()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>527</BIN><黑屏2><narrator><BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_4</BGM>:On board the Colt Express.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Chimes</SE1>:Ding-a-ling.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Catherine, who has been lounging languidly in her seat, jumps to her feet at the chime.
NPC-Scalper(1)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:You're back!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...Wait, where did this kid come from?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Maggie has appeared inside the carriage out of nowhere with a small girl in her arms. She blinks at Catherine.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:This is a by-product of the transaction.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:<size=50>Let go of me!</size> +<size=50>Liar! Traitor! Scumbag!</size>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:We have enough alarm clocks as it is!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Maggie chuckles as Erma squirms desperately in her arms. She dumps the girl into a seat.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Stay put!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Erma turns around and eyes Maggie distrustfully.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Are you keeping me locked up on this train?
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:The way I was locked up in the Summer Garden?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She glares at Maggie with a complicated mixture of emotions—not just anger, but also resentment.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Summer Garden? What Summer Garden?
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...Your level of intellect is making communication very difficult. +But I have no intention of imprisoning you. I just need you to stay out of mischief.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Liar! +Who are you trying to fool...?
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Then by all means, keep shouting! +No one will come to your rescue even if you scream your head off!
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:... +Maybe you should lay off watching your trashy soap operas.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...Can't you just humor me and let me say some badass lines?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:Erma shoots Catherine a disdainful look before flinging the window open and jumping out.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Bam!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<size=50>The heck?!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:Instead of trying to stop her, Maggie simply watches in amusement as she walks over to the bar and opens a bottle of tequila.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_va_addingredient</SE1>:...Let her jump. +If she dies, it's on me.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Thud!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Erma drops from the overhead luggage rack back into the same seat.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:...
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:If jumping out of the window isn't fun enough, try hanging yourself. +I've never seen a Doll die from hanging, but you can certainly give it a go.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Leaning against the table, Erma gets to her feet. +She seems oblivious to Maggie's mockery as she scans the carriage with narrowed eyes.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:You're not actually giving that serious thought, are you?
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...This carriage means a lot to you, yeah?
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:You're lucky that you get to see such a tasteful carriage.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:I did say, "I'll tear your precious Colt Express apart," remember? +You think I was kidding?!
Erma(9)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Compared to the Summer Garden, your attempt to disguise your Level II platform as a train is practically cotton candy.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...What kind of weird metaphor is that...
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:<size=50>It's flimsy as hell!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:With that, Erma suddenly stands ramrod straight. +Maggie and Catherine look on in confusion. They are just about to wonder aloud when all of a sudden—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:Bam!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_4</BGM>:Erma's small body starts shifting backwards rapidly in the direction opposite to the one in which the train is traveling. She knocks a table away and crashes straight through a wall, creating a gaping hole in the retro-looking carriage.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:W-what the hell?! +Maggie... your train!
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...I saw that!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Maggie immediately goes running after Erma. She hasn't even got around to sipping her tequila.
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Hey... I just renovated this place not long ago! +<size=50>It cost me a freaking fortune!!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:Bam! +No matter how many times Erma is forcibly deposited back in her original position, she immediately resets her own coordinates to an absolute point in this virtual space.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<size=50>Ah! My digital cat!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Catherine shrieks.
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:<size=50>Erma! Stop! Stop it now!</size>
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:You'll have to beg properly!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_lifttable</SE1>:The whole carriage starts shaking. The glasses on the table and paintings hanging on the wall all come crashing to the floor.
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...I beg you! +<size=50>PLEASE STOP IT!!!</size>
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Wow, don't you have any shame at all?
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:<size=50>My god, your idiotic ladyship!!!</size> +Can't you see I'm trying to rescue you?? +I rescued you from Tareus, alright?! +This is all Lyudmila's fault! Seriously, what am I getting out of this stupid deal?! <size=50>Aaaaaaaaaaaah, my Irish whiskeys!!!</size>
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Erma stops. +Maggie watches as the Colt Express slowly stabilizes. +She takes in the glass bottles lying in broken pieces all across the floor with a pained look.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><narrator><回忆><BIN>530</BIN><边框>2</边框><BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM>:Gangway connection between carriages F01 and F02 on the Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<边框>2</边框><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Some time ago, an encrypted communications request suddenly appeared in Lyudmila's private channel.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...Madam Instructor.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I hope you haven't forgotten your role and mission?</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...Getting rid of you on the spot isn't all that difficult, you know.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>Now, don't be hasty. Remember what I said—we can have a deal as long as you name the right price?</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>The way I see it, you're more of a con artist than a businesswoman.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>It's just a matter of perspective—extortion is still a kind of transaction. In fact, aren't all transactions at least a little extortionate?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>We all use whatever means necessary to obtain what we want for a cheaper price. I don't see how I'm any different.</color>
AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>You silver-tongued devil.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>So... Madam Instructor.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Would you like to do business with me?</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>—You'll need to show some sincerity before you start pitching.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>I know you're part of a top-secret mission. Your destination is Berlin.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Your associate is a commander under the employment of a PMC named Griffin.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>From what I've heard, this commander has been causing quite a stir in Berlin lately.</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...You're certainly very well informed.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>Not many can go toe-to-toe with Paradeus.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>This is the only person who's known to have grappled with those white monsters and not only survived, but also managed to corner them.</color>
ColtWalker(2);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...So?</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>I'm looking to work with a different contractor. What do you think?</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>You're part of the Fox Sisterhood.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>That makes it very hard for me to trust you.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...Fair enough, but that's why I've spent the last two years preparing for my next client.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>After all, it is a dangerous world we live in, and there are too many unscrupulous villains around.</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...The Fox Sisterhood's work is unscrupulous by nature.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>My, such generous praise!</color> +<color=#00CCFF>In any case, just write me a reference letter. I'm sure I'll be able to convince that commander to work with me.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>In return, you can name your terms.</color>
ColtWalker(2);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...With the Fox sisters now missing, aren't you finally free?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Why are you shackling yourself again?</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>A Soviet agent questioning me about shackles? How quaint.</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>About as quaint as you talking about "unscrupulous villains" in this "dangerous world".</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>In the eyes of other Dolls, it may look like I'm living the high life.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>The same goes for you.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Maggie sighs deeply on the other end of the comms channel.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>Look, let's use the Future as an example.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>You get to travel in the first-class carriage, sipping the best red wine served to you by Susanna.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>While I can only risk my life and be a stowaway.</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...You must've made a fortune in this business by now. The money should be enough for several new bodies.</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...Spoken like a true member of the upper class.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>You are a Doll in the Military. Maintenance and overhauls are a walk in the park for you.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But drifters like us aren't so privileged.</color>
ColtWalker(3);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>If it were up to me, I might actually prefer your lifestyle.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>Haha.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Maggie lets out a bark of laughter.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>As if I'm living like this by choice.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>You see, most people don't get to choose the circumstances they are born into—you don't, and neither do I.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Which is why I cherish every single choice that I DO get to make.</color>
AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>The choices that have passed us by, the ones that we never had in the first place...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>There's no point in beating ourselves up over them.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>It's not my fault that I didn't get to choose.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But now I have a choice, and so do you, Madam Instructor.</color>
ColtWalker(3);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I'll think about it.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>I look forward to doing business with you!</color>
ColtWalker(2);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>But I have an extra condition.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Take Erma with you to Griffin's base.</color>
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<边框>2</边框><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Maggie looks out of the window into the distance.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>If I remember correctly, that goes directly against your Official Secrets Act, no?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>...She's a Doll created by Doctor Hume in private.</color>
ColtWalker(3);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>We problematic Hume Dolls aren't likely to have happy endings.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Since I now have a choice, I'm choosing Griffin for her.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;AR18(6)<Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...Huh, you Soviet Doll agents are equipped with surprisingly sophisticated emotion modules.</color>
ColtWalker(1);AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>...The vory will be storming this place soon.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>You don't have much time left.</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:<color=#00CCFF>Fine... We have a deal.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:...
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