[(set: $name to (prompt: "Please enter your name", ""))]**I opened the door to Roy's office.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Hi, Roy. Are you busy?](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
Not for you. What’s up?](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part1]]](stop:)](live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[](stop:)](print: $name):
Great! I want to talk to you about your latest photos.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
Oh? What about them?](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
They look different from your usual work.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
There’s more lighting in your pictures, making them more lively.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part2]]](stop:)](print: $name):
But the angles are sharper, making everything in the picture also feel confined.
(live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
It’s a little confusing actually.](stop:)]
(live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
“Confusing” huh?](stop:)]
(live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
Sounds about right.](stop:)]
(live: 9s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part3]]](stop:)](print: $name):
What do you mean?
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
N-nothing. I just wanted to try something new.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Why’s that?](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part4]]](stop:)]Roy:
It’s...(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[it’s hard to explain.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Oh I get it.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Too hard to explain professional photography to a pencil pushing journalist.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part5a]]](stop:)]Roy:
...
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Anyways, I’ll stop bothering you and get back to work.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**I put my hand on the door knob to open it.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part6]]](stop:)]**I pulled at the door but it didn't budge.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
What if...](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**I looked up to find Roy's hand leaning against it.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
...my pictures are having a hard time figuring themselves out?](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
What do you mean?](stop:)]
(live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part7]]](stop:)]Roy:
I’m realizing how lighting can make pictures more...(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[lively.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
How they can incite more emotions.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
But I’m so unfamiliar with these emotions.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part8]]](stop:)]Roy:
Maybe that’s why they also look confined.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
Maybe that’s why my pictures seem so confused.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
I don’t know how to handle this feeling...](stop:)](live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[with the lighting.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part9]]](stop:)](print: $name):
...
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[["We're not talking about photography anymore, are we?"->NotPhotography]]](stop:)]
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[["Maybe get a new camera?"->NewCamera]]](stop:)]
(print: $name):
We’re not talking about photography anymore are we?
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
No, we’re not.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part10]]](stop:)](print: $name):
Maybe get a new camera?
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
It’s not so much the camera...](stop:)](live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[but the person behind it](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part10]]](stop:)]Roy:
This is about how **I’ve** been feeling.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
About what?](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
About you.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part11]]](stop:)](print: $name):
M-me?!
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
You’ve brought light into my life.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
Like a beam of sunshine piercing through clouds of cynicism I’ve formed to protect myself.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part12]]](stop:)](print: $name):
Roy, I...
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
It’s bringing all these new feelings in me I never thought I had.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Roy:
I don’t want to feel confined anymore, (print: $name).](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
I...I…](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part13]]](stop:)]
**I panicked and pushed Roy’s hand off the door to open it and rushed out without looking back.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[End Scene->EndScene]]](stop:)]Thanks for checking out the game script for this scene!
You can check out the other scenes here:
(link-repeat: "Scene 1")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/romance-scene-1")]
(link-repeat: "Scene 3")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/romance-scene-3")]
(link-repeat: "Scene 4")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/romance-scene-4")]
If you haven't already, check out my (link-repeat: "Wayfarers")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/wayfarers-game-demo")] game demo and maybe even some of my (link-repeat: "writing samples")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/writing-samples")]!Roy:
No no! It's not that at all!
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Relax, Roy. I'm just giving you a hard time.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
But even if it IS some professional photography issue, I'd be willing to hear your explanation.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
I just want to have a better understanding of those pictures.](stop:)]
(live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part5b]]](stop:)]