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label a_spaced_out_conversation:
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# Setup
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$ fireplace_OBJ.foreground = "fireplace_fire"
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$ game.daytime = False
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$ game.weather = "clear"
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$ chair_OBJ.hidden = True
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stop weather
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call room("main_room")
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call play_music("stop")
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call gen_chibi("hide")
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show screen with_snape(ani=False)
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show screen blkfade
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with d5
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centered "{size=+7}{color=#cbcbcb}A spaced out conversation.{/color}{/size}"
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hide screen blkfade
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with d5
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call play_music("anguish")
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nar "The flames flickered higher up the fireplace."
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nar "Licking in greedy hunger, as if wanting to taste the wine the two men sedately drank just out of the fire's reach."
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nar "The men took no notice of the flames, except to silently acknowledge the warmth it provided."
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nar "They were an odd pair, these two, sitting as they frequently did, beside the old fireplace sipping wine."
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nar "One, dressed all in black, with matching flowing black hair, stared sullenly at his glass."
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nar "Perhaps it was the darkness surrounding him that made his skin look so pale."
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nar "And maybe it was only the voluminous robes wrapped loosely across his body that made him appear gaunt."
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nar "The other was even more mysterious..."
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nar "Draped in gray-white costume, he had a long, flowing beard and a curious aura of both age and vitality."
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nar "Sometimes, if the flames flickered just so, he almost appeared entirely different, as a burly, cowled man with a short curled beard."
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nar "They sat in front of the fire as they did on many nights and talked of worlds upon worlds. And of magic. The dark man was first to speak."
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sna "So, let me try to understand this..." ("snape_05", ypos="head", trans=d3)
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nar "Snape said slowly."
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sna "You live in a little bottle?" ("snape_05")
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nar "The gray figure nodded."
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sna "How does that work?" ("snape_05")
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gen "I believe it's based on tessaracted space." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Said Genie, his tone becoming akin to a professor lecturing a class."
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gen "The whole process is very Loki." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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show screen a_spaced_out_conversation_horns
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with d9
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nar "Snape didn't hear the last words as a flicker and shadow from the flames made Genie appear different."
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nar "Almost as if gleaming golden horns arose from his head."
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sna "Come again?" ("snape_03")
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hide screen a_spaced_out_conversation_horns
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with d9
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nar "Snape asked, gaping at the sight before it was gone so fast that he was left unsure he had seen anything."
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gen "I said, they keep the whole thing low key." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie repeated."
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gen "Keeps most people from knowing how they make it bigger on the inside." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "Most people?" ("snape_05")
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nar "Snape asked."
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gen "Well, Who knows..." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie answered."
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sna "Do you know?" ("snape_24")
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nar "Snape asked."
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gen "Who knows." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie repeated."
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sna "So, who knows?" ("snape_08")
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nar "Snape asked again, getting a little irritated."
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nar "Patience was not a trait Snape had ever cared to master."
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gen "Yes, Who knows!" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said."
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show screen with_snape(ani=True)
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nar "Snape flicked his hands impatiently and just decided to move on."
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show screen with_snape(ani=False)
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nar "Determining when Genie was serious or not was still beyond his ability."
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nar "Plus, there had been another one of those weird flickers and he could have sworn he had seen a multicoloured scarf around Genie's neck."
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sna "And, you then grant the summoner three wishes?" ("snape_01")
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nar "Snape continued."
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sna "Anything they want? You can make anything come true?" ("snape_05")
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gen "Those are the rules of my existence, yes." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie replied, thinking, not for the first time, how limited his real life was."
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sna "That seems stupid." ("snape_09")
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nar "Snape said bluntly."
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nar "Genie smiled. Snape was never much for niceties."
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nar "Genie found it refreshing to talk with someone whose disdain for others so matched his own."
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nar "Snape frowned at that smile. He got along almost perfectly with Genie."
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nar "Their lusts and passions were quite similar..."
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nar "It's just Genie's sense of humour that made Snape doubt his seriousness sometimes."
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sna "You've got the power of a god." ("snape_06")
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nar "Snape pushed forward."
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sna "Can't you just \"wish\" yourself free?" ("snape_05")
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gen "It doesn't work that way." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said with sadness."
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gen "I can only grant wishes to others." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape shook his head."
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sna "It still seems stupid..." ("snape_06")
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sna "What if I were to visit you in your world and make one of my wishes that you be free to use your magic however you should please?" ("snape_09")
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nar "Genie stared at Snape with something like wonder."
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nar "It takes quite a bit to make an ageless being like Genie gape in awe."
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gen "That's... {w=1.0}That's brilliant!" ("open", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie shouted."
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gen "Great Gods, man, that could actually work!" ("smile", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape was taken aback by Genie's enthusiastic shout, but quickly recovered."
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nar "He was happy for his friend's excitement, but puzzled."
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sna "Haven't you ever thought of that before?" ("snape_05")
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nar "Snape asked."
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gen "Well, no..." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Said Genie, and if ageless beings could blush, one would assume that's what Genie would be doing."
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gen "It's not something that ever came up." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "No one suggested it to you?" ("snape_01")
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nar "Snape asked, hoping to skip past Genie's discomfort."
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gen "Surprisingly, when given three opportunities at your fondest dreams, helping others doesn't seem to come up very often." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said with a sarcastic edge that relieved Snape."
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sna "Well, then..." ("snape_01")
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nar "Snape said."
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sna "After we find a way to get you back to your home, maybe I could come visit you and we could work something out." ("snape_28")
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nar "Genie eyed him curiously and then, with a bit of his usual humour then asked."
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gen "Are you sure you could resist the urge to use all three on yourself?" ("grin", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape chuckled. He momentarily considered how rarely he chuckled."
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nar "Not with humour, at least. He hadn't really done that since..."
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sna "Yes." ("snape_28")
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nar "Snape said with sudden certainty."
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sna "There is really only one wish I would really want." ("snape_23")
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nar "Genie raised an eyebrow at that, but let it stand."
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gen "What would be your wish, my friend?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "He asked Snape kindly."
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sna "I wish I could go back and have wooed Lily for my own..." ("snape_23")
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nar "Snape said dreamily. In his mind's eye, he remembered the flaming red hair that lit a fire in his own heart."
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sna "I sometimes wonder if that would have made all the difference." ("snape_29")
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nar "Snape mused."
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sna "If I would have been a better, a kinder man than I am today." ("snape_06")
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gen "But would you have been as popular?" ("grin", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie asked."
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gen "you were central in every book and movie. Everyone loves you." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "What?" ("snape_05")
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nar "Snape snapped from his reverie. He looked at Genie in confusion."
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gen "I mean, would you have been as powerful." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said hastily."
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gen "Wasn't that rejection what drove you to your studies and your mastery?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape eyed Genie suspiciously, but let the matter pass."
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sna "Yes, but I would sacrifice all that to be rid of this loneliness." ("snape_06")
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nar "Snape returned to his imaginings."
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gen "Well, even if you didn't stay together..." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said mischievously."
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gen "you could at least have had a little fun with her. Maybe even take her on her wedding night." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape's head snapped up angrily. How dare Genie sully the memory of Lily."
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nar "But then, a wicked thought entered his head."
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sna "*Hmm*... What if the boy wasn't really James' after all?" ("snape_02")
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nar "Snape said, and the smile that formed on his face could have frozen the dancing fire beside them."
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sna "Then, one day, I could reach out to that insipid boy, with his foolish fantasies about Potter and say, \"Harry, I am your father\"!" ("snape_28")
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nar "Genie nodded."
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gen "It could work. You've got the black robes already. You just need the helmet." ("grin", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape cocked an eyebrow in confusion. The flames leapt and danced and Genie flickered once again."
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gen "No mind pay you." ("grin", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said."
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gen "Darkness that path, take you it will." ("grin", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "Um?" ("snape_29")
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nar "Snape stammered."
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gen "What?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie asked."
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sna "For a moment there, I thought you..." ("snape_01")
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nar "Snape trailed off, reluctant to go on."
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gen "You thought {b}I{/b} what?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie prodded."
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gen "Out with it man!" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "I thought you looked all shrunken, like a deformed house elf." ("snape_06")
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nar "Snape finally managed to say."
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nar "Genie laughed."
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gen "Muppet?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "No thanks, I'll just have the wine." ("snape_05")
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nar "Snape replied."
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gen "I'm afraid that's the last of it." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said, looking mournfully at the bottle."
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nar "He eyed Snape through the red droppings of wine still remaining in his glass. It looked like Snape was bleeding."
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nar "The image disturbed him and he put his glass down."
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gen "So..." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie coughed once, cleared his throat and continued."
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gen "Did you mean it?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "About the wishes?" ("snape_05")
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nar "Snape asked."
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gen "Yes." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said, unable to keep the excitement from his voice."
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gen "Would you really come to my world and set me free with a wish." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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sna "Why not?" ("snape_06")
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nar "Snape said."
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sna "Assuming we can find a way to send you back." ("snape_09")
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gen "Right." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie said, sobering up."
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gen "There's that." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Snape looked at his friend and sensed his growing gloom."
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sna "Cheer up, Genie." ("snape_23")
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nar "He said, clapping the image of his old wizard master on the shoulder."
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sna "We just need to be careful. We don't want to make a mistake and send you somewhere crazy." ("snape_05")
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gen "Like a space station?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie asked, his humour returning with his hope."
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sna "Exactly." ("snape_28")
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nar "Snape replied."
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nar "Not sure what a ‘space station' was."
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sna "We don't want you to end up far, far away." ("snape_24")
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gen "In the final frontier?" ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie asked, with a wink that to Snape always meant some kind of inside joke Snape never understood."
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nar "He decided to ignore it as he had many other times."
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sna "Let me continue to research why your powers of transdimensional travel are muted here and we'll find a way to fix your problem." ("snape_05")
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gen "Both our problems." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie suggested and this time, both of them laughed together."
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sna "You know, Genie, this could be the start of a beautiful friendship." ("snape_23")
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nar "Snape said, standing to leave."
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hide snape_main
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with d3
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gen "Well, you know what the game devs say." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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nar "Genie replied, causing the dark man to pause and look back quizzically."
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gen "Play it again, Snape." ("base", xpos="far_left", ypos="head")
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show screen blkfade
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with d9
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stop music fadeout 3.0
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centered "{size=+7}{color=#cbcbcb}The end.{/color}{/size}"
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$ renpy.end_replay()
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screen a_spaced_out_conversation_horns():
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zorder 4
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add "images/rooms/room_of_requirement/horns.webp" xpos 435 ypos 200 zoom 0.5
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