()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()Server||97GF_Swim_Marnie<黑屏2>:Miss Snow, we have been looking forward to your arrival! +We have arranged a private waiting area for you. Should I escort you there?
NPC_baolan(2)Paula Snow||:...Uh, no thank you. I can make my way there on my own.
NPC_baolan(2)Server||:This bottle of champagne has been reserved specially for you—your favorite year.
()||AVG_20Winter_Drink_Tea:The server hands over a champagne flute filled with pale golden liquid smelling of aromatic mixed fruit.
NPC_baolan(2)Paula Snow||:...Thank you.
NPC_baolan(2)Server||:I hope it is to your liking. +Please enjoy the ball tonight.
NPC_baolan(2)Paula Snow||:...Sure.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||139<黑屏2>AVG_door_elecport:Backstage area of the charity ball.
NPC_baolan(0)Paula Snow||:Phew... I'm finally in!
NPC_baolan(0);MDR(4)MDR<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:Please, you just walked through the door! Why are you so nervous?!
NPC_baolan(0);NPC_baolan(4)Paula Snow<通讯框>||:Miss Lewis is doing a wonderful job. +Even I can't impersonate someone else with so little time to prepare.
NPC_baolan(2)Lewis;NPC_baolan(4)<通讯框>||:You're too kind, Lady Paula!!!
NPC_baolan(2);NPC_baolan(4)Paula Snow<通讯框>||:Just Paula, please. That's what my friends call me.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis;NPC_baolan(4)<通讯框>||:P...Paula, c-can I really call you that?
NPC_baolan(0);NPC_baolan(4)Paula Snow<通讯框>||:Of course, you are all my friends.
NPC_baolan(2)Lewis;NPC_baolan(4)<通讯框>||:This...This makes me so happy!!!
NPC_baolan(2);Welrod(2)Welrod MkII<通讯框>||:May I remind you that you're on a mission here.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:Oh, right, I am the superstar Paula Snow, here to find the man with feather cufflinks!
M200(4)M200<通讯框>||:You don't have to say it out loud.
()???||AVG_tele_disconnect:Paula, it's been a while!
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:(Who's this???) +...It really has.
NPC_baolan(4)???||:I love "The Wave Wrangler"! I planned this trip just to see you!
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis||:...Ha...haha... Fancy seeing you here.
NPC_baolan(4)???||:This isn't a chance meeting though. I am pursuing you one-sidedly. +Would you do me the honor of spending some time with me outside later tonight?
M200(4)M200<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:This guy's cufflinks aren't feather-shaped.
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis||:Sorry, I'm feeling a bit under the weather. Being in the wind gives me a headache.
NPC_baolan(4)???||:That's a real shame.
()||:Lewis is just about to find somewhere to sit down when another man approaches her. From his demeanor, he must've known Paula for at least ten days.
NPC-handyman(0)???||:I thought you're the main act tonight. Why are you here so early?
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis;NPC-handyman(0)||:...That's none of your business.
NPC_baolan(0);NPC-handyman(0)???||:??? +Paula?
NPC_baolan(0);NPC_baolan(0)Paula Snow<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:...Um, that's Kane, the male lead in "The Wave Wrangler".
NPC_baolan(1)Lewis;NPC_baolan(0)||:Oh my god, he looks so different in real life! Even his fans wouldn't recognize him in person!
NPC_baolan(1);NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:Paula? +Who are you talking to?
NPC_baolan(1);MDR(4)MDR<通讯框>||:He means you!
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis||AVG_tele_disconnect:Oh, nothing. I'm just feeling a bit tired today. I thought I'd come early so that I can leave and turn in early as well.
NPC_baolan(4);NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:Are you drunk? +These kinds of charity balls don't tend to end before midnight, not to mention you're the final act. You can't leave early...
NPC_baolan(4);NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:You should go easy on the booze and drink some more coffee. +Or...we could do something else to clear your head?
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:...I don't need booze or coffee.
NPC_baolan(0);M200(4)M200<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:Jeez, even celebrities have to suffer so much harassment.
NPC_baolan(0);NPC_baolan(0)Paula Snow<通讯框>||:...Actors are always different from the roles they play in movies. +Movies are art, after all, and ordinary people have no place in art.
NPC_baolan(0);NPC_baolan(4)Lewis;NPC_baolan(0)||:I feel so sorry that you have to deal with people like this, Paula!
NPC_baolan(0);Thunder50(2)Thunder<通讯框>||:Your priority is to search for the man with the feather cufflinks. Don't get distracted.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||AVG_tele_disconnect:Alright!
NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:Paula, what's wrong with you today? You don't seem to be paying any attention to me.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis;NPC-handyman(0)||:(You've got to have something that's worth my attention, for god's sake!) +...No, I'm just not feeling very well.
NPC_baolan(0);NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:Does seeing me not cheer you up? Shouldn't that have cured you of whatever it is?
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis;NPC-handyman(0)||:...
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis;NPC-handyman(0)||:Sorry, I need to go!
NPC_baolan(0);NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:Wait, you've got to explain yourself...!
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis0.1||ClothingUp:Ugh... Don't touch me... Whoa!
()||:While pulling away from Kane, Lewis slips, but just before she falls, another pair of arms catch her.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:Oh, sorry...
()||:Lewis quickly regains her footing and finds that it was a young man who caught her.
NPC_girill(0)???||:It's alright... +Oh, Miss Snow!
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis;NPC_girill(0)||:Uh, hello...
NPC_baolan(4);NPC_girill(0)???||:It is a great honor to attend this ball with you, Miss Snow.
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis;NPC_girill(0)||:...Thank you.
NPC_baolan(4);NPC_girill(0)???||:The ball won't officially begin until another half an hour. I'm surprised that you don't seem to put on any airs despite being a superstar. +You truly deserved winning Best Actress for "The Wave Wrangler". My friends and I couldn't even set up a proper bet because we were all certain that you would win.
NPC_baolan(2)Lewis||:"The Wave Wrangler" really is a fantastic movie!
Thunder50(2)Thunder<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:Do you see his cufflinks?!
NPC_baolan(1)Lewis||:...It's him!
NPC_baolan(1);NPC_girill(0)???||:Who?
NPC_baolan(2)Lewis;NPC_girill(0)||:Hahaha, oh, nothing. Um, I'd like to have some fruit at the resting area. Would you like to come?
NPC_baolan(2);NPC_girill(0)???||:Huh... I thought female celebrities don't eat at all.
NPC_baolan(2)Lewis;NPC_girill(0)||:...Fruit is fine.
NPC_baolan(2);NPC_girill(0)???||:Then should we head over to the resting area now?
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis||:Sure.
NPC-handyman(0)Kane||:Hey, Paula! You're just leaving with him? Do you know him?
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:...
Welrod(2)Welrod MkII<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:Paula, do you know this man?
M200(4)M200<通讯框>||:Paula?
Welrod(2)Welrod MkII<通讯框>||:That's strange, she's offline...
MDR(4)MDR<通讯框>||:That shouldn't happen. She's in our room, why would she get disconnected?!
Welrod(2)Welrod MkII<通讯框>||:It could be bad reception. Lewis, play it by ear for now and see how things play out. We're all standing by in the corridor. If anything happens, just let us know.
NPC_baolan(1)Lewis||AVG_tele_disconnect:Huh?! But I...
NPC_girill(2)???||BGM_Empty:Alright, missy. He's gone now, so you can drop the act. +Hand it to me.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis;NPC_girill(2)||:...Who are you?
NPC_baolan(0);NPC_girill(2)Valentin||:You can call me Valentin. +I'm generally very patient with pretty girls, but there's a limit even to my patience.
NPC_baolan(4)Lewis;NPC_girill(2)||:Really? Same here! +Actually, I don't quite understand...
NPC_girill(2)Valentin||:...Don't play dumb with me. Surely you know what's good for you, missy?
Welrod(2)Welrod MkII<通讯框>||AVG_tele_connect:What's going on?
Thunder50(2)Thunder<通讯框>||:I have a bad feeling about this...
()||AVG_alarmBGM_Empty:...!
()||BGM_Danger:The alarm suddenly goes off, and everyone at the resting area instantly becomes uneasy.
NPC_baolan(1)Lewis||:! +What just happened?
NPC_baolan(1);NPC_girill(2)Valentin||:That sounds like a fire alarm. There's probably an accident somewhere on the ship... +But that doesn't concern you. Just hand over the stuff...
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:Seriously, what on earth are you talking about?
()Staff||:Sir, I have bad news!
NPC_girill(2)Valentin||:Pull yourself together and slow down. Don't frighten the lady.
NPC_girill(2)Staff||:Uh...
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:...?
()Staff||:Sorry... But we just discovered that a fire has broken out in your room and sounded the alarm...
NPC_girill(3)Valentin||:What about my contracts… +I mean, is it possible to get any of my personal belongings out of the room?
NPC_girill(3)Staff||:I'm sorry, the fire is very big... It's impossible to enter the room right now. I'm afraid...
NPC_girill(3)Valentin0.1||Rope:What?! +This goddamned...!! Escort this lady back to her room for now. I'll go and have a look myself.
NPC_baolan(0)Lewis||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()||82<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:Back in the room.
MDR(4)MDR||BGM_Room:Are you done changing?!
Lewis(9)Lewis||AVG_Door_Open_Close:I'm done, I'm done! It was a real pain dealing with the security droids wearing this! +Say, where's the outfit that just got laundered?
Welrod(2)Welrod MkII||:Just put on the original one. What's up with the alarm just now?
Lewis(9)Lewis||:Valentin's room was on fire. I haven't even gotten around to asking him about the mafia... +What happened to Paula?
Welrod(2)Welrod MkII||:There are no signs of struggle in the room, so she probably wasn't abducted. But if that's the case, we have no way of determining her whereabouts. +Besides, judging by your conversation with Valentin, he doesn't sound like someone who means her any harm...
MDR(4)MDR||:...Lewis, did you put the statuette in the dressing room?
Lewis(9)Lewis||:Statuette?
()||ClothingUp:Lewis turns around and sees MDR coming out of the dressing room with an extravagant-looking figurine which looks oddly familiar...
Lewis(9)Lewis||:I never took any statuettes. Hasn't this always been in there?
()||:Lewis takes it and studies it up close.
Lewis(9)Lewis||:But it looks really familiar. I must've seen it somewhere...
()||AVG_doorknock_wood:...
Lewis(7)Lewis||:Hm? Who's there?
()||<震屏3>AVG_Door_HitBGM_Empty:Slam! +The door is forced open and ten security droids file into the room.
()Security Droid||:You are under arrest for arson and theft.
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