()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_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>: