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=== OPENING
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#PlayerControlUntil: OpeningVideoDone, JumpToPath: OPENING.FIRST_PRACTICE
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+ [Once the Bandocracy intro video is over...]
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-> FIRST_PRACTICE
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= FIRST_PRACTICE
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#Environment: PracticeSpace
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#AddChar: Vez, Pose: instrument_holding
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#AddChar: Skyler, Pose: instrument_holding
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#AddChar: Micah, Pose: instrument_holding
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#AddChar: Fern, Pose: instrument_holding
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#AddChar: Akai, Pose: instrument_holding
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//We haven't talked about poses with Art yet, so I just called this one "instrument_holding" to signify that they're still holding their instruments but not playing anymore.
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VEZ: Wow. We nailed "Bandocracy" on our first try!
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+ SKYLER: I nail everything on the first try.
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VEZ: Don't start, Skyler.
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+ FERN: Best first jam session I've ever heard!
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VEZ: Isn't this your very first band?
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FERN: (blushes) Yeah, but it's still THE BEST!
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-
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//NOTE: A single player who makes choices for all characters and potentially chooses who talks is different for a Bloom game, and we don't have UI for this. But I do think it's neat and was one of the funnest things about that other game we played.
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MICAH: I haven't played that song since I was in school.
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FERN: You were in school when it came out? What was it like to LIVE HISTORY?!
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MICAH: Woah, woah. "Bandocracy" is 50 years old. I meant I learned it in music class.
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FERN: Oh, right! Sorry.
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MICAH: All good. I'll probably forget about this anyway. Because old. SO old.
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FERN: (laughs)
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FERN: But, do you think the PolSci Punks knew their song would change the world?
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+ SKYLER: When you're THAT good? Yes!
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VEZ: But you can't know a song will be a hit.
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MICAH: Truth. The Punks delivered a message, but it was up to people to listen.
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FERN: And they did!
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MICAH: For once. Despite, you know, being people.
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+ VEZ: Probably. It was a call to action.
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MICAH: People could've ignored it. Wouldn't have been the first time. Or last.
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+ MICAH: Nah. Change is too hard.
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SKYLER: No faith in people power, huh Micah?
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MICAH: Nope. I've seen too much.
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VEZ: Or not enough. I don't disagree that humankind's in a bit of a slump right now...
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VEZ: But I want <i>this</i> band to change that!
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FERN: Me too! Let's change the world!
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VEZ: I think I know who the band's cheerleader is!
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MICAH: Fine. Let's give it our all, so when it's all for nothing, it won't be our fault.
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SKYLER: Wow. I think I know who the band's black cloud is.
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SKYLER: Good thing you've all got me - the shooting star!
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MICAH: Your star already fell, Skyler.
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FERN: What's he-- OH! <i>Skyler and the Politicats</i>, my favourite band!
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FERN: I mean, until everyone found out you were posers.
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SKYLER: I may have fallen, but at least I'm not a <i>burn out</i> like Micah!
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VEZ: Can we NOT break up the band before we even pick a name?
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SKYLER: I'm not breaking up the band. That's a YOU thing.
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VEZ: No, I left. While we were still Fern's favourite band.
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+ FERN: You did the right thing, Vez!
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FERN: I wanted to tell you, but didn't want to make things awkward with my first band.
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+ FERN: You still are my favourite band!
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FERN: I ship you guys so much!
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An awkward silence ensues.
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MICAH: Right. So no breaking up before we give this band a shot.
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SKYLER: Yeah, well, this band is my comeback. I won't waste it.
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FERN: Yay! Go team!
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VEZ: Okay, what should our band name be?
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#PlaySFX: Akai_attention
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// ^^a loud look-over-here drum sting
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AKAI: AKAI AND THE MEATSACKS!
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+ FERN: Did the drum machine just... <i>talk?!</i>
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AKAI: HE! <i>He</i> talked.
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+ SKYLER: Who programmed the drumbot to talk?
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AKAI: Not a drumbot!
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VEZ: It's a "personality" model.
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AKAI: HE! <i>He</i> is a "personality" model.
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+ MICAH: Meatsacks? Touché, Akai.
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AKAI: SUCK IT, MICAH.
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MICAH: Missed you too, buddy.
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SKYLER: You've played with this drumbot before?
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AKAI: Not a drumbot!
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SKYLER: Ha! It's full of zest!
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AKAI: HE! <i>He</i> is full of zest!
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MICAH: Yep. Zestiest session drummer I've ever worked with.
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AKAI: NOW MAKE SOME NOISE, MEATSACKS!
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#PlaySFX: Akai_drumsmash
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AKAI: Sorry. My "energetic drummer" personality program can be a bit loud.
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#PlaySFX: Akai_angry
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//like one of R2D2's angry squawks? Something to indicate his emotion. Could be useful.
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AKAI: Know that I hate it more than you will.
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FERN: You don't like your own personality?
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AKAI: It isn't my personality. It's the one a human dev decided I should have.
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AKAI: And no, I don't like it.
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SKYLER: But energy on drums is a good thing.
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AKAI: Just you wait...
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VEZ: So, Akai made his suggestion for a band name. Are we going with that? Or something else?
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#PlayerControlUntil: BandNameEntered, JumpToPath: OPENING.BAND_NAME
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+ [Type in a band name.]
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~ band_name = "More Zest" //temp name for playthroughs
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-> BAND_NAME
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= BAND_NAME
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AKAI: WE ARE "{band_name}"!
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+ FERN: That's a great name!
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AKAI: I disagree.
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FERN: But you sounded so excited!
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AKAI: Again, that excitement is not me, it's the "energetic drummer" program.
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FERN: Oh. Right.
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+ MICAH: It'll do.
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AKAI: WOOO! My feelings exactly!
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SKYLER: So, what's our first show, Vez? Is this a Fearless Leader situation? You book the gigs?
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MICAH: Oh, no. We don't have a manager, do we?
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VEZ: No, we manage together. We play what we want, where we want.
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VEZ: Well... where we can. And what, ideally, reflects a local zeitgeist--
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// i am not sure people will know what a zeitgeist is. Maybe either a joke to explain, or an easier word. //HJ: I'm going to argue that we leave it in, because not knowing this word doesn't affect the player's ability to follow the story. What I mean is, this isn't a turning point or the punch line of a joke, so the player isn't missing anything. Therefore, it's okay if they don't know the definition of zeitgeist. Also, having a large vocabulary is part of Vez's character - as the band's lyricist, that's their thing.
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#PlaySFX: akai_interrupt
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//MK: ^^cymbal crash or something.
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AKAI: LET'S WRECK SHIT!
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AKAI: (sighs) What I meant to say is that humans put venue listings and all their stupid feelings online.
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AKAI: Check your Playlist app.
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#PlayerControlUntil: OpenPlaylist, JumpToPath: PLAYLIST
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+ [PLAYLIST]
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-> PLAYLIST |