#Yo hello, like this is gonna be my final VN. Goodbye!





init:
  
    python:
        if not persistent.set_fullscreen:
            persistent.set_fullscreen = True
            _preferences.fullscreen = True
        if not persistent.set_text_cps: 
            persistent.set_text_cps = True 
            _preferences.text_cps = 42 



    image snow = SnowBlossom("flake.png") 



    $ ctc4 = NVLCharacter(None)
    $ ctc5 = NVLCharacter('Serysia',)
    $ ctc6 = NVLCharacter('Protagonist',)
    $ ctc7 = NVLCharacter('Chief Fairy',)
    
    
    $ ctc = Character('Protagonist', show_two_window = True, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))
                        
    $ ctc1 = Character(None, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))
    $ ctc2 = Character('Girl', show_two_window = True, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))
    $ ctc3 = Character('Eri', show_two_window = True, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))
    $ toshio = Character('Mrs. Toshio', show_two_window = True, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))
    $ arima = Character('Mr. Arima', show_two_window = True, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))
    $ mikel = Character('Mikel', show_two_window = True, ctc = anim.Blink("blinker.png"))


    #custom transition
    $ dissolve = Dissolve(1.0)
    $ veryslowdissolve = Dissolve(2.2)
    $ flash = Fade(.25, 0, .75, color="#fff")

    
    

    
    $ config.screen_width = 800
    $ config.screen_height = 600
    $ config.window_title = "~~~Wings II~~~"
    

    
    #Window Styles
    
    
    $ style.mm_root_window.background = Image("mainmenu.jpg")
    $ style.gm_root_window.background = Image("mainmenu.jpg")
    $ style.window.background = Solid((0,0,0, 180)) #transparent 
    $ style.window.xpadding = 10
    $ style.window.ypadding = 10
    $ style.window.ymargin = 5
    
   
    #Custom Styles
    $ style.mm_menu_window.ypos = 0.700 
    $ style.mm_menu_window.xpos = 0.615 
    $ style.file_picker_entry.idle_background = Solid((0, 0, 0, 255)) #black
    $ style.file_picker_entry.hover_background = Solid((255, 255, 255, 255)) #white
    $ style.file_picker_text.idle_color = (255, 255, 255, 255) #white
    $ style.file_picker_text.hover_color = (204, 204, 204, 255) #gray
    $ style.button_text.color = (255, 255, 255, 255) #white
    $ style.button_text.hover_color = (204, 204, 204, 255) # gray
    $ style.prefs_label.color = (255, 255, 255, 255) # white
    $ style.yesno_label.color = (255, 255, 255, 255) # white
    $ style.menu_choice.hover_color = (204, 204, 204, 255) # gray
    $ style.menu_choice.activate_color = (204, 204, 204, 255) # gray
    $ style.menu_choice.idle_color = (255, 255, 255, 255) # white
    $ style.selected_button_text.color = (220, 220, 220, 255) # gray
    $ style.selected_button_text.hover_color = (204, 204, 204, 255) # gray
    $ style.selected_button_text.activate_color = (204, 204, 204, 255) # gray



     
    
    
    
    
  

 

    # Declare the images that are used in the program.

    # Backgrounds
    image bg eriflashback = "eriflashback.jpg"
    image bg panning = "panning.jpg"
    image bg apartmentout = "apartmentout.jpg"
    image bg bridge = "bridge.jpg"
    image bg kitchen = "kitchen.jpg"
    image bg logo = "logo.jpg"
    image bg coffin = "coffin.jpg"
    image bg coffinopen = "coffinopen.jpg"
    image bg accident = "accident.jpg"
    image bg dream = "dream.jpg"
    image bg apartment = "apartment.jpg"
    image bg rails = "rails.jpg"
    image bg pc = "pc.jpg"
    image bg halls = "halls.jpg"   
    image bg eriflash3 = "eriflash3.jpg"
    image bg window = "window.jpg"
    image bg sunrise = "sunrise.jpg"
    image bg morning = "morning.jpg"
    image bg end = "end.jpg"
    image bg end2 = "end2.jpg"
    
    image bg epilogue = "epilogue.jpg"
    image black = Solid((0, 0, 0, 255))
    image white = Solid((255, 255, 255, 255))
   



    # Character pictures.

    image denny = "denny.png"   
    image eri dissolve = "eridissolve.png"
    image eri wink = "eriwink.png" 
    image eri think = "erinormal2.png"
    image eri run = "erirun.png"
    image eri normal = Animation("erinormal.png",5.00,"erinormal1.png",0.10,"erinormal2.png",0.15,"erinormal1.png",0.10,"erinormal2.png",0.15)
    image eri smile = Animation("erismile.png",5.00,"erismile1.png",0.10,"erismile2.png",0.15,"erismile1.png",0.10,"erismile2.png",0.15)
    
    image eri brow = "eribrow.png"

    # Startup.

label splashscreen:

    scene black with dissolve
    scene bg logo with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.0)
    hide text with squares

    scene black with dissolve
    $ renpy.music_start('tamsu05.mp3')
    
    show text "{i}I hate you!{/i}" with dissolve
    
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares

    scene black with dissolve
    show text "Sounds from various free sources" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares
   
    scene black with dissolve
    show text "{i}You are older... and wiser...{/i}" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares
    
    scene black with dissolve
    show text "Design and Effects by Green Fairy Games" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares

    scene black with dissolve
    show text "{i}So why did it have to turn out like this?{/i}" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares


    scene black with dissolve
    show text "With Music By Tam Music Factory http://www.tam-music.com" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares
   
    scene black with dissolve
    show text "{i}and for this... I hate you.{/i}" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares
   
    scene black with dissolve
    show text "Created with the Ren'Py Visual Novel Scripting Engine" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares
   
    scene black with dissolve
    show text "{i}why did you have to be so perfect?{/i}" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares
   
    scene black with dissolve
    show text "Wings II" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(2.5)
    hide text with squares 

    return 

label main_menu: 
    $ config.fade_music = 1.0
    $ renpy.transition(veryslowdissolve, always=True) 
    $ renpy.music_start('tamhe06.mp3')
  
    jump _library_main_menu

# Starting Point of the game

label start:
  

    $ save_name = "Prologue: Death" 
    
    
    $ renpy.music_start('tam-y10.mp3')
   
  
    scene black with fade
    
    scene bg panning at Pan((0, 0), (900, 0), 7.0) with dissolve
    $ renpy.play("sfx/screech.wav")
    $ renpy.pause(1.5)  

    show text "The shrill screeching of tires..." with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.5)  
    scene bg accident with dissolve

    $ renpy.play("sfx/explode.wav") 
    
    with hpunch
    

    show text "burning... a flash of white..." with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(1.5)  

    scene black with dissolve
    scene bg panning at Pan((0, 0), (900, 0), 7.0) with dissolve

    show text "after a long moment of silence...  screams..." with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(1.5)
    show text "my senses... fading." with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(1.5)
    scene white
    with flash

    ctc1 "Then, a soft light... my eyes begin to adjust." 
    
    ctc1 "It's dark... and cold..."

    ctc1 "a grim color envelops my surroundings."

    ctc1 "I'm not alone. There are people here "

    ctc1 "but... why?"

    ctc1 "Why is everyone crying?"

    scene bg coffin
    with flash


    ctc1 "A coffin?"

    ctc1 "death?"

    $ renpy.play("sfx/creak.wav")
    scene bg coffinopen with dissolve

    ctc1 "... no it's empty... why?"
    scene black with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.5) 

    
label Eri:
    ctc1 "I hate you!"
    ctc1 "You are older... and wiser..."
    ctc1 "So why did it have to turn out like this?"

    ctc1 "We are complete opposites you and I."
    ctc1 "I am quiet and reclusive."
    ctc1 "You are popular and vibrant."
    ctc1 "I am selfish and look out only for myself."
    ctc1 "You were always finding ways to help others."
    ctc1 "I am careless and rash."
    ctc1 "You are sure and unerring."
    ctc1 "You are everything I aspire to be."
    ctc1 "and for this... I hate you."
    ctc1 "Why did you have to leave me such a high hurdle to surpass?"
    ctc1 "Why did you have to be so perfect?"
    ctc1 "Will I never be good enough?"
  
    $ save_name = "Protagonist: Apartment"   
    
    $ renpy.music_start('tampi01.mp3')
     

   
    
    ctc "I've always wondered..."
    ctc "Is there any meaning in living a life that never belonged to you?"

    scene bg dream at Zoom((800, 600), (196, 60, 521, 390), (0, 0, 800, 600), 10.0) with dissolve

    

    ctc "Sigh..."
    ctc "You know Eri..."

    ctc "A vision of an angel. This was how I pictured you."

    scene bg apartment with dissolve
   

    ctc "I talk to her as if she were by my side."
    ctc "Tsk... that dream again."

    $ renpy.music_start('tamsp07.mp3')

    ctc "Lazily, I rise from my bed and stretch my arms out." 

    ctc "I turn on the kitchen faucet to wash my face."

    ctc "\"Now then, what should I have for breakfast?\""

    ctc "Although I said that, given my limited culinary skills, it's just gonna be eggs and hopefully not burnt toast again."

    ctc "Tell me Eri, did you ever have trouble cooking for yourself?"

    ctc "It's been a year since I first came to this town."
    




    ctc "My seasonal job as a columnist for the semi-popular politically oriented magazine \"Justice\" keeps my rent paid and gives me lots of free time to do what I had originally planned."


    ctc "To learn more about you Eri, here in your hometown Pairiza."

    ctc "I can't remember when it started exactly."

    ctc "My fascination with you, perhaps it's because everyone says that I was the person closest to you."

    ctc "Maybe I feel the need to live up to that title."

    ctc "Or maybe..."

    ctc "I'm just running away from my life in coming to this town."

    ctc "Running away from the false sense of security... of living a life that was handed down to me without my choice."

    ctc "You were young, but had already touched so many lives with your kindness."

    

    ctc "Yet, even though I'm here right now in Pairiza, I'm still not satisfied with what I've found..."

    ctc "there is something still missing."

    ctc "Sigh... Eri, if only we could have met each other in person."

    ctc "I'd have a million different questions to ask you that it would take us twenty years to finish."

    $ renpy.music_start('tampi01.mp3')

    ctc "Crunch! Munch!"

    ctc "I finish off my breakfast, gulp down my now lukewarm coffee and head out the front door."


    $ renpy.play("sfx/close.wav")
    scene bg rails with dissolve

    
    ctc "\"Huh? What the?\""

    ctc "Even though it's early morning, it shouldn't be this dark... unless..."

    $ renpy.play("sfx/close.wav")
    scene bg apartment with dissolve

    ctc "I storm back into my apartment and check my desk clock."


    ctc "\"3:45 A.M.!?!\""

    ctc "It's the middle of the night! I knew I shouldn't have pulled that caffeine-supported all-nighter yesterday."

    scene bg pc with dissolve

    ctc "Unable to get back to sleep, I turn on my pc to check on my handiwork from last night. Even though I'm a journalist by profession, I like to write children's stories as a hobby."

    ctc "Let's see now..."
    ctc "Eri... please don't laugh at me about this. Writing is the one thing that I truly pour my heart into."
    $ renpy.play("sfx/type.wav")
    scene black with dissolve

label Serysia:
  
    $ save_name = "Serysia The Fairy"   
    #Start of the Serysia Story Arc    

    ctc4 "Serysia the fairy was the purest among all the fairies."
    ctc4 "These were the fairies that inhabited a land hidden from human eyes called the Enchanted Forest."
    ctc4 "By chance, a young man happened to enter the forest. Fortunately for him, Serysia was the first being whom he encountered."

    ctc4 "Fairies were known to harbor adverse feelings for humans whom they considered to be impure and full of malice and would not hesitate to use their mystic skills against any would-be intruders into their peaceful realm."

    nvl clear

    ctc4 "However, Serysia was a young curious fairy, who did not believe in the stereotypes of the older generation. She made contact with the human speaking as all fairies do, with words unspoken and the young man immediately understood her."

    ctc4 "Thus, did the cogs of fate begin to turn for the young man, the fairy, and eventually, the fate of magic in the human world..."


    ctc4 "He took her to the world of humans. This was the first time that a fairy had ever made contact with humans. Serysia's beauty was unlike that of any human, since fairies were a pure race of beings and Serysia was the purest fairy."

    nvl clear



    
  
    $ save_name = "Eri Appears!"   
    


    scene bg apartment with dissolve

    $ renpy.music_start('tampi01.mp3')
    ctc "Huh?"
    $ renpy.play("sfx/steps.wav")
    ctc "I hear some noise coming from outside."
    $ renpy.play("sfx/close.wav")
    scene bg rails with dissolve
    ctc "\"Hmm? Denny? What are you doing here boy?\""
    show denny with dissolve
    arima "\"Denny! Get back down here you stupid mutt! People are still sleeping you know.\""

    hide denny with dissolve
    ctc "That would be Mr. Arima, Denny's grumpy old owner."

    ctc "Hmm... it's still early."
    ctc "Guess I'll go back inside."
    $ renpy.play("sfx/close.wav")
    scene bg apartment with dissolve
    ctc "Tsk. That stupid dog interrupted me at a good part too."

    ctc "Now let's see..."
    scene bg pc with dissolve
    ctc "I was right about here."
    $ renpy.play("sfx/type.wav")
    scene black with dissolve


    ctc4 "Word soon spread among the populace of the beautiful silver-haired fairy named Serysia."

    ctc4 "Serysia was a very kind fairy and the people did love her, but she was deeply saddened by the amount of jelousy, distrust, and fear among the humans at that time."


    ctc4 "So, she made a solemn declaration."

    ctc5 "A special place where everyone can be friends and no deception, malice, or conflicts of any kind could ever exist. Let us create such a place for all humans."

    ctc5 "The chief of the fairies warned her that such a task, though possible, would be extremely difficult."

    ctc7 "To do this, you will need to gather 1000 people who truly believe in your ideals and until all of them are gathered you may not return to the enchanted forest to replenish your magical powers." 

    nvl clear
    ctc4 "But, Serysia had given her word, and so she set out to find the 1000, accompanied by the young man she first met. "
    
    ctc4 "They traveled all over the world in search of them and everywhere they went, Serysia would spread her kindness, giving a little bit of herself and depleting her magic more and more."

    ctc4 "The young man knew what would inevitably happen and urged Serysia to return to the enchanted forest, but she would not listen."

    ctc5 "In giving of myself, I find the reason for my existence."

    ctc4 "And she gave and gave of herself until she had none left to give. Serysia, knew that she would soon perish. By this time, they had gathered 500 people."
    nvl clear
    
    ctc4 "Even though the young man knew that Serysia was dying, he never opposed her. Even if deep inside, he knew that she did not belong in this impure world and that she needed to return to the Enchanted Forest to replenish her life force."
    
    ctc4 "Although, he never confessed to her, the young man loved Serysia, not as a fairy, not as a human being, but as a person, as the existence called Serysia whom he had come to know, to cherish, and to love in the purest incarnation of love."

    ctc4 "Thus, did he endure the pain of watching Serysia die before his very eyes silently, for he knew that he could do nothing for her. That she would not want him to try to save her."
    
    ctc4 "That her happiness was not something that he could give, because Serysia’s purity was not his to be had alone."
    
    ctc4 "And so, they continued to journey, until finally, when Serysia was near the end of her life,   she asked the sad looking young man in front of her to listen to her parting words. "
    
    nvl clear
    
    ctc5 "I will soon be gone, my magic is fading... so ... even when I'm not around, I want you, my most important person, to finish what I have started."
    
    ctc6 "But Serysia"
    
    ctc6 "Unlike you, I have no magical powers. How could I possibly accomplish such a task?"
    
    ctc4 "Serysia smiled at him"
    
    ctc5 "Then I shall bestow upon you my most treasured magical items. I give you, the jewels of caring, sharing... and friendship"
    
    ctc4 "and so..."
    
    ctc4 "slowly Serysia's body faded away into nothingness and as she began to disappear, the young man swore to her."
    
    nvl clear
    
    ctc6 "Thank you Serysia, with these powers... no, with these very hands, I promise to find the remaining 500. Even if it takes me ten... to a thousand years, I will continue to pass on these powers until everyone has been gathered. Then... someday... surely... we will build that special place that you wished for."
    
    ctc4 "And he added in a faint whisper,"
    
    ctc6 "Then perhaps, we can meet again."
    
    ctc4 "And even though Serysia could barely hear him, she said one last time in reply,"
    
    ctc5 "Yes, we will meet again."
    
    ctc4 "Finally, her physical form vanished, leaving nothing of the being known as Serysia, or any trace of magic, fairies or the mystical left in the human world"
    
    
    
    

    ctc "\"Damn! Again?\""
    $ renpy.play("sfx/steps.wav")
    
    

    ctc "Stupid dog!"

    $ renpy.play("sfx/close.wav")
    scene bg rails with dissolve

    show eri run at left with dissolve
    
    $ renpy.music_stop()
    ctc "\"Eh?\""

    
    $ renpy.play("sfx/steps.wav")
    ctc "Out of the corner of my eye, I swear I saw a silver-haired girl run past me."

    ctc "\"Eri?\""
    $ renpy.music_start('tam-y10.mp3')

    ctc "but it couldn't be."

    ctc "I chase after the figure as fast as my legs would take me."

    $ renpy.play("sfx/run.wav")

    scene bg halls with dissolve
    show eri run at left with dissolve

    $ renpy.play("sfx/heartbeat.wav")
    ctc "Wow! She's really fast."
    hide eri with dissolve
    
    ctc "As I race through the familiar halls of the multi-level apartment house, I feel my heart pounding in anticipation."

    $ renpy.play("sfx/run.wav")


    ctc "Images of Eri from the testimonies of the people that I've met in Pairiza during the past year begin to enter my head."
   
    $ renpy.music_start('tamsu05.mp3')


    scene black with dissolve

    ctc "Eri at age 7..."

    scene bg eriflashback at Pan((0, 0), (670,0), 30.0) with fade
    ctc "A playful kid just like any other. She loved to draw and brought her sketchpad and crayons with her wherever she went."

    ctc "She loved to climb the hills overlooking Pairiza and draw the wild flowers that grew there."


    ctc "Her sketchpad was filled with them."


    ctc "Maybe it's because they bloom so beautifully but die so quickly soon after they are picked. This may have been the best way to capture them."
   
    

    ctc "Eri in her teens..."

    ctc "She worked part-time as a waitress at the local soda shop. She had a tight circle of friends who made that place their hangout."

    ctc "She collected stuffed animals and had a room full of them. Her favorite was a little brown teddy bear with one ear torn off."


    scene black with fade

    ctc "And then..."
    
    
    ctc "the last four years before the accident. A period of her life that still remains a mystery to me."

    ctc "Tell me Eri, will I ever be good enough?"

    ctc "Or more importantly, will my endless search ever find meaning?"

    ctc "Will I... ever be satisfied?"
    ctc "All that I have are facets of your form, your personality, your life. Stories and recollections from the people that I have come to know in Pairiza."

    ctc "Kindly old Mrs. Toshio, the owner of this apartment building."
    ctc "Do you still remember her? Eri?"
    scene bg apartmentout with veryslowdissolve

    toshio "\"It was a hard time for me a few years ago.\""

    toshio "\"My only son was in rehab for illegal drug use.\""

    toshio "\"He was only 16 at that time, but I couldn't really blame him.\""

    toshio "\"Not as much as I blamed myself for never noticing as his only parent.\""

    toshio "\"During those times, Eri was my only source of comfort. The dear girl was always there to listen to me, to reassure me and to be be a friend when I needed one so desperately.\""

    toshio "\"Looking back at those times, I don't think I could have made it this far without Eri's support.\""

    toshio "\"Now, my son is out of rehabilitation and is making his way through college at his own pace.\""

    toshio "\"And I have this large apartment house all to myself...\""

    scene black with fade
    ctc "Then, there's Mr. Arima, the grumpy old man who walks his dog Denny, down the street every morning."
    scene bg kitchen with dissolve

    arima "\"She was one of a kind that girl.\""
    arima "\"Even taught an old miser like me a thing or two about life.\""

    arima "\"As you probably know, I love dogs. They make a lot more sense than most humans I know.\""

    arima "\"Back then, I had a dog named Bis.\""

    arima "\"Loved that old gal like a precious daughter.\""

    arima "\"Then I awoke one morning to find her in my kitchen... motionless.\""
   
    arima "\"Lying in a pool of blood. I knew instantly, the moment I laid eyes on her that she was dead... but... I couldn't accept that.\""

    arima "\"I couldn't accept Bis just dying so suddenly like that on me.\""

    arima "\"I screamed my lungs out until I was out of breath.\"" 

    arima "\"I was in a fit of rage but had no one to blame. I started pounding on the walls and sending plates and kitchen utensils flying all over the room.\""

    arima "\"Then I grabbed a knife and was about to stab Bis... but then, a firm hand grabbed my wrist from behind.\""

    arima "\"I don't know how she got there, maybe I forgot to lock the door the night before.\""

    arima "\"But there was no doubt that Eri was there to stop me.\""

    arima "\"I calmed down and she gently kneeled down in front of Bis and scooped up something small drenched in blood.\""

    ctc3 "\"All life must end, everyhing in this world slowly makes the journey towards its own destruction.\""

    ctc3 "\"I'm sure that you were aware of this as well Mr. Arima.\""

    arima "\"Then she smiled sweetly and showed me the little bundle that she was holding in her arms.\""

    ctc3 "\"Yet, the end of life, simply marks the beginning of a new one.\""

    ctc3 "\"For both of you, this is a fresh start.\""

    arima "\"If she hadn't stopped me at that time, I might have accidentally killed Denny here.\""

    arima "\"Yup, Eri was really special. I've never met a more caring person in my entire life, and 76 years is a good record.\""


    scene black with fade
    ctc "I also met Mikel, a kid my age who lives in the same building one floor below me."

    scene bg bridge with dissolve

    mikel "\"Life was really crazy before I met Eri.\""

    mikel "\"I mean, It's not like I was a dumb kid. Academics was easy for me.\""

    mikel "\"Maybe too easy in fact.\""

    mikel "\"I didn't really have any strong attachments to life.\""

    mikel "\"It was my second year taking up mechanical engineering, a course that I simply took because I had no idea what I wanted out of life.\""

    mikel "\"I was being swept away in a wave of melancholy and it reached a point where I was so bored and disinterested that I didn't even care if I were to die at that very moment.\""

    mikel "Dying had more meaning to me than continuing to live my monotonous existence."

    mikel "\"Then my parents who noticed the drastic changes in my personality sent me on a vacation to Pairizia. I think inwardly, they knew that I wouldn't last long if I were to continue living in my hometown.\""


    mikel "\"It was then that I met Eri.\""

    mikel "My first impression of her was \"Uh oh! Another hypocritical goody two-shoes girl.\""

    mikel "\"Eri was a really nosy girl who just had to get to know everyone in Pairizia.\""

    mikel "\"Of course, I, being the new kid was her latest target.\""

    mikel "\"I decided to humor her and we became kinda close, even good friends.\""

    mikel "\"Outwardly, I learned that she really was the nice person that she projected herself to be.\""

    mikel "\"However, I was still quite melancholic despite the fact that the people in Pairizia readily accepted me and I now had an ally in Eri.\""

    mikel "\"Pairizia has a short bridge over the river near the southern end of town.\""

    mikel "\"I don't know what I was thinking that time, maybe I was suicidal, my mind was really muddled.\""

    mikel "\"But one thing was clear. I was standing precariously atop that bridge staring blankly into space.\""

    mikel "\"Then a voice beside me asked,\""

    ctc3 "\"Will you jump?\""

    mikel "\"I turned towards the voice to find the speaker, Eri, standing right beside me.\""

    ctc3 "\"If you choose to jump, I wont't... I mean, I cannot stop you.\""

    ctc3 "\"But before you do, please listen.\""

    ctc3 "\"I can see the confusion in your eyes. You are a very kind and principled person, someone who has the capacity to become anything he wants...\""

    ctc3 "\"But the problem is that you have no wants.\""

    

    mikel "\"I could only nod at her. Was this girl a psychic or what?\""

    ctc3 "\"Then why not just keep moving forward?\""

    ctc3 "\"You are a seeker Mikel, I don't know what it is that you are looking for and surely no one can ever tell you that.\""

    ctc3 "\"However, if you jump now, you will never find whatever it is that you are searching for.\""

    ctc3 "\"Don't give up so easily, even if you feel that you have nothing to live for now, everyone else is trying their best too. Someday, you might find that which you seek, so...\""

    ctc3 "\"Until that time comes, why not continue to search?\""

    mikel "\"As to whether I jumped or not... I'm still here aren't I?\""
    
    scene bg eriflash3 at Zoom((800, 600), (196, 60, 521, 390), (0, 0, 800, 600), 10.0) with dissolve

    show snow
    ctc "So many memories, so many fragments of Eri's life, none of them are my own."


    ctc "She was a reassuring presence who made everyone feel a sense of belongingness to this town."


    scene bg halls
    with flash

    $ renpy.music_stop()
    ctc "\"What's this?\""

    
    ctc "She... vanished?"

    ctc "tap! tap!"

    ctc "Suddenly, I felt someone tapping my shoulder gently from behind."

    

    

    ctc2 "\"At last we meet.\""

    scene bg window with dissolve

    ctc "I turn around slowly and there she was standing right in front of me. As angelic as my own self-image of her... Eri."
    $ renpy.music_start('tamhe06.mp3')
    show eri normal with dissolve


    ctc "With very little doubt in my mind. I confirm her identity."


    ctc "\"Are you... Eri?\""

    ctc3 "\"Yes.\""

    ctc "\"Wow! I can't believe this. How could I actually be talking to you right now?\""

    ctc "I blink twice to make sure I'm not hallucinating." 
    ctc "Nope, she's still here."

    ctc "At that moment, a myriad of emotions swept over me. Joy, sadness, envy, relief, jealousy, insecurity, all at once that not even the best artist in the world could possibly capture my portrait."


    ctc "Eri raises an eyebrow." 
    show eri brow with dissolve

    ctc "I assumed... that she was waiting for me to speak."

    ctc "\"Umm Eri, there are a million different things I want to ask you.\""
    
    ctc "She nods in reply."

    show eri normal with dissolve

    ctc "\"but unfortunately, I can't seem to remember any of them right now.\""

    ctc "Eri gives me a bittersweet smile."

    show eri smile with dissolve

    ctc3 "\"Haha! You're an interesting one.\""
    
    ctc "\"So... I'll just ask you this. What does 'friend' mean to you?\""

    show eri think with dissolve

    ctc "Eri closes her eyes in deep thought." 

    ctc "She opens an eye slowly and smiles at me."
    show eri wink with dissolve

    ctc3 "\"Why don't you tell me your own opinion first?\""

    ctc "\"Me? Well...\""
    show eri smile with dissolve

    ctc "\"a friend or friends are people who you love in a philial sense. This love is in no way inferior to romantic love nor should it come into conflict with it. They're just different.\""

    ctc "\"Friendship is the bond of trust that connects you as friends.\""

    ctc "\"It extends beyond the barriers of race, religion, language, culture or even diversity of interests or personalities and , even form, since it can extend towards other beings such as animals.\""

    ctc "\"To put it simply. The ones that you like to be around with and who in your belief reciprocate that feeling.\""

    ctc "\"Even if you discover that they don't.\"" 

    ctc "\"The ones that you just consider to be your friends no matter who they are.\""
    show eri think with dissolve

    ctc3 "\"Ah... I see.\""

    ctc3 "\"Then here is my answer. A friend to me is...\""

    show eri wink with dissolve
    ctc3 "\"you.\""

    ctc "Her answer was so simple and honest that I couldn't say anything in reply."
    ctc3 "\"Because even after all these years, you are the one person who has always sought after me.\""

    ctc3 "\"Whether you did it out of spite, out of jealousy, or out of pure love, I cannot be the judge of that.\""


    ctc3 "\"However, what I do know, is that you are here right now standing before me. Holding back your emotions, holding back your anger, your tears, your sorrow...\"" 

    ctc3 "\"and just being here for me.\""

    ctc3 "\"Just being here, chasing after my form, even though you knew that it was impossible for the two of us to meet from the very start...\"" 

    ctc3 "\"truly you are my friend.\""

    ctc "So... this is Eri."

    scene bg sunrise with dissolve
    
    show eri smile with dissolve

    ctc "The sun begins to rise slowly."

    ctc "This is the first sunrise that I've seen in a long time."

    show eri brow with dissolve

    ctc "Eri stares at me."

    ctc3 "\"Hmm? I thought you had a million things to ask me?\""

    ctc "I smile at her"

    ctc "\"I have a feeling that I already know how you would answer.\""

    show eri think with dissolve

    ctc3 "\"Oh... is that so... then..\""

    show eri wink with veryslowdissolve

    ctc3 "\"I guess this is goodbye?\""

    ctc "\"yeah...\""

    ctc "Eri's ghostly figure begins to dissipate..."

    show eri dissolve with veryslowdissolve
    
    ctc "My eyelids suddenly feel extremely heavy, and it feels as If I'm losing control of my body." 

    ctc "I drift off into a deep sleep, knowing that she would be gone by the time I awaken."

    scene white with veryslowdissolve
    $ renpy.music_stop()
      

    ctc3 "\"You know now don't you?\"" 
    ctc3 "\"That we are different.\"" 

    show eri smile with dissolve
    ctc3 "\"Who you are is not something that you can seek from others...\"" 

    ctc3 "\"It is something that you need to find within yourself.\""

    hide eri with veryslowdissolve
    scene bg morning with veryslowdissolve


    ctc "I begin to awaken. It feels like I've been sleeping for an eternity."

    ctc "Inwardly, I feel satisfied." 

    ctc "Because I know that for one single night in this very apartment building, in this town that she loved so much..." 

    ctc "Surely, she existed just for me."

    $ renpy.music_start('tamsugisa.mp3')
    scene bg end with dissolve

    ctc "Like all the other people whose lives she had touched, a fragment of her life will always remain with me..."


    ctc "I've always felt confused and insecure, ever since I woke up to the less than comforting white light of that hospital four years ago."

    ctc "But now, I am at ease."

    ctc "It's morning when I wake up. Finally... I can let go..."

    scene bg end2 with dissolve

    ctc "Thank you and..."


    show text "Farewell..." 
    with dissolve 
    $ renpy.pause(3.5)
   
    show text "myself." 
    with dissolve 
    $ renpy.pause(3.5)
    scene black 
    with veryslowdissolve

    $ renpy.pause(30)
    voice "sfx/voicef1.wav"
    ctc "I've always wondered..."
    $ voice_sustain()
    ctc "Is there any meaning in living a life that never belonged to you?"
    voice "sfx/voicef2.wav"
    ctc "I guess I know the answer now... or rather, I've always known."
    $ voice_sustain()
    ctc "I was just afraid to admit it."

    $ renpy.play("sfx/type.wav")
    
        
    nvl clear
    ctc4 "However, Serysia the fairy did not truly disappear."
    
    ctc4 "Even after people believed she was gone, the young man whom she first met continued to nurture the powers which she had given him, and to spread the magic of caring, sharing and friendship. His own journey was a harsh one, filled with persecution, ridicule and physical and mental strain. "
    
    
    ctc4 "Yet, his love for Serysia was pure, even as the purest fairy herself and he did not once waver in his conviction."
    
    ctc4 "Even after his body gave out on him, generation after generation, descendant after descendant, they continued to pass on his wish and pure love for the being known as Serysia."
    
    nvl clear
    
    ctc4 "And in another time, at another place, many generations into the future, the girl with the kindest heart in the world was born. Due to the untimely death of her parents, she was orphaned while she was still a child. However, the girl inherited the powers of the three jewels and the will of her ancestors to gather the 1000, just as her relatives before her did."

    ctc4 "Thus, the silver-haired girl set out to spread the magic of sharing, caring and friendship just as Seryisia did before her."
    
    ctc4 "Finally, after years of searching, the 1000 people were gathered and the ideal place was created."
    
    nvl clear
    
    ctc4 "However, human beings were still not ready to enter this place. So, soon after its creation, the silver-haired girl went on another journey to spread the magic that she had inherited from Serysia once more. No one knew who she really was, but so many people were touched by her presence. Some believe that perhaps, she was the real never-ending fairy."
    
    ctc4 "The ideal place, which was her legacy was called Pairizia... "
    
    ctc4 "Pairizia was known by many names throughout history, Utopia, Paradiso, Heaven, The Astral Plane, because people perceived such a perfect place. Ideologies such as communism strove to emulate such a place, while philosophers turned to abstract reasoning to justify its existence. This was because in any time period, humanity had always acknowledged the existence of Pairizia, though its exact form was a matter of much debate and heated arguments."
    
    nvl clear
    
    ctc4 "But this did not matter for the silver-haired girl, because just like Serysia, in giving of herself, she found the reason for her existence,  but this time... she would not be alone."
    
    ctc4 "Fate was not always so harsh, and this time, the girl would find one last blissful encounter."
    
    ctc4 "One day, she found herself in a small town, a cool quiet place, surrounded by low hills filled with evergreen trees and dull-colored wildflowers. She did not know exactly why, but her soul seemed to find peace in this seemingly drab, ordinary town."
    
    ctc4 "And she found herself asking the same question that her ancestors before her, and that all humans do at some point in their life."
    
    nvl clear
    
    show text "I've always wondered." with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.5)  
    
    ctc4 "Then a warm hand suddenly clasped hers. She was not startled, but turned to meet the young man’s gaze, which she was certain was transfixed on her as well. It was almost as if she was expecting him to meet her at this very place. Even after so many generations had come before them, even if their precedents could never have met. On this day, the young man and the fairy finally defied their fate."
    
    show text "Is there any meaning in living a life that never belonged to you?" with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.5) 
    
    ctc4 "The young man voiced out her thoughts for her."

    ctc4 "Now, she knew the answer."
    
    show text "There is..."  with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.5)  
    
    nvl clear
    ctc4 "they said in unison,"
    
    show text "and that is why, even if took nearly an eternity for us to meet again," with dissolve
    $ renpy.pause(3.5) 
    
    scene bg epilogue with dissolve
    show text "We are alive." with dissolve
    
    $ renpy.pause(5.0)
    
    
    
   
   
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