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File: (install folder)\game\ch2script.rpy
Code:
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label christmastwo14:
scene sidechristmas1
with dissolve2
play music "hallelujah.mp3"
w "It’s been quite a while since we’ve done anything like this, hasn’t it?"
os "Probably about...365 days?"
os "They normally take Christmas trees down after Christmas is over."
w "Then we should probably stop waiting until February to remove ours."
os "We’ll get to it when we get to it."
w "That we will, my kitten."
os "Hey...Wakana?"
w "Yes, my love?"
os "Thanks for coming tonight...I know you don’t normally like doing things like this."
w "The list of things I actively enjoy is rather short...so if I am able to make your life the slightest bit better by staring at lights with you, I will happily blind myself."
os "I mean...you don’t have to go that far."
w "But I would."
w "There are few things in life I would not do for you, Osako."
os "You’re...being surprisingly sentimental all of a sudden. It’s not like you."
w "Indeed I am."
w "Perhaps this is what they call “Christmas spirit?”"
w "It’s quite strange how simply staring at this tree compels me to say things like this to you."
w "But I suppose I’m a rather compulsive woman by nature, aren’t I?"
os "That’s a little bit of an understatement..."
os "It’s not like that’s a new characteristic or anything, though. I’ve known you to be that person ever since I met you and it did nothing to keep me away."
os "In fact, I kind of like that side of you sometimes. It keeps things...I don’t know, exciting?"
w "And other times?"
os "..."
w "You can be honest with me. "
w "Hold nothing back for my sake."
os "Then..."
os "Other times, it’s terrifying."
os "Like, right now, everything is great. But sometimes, it feels like you’re not even living in the same world as me."
os "And you’ll do these things that I know you wouldn’t {i}choose{/i} to do if the choice was fully yours. Like...with what happened on the beach."
w "I apologize again for that."
os "You’ve apologized probably a hundred times by now....and I’ve accepted every single one of them."
os "But that doesn’t stop me from worrying about something like that happening again in the future."
os "That’s the compulsive behavior I’m really worried about. I don’t mind the small stuff like...spending too much money on clothes or...inviting your coworker over to make weird, jello soup."
w "Perhaps you could chain me up to prevent those compulsions from showing up ever again? It might be fun experiencing how you feel all the time."
os "Not right now, please."
w "I’m sorry for the 101st time. But before you can accept this one as well, please let me say something."
os "You can say whatever you want. We have the entire night to ourselves."
w "And I’d like to have many more."
w "That’s all I wanted to say, really. Just in a lot more words than that."
w "Despite how displeased I am with the lights and sounds and crowds of people, I would not trade a moment like this for the world. And that is because you are here with me."
w "I want there to be to many more Christmases after this one."
w "I want to hate these lights and sounds and crowds of people so much more."
w "And even if I make mistakes, the same way any other human does, I do not want them to sabotage this perpetual cycle of recycled holidays and excuses to walk beside you."
os "Your last mistake almost {i}killed{/i} you, Wakana."
os "And I know that’s not what you were trying to do, but it’s what happened."
os "What if I didn’t come back when I did? "
os "What if I walked around for even, like...half an hour longer? Who knows if we’d even be standing here right now?"
w "That thought is precisely {i}why{/i} I did what I did, Osako."
w "In my eyes, as clouded as they were at the time, I felt as if I was going to die if I {i}didn’t{/i} do something."
w "Obviously, that was not the correct decision in hindsight, but people can not be expected to think rationally when faced with fear."
os "Do you at least understand why I’ve been so...neurotic lately, then? "
w "I believe the word you are searching for is “clingy,” my kitten. And yes, I do."
os "I’m sorry for that, by the way. I just keep thinking that if I don’t make sure you’re okay every few minutes that you’ll...yeah."
w "It seems I have some work to do if you are to ever trust me again."
os "It’s not a trust thing, it’s...ugh. I don’t know what it is."
os "I really wish I was as good with words as you are sometimes. "
w "And I sometimes wish that I knew how to end a human’s life by tapping the correct pressure point. "
w "Besides, I do not mind your clinginess at all. I find it rather endearing, actually."
w "Why else would I have not complained about it even once since college?"
os "I don’t know, it’s..."
os "I just...wish I could protect you a little better."
os "I just don’t really know how to do that when I’m supposed to be protecting you from {i}yourself.{/i}"
w "You are not {i}supposed{/i} to be doing anything, my love. "
w "This is a battle I must fight on my own. All you need to do is be there."
os "What if I’m not, though? Like...what if I’m at work? This is already getting to me. I’ve barely been able to focus at all lately."
w "I know."
w "It must be hard."
w "But it’s my fault you’re feeling this way. So it’s also my duty to make sure it does not continue to happen."
w "Additionally, I was not implying that you need to physically “be there.” It was more of a “Have faith in me and I will persist,” sort of thing."
os "That somehow sounds even harder."
w "It’s a challenge we will face together, then."
w "Just as staring at this ridiculous fucking tree has been a challenge for me."
os "You really hate it that much?"
w "Why must it be so bright? And how did this strange, cultural tradition of covering a tree in lights even come to be? What significance do the lights even have? How does this relate to religion?"
os "I think Christmas has kind of graduated being past a religious holiday for most of the cultures who actually celebrate it."
w "Nonsense. Our tree is much better. And lasts two months longer as well."
os "You only like our tree more because I let you cover it in lace."
w "The only thing you will {i}not{/i} let me cover in lace is you."
os "You know I’m not feminine enough to pull off the stuff you wear, Wakana. I’d just...feel like shit if I were to try."
w "Oh well. It will do us no good simply standing around and discussing the things I would like to make you wear should you decide to catch up on confidence one day."
w "There are many more trees to see- and many more chances for me to remind you how happy I am to be both alive and by your side tonight."
os "Just try not to get lost, okay? I’m worrying enough as-is. I don’t want to have to deal with trying to find you in a crowd as well."
w "Yes, because I do not stand out enough with my appearance. I can see how easy it would be for you to lose sight of me."
os "You know what I mean..."
scene black
with dissolve2
"........."
"......"
"..."
scene sidechristmas2
with dissolve2
w "I suppose that since you’re so worried about losing me, I’ll just have to hang on to you to make sure I don’t get lost."
os "Fine by me. Not like I’m going to complain about the prettiest girl here holding onto my arm."
w "Don’t worry. I’m sure to make up for our quota of “things to complain about” for the rest of the night."
w "Like that strange costume that man is wearing. What is that?"
os "That would be Santa Claus, babe."
w "Well he looks absolutely ridiculous and I have no idea why people are willingly bringing their children to him."
scene sidechristmas3
with dissolve
os "Oh, Wakana. Do you need to take a break or anything?"
os "We’ve been walking for a while now and I didn’t see you take any of your meds before we left home."
w "I’m fine for now, my kitten. I feel nothing at all."
w "Perhaps it’s because I have such a strong arm supporting me?"
scene sidechristmas4
with dissolve
os "Y-Yeah...maybe that’s it..."
os "If you need to stop, though, let me know. There are plenty of places to sit around here and...like I said...we’ve got the whole night..."
w "And many more after it."
w "Merry Christmas, Osako."
os "Merry Christmas...Wakana..."
scene black
with dissolve2
t "Not every circular, ramen related item contains bumps and grooves, though."
t "And to discover that, you need not look any further than the container that holds the chashu."
t "Bowls come in all different colors and sizes, but they are unified in the fact that they are all circular."
u "Wait, Tsunecchi. My family had bowls that were kinda rectangular and-"
t "Heresy, Green Onion. Bowls are circular."
u "...But-"
mo "Your mana’s all tapped out and you can't play any more interrupts this turn. Proceed, Kendo Princess."
t "Thank you, Emerald Guardian."
scene sidechristmas5
with dissolve2
t "As I was saying, sometimes the bumps and grooves of chashu become less noticeable when you stop focusing on that one aspect and look at the bowl instead. Or, in this case, the big picture."
to "Oh, is {i}that{/i} what you were saying? I was having a hard time following."
t "Silence please, affluent woman."
t "Sometimes, the troubles and imperfections of life itself are harder to spot than they would be with seared pork."
t "You could have a beautiful looking bowl that seems immaculate to the untrained eye when filled with ramen-"
t "But underneath the broth could be cracks- splintering out as if they were a spiderweb. "
t "And all there is to do is keep refilling it in hopes that the cracks do not become too much to bear."
yu "Kaori...can you stop annoying customers and help me out for a second? I’ve got no fuckin’ idea where the corkscrew is and we’ve got a table in the back looking for a bottle of wine."
if bonus == True:
maki "No, no, no! You’re all wrong! That’s not the best way to rub a cock at all! "
maki "Listen here, temporary bartender girl. I’m about to teach you a trick that will drive your boyfriend wild."
maki "First, straighten out your palm and-"
k "Wait! I am not talking about the human cock! I am talking about the chicken cock! I have learned the difference recently!"
else:
maki "No, no, no! You’re all wrong! That’s not the best way to play Rock, Paper, Scissors at all!"
maki "First, you straighten out your hand to make paper. Then-"
k "The gun beats all three of those items and does not require the straightening of arm feet at all!"
scene sidechristmas6
with dissolve
maki "The..."
if bonus == True:
maki "Wait, is that even legal? Am I allowed to talk about this?"
yu "Uhh...I’m gonna hope this is just another misunderstanding and ask you again for a little help, please?"
yu "Not much time to fuck around tonight, unfortunately. Whether it be with...chicken or human."
else:
maki "Is that a legal move now?"
scene sidechristmas7
with dissolve
k "The swirly metal fermented grape blood opener can be found inside the moving wooden rectangle closest to the back of your head, Aunt Yukiburger!"
yu "The...swirly metal...grape blood...rectangle..."
yu "Okay. Got it. I’ll just-"
yu "Wait, if you knew what I was talking about when I asked for the corkscrew, why’d you call it that weird shit? Use the right words for shit if you know ‘em, Kaori. You’re gonna confuse somebody."
yu "Girl you’re servin’ already looks like she’s havin’ an existential crisis."
if bonus == True:
maki "Should I be stocking up on chicken porn? Is that really what people are into nowadays?"
else:
maki "Would a gun really beat a rock?"
scene sidechristmas8
with fade
sar "I can’t believe it! Haru-chan! People are actually in my bar!"
sar "People are spending money at my bar! They are talking to each other at my bar!"
h "Yup. Those are the things you’re supposed to do at a bar."
scene sidechristmas9
with dissolve
sar "Hey! Just because you’re a successful business owner doesn’t mean you should be acting like this isn’t a big deal for me."
sar "Pretty soon, I’m going to be joining both you {i}and{/i} Maki in the list of people we know who are actually doing pretty well for themselves."
sar "I just have to figure out how to bring people in on, like...{i}not{/i} holidays anymore and I’ll be set."
scene sidechristmas10
with dissolve
h "Well, all things considered, things have been pretty great tonight."
h "And the bar looks awesome, too. "
sar "Well, you {i}did{/i} help set the place up, so I can’t take {i}all{/i} of the credit for that."
if saralust20 == True and bonus == True:
scene sidechristmas11
with dissolve
h "Uhh...{i}about{/i} that..."
h "I...didn’t really have any idea that...anything like {i}that{/i} was going to happen today, so..."
sar "I...uhh..."
sar "Well, it’s not like I was really planning on it?"
sar "If anything {i}did{/i} happen, I figured you were just going to wait downstairs..."
h "Yeah, well...you kind of egged me on, so..."
sar "Yeah...I didn’t really think about what I was saying until after the fact...but...uhh..."
scene sidechristmas12
with dissolve
saraharuka "I’m sorry!"
scene sidechristmas13
with dissolve
h "I said a lot worse stuff than you, so let me apologize first."
h "It’s true that I got pissed off by all of the teasing when my husband’s been gone for so long...but I guess I kind of forgot that yours was too."
h "You’re just always so all over Sensei that I forget we’re one in the same sometimes."
h "So...that kinda fueled some of the stuff I said while things were happening and...it got a little too out of control."
sar "I...uhh..."
scene sidechristmas14
with dissolve
sar "Are you, like...{i}into{/i} that kind of stuff, Haruka?"
sar "The...shaming and...whatnot?"
h "I..."
sar "Because it seemed like it was more than just anger or jealousy. It seemed like you were actually...{i}enjoying{/i} it."
h "I guess that...makes it a lot worse, huh?"
scene sidechristmas15
with dissolve
sar "I mean...not really?..."
sar "Like, it’s one thing if you were saying all of that stuff just to hurt me, but...if it was just so you could have a little more fun...we can just...forget it ever happened."
h "That’s fine. I’m sorry again. I said some really fucked up shit that sounded hot at the time, but...fuck, I felt so bad when I went home that I actually cried."
scene sidechristmas16
with dissolve
sar "Well at least {i}you{/i} didn’t cry while there was a penis inside of you."
h "Hahah...hah...yeah..."
scene sidechristmas17
with dissolve
sar "That was...certainly an experience, though."
sar "I had no idea that my first threesome would be so...vulgar and hurtful."
h "Did that like, even {i}really{/i} count as a threesome, though? Because I was kind of just there watching. I wasn’t {i}actually{/i} involved."
sar "I think it counts. Even if you just watched, you definitely...uhh...participated? Like, it would have been a completely different experience without you."
h "I guess so."
scene sidechristmas18
with dissolve
h "Definitely an interesting way to start Christmas, though."
h "Can’t say I expected to watch my best friend get railed like an hour after helping her choose which color of tinsel to use."
sar "And I can’t say I expected mine to enjoy it so much."
sar "Also, did I sound weird? And don’t say you didn’t hear it this time since you were literally right there."
h "I don’t remember. I was too busy being hurtful and perverted."
sar "Ugh. Please pay more attention next time because I really need to know and I don’t want to record myself."
h "You know, I really didn’t expect there to be a next time."
sar "Me neither, but...we’re mature adults. I think we can do it again without all of the...meanness next time."
h "..."
sar "..."
h "So, uhh...the bar."
scene sidechristmas19
with dissolve
sar "Right! The bar!"
sar "It looks so good. And we’ve got three whole employees working tonight."
sar "I wish Sana could have been here as well, but her Christmas party just had to be on like, the single least convenient day of all time."
h "You mean...Christmas?"
sar "..."
sar "Shut up."
scene sidechristmas20
with fade
yu "Wait, Kaori..."
k "Yes, Aunt Yukiburger? Do you need help finding another shiny item in this labyrinth of intoxicated women?"
yu "No, it’s just..."
yu "I could be completely misremembering but like, ain’t it your birthday today?"
scene sidechristmas21
with dissolve
k "But I have so many memories of other days! How could I have been born today?!"
yu "No, it means like...you were born on a different “today” in the past."
k "I am from the past?!"
yu "I mean...we kinda all are."
scene sidechristmas22
with fade
sar "Kaori, is that true? Is it really your birthday today?"
k "I still do not understand the concept of this “day of birthing,” but if Aunt Yukiburger, who is also from the past, knows the past-version of me...it might be true!"
k "Will something bad happen as a result of this? Has my time here finally come to an end?"
k "I must say goodbye to John!"
maki "Is John your chicken boyfriend?"
yu "Just her chicken. And he’s fucking huge, too. You should see that thing."
scene sidechristmas23
with dissolve
maki "Heh. Huge cock."
sar "Haru-chan, you didn’t see any birthday decorations in the storage room, did you?"
h "Hm? I might have seen like, a banner or something. But are you really sure you want to put something like that up while we already have all of the Christmas decorations out?"
scene sidechristmas24
with dissolve
sar "Kaori, are you going straight home after we close tonight?"
k "Sleeping at work is forbidden, so I normally go home at the end of the day."
sar "Stay later tonight. After all of the customers leave, we’ll throw a little birthday party for you."
maki "Ooooh, fun! I haven’t pulled an all-nighter in years. What better reason to break that streak than for a temporary bartender’s birthday party?"
scene sidechristmas25
with fade
k "A party? For me? Just because I was born?"
k "Is that really a cause for celebration?"
sar "Of course it is! Be happy you’re alive!"
yu "I feel shitty for not gettin’ you somethin’ now. Can’t believe I forgot."
yu "Not a big fan of stayin’ awake through the night, but I’ll make an exception for you since we’re related and shit."
k "I do not understand the customs that typically accompany human birth-parties, but since I am the subject of the tradition this time, I will remain inside and do as you instruct."
sar "Woo-hoo! It’s settled, then! Haruka, go get the banner!"
h "Sara, I think you’re forgetting that I don’t actually work here. I’m a customer right now."
sar "Maki, banner!"
maki "Are you just going to ask {i}everyone{/i} who doesn’t work here?"
scene black
with dissolve2
stop music fadeout 10.0
sar "You there! What’s your name?"
q "Me?"
sar "Yes! Who are you?"
matt "Matthew."
sar "Take this key, open that door over there, pull out the birthday banner, and your next drink is on me."
matt "Oh. Uhh...okay. I’m on it."
sar "Wonderful! Thanks, Matthew."
"........."
"......"
"..."
$ renpy.end_replay()
$ christmastwo14 = True
jump christmastwo15
label christmastwo15:
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File: (install folder)\game\ch2script.rpy
Code:
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mo "The real tradition was just spending time with my family. Which I can’t really do anymore, unfortunately."
mo "So Christmas is kind of sad when I start thinking about how it used to be. "
mo "I don’t know. I’m starting to think that all traditions are kind of just...temporary."
mo "Not just Christmas, but stuff like...movie nights or...raid nights or...any other night where you’re supposed to get together and {i}do the thing.{/i}"
mo "As soon as one person can’t do it anymore, the entire thing falls apart and you’re just left with memories of how things used to be."
scene postphonething22
with dissolve
mo "So you keep chasing after those memories by making new traditions and hoping that they’ll carry on forever."
mo "But none of them ever do."
mo "And the next thing you know, you’re standing in a group of people you barely even know."
mo "But maybe that will become a tradition of its own?"
mo "I guess there’s...no way of ever really..."
scene postphonething23
with dissolve
mo "S-Sorry! I just rewatched one of my favorite anime series and now I’m stuck feeling all melancholic and stuff."
mo "But that’s enough about Nollaig! How is Christmas for you...Artificer of...Affluence?"
to "I beg your pardon?"
t "The Guardian assigns new names to everyone. It appears the time has come for you to learn yours. "
scene postphonething24
with dissolve
to "Ah! Inclusion! I’m happy to be this...artifact person if that means I’m getting a cool girl nickname!"
u "“Cool girl” nickname might be a bit of a stretch, but..."
scene postphonething25
with dissolve
to "Christmas for the Tsukiokas..."
to "Well, similar to Uta- though in a significantly more effeminate manner, Father used to take me ice skating every Christmas."
to "There were no sticks or...“black puck thingies,” but there was music and...bright lights and...all sorts of beautiful things."
scene postphonething26
with dissolve
to "My mother was absolutely wonderful at it as well. I always thought it was amazing the way she would move around the ice."
to "It was as if she were dancing."
u "That {i}is{/i} pretty amazing since I’ve seen what she’s packing and even {i}mine{/i} slow me down sometimes."
to "That...okay. That was not something I...okay."
to "Regardless, Christmas is one of the few times I can look back on and remember where she had a genuine smile on her face. Not just the polite one she’s always sporting today."
scene postphonething27
with dissolve
to "Which isn’t to say she isn’t a happy person. I mean, why {i}wouldn’t{/i} she be? We have everything we could ever want."
to "But she just seemed so much more...free during those times. And it made {i}me{/i} feel free as well seeing her that way."
scene postphonething28
with dissolve
to "It’s been quite some time since I’ve been able to see that side of her, but I’d love to see it again one day."
to "But I suppose it’s like Molly said in her melodramatic rant moments ago-"
to "Sometimes, traditions simply come to an end and there is nothing we can do to bring them back."
scene postphonething29
with dissolve
u "Okay, okay. I know what this calls for."
to "Hm? Know what {i}what{/i} calls for, exactly?"
scene postphonething30
with dissolve
u "Another tradition, obviously! "
u "Look at us, four random girls just standing in a room together, sharing our pasts with each other...ain’t this some sorta great bonding experience?"
mo "The Kendo Princess and I are roommates, though. I don’t know if I’d call us-"
u "Molly, you two are weird enough that you’d still be random even if you’d lived together for years."
u "But I’m {i}saying{/i} that next year, if we have another one of these party thingies, we should do this again!"
to "I think this idea sounds lovely, but how can you be so sure that we’ll be able to do something like this again next year? What if the four of us are separated into new classes?"
scene postphonething31
with dissolve
t "Fate, of course."
mo "Tsuneyo? Are you finally tapping into the spirit realm? "
mo "Have you had the ability to predict the future all along? Why didn’t you ever tell me?"
t "I know not what the future holds apart from noodles, but I do know that this “tradition” is one that will not die so easily."
to "But {i}how{/i} can you know such-"
u "Shh! Let her finish! It ain’t every day that Tsuneyo goes into the spirit realm!"
t "No matter who is involved, the cycle will continue. "
scene black
with dissolve2
stop music fadeout 10.0
t "Life is like a slice of chashu- mostly circular, but with various bumps and grooves along the way."
t "If you trace it with your finger, you’ll always wind up back at the same place you started."
t "Perhaps this meeting is our chashu. Perhaps we just need to experience the bumps and grooves before we meet again."
t "And perhaps-"
t "That same thing is happening to someone else, somewhere we can’t see tonight..."
$ renpy.end_replay()
$ christmastwo13 = True
jump christmastwo14
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