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Part of event chain The River Styx

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File: (install folder)\game\NodokaEvents.rpy

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label nodokaspecial20:
    scene stillcalm1
    with fade

    ya "You...want to know about the tendrils of the sky?"
    no "I’d like to know anything and everything. {i}Knowing{/i} is kind of what I do."
    s "What a surprise. Knowing is what Yasu does as well. Maybe you’d like to lend her your arm so she can get off of mine?"
    no "I’m happy to lend my arm to just about anybody."
    s "Could’ve fooled me."
    no "Ha. Funny."
    ya "The tightness in my chest tells me that I should not switch arms...and that any arm apart from this one has the potential to infect me with feelings I do not deserve to feel."
    no "Are you certain that’s what the {i}tightness{/i} is telling you? Because, based on my experience-"
    s "So anyway, tendrils."

    scene stillcalm2
    with dissolve

    ya "Right! It is my duty to be the font of information undocumented, so I will tell you all about the opening of the sky and the tendrils that extend beyond man’s wildest imagination."
    ya "There is only one god. A god of infinite eyes. But there are forces in this world that would have people believe otherwise."
    ya "Forces of great power, but poor intent. And often times, these powers are used to both intimidate and scare those who walk His holy grounds."
    ya "The tendrils of the sky are one of many examples of this. And while their tangibility is not the same as if you were to reach out and touch me, the impact they would have on you would be much greater."
    ya "Your mind would turn to dust. Your organs to ash. And all of your thoughts congealed into a twisting mass of ivy that feeds into the dirt and goes on to stretch from building to building."
    no "So...the sky would have us returned to the ground?"

    scene stillcalm3
    with dissolve

    ya "You hear my words, but misjudge their meaning. This world is not as simple as one above and one below."
    ya "It is an endless labyrinth of layers invisible to the naked eye...each with its own steady stream of waste."
    ya "They all flow into one pool that we are forced to bathe in. "
    ya "The dirty runoff is collected and returned to the sky."
    ya "And so the ground mixes with the air...and rains down upon the ivy, cannibalizing itself as it recycles energy and becomes stronger in a way much more difficult than simply asking Him for power."
    ya "We all become water. We all become dirt. It is the cycle of everything that is and everything that wants to be. And only He can pull us from the vines and save us from this never ending circling of the drain."
    s "I couldn’t have said it better myself."
    no "Interesting."
    no "Why haven’t I heard of this...fascinating religion before?"

    scene stillcalm4
    with dissolve

    ya "Because I am the only one who speaks of it! Are you interested? Do you seek salvation? For if you do, I can show you the light. "
    ya "And before you know it, you will be bathing in its warmth rather than a puddle of human excrement."
    no "I think I’ll stick to bathhouses and showers. But I thank you for taking the time to explain a bit about your religion to me. I won’t lie in saying I’ve been very curious since the moment you walked in."
    f "I...was worried you were going to say something mean to her."

    scene stillcalm5
    with dissolve

    no "You were? Why?"
    f "Well...you’ve always been very quick to debate people when it comes to religion."
    no "Futaba, as an atheist, I am obligated to do just that. But there is a certain fundamental basis to what Yasu preaches that I see no reason to speak out against."
    no "She speaks of a cycle. And while it is essentially just a rehashed and painted version of the {i}water{/i} cycle, it’s not as if she’s telling us about stone tablets that dictate the way we live our lives..."
    s "She did talk about giant invisible sky tentacles, though."

    scene stillcalm6
    with dissolve

    no "And I hope she is right about them for that is the single most enticing thing I have ever heard about any religion."
    s "Just wait until you learn what my supposed duty would be if I were a devout follower."
    no "Oh? Would you care to educate me?"
    s "I don’t want to say it in front of Futaba. She’s still too pure."

    scene stillcalm7
    with dissolve

    f "I...I am?! "
    f "Still? "
    f "I would have figured that...you know..."
    no "Yes, Futaba...share the juicy details of what whisked away your purity out loud. Loud enough for the whole class to hear. "
    s "Or don’t. "
    s "In fact, definitely don’t. It’s been over five minutes and I have officially overstayed my welcome."

    scene black
    with dissolve

    no "What welcome? You know you’re welcome here any time, Sensei."
    s "I am honoring Yasu’s premonition and only sticking around for a little while today. After that, you’re all on your own. Or...at least under Imani’s supervision."
    s "That said, Yasu- back to your seat."
    ya "Okay. Thank you for being with me, Sensei. I was entirely unworthy of your protection, yet received it anyway."
    ya "I can hardly even hear any whispers about the bad thing anymore."
    s "That’s great news. Anyway, goodbye everyone. It’s been-"
    no "Wait one second, Sensei. Don’t you think {i}I{/i} need a little protection too? It’s not fair if only Yasu gets some, is it?"
    f "What would you need protection for? "
    f "You haven't been groping Makoto again, have you?"
    s "Okay, I’m suddenly interested in staying."

