[(set: $name to (prompt: "Please enter your name", ""))]**It was late at night by the time we checked into the nearest motel.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
I think our pillow mints just scurried away.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
I can see why the corporation didn’t bother to get rid of the evidence here.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
You’d have to be crazy to drive to a town like this.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part1]]](stop:)](live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[](stop:)]Sam:
Well, “crazy” is what I do best.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Ha! Is that so?](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**The queen sized bed creaked as I sat down on it.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part2]]](stop:)](print: $name):
I don’t get how you do it with such ease.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
Do what?](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**I threw both of my hands above my head to gesture our surroundings**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
All of this.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part3]]](stop:)](print: $name):
Late nights at the office...(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[threats...](stop:)](live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[seedy motels.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
It just feels like so much sacrifice.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
Is it making you reconsider being a journalist?](stop:)]
(live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part4]]](stop:)](print: $name):
Of course not!
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
You’ve helped so many people exposing these scandals.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
Well someone’s gotta do it.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Exactly!](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part5]]](stop:)](print: $name):
That’s why I want to do it.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Seeing how "crazy" you have to be just to help people...](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
It’s one of the things I admire the most about you.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
Funny...](stop:)](live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I was about to say the same thing about you.](stop:)]
(live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part6]]](stop:)](print: $name):
Me?
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
At this point, most people would want to drop this kind of assignment.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
But not you.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part7]]](stop:)]Sam:
If anything, everything the corporation has thrown at you has only strengthened your conviction as a journalist.
(live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
You’re just saying that.](stop:)]
(live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**The bed let out another creak as Sam sat next to me.**](stop:)]
(live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
No really! You went from timid new hire to badass journalist within a week.](stop:)]
(live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part8]]](stop:)](print: $name):
I didn’t realize you were keeping such a close eye on me Sam.
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
But I should expect nothing less from the newspaper's top journalist.](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
It’s not the journalist part of me that's keeping an eye on you.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part9]]](stop:)]**A slight tingle jolted through my body.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
So...](stop:)](live: 3s)[(transition: "dissolve")[what part of you is it?](stop:)]
(live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
The part that wants to know you more...](stop:)](live: 7s)[(transition: "dissolve")[intimately.](stop:)]
(live: 9s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part10]]](stop:)]**The look in his eyes caused my heart to race.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**We stared at each other in silence.**](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**An invisible force started to draw us closer together.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Kiss him already!->KissHim]]](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Control yourself.->Control]]](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Go with the flow.->Flow]]](stop:)]**I gave in to my urges and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt to smash my lips against his.**
(live: 5s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**He immediately reciprocated with a kiss that had an intensity that made me yearn for more.**](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**Suddenly that same invisible force that drew us together caused us to withdraw from each other.**](stop:)]
(live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**Like two magnets with the same polarity.**](stop:)]
(live: 12s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part11]]](stop:)](print: $name):
Maybe we shouldn’t-
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**My words were stifled by Sam’s mouth.**](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**His kiss was firm but gentle.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**I started to lose myself in the kiss when I felt him withdraw.**](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part11]]](stop:)]**As if in a daze, we quietly continued to lean towards each other.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**Our lips slowly met.**](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**His lips were soft and smooth against my own.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**The kiss was brief but it intensified the tingle that was now pulsing throughout my entire body.**](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part11]]](stop:)]
**We looked back at each other, unsure of what just happened.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
I...](stop:)](live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[I shouldn’t have done that.](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
What?](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part12]]](stop:)]Sam:
This is crazy!
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
I mean...](stop:)].(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[we work together!](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
I thought “crazy” is what you do best.](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**I slid my hand to the back of his neck to pull him towards me.**](stop:)]
(live: 10s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part13]]](stop:)]**We kissed again.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**This time, our tongues glided across each other.**](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**We continued to kiss as we lowered ourselves onto the bed.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**In seconds our clothes were on the floor.**](stop:)]
(live: 8s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part14]]](stop:)]**He paused to look into my eyes as his sturdy hands cradled me.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[(print: $name):
Oh Sam...](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[Sam:
(print: $name)...](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[Continue->Part15]]](stop:)]**I shuddered at the sound of his voice calling my name.**
(live: 2s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**The bed let out another creak as I drew him closer to me.**](stop:)]
(live: 4s)[(transition: "dissolve")[**It continued to creak throughout the night but we were too preoccupied to care.**](stop:)]
(live: 6s)[(transition: "dissolve")[[[End Scene->EndScene]]](stop:)]Thanks for checking out the game script for this scene!
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(link-repeat: "Scene 1")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/romance-scene-1")]
(link-repeat: "Scene 2")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/romance-scene-2")]
(link-repeat: "Scene 3")[(open-url: "https://www.byrondonaldson.com/romance-scene-3")]
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