Chapter 6
↓ TranscriptAFTER THAT, HE BEGAN TO DO A LOT OF READING, MOSTLY OF WORLD HISTORY. THE MOTIVES HE FOUND FOR THE TRAGEDIES HE’D SEEN WERE APPARENTLY NOT AS GOOD AS HE’D HOPED THEY’D BE, SO HE ALSO READ PHILOSOPHY. I’M[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptSO LIFE WENT ON. (Panel of them playing a multiplayer game, both pressing keys on the same laptop.) Emily: Aah! I’m surrounded! Dee: Ooh! I’ve got grenades! (Panel of Dee lurking behind Emily’s family while they all watch something[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptAND THEN I DECIDED TO TURN GOTH. (She selects a bottle of hair dye called ‘Shiny Midnight Black’; then she dyes her hair in the bathroom.) —- Alt text: commit to the bit
↓ TranscriptElla: Emily, why didn’t you tell me you were going to dye your hair? (Carmine plucks curiously at a strand of her hair.) Emily: Don’t. Dee: Wow, how’d you do that? NOBODY WAS ALL THAT SURPRISED. Ms Harrison: Emily,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptALL OF WINTER PASSED. THE DAYS WERE AGAIN GROWING LONG AND WARM. (Emily and Dee are listening to her ipod with one earbud each. Dee has his hood down.) Dee:Gee, I like this sun on the face thing. Emily:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: So what’s Halloween? Emily: A holiday about… I dunno, the supernatural. I think it’s American. We only celebrate it because Maddy and Carmine like trick-or-treating. Dee: Which is? Emily: You dress up as something and go to your[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee (passing her his robe): Here you go. Emily: Thanks. Geez, you’re the skinniest person I’ve ever seen! And uh, nice pants. Dee: Sarcasm? Emily: Yes. Also, problem. This is huge. Dee: Don’t worry, I can fix it. (Rolls[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Dee reappears, robed again, as Emily leaves her room.) Emily: That was fast. Dee: Of course it was. Ella: You’re all ready? Good. Hey, where’d that come from? Emily: Dunno, I just found it in my cupboard. Maddy: Weird.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptSHORTLY AFTER THAT WE REALIZED Dee: Hey Emily – We’re friends, aren’t we? Emily: … Yeah! We are! Both: Wow. TO OUR SURPRISE WE WERE FRIENDS AND IT WAS GOOD. —- Alt text: just had to confirm