    "I follow Nodoka and Futaba over to their seats on the side of the room, both surprised and {i}un{/i}surprised to hear about Nodoka’s {i}second{/i} sexual violation over the last 24 hours."
    "The two of them pick up exactly where they left off before I wandered into class late and proceed with the conversation as if I’m not extremely turned on by the thought of it."

    scene stillcalm8
    with dissolve2

    no "I’ll try to keep this short seeing as Sensei is likely extremely turned on by the thought of it-"

    "Yeah, I should have seen that coming."

    no "But yes. I {i}have{/i} been groping Makoto again and it has been very fun for both of us."
    s "It has?"
    f "I...don’t think it has. I’m pretty sure Makoto isn’t bisexual."
    no "You don’t need to be bisexual in order to enjoy the sensation of the sex you’re not interested in exploring your body."
    f "I’m pretty sure...that’s exactly what you need to be bisexual for."
    no "Well, either way, Makoto isn’t the type to put a hit out on me over something as trivial as a little bit of dubiously consensual rubbing."

    scene stillcalm9
    with dissolve

    mak "It wasn’t {i}dubious!{/i} I told you to stop repeatedly!"
    no "Ignore her. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about."

    scene stillcalm10
    with dissolve

    no "The fact of the matter is, I have no idea who would have something against me. I just couldn’t handle the idea of being apart from Sensei for an entire day."
    no "And seeing as you always have a much better time when he’s around as well, I figured I’d try keeping him here for as long as he’s able to stay interested."

    scene stillcalm11
    with dissolve

    no "Quick, Futaba. Remove your blouse. That will keep him grounded."
    f "I am not removing anything, Nodoka. "
    no "Not even for me?"
    f "{i}Especially{/i} not for you. Stop assuming everyone is bi."
    no "I bet {i}Rin{/i} would take off her blouse for me."
    f "She has. You have literally worn her clothes."

    scene stillcalm12
    with dissolve

    no "Oh, you’re right."
    no "..."
    no "I should probably return her underwear."

    scene black
    with dissolve2

    "........."
    "......"
    "..."

    scene stillcalm13
    with dissolve2

    c "...and that’s exactly why I think you guys should have matching outfits! "
    c "They obviously don’t need to be, like...{i}identical{/i} or anything. But tons of girl-bands do it and it’s a great way to rope in fans."
    n "Yeah, but like..."
    n "We haven’t even written a song yet."
    c "So what? It doesn’t need to be {i}now.{/i} I just mean eventually."
    n "Yeah, but like..."
    n "Sana can’t even reach the bass pedal yet."

    scene stillcalm14
    with dissolve

    c "Hm..."
    c "..."
    n "..."
    c "I guess my first course of action should be finding a shorter stool then."

    play sound "slidedoor.mp3"
    scene stillcalm15
    with dissolve

    c "Oh, Yumi! You’re here earlier than normal today. How was spending the night with Chinami?"
    c "She texted me saying you were acting a little weird and-"
    y "It was great."
    y "I had a good time."

    scene stillcalm16
    with dissolve

    c "Uhh...did you? Because you seem a little out of it."
    c "If you didn’t sleep well, maybe you should head back home and get some rest. It’s not like Sensei is going to mark you absent or anything."

    scene stillcalm17
    with dissolve

    c "Besides, Imani has been fending off Kirin all day, so she probably won’t even notice you’re-"
    y "Sorry. Hold that thought."

    scene stillcalm18
    with dissolve

    c "Umm...Yumi?"
    n "Uhh..."
    n "Chika?..."
    n "I’ve got a really bad feeling about this."

    scene stillcalm19
    with fade

    f "And...what about for this one? Is it the same thing?"
    no "Correct. You have to figure out the values to make the denominator equal to zero. After that, it’s just rewriting the fraction and canceling out any like factors."
    no "Did Sensei really never teach you this? What has he been doing the whole year?"
    f "Sleeping..."
    f "And flirting..."
    f "And sleeping..."
    no "Wow. What a life."
    y "Good morning, Einstein."

    scene stillcalm20
    with dissolve

    no "Uh-oh."
    f "Oh. Good morning, Yumi. Do you need any help with the math homework that-"

    scene stillcalm21
    with dissolve

    y "Sure! Could you give me just one second, though? There’s something I’ve gotta take care of first."
    f "What?..."
    f "Why are you-"
    no "It’s been nice knowing you, Futaba. Please remember me as the girl who taught you how to properly handle rational expressions."

    stop music
    play sound "static.mp3"
    scene stillcalm22
    with flash
    stop sound
    with hpunch
    play music "thingsthathurt.mp3"

    y "You think this is a fucking joke?!"
    y "You think you can just walk all over people like that?! "
    f "Yumi, stop! Leave her alone!"
    y "You happy you took shit into your own hands?! Was it worth it?! Was it fucking worth it?!"
    o "What’s...wait, is that Nodoka down there?! What the fuck happened?!"
    ima "Senpai! We’ve got a bit of a situation over here! "
    s "..."
    y "You think I’m a fucking joke?! That I deserve shit like that because of what I’ve done in the past?!"
    y "You think I don’t fucking regret it?!"
    y "Fuck you! Fuck you, fuck you, fuck you!"
    mo "Kendo Princess! Attack formation! The only one who can defeat the demon lord is you!"
    c "Yumi?!?! What the fuck are you doing?! Get off of her!"
    y "Eat shit and fucking die! No one embarrasses me like that! No one!"

    play sound "static.mp3"
    scene stillcalm23
    with flash
    stop sound

    f "Oh my God...Oh my God..."
    r "What happened?! I didn’t even realize Yumi walked in!"
    o "This..."
    o "This isn't because Nodoka stood up for Futaba in class a while back, is it?..."
    o "Is that seriously all it takes to set this girl off?"
    ima "Senpai! Why are you just standing there?! What are you doing?!"

    play sound "static.mp3"
    scene stillcalm24
    with flash
    stop sound
    with hpunch

    y "I told you I’d fucking kill you, didn’t I?! I fucking...told you!"
    mi "Jesus, Yumi! Give the damn girl a break! Ain’t she had enough?!"
    y "No! There’s never...too much for...people like her!"
    y "People who...get a rise out of...hurting others!"
    r "Oh, yeah. That’s rich. Yumi calling people out for hurting others. "
    o "What the fuck has Nodoka ever done to anyone?"
    f "Yumi! Stop it! Please!"
    ki "Is she unconscious? It doesn’t even look like she’s moving anymore."
    mi "Hang in there, Nodoka! We’re all rootin’ for ya! Even if...ya might be dead already!"
    y "I fucking hope she is! She deserves it! She fucking deserves it! She fucking deserves-"

    play sound "static.mp3"
    scene stillcalm25
    with flash
    stop sound

    ima "Okay! That’s enough of that! You’re done!"
    t "Bullying will not be tolerated. You are lucky you are leaving here with your life."
    y "Let me go! Let me go! I ain’t fuckin’ done yet! "
    mak "I’m so disappointed in you, Yumi...it really seemed like you were getting better..."
    y "Fight me back, you cunt! Fight me the fuck back! Now’s your fucking chance!"
    ki "Now {i}would{/i} be her chance if you didn’t knock her the fuck out already. That was barely even a fight."
    mi "Yeah...Yumi just straight up tried to kill Nodoka when all she was doin’ was helpin’ Futaba study. I saw the whole thing."
    a "If only Ayane was here today. She could have taken Yumi. Right, Maya?"
    m "Please don’t get me involved in this. I would very much like to avoid saying anything that may paint a target on {i}my{/i} back as well."
    y "Get the fuck up, you bitch! We’re not done! We’re not even close to done, you hear me?!"
    y "I’ll fucking kill you! "
    y "{b}I will fucking kill you!{/b}"

    scene black
    with dissolve2

    "Imani and Tsuneyo manage to pull Yumi back to her feet and lock her arms behind her back so she can’t wreak any further havoc."
    "As for why I remained inactive..."
    "Well, you probably already know."
    "I {i}understand{/i} what Nodoka did."
    "I was {i}there{/i} for it."
    "But it’s not like I can come out and say anything about it because that would make me complicit."
    "The fact that I was there and didn’t do anything to stop it makes me almost as bad as her."
    "It’s just a shame that it won’t look that way to anyone but the three of us..."
    "And that Yumi’s delinquent persona, which she’d been slowly chipping away at over time, is suddenly covered with a {i}new{/i} layer of stone, even harder than the one before it."
    "I remain unmoving, experiencing the secondhand fallout of lecherous misdeeds, still in disbelief that something like this will ever happen to me."
    "Not because I don’t deserve it, though."
    "But because I’m far too powerful to be brought down by a single teenage girl-"
    "And much more used to bringing them to their knees instead."
    "........."
    "......"
    "..."

    scene stillcalm26
    with dissolve2

    s "..."
    y "..."
    ima "You really weren’t kidding when you said you were leaving the class to {i}me{/i} today, huh?"
    ima "We’re lucky Tsuneyo was around. Because with you deciding to turn into a statue at the worst possible time, I would have been left to fend for myself without her. And this girl is fucking strong, dude."
    ima "Why didn’t you help? You could have pulled her off by yourself."
    s "I-"
    y "Does it fucking matter? You got me off of her. Now just take me down to the principal’s office so I can get expelled or whatever."
    y "I’m done with this shit anyway."

    scene stillcalm27
    with dissolve

    ima "Hah...yeah. I guess now probably isn’t the best time to talk about this. "
    ima "I don’t know if you’re going to get {i}expelled{/i} for this, Yumi...But, at the very least, I doubt you’ll be coming here for a while."
    y "Best news I’ve heard all fuckin’ year."
    t "How many more people will be hurt under your supervision?"
    t "You should be ashamed of yourself."
    s "That’s-"

    scene stillcalm28
    with dissolve

    c "Yumi! What the fuck was that?!"
    c "You were doing so well! You apologized to Futaba! You joined a club on your own! I was so proud of you!"
    c "But...this?!"
    c "How can I be proud of {i}this?!{/i}"
    c "What if something like this happens around Chinami?! What if you decide to snap when I’m not around?! Then what?!"

    scene stillcalm29
    with dissolve

    y "Please..."
    y "Just take me to the fucking office already..."
    c "Yumi..."
    ima "You heard her, Tsuneyo. Let’s get our little prisoner to the principal’s office and hope Sensei has a damn good excuse when we make it back to the classroom."

    scene black
    with dissolve2

    "........."
    "......"
    "..."

    scene stillcalm30
    with dissolve2

    n "Nodoka...you doing okay? I’ve got a whole stash of painkillers in my bag and you look like you could use...a few hundred of them."
    mi "Get up slowly. And if ya feel like yer fallin’ asleep, do your best to...not do that. Wouldn’t be surprised if ya had a concussion at this rate."
    ki "Straight up, I seriously thought you were going to die. So kudos to you for actually living through that."
    no "Heh..."
    no "Heheheh..."
    ki "..."
    ki "Is she seriously laughing right now?"
    mi "Could be brain damage. Wouldn’t be surprised with how many times she got clocked on the head."
    n "I don’t have any pills for that, but ibuprofen works for pretty much anything, so who even knows?"

    scene stillcalm31
    with fade

    o "Sensei, Rin and I are gonna take Nodoka to the nurse’s office."
    r "And, uhh...if you see Futaba...maybe try cheering her up a little? "
    r "She ran out of the room really shaken up once Nodoka started waking up and...probably went back to the dorm. But, just in case she didn’t...you know what to do."
    s "Sure, yeah."
    s "And, uhh...how are you holding up, Nodoka?"
    no "Heheh..."
    no "Heheheheh..."
    no "Sensei..."
    no "It was worth every last punch..."
    s "..."
    no "If getting hit like that...allows me to be the meat of a lesbian sandwich...I should get into fights more often..."

    scene stillcalm32
    with dissolve

    o "Okay. Tell it to the nurse, Rocky. "
    r "The nurse is actually out on Fridays, Otoha. You and I are going to have to take care of Nodoka ourselves."
    no "Wow...today keeps getting better and better..."

    scene black
    with dissolve2

    "Otoha and Rin walk Nodoka out of the classroom, leaving all of their possessions (Including one very bent pair of glasses) behind."
    "The class erupts into a fit of chatter once the door slides closed again as they all begin to discuss what could have caused this."
    "The general consensus is, unsurprisingly, that Yumi is just unhinged."
    "And that this was bound to happen sooner or later."
    "And that they’d be shocked if she’s ever allowed back in school."
    "About how no one ever really liked her anyway."
    "And about how she’s a terrible person with a fetish for tearing others down..."
    "And does what she wants whenever she wants to do it..."
    "And thinks so highly of herself that she won’t even bother showing up to school..."
    "But it’s all wrong."
    "They don’t understand her like I have begun to."
    "And the only person beside me who can actually tell them about her is too busy blocking the incessant chatter out with her hands pressed to her ears and tears streaming down her cheeks."
    "Out of my peripheral vision, I manage to find the only other silent observer in the room right now."
    "And it is at that moment when I realize just how accurate her premonition was."

    scene stillcalm33
    with dissolve2

    s "Well..."
    s "Looks like the “whispers of the world” weren’t lying."
    s "Something bad happened after all."
    s "I’m sorry for doubting you. I just didn’t-"
    ya "That wasn’t it."

    scene stillcalm34
    with dissolve

    s "What?"
    ya "That wasn’t it."

    $ renpy.end_replay()
    $ nodokaspecial20 = True

    scene black
    jump sadgirls1
...

Code that triggers this event

File: (install folder)\game\YasuEvents.rpy

Code:

...
scene calmbeforethestorm11
    with dissolve

    ya "Yes. Thank you. "
    ya "I am sorry for filling your day with these wasted words of mine that do less for your mind than the act of watching paint dry."
    s "That sounds like something you’d be into, given your tendency to stare at walls and whatnot."
    ya "I do not stare {i}at{/i} the walls. I stare {i}through{/i} them."

    scene black
    with dissolve
    play sound "dooropen.mp3"

    s "Okay. It’s time to leave."
    ya "Wait! My collar! "
    s "I’m not grabbing your collar, Yasu. It will make me look bad."

    "........."
    "......"
    "..."

    scene calmbeforethestorm12
    with dissolve2

    s "..."
    ya "..."
    s "Is the world speaking to you again?"
    ya "It speaks, but I can not discern the words."
    ya "Its tone is one of excitement...like it is anticipating what will soon befall us."
    ya "But what reason would one have to look forward to something that both sounds and feels like a bed of heated nails?"
    s "Some people just...like watching the world burn, I guess. "
    ya "The world is not who will burn. It is all of us who live inside of it that will."
    s "Well, at least we get to die together. That’s a plus, right?"
    ya "There is no death. Just-"

    scene calmbeforethestorm13
    with dissolve

    s "Oh, look. We’re here. And not a second too late."
    s "It’s been fun. But I’ll see you later, Yasu. Tell Touka that the next time she wants me to do her dirty work, she should-"

    scene calmbeforethestorm14
    with dissolve
    stop music fadeout 20.0

    ya "Wait. You have to come inside."
    s "That was not the deal."
    ya "The deal was that you will not hang around for long. You have not done any hanging at all."
    s "Does this not count as hanging?"
    ya "I am not an expert, but I don’t think it does."
    s "..."
    ya "..."
    s "Five minutes."

    scene calmbeforethestorm15
    with dissolve

    ya "Yay! Praise be!"

    scene black
    with dissolve2
    play sound "slidedoor.mp3"
    play music "10c.mp3"

    "Well, somehow or another, it looks like I have failed the only goal I put in place for myself today."
    "I slide the door open for Yasu in an attempt to let her in first. However, still being a little...uneasy about the fact that she’s about to come face to face with “the bad thing,” she clings to my arm for support."
    "And while walking into the class with anyone {i}else{/i} around my arm would probably be cause for concern, I can’t imagine it will be much of a problem with Yasu."
    "People will probably just see her without Touka and think that she needed some other body to absorb the life force of or something."

    scene calmbeforethestorm16
    with dissolve2

    f "..."
    ya "..."
    s "..."

    "Strike that."
    "If even {i}Futaba{/i} is looking at us with an air of skepticism about her, I’m sure it’s only a matter of time until someone else points this out as well."

    f "Umm..."
    s "If it helps clear the air at all, I didn’t want this either."
    s "Yasu is worried that something bad is going to happen today and...I guess she thinks I can protect her from that?"

    scene calmbeforethestorm17
    with dissolve

    f "Something bad? Like...what, exactly? It’s seemed like a mostly normal day so far."
    ya "Something that will shake the foundation of all that we know to its very core...An undeniable, horrible turn of events that will flip the world on its head, pouring all of us into the abyss in the process."
    ya "You should run while you still have the chance. You should wrap your arms around those you cherish and escape to an area outside the grasp of the sky’s mighty tendrils-"
    ya "For the moment they begin to extend in your direction, it is already too late. "
    ya "We are already doomed."
    s "So, yeah. This has been my morning so far."
    f "I’m...beginning to understand why you left Miss- Uhh...Why you left Imani in charge of the class."
    no "These...{i}tendrils{/i} that you speak of..."
    no "Can you tell me more about them?"

    $ renpy.end_replay()
    $ yasu_love += 1
    $ yasuspecial20 = True

    jump nodokaspecial20
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