"Soothe Me", streamlined script
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wombat1138General formatting same as in the raw document, though I'm reverting a few things like "jou-chan" and "Kaoru-dono" back to their original versions.
#prologue#
This page is all internal monologue by Kaoru over a misty backdrop that shows her from the waist up, looking wistfully naked or perhaps nakedly wistful, eyes closed and hands clasped over her chest.
-- "I should feel so happy about such a wonderful person, but there's still a deep gulf between us."
-- "We're already together so often, but I ache to be even closer. Closer and closer, becoming more near... until we touch, and..."
#1(34)#
Title page: "Soothe Me, by Shinji Yamaguchi" (in English)
Kaoru is standing on the dojo's engawa (porch/veranda thingy), looking much the same as on the previous page except that her eyes are open and she has clothes on (a normal girly kimono, not her kendo gear). She's partially turned away from Kenshin, who is crouched in the courtyard doing laundry and chatting with Yahiko, who is either getting tips on practising with his bamboo sword or goofing off from it. Her internal monologue continues briefly.
-- "and my love, the more you..."
#2(35)#
From an unseen person behind Kaoru:
-- "Hey, jou-chan! How ya--?"
Kaoru (startled): *ka-THUMP*
+++
Sano: *a-HEM* "What's up? You been standin' around spaced out all day?"
Kaoru (indignant): "Sa-- Sanosuke, it's nothing like that!" *huff*
+++
Sano (smugly inquisitive): *HEH* "(something or other) You musta been thinkin' about some kinda thing to CHEW on, right?"
Kaoru (superdeformed and fangy with rage): "You are SO wrong!"
(in margin beside her: "Can't be nearby/possible; can't be far" (?))
+++
She storms off. "BAKA" (huff)
Sano (w/ sweatdrop): "Baka?"
+++
Kenshin stands up with his bucket o' laundry and belatedly greets (notices?) him. (Yahiko has strategically vanished.) "O-- Sano."
Sano: "Yeah" | "What th--? Jou-chan is being GRUMPY... say... is it that time of the month? WENCH."
+++
Kenshin looks absurdly pensive. *frown* "Now that you mention it... it seems a bit soon since the last time."
Sano looks discreetly appalled at this revelation. "S-- say what? *gasp*" ("H-husband!")
+++
Kenshin abruptly changes the subject.
*blinding grin* "What are you planning to do today?"
Sano (still w/ sweatdrop): ("There's no way even a weird freak like you would somehow give me permission") "Uh, no major plans, y'know? Nothin' serious at all."
#3(36)#
Kenshin and Kaoru are now sitting together on the veranda, probably around the corner from the opening scene.
Kaoru: "Aren't you going to stay at Sanosuke's place for a while? (Just Yahiko?)"
+++
Both of them develop wide, nervous smiles.
Kenshin: ("ME--? Perhaps we have been too distant lately...") "They'll probably just have a lot of guy talk."
Kaoru: "But... if... won't Sanosuke set a bad example if you're not there with them?"
+++
Sweatdrops for everyone!
Kenshin: "Huh?!"
Kaoru: ("Yup, I knew it *sigh*... those guys are up to no good...")
+++
Kaoru (worried): "Well. Okay, you gave them permission to do whatever they want, but | you know, I really don't think there's enough supper for both of us tonight."
+++
As the implications dawn on her, she starts to withdraw into shyness again. ("the two of us...")
+++
Kenshin glances at her, slightly worried, as her interior monologue continues. ("just the two of us, divided apart...?")
#4(37)#
("two separate halves..")
+++
They share several panels of dinner, minor side effects, and a sudden forced burst of vivacity:
*munch* | *sip* | *crickets* | "Um--"
+++
Kenshin: "Er--? What is it?"
Kaoru: "What--? | No, what did you want to say?"
+++
Kenshin: "Oh, nothing" *chuckle* "You always have something to say when Yahiko is here."
#5(38)#
She tries to discern his subtext (if any), then gives up and sighs. ("Why is he...?") "I guess so..."
Kenshin: Kaoru-dono, what is it you wished to say?
+++
Kaoru (shy again): "It's nothing, really."
+++
Kenshin: (wide-eyed, perhaps faintly bewildered): "What-- is something wrong?"
She can't take it anymore. "Absolutely not!!"
+++
Completely demoralized, she scrambles up and flees. "I'm sorry, but it's really nothing!"
Kenshin has that "did anyone get the number of that oxcart" dazed look. "Kaoru-do--"
She's still fleeing. "I'm stepping outside to heat the bathwater-- you go in ahead!"
Unhappiness abounds. Kenshin sighs. *sigh*
#6(39)#
Time-lapse. The moon has risen outside; finished with her own bath, Kaoru is walking down the hallway near Kenshin's room. He's sitting inside, rather pensive and sad; she waffles about whether to try again and produces various minor sound effects: *pad pad* | *inhale*
She could knock on his door-- nah. *blush* |*thump* (as her hand returns to her chest)
#7(40)#
Kenshin unties his ponytail (*whish*) and hears her loitering outside. He ponders this, then smiles ruefully. "Kaoru-dono, do you wish to stay out there much longer?"
Kaoru (very very startled) : *ka-THUMP--*
+++
Embarrassed at being caught, she slides the door open and sidles partway in with the untranslatable sound effect of a sinking heart. "...er"
Kenshin: "It's okay for you to come in."
+++
He smiles disarmingly, perhaps knowingly. *chuckle* "You don't have to stay over there."
#8(41)# [not marking framebreaks on this page]
He holds out his hand. "C'mere, grant me the honor of your company." *beckon*
Still downcast, she shuts the door behind her (*thud*) and finally makes contact. There is a brief dramatic (and again, untranslatable) moment of silence; he looks abruptly serious, and she hurtles forward unexpectedly. *grab* "Eek!"
#9#
Still seated on the floor, Kenshin thoughtfully catches Kaoru mid-facefault.
Her: "Oh--!" *thud*
Him: "Really..."
+++
(unreadable handwritten note, probably Kaoru's thoughts)
Him (providing fond huggles): "Kaoru-dono, you must be toying with me. You're not clumsy at all."
+++
Him: "If there's something you'd like to say plainly, please go ahead."
Her: "Kenshin..."
+++
Her: "Even though it's difficult for me, I need to be close to you..."
+++
She glomps upon him with great angst. "Could you please" | *glomp* | "hold me tight..."
#10(43)# [w/o framebreaks]
He reciproglomps, happily pulling her sideways onto his lap. "Mmm..." *more glomp*
Yet she's still trembling and unhappy, the ungrateful wench. *KATHUMP KATHUMP*
Uh-oh. Looks like he's entering hormone trance. He slips one hand around the nape of her neck-- *slide* --and eases the collar of her yukata aside. Good thing he's not a vampire. *kiss*
One of them gasps; Kaoru seems to be less certain of what's going on, but her heartbeat is picking up decibels.
"Ken... shin" | *KA-THUD*
#prologue#
This page is all internal monologue by Kaoru over a misty backdrop that shows her from the waist up, looking wistfully naked or perhaps nakedly wistful, eyes closed and hands clasped over her chest.
-- "I should feel so happy about such a wonderful person, but there's still a deep gulf between us."
-- "We're already together so often, but I ache to be even closer. Closer and closer, becoming more near... until we touch, and..."
#1(34)#
Title page: "Soothe Me, by Shinji Yamaguchi" (in English)
Kaoru is standing on the dojo's engawa (porch/veranda thingy), looking much the same as on the previous page except that her eyes are open and she has clothes on (a normal girly kimono, not her kendo gear). She's partially turned away from Kenshin, who is crouched in the courtyard doing laundry and chatting with Yahiko, who is either getting tips on practising with his bamboo sword or goofing off from it. Her internal monologue continues briefly.
-- "and my love, the more you..."
#2(35)#
From an unseen person behind Kaoru:
-- "Hey, jou-chan! How ya--?"
Kaoru (startled): *ka-THUMP*
+++
Sano: *a-HEM* "What's up? You been standin' around spaced out all day?"
Kaoru (indignant): "Sa-- Sanosuke, it's nothing like that!" *huff*
+++
Sano (smugly inquisitive): *HEH* "(something or other) You musta been thinkin' about some kinda thing to CHEW on, right?"
Kaoru (superdeformed and fangy with rage): "You are SO wrong!"
(in margin beside her: "Can't be nearby/possible; can't be far" (?))
+++
She storms off. "BAKA" (huff)
Sano (w/ sweatdrop): "Baka?"
+++
Kenshin stands up with his bucket o' laundry and belatedly greets (notices?) him. (Yahiko has strategically vanished.) "O-- Sano."
Sano: "Yeah" | "What th--? Jou-chan is being GRUMPY... say... is it that time of the month? WENCH."
+++
Kenshin looks absurdly pensive. *frown* "Now that you mention it... it seems a bit soon since the last time."
Sano looks discreetly appalled at this revelation. "S-- say what? *gasp*" ("H-husband!")
+++
Kenshin abruptly changes the subject.
*blinding grin* "What are you planning to do today?"
Sano (still w/ sweatdrop): ("There's no way even a weird freak like you would somehow give me permission") "Uh, no major plans, y'know? Nothin' serious at all."
#3(36)#
Kenshin and Kaoru are now sitting together on the veranda, probably around the corner from the opening scene.
Kaoru: "Aren't you going to stay at Sanosuke's place for a while? (Just Yahiko?)"
+++
Both of them develop wide, nervous smiles.
Kenshin: ("ME--? Perhaps we have been too distant lately...") "They'll probably just have a lot of guy talk."
Kaoru: "But... if... won't Sanosuke set a bad example if you're not there with them?"
+++
Sweatdrops for everyone!
Kenshin: "Huh?!"
Kaoru: ("Yup, I knew it *sigh*... those guys are up to no good...")
+++
Kaoru (worried): "Well. Okay, you gave them permission to do whatever they want, but | you know, I really don't think there's enough supper for both of us tonight."
+++
As the implications dawn on her, she starts to withdraw into shyness again. ("the two of us...")
+++
Kenshin glances at her, slightly worried, as her interior monologue continues. ("just the two of us, divided apart...?")
#4(37)#
("two separate halves..")
+++
They share several panels of dinner, minor side effects, and a sudden forced burst of vivacity:
*munch* | *sip* | *crickets* | "Um--"
+++
Kenshin: "Er--? What is it?"
Kaoru: "What--? | No, what did you want to say?"
+++
Kenshin: "Oh, nothing" *chuckle* "You always have something to say when Yahiko is here."
#5(38)#
She tries to discern his subtext (if any), then gives up and sighs. ("Why is he...?") "I guess so..."
Kenshin: Kaoru-dono, what is it you wished to say?
+++
Kaoru (shy again): "It's nothing, really."
+++
Kenshin: (wide-eyed, perhaps faintly bewildered): "What-- is something wrong?"
She can't take it anymore. "Absolutely not!!"
+++
Completely demoralized, she scrambles up and flees. "I'm sorry, but it's really nothing!"
Kenshin has that "did anyone get the number of that oxcart" dazed look. "Kaoru-do--"
She's still fleeing. "I'm stepping outside to heat the bathwater-- you go in ahead!"
Unhappiness abounds. Kenshin sighs. *sigh*
#6(39)#
Time-lapse. The moon has risen outside; finished with her own bath, Kaoru is walking down the hallway near Kenshin's room. He's sitting inside, rather pensive and sad; she waffles about whether to try again and produces various minor sound effects: *pad pad* | *inhale*
She could knock on his door-- nah. *blush* |*thump* (as her hand returns to her chest)
#7(40)#
Kenshin unties his ponytail (*whish*) and hears her loitering outside. He ponders this, then smiles ruefully. "Kaoru-dono, do you wish to stay out there much longer?"
Kaoru (very very startled) : *ka-THUMP--*
+++
Embarrassed at being caught, she slides the door open and sidles partway in with the untranslatable sound effect of a sinking heart. "...er"
Kenshin: "It's okay for you to come in."
+++
He smiles disarmingly, perhaps knowingly. *chuckle* "You don't have to stay over there."
#8(41)# [not marking framebreaks on this page]
He holds out his hand. "C'mere, grant me the honor of your company." *beckon*
Still downcast, she shuts the door behind her (*thud*) and finally makes contact. There is a brief dramatic (and again, untranslatable) moment of silence; he looks abruptly serious, and she hurtles forward unexpectedly. *grab* "Eek!"
#9#
Still seated on the floor, Kenshin thoughtfully catches Kaoru mid-facefault.
Her: "Oh--!" *thud*
Him: "Really..."
+++
(unreadable handwritten note, probably Kaoru's thoughts)
Him (providing fond huggles): "Kaoru-dono, you must be toying with me. You're not clumsy at all."
+++
Him: "If there's something you'd like to say plainly, please go ahead."
Her: "Kenshin..."
+++
Her: "Even though it's difficult for me, I need to be close to you..."
+++
She glomps upon him with great angst. "Could you please" | *glomp* | "hold me tight..."
#10(43)# [w/o framebreaks]
He reciproglomps, happily pulling her sideways onto his lap. "Mmm..." *more glomp*
Yet she's still trembling and unhappy, the ungrateful wench. *KATHUMP KATHUMP*
Uh-oh. Looks like he's entering hormone trance. He slips one hand around the nape of her neck-- *slide* --and eases the collar of her yukata aside. Good thing he's not a vampire. *kiss*
One of them gasps; Kaoru seems to be less certain of what's going on, but her heartbeat is picking up decibels.
"Ken... shin" | *KA-THUD*