()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>356</BIN><黑屏2><Night><BGM>BGM_Room</BGM>:In the Berlin safe house.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The moon is exceptionally bright tonight. An unexpected battle has finally come to an end. +However, a new signal fire has just been lit.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Commander, very nice to see you.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Likewise, Earl.
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>It hasn't been all that long since we last talked.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But by God am I glad to hear your voice again.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I'm very sorry, Earl. +I screwed it up. Even Squad Griffin was... 
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You need not apologize for anything.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>On the contrary, I feel incredibly fortunate that I have chosen you for this.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>If it had been anyone else, things would have become utterly hopeless by now... Report your situation.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:We have successfully recovered Morridow and done some work to render her harmless. +Information concerning Operation Cocoon has been sent to you. +Also...According to an unverifiable source, they are planning to launch the attack on Unity Day.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>...I see. I'll keep that in mind.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>I can only imagine the terrible ordeal you have gone through.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>In any case, thank you very much for your work, Commander.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>The brave new world will remember your contribution.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Just doing my duty. +...However, even though it has been a ride, it has to come to an end.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Do you believe this is where it ends?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Is that what you want?</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:We do not have sufficient intelligence, and we are in unfamiliar territory. +More importantly, our Dolls have suffered heavy casualties and ammo reserves are running low. We are in dire need of supplies... +What I want is irrelevant. +Logically speaking, there is no way I can continue.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>It already brings me great comfort to learn that you are safe. On top of that, you have delivered such brilliant results.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>By all accounts, this is a resounding victory, and yet you seem dissatisfied.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...I should have done better.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>In this day and age, blood and tears are shed all too often.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Sometimes, people become desensitized because they have seen too much.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>This is more tragic even than the sad reality that we live in... But you're different, Commander. Your blood still runs hot.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:... 
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You don't want this to be over, do you?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>We may fail and suffer, but at the very least, we now have the initiative.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>If you give up today, and whoever replaces you ends up bringing even bleaker news... "If it had been me, I would not have let things come to this."</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Are you sure you won't harbor such regret?</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander lets out a long and heavy sigh.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...I require support. The more the better.
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||<黑屏2><BIN>414</BIN>:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:The sound of a door being pushed open breaks the silence in the room. +Morridow looks up with a smile, obviously expecting her visitor.
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:I knew you would come and see me, Nimogen.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:...I just want to help you take a good look at your own Virtual Cognition Image.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:After closing the door lightly behind her, M4 slowly walks up to Morridow and towers over her as she has always done. +Looking up at M4 now, Morridow seems a lot more subdued than she usually is.
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:Why did you save me, Nimogen? You don't even have the strength to do that again. +If... I'm just saying... If they change their target next time, it'll be all over for you.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:I don't want there to be a next time.
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:Then why?
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M4 bends down and leans in close.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:Didn't I tell you? I simply want to save you.
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:...What a joke. If you want to save me, why don't you just release me?
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:I will.
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:...What?
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:I said I will. +But not now. Right now, I'd like to see the real you.
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Morridow blinks. Her mouth opens and closes in confusion. She eventually decides against saying anything.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>356</BIN><黑点2><Night>:The man in the comms channel falls silent for a moment.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>No problem, if support is all you need.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I can give you that. I will contact the base. A vehicle of sufficient size should be able to transport your forces to you.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...I didn't expect you'd go that far, to be honest.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>My opinion has not changed. Out of all the youngsters... </color> +<color=#00CCFF>You're the most trustworthy. Kryuger believes that, and so do I.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I will not betray your trust. +Though frankly speaking, your generous praise is a little disconcerting.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>True enough, you have much still to learn, and you are hardly perfect.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But humans can never be perfect. Besides, you're still young and have plenty of time to learn through hardship.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>...However, with hardship comes suffering.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>You must learn to accept the many trials and tribulations you will encounter on this path you walk.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>For you, your most important lesson is to learn to accept losses.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...I can accept losses, and I respect everyone who has given their life, but that doesn't mean I can be glad for their sacrifices. +I will not pass up any chance of saving my friends, even if they are Dolls.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>I sense a subtext, Commander.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:We've lost contact with Ange. 
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>...It's true, she is currently MIA.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:May I take over the mission to search for her?
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>This isn't a mission for you.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Too many personal feelings are involved, Commander.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...You have convinced me to stay in Berlin. +Since I have already made up my mind, I would like to earn my keep.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>I obviously won't keep a ferocious tiger caged up.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>However, I have a more important task for you.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:... 
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You're the only one who can put a stop to this impending fireworks show.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:But Ange... 
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Griffin</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You have inadvertently drawn Paradeus' attention to yourself while investigating the Iaso's Boxes.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Thanks to that, Ange's rescue mission will be much easier. I want you to trust me—I will never let a warrior wither away like this.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...I understand.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><common_effect>%%code=CJX_avg_hb%%</common_effect>:Leave it to me.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:... 
()||<黑屏1>:
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>249</BIN>:...Your "Father" keeps turning living humans into beings that are neither alive nor dead, all for the sake of finding semi-immunosomes that can resist Collapse radiation. +...Unfortunately, it has all been in vain.
NPC-Morridow(8)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:...This is Paradeus' mission, Nimogen. +We are blazing a trail to a new era... As our name suggests... +We are leading ignorant humans to the real promised land.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:Aren't you deluding yourself?
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:Shut up.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Morridow's self-assuredness sudden vanishes completely. Her face darkens.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:You reject yourself and your past. +But they are forever a part of your base layer. Memory is irrefutable evidence. +You are all failed specimens. You are but a mere shadow of her. Even if you put an end to it all yourself, there is no changing the truth.
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:Her... You mean...Lunasia?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Morridow shakes her head vigorously, as if to shake off this terrible thought.
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:Impossible... You're lying. +I'm a perfect being!
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:Really?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M4 gives Morridow a pitying look.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:...You are well aware of the truth.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Intimidated by M4, whose presence grows increasingly oppressive, Morridow backs away in fright and bumps into something. +She turns around and finds herself staring at a mirror. +Reflected in the mirror is a corpse. The corpse writhing in the mud.
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:No... No... No!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As Morridow lets out a horrified scream; the corpse's mouth is also agape.
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||:I'm not a failure... I'm not! I'm not!
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,90</Position>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><关闭蒙版>:This can't be... It can't be! If I'm a failure, what are you?!!
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>356</BIN><黑点2><Night><SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:After ending the call with the Earl, the Commander drums their fingers on the desk thoughtfully.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...With the Earl's aid... +We will stand a much better chance.
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:I hope Miss Ange will be okay... 
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:As long as we do our part, she'll be fine. +This is Ange we're talking about. Have some faith in her.
RO635Mod(5)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Right.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Then... Hm?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander swivels their chair around and scans the room.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Where's M4?
KH2002(0)<Speaker>Khaybar</Speaker>||:...Hm? Huh? You're right, where has Miss M4 gone?
UMP9Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:She sneaked off again... Uh, to be honest... +I think M4 came back a changed Doll.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Changed?
UMP9Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:Don't you think so? +...Hm, how should I put it? She gives off a completely different vibe.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...Well, she does seem a little different. +But we can't begin to fathom what M4 has gone through, so it's only natural that she's changed.
UMP9Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker>||:Is that so? I guess you have a point.
AR15Mod(4)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:ST AR-15 listens to the conversation in silence, then she heads toward the door.
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:I'll go and find her.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Okay... Bring her up to speed while you're at it.
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:Sure.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:... 
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>356</BIN><黑点2><Night>:Thud.
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:ST AR-15 opens the door to the interrogation room and runs right into M4, who is just coming out.
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:What were you doing in the interrogation room?
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:I had something to discuss with Morridow alone.
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:...Alright, then let me take over. You need rest.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:Sure.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M4 walks out of the door and turns back to look at ST AR-15 uncertainly.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:AR-15.
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>;NytoIsomer(12)||:What?
AR15Mod(0);NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Do you think I'm M4A1?
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>;NytoIsomer(12)||:...What do you mean? Of course you are.
AR15Mod(0);NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:As in...Do you think I'm actually M4A1 herself? +I have been through things that changed me. +At this point, do you think I'm still the M4A1 that you know?
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>;NytoIsomer(12)||:...As long as your nature remains unchanged, you will always be M4A1. +The M4 I know may sometimes feel lost and indecisive, but she also keeps growing and changing. +Above all, she has an unwavering sense of goodness and decency, which is why I do believe with absolute certainty—you are M4A1.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M4 closes her eyes and nods. She smiles at ST AR-15.
NytoIsomer(12)<Speaker>M4A1</Speaker>||:Right. Thank you.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>7</BIN><Night><SE1>GF_Halloween_Wind_loop</SE1>:... +Near the border of the Neo-Soviet Union.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Rocket_Gun_Truck</SE1>:(Rumble)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A military jeep sweeps up a trail of sand and dirt as it travels alone through the vast and empty land. +It is driving towards its destination—a certain military base where fully armed soldiers are standing in line outside with a stern looking officer in the lead.
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:... 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The heavy jeep comes to a stop about five meters away from the officer.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:Clack. +The car door opens. A pair of black boots stride out from within and tread on a thin layer of snow.
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:Salute!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:At the officer's command, all the soldiers behind him salute the visitor in unison.
NPC-Carter(1)<Speaker>Carter</Speaker>||:...There's no need of that, comrades. +I have been relieved of all duties and am simply a civilian of our great motherland.
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:This is no joking matter. +There is no way we will accept this decision.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Carter says nothing to that. He just stands quietly on the spot.
NPC-Carter(1)<Speaker>Carter</Speaker>||:Then what would you have me do?
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:We refuse to put our faith in a government that has betrayed us. +Even if we keep our mouths shut, there's no telling when the oligarchs' retaliation will befall us. +We need a real leader who can lead us to victory.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The officer gazes at Carter fervently and gives him a deep bow.
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:Please assume command!
NPC-Carter(1)<Speaker>Carter</Speaker>||:... 
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:This is the will of all our comrades here in the Frontier Special Region 1718.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Carter looks at the soldiers and finally unclenches the fist hidden behind his back. +Behind him, his subordinate also exits the vehicle and hands him a document.
NPC-Carter(1)<Speaker>Carter</Speaker>||:For the Motherland.
NPC-Yegor(3)<Speaker>Military Officer</Speaker>||:For the Motherland!
()<Speaker>Soldier</Speaker>||<震屏3>:<size=52>For the Motherland!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:As the soldiers chant their slogan with fervor, Carter silently opens the filing folder. +...Just you wait. +...The spark won't go out so easily.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<common_effect>%%code=DoomsdayClock04%%wait=1%%</common_effect>:
()||<黑屏1>: