esterSurprisedB
Ester "You shave that often? I just do it when it starts looking gnarly."
show sprite graceNeutralB
Grace "Your hair's not all coarse and gross like mine."
Grace "I have to do it every other day or I start looking like a gorilla."
show sideSprite1 diyaShockedB
DiyaT "Girls are supposed to shave...??!"
Diya "????????????????????" with sshake
show sideSprite1 diyaScaredB
DiyaT "I've always wondered why no one's leg hair is really obvious except for mine."
DiyaT "That must be the secret..."
DiyaT "Good thing I'm wearing long pants that cover up my legs."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"Suddenly self-conscious, Diya inspects her arm hair..."
show sideSprite1 diyaScaredB
DiyaT "Even my arm hair is pretty obvious. My hair's just all really thick and dark..."
DiyaT "There's even hair on my fingers...Is that normal?!"
DiyaT "Maybe everyone's secretly judging me when they see it..."
hide sideSprite1
label razorDenial:
stop music fadeout 1.0
show bg black with diamond
pause 0.5
show bg diyaCar with diamond
play music "music/miltata - pas a pas.mp3"
"After the club meeting, Diya gets into her mom's car with renewed determination."
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "How was your day at school?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Okay."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "Did the presentation go well?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Think so. Just glad it's over."
Diya "When I grow up I'm going to find a job where I never have to talk to people."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya's mom smiles knowingly and shakes her head."
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "I'm the same way. I'm embarrassed of my accent, and it makes phone calls so scary."
Amma "Talking to workers in stores makes me so nervous, too."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Me, too. I wish we could write questions on a piece of paper and they have to write their answer back, too."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "Yes! It'd be the best if you could slip the paper through an opening in the wall, so they don't even know what you look like."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
DiyaT "Wow...I'm enjoying talking to my mom!"
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
#DiyaT "I didn't know my mom had the same struggle as me. I'm glad I said something."
DiyaT "I guess it's only natural that we have some things in common. I forget that sometimes."
DiyaT "She used to do long-distance running in India, and she always encouraged me to play sports because it was good for my health."
# DiyaT "She even let me quit Carnatic music because I was more interested in baseball. That was actually really cool of her."
DiyaT "Maybe I can ask her about something else that's been bothering me."
hide sideSprite1
"Emboldened by her success, Diya speaks up as they sit at a red light."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Can you get razors next time you go shopping?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "Razors?! What for?" with sshake
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "To shave. My leg hair is really long."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya's heart sinks as her mom wrinkles her nose with distaste."
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "Don't do it. Shaving will make the hair grow back thicker and darker."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "That doesn't sound true. Pretty sure that's a myth."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "No, it's true. Shaving is a terrible idea."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "But all the other girls at school are doing it."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "That's because it's Christian culture. Our family doesn't follow those rules."
#DiyaT "My mom doesn't know the term \"Western culture\", so she calls it \"Christian culture\". And the West is called \"Christian countries\"."
#hide sideSprite1
Amma "Why do you want to shave so bad, anyway?"
Amma "Are you trying to show yourself off to boys?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "??? No..."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "You're too young. Who is it for?"
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "Do you have a boyfriend?!" with sshake
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "No."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "Are you sure?? Look at me."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "Good thing I can actually answer this honestly."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "I'm not lying. I don't have a boyfriend."
hide sideSprite1
"Her mom scrutinizes Diya's face for a moment before turning away, seemingly satisfied."
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "Good, because you need to focus on school. The right time to date is in college."
Amma "That's when you'll be able to find a nice boy who meets all the requirements."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "...Requirements? What requirements."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "You know, just the regular ones."
Amma "Someone who's Hindu like us, doesn't smoke, and has high income."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
DiyaT "...Yeah, I definitely can't tell her about Min."
Diya "What if I wanted to date someone different? Like a non-Indian person?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "No, a white person wouldn't understand our culture."
Amma "Plus, whites do drugs and don't know how to save money."
# Amma "And don't even think about a Black guy, they're gangsters."
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "Just remember no BMWs. No Blacks, Muslims, or Whites."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
DiyaT "That's so racist...I don't even wanna know what she thinks of Korean people."
Diya "What you want is unrealistic."
Diya "How can you immigrate to a country where we're less than 1%% of the population and then expect me to marry the way you did in India?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaNeutral
Amma "It's not unrealistic, my friend Himaja's daughter did it."
show sideSprite2 ammaHappy
Amma "You're not any less pretty or smart than she is! You can find a way too."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "It's not that easy. I can't control who I fall in love with."
Diya "If I fall in love with someone who doesn't match your criteria, I'm not going to turn them away just for you."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaWorried
Amma "No, that's not right. If you marry a waste fellow, what will other people think?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Wh...Why does it matter what \"other people\" think?"
Diya "My opinion should be the most important one."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "No, this is bigger than just you. You have to consider how it affects everyone, like your parents."
Amma "If you marry a white man, everyone will think you're a self-hating Indian, and your parents didn't raise you with correct values."
Amma "It already looks bad enough that we let you quit Carnatic music because you wanted to play baseball."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "So you're asking me to give up my whole life in exchange for ten seconds of approval from some aunties??"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "I had to marry within my parents' requirements too."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Just because you put up with mistreatment from them doesn't mean I should put up with the same thing from you."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "{i}Mistreatment?{/i} I turned out perfectly fine, how can it be mistreatment?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "I don't think you turned out fine at all..."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "Your way of thinking about this, that's the way of thinking from Christian countries."
Amma "Indians aren't like that. They're not so selfish."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Well, this isn't India. I'm American."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "What, you think you're white?"
Amma "It doesn't matter where you are, you're still Indian. You have to honor your culture."
hide sideSprite2
# Diya "How can I honor my culture when I barely know what it is??"
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "Why do I have to follow the rules of a country I've never lived in before?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 ammaAnnoyed
Amma "As long as you're under our roof, you will. This is an Indian household."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "..............."
DiyaT "Could it be that my mom thinks people don't change...because SHE doesn't change?"
DiyaT "It's like her opinions are frozen in time, from twenty years ago when she left India."
DiyaT "And they never shifted to match the world around her. They're just stuck."
hide sideSprite1
"They spend the rest of the drive home in stony silence."
label morning2:
stop music fadeout 2.0
show bg black
pause 2.0
$ chTitle =_("The next day")
show chTitle [chTitle] onlayer screens
pause 2.0
hide chTitle onlayer screens
play sound "sound/alarms.ogg"
show bg bedroomDay
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya ".......!!!!!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
play sound "sound/hit alarm clock.ogg"
"Diya hits her alarms and flops back in bed."
show bg black
with eyeClose
"Her morning routine includes lying in bed for 10 minutes thinking about how tired she is. "
menu:
"{cps=0}Her morning routine includes lying in bed for 10 minutes thinking about how tired she is. {/cps}"
"Do it":
DiyaT "Ugghhhhhghghhhghhh...Ggggggh..."
play sound "sound/doorOpen.ogg"
"Suddenly, her bedroom door squeaks open."
show bg bedroomDay
show sprite ammaNeutral
Amma "I need to head out early today."
Amma "Here, I'll put your lunch into your backpack."
play sound2 "sound/backpack-zipping.ogg"
"Diya's blood runs cold as her mom unzips her backpack."
play sound "sound/What!.ogg"
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
Diya "!!!" with sshake
DiyaT "She'll see the Valentine's Day card!"
hide sideSprite1
play sound "sound/cloth.ogg"
"Diya bolts upright and snatches the backpack from her mom's grasp." with sshake
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
Diya "I'll put it in myself."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaWorried
Amma "Why are you being so secretive?"
Amma "I can't even look in my own child's backpack anymore?"
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "I'm not a baby. I should get to have privacy, too."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya's mom sighs as Diya puts her bagged lunch into her backpack."
show sprite ammaSad
Amma "You know, it's really hurtful that you hide everything from me."
Amma "You're so quiet. I wish you would talk to me like my friends’ kids talk to them."
Amma "My friend’s son even tells them about the girls he likes. He tells them everything!"
Amma "It makes me sad. I wish we had that kind of relationship."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "You think I wanted it to be like this?"
Diya "I didn't just decide not to talk to you all on my own."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaWorried
Amma "What're you going on about?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "How are you not able to put two and two together??" with sshake
Diya "I want to be able to talk to you, too."
Diya "But I don’t feel like I can. Every time I open up to you, I regret it."
Diya "You always have some bad reaction to something I say."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaAnnoyed
Amma "Huh? Like what?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Like...like the time I told you about my friend, and you said I wasn't allowed to talk to her anymore."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaWorried
Amma "What are you talking about? That never happened."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Yes, it did. After school, when I was in third grade."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaAnnoyed
Amma "Third grade?! You really go through life collecting pointless grudges from years ago?" with sshake
Amma "How can you use something I don't even remember to argue against me?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
DiyaT "How can two people perceive the same conversation so differently?"
# DiyaT "This example isn't going to work..."
DiyaT "To me, it was one of the worst memories of my life, one that still affects how I act around her every day."
DiyaT "But to her, it was an uneventful car ride."
DiyaT "I need to give a different example."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "You didn't only make mistakes in the past, you never changed."
Diya "Like yesterday, I asked you to buy razors for me and you lectured me about dating."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaSad
Amma "I'm your mom, I'm supposed to say no when you want something that's bad for you."
Amma "If your own parents won't tell you when you're doing something wrong, who will?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Of course you're supposed to stop me from doing really bad things."
Diya "But I feel like you think your only job as a parent is to lecture me every chance you see."
Diya "Sometimes I just want to have a normal, not-negative conversation."
#Diya "I want you to be able to talk to me in other ways, too."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite ammaAnnoyed
Amma "What do you want me to do, just keep my opinion to myself and agree with everything you say?"
Amma "If I were your friend, sure, I could do that."
Amma "But that's not my role. I'm your mother, I'm supposed to help you."
"Tears well up in Diya's eyes from frustration."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
DiyaT "Oh, great. Not now!"
DiyaT "I hate how I can't argue with anyone without crying."
Diya "You think you're helping me, but all you do is give me anxiety."
# Diya "Can't you do your job in a way that's not negative all the time?"
Diya "I feel like every time I speak to you honestly, I'm punished for it."
hide sideSprite1
Amma "So me speaking my mind is \"punishing\" you?"
Amma "How can you not allow me to say what I think? How do you think that makes {i}me{/i} feel?"
play sound "sound/doorbell.mp3"
"Both of them freeze as the doorbell rings."
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
DiyaT "It's Akarsha!"
DiyaT "I can't let her see me like this!"
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite
show bg driveway with dissolve
show sprite akarshaBigSmile
Akarsha "Yo..."
play sound "sound/doorOpen.ogg"
queue sound "sound/running-concrete.ogg" loop
"Diya flings open the door and darts past Akarsha."
show sprite akarshaSurprised
Akarsha "Whoa!" with sshake
Akarsha "Homie, wait up!"
play music "music/Ketsa - guiding light.ogg"
# play music "music/Ketsa_-_11_-_thoughts_of_you.ogg"
hide sprite
show bg nearSchool with dissolve
"Diya ignores her and sprints down the sidewalk."
"The frenetic slap of flip-flops on concrete behind her gets louder and louder until suddenly, a hand grabs her forearm!" with sshake
play sound "sound/What!.ogg"
show sideSprite2 akarshaNervous
Akarsha "*Wheeze* Gotcha!" with sshake
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaShocked
Diya "!!!!"
hide sideSprite1
"Diya reluctantly slows to a stop and lets Akarsha catch her breath."
show sprite akarshaNervous
Akarsha "*Gasp* *Wheeze*" with sshake
Akarsha "....HA....HAH....." with sshake
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "............"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaUh
Akarsha "What's with you today? Usain Bolt..."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "Got in a fight with my mom..."
hide sideSprite1
# Diya "And there's nothing we can do about it."
# Diya "We're both just sad and that's how it is."
"Diya wipes her tear-streaked face with a sniffle."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "She gave up her whole life for me. I'm the person she loves the most in the world."
Diya "But we can't even have a normal conversation without hurting each other."
Diya "It's just sad."
hide sideSprite1
"It takes a few seconds for Akarsha to recover enough to choke out a response."
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Bro...that sucks."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "........................"
Diya "Do your parents know you're bi?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaAway
Akarsha "Sorta?"
Akarsha "We haven't really had that conversation yet, but they definitely know I'm a lil funky."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "How do you think they'll react when you tell them?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaTrueNeutral
Akarsha "I dunno...But they're pretty open-minded, so I think they'll get over it."
# Akarsha "I mean, they ran away together and had an inter-caste, inter-ethnic love marriage that was forbidden by their parents, so I figure they'd understand."
# show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
# Diya "Not arranged...? Your mom always seems annoyed with your dad."
# hide sideSprite1
# show sprite akarshaShrug
# Akarsha "Nah, that's just how she is. She secretly likes him."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Lucky..."
Diya "My parents will freak out if I come out."
Diya "But I feel like a bad gay person for hiding it."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Why?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Instead of trying to educate them, I'm living a lie."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaAnnoyed
Akarsha "Dude, it's not your job to educate your parents if it'll ruin your life."
Akarsha "The gays aren't gonna come arrest you."
Akarsha "It's not bad to, like, worry about surviving first."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "................"
Diya "Sooner or later we're gonna get caught, though. We're so bad at keeping things secret."
Diya "And if I wanna live with Min someday, that's going to be impossible to hide."
Diya "Especially since we're gonna move really far away."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Huh? Where are you going?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Don't know yet. But somewhere far from her parents, so she doesn't have to see them unless she wants to."
# Diya "Especially if we move really far away from her parents, like she wants."
Diya "When we do that, my parents will notice I'm gone, too."
hide sideSprite1
#Diya "As I get older my secrets are gonna get bigger and bigger until they're impossible to hide."
Akarsha "Ya, but by then you'll be an adult. They won't be able to stop you from doing anything."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "But they'll still be really upset, and I don't want that either."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaShrug
Akarsha "They'll get over it eventually."
Akarsha "Dealing with desi parents is like the five stages of grief. Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance."
# Akarsha "It might take ages, but they'll get through 'em all someday. They always do."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "You don't know that. My parents aren't like yours."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Do your parents really love you?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Yes."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaShrug
Akarsha "Then it's still the same. It might take ages, but they'll get over it eventually."
#Akarsha "Ya gotta believe."
show sprite akarshaHappy
Akarsha "Like...in baseball speak, you're not tryin' to hit a home run off a single pitch. It's more like a nine inning baseball game."
Akarsha "You gotta be in it for the long haul and wear them down over time."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "................"
DiyaT "Is that the best I can hope for, though?"
DiyaT "I wish I were closer to my mom."
DiyaT "But it's hard to feel loved by someone who doesn't really know you."
# DiyaT "I feel like most people have some kind of foundation with their parents that will always ground them together, even if they have their disagreements."
# DiyaT "But with my parents, it feels like our relationship is built on air."
DiyaT "It's like our relationship was built on air. There's nothing there, because she's always loved a version of me that doesn't exist."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"When they're waiting at a crosswalk, Diya takes the chance to dig a tissue out of her pocket and blow her nose."
# DiyaT "She gave up her whole life back home for me. I'm the person she loves the most in the world. But we can't even have a normal conversation without hurting each other."
# DiyaT "It's just sad."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
DiyaT "It's not even like my parents are as bad as Min's."
DiyaT "They're not violent or abusive, and they try to support my interests."
DiyaT "My mom was never trying to hurt me. She just doesn't know any better."
# DiyaT "Even if we disagree on things, they really care about me."
DiyaT "In the grand scheme of things, I'm spoiled. I live in a nice house and my mom cooks me delicious food every day."
DiyaT "But it still hurts to think about the kind of parents I COULD have had."
# DiyaT "I'll never come home to parents who I can truly be myself with."
hide sideSprite1
"Akarsha smacks Diya on the back as they near the school."
show sprite akarshaAway
Akarsha "C'mon, dude, cheer up."
show sprite akarshaBigSmile
Akarsha "10,000 gay people are born every second."
Akarsha "In the time since we left your house, three million gay people drew their first breath."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "That can't be right..."
Diya "If people were born that fast, the population would grow by billions every month."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Where'd you get those numbers from."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaShrug
Akarsha "I made them up for dramatic effect."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "............."
hide sideSprite1
play sound "sound/calm walk.ogg"
hide sprite
show bg akarshaDiya with dissolve
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "Hey, Diya..."
$newSpeaker=False
Akarsha "Do you think it's possible for a baseball player to mold her hair into a huge bowl shape, and use it to catch the ball?"
menu:
Akarsha "{cps=0}Do you think it's possible for a baseball player to mold her hair into a huge bowl shape, and use it to catch the ball?{/cps}"
"Yes":
$newSpeaker=True
hide sideSprite2
"Diya nods!"
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Why not."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaHappy
Akarsha "Right??"
show sideSprite2 akarshaHm
Akarsha "It'd make fielding grounders way easier. We'd just have to lie facedown on the dirt and wait for the ball to roll in."
Akarsha "Maybe our whole team should grow our hair out and try this."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
DiyaT "I feel like between this, the gene doping, and Min's steroids idea, the sport of baseball isn't ready for us."
"No":
$newSpeaker=True
hide sideSprite2
"Diya shakes her head."
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "Why not?"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "What do you mean why not. It'd look so dumb."
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaNeutral
Akarsha "But it'd be convenient!"
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "How would they fit the batting helmet over it?"
hide sideSprite1
show sideSprite2 akarshaAway
Akarsha "They can mold their hair into the batting helmet shape when they're on offense."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "What kind of weirdo would do that." with sshake
hide sideSprite1
play sound "sound/calm walk.ogg"
show bg courtyard with dissolve
"Akarsha grimaces as they reach the school campus."
show sprite akarshaAnnoyed
Akarsha "I have this huge cramp from chasin' you earlier..."
Akarsha "I'm all sweaty now too..."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Not my fault. Get in shape."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaShrug
Akarsha "I'm gonna go wash up and take a tinkle."
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "...Can you not say it like that........"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite akarshaAway
Akarsha "Not say it like what?"
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "The \"tinkle\" thing."
Diya "Too descriptive."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
stop music fadeout 2.0
"Unfortunately, Akarsha is already out of earshot and saunters off without answering."
play music "music/Little Circle.ogg"
label backToCourtyard:
hide sideSprite1
hide sideSprite2
with None
$newSpeaker=True
if bgTransition==True:
show bg courtyard
else:
$ bgTransition=True
$ cur_new = "idleCursor"
$renpy.call_screen("qte_diyaResolution",_layer="farBack")
screen qte_diyaResolution:
vbox xalign 0.6 yalign 0.44:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/action_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Use locker"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("diyaMinEndConvo")]
at qte_move
vbox xalign 0.5 yalign 0.86:
imagebutton:
idle "gui/walk_icon_hover.png"
hovered [Show("gui_tooltip", tt=_("Go to class"))]
unhovered [Hide("gui_tooltip")]
action [ Hide("gui_tooltip"),Jump("cantGo")]
at qte_move
label cantGo:
DiyaT "I need to get my stuff from the locker first."
jump backToCourtyard
label diyaMinEndConvo:
play sound "sound/locker open.ogg"
"As she opens her locker, Min comes up behind her."
# "As she opens her locker, someone small and warm hugs Diya from behind."
# Min "Hey, beautiful."
$subtitle=_("Good morning!")
show sprite minSmirk
Min "{font=tamil.ttf}காலை வணக்கம்!{/font}"
# hide sideSprite2
$subtitle=""
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
Diya "{font=korean.ttf}사랑해...{/font}"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minFlusteredSmile
Min "........"
#hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
DiyaT "Min taught me that phrase a long time ago. It means \"hi\" in Korean."
# DiyaT "The other day she taught me \"good morning\" too, but it makes her a lot happier when I say this one."
DiyaT "Maybe she's touched that I still remember it?"
hide sideSprite1
"Diya laces their hands together."
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
Diya "I like teaching each other all these phrases."
Diya "It's like a secret code."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minBlush
Min "Yeah! We can even say romantic stuff without other people knowing."
Min "Like spies."
"Min brings Diya's hand to her lips and presses a kiss to her knuckles."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
DiyaT "KGHSFDH?? FGFJH!!!" with sshake
#hide sideSprite1
#"Heat rushes to Diya's face as Min presses another kiss to her knuckles."
#Diya "..............."
DiyaT "Min is so romantic...She's like a prince..."
hide sideSprite1
"Suddenly, Diya realizes how close of a view Min is getting of her hand."
show sideSprite1 diyaScared
DiyaT "I have hair on my hands and fingers! She's going to see it!" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
"Diya frantically wrenches her hand out of Min's grip."
show sprite minSurprised
Min "Huh???"
Min "What's wrong?"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "..........."
DiyaT "I guess Min likes me so much, nothing bad's gonna happen if I tell her."
Diya "There's hair on my hands...I didn't want you to see..."
hide sideSprite1
"Min looks utterly dumbfounded."
show sprite minHm
Min "...What???"
show sideSprite1 diyaWorriedAway
Diya "They're hairy. My arms, too. When I wear short sleeves, you can even see it from far away."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHuh
Min "Really? I never noticed."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "??!" with sshake
DiyaT "I thought Min of all people would've noticed. She spends so much time staring at me."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "I'll show you, my leg hair is even worse."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya nervously rolls up one of her leggings to reveal her hairy legs."
show sprite minHm
Min "I mean, yeah, I see it now...But it's just hair."
#Min "Isn't that like, natural?"
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "I'm glad you're not grossed out by it."
Diya "But it still might make me feel better to shave it."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minNeutral
Min "I won't stop you, but you really don't have to..."
show sprite minSmirk
Min "You're drop-dead gorgeous with or without it."
# Min "You're the prettiest girl in the whole world with or without it."
Min "Like, think about those poodles you like. The ones with curly hair."
show sideSprite1 diyaDelighted
Diya "!!!"
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
Diya "Carpet dogs."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHappy
Min "Yeah, whatever you wanna call them."
Min "They have fur all over their legs, don't they?"
Min "Doesn't it look so bad and weird when people shave their legs bare?"
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Yeah..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "How's your leg hair any different? It's just a normal part of you, it doesn't make you any less cute."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "I guess that kinda makes sense."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minUnamused
Min "It makes total sense! It's the other way around that doesn't make sense!" with sshake
Min "It really pisses me off when I notice all the crap the world tries to force on girls."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "Min gets really fired up when she talks about this stuff."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minAnnoyed
Min "Like this leg and armpit shaving shit, and making them think they have to like pink and have long hair."
Min "If you have a brother like I do, the difference is really obvious."
Min "It's all fake."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "Min is so smart..."
show sideSprite1 diyaHappy
Diya "Thanks. I feel a little better now."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmug
Min "Good."
Min "If anyone makes fun of you for it, I'll kill...I mean, be really, really mean to them."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
DiyaT "No one's around right now...I really wanna kiss her..."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya leans in, and Min catches her lips in a fierce kiss."
"When they break apart, Min looks very proud of herself."
show sprite minSmirk
Min "Notice anything different?"
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
DiyaT "That was a really nice kiss? But I have no idea what she's talking about..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmug
Min "I got rid of the rest of my cigarettes!"
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "You threw them away?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minStupidHappy
Min "No way, I sold them to some junior for fifteen bucks." with sshake
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "That's not good..."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "Well, at least it's not me smoking them anymore."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "That's true...Was it hard to quit?"
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minNeutral
Min "I mean, it's not like I was addicted, so it wasn't that bad."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
DiyaT "I was a little worried she wouldn't listen, but now that she did, I almost feel guilty."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Thanks..."
Diya "...But I feel a bit bad I made you change just for me."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHuh
Min "Huh?"
Min "You didn't make me do anything. I decided to quit 'cause I figured it'd make me happier if I got to kiss you more."
# Min "It was for me, too, because getting to kiss you more makes me happy."
show sprite minUnamused
Min "Noelle kept sending me these annoying as fuck studies gloating that she was gonna live longer than me, too."
Min "Honestly, it was worth it just to make her shut up about it."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
Diya "But still...If you weren't dating me, you wouldn't have quit."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "I guess not?"
Min "But isn't that what people mean when they say a couple's good for each other?"
Min "Like, they bring out the best in each other."
show sideSprite1 diyaNeutral
Diya "Oh."
Diya "I guess people do say that too."
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
Diya "I'm happy you quit. Think I'm just not used to being listened to like this."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmirk
Min "I mean, I'd be a pretty shitty girlfriend if I didn't care when something was bothering you."
# Min "I mean, I care when something's bothering you."
Min "I know you'd do the same for me."
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
Diya "That's true."
Diya "I can't believe that worked. I'm glad I said something."
show sideSprite1 diyaAway
Diya "........"
Diya "But isn't it common sense? That you can't change people."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHuh
Min "Huh? That sounds so cynical."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "But sometimes it does happen. Sometimes you want someone to change, and they won't."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minHm
Min "I mean, I guess it's TECHNICALLY true. You can't change people."
Min "All you can do is tell them how they make you feel, and then it's up to them to change."
Min "Some people will make that leap for you, but others won't."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "Yeah..."
Diya "I think I just need to make my peace with that."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minStupidHappy
Min "I'll always make that leap for you!"
Min "Even if it was from a car to a truck while they're still driving really fast, like in The Matrix."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "...That sounds scary. I hope that never happens."
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minSmug
Min "But I wouldn't get hurt at all, and I'd look really badass doing it."
hide sideSprite2
show sideSprite1 diyaAnnoyed
Diya "You already look badass doing normal stuff like pitching. Why this."
hide sideSprite1
"Diya's heartrate quickens with excitement as Min pulls her into another kiss."
#"Diya's heartrate quickens with excitement as they kiss, clutching at her back..."
# DiyaT "This is so nice..."
# hide sideSprite1
# DiyaT "I wish there was a way to get even closer to Min somehow."
# DiyaT "I wish we could just fuse into one person so we never have to be apart."
"Diya shudders as Min slips a hand up her shirt, sliding her warm palm across the small of her back."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprisedBlush
DiyaT "GFKJGJK;LKK????????" with sshake
hide sideSprite1
show sprite minBlushSurprised
Min "Is this okay?"
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
Diya "................"
hide sideSprite1
"Min's hand is hot against her bare skin."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
DiyaT "Once you get over the initial shock of it, it feels nice..."
hide sideSprite1
# DiyaT "...I think part of me was secretly hoping she'd try something like this..."
show sprite minHuh
Min "Want me to stop?"
"Diya shakes her head, hiding her burning face in the crook of Min's neck."
"Min withdraws her hand, looking uncertain."
show sprite minHuh
Min "I'm not gonna do it unless you say you want me to."
show sideSprite1 diyaBlush
DiyaT "I just need to spit it out...It's not fair to always make her guess whether I'm having fun or not."
DiyaT "Even if she's good at it, I need to help her out sometimes..."
DiyaT "It's just Min, nothing bad's gonna happen..."
# "Diya wills herself to push past her shame and speak..."
Diya "...Please don't stop..."
hide sideSprite1
"A wicked grin crosses Min's face, sending a rush of heat through Diya's body."
show sprite minSmirk
Min "Good. Then I won't."
play sound "sound/What!.ogg"
show sprite noelleAnnoyed
Noelle "May I PLEASE get my textbooks?" with sshake
Noelle "You're blocking the locker."
show sideSprite1 diyaSurprised
Diya "!!! Sorry." with sshake
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite
label momApology:
show bg black with diamond
$ renpy.pause(2, hard=True)
play sound "sound/doorOpen.ogg"
show bg bedroomDay with dissolve
"That evening, Diya is doing her homework when her bedroom door opens."
#when something can’t be fixed then the question is what can we build instead? —Mariame Kaba
show sprite ammaSad with dissolve
Amma "............."
show sideSprite1 diyaWorried
Diya "............."
hide sideSprite1
hide sprite with dissolve
"Her mom silently places a bowl of sliced mango on Diya's desk and leaves the room."
"Diya nibbles on the fruit and continues working on her assignment."
show sideSprite1 diyaAwayHappy
Diya "............."
hide sideSprite1 with None
hide sprite with dissolve
stop music fadeout 2.0
show bg black with dissolve
$ renpy.pause(2, hard=True)
jump min3
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