()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BGM>BGM_21Christmas_Christmas</BGM><BIN>81</BIN>:8pm, December 23—two more days till Christmas. +After the Commander's hasty retreat, the T-Dolls form a queue to collect their own Christmas Coins from Kalina.
()<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||:...Make sure you keep your coin safe, okay? Everyone only gets one! +Give it to someone you're thankful for. If you just give it away without thought, you might regret it afterwards...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 opens her trembling hand and studies the Christmas Coin that bears her name lying quietly in her palm.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Just this one Christmas Coin...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>If I can get M14's...that means...</color>
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_Memorial</BGM><黑点2><BIN>142</BIN><边框>2</边框>:M21, we want to give this Christmas Coin to you!
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Can I really take it?
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Yeah! You are the one we're the most thankful for, and you're the one who means the most to us!
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:M14... You're also...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><边框>2</边框>:The two Dolls grip each other's hands tightly, trying to convey their feelings to each other...
()||<黑点1><边框>2</边框><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>81</BIN><BGM>m_wv_scenario</BGM>:A hand smacking M21's face lightly rouses her from her fantasy.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Why were you spacing out?
M14(2);M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I was...coming up with some new jokes... +What about you? Why are you staring at your Christmas Coin?
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>;M21(2)||:We're just wondering why everyone is making such a big deal out of this simple little coin.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:...Well, the festive season has probably gotten to their heads.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 eyes M14's coin as it lies in M14's palm, languidly...enticingly...
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:M14, who are you planning to give yours to?
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Eh, whoever. It's just a coin. +You know we never care much about these events. +What about you, M21?
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...I don't really care either. +Who would want to put so much thought into giving away this coin, hahaha...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=5</controll_shake>:M21 laughs sheepishly. Suddenly, she feels a tap on her shoulder, but when she turns to look, nobody is there.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Gee, M9, you're such a one-trick pony!
M21(5);M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:Heheh, give me your Christmas Coin, M21!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>;M9(0)||:No way!
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:Humph, stingy!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M9 skips around M21 and hugs M14.
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:M14, you're the best!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>;M9(0)||:What is it now?
M14(2);M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:Give me your Christmas Coin!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>;M9(0)||:Hm, sure.
M14(2);M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:What... Hold on a sec!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>;M21(4)||:What's wrong, M21?
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>;M21(4)||:You're not fighting with me over the coin, are you?!
M9(0);M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:As if! I'm not that childish...
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:Then give it here already, M14!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Alright, catch!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Clock</SE1>:Under M21's anxious gaze, M14's Christmas Coin draws a perfect parabola in the air. +Time seems to slow down, and M21's eyes register every spin of the Christmas Coin in free fall. +Heads, tails, good, evil...
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1><SE1>Rope</SE1>:Yay! The tails side with M14's name on it!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As M9 proudly reveals the result of the "coin flip", an evil plan slowly hatches within M21's neural cloud.
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>1</BIN><Night><BGM>GF_20HW_Scene_BPM82_loop</BGM><SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:8.30pm, December 23—two more days till Christmas. +M9 hums and skips along to the beat as she travels through the woods.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 follows quietly behind her, a gunny sack held in her quivering hands.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>I'm sorry, M9. It's your fault for going after M14's Christmas Coin... </color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I've sworn to myself that I'll obtain her coin...whatever the cost!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>But don't worry, at least I picked red—your favorite color—for the gunny sack...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><震屏3>:M21 takes a few deep breaths... Then M9, who has suddenly got a gunny sack stuffed over her head, lets out a startled scream that pierces through the night.
()<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_flag</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=10</controll_shake>:Who are you?! Who has the nerve to stuff a sack over my head?! I'm the most popular Doll at Griffin! My fans will doxx you!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 presses M9's head down with one hand and fishes M14's Christmas Coin out of her pocket with the other.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>M9... Forgive me...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I will take a bullet for you on our next mission!</color>
()<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=10</controll_shake>:Show yourself, jerk!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:M21 buries her conscience as she tightens the ties of the gunny sack on M9's head and flees the crime scene without a backward glance...
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>81</BIN><关闭蒙版><SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1><BGM>BGM_21Christmas_Christmas</BGM>:9pm, December 23—two more days till Christmas. At the lively Café. +Once M21 has M14's Christmas Coin, she rushes back to the Café, walks up to M14 and nonchalantly slips the coin back into her pocket.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Oh, M21, where did you run off to?
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Nowhere in particular. I just...took a walk.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 looks away guiltily, and a familiar T-Doll just so happens to have walked over.
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:Good evening, has either of you seen Darling?
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Nope, the Commander has apparently disappeared for good after escaping from the Café.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:The Commander sure has it rough...
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:What a shame. I was hoping Darling's Christmas Coin would be the first I receive... +In this case, why don't you guys give me yours?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<震屏3>:Not in a million years!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Sorry, but I've already given mine to—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M14 smiles apologetically as she pats her pocket to demonstrate its emptiness. +But much to her surprise, her fingers feel a round bulk through the fabric.
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:Huh?! Why is it back in my pocket?!
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:Oh my, this must be fate!
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Then I'll gladly accept! Thanks, M14! ♪
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Hold on!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Before M21 can stop her, M1911 has already run off merrily with M14's Christmas Coin in her grasp.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 comes up with a random excuse to leave the Café and goes after her with a blue gunny sack in hand and another bruise on her conscience...
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>81</BIN>:9.45pm, December 23—two more days till Christmas. At the lively Café.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:Having retrieved the Christmas Coin once again, M21 returns to M14 and slips it back into M14's pocket.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:What took you so long in the restroom?
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:You know how much all the girls care about their appearance... Everyone's trying to get in there to refresh their makeup...
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:You're right. It's getting late. Why don't we head back to the dorm?
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Sure.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 lets out a long sigh of relief. But just as they are about to leave, a tall figure blocks their path.
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Hey, kids! Merry Christmas!
M1928A1(0);M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Captain!
M1928A1(0);M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Wow, are these presents for us?
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>;M21(2)||:Yep, everybody gets one. +Oh right, have you seen M9 and M1911? I've been looking for them the whole evening but no luck.
M1928A1(0);M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Uh... Maybe they went running after the Commander...
M1928A1(0);M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:We can hand these to them for you, but there are two more days till Christmas, so what's the rush?
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>;M14(2)||:I'll be off on a mission first thing tomorrow morning and I definitely won't make it back by Christmas Day. +So yeah, if you could please give them the presents for me.
M1928A1(0);M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:You're gone for so long...
M1928A1(0);M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Then we must give you something in return right now!
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||;M14(2):Haha, don't sweat it.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:No, we insist!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M14 anxiously pats herself up and down until a small, round bulk catches her attention again.
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Huh?!!! Why is it back again?! +Holy crap! This coin... It's haunting me! +M21, you see it too, right...?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:M14... Let's leave this subject till—
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:M14's Christmas Coin? That would make a nice gift.
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Not so fast, Cap! This coin is cursed!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:That's right! W-What if it causes you trouble?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Ignoring M14's protests and M21's attempt to intervene, Thompson snatches the Christmas Coin out of M14's hand politely but adamantly.
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:What trouble can this tiny coin bring me?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Uh... Well...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:It won't make me lose my way in the woods at night, will it?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:There seems to be some kind of subtext in Thompson's pointed grin, but it's gone before M21 can decipher it.
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Cap... We'll give you something else!
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Thanks, M14, but this coin is what I want. See ya.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Captain!
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:But...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Thompson bids them farewell in her usual debonair manner and leaves the Café. +M21 watches helplessly as M14's Christmas Coin once again gets taken beyond her reach. Her neural cloud is on the verge of an overload.
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:What should we do, M21? Captain took the cursed Christmas Coin... +I can't get in touch with M9 or M1911 either. What am I supposed to do? +...M21? What's the matter with you, M21?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...I'm fine...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The heartbroken M21 forces a dreadful smile.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>1</BIN><Night><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:10.30pm, December 23—two more days till Christmas. In the woods near the base. +Finding herself in the same old place for the third time, M21 hides expertly behind a tree with yet another gunny sack. +She can hear Thompson's steady footsteps not far away, but she can't help but feel a bit nervous at the thought of attacking her own team leader.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Oh Captain... Why did you have to take M14's Christmas Coin?!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I've worked so hard... I abducted M9 and M1911... And now I need to get rid of you too...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She confirms Thompson's location one last time and lets out a long sigh.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Why don't you understand...M14...?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Your Christmas Coin belongs to ME!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:After adjusting her grip on the gunny sack, she times her approach carefully and darts out from behind the tree. +But instead of Thompson, she is greeted with...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:An open gunny sack.
()<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_flag</SE1>:Ah! I can't see a thing! +Let me go! Where are you taking me?! +<size=50>Help! I'm being kidnapped!!!</size>
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_20HW_Scene_BPM82_loop</BGM><睁眼><BIN>89</BIN><关闭蒙版><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:When the gunny sack is lifted off her head, M21 finds herself tied up in the depot. +Seated right in front of her is Thompson, who is toying with the purple gunny sack that almost ended up going over her head.
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:M21, why would you need a gunny sack if you wanted to talk to me?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...I was looking for something...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Looking for something?
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Is this what you were looking for? This purple gunny sack...
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Or perhaps this blue one?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M1911 strolls out holding the gunny sack that M21 put over her head. +At the sight of the blue sack, M21's hands start trembling.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...I heard there were Christmas Coins to be found in the woods...
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:Oh, so you were looking for Christmas Coins?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M9 has appeared behind M21, showing off a Christmas Coin in front of her. +It glistens under the lights, and the simple etching reads, "M14".
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:... +<color=#A9A9A9>M14's Christmas Coin!</color>
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:No way! You went to all that trouble just to get M14's coin?
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:I'd have never pegged you as such a hopeless romantic! Aren't you full of surprises!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I'm...not! I would never do something so stupid! +<color=#A9A9A9>I can't admit it, or I'll be the biggest joke of the year!</color>
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:No?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:O-Of course not! I was just taking a walk and hoping to come across some coins...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:I see. Then we won't have to worry about upsetting anyone when we do what we must with M14's Christmas Coin.
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:Yep, makes our job much easier!
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:Heheh!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:What are you planning to do with it?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As the three Dolls grin nefariously in unison, a chill runs up M21's spine.
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Why do you care?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...don't... +Do whatever you want...
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:That's right, this is none of your business!
M9(0)<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||:I wonder what it tastes like...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M9 cranes her neck and lowers the coin into her open mouth little by little. +The closer M14's Christmas Coin is to the abyss, the more fidgety M21 becomes.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Hey, hey, hey, stop it!</color> +Are you sure this is a good idea...?
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:You got a problem with this?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The coin has reached the height of M9's nose and is getting closer and closer to her maws...
M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:Stop it!
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Finally telling the truth?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...I've been telling the truth the whole time...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Continue, M9.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The small Christmas Coin has all but disappeared into M9's mouth.
M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<震屏3>:Alright! I'll tell you everything!!!
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Good. Thank you, M9.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:M21 deflates after Thompson is finished with the interrogation.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_Memorial</BGM>:I didn't want to do anything bad... I'm sorry, M9, M1911... I didn't want to hurt you... +I just want M14's Christmas Coin...
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:Then why don't you just tell her?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:If I did that, I would just be asking for it! +And even if M14 did give it to me, it wouldn't be from her heart...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:So you'd rather watch her coin end up in someone else's hands time after time?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:When it comes to certain things, unless you say it out loud, the other person won't be able to tell. +This isn't about the difference between being given something with and without having to ask for it. You're just making excuses for being too embarrassed to talk about your feelings.
M1911Mod(0)<Speaker>M1911</Speaker>||:Look at me. I also want Darling's Christmas Coin, and I'm not afraid to admit it! I won't scheme behind their back to get it!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Yeah... I'm sorry...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:I'll let you have M14's coin and keep this whole thing a secret.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Captain!
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:On one condition— +You must tell M14 how you actually feel.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I understand...
M1928A1(0)<Speaker>Thompson</Speaker>||:Alright, stop fooling around, M9. Give the coin back.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:After a long silence, M9 turns around reluctantly with her face flushed in an angry shade of red.
()<Speaker>M9</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>Rope</SE1>:(Wheezes and gags)
M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<震屏3>:<size=50>HEY! SHE SWALLOWED IT!!!</size>
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>82</BIN><Night><BGM>BGM_Moon</BGM>:11.30pm, December 23—two more days till Christmas. In the quiet dormitories. +By the time M21 returns to the dorm, M14 is already fast asleep.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Phew... Good thing I didn't wake you...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 puts the Christmas Coin down on M14's bedside table lightly before crawling into bed, completely exhausted.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>That was more tiring than carrying out a mission...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Thank goodness Cap let me off the hook in the end...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 turns on her other side and sighs as she stares at M14's profile.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>M14...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Maybe I've really been doing it all wrong...</color>
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><关闭蒙版>:Drowsiness sweeps over M21 and her eyelids grow heavy. +But memories of the evening keep buzzing inside her head...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>82</BIN><Night><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21's eyes suddenly snap wide open in the dark.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:That's right! I must learn to open my heart and express my feelings! +I'm telling M14 tomorrow that I want her Christmas Coin!
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:I'm telling her the moment she wakes up!
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>82</BIN><黑屏2><关闭蒙版><BGM>m_avg_casual</BGM>:December 24—one more day till Christmas. In the dormitories. +M14 arouses from her sleep and drowsily puts on the Christmas outfit she laid out last night.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:You're awake, M14.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Hm, M21, you're up early. +But you're not looking too energetic.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Ahaha, I didn't get much sleep, probably because I got too excited about the event today. +<color=#A9A9A9>C'mon, M21, spit it out! You've already spent a whole night thinking about what to say!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 fiddles with her tousled hair and looks away bashfully. +M14 follows her gaze and her attention is caught by something reflecting the sunlight on her bedside table...
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Isn't that... +Our Christmas Coin?!
M14(4);M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Wow, you're right!
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>;M21(5)||:This coin just won't leave us alone... We've already given it away many times!
M14(4);M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Maybe it simply hasn't found the right person...
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>;M21(5)||:This is really creepy, M21! The coin is totally cursed! +We must find a way to get rid of it for good...
M14(4);M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Uh... I actually think it's kinda cute...
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:So scary so scary so scary...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M14's restless pacing is making M21 nervous...
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Help us think! We must get rid of this cursed Christmas Coin!
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Then...why don't you...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 musters her courage. She walks up to M14 and mumbles with trembling lips.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:M14, please give your Christmas Coin to—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:BANG! The door is flung open and two gaudily dressed Dolls stride in.
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||<BGM>m_wv_title</BGM>:Merry Christmas, girls!
hkcaws(2)<Speaker>CAWS</Speaker>||:Good morning, I'm CAWS, and this suspiciously friendly person is Px4.
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Don't worry, we aren't bad guys. We're Santa Claus, here to give out presents!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Dammit... Why now?!</color>
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Hello, we haven't met before, have we?
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Nope, but I'm sensing an instant connection here even though it's the first time we've met! +It's as if...we're sisters!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Hey, don't claim familial ties where there's none! +<color=#A9A9A9>No, something feels off about this one!</color>
hkcaws(2)<Speaker>CAWS</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Please accept our gifts.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Why, thank you! You guys want to have a seat?
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:No, we're just here to distribute gifts and spread the joy. +Though it'd be great if we can receive something in return, of course! +After all, our motto is "share joy to gain joy!"
hkcaws(2)<Speaker>CAWS</Speaker>||:That's right, we give each other something so that everyone feels joyful! +If you don't have anything prepared, just a small coin will do.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>I knew it! They're totally hustling for Christmas Coins!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>M14 won't fall for such a shoddy sham, will she...?</color>
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:That makes sense...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M14 looks around and her gaze soon falls on that Christmas Coin...
M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:No, M14! Gather your wits!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:It's okay, M21. It's just a coin. +You can have our Christmas Coin. Merry Christmas!
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Woohoo! Thanks!
hkcaws(6)<Speaker>CAWS</Speaker>||:Thank you for your support.
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:We'll let you get on with your day, then. Ciao~ ♪
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1><SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Px4 Storm and CAWS prance out of the dorm, leaving behind a petrified M21 and a joyous M14.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:How marvelous! This was the first time we've received a Christmas present from complete strangers!
M14(4)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:But is it horrid of us to give them my cursed coin...?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:...Hahaha, yeah, no.
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:What's the matter with you, M21?
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She can't let them get away with it. M21's neural cloud is whirring away.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I also want a gift... I'll chase after them and ask for one...
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:Sure. Thank them again for us!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Open_Close</SE1>:M21 drifts out of the dorm absent-mindedly...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>97</BIN>:M21 follows closely behind Px4 Storm and CAWS with more gunny sacks in hand. +Under her watchful gaze, they walk into each dorm and extort Christmas Coins from T-Dolls using different negotiation strategies.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>They don't seem to be targeting any T-Doll in particular. They're just casting a net to trawl in whatever fish they can...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Looks like they're trying to win the Christmas event and get their wish granted by the Commander...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>But they must have spent a lot of money to buy that many presents. Is it even worth it?</color>
()<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Thanks guys! Love ya! ♪
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Px4 Storm and CAWS leave the current dorm and move onto their next target. +A present slides out of the giant sack on CAWS' back.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>That's my chance!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 darts out nimbly, ready to pick up the present that has fallen onto the floor.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:But just as her hand is about reach the gift, a foot comes out of nowhere and steps right onto M21's hand.
M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><震屏3>:Ow!
KP31(2)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||<震屏3>:Oh!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_20HW_Scene_BPM82_loop</BGM>:Suomi lifts her foot hurriedly.
KP31(2)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||:Where the hell did you come from?!
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I... Where the hell did YOU come from?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 picks up the present and starts kneading the hand that just got stepped on.
KP31(10)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||:... +Sorry, I didn't mean to do that.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:It's okay... It was kinda my fault for charging out all of a sudden...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 gives a perfunctory reply as her anxious gaze flits past Suomi in search of the "Santa Claus" duo.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Well, I'll be off then.
KP31(2)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||:Hold on, M21!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Suomi grabs M21's hand and shoves a small memory stick into her palm.
KP31(2)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||:I know we've barely talked, but I want—
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:What's this?
KP31(9)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||:It's a memory stick with a song. +Play it to someone you care about. It'll help express your feelings for them.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:...Someone I care about? Express my feelings? What's this got to do with me?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21 almost jumps out of her skin when Suomi seems to have read her mind.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Why are you suddenly giving me a present? You're not asking for something in return, are you?
KP31(9)<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||:Christmas is almost here; this will definitely come in useful. +I don't need anything in return. Think of it as an apology for stepping on your foot.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:... +<color=#A9A9A9>Will M14 really understand I want her Christmas Coin if I let her listen to this?</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:By the time M21 returns from her thoughts, Suomi is already nowhere to be seen.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:...Thank you, Suomi.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:... +Alright... Back to business!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M21 shoves the memory stick hastily into her pocket and unwraps the present she's picked up... +Which contains a single rusty spoon, the kind that can be found anywhere in a junkyard.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>I see. Giving out worthless "presents" to scam Dolls out of their Christmas Coins, eh...?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>These shameless dirtbags! I've gotta think of a way to get back M14's coin and punish them while I'm at it!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Then, when I finally pop my question to M14, she'll...</color>
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M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>142</BIN><边框>2</边框>:M21, thank you so much! If it hadn't been for you, our Christmas Coin would've been lost... +And we wouldn't have realized who truly deserves our coin...
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Ahahahahaha, you're very welcome, M14...
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Please take our Christmas Coin!
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M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>97</BIN>:<color=#A9A9A9>Hahahaha... I think I'm laughing a bit prematurely.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:M21's face flicker rapidly through a series of expressions as her imagination takes flight.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Oh right, Miss Kalina said yesterday that we could report any incidents to the supervising group...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I remember the contact details are listed in the event email... Hm, it's FP-6!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:M21 calls FP-6 on her communicator right away.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Hey, is this FP-6? I would like to make an urgent report...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>97</BIN><BGM>m_avg_casual</BGM>:...With the intervention of the supervising group and a few helpful Dolls, Px4 Storm and CAWS, the suspected cheaters of the event are soon apprehended. +Unfortunately, only half of the Christmas Coins they have hustled can be found. +Upon receiving a notice from the supervising group, M14 heads over to the depot to look for her Christmas Coin while M21 waits in the hallway impatiently.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Hurry up and find your coin, M14!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I've figured out how to broach the subject...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:The gate to the depot is making a noise. +M21 mentally shakes herself. This is the signal of the gates being opened. +She swivels around and yells without hesitation—
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<size=50>M14, please give me your Christmas Coin!</size>
NPC-Helian(2)<Speaker>Helian</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Hm?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The only one standing behind the gates is a very bemused Helian with a tablet that she has hastily hidden behind her back.
NPC-Helian(1)<Speaker>Helian</Speaker>||:Are you alright, M21?
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:Ahahahaha... I'm fine...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Helian walks off, still looking very confused. M21 exhales. +Whoosh! The depot gates open once again. This time, it's M14.
M21(2)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:M14! Please—
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:It's not there, M21... Looks like our Christmas Coin is in the missing pile...
M21(4)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:What?! How can that be?! +I'll help you find it!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:It's fine, M21. It's nothing important anyway.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:But!
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:More importantly, we've got a job to do. +Don't you remember? We're supposed to help M9 and M1911 clean up the Christmas fireworks venue.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:I know... But...
M14(2)<Speaker>M14</Speaker>||:C'mon, be a good girl and let's go help. +M9 has been hurrying us.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Being dragged along by M14's warm hand makes M21 swallow everything she's going to say.
M21(5)<Speaker>M21</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>I'll complete the task first. Then I'll find another chance to bring this up!</color>
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