()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><SE1>AVG_PPT_Switch</SE1>:Aeneas Conference Room current progress saved. +Phase 1 - 100% complete. +Phase 2 - 50% complete. +Phase 3 - 0% complete. +Phase 4 - 100% complete. +Phase 5 - 0% complete.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:... +...... +Phase 0 - 99% complete.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Operation Aeneas—"Phase 0". +Target—Anna Viktorovna Tsoi.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>446</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>10247</BGM>:In the Eastern Tower, Avernus.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:(Rapid footsteps) +RO635, now utterly alone, dashes up the spiral staircase while keeping close to the wall.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:She is incredibly fast. When she reaches a floor, she'd kick open the door and rush in without even bothering to check if it's safe. +She cannot afford to waste even half a second.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...?!
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Bang! +All of a sudden, a black blur darts out from around the corner and blocks her path.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:RO635 lifts her gun without pause and is about to pull the trigger when her opponent grabs it by the barrel—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Rifle</SE1><SE1>AVG_Bullte_Ricochet</SE1>:The shot misses its mark and smashes the light on the ceiling instead.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_Combat_Hits</SE1>:Thud! +Smack! +RO635 switches effortlessly over to hand-to-hand combat and delivers a series of physical blows with her gun.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Much to her surprise, her opponent starts countering her attacks with the same technique. After exchanging a few blows, they each end up tugging at one end of the submachine gun and arrive at a stalemate. +Just then, her opponent speaks.
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Are you looking for Angelia, RO635?
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_1</BGM>:It all happened in just a few seconds. Only now does RO get a good look at the assailant. +It is a nondescript-looking Nyto.
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Go back to where you came from, RO. +Ange won't go with you.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:...?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Nyto can barely finish her sentence when a force suddenly knocks her off her feet.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:Thunk!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Clack. +RO635's muzzle is pressed firmly against the Nyto's face. She blinks, then she raises her arms in silent cooperation.
RO635Mod(4)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Who are you?
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>Koleda</Speaker>||:You can call me Koleda.
RO635Mod(4)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:Where is Ange?
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>Koleda</Speaker>||:As I said, Ange won't be going with you.
RO635Mod(4)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1><震屏3>:<size=50>I'm asking you one more time—where the hell is Ange?!</size>
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>Koleda</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Looking at the murderous T-Doll before her, Koleda knows that the only thing keeping her from pulling the trigger is her last remaining shred of reason.
NPC-Koleda(0)<Speaker>Koleda</Speaker>||:...Come with me.
RO635Mod(4)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||:If you waste my time, I'll make you regret you ever existed.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Koleda can sense RO635's raging fury even without turning her head. +If she does anything even remotely suspicious, she will experience the most ruthless retribution in the world. +She has no choice but to keep her hands high up in the air and lead RO635 to Ange's room.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Explode</SE1><黑点2><震屏3><BIN>456</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Boom!
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_21summer_intro_DemonVariation</BGM>:Tsk...!
UMP9Mod(4)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:45!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_The_Division_Grenade</SE1>:UMP45 lobs a grenade at the Paradeus forces that are pouring in before ducking back behind cover. She resumes her typing on the portable terminal.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Cover me for a bit, 9! +...I'm going to try and get the comms back up.
UMP9Mod(2)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:45...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:Bramedb's cyber attack has left UMP9 very weak and feeble, and she is sustaining even more damage in this confrontation with Paradeus. +She is still doing much better than UMP45, who is taking the brunt of enemy fire, but the two sisters are utterly helpless against these persistent black and white Nytos and their forces. +The only good news is that no high-ranking Nyto units are present.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:Most of their equipment have been left at the outpost that they abandoned. +UMP45 must rely on her own processing capacity to keep the comms up and running... but she cannot spare it when she is busy escaping from enemy pursuit.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:UMP9 watches as UMP45 types furiously on her terminal. She looks back at the forces closing in from behind.
UMP9Mod(2)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Say, 45. +Your neural cloud has a lot of storage, right?
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:...I suppose. +Why do you ask?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Beep. +Transferring data.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_21summer_avg_Demon</BGM>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:UMP45's eyes widen when she realizes what it is that UMP9 is transferring to her.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:...Neural cloud backup? +<size=50>What are you doing, 9?!</size>
UMP9Mod(3)<Speaker>UMP9</Speaker><Position>0,-50</Position>||:Stay safe, 45.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:9, come back!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:UMP45 reaches out to grab UMP9 by the shoulder, but grasps nothing.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:As if her previous frailty never was, UMP9 vaults over her cover nimbly and charges straight towards the Paradeus troops, who are just several feet away.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:<size=50>9!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><SE1>Explode</SE1>:BOOM!!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:UMP45 scrambles to her feet and tries to go after UMP9, but the moment she gets up, she is thrown back on the ground by the shockwave.
()<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tinnitus_0</SE1>:(Coughs)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:Pzzzt... +Her neural cloud crackled dangerously upon impact.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_NightVision_Start</SE1>:Her neural cloud only recovers after three seconds.
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BIN>456</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:—!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:The moment she regains consciousness, she picks herself off the ground. +The horde of Nytos that were almost upon her have disappeared. Only vaguely recognizable severed limbs and body parts remain near the crater left by the explosion. +She spots the broken shards of UMP9's goggles right away. 
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:(Static)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Click...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Comm signals connected...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker>RO635</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:<color=#00CCFF>(Static) Umbre... (Static) to U... (Static) ...corn.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Mission... (static) accom... (Static)</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:... +......
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Operation Aeneus, successful. +99% complete.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>357</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM>:In the silent conference room, the Commander gazes at the map before them with furrowed brow and crossed arms. +It has already been an hour since they lost contact with Task Force Aeneas. +No matter how many times they attempt to re-establish the connection, they just can't get through the signal jam. +Nobody but Dandelion can do anything to try to solve the issue, and try she has. +Next to the Commander, ST AR-15 is trying her best to remain calm, but her restless pacing betrays her anxiety.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:Commander...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<size=50>—Have you gotten through?!</size>
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:...Not yet. +I was just going to suggest that it's better to have more than one string to our bow. +What if they're already...
AR15Mod(5)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:<size=50>Just shut the fuck up if you have jack shit to say!</size>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander may not be as verbally aggressive as ST AR-15, but they are equally disheartened by Dandelion's words.
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:Hold on...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Just then, Dandelion's expression shifts.
AR15Mod(5)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:What is it now? This isn't the time for jokes!
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:I'm not joking... Commander. +I just connected to the conference room...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<size=50>Log in at once!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander jumps up from their seat.
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:...Yes, Commander.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Dandelion nods, but her odd expression does not escape the Commander's eyes.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Beep... +Connecting...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Logging into Aeneas Conference Room... +Designation - Dandelion.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_The_Division_Baggage_bomb_Activation</SE1>:Identity verified.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
AR15Mod(8)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:...
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:...I have nothing to do with this.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_2</BGM>:The three of them all stare at the screen. Both the Commander and ST AR-15 are rendered speechless as they read through the list of users.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<narrator>:Umbrella - Offline. +Ferrum - Offline. +Unicorn - Offline. +Nitrogen - Offline. +Chessmaster - Logged Out. +Wolf Pack - Extracted. +Black Box - Logged Out.
AR15Mod(2)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:Have they all...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...We just lost their signals, so no conclusion can be drawn from that. +Dandelion, what's this?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander points at a new file in the conference room.
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||:The file is titled "For the Commander".
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Extracting... It's a video clip. I'm opening it now.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:Analyzing format... +Playing.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_PPT_Switch</SE1>:After a flicker, the screen reveals a familiar figure. +The Commander stops breathing for a second.
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||<BIN>357</BIN><黑屏2>:<color=#00CCFF>...Long time no see, Commander.</color>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Ange looks very battered and bruised in the clip, but her firm and resolute gaze shows that her spirit remains unbroken. +For some reason, just the sight of her face puts the Commander at ease.
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Time is short so I'll get to the point.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I'm really sorry, but I can't leave this place just yet.</color>
AR15Mod(8)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:What?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Before the Commander can react, ST AR-15 exclaims with wide eyes. RO635 and SOP-II's fate is still unknown—she has never been more high-strung.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:But the Commander simply waits quietly for Ange to continue.
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...This may be hard for you to swallow.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>You went to such great lengths and arranged for a task force to rescue me... yet this is the answer you get.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>However, I have a very compelling reason for my decision.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>I will tell you the reason—you deserve that much.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But before that, you must answer a question.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:Question?
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Commander, what should we look to in order to save the world?</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Go on, give me your answer.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>This will tell me... whether we are really on the same side.</color>
AR15Mod(5)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:What the hell...? Why has it stopped?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...Dandelion?
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>Dandelion</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:The second half of the video is encrypted. +It will only resume with a password... I'm guessing that's the "answer". +I can also try to break the code by force... if you don't know the correct answer?
AR15Mod(5)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:What a strange question... Who knows what it is that she wants to hear.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:Ange... I believe the answer you're looking for is... <c>The past... <c>The present... <c>The future...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:...To uphold the past and carve up the world the old way—like the Earl, like Oberstein, like those bureaucrats. +To restore their idea of "order" to the world, where their rules are followed, their authority is obeyed, and their interests are protected. +As the Earl puts it, the minority decides the rules, and the majority has to follow the "right path". +... +But are they really right? +If they were... the world wouldn't be in this sorry state. +The past is a mistake. Their immutability will only lead to repeated tragedies. +No, this isn't it.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><分支>2</分支>:...It's the present.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><分支>3</分支>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:...To blaze a trail to the future—that does sound very appealing. +The Commander mulls over these words and imagines the possibilities that the future holds. +However... in order to realize such a world, what would be the cost, and who would bear the cost? +... +If people who pin all their hopes on the future squander what they have in the present. How much of what should be saved will remain when the future comes? +How can we talk of the future if the present is lost?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN>:...To safeguard the present. Yes, that's right. Like what Ange, Mr. Kryuger, Machlian, and all the people on their side have been doing. +Forget the countless tragedies of the past. Forget how the self-righteous hypocrites spin their lies... Forget all the sacrifices, and the bright but intangible future. +Them. Us. +What we can protect, what we can maintain, what we can trust and what is within reach... +It's the present.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>357</BIN>:The present...
AR15Mod(5)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:Hm?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...It's the present, Ange. +Our focus has never changed. +It's not something in the past. It's not something intangible. +It's the present that we're living and breathing.
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_PPT_Switch</SE1>:Pzzt...
AR15Mod(8)<Speaker>ST AR-15</Speaker>||:...! +It-it's playing again!
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...I knew it all along.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>In the end, we really are allies, Commander.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:On the screen, Ange smiles in relief before turning serious again.
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>The situation has changed, Commander.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>His goal isn't to eradicate Paradeus.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>What he wants... is to bring William under his control.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:...?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Even though Ange didn't give the name, the Commander understands right away who she's referring to.
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...I will never let that happen.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>If he decides to withdraw from this operation, then I'll pick up where he's left off and eradicate Paradeus.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>A demon is a demon, not because of his greed, but because he possesses a demon's powers.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>We must not let him acquire this power, which has already cost so many lives...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>As for William, I think it's time we settle things with him.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:You're using yourself as bait...?
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>I have received the gift that you had RO deliver to me.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I also have some help here. You don't have to worry about me.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Time's almost up, Ange.</color>
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker></Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:Ange smiles at the camera, her eyes gleaming with great determination.
NPC-AngeDamage(0)<Speaker>Angelia</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Listen, Commander.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>My plan is to—</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:... +... +......
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Click.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:The screen goes dark.
()||<黑点1>: