189 lines
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189 lines
7.1 KiB
Plaintext
# The Iron Hollow — Chapter 1 PoC
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# Scene 2: Sara Arrives
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define sara = Character("Sara", color="#c8a882")
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define luno = Character("Luno", color="#82b4c8")
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define narrator = Character(None)
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# ── Persistent flags ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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default checkpoint_set = False
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default rewind_used = False
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default purpose_chosen = False
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default silence_chosen = False # here Sara learns that Luno asks everyone the same question
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default timer_left = 20
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default timer_max = 20
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# ── Entry point ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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label start:
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scene bg training_yard
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with fade
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"The Iron Hollow training yard sits inside a converted warehouse district. Stone walls, packed dirt, the smell of old metal and new sweat."
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"Sara takes it all in before she steps through the gate."
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show sara neutral at left
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with easeinright
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"Two people are already here. A boy against the far wall, watching nothing. And a girl near the gate — moving like she already belongs."
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show luno curious at right
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with easeinright
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"The girl notices Sara first."
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jump luno_greeting
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label luno_greeting:
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luno "You're here for the recruitment?"
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sara "Yes. Where do I register?"
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luno "The man over at that table takes your name. Then we wait."
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luno "I'm Luno. Been here a few days already — helping with the wounded from last month's job. I know how things run here if you need anything."
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"She doesn't say it like an offer. She says it like she's already taking notes."
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luno "So. Money, glory, or are you just bored?"
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jump choice_screen
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label rewind_choice:
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if not checkpoint_set:
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jump scene_continues
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show screen rewind_prompt
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menu:
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"[[ Rewind ]":
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hide screen rewind_prompt
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$ rewind_used = True
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scene black
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with dissolve
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show screen teal_wash
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"The world pulls back."
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"Colour drains to teal. Sound slows to nothing."
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hide screen teal_wash
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scene bg training_yard
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with dissolve
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show sara neutral at left
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show luno curious at right
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"Sara is standing at the choice again. Luno's question still in the air."
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jump choice_screen
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"[[ Continue ]":
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hide screen rewind_prompt
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jump scene_continues
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label choice_screen:
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menu:
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"Why are you here?"
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"[[ Create Checkpoint ]" if not checkpoint_set:
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$ checkpoint_set = True
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scene black
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with dissolve
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"A flash. Sara's hand, signing something. A contract. The ink is red."
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"It could mean anything."
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scene bg training_yard
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with dissolve
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show sara neutral at left
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show luno curious at right
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jump choice_screen
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"For the money, like anyone.":
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if rewind_used:
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jump branch_money_post_rewind
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else:
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jump branch_money
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"To find something worth doing." if not purpose_chosen:
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jump branch_purpose
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"I'd rather not say.":
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jump branch_silence
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"[[ You asked the others the same thing, didn't you. ]" if silence_chosen:
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jump branch_sharp
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label branch_money:
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sara "Same reason as everyone else, I'd assume."
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luno "Honest. I can work with that."
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show luno amused at right
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luno "Though if money's the goal, you don't look like you need it."
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sara "Looks can be misleading."
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show luno neutral at right
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luno "Sure."
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"A pause. Just a half-beat too long."
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luno "They can be."
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"She doesn't push. But her eyes stay on Sara for another moment"
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jump rewind_choice
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label branch_money_post_rewind:
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sara "Same reason as everyone else."
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luno "Sure."
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"Unremarkable. Fine."
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"But when Sara finishes speaking, Luno's eyes linger — just a half-second longer than they should."
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show luno linger at right
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"Not suspicion. Not quite. More like the feeling of reaching for something that moved."
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show luno neutral at right
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"She shakes it off. Probably nothing."
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"Sara knows it wasn't nothing."
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jump rewind_choice
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label branch_purpose:
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$ purpose_chosen = True
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sara "I'm not looking for money exactly. More... something to point myself at."
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"A beat. Something opens in Luno's expression — not warm, but something."
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show luno curious at right
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luno "Huh. That's not what I expected."
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sara "What did you expect?"
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luno "Something about honour. Or family legacy."
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show luno tilted at right
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luno "The clothes suggest a script."
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show sara pained at left
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sara "The script didn't survive."
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"She doesn't mean to say it. Too true. Too fast. Too much."
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"She can feel it land — can feel Luno actually {i}looking{/i} at her now, not just watching."
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show luno soft at right
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luno "...Yeah. I know that feeling."
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"Sara can step back. Give the safer answer. Luno will never know what she almost said."
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jump rewind_choice
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label branch_silence:
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$ silence_chosen = True
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sara "That's a fairly personal question for someone I've known thirty seconds."
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luno "Fair. I ask everyone. You don't have to answer."
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sara "...Then I won't."
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luno "That's an answer too."
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"She's not unfriendly. But Sara just became a question mark in Luno's mental ledger."
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jump rewind_choice
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label branch_sharp:
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sara "You asked him the same thing."
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"She nods toward Eron."
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sara "Before I arrived."
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"Luno goes still. Not alarmed — but recalibrating."
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show luno still at right
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luno "...You were watching from outside the gate?"
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sara "The wall has gaps."
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luno "Most people don't bother to look."
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sara "I bother."
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"A pause. Luno is weighing something."
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luno "That's either very smart or very paranoid."
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sara "Both, usually."
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"Luno laughs — a real one, short and surprised."
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show luno laugh at right
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"But her eyes are sharper now, not warmer."
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show luno sharp at right
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jump rewind_choice
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label scene_continues:
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"Before the silence can settle, footsteps at the gate."
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"Two more arrivals. The scene continues..."
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return
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# ── Screens ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
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screen rewind_prompt():
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zorder 10
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text "Rewind available":
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xalign 0.05
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yalign 0.95
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color "#4ab8b8"
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size 22
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screen teal_wash():
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zorder 20
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add Solid("#1a4a4a") alpha 0.7 |