()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><Night><BIN>7</BIN><BGM>m_avg_casual</BGM>:8pm, December 24—one more day till Christmas. Near the base.
FP6(5)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:...Hm, according to the floor plan, this is where Px4 Storm was captured. +Good, my report is complete. Let me polish it a bit and I'll submit it to the Commander. +As for the business with Px4 Storm, I'll do my own investigation later. I suppose I won't have to report this private matter to the Commander...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:FP-6 smiles confidently to herself.
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>GF_21winter_avg_mahaline</BGM>:Meanwhile, 100 Shiki trails far behind FP-6 surreptitiously as she follows the floor plan all the way to the tree. +FP-6 lingers for a long time by the tree, seemingly deep in thought.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Hm... Has she spotted the freshly disturbed dirt...?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>If FP-6 finds out about the truth, will she hate me?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>That'd be awful! It took me so long to finally start talking to her...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Argh, I really shouldn't have listened to Px4 Storm...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:100 Shiki gazes at the tree from afar, tormented by endless regret.
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><BIN>89</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:5pm, December 24—one more day till Christmas. In the depot.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3><BGM>10065</BGM>:Once 100 Shiki and FP-6 had pinpointed their suspects, they broke through the gates and entered the depot, only to witness Px4 Storm and CAWS' escape through the windows.
FP6(4)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:They're in here!
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:FP-6, they're splitting up!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Seeing that Px4 Storm had already taken off running outside the depot, 100 Shiki was anxious to give chase.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:I'll go after Px4 Storm!
FP6(4)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Wait, 100 Shiki—
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>7</BIN><SE1>RunStep</SE1><SE1>GF_Halloween_Wind_loop</SE1>:FP-6's unfinished sentence was swept away by a gust of wind. +Having locked onto that figure dressed in red, 100 Shiki chased after it relentlessly.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>I will not disappoint FP-6...</color> +Stop, Px4 Storm! Stop right there!
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Do you think I'm stupid enough to stop just because you told me to?!
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:You...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Freezing snow came drifting into her mouth every time she shouted. +So 100 Shiki just kept her mouth shut and continued her pursuit in silence.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:The two figures, one red and the other black, dashed through the snow in the quiet evening...
()||<黑点1><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_Crowd_Run</SE1>:Through the parking lot, the training ground, and past the cafeteria... +100 Shiki kept sprinting with reckless abandon, but Px4 Storm showed no sign of stopping.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>She could've shaken me off in many different ways, so why is she just running in a straight line?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Does she have a specific destination in mind? Or does she have other collaborators waiting to back her up?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Maybe I should get FP-6 to help me? Hm, no... I want to make myself useful!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The chase was very taxing on 100 Shiki's power reserve, but she refused to let Px4 Storm go and kept up the pursuit through sheer determination.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>7</BIN><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><SE1>GF_Halloween_Wind_loop</SE1>:At last, 100 Shiki noticed that Px4 Storm was starting to slow down.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Now's my chance!</color>
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Px4 Storm, surrender yourself!
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Sure.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM>:Px4 Storm really just stopped in her tracks. Panting heavily, she grinned at the equally flustered 100 Shiki.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:(Pants) You're coming with me.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Hold on...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_machine_turn</SE1>:100 Shiki lunged at Px4 Storm and was about to put handcuffs around her wrists. +Px4 Storm was exhausted, but she still refused to submit.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Just...(pants)...stop struggling... +Come with me...so I can report back to FP-6...
Px4Storm(6)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:You obey FP-6 without question, huh.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:She gave me this opportunity...and asked me to join her on this mission...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Px4 Storm ceased her struggle and flashed 100 Shiki a crafty smile.
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:That's okay. You don't want to let her down; I can come with you. +But before that, I need to tell you a secret.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:... +What secret?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Px4 Storm glanced at the tree behind her. It was just a normal cedar on the tall side.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:This isn't an ordinary tree.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(5)||:What?
Type100(0);Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Have you heard of the legend about the Tree of Friendship at the base?
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(5)||:No...
Type100(0);Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:You know how there are many inseparable good friends here in the base, yeah? +Well, they didn't start out being such good friends...
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:You mean...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:100 Shiki instantly recalled the many pairs of Dolls who are always thick as thieves. She had always watched them with envy…
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Dolls don't make friends easily, and you know that, don't you?
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Yeah...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:100 Shiki thought of herself and nodded dejectedly.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Feelings are hard to convey. Even if you pluck up the courage to speak your mind, you don't always get everything across.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:To put it simply, making friends is just a matter of luck.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(5)||:You're right!
Type100(0);Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Only if we can give someone else our feelings in their entirety, and if this someone is also willing to accept them...
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(5)||:Will we have a chance of making a friend?
Type100(0);Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Exactly! This is how the Tree of Friendship came to be... +Legend has it that a long, long time ago, a Griffin Doll yearned dearly for a friend, but she was too shy to tell others her feelings. +So on a Christmas Eve, she dug a hole beneath the Tree of Friendship, buried her feelings there, and made a wish. +The next day, Christmas Day, the unexpected happened—she had dinner with the Doll she wanted to make friends with and they became the best of friends from then on.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(2)||:Really...? Who was this Doll?
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Here, look at this.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Px4 Storm showed 100 Shiki an old photograph. +In the photo were two unfamiliar girls huddling together under a Christmas tree, smiling happily.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:...
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:On Christmas Eve, bury objects that carry your sentiments beneath the Tree of Friendship—the more the better, then make a wish, and you will gain a friend on Christmas Day. +To tell you the truth, I ran all the way here just for this tree.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Px4 Storm patted the "Tree of Friendship" and started digging a hole near the roots.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:There's this Doll whom I've wanted to make friends with for a long time now, but I just don't know how.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:...
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:I bet you don't have any troubles of this sort, 100 Shiki.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:No...I do share your problem...
Px4Storm(6)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Heh, that's surprising...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Medicine_Bottle</SE1>:Px4 Storm soon finished digging the hole and tossed her pouch of Christmas Coins into it.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Now I'm going to make my wish.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She closed her eyes and prayed piously as 100 Shiki watched.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:100 Shiki stared at the Christmas Coins in the hole hesitantly and took her own out of her pocket.
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Will this really get me a new friend...?</color>
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:I'm done. Now I'm going to fill the hole...
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Wait!
Px4Storm(6)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Do you also want to make a wish?
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Yeah...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:After much deliberation, 100 Shiki also tossed her own Christmas Coin into the hole and made her wish.
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Slap</SE1>:<color=#A9A9A9>O Tree Spirit, please help me become good friends with FP-6!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:When she opened her eyes, she was surprised to see that Px4 Storm was still there.
Px4Storm(5)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Here I go, then.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Okay...
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Oh, I forgot to tell you something.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:W-What?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Px4 Storm stopped suddenly in the middle of shoveling dirt back into the hole and smiled cryptically at 100 Shiki.
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:If someone digs this up again before Christmas Day, the wishes won't come true.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(2)||:...What?!
Type100(7);Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Also... +The friend you wished for...will end up hating you...
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>;Px4Storm(2)||:Huh?! N-No way!
Type100(7);Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Don't be afraid, 100 Shiki. As long as we keep this secret until Christmas is over, everything will be fine.
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(2)||:But...
Type100(6);Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:I know what you're worried about. It's your duty to capture me and find these coins. +But if you just wait for a day, your wish will come true, and you can still complete the task that FP-6 has given you.
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>;Px4Storm(2)||:I...
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:I know you're a good kid. Good children always get the best presents for Christmas.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_machine_turn</SE1>:Px4 Storm took 100 Shiki's handcuffs and put them on herself.
Px4Storm(2)<Speaker>Px4 Storm</Speaker>||:Let's go, 100 Shiki. Time to head back.
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版><BIN>9</BIN><Night><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>7</BIN><BGM>GF_21winter_avg_mahaline</BGM><Night>:8.30pm, December 24—one more day till Christmas. Near the depot.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Punch</SE1><震屏3>:100 Shiki leans her forehead against the rough bark of a tree, her heart filled with guilt.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>I knew it! I was tricked! As if there would be such magic!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>But...if I told FP-6 now...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>She would definitely hate me!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>But if I don't say anything...wouldn't that make me Px4 Storm's evil accomplice?!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Punch</SE1><震屏3>:100 Shiki bashes her head against the tree trunk.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>No! I have to come clean!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Even if FP-6 hates me... I should still...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She looks again at the "Tree of Friendship", but FP-6 is no longer there.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Huh...? She left...?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I...I was just...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:100 Shiki slides down against the tree and slumps onto ground morosely.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:She turns on her visual filter. The drifting snowflakes transform into flower petals in her eyes.
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>80</BIN><回忆><BGM>BGM_Moon</BGM>:Afternoon, the seventh day after 100 Shiki joined Griffin, at the Café in the base.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Drink_Tea</SE1>:100 Shiki was sitting by the café entrance and sipping a coffee on her own. +The sun was shining through the window, but she had nothing to do.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>It's already been a week since I reported for duty...but I still haven't made a single friend...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>If only I were a bit more outgoing...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:With a small sigh, she shifted her gaze to the verdant trees outside the window and imagined how lovely they would be if they were cherry blossom trees in full bloom...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Knock</SE1>:Knock knock. +100 Shiki was jolted out of her reverie by a rap on the glass. +It was an unfamiliar blonde Doll munching nonchalantly on a piece of chocolate. She looked a little intimidating.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Huh? Did I do something wrong...?</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_OperatingDisc_Drop</SE1>:100 Shiki accidentally spilled her coffee when she panicked.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:The blonde Doll on the other side of the window walked into the Café.
FP6(5)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:Sorry for startling you.
FP6(5)<Position>150,0</Position>;Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Not at all...
FP6(5)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>;Type100(6)||:I'm FP-6. I was just passing by the Café when I saw you looking so blissfully at something. +I wondered what you saw so I followed your gaze, but there's nothing. +So tell me, what was it that got you looking so happy?
FP6(5)<Position>150,0</Position>;Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Those trees...remind me of the cherry blossoms I used to see a lot...
FP6(0)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:Hm?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:FP-6 stared bemusedly at the trees, which were decidedly green.
Type100(7)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Oh no... I said something weird again... She's going to think I'm a complete weirdo!</color>
FP6(0)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:You want to see cherry blossoms?
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Yeah...
FP6(5)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:Then let me show you something cool.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:FP-6 shared a filter program with 100 Shiki.
FP6(5)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:This is a special filter. Once you install it, you'll see cherry blossoms dancing through the sky. +A friend gave it to me.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Let me try.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Cherry blossom petals were indeed drifting all around the verdant trees.
Type100(6)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:How beautiful...
FP6(5)<Speaker>FP-6</Speaker><Position>150,0</Position>||:You're right, they are lovely cherry blossoms... +Again, sorry for scaring you. Think of this filter as my apology.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:The blonde Doll waved 100 Shiki goodbye casually. +100 Shiki gazed at her receding back in a daze.
()||<黑屏1><关闭蒙版><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><Night><BIN>7</BIN><BGM>GF_21winter_avg_mahaline</BGM>:9pm, December 24—one more day till Christmas. Near the depot.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:100 Shiki lifts her head from between her knees and looks up. The sky is completely dark.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:I should head back... There's more supervising work to do tomorrow...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:She dusts the snow off herself and slowly gets to her feet.
Type100(0)<Speaker>100 Shiki</Speaker>||:Magic and whatnot... It's not real...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A small and hard object slips out from her pocket and clatters on the ground. +It's the memory stick that Suomi has given her. +It's etched with the words, "Dreams Come True". +"For expressing your feelings."
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker>Suomi</Speaker>||<关闭蒙版><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:This magic only works during Christmas.
()||<黑点1>: