Rising Action #1 (Pouakai Strikes)
Scene Purpose:
Kōtiro feels compelled to make decisions/take action toward the story goal.
Kō wakes up on the seacliff, and sits up. For a moment she doesn’t move, instead just looking downward. She sighs, then stands up.
Kō goes down to the town through a screen or two, through the town, with people going about their business. She comes to Aroha, sitting outside a hut. While Kō is traveling through those screens, the wind is making a strange noise, that Kō might even comment (to herself or Kimo) on.
Kō is walking to the right, and when she hits a certain spot, a scripted sequence begins — the camera moves further right, putting Kō screen left, and Aroha screen right. Aroha stands up, and crosses her arms.
Kō: Aroha… I don’t want you to be scared anymore.
Aroha lets her arms down, and moves her body as if to say “Well, okay then, I forgive you!”, and trots forward, arms outstretched.
Just before she reaches Kō, a giant flying beast drops like a rock onto her from above. The thing screeches, knocking Kō backward. The beast launches upward, carrying Aroha helplessly in its talons.
Kō is on the ground, with one arm holding her body partially upright.
About Pete
Plucky polymath, software engineer by day, dreamer of dreams by night. Longing to behold and beget beauty and love, Kōtiro is an expression of my passion for the magic of the world in which we find ourselves.