()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>356</BIN><narrator>:Late at night, in a safe house three blocks away from Gene's Bar, Moscow.
()||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:Pzzzt—
()<Speaker>System</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_Battle_1</BGM>:Warning—neural core overheating. Disable the following functions immediately and head to the nearest repair station for maintenance. 
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Repair stations are no place for a Doll like me.
()||<SE1>AVG_Geiger_Counter</SE1>:Maggie barely manages to keep herself upright by leaning heavily against the wall. She manually disables the modules that are generating the most heat.
()||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:As expected, it's too taxing for a body of such specs to support the operation of so many high-powered modules all at once.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Catherine...
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>...Dear customer, the user you are trying to reach is busy making money. Please do not disturb.</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Quimby.
NPC-Quimby(0)<Speaker>Quimby</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(3)||:<color=#00CCFF>...Yes, Mistress.</color>
NPC-Quimby(0)<通讯框>;ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Can you locate Catherine?
NPC-Quimby(0)<Speaker>Quimby</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(3)||:<color=#00CCFF>Geolocation failed. I only have the coordinates of where she made her last communication...</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...Looks like she's also targeted by the Vory.
()||<SE1>AVG_Punch</SE1>:Maggie punches the wall in frustration.
NPC-Quimby(0)<Speaker>Quimby</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Mistress!</color>
NPC-Quimby(0)<通讯框>;ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:How could I have made such a rookie mistake?! +I didn't bother to run a background check on Nikolai... A thief in law... I didn't expect him to be a Vor...
NPC-Quimby(0)<Speaker>Quimby</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(3)||:<color=#00CCFF>Mistress... What do we do now?</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:The Vory has Catherine... +People who end up getting captured by those thugs don't tend to get out alive. +I've got to hurry...
()||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Maggie's nails dig into her palms.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...I'm out of options. +This is a risk I'll have to take.
NPC-Quimby(0)<Speaker>Quimby</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>What are you planning to do?</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Maggie makes a call.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...Hey, I'm taking the anonymous case that you told me about.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>???</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>Maggie? I told you, ALL of the Dolls who took the case disappeared! I thought you had enough self-preservation instinct to steer clear of this mess...</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Ha, I certainly have self-preservation instinct. +I made this decision BECAUSE I want to preserve myself. +I'm betting on my ability to handle the case.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>???</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Fine. I'm just the middleman with a small profit margin, after all.</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:I have a request that I'd like you to relay to the client for me.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>???</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>A request before you've even officially signed the deal? You've got some nerve.</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:I need personal protection.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>???</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...You must be in quite the pickle. Alright, I'll relay your request.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Good luck, Maggie.</color>
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:I have faith in my luck... and my betting sense.
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>70</BIN><narrator>:Late at night, in the basement of a Vory v Zakone lair, Moscow.
()||<BGM>GF_21winter_avg_pathfinder</BGM>:...Meanwhile. +Catherine's body is sealed in concrete from the neck down. Her comms are completely jammed; there's no way of contacting Maggie.
()||<SE1>AVG_Water_Drip</SE1>:All she can do is sigh in the empty basement. Water drips from the damp corner of the dark and oppressive ceiling.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:... +Huh, that explains the sense of déjà vu. This looks a lot like the place I saw when I first opened my eyes after I came out of the factory.
()||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Ink_Drop_Single</SE1>:A drop of water lands on her forehead.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Don't tell me this will be the last thing I see before I die... That's kinda poetic, I suppose?
()||:Catherine chuckles derisively.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:I hope Maggie got away. Then there's still some hope for me. +The 80 backups I've made had better not be in vain.
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Bar_Cheering_V2</SE1><震屏3>:A bout of boisterous laughter suddenly comes from above, causing dust to flake off the fragile ceiling. +Catherine shudders. The violent blows that she had taken earlier were accompanied by such sickening laughter as well.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:... +Maggie... I may not see you again...
()||:She can't help thinking pessimistically. Even if Maggie hands over all the funds, the Vory may still just kill them both. +These are thieves in law. They have enough weapons to pulverize them a thousand times over.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:There's so many things that I still wanna do... +I was gonna buy the electronic kitty that I've had my eyes on for a really long time after we finish this job...
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Prison_Door</SE1>:Creeeeak... The basement door opens. +Heavy footsteps follow. They probably belong to a large and muscular adult male. +Catherine can almost feel her heart in her throat.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Did they get Maggie too...? Or are they gonna interrogate me about Maggie's whereabouts because she got away...?</color>
()<Speaker>Gangster</Speaker>||:...
()||:The burly tattooed man towers silently over Catherine. His presence alone is extremely intimidating.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...You... you won't get anything out of me...
()<Speaker>Gangster</Speaker>||:...
()||:The more frightened Catherine is, the more bravado she has. +Words can sometimes be a source of strength.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...You nasty thieves! +Bullying people by virtue of your numbers! +If you're so tough, release me and fight me one-on-one!
()||:The Vor bends down and stares at Catherine with his small beady eyes. Catherine's neural cloud almost crashes from sheer terror.
()||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Whoosh—the Vor lifts the drum containing Catherine and makes for the stairs.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Crap, crap, crap...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I'm done for I'm done for I'm done for I'm done for I'm done for...</color>
()||:Fear is like a flock of birds circling over a corpse floating in the sea. Catherine can already picture her own body being tossed into the sea and sinking helplessly into the murky depths.
()||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:Thud... thud... The ominous footsteps reach the top of the stairs.
()||<黑点1><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()||<黑点2><BIN>18</BIN><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Creeeeak... The door opens, and the light in the hall pierces Catherine's eyes.
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Chains_Break</SE1>:A dozen Vory are eyeing her balefully and waving all kinds of weapons with impatience.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>You've got to be kidding me... Does it take so many people to dispatch me?!</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>I won't even get the chance to fight...</color>
()||:The hall is bright, but Catherine's eyes are dull with despair. +She knows that it won't be long till she dies in the crushing depths of the ocean...
()||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Beep. Catherine's comms are back online once she is out of the basement.
()||<BGM>m_avg_hope</BGM>:Maggie has left a message.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Wait for me. I'll think of a way...</color>
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Thank goodness... At least Maggie got away...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>Don't come for me... It's too dangerous...</color>
()||:Catherine thinks back on the days she's spent with Maggie and her eyes fill up with tears. +She decides that she must do something for her in her final moment. +She logs onto the bank account that she has only ever put money into and never taken anything out of. She gazes at the figure of her hard-earned savings.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Live a good life...</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>For my sake...</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_Card_Reader</SE1>:The figure becomes zero, but Catherine feels only relief. +The Vory brandishing their rods and bats are closing in on her. She squeezes her eyes shut.
()||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:The Vor who is carrying her does not stop walking. He marches right past the other Vory and out into the sunlight.
()||<黑点1><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()||<黑点2><BIN>86</BIN><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:Thunk! Clang! +He hurls Catherine out through the door as if he were taking out the trash.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Whoa—
()||:Catherine, still trapped in the drum, rolls out onto the center of the road.
()<Speaker>Gangster</Speaker>||:...
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:Bam—the Vor slams the door shut.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...Huh?
()||:Catherine's mind still has not registered the fact that she survived. 
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:What's happening...? +I'm... +I'm saved?
()||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Horn_Car</SE1>:Honk, honk—the sharp sound of a car horn tears through the air.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Crap! I'm still in the center of the road! +I... I can't move! Help!
()||<SE1>AVG_Car_Skid</SE1>:Screeeeee—A car brakes just before it hits her drum.
()||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:The car door opens. A pair of long, slender legs stride out of the car towards Catherine.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:S-stay back!
()||:Immobilized by the concrete, Catherine cannot see who it is.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Catherine, it's me.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_1</BGM><SE1>:(Sobs) MAGGIE!!!
()||:The familiar voice sounds like Ave Maria to her ears.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:That must've been a terrible ordeal. We can go home now.
NPC-Scalper(2)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:You sorted it out? How?
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:... +Let's get you in the car first.
()||<SE1>AVG_File_Put</SE1>:Maggie hauls Catherine and her drum into the car with great effort.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>532</BIN><narrator>:Two years later, Warszawa Centralna Railway Station.
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Maggie cheerfully makes a call while lying low in a crowd.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Catherine, change of plans.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)||:<color=#00CCFF>Hm?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:We have to board the train ahead of schedule. Get into position in your carriage now.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)||:<color=#00CCFF>...Gotcha. What about Quimby?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Someone has to stay behind and guard our colossal fortune.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)||:<color=#00CCFF>Why couldn't it be me?!</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:The job requires someone who's 100% dependable.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><通讯框>;ColtWalker(1)||:<color=#00CCFF>...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Maggie, we can retire after this job, right?</color>
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:There's no retiring for Dolls, just endless reincarnations.
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Catherine hangs up. +Maggie pulls the brim of her hat lower and blends in with the crowd. +The long intercontinental train is parked at the platform, waiting patiently for the curtain to rise.
()||<黑点1>: