Act 1.

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Hope walks through the street in her normal state, finding herself in the middle of a carnival. Inaudible conversations spring across the street, while a busker is playing "You Are My Sunshine" further down. The end of the street is blocked by a towering pile of crates, making it impossible to pass further. There is a single crate nearby a "game tent", where a man calls for everyone to solve his brain-teasing puzzles.

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1. Hope attempts to push the crate near the puzzle tent towards the pile of crates in order to climb over to the other side.

2. Hope approaches the busker.

3. Hope approaches the puzzle master.

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1. Moving through the busker, Hope is suddenly struck by the melodic chords of the sad song, which remind her of her mother. With sorrowful memories flooding her mind, the girl finds herself turning transparent and into her grief state, unable to push the crate further.

2. Hope: “Hey, can you stop playing that song... please?”

3. Hope: "Hey, can I try to guess a riddle?”

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1. Hope hides behind one of the tents in order to compose herself.

2. Busker: "Sorry, love. Requests are only possible once you've dropped a coin."

3. Puzzle Master: “Sure can do, darlin'!”

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1.1. Hope approaches the busker.

1.1. Hope approaches the puzzle master.

2. Hope searches her pockets for money.

3. Puzzle Master: "I begin eternity, And end space, At the end of time, And in every place. Last in life, Second to death, Never alone, Found in your breath. Contained by earth, Water or flame, My grandeur so awesome, Wind dare not me tame. Not in your mind, Am in your dreams, Vacant to Kings, Present to Queens... What am I?"

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2. Finding nothing in her inventory, the girl frowns at the man.

3.1. Hope: "Compassion."

3.2. Hope: "Love."

3.3. Hope: "The letter 'E'."

3.4. Hope: "Air."

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2. Hope: "I'm afraid I don't have any..."

3.1/2/4. Puzzle Master: "Oh.. Close one, but not quite there yet... Want to try another one?"

3.3. Puzzle Master: "Excellent! Here's your reward!"

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2. Busker: "Tough luck, love. Try again some other time."

3.1/2/4. Puzzle Master: "Thirty white horses on a red hill, First they champ, Then they stamp, Then they stand still..."
3.3. Hope is handed a jar of coins.

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2. Hope approaches the puzzle master.

3.1. Hope: "Knights."
3.2. Hope: "Trooping the colour."

3.4. Hope: "Teeth."

3.5. Hope: "A horse race."

3.3. Hope approaches the busker, again, offering him coins to change the song.

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3.1/2/5. Puzzle Master: "Ah! A fine guess, but not the correct answer... Shall we try again?"

3.4. Puzzle Master: "Excellent! Here's your reward!"

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3.1/2/5. Puzzle Master: "What is broken when you name it?"

3.4. Hope is handed a jar of coins.

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3.1. Hope: "Silence."

3.2. Hope: "A spell."

3.5. Hope: "A secret."

3.6. Hope: "A wish."

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3.1/2/5/6. Puzzle Master: "Excellent! Here's your reward!"

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3.1/2/5/6. Hope is handed a jar of coins.

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Hope approaches the busker, again, offering him coins to change the song.

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Hope: "Right... There you go."

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Busker: "Now we're talkin'... what song do you want me to play?"

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1. Hope: "The Barney Song."

2. Hope: "Pocketful of Sunshine."

3. Hope: "Independent Women, pt. 1."

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With another song now playing, Hope can finally move the crate to the pile and jump over to the other side.

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Finding herself over the other side of the crates, Hope stumbles upon a large crowd. She hunches over and tries to pass through them, but everyone ignores her and accidentally pushes her from side to side.

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Hope: "Oh... Excuse me... Passing through!.. Ugh. Hello?.. Pardon me... Oof... Ugh..."

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Ignored by the cheering crowd, Hope gets frustrated and sad, entering the grief state. By some miracle passing through the crowd, she runs across the end of the street towards the bridge, where she sits at the river bank to compose herself…

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End of Act 1.

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Act 2.

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Sitting on top of the bridge, a young boy dangles his feet in the open air as he notices the distressed Hope.

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Teddy: "A-a-are you ok?"

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Hope's concentration is interrupted as she opens her eyes and cranes her neck to the side in order to glance at the boy.

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Teddy: "H-h-hey? A-are you ok?"

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1. Hope stares blankly.

2. Hope: "Are you talking to me?”

3. Hope: "You can see me?"

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1. Teddy approaches.

2. Teddy: "Y-y-yeah. You..."

3. Teddy: "Of course I c-can..."

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Teddy: "I'm T-Teddy, nice to m-m-meet you. A-are you ok?"

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1. Hope: "Do you know where Ridge Cottage is?"

2. Hope: "I'm fine. I'm just trying to find my way back home. Do you think you can help me?"

3. Hope: "Hey, I'm Hope. I'm new to town and don't know my way around yet..."

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1/2. Teddy: "Y-you might introduce yourself f-first..."

3. Teddy: "A-a pleasure."

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1/2.1. Hope: "Hope."

1/2.2. Hope: "Oh, I'm sorry. Name's Hope."

3. Teddy: "W-well, I know everything a-about the town - all th-the street names, a-all the import-tant places, a-all the shortcuts - e-everything! Mhm..."

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1/2.1. Teddy: "Huh?"

1/2.2. Teddy: "A-a pleasure."

3. Hope: "...Do you know where Ridge Cottage is?"

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1/2.1. Hope: "That's my name."

3. Teddy: "Well... R-Ridge C-Cottage? I, ughm, I-I don't really know, I'm a-afraid. B-but we can check at th-the library! I-it's just about this w-way..."

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1/2.1. Teddy: "Oh! Well... R-Ridge C-Cottage? I, ughm, I-I don't really know, I'm a-afraid. B-but we can check at th-the library! I-it's just about this w-way..."

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1. Hope: "Stop! There are too many people there!"
2. Hope: "I just came from there. I-is there another way?"
3. Hope: "No! I-I mean... Can you show me another way?"

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Teddy: "O-o-of course... We can go the b-b-back way!"

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Teddy leads Hope towards the back entrance of the library.

 

End of Act 2.

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Act 3.

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Hope and Teddy walk into a closed gate.

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Teddy: "O-oh! The g-gate is closed... B-but don't worry! I - ughm - I'll just crawl through this hole h-here and unlock it m-m-myself... Mhm!"

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1. Hope: "Hold on, I think I can shift through here as well."

2. Hope: "Let me try something else..."

3. Hope: "I'll wait here then..."

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1. Hope can't fit through the hole.

2. Hope notices an air current and performs a double-jump in order to glide over it in her grief state.

3. Hope waits for Teddy to unlock the door.

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1.1. Hope: "Let me try something else..."

1.2. Hope: "I'll wait here then..."

2. Teddy: "Woah! How did you d-do that? It's amaz-zing!"

3. Teddy: "Say, why are you tr-transparent?"

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Hope: "It's just this condition I am in - it makes me really light and invisible for others."

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Teddy: "That's s-so cool!"

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1. Hope: "I need a moment..."

2. Hope: "I can't do anything in this state."

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1. Hope isolates herself into a bush in order to calm herself.

2. Teddy: "But y-you can go invisible any time you want! I wish I could do th-that.."

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1. Teddy: "...A-are you ok?"

2.1. Hope: "Yeah, right..."

2.2. Hope: "It only triggers when I'm sad, and sometimes complicates things further... I can't even speak to people."

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1.1. Hope stays silent, trying to continue with composing herself.

1.2. Hope: "I can't do anything in this state."

2.1. Teddy: "What? It's a sup-p-perp-power!"

2.2. Teddy: "W-well... You are speaking to me n-now."

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1. Teddy: "H-hey... I'm talking to y-you."

2.1. Hope: "It only triggers when I'm sad, and sometimes complicates things further... I can't even speak to people."

2.2. Suddenly struck with this simple realisation, Hope gradually turns into her normal state.

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1.1. Hope keeps her silence, trying harder to stay composed.

1.2. Hope sighs…

2. Hope: "Oh, I-- I guess I am..."

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1.1. Teddy: "Hmm.. O-okay. I-I'll just wait h-here..."

1.2. Hope: "I can't do anything in this state."

2. Teddy smiles, beckoning Hope to the library.

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1. After a prolonged moment of controlling her breath and calming down, Hope reaches a composure point.

2. Teddy: "Come on.. Let's g-go."

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Hope finds herself composed, returning to her normal state as the two venture into the library's interior.

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End of Act 3.

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Act 4.

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Teddy: "The map should be j-just about over there, n-n-near the histor-r-r---"

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Huxley: "Bah-ha-ha! Would you look at her facial expression? What a corpulent swine!"

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The laughter of two bullies could be heard in the background, as a sob follows and the noise of someone running away.

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Teddy: "Oh, n-no! It-it-it's the b-b-bullies!"

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1. Hope: "It's just a bunch of boys, Teddy."

2. Hope: "It's okay - I'll get it!"

3. Hope: "Stay here then."

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1/2. Teddy: "Nu-uh! I'm n-n-not g-going!"

3. Hope walks to the history in order to search for the map.

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Searching through the appointed location, Hope is unable to find the map.

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1. Hope moves towards the leaflets at the end of the room to check if there is any information there.

2. Hope approaches the librarian.

3. Hope calls out for Teddy.

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1. There is no information in regards to the map here.

2.1. Hope: "Excuse me, miss. Do you know where I could find a copy of the map of the city?"

2.2. Hope: "I can't find the mapping of the city. Can you help me?"

2.3. Hope presses the ring button.

3. Hope: "Teddy! Teddy! It's not here."

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1.1. Hope approaches the librarian.

1.2. Hope calls out for Teddy.

2.1. Librarian: "I'm afraid I am currently preoccupied with something else, Fräulein. You'll have to excuse me."

2.2/3. The librarian looks down at Hope, arching an inquisitive brow.

3. Hope approaches the librarian.

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2.1.1. Hope: "Is there something I can do to help?"

2.1.2. Hope: "I'll wait here then."

2.1.3. Hope: "Aren't you supposed to help people around the library?"

2.2/3. Hope: "Hello?"

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1.1. Librarian: "Hmm... Yes, there is. I am looking for *"Zur Einführung des Narzißmus"* by Sigmund Freud. It should be somewhere on the top floor, but I could not find it last I checked."

1.2. The librarian nods and walks away in search of a lost book.

1.3. Librarian: "Perhaps, if people did not lose pieces of literature, I would have time to address your questions."

2. Librarian: "I'm afraid I am currently preoccupied with something else, Fräulein. You'll have to excuse me."

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1. Hope: "Ugh... yeah. I'll - I'll check that for you."

2. Hope is left standing idle for a long time, as the librarian could be heard strutting around the library in search of a book.

3.1. Hope: "That's not a problem of mine."

3.2. Hope: "I suppose I could help you..."

3.3. Hope: "I'll wait here then."

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1. Hope walks upstairs where she needs to avoid the bullies in order to reach the end of the room. Once she finds the needed book, she returns back to the librarian.

2. The librarian finally returns.

3.1. The librarian nods and walks away in search of a lost book.

3.2. Librarian: "I am looking for *"Zur Einführung des Narzißmus"* by Sigmund Freud. It should be somewhere on the top floor, but I could not find it last I checked."

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1.1. Hope: "I've found the book."

1.2. Hope: "Right... there you go."

1.3. Hope: "It seems that I am better at this job than you."

2. Librarian: "Humph! And there is your map."

3.2. Hope: "Ugh... yeah. I'll - I'll check that for you."

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1.1. Librarian: "Ah, wunderbar! Very good, indeed! Here's the map you had requested."

1.2/3. Librarian: "Humph! And there is your map."

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1.1. Hope: "Thank you."

1.2/3. Librarian: "Bitte schön."

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1.1. Librarian: "Bitte schön!"

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Hope begins walking towards the exit, but on her way she is intercepted by the bullies.

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Humphrey: "Oh my gosh, it's that androgynous piece of paper again!"

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Huxley: "Not with that haircut it's not. Perhaps, a self-absorbed, feeble-minded, repulsive feminist?"

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Humphrey: "Ha-ha-ha! She does look like a social justice warrior. What a putrid sideshow freak!"

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Hope gradually turns invisible with the map still in her grasp, as the bullies see nothing but a floating parchment.

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Huxley: "What in the name of the Holy Spirit is this atrocity?!"

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Humphrey: "It's just an illusionary projection that is supposed to frighten us, Huxley. Pay it no mind-d-d.."

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Huxley: "It's an ethereal apparition, Humphrey! Run!"

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Humphrey: "A-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ah!"

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The two bullies run away, frightened, as Hope and Teddy begin to laugh.

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Teddy: "Ha-ha-ha! You g-go, Hope!"

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1. Hope: "Yeah... sure."

2. Hope: "See - no problem at all!"

3. Hope: "Ha-ha! Those idiots!"

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Both of them exit the library, laughing, as Teddy uses the map as a guide to point out the way. Hope has returned to her normal state.

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Teddy: "Hmm.. I see now! We can go through th-the forest here and we should e-exit at Ridge C-Cottage."

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Hope: "Lead the way."

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End of Act 4.

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Act 5.

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As Hope and Teddy enter the forest, he giggles playfully.

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Teddy: "H-hey... Do you want t-to play a g-game?"

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1. Hope: "I don't have time for this, Teddy..."

2. Hope sighs.

3. Hope: "Yeah, sure..."

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1/2. Teddy: "B-but, please..."

3. Teddy giggles once again before running away with the map.

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1/2. Hope: "Let's continue on our way."

3. Teddy: "I h-hide, you - s-seek!"

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1/2. Teddy giggles once again before running away with the map.

3. Hope sighs before beginning her search through the landscape in order to find Teddy Once she finds him, he insists they continue to play.

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Teddy: "Woah! Y-you're good at th-this. Now it's your t-turn!"

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1. Hope: "This is actually fun. Let's go again!"

2. Hope: "Please, Teddy. Let's just continue on our way."

3. Hope: "Right... Can we stop playing now? I want to go home."

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1. The two continue to play, before they finally decide to continue onward.

2/3. Teddy: "...Okay."

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The two carry onward.

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1. Hope: "Who were those boys anyway?"

2. Hope: "Do you know those guys?"

3. Hope: "Come to think of it, how come you are not at school?"

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1/2. Teddy: "Oh, w-well... Th-they are just some boys from s-s-school, who make fun of m-my stutter. Which is why I-I barely g-go there n-now... B-but I know so m-much ab-bout the town n-now!"

3. Teddy: "Oh, w-well... I-I barely g-go there n-now because of those g-guys. Th-they are bullying me for m-my stut-ter at school... B-but I know so m-much ab-bout the town n-now!"

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1/2/3.1. Hope: "I see."

1/2/3.2. Hope: "Why don't you tell someone about it?"

1/2/3.3. Hope: "Don't your parents know you're skipping school?"

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Teddy: "M-my mom hasn't been f-feeling right ever since my dad l-left, so I don't want to t-trouble her. I-I'm really good at writing m-m-my own sick notes, th-though! The teachers haven't given me a-any troubles -so far..."

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1. Hope remains silent.

2. Hope: "[mumbled] At least you have a mom..."

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Teddy: "W-what about your m-mom, Hope? What's she l-like?"

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As Teddy asks the question walking over a fallen tree log that acts as a bridge across the river, the wood creaks and cracks, falling down into the water.

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Teddy: "Oh, no!"

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1. Hope: "Well done, Teddy."

2. Hope: "Ugh..."

3. Hope: "Be careful!"

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End of Act 5.

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