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*[[Kenji Setou]]
*[[Kenji Setou]]
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}}HISAO: "Hurry, Lilly!"
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HISAO: "Hurry, Lilly!"


LILLY: "I'm moving as fast as I can!"
LILLY: "I'm moving as fast as I can!"
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LILLY: "Just a little afterward, yes."
LILLY: "Just a little afterward, yes."


NARRATOR: "Her tone is unusually slow and steady, her apologetic and depressed mood all the more written to her face as she tries to hide it in her voice. In the end, I can't even keep my promise of going to Tanabata with her before she leaves. I look down, seeing my face reflected in the by now lukewarm cup of neglected tea sitting in front of me. I really thought I'd left this kind of expression behind. For a while I just stare down into the still surface, trying to sort through my emotions to get at what course of action I should take, whether it be right now or in the future. But, just as before, the effort is wasted."
NARRATOR: "Her tone is unusually slow and steady, her apologetic and depressed mood all the more written to her face as she tries to hide it in her voice. In the end, I can't even keep my promise of going to Tanabata with her before she leaves."
 
<p style="text-align:center;">[[File:hisao_teacup.jpg|700px]]</p>
 
NARRATOR: "I look down, seeing my face reflected in the by now lukewarm cup of neglected tea sitting in front of me. I really thought I'd left this kind of expression behind. For a while I just stare down into the still surface, trying to sort through my emotions to get at what course of action I should take, whether it be right now or in the future. But, just as before, the effort is wasted."


NARRATOR: "I glance up to see Lilly gently sipping her cooled tea without complaint, her face drawn and shoulders slumped. She looks to be deep in thought too, a strangely cold atmosphere coming between us as we isolate ourselves to mull things over. Even as Lilly's cup slowly empties, mine remains untouched. It's a long time before I notice the rain dying down outside and the few other patrons of the Shanghai having left. The chill of the rapidly darkening evening permeates the dormitory hallways. While trudging down the corridor to my room, I see an unwelcome movement from up ahead."
NARRATOR: "I glance up to see Lilly gently sipping her cooled tea without complaint, her face drawn and shoulders slumped. She looks to be deep in thought too, a strangely cold atmosphere coming between us as we isolate ourselves to mull things over. Even as Lilly's cup slowly empties, mine remains untouched. It's a long time before I notice the rain dying down outside and the few other patrons of the Shanghai having left. The chill of the rapidly darkening evening permeates the dormitory hallways. While trudging down the corridor to my room, I see an unwelcome movement from up ahead."
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HISAO: "I... don't really want to go into it. It's late."
HISAO: "I... don't really want to go into it. It's late."


show kenji neutral
KENJI: "Okay. That's cool. If you ever want to talk about it, I'm, you know, here."
with charachange
 
KENJI: "Okay. That's cool."
 
KENJI: "If you ever want to talk about it, I'm, you know, here."


NARRATOR: "I look at him for a moment before surrendering my stern front and awkwardly scratching the back of my neck, embarrassed by my standoffish response to him."
NARRATOR: "I look at him for a moment before surrendering my stern front and awkwardly scratching the back of my neck, embarrassed by my standoffish response to him."


HISAO: "Thanks, Kenji."
HISAO: "Thanks, Kenji."
show kenji happy
with charachange


KENJI: "Hey, it's cool. That's what friends are for, right?"
KENJI: "Hey, it's cool. That's what friends are for, right?"
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HISAO: "Yeah, you're right. Um, seeya."
HISAO: "Yeah, you're right. Um, seeya."


scene bg school_dormhisao_ni
NARRATOR: "I open the door to my own dorm room and close it behind me as he quickly waves me off. The solid thud the door makes against the door frame sounds out a final call for the life I've led since coming to Yamaku. I just stand in my darkened room, fruitlessly attempting to work out what I should do from this point onwards. Just what should I do...?"
with locationchange
 
NARRATOR: "I open the door to my own dorm room and close it behind me as he quickly waves me off."
 
play sound sfx_doorslam
 
NARRATOR: "The solid thud the door makes against the door frame sounds out a final call for the life I've led since coming to Yamaku."
 
NARRATOR: "I just stand in my darkened room, fruitlessly attempting to work out what I should do from this point onwards."
 
NARRATOR: "Just what should I do...?"
 
$ renpy.music.set_volume(1.0, 0.0, channel="ambient")
stop music fadeout 2.0
 
scene black
with dissolve
 
#**************************************************************************************************
 
label en_L29: FAREWELL
 
scene bg school_scienceroom
with locationchange
 
NARRATOR: "As class ends, I simply rest my head on my hand and stare out of the window to pass the time."
 
$ renpy.music.set_volume(0.5, 0.0, channel="music")
play music music_normal fadein 2.0
 
window hide
nvl clear
nvl show dissolve
 
n "\n\nIt's been a few days since Lilly told me her plans. I haven't been to our ordinary lunchtime haunt since then, not that there would be much point."
 
n "Hanako's been busy with the newspaper club she's newly joined, and has even begun talking in class with Naomi every now and then."
 
n "Even Lilly, aside from the fact that a meeting between us would've been awkward in any case, has been run off her feet with class representative duties as the summer holidays approach."
 
n "And now, they're just about here. With the end of today's bell, the summer holidays will have begun."
 
n "\n\n\nI suppose that all I'll end up doing will be visiting my parents for the duration and lazing about my old home, now that my previous plans are entirely askew."
 
nvl clear
 
n "\n\nMeanwhile, Akira and Lilly will be en route to Scotland, to live out the rest of their lives there."
 
n "No matter how hard I try to rationalize the idea that once the summer holidays begin, my life will return to the way it was, it simply refuses to happen."
 
n "Everyone's moving on with their lives. Lilly's rejoining her family, Akira's moving up in her father's business, Hanako's gaining new friends and hobbies, and even Yuuko's moving ahead with her university aspirations."
 
n "Even I'm moving forward, in the end. With the marks I've gotten so far in Yamaku, much less after such a rocky beginning, the path to get into teaching science as a career seems straightforward."
 
n "\n\nI suppose I should at least be happy about that much, but it doesn't really seem to help."
 
$ renpy.music.set_volume(1.0, 1.0, channel="music")
 
nvl hide dissolve
nvl clear
 
window show
 
MISHA: "Hicchan~!"
 
NARRATOR: "I quickly stop my ruminating and turn to face the bubbly voice beside me, putting on the most upbeat expression I can muster."
 
show misha hips_smile at twoleft
show shizu behind_smile at tworight
with charaenter
 
NARRATOR: "As expected, Shizune stands flanking her. I have a sneaking suspicion they want something from me."
 
HISAO: "Hey Misha, Shizune. What's up?"
 
show misha hips_grin
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Well~..."
 
show misha perky_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Shicchan and I were thinking~..."
 
show misha sign_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Since we're just two poor little girls that need help with all the work we've been given just before the holidays begin~..."
 
HISAO: "Sure, I can help."
 
show misha perky_sad
with charachange
 
MISHA: "But Hicchan, we're really nee—"
 
stop music fadeout 0.2
 
show misha perky_confused
with charachange
 
MISHA: "What?"
 
NARRATOR: "I think I broke Misha."
 
show shizu behind_blank
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Even Shizune raises an eyebrow at her accomplice's shuddering stop in her tracks."
 
show misha hips_grin
with charachange
 
MISHA: "So you'll help us, Hicchan?"
 
HISAO: "I just said I would, didn't I?"
 
NARRATOR: "It's hardly like I have anything better to do. Maybe helping them with their work will help take my mind off the situation."
 
NARRATOR: "Misha seems genuinely ecstatic with my response, but Shizune's expression is clouded and difficult to read. I find myself quickly averting my eyes from her own, as it almost looks like a face of pity. No doubt, it must just be my imagination."
 
scene bg school_council
with shorttimeskip
 
play music music_daily fadein 0.5
 
NARRATOR: "This is hardly the first time I've been in the student council room. Indeed, I've found myself down here often, either to help Lilly with class rep work, or to sort out one thing or another with the Student Council itself."
 
NARRATOR: "Now, though, it's quite a different place."
 
show sc_comp:
    alpha 0.0 xalign 0.5 yanchor 0.5 ypos 0.7 subpixel True
    easein 1.0 ypos 0.5 alpha 1.0
with Pause (1.0)
 
NARRATOR: "Papers and folders are strewn across every table in the room, only a solitary little black laptop atop a single desk sticking out from the mess."
 
NARRATOR: "It looks positively ancient, and I'd guess it has been valiantly serving its task in archiving information for years and years."
 
show sc_comp:
    alpha 1.0 xalign 0.5 yanchor 0.5 ypos 0.5 subpixel True
    easeout 1.0 ypos 0.7 alpha 0.0
with Pause (1.0)
 
HISAO:de sc_comp
with None
 
HISAO: "So, what needs doing? This looks like a lot to do."
 
show misha hips_smile at twoleft
show shizu behind_frown at tworight
with charaenter
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
NARRATOR: "Shizune's expression becomes determined as she signs. It's a worrying look."
 
show misha hips_grin
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Everything, Hicchan!"
 
NARRATOR: "My worry was well placed."
 
HISAO: "Everything... you say?"
 
show shizu basic_normal
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha sign_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "What's left on the desks is what needs to be done."
 
show misha perky_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "It all needs to be digitally recorded, which is what the laptop is for."
 
HISAO: "And I'm guessing that I'll be the one doing this?"
 
show shizu behind_smile
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha hips_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Shicchan says she saw you with the computers in the library a few days ago, and that you seemed really good with them~."
 
NARRATOR: "Good with computers? I can touch-type, I guess, but it still seems like an overestimation of my skills."
 
HISAO: "I was just typing up homework..."
 
HISAO: "Wait, Shizune was watching me do that?"
 
show shizu adjust_smug
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha sign_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "One must know their allies before they can know their enemies, of course~."
 
show misha cross_grin
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Wow, that's pretty wise..."
 
NARRATOR: "For once, it's not very hard to work out who said what."
 
NARRATOR: "Nonetheless, it doesn't seem worth fighting over. Sitting at a computer doing some typing hardly seems onerous, as far as tasks to help Shizune and Misha go."
 
show shizu basic_normal
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha perky_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Besides, it will help to take your mind off things~."
 
HISAO: "Take my mind off things? Take my mind off what things?"
 
show misha perky_confused
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Misha's face goes blank as she translates this for Shizune, though the latter's response is only to glance away towards the window after briefly signing."
 
show shizu behind_blank
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha sign_smile
with charachange
 
show shizu basic_normal2
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Misha's face quickly returns to a smile as she translates back. She was confused, I guess, but Shizune is harder to pin down."
 
show misha cross_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "I was just thinking you may like to get your mind off the exams, of course~."
 
HISAO: "Either way, we may as well get into it sooner rather than later. I'll go along with you."
 
show misha hips_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "That's the spirit, Hicchan~!"
 
#hi "Even if it is, I don't really see how we're going to get all this done in one lunchtime."
 
#show misha hips_grin
#with charachange
 
#mi "Oh, that? We have next period off. Once we finish we can go home for the holidays~."
 
#hi "You managed to get off last period? But that's when all the students will be helping to pack up the tables and chairs for the term."
 
#show misha sign_smile
#with charachange
 
#show shizu behind_smile
#with charachange
 
#"As Misha translates what I say, Shizune proudly puffs her chest and gives a victorious beaming grin. It makes me wonder just how much leverage she has over our teachers."
 
#"I feel somewhat guilty over this, but we are going to be doing work of some kind, after all."
 
scene bg school_council
with shorttimeskip
 
NARRATOR: "And that's the fifth spreadsheet compiled and saved. Time for the next month's..."
 
NARRATOR: "After a little bit of fussing around, we all managed to get a bit more organized."
 
NARRATOR: "Shizune's been gathering up the loose sheets and, thankfully, sorting them into a neat pile next to me. Meanwhile, Misha's been handling the manual writing work, her girly pink pen leaving its unmistakable mark on paper after paper."
 
NARRATOR: "Once I got myself into a rhythm, this really wasn't so bad. Shizune and Misha also seem to be in the swing of things, wordlessly communicating as they go about their business with fervor."
 
NARRATOR: "I periodically glance at the sheet beside the laptop, apparently a list of student names and matching addresses, as I dutifully enter the data written on it. I don't pay a lot of attention to what I'm typing in until I reach about midway down the page."
 
NARRATOR: "Hakamichi... class 3-3... Huh. Her family home is in Saitama."
 
NARRATOR: "My idle curiosity is ended abruptly as three light taps can be heard rapping on the door."
 
show misha perky_smile:
    twoleft
    xpos 0.4
    easein 0.5 twoleft
with charaenter
 
NARRATOR: "Misha quickly skips over to check who it is, tapping Shizune's shoulder on the way past to let her companion know what's happening."
 
show misha hips_grin at twoleft
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Ah, you're here~."
 
HISAO: "Hmm? Who is it?"
 
NARRATOR: "With a slight pause to enter Shizune's data into the file along with all the others, I look up to check who's at the door."
 
stop music fadeout 0.5
 
show lilly invis:
    left
    xpos -0.2
with None
 
show bg school_council at bgright
show misha hips_grin at center
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas at left
with dissolvecharamove
 
NARRATOR: "...Lilly?"
 
NARRATOR: "After giving a cursory nod to Misha in greeting, she perks her head up in her trademark manner."
 
show lilly basic_surprised_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Is that Hisao?"
 
NARRATOR: "She's pretty darned good at working out my voice from the smallest of phrases nowadays."
 
HISAO: "Yeah, it's me. Um... hey."
 
show lilly basic_reminisce_cas
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "The atmosphere feels slightly awkward as she bows. Neither of us knows quite how intimate we should be around each other, given she's leaving in just a matter of hours."
 
NARRATOR: "This is a fact that, thankfully, neither the oblivious Misha nor the hardworking Shizune pick up on."
 
HISAO: "So... you've got work to do as well?"
 
show lilly basic_sleepy_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Unfortunately. I arrived as soon as I could, but my class held me up with a surprise farewell party, and I had to get changed."
 
NARRATOR: "I glance down at the laptop's clock. It's pretty much the end of lunchtime, so I'm guessing Lilly managed to wrangle the last period off as well."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I take it Shizune is here as well?"
 
play music music_shizune fadein 3.0
 
show shizu behind_blank at right
with charaenter
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha cross_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Of course!"
 
show shizu adjust_smug at right
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha sign_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "And I've been here during all of lunchtime as well!"
 
NARRATOR: "That last comment was really not needed. Shizune's baiting Lilly into another argument, I can feel it."
 
show lilly basic_displeased_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I'm sorry I can't be as hardworking as you, Shizune. I'll endeavor to hire more lackeys to do my work in future, I assure you."
 
NARRATOR: "And Lilly just took the bait, escalating things further."
 
show shizu basic_frown
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha hips_frown
with charachange
 
MISHA: "But aren't you the one always outsourcing work to your classmates~?"
 
show lilly basic_listen_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "The difference is that they choose to help, unlike your tyrannical grip on your own class."
 
show shizu behind_frown
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha cross_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Tyranny works~! Even if we did things differently, we still got the same results, right~?"
 
show lilly basic_displeased_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "This is school, not a police state. You will have to remind me when you were appointed class monarch, I'm afraid."
 
show shizu cross_angry
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha cross_frown
with charachange
 
MISHA: "You have to seize power, it's not as good if it's just handed to you~! But I guess you wouldn't really understand that, right~?"
 
show shizu adjust_angry
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha hips_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "You'll also have to remind me when monarchs were elected into their positions~."
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly positively bristles at this. Shizune's two-hit combo forces her onto defense."
 
show lilly basic_displeased_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Yet for all your vaunted power, you cannot get one person to help you without forcing him."
 
show shizu behind_frustrated
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha sign_smile
with charachange
 
MISHA: "But Hisao volunteered~! He's such a hard worker, he's doing this instead of meaningless socialization, right~?"
 
show lilly basic_listen_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Is that so. Hisao?"
 
NARRATOR: "Ah, this is bad. I've really ended up between a rock and a hard place."
 
NARRATOR: "As much as it may pain me to do this, the truth has at least a chance of stopping this argument here and now."
 
HISAO: "It's okay, Lilly, they didn't harass me to come or anything."
 
show lilly basic_displeased_cas
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly gives me a disapproving grimace, silently radiating her strong feelings of displeasure in my general direction."
 
NARRATOR: "She can be quite scary when she wants to be, though thankfully that isn't often."
 
show shizu cross_angry
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha hips_frown
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Hicchan, you make that sound like it's a regular occurrence~..."
 
HISAO: "It isn't?"
 
HISAO: "In the end, it doesn't matter so long as everything's getting done at a good pace. Let's just get this work over with so we can go home."
 
HISAO:de shizu
with charaexit
 
HISAO:de lilly
with charaexit
 
HISAO:de misha
with charaexit
 
NARRATOR: "Shizune snorts derisively and gets back to marking off the sheet in front of her, while Lilly sighs and finds her way along the room with her hand following the filing cabinets lined along the wall."
 
NARRATOR: "This would mark the only time I've managed to successfully defuse one of these situations, but the grudging ceasefire built around mutual fear and respect makes this feel more like the Cold War than any real peace."
 
NARRATOR: "I can't take all the credit though; Lilly's leaving has surely affected Shizune to some extent, to make her give up so easily."
 
show bg school_council at center
with charamove
 
show lilly basic_listen_cas at center
with charaenter
 
NARRATOR: "Moments before getting back to my work, I notice Lilly reaching up to grab something from above a filing cabinet. I almost offer to help, but her height gives her ample ability to take it down safely."
 
show lilly basic_displeased_cas:
    ypos 1.15
with dissolvecharamove
 
NARRATOR: "Once she sets the strangely shaped device on the desk beside me, I realize just what it is... sort of... as she takes the old green covering off and sits down."
 
show brailler:
    alpha 0.0 xalign 0.5 yanchor 0.5 ypos 0.7 subpixel True
    easein 1.0 ypos 0.5 alpha 1.0
with Pause (1.0)
 
NARRATOR: "At first glance it seems to be an old metallic blue typewriter, but it doesn't take me long to realize it's far from ordinary."
 
NARRATOR: "It has far fewer keys than expected, and those it has show no lettering printed on them. Only the shadows cast by the tiny Braille dots on them give a hint to the thing's purpose."
 
HISAO: "Blind typewriter?"
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas
with None
 
show brailler:
    alpha 1.0 xalign 0.5 yanchor 0.5 ypos 0.5 subpixel True
    easeout 1.0 ypos 0.7 alpha 0.0
with Pause (1.0)
 
HISAO:de brailler
with None
 
LILLY: "Oh, this? Well, you're not far off."
 
LILLY: "It's normally called a Perkins Brailler, but it's basically a typewriter for the blind, yes. It presses Braille into the page rather than text, which is why it has fewer keys."
 
HISAO: "Huh... that's really neat."
 
show lilly basic_cheerful_cas
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "She gives a lighthearted grin at my curiosity over it. I have to admit that it appeals to my sense of novelty."
 
HISAO:de lilly
with charaexit
 
NARRATOR: "Without further ado, we each get back to our allotted tasks. The loud clunking of the mechanics in Lilly's Brailler and the tapping of the laptop's old and weary keyboard quickly fill the room."
 
NARRATOR: "It's a nice atmosphere, really. Everyone knows what they have to do, and Lilly and I get to sit beside each other and exchange the odd word as we work away."
 
NARRATOR: "Nostalgic. That's what it feels like."
 
NARRATOR: "It's pleasant, but just slightly stained with the knowledge that our time together is nearing its end."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas:
    center
    ypos 1.15
with charaenter
 
LILLY: "Excuse me, Misha?"
 
show bg school_council at bgleft
show lilly basic_smile_cas:
    twoleft
    ypos 1.15
with charamove
 
show misha hips_smile at tworight
with charaenter
 
NARRATOR: "To properly address her, Misha bounces over from the filing cabinet she's peering into, in spite of Lilly's lack of sight. For a moment I think it strange, but then realize it's exactly what I do."
 
MISHA: "What's up?"
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Could you ask Shizune where the attendance records for class 3-2 are? I think they've been moved."
 
show misha hips_grin
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Okie dokie!"
 
HISAO:de misha
with charaexit
 
stop music fadeout 8.0
 
NARRATOR: "And with that, she flitters off to Shizune, who's working at a table behind us."
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly's familiarity with the council room, and the efficiency with which she works, remind me that she, Misha and Shizune used to all work together in the Student Council."
 
NARRATOR: "Maybe this is a fitting end for her stay in Yamaku; working away just like she used to, surrounded by those she loves and, at least, liked."
 
NARRATOR: "I look up, getting taken off-guard by Shizune sorting through a drawer, rather than Misha."
 
show shizu behind_blank at tworight
with charaenter
 
NARRATOR: "Sure enough, she plucks out a manila folder, entirely blank save for the just barely visible bumps on its front, and holds it in front of Lilly."
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly's hand flits over it to check what it is, her fingers feeling out the dots of braille and confirming it's what she asked for."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Thank you, Misha."
 
NARRATOR: "No reply."
 
show shizu behind_smile
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "No reply, that is, save for an odd grin... no... smile... on Shizune's face."
 
show ev lilly_sheets:
    truecenter
    zoom 1.05 subpixel True
    easein 10.0 zoom 1.0
with whiteout
 
NARRATOR: "A couple of seconds pass before Lilly clicks that it isn't Misha behind her, but Shizune. Her momentary look of surprise is replaced by a slightly bashful smile."
 
NARRATOR: "For a few moments, the room is all but still and silent."
 
NARRATOR: "Eventually, though, Shizune strides back to her workstation and Lilly begins typing once again."
 
NARRATOR: "It only lasted a handful of seconds in all, but it feels like years of communication were made up for in that one silent exchange."
 
scene bg school_council_ss at right
with shorttimeskip
 
play music music_tranquil fadein 3.0
 
HISAO: "There, finished."
 
NARRATOR: "I lean my head back and rub my eyes to try and work away their weariness. Staring at that small and rather poor screen's taken its toll."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_ss:
    center
    ypos 1.15
with charaenter
 
LILLY: "Excellent timing; the only thing left is to file these away and I'll have my workload finished as well."
 
HISAO: "Good. I can pack up the Brailler and put it away while you do that."
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_ss
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Thank you, Hisao."
 
HISAO: "Misha, are you and Shizune far from being done?"
 
NARRATOR: "I look around for the two as I replace the cover over the Brailler, only to see them waiting at the door. I guess they must be waiting for us."
 
scene bg school_council_ss at left
show misha hips_smile_ss at center
show shizu behind_blank_ss at right
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_ss at left
with shorttimeskip
 
NARRATOR: "With a minimum of wasted time, we file and pack up everything that remains and join them."
 
HISAO: "Thanks for waiting, you two."
 
show misha hips_grin_ss
with charachange
 
MISHA: "We couldn't just take off without you, Hicchan, you've been a great help!"
 
show shizu behind_smile_ss
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Shizune nods approvingly, pleased with my efforts."
 
HISAO: "I guess... that's the last class representative work done and over with, then."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_ss
with charachange
 
LILLY: "That's right."
 
show misha perky_sad_ss
with charachange
 
MISHA: "I'll miss you, Lilly. I think it was fun working with you."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ss
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Thank you, Misha. It's been good working with you... and Shizune."
 
show shizu basic_normal_ss
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Shizune thinks for a moment before formulating her response. It's not that she often communicates without thinking, quite the opposite, but this time it's even more considered than usual."
 
show shizu adjust_smug_ss
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha perky_confused_ss
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Misha looks a little surprised before passing on the message."
 
show misha hips_smile_ss
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Shizune says... you'd better do your work over there better than you did it here."
 
show lilly basic_giggle_cas_ss
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Far from taking offense, Lilly giggles into her hand."
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_ss
with charachange
 
LILLY: "If that's the case, then please tell Shizune to give those still here a little more understanding in the future."
 
NARRATOR: "Competitive until the last. Maybe Shizune and Lilly aren't so different after all."
 
show shizu behind_smile_ss
with charachange
 
SHIZUNE: "..."
 
show misha hips_grin_ss
with charachange
 
MISHA: "Shicchan says that she'll be checking to make sure you live up to your end of the promise."
 
show lilly basic_cheerful_cas_ss
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Then that's how it will be."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_ss
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I'd better be off, then. Goodbye, Shizune. Goodbye, Misha."
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_close_ss
with characlose
 
LILLY: "Hisao?"
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly takes a hold of my arm in hers, there being no need for a cane if I'm here to guide her. With a nod of farewell to the two, we set off out the door and make our way to the school grounds."
 
NARRATOR: "As I turn to wave goodbye to them, I notice Shizune's gaze lingering on Lilly. They may annoy each other, but family bonds aren't easily broken."
 
scene bg school_courtyard_ss
with locationskip
 
HISAO: "Got all your papers sorted, then?"
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_ss at center
with charaenter
 
LILLY: "Yes, they've all been filled out and handed in."
 
HISAO: "On top of things as always, aren't you?"
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ss
with charachange
 
stop music fadeout 4.0
 
NARRATOR: "She gives an earnest smile at the compliment, but it feels as if her happiness is just a veneer over the fact that she's fully aware of how much she's leaving behind."
 
NARRATOR: "It reminds me of how she was like when I first met her; always smiling, always that little bit aloof, always that little distance away from everybody."
 
NARRATOR: "Even now, she still maintains that air around many others, especially those she's not close to. I had hoped that our time together would have changed that fact."
 
scene bg school_gardens_ss
with locationchange
 
NARRATOR: "Our pace slows, the two of us coming to a halt in the all but empty school gardens."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ss at center
with charaenter
 
LILLY: "Hisao? Is something the..."
 
play music music_comfort
 
show lilly basic_surprised_cas_close_ss
with vpunch
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly's words are cut short as I turn and wrap my arms around her, pulling her tight. I may not usually be given to such impulsive actions, but I just want to be close to her, even if it's the last time I'll be able to."
 
NARRATOR: "All the other students have retreated to their dormitories and homes, only the ruffling of leaves in the breeze making any sound whatsoever."
 
show ev lilly_touch_cas
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "As I draw back, I can see she has dropped her carefully maintained smile."
 
NARRATOR: "Her hand hesitates, wanting neither to leave nor to stay on my features."
 
NARRATOR: "She is putting up a brave show, but her slight trembling gives her away. Lilly may be able to control herself well, but even she can't hold her composure together now."
 
NARRATOR: "This is the woman I've come to love, but also the one who in all too short a time will leave the country forever."
 
LILLY: "I'm sorry, Hisao."
 
HISAO: "It's okay. You've got your own life to lead, after all."
 
scene bg school_girlsdormhall
with shorttimeskip
 
NARRATOR: "We walk up the hallway in the girls' dormitory hand in hand, our emotions by now largely quelled. Nevertheless, our hands grip each other's much more tightly than before."
 
NARRATOR: "Faint, muffled voices can be heard from Lilly's room, the origins of which aren't difficult to guess."
 
scene bg school_dormlilly
 
show hanako invis at tworight
show lilly invis at twoleft
with locationchange
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas at twoleft
show hanako emb_downsad:
    xpos 0.4 xanchor 0.5
with dissolvecharamove
 
show lilly basic_surprised_cas
with vpunch
 
NARRATOR: "The moment she opens the door, Hanako bursts through and wraps her arms around Lilly, taking her very obviously by surprise."
 
HANAKO: "Lilly! Lilly!"
 
show lilly basic_oops_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Ha-Hanako...?"
 
show hanako emb_downtimid
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "I'm going to miss you... Lilly..."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "As expected, she's on the verge of tears. Lilly gently rubs Hanako's hair with her hand in response, then pulls back and gives a warm, reassuring smile."
 
show akira invis:
    right
    ypos 1.15
with None
 
show akira basic_lost at right
with dissolvecharamove
 
NARRATOR: "Looking beyond Hanako, Akira can be seen getting up from the side of Lilly's bed and scratching her head."
 
show akira basic_smile
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Her eyes turn from Lilly and Hanako to me, a stilted, weak smile hanging on her face. I try to return a more genuinely happy look, but the result is probably just the same."
 
show akira basic_boo
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "So, everything set? Managed to hold back from killing Shizune?"
 
show lilly basic_giggle_cas
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "The comment draws an amused giggle from her sister."
 
LILLY: "Yes, I have everything in order, and yes, I managed not to. Have you packed everything you need?"
 
show akira basic_smile
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "Got the two bags right here, but there's still some stuff left at the Hakamichis' home. I can pick that up while we wait there for tomorrow evening's flight, though."
 
NARRATOR: "Akira gives the two large black traveling bags on the floor a hearty pat. She probably came to help pack and make sure everything was in order on Lilly's end, before going together with her."
 
show hanako cover_worry at center
with dissolvecharamove
 
HANAKO: "Lilly... will you be okay... over there?"
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I'll be all right, I assure you. I'll have Akira looking after me as well, and you know that she's reliable."
 
show hanako basic_worry
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "But..."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Don't worry, Hanako. I have your phone number after all, so we can stay in touch. With Akira's help, I could send you things over the Internet as well."
 
show akira basic_boo
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "Hey, don't use me just because you won't learn how to use a computer."
 
show lilly basic_giggle_cas
show hanako basic_smile
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Hanako and Lilly both giggle briefly, the mood lightening ever so little."
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas
with charachange
 
LILLY: "That goes for you too though, Hisao. I promise I'll contact you once I'm in Scotland."
 
HISAO: "I know. I'll be looking forward to it."
 
NARRATOR: "Her offer may be kind, but we both know that this is tantamount to breaking up. Neither of us has any illusions as to how well we'd manage a long-distance relationship."
 
NARRATOR: "With nary a word of prompting, the four of us begin the long, solemn walk to the school gate."
 
scene bg school_gate_ni at bgleft
with shorttimeskip
 
NARRATOR: "The numerous lamps scattered around the Yamaku grounds fail to do much more than provide pinpoints of light in an otherwise dense darkness."
 
NARRATOR: "A car parked on the road just outside the school grounds comes into view, its shining black exterior reflecting the dimly lit lamps of Yamaku. I call out to Akira in an effort to alleviate a bit the heavy atmosphere."
 
HISAO: "That your car? What kind is it?"
 
show akira basic_smile_ni at center
with charaenter
 
AKIRA: "Don't know much about cars, do you? It's a Lancer Evo. Solid and speedy."
 
NARRATOR: "Well, it's not as if her comment on my knowledge is off the mark. I've never really taken an interest in them."
 
show akira basic_resigned_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "She gives a small sigh."
 
show akira basic_lost_ni
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "She's been good. Pity I have to part with it tomorrow, just like the summerhouse. You guys were the last to visit it before it changed hands."
 
NARRATOR: "Turning back from my rather faulty attempt at smalltalk, I glance at Hanako and Lilly, following behind us."
 
show akira basic_lost_ni at tworight
show bg school_gate_ni at center
with charamove
 
show hanako emb_downtimid_ni:
    xpos 0.4 xanchor 0.5
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ni at twoleft
with charaenter
 
NARRATOR: "By rights, Hanako should be leading Lilly, but it's rather definitely the other way around as she clings tightly to Lilly's arm."
 
NARRATOR: "It's a depressing sight."
 
show akira basic_resigned_ni
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "So... I guess this is it."
 
show lilly basic_reminisce_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Indeed."
 
NARRATOR: "Although the time for everyone to say their farewells is now, nobody really wants to take the first step. It's as if the longer nobody speaks, the better the chances of them simply not leaving."
 
show hanako emb_downsad_ni
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "Lilly... do you really have to go?"
 
show lilly basic_concerned_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I'm sorry, Hanako. I won't be leaving you forever, though; I can still call you. Hisao will still be here as well."
 
NARRATOR: "I nod, but Hanako just clutches all the tighter to Lilly's arm."
 
NARRATOR: "After spending so long without anyone to call family, it must be excruciating to have to say goodbye to the one person that was as close to a mother as anyone could have been in her life."
 
show lilly basic_sad_cas_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly lets out a long, sad breath. All Akira and I can really do is stand by quietly on the sidelines, since the only person that can solve this would be Lilly herself."
 
NARRATOR: "Eventually, Lilly pulls her arm from Hanako's grip and holds both of her shoulders gently, a much more decisive way of address than I've ever seen Lilly take with her."
 
show lilly basic_reminisce_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Hanako, remember when we first met?"
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "When you entered my room for the first time after overhearing my consoling of a friend, you didn't say a single word for the entire night. Even as I poured you tea and talked, you sat silently and simply listened to what I said."
 
LILLY: "It took many quiet meetings like that before you began to open up to me, but as you began to, I felt some of the happiest moments I've ever felt."
 
show lilly basic_sleepy_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I didn't become your friend because I pitied you, Hanako. I became your friend because I knew you were hiding not just from me, but from everyone."
 
LILLY: "Your ambitions, personality, interests, tastes... I didn't know any of them, and neither did anybody else."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "As you showed yourself to me though, I began to realize the person that you were, and became sure that our meeting was a very special moment."
 
show hanako emb_blushtimid_ni
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "But I..."
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly cuts her words short as she brings her hand to Hanako's head and brushes her fringe to the side, gently pressing her lips to Hanako's forehead."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "As she pulls her head back, leaving Hanako all but speechless and her eyes moist, Lilly beams a wide smile."
 
LILLY: "I believe you are a very beautiful person, Hanako, and I am certain that you will become a strong and confident woman."
 
LILLY: "You are a very dear friend, and someone whom I love very much. Just like Hisao, I will never forget you for as long as I live."
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "I may be leaving, but you have your own life here to lead. Just as I do, you have your own friends and hobbies, and your own hopes after graduation. I want you to devote yourself to them, even after I'm not around any more."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "That is why I think you will be okay. Because you are your own self, with your own life. You yourself proved that to me."
 
show hanako emb_downtimid_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Hanako lowers her head in embarrassment, but nods as she does so."
 
HANAKO: "I... I understand..."
 
HANAKO: "I know I have to say goodbye... I know you have to go your own way..."
 
show hanako emb_smile_ni
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "But... thank you, Lilly. For everything."
 
show lilly basic_reminisce_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Thank you, Hanako. Will you be okay?"
 
NARRATOR: "There are a few seconds of silence before the answer comes."
 
show hanako cover_smile_ni
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "I will."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly smiles, undoubtedly at least partly in relief."
 
show lilly basic_smileclosed_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "That makes me very happy, then. Goodbye."
 
show hanako basic_bashful_ni
with charachange
 
HANAKO: "Goodbye... Lilly."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "And farewell to you as well, Hisao."
 
HISAO: "Goodbye. I'll miss you."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_close_ni
with characlose
 
NARRATOR: "She pauses for a moment before walking up to me. Her right hand, outstretched in front of her, takes a hold of my shoulder."
 
NARRATOR: "Her left hand slowly and daintily reaches towards my face, taking my cheek in her palm."
 
show lilly basic_smile_cas_close_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "For a while she simply holds my face, her fingers just slightly moving to take in its contours. Usually her hand would be warm when doing such a thing, but the night air's given her skin a cool edge."
 
NARRATOR: "I'm not sure how long we stay like this, her clouded eyes pointed just below my own as she wears a wistful, almost distant smile. Eventually, though, I take her cold hand in mine."
 
NARRATOR: "It's difficult to do so, but with a slight sigh I gently remove her hand from my cheek."
 
HISAO: "I hope you have a long and happy life, Lilly, no matter where you might go."
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_close_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Thank you. I'll make sure to."
 
NARRATOR: "She takes a long, trembling breath before turning slightly towards Akira's direction."
 
show lilly back_sad_cas_close_ni at twoleft
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Akira..."
 
show akira basic_lost_ni
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "Okay."
 
show hanako basic_bashful_ni at left
show lilly back_sad_cas_ni at center
show bg school_gate_ni at right
with dissolvecharamove
 
NARRATOR: "With a nod, she takes Lilly's hand and begins to guide her to the car parked outside the gates. They both walk slowly and deliberately, as if their movements had been rehearsed in advance."
 
NARRATOR: "It's strange to feel like this now, watching somebody leave Yamaku. The feeling of unease I have now reminds me of the first time I walked through those black wrought iron gates, that always looked far too pompous for what they were."
 
NARRATOR: "As they leave, all of us know full well that our lives are irreversibly changing. I'd always told myself that I just have to take life as it comes, but everything's changing so fast, so suddenly."
 
NARRATOR: "In the end, Lilly's an irreplaceable part of the lives of both Hanako and I."
 
NARRATOR: "The noise of Akira opening the passenger door for Lilly brings me out of my thoughts, her hand waving back as Lilly gets in."
 
show akira basic_smile_ni
with charachange
 
AKIRA: "Seeya guys! Take care of yourselves!"
 
show lilly basic_weaksmile_cas_ni
with charachange
 
LILLY: "Goodbye Hanako, goodbye Hisao!"
 
show hanako cover_smile_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "Hanako's hand quickly shoots up, her face brightened by her enthusiastic farewell."
 
HANAKO: "Goodbye Lilly! Goodbye!"
 
HISAO: "See you, Akira, and goodbye Lilly!"
 
HISAO:de lilly
HISAO:de akira
with charaexit
 
NARRATOR: "The door shuts as we all put on our best happy farewell faces, Akira getting in the car herself and starting it up in short measure."
 
NARRATOR: "Lilly's hand can just be seen waving through the tinted windows, both of our hands waving high as well."
 
NARRATOR: "Just as every other time I've done such things, I can't quite work out precisely why I, or Hanako, wave to her given that she'd never see us doing so. But it doesn't matter."
 
NARRATOR: "Even after that black, shiny car goes down the hill and disappears into the dark night, we carry on waving and seeing Akira and Lilly off."
 
stop music fadeout 5.0
 
NARRATOR: "And then... they're gone."
 
show bg school_gate_ni at center
show hanako basic_normal_ni at center
with dissolvecharamove
 
NARRATOR: "A strange stillness takes over as our hands return to our sides."
 
NARRATOR: "I don't quite know what I should do or how I should feel. In the end, we just stand there silently staring down at where the car disappeared from sight."
 
HANAKO: "Goodbye... Lilly."
 
show hanako basic_normal_close_ni
with characlose
 
NARRATOR: "All I can do in response to her quiet, mournful goodbye is to place a hand on her shoulder."
 
show hanako basic_distant_close_ni
with charachange
 
NARRATOR: "She looks at me for a few moments before looking back down the hill, secure in the knowledge that I'm still around for her."
 
NARRATOR: "What we'll do from now doesn't seem all that uncertain. We all have our own ambitions now, just as Lilly said."
 
NARRATOR: "But even so, it feels like there's a certain missing part in both of our lives now. Something that can never be replaced."
 
# Bad End means the path ends here
window hide Dissolve(1.0)
$ suppress_window_before_timeskip = True
 
scene black
with Dissolve(2.0)
 


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