95 S

95_S
Production	Privateer 2: The Darkening
Type	Romance
Disc	CD3
Run Time	1m25s
Scenes	433-434

95_S is a romance cutscene from Privateer 2: The Darkening. It plays when you talk to Melissa Banks at the Sinner's Inn on Hermes after Melissa Banks 2.

• Download: 95_S.mp4

Transcript

MELISSA BANKS: I hate seeing people drink alone.

LEV ARRIS: Then put a stop to it.

MELISSA BANKS: So, hot shot, how have you been keeping?

LEV ARRIS: Busy.

MELISSA BANKS: Still trying to find that man you used to know?

LEV ARRIS: Yeah. You still afraid of being alone in the dark?

MELISSA BANKS: I didn't say I was afraid, just that I preferred company. Not just any company, though. I'm choosy.

LEV ARRIS: That's what I hear.

MELISSA BANKS: So you've ben asking about me.

LEV ARRIS: I don't need to ask, people talk about you. There's even a crazy rumor about you and me.

MELISSA BANKS: Is that so? Well, maybe you should give them some more gossip. You free tonight?

LEV ARRIS: Free for what?

MELISSA BANKS: {Whispers}

LEV ARRIS: Is that legal?

MELISSA BANKS: Legal? That probably isn't even physically possible.

Characters

Speaking

• Lev Arris
• Melissa Banks

25th Anniversary

On May 20, 2020, Privateer 2: The Darkening director Steve Hilliker released The Darkening 25th Anniversary Restoration which featured footage restored from Betacam tapes. The footage has been edited down into a cinema cut but where available it is of much higher quality than the game's files.

• Download: 95_S-P2_25th_ANNIVERSARY_Hilliker_Cut.mp4

Mythic VHS

A VHS tape digitized from the Origin material at EA Mythic indluded versions of edits 78 through 98.

• Download: 95_S-Priv2-Mythic_Tape.mp4

Script

A Diane Duane's The Darkening Script Draft 7 used during the game's shooting has been provided by Erin Roberts.

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MELISSA BANKS ADDITIONAL DIALOGUE

(After SC 357, when Arris escorts her out of system:)

SC.432 (IN GAMEPLAY: COMPUTER GENERATED: VO ONLY)

MELISSA (VO)

Thanks again, Lev. For everything.

Let's get together again sometime,

okay?

(The player is able to run into Melissa several more times,
outside the main game flow. Perhaps this should be have
something to do with his "karma" level? But the
interactions can be plugged into any one of the various
bars.)

When the player clicks on her:

SC.433 ARRIS - INT. SINNERS INN

Sitting by himself -- cocks an eye up as someone approaches
his table. A slow smile grows on his face.

MELISSA (0.S)

I hate seeing people drink alone.

ARRIS

Then put a stop to it.

SC.434 A LIT LE WIDER

As she sits down beside him, puts an arm around him.

MELISSA

So, hotshot...how've you been keeping?

ARRIS

Busy.

MELISSA

Still trying to find that man you used

to know?

ARRIS

Yeah. And are you still afraid of being

alone in the dark?

MELISSA

I didn't say I was afraid,just that I

preferred company. Not just any company,

though. I'm choosy.

ARRIS

That's what I hear.

MELISSA

Oh, so you've been asking about me?

ARRIS

I don't need to ask. People talk about you.

There's even this crazy rumour about you

and me.

MELISSA

Is that so? Well...maybe we should give them

some more gossip. You free tonight?

ARRIS

Free for what?

She leans forward and whispers in his ear. At first he
smiles...then he's shocked.

ARRIS

Is that legal?

MELISSA

Legal?

She gets to her feet, pulling him to his...

MELISSA

It probably ain't even physically

possible!