()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()Maggie||<黑屏2>9m_avg_labyrinth:So this is what death feels like.
()???||:So this, is what death feels like.
Erma(7)Erma||:Who? +Who's that?
()||:A face slowly comes into view, a face that is slowly growing more and more decrepit. +—"Mother".
()■□ Hume||:I'm sorry. You are free.
()||<黑屏1>:A sad, melancholic face appears before her... +It is the murky shadow from the "Summer Garden" of the past.
()||<黑屏2>AVG_AMB_Wind534:In the Summer Garden.
()||:The wind blows over the Neva to the north, and a flock of geese honk as they fly before Erma. +This is the first time the Summer Garden has shown her its creepy, frightening side...
()■□ Hume||Stop_AVG_loop:I'm sorry. You are free.
Erma(4)Erma||:...
()||:Erma speaks the name.
()Erma||:Arthur Hume.
()||:Professor Hume vanishes before her eyes...
()||AVG_File_Put:And a key falls into Erma's palm.
()||:She knows... this is the key to the main gate of the Summer Garden... +That gate, which is festooned with chain link and electric mesh... +The gate at the end of the greenway... +The key that blocks Erma from the big marble statue.
()||AVG_20Winter_Gate_Close<黑屏1>:Click— +The gate's lock falls away.
()||<关闭蒙版><黑屏2>479<回忆>:On a snowy day, late at night—
NPC-Tareus(0)Tareus||:Professor Hume, we need your research.
()Erma||:It's that woman! +So I've seen her before!
()Hume||:What can you give me?
NPC-Tareus(0)Tareus||:...■□■□■□■□■□■□...
()Erma||:This is... "Mother's" lab. +What is she saying? +Are these... my memories?
()Hume||:I see. +Give me a while to get it.
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Open:Professor Hume hurries back into his study. He pulls the door open...
()||AVG_Door_Hit<震屏3>:Pomf—
()Erma||:It's me from back then...
Erma(2)Erma||:...Ow!
Erma(2)Hume<同时置暗>||:...How many times have I told you not to peek through the gaps? +Look, now you've got a bump.
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Close<黑屏1>:Hume turns and gently closes the door, bowing apologetically to the woman who's still sitting in the lab.
()Hume||<黑屏2>412BGM_Empty:Hurry and pack your things.
Erma(2)Erma||GF_22W_BGM_1:...Mama, are we going on a trip?
Erma(2)Hume<同时置暗>||:Yeah.
()||:Five minutes later... +Professor Hume grabs Erma's hand, but he does not open the door that leads to the lab.
()||AVG_20Winter_Gate_Close:Instead, he pulls away the massive work desk in his study, revealing a set of stairs that lead to the basement.
()Hume||<黑屏1>:Go—
()Hume||<关闭蒙版><黑屏2>168<黑屏1>:We should be about three kilometers from the Summer Garden.
()||<黑屏2>516ClothingUp:He pats Erma's head.
()Hume||:I am very glad to have created you at the very beginning and end of my life. +You are more than just a product of my craft; you are a work of art.
()Erma||:...What's the difference?
()Hume||:A product is made. I knew what I wanted, and I made her to the best of my ability. +For a work of art, however, I didn't know what I'd make. All I could do was imagine and create. +And now, you have proven to me that you can completely simulate the memory patterns of a human being— +You will never forget any memories, no matter how I try to delete them. +As long as you find the appropriate anchor point. +Now, let's continue that game...
()||Select:Hume hands Erma a gun.
()Hume||:Your name is also the name of this gun.
()Erma||:...Erma Maschinenpistole. Erma EMP.
()Hume||:Walk further. Further away. +50 meters... No, 100.
()||ClothingUp<黑点1>:Erma nods obediently.
()Erma||<黑点2>9<黑点1>:...
()Hume||<黑点2>168:Very good... Now, we'll play this game a different way. +Now you will shoot me.
Erma(0)Erma||:Alright.
()||:Erma acts like she's actually playing a game.
()||Rope:She takes up her gun, like "Mother" once taught her.
()||<黑屏2>517AVG_pistol_finalshot_nBGM_Empty:Bang— +It is a precise shot that pierces his chest.
()Hume||AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body:Ugh...
()Erma||:...Why...
()||:Blood gushes out of Hume's body.
()Hume||:I'm sorry... You're free, Erma.
()||Explode%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8<白屏2>:Boom— +Like a massive firework, he erupts in the dark, wet alley.
()||Heartbeat<黑点1>:Blood and gunpowder stain Erma's face. +It dyes the filthy ground red. +All that's left is her, sitting on the ground, her wide eyes staring at the darkened sky...
()Erma||<黑点2>9:...I don't understand...
()||AVG_tele_connect:Beepbeep— +The Summer Garden is sending out an encrypted message—
()Erma||:What's... going on...?
()||<黑屏1>AVG_whitenoiseBGM_Empty:Erma reaches out to hack the channel—
()||<黑屏2>72:...
NPC-Tareus(0)Tareus||:...He escaped.
NPC-MrsGray(0)<通讯框>Gray;NPC-Tareus(0)||:No need for survivors.
NPC-MrsGray(0)<通讯框>;NPC-Tareus(0)Tareus||:Yes, I planted a time bomb on him. +The kind that can't be disarmed.
NPC-MrsGray(0)<通讯框>Gray;NPC-Tareus(0)||:Clean it up.
NPC-Tareus(0)Tareus||<黑屏1>:Understood.
()||<黑屏2>463GF_2022_Summer_AVG_2<关闭蒙版>:... +She can't describe her feelings with words. +They're too heavy, too dark. +All she can do is expel them from her body with her tears.
Erma(6)Erma||:...I'm all alone again...
()||:The only thing before Erma now is pure darkness. +Lyudmila, Maggie, Catherine, Pavel... Face after face appears, then vanishes in the darkness... +A hollow loneliness crushes down on her.
()||:Tear after tear falls silently into the darkness.
()Erma||:I'm always alone...
()||:...
()???||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:Wake up, Miss Doll.
()???||:Her neural cloud is stable. Her body has sustained some damage, but her injuries aren't fatal.
()???||:Should we dive into her neural cloud and bring her out of Level II?
()???||<黑屏1>:...Hm? Wait a minute, why is her neural cloud...
()||<睁眼>535GunfightAVG_amb_wilderness:Bang-bang-bang— +Scattered gunfire comes from the distance, as if to declare that the battle is wrapping up.
()Lee Enfield||:Hello, Miss. I am Lee Enfield of Griffin PMC. +We're on a mission to rescue and support the passengers and crew of the Intercontinental Railway train. Are you alright?
()Kar98k||:Can you walk? +Don't be afraid. You're safe now.
()Lee Enfield||:She's in very bad shape. We need to run a diagnostic on her.
()Kar98k||:Yeah, I'll leave it to you.
()||<黑屏1>: