()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><narrator>:Several decades ago, in Germany. +Inside a certain central city in the Yellow Zone.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>168</BIN><BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM><黑屏2><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:At the end of an alley in the slums, an old door creaks loudly as it opens, shedding warm light onto the dark night outside. +A woman in a ragged cloak hugs a child as she leaves the clinic, turning back frequently to give thanks.
()<Speaker>Refugee Mother</Speaker>||:Thank you, Dr. Rugosa... We will never forget your kindness.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||:You're welcome...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa sighs quietly and closes the door to the clinic.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>270</BIN><黑屏2>:Inside the clinic.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa collapses into his armchair. He reaches out to his mug but finds that the water at the bottom has long since dried up. +Mrs. Rugosa emerges from an inside door with a stack of cleaned bandages.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||:How's your patient?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Mrs. Rugosa asks her husband the usual question about his patients, but her tone suggests a kind of formulaic tiredness. +Eugene Rugosa scratches his head and steeples his fingers under his chin.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||:His life is spared for now, but if he can't get his medication, his condition will inevitably deteriorate. +I'll take some time out tomorrow to look for some...
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Mrs. Rugosa puts down the bandages and silently takes the coffee mug from Dr. Rugosa before cleaning it with her apron.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||:What's wrong?
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||:Our savings have almost dried up completely. +If we spend the rest of our money on medicine for our patients, we won't have enough to afford bread next week.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:His wife's words suddenly send Eugene Rugosa into a deep depression. +Several years ago, he left the Green Zone with the aspiration of "thoroughly eradicating ELID infection" and came here to treat the people of the Yellow Zone practically at his own expense. +He has poured his energy and passion into this parched land, but his own household has collapsed as a result...
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||:...Shouldn't you spare a thought for Lucas, at least? +His health was never good, but supporting your practice has made his condition worse... +Just for once—please consider our future, alright?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:The candle flame flickers like Dr. Rugosa's wavering heart. After a long silence, Dr. Rugosa makes up his mind—<c>To buy the essential medication to treat his patients.<c>To move his clinic near the wealthy district.<c>To invest his finances and turn a profit.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><BIN>270</BIN>:Alright, dear... Perhaps you're right. +We must live well, for Lucas' sake...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:...
()||<黑屏1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><黑屏2><BIN>160</BIN><BGM>BGM_Moon</BGM>:Several months later, at the new clinic near the wealthy district. +After leaving the slums, Dr. Rugosa quickly makes a name for himself with his exceptional medical practice, and his fortunes and reputation grow by the day. +After receiving invitations from one rich and famous individual to another, the Rugosa family decides to move back to the Green Zone.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Mrs. Rugosa is packing her bags with great excitement. She suddenly stops to take the invitation out of her pocket and mutters to herself.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Can you believe it, Eugene? It all feels like a dream... We're actually returning to the Green Zone!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Though the room is filled with his wife's elated exclamations, Dr. Rugosa's heart is still heavy.
NPC-TD_Boy(2)<Speaker>Lucas</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Dad, what are you thinking about?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Lucas tugs on Dr. Rugosa's arm, his bright eyes looking up at him in curiosity. +Dr. Rugosa smiles and gently ruffles Lucas' hair. He's grown taller in the past few months, and he looks healthier too.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Before we leave, Papa wants to go out and take a look...
NPC-TD_Boy(2)<Speaker>Lucas</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Where are you going?
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:To the site of Papa's former clinic in that old, narrow alley... Want to come along, Lucas?
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:What's there to see in that run-down, dangerous place? You can wax nostalgic if you want but don't drag poor Lucas down there with you.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:His wife's icy words interrupt the heartwarming scene between father and son. Lucas sticks out his tongue and nimbly runs back to his mother's side. +Eugene can understand how his wife feels—if a weak, fragile soul spends a long time in pain and suffering, then once she struggles free of it, she won't want to go back...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa rises from his chair and silently puts on his trenchcoat before pushing open the door to his home.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Come back soon, and don't miss the afternoon train!
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:I know.
()||<黑点1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><BIN>9</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><黑屏2><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:In the morning sun, Dr. Rugosa sorts out his things and heads back to the familiar slums from his memories...
()||<黑屏1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><分支>2</分支><BIN>168</BIN><BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM>:The landscape around him grows more rugged and ruined with every step that he takes—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>AVG_Spanner</SE1><SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:Barren flower patches, loose power cables, signboards on the verge of collapse... +These familiar streets once again appear before Dr. Rugosa's eyes, and memories of the past resurface in the doctor's mind, as fleeting as clouds of smoke, seemingly real and illusory at the same time...
()||<黑屏1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><BIN>96</BIN><黑屏2><回忆><边框>2</边框>:Several years ago, at his medical school graduation ceremony.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:The students form row after row as they approach the stage, sincerely bowing to their teachers and accepting their certificates from them. +The spotlights focus on one young, determined face after another, and thunderous applause erupts from the audience. Among them is the graduate representative Eugene Rugosa, who has just left the stage and is sitting in the first row.
()<Speaker>Student A</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:Eugene, I heard you've got invitations from medical labs in both Belgrade and Moscow... Which one are you going for?
()<Speaker>Student B</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:Since he still hasn't made his choice, I'm certain he's got an even better place to be! Come on, don't be all secretive; tell us!
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:Indeed, I've made up my mind.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:Dr. Rugosa's eyes sparkle with emotion. That grand, glorious future is unfurling before him...
()<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:I'm going to the Yellow Zone, where the sick need me most.
()<Speaker>Student A</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:The Yellow Zone?! Eugene, are you mad?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:The gasps from the students beside him soon draw notice from the others.
()<Speaker>Student B</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:Don't be rash, Eugene. That idealism stuff doesn't work in this day and age!
()<Speaker>Student C</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:He's right. If you were loaded and had unlimited funds, it wouldn't be out of the question to do charity work in the contaminated zones. +But given your present financial situation, if you go and treat the poor in the slums, not only will you be paid peanuts, you may end up having to foot the bill yourself! +You must think this through!
()<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:Thank you, everyone. +But the truth is, "Before I was chosen to become part of the medical profession, I had already made up my mind to devote my life to serving mankind... To do my best to preserve the glorious and noble tradition of medical practice..." +That is my reason for becoming a doctor, and the purpose of my life. +And I won't abandon it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><边框>2</边框>:...
()||<黑屏1><边框>2</边框><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><黑屏2><BIN>168</BIN><关闭蒙版>:Dr. Rugosa frowns. The streets before him are no different from when he had first come here several years ago. +He still remembers the lofty aspiration of saving mankind he had when he had set foot here, the dream of being a healer of both the body and the spirit... +But when he thinks about it now, it is all dust in the wind.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:(Sighs)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:A despondent sigh snaps Dr. Rugosa out of his reverie.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:An older refugee is sitting on the stairs and kneading his right leg with his pale, coarse hands.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Anton, can I help you?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:The old man raises his head. It takes him a long time to recognize Dr. Eugene Rugosa's face.
()<Speaker>Elderly Refugee</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Oh... If it isn't Dr. Rugosa? It's been a long time. Are you well?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa bends down and opens up his backpack with expert movements. He checks the elderly refugee's wounds carefully. +The bandages he had applied for the old man several months ago haven't been changed at all, and the silicification on his leg has been exacerbated due to a lack of treatment.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Your wounds have gotten worse...
()<Speaker>Elderly Refugee</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Well, I'm old, and this would have happened anyway whether I was treated or not...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:The old refugee chuckles, but then he sighs again.
()<Speaker>Elderly Refugee</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:I feel sorry for Yulia, though... She was looking all over for you because of her child.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:It takes Eugene a moment to remember—Yulia was the refugee mother who visited him the night he made his choice.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:How are they now? Is the boy well?
()<Speaker>Elderly Refugee</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:(Sighs) Yulia did her best to take care of him, but little Leon died anyway, several days ago.. +Still, it's for the best. He's free now; he won't have to suffer anymore...
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><黑点2><BIN>168</BIN>:A gloominess fills Dr. Rugosa's eyes—the run-down buildings around him haven't changed at all; the brief daylight still struggles to illuminate this place of endless darkness. +He wanders around for a while longer after treating the old man, but the longer he stays, the more his heart aches.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:<color=#A9A9A9>They still need me...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Dejected, Dr. Rugosa heads back the way he came.
()||<黑屏1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><分支>2</分支>:...
()||<黑屏1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><黑屏2><BIN>160</BIN><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:The moment he pushes open the door to his home, a shrill scream fills his ears.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:...?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:The once-clean interior of the house is now a mess. Blood has pooled quietly on the ground, and in the center is Lucas' fragile body, lying face-down and motionless...
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:You're back at last, Dr. Rugosa.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><BGM>BGM_Brain</BGM>:In a dark corner of the room, a refugee woman dressed in rags is holding a sharp knife to his wife's throat and glaring at him with a mix of despair and rage.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Eu-Eugene... +She killed... Lucas... This madwoman...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Mrs. Rugosa's face is streaked with tears as she trembles powerlessly. The refugee woman with the knife has a look of growing insanity in her eyes.
()<Speaker>Female Refugee</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:It's been a while, Dr. Rugosa... I've waited a long time for you to come back.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Put the knife down... Yulia...
()<Speaker>Yulia</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Do you remember what you told me that day? +You said... you would take responsibility for Leon's condition... You promised you would give him his injections and save him...
()<Speaker>Yulia</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:<size=50>But where did you go?!</size> +You fled like a cowardly dog! You abandoned us and went back on your word!
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:It's not like that...
()<Speaker>Yulia</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:If you couldn't save him, then why did you claim you could in the first place?! +My poor Leon was still calling for you until the very last moment. He said you were his angel, that you wouldn't abandon him... +Did you know? He was lying in my arms, quietly bearing his suffering, and he died without a shred of dignity, like a freak...
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:...
()<Speaker>Yulia</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:<size=50>MY SON DIED BECAUSE OF YOU!!!</size> +You made a promise, and then you abandoned us because you were greedy and only cared about your own comfort... +Hypocrites like you from the upper class have always looked down on us and wished we would just disappear! +My boy is dead, so I'll make sure you pay the same price—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>Rope</SE1>:Yulia bursts into deranged laughter as she brings the knife to her own neck.
()<Speaker>Yulia</Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:Now I've got nothing left to live for! Hahahahaha... +<size=50>I want you to watch me as I die in front of you!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><分支>2</分支><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_Cut_Watermelon</SE1>:Yulia cuts her carotid artery open. +Blood sprays out and her eyes go blank. Her mouth opens and closes as she gurgles and chokes up frothy blood like a goldfish...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=6</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa trembles as he collapses to the ground...
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<分支>2</分支><SE1>AVG_tinnitus_0</SE1>:No... no...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支>:The vehement ringing in his ears completely overwhelms his sight and hearing.
()||<黑屏1><分支>2</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>2</分支><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:He writhes in agony, then slumps to the cold floor...
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><BIN>270</BIN>:Healing the sick is my life's ambition... I'm sure Lucas would understand.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:...
()||<黑屏1><分支>1</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Truth</BGM>:Two weeks later, at the clinic. +After sinking the last of his funds into his noble enterprise of healing, Dr. Rugosa's family has reached the end of its rope.
()||<黑屏1><分支>1</分支>:
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<BIN>270</BIN><黑屏2><分支>1</分支>:...Do you have to go?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Dr. Rugosa watches his wife in a daze as she moves her luggage to the door—her eyes are downcast, but her mind is made up. +She holds young Lucas by the hand as the latter looks back at Dr. Rugosa with sadness and incomprehension.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:There's one last piece of bread in the kitchen. I just made it this morning... Take care of yourself, Eugene.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Dr. Rugosa bids her farewell in silence.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Lucas tugs gently on his hand, and only then does Dr. Rugosa notice just how tattered Lucas' clothes are— +The boy should be thriving in the prime of his boyhood, yet his cheeks are sunken due to malnutrition.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Lucas... be good and listen to your mother...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Dr. Rugosa forces out a smile, and his coarse hand gently grazes over Lucas' cheek.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Let's go, Lucas.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_doorknock_wood</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Knock, knock, knock! +A series of hasty knocks suddenly fills the air.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Mrs. Rugosa sighs and opens the door as usual—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Several ragged-looking refugees stand at the doorway, their faces slightly flushed from excitement.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:You must be looking for Eugene. He's inside...
()<Speaker>Refugee A</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:No, Mrs. Rugosa... W-we're here to give you and Dr. Rugosa something!
()<Speaker>Refugee B</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Dr. Rugosa saved my husband and child and refused to take a cent in exchange, but we have nothing to pay him back with! Although we can't pay the full bill for now, please accept this food!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1><BGM>GF_Memorial</BGM>:The refugees take out baskets from behind them, all filled to the brim with various kinds of food—potatoes, vegetables, milk... The sentiment they contain is weightier than gold itself.
()<Speaker>Refugee C</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Oh, Mrs. Rugosa, poor Lucas is looking so weak! Has he been eating well? He needs more meat...
()<Speaker>Refugee D</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:I've got some dried sausages here! Please, don't be shy!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Mrs. Rugosa watches in surprise as the refugees rush to heap food on the clinic's dining table... +These people, who were once groaning on the operating table, now stand before her, healthy and full of life. +Mrs. Rugosa's eyes suddenly fill with warm tears.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa places a hand on her shoulder. As their eyes meet, their faith in each other is rekindled...
()||<黑屏1><分支>1</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:...
()||<黑屏1><分支>1</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><BIN>270</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Several months later, on a tiring yet pleasant morning.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_Knock</SE1>:The frenzied knocking on the door jolts Dr. Rugosa awake from where he had dozed off in his armchair. He puts on his coat and opens the clinic's door. +A strong man stands there, towering over Dr. Rugosa.
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Are you Eugene Rugosa?
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Yes, it's me... How can I help—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><震屏3><SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1>:Wham! +Before he can finish, the big man gives Dr. Rugosa a solid punch and sends him crumpling to the ground.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM><分支>1</分支>:(Splutters heavily)
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Doctor, you've been practicing here for a long time, haven't you? Yet you haven't bothered to pay your respects to my employer. +In order to make up for your mistake, my employer would like you to leave as soon as possible. Otherwise...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_Broken_Glass</SE1><SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=0.5%%delay=0.1%%range=6</controll_shake>:Bang! +The stranger suddenly pulls out a gun and shoots a beaker on the table. +Dr Rugosa looks back in surprise, his entire body trembling from the shock.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:I don't know the employer you're talking about... +And I have a mission of my own, so I have no reason to leave.
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Tsk, haven't I made myself clear? Someone wants you to leave. That's how it is.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Amidst his confusion, Eugene Rugosa suddenly comes to a realization.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:He grits his teeth and clambers to his feet.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Oh, I get it now... It's those bastards from the Medical Association, isn't it?
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:...No comment.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Dr. Rugosa's face contorts in anger.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:The people here need me, and I won't leave until my mission is complete!
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Is that... your final decision?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:The man whistles casually as he barges into the house.
NPC-TD_Boy(2)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Papa... What's going on?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Lucas suddenly comes down the stairs, rubbing the sleep from his eyes with his