AUBREY/DIALOGUE

CUTSCENES

CUTSCENE 1

Entering NEIGHBOR'S ROOM

AUBREY Hi OMORI! We were hoping that you'd come by soon. Wanna play cards with us? We were just about to start another game! AUBREY Oh! Whoops... Nevermind... KEL Aww, man... What the heck, AUBREY!? You messed up all the cards! I was winning, too. HERO Hey there, KEL. There's no need to get angry. It's just a game, after all. KEL Don't give me that, HERO! You only say that 'cause you were losing. HERO ...

Interacting with AUBREY
AUBREY Why is KEL always so mean to me!? You know, the other day, that good-for-nothing stole my STUFFED TOY and hid it somewhere in this room. AUBREY Why would he do something like that? He's so immature... I mean, what did I ever do to him!? AUBREY Oh, I know! Can you find my STUFFED TOY for me, OMORI? Pretty please?

After retrieving

AUBREY I-is that...? Could it be? AUBREY snatched the STUFFED TOY from you. AUBREY Hey, KEL! Look, it's my STUFFED TOY! KEL W-What the heck? Where did you get that? AUBREY OMORI found it! Lucky for me, I've got some real friends! HERO Serves you right, KEL. You should know better than to pick on others. KEL But AUBREY started it... She was the one who was making fun of me for the mole on my... AUBREY On your... what? KEL ... HERO AUBREY... AUBREY Fine...

Interacting
AUBREY Thank you, OMORI! I knew I could count on you. You're the best!

Leaving NEIGHBOR'S ROOM
KEL OH, YEAH!! FRESH AIR AT LAST!! Gotta love that nature. Well, let's go! AUBREY Hey, wait a sec! AUBREY Help me up, guys! I'm stuck. KEL Only if you say please! AUBREY KEL, stop messing around and get me out of here. KEL Okay, okay... fine. AUBREY Hmph! Took you long enough! KEL Well sorry, princess...

Entering FOREST PLAYGROUND (PROLOGUE)

AUBREY MARI! BASIL! MARI Oh, hello AUBREY! Hello, everyone! How are you all doing today? AUBREY KEL'S BEING MEAN TO ME AGAIN!! MARI Oh, no! Not again... How could he? KEL Pshh, I'm not being mean! AUBREY's just being all whiny. MARI Well, KEL! You've just made a very convincing point. Now I don't know who to believe! KEL BELIEVE ME!! AUBREY NO, BELIEVE ME!! HERO Sigh... Settle down, you two... Why does it always have to be like this? MARI Chin up, HERO! Look at you, being all responsible. MARI I really like that about you... hehe... HERO Come on, MARI! Not now... MARI Oh HERO, you know I'm just teasing. You're so cute when you get all flustered! HERO ... MARI While we were waiting for you guys, BASIL and I were going through his PHOTO ALBUM! Did you wanna join us? AUBREY Of course! After all... we're the ones in the pictures, aren't we? KEL BASIL, BASIL! GET A LOAD OF THIS!! KEL C'mon, BASIL! Take a picture of me! BASIL Sorry, KEL. I only take photos of people when they least expect it! HERO You like to take photos of people acting naturally when they're not in front of a camera, right BASIL? BASIL Yeah... There's something special about everyone living their own lives. Those are the moments I want to capture! KEL So like... we just have to pretend you're not there? BASIL Haha... Yeah, I guess you can put it that way. KEL Sure, I can do that! MARI Did you want to show us your PHOTO ALBUM now, BASIL? BASIL Ah, okay... but it's nothing amazing. AUBREY Oh, BASIL! Stop doubting yourself! I'm sure they'll be great. BASIL You're right, AUBREY. Sorry... I'll try to believe in myself more. BASIL Here! This way we can all see. HERO These photos are all so charming, BASIL. You really know how to capture the moment! BASIL Thanks... I didn't take all of them though. MARI likes to steal my camera sometimes. MARI Only sometimes! BASIL Hey, I have an idea! Did you all want to come hang out at my house? BASIL I just finished planting some little sprouts and wanted to show everyone. Come on! They're really cute! KEL Yeah sure, that sounds fun! Let's go! HERO It's south of the playground, right? BASIL Yup, that's the way! MARI Hmm... I think I'll sit this one out. You all go on and enjoy yourselves! MARI But if you're ever feeling weary, you can always stop by one of my picnics! MARI I'll always have some refreshments ready... and you can even SAVE using my picnic basket! HERO Awww... Thanks, MARI! You're always doing so much for us! AUBREY Bye, MARI! We'll see you again soon! MARI Run along and have fun now! You know where to find me!

QUOTES

After leaving TREEHOUSE

AUBREY You know... after everyone drifted apart... I felt so alone. AUBREY But now, I realize that I was the one who was pushing everyone away. AUBREY In the few months after MARI died... everything changed so fast. SUNNY and BASIL became more closed off... KEL made a bunch of friends playing sports... and HERO always seemed to be busy studying. AUBREY I was so angry at how life kept moving on. AUBREY I felt like everyone abandoned me... and abandoned MARI too... AUBREY But I couldn't see that everyone was dealing with the pain in their own way. AUBREY After SUNNY stopped coming to school... I saw BASIL sitting alone during lunch... so I asked him if he wanted to study together at his house... AUBREY He seemed kind of uneasy about it at first... but after I begged him, he agreed. AUBREY The walk there was really quiet... BASIL wouldn't even look at me. AUBREY And when we got to his room, I tried to talk to him... but he said he had to go to the bathroom and ran off. AUBREY That's when I spotted his old PHOTO ALBUM on his bookshelf. I just wanted to go through the photos, because... well... I guess I just wanted to see everyone happy again. AUBREY But... when I opened it... AUBREY BASIL had blacked out all of the photographs with marker! AUBREY I couldn't believe it... He had even blacked out MARI's face... AUBREY All of our memories together... It felt like he had destroyed them! AUBREY I was so confused... and angry... I thought he was a nutcase. AUBREY So... instead of trying to understand him... I stole his PHOTO ALBUM and started calling him "creep" and things like that. AUBREY And eventually... I wasn't the only one calling him names. AUBREY ... AUBREY I feel like scum for that now. AUBREY But, you know what... AUBREY Ever since then, all I've been doing is trying to cut myself off from everyone. AUBREY It's kind of funny. What I've been doing is worse than what BASIL did, yet I'm the one who was angry at him... AUBREY Sniff... I'm such an idiot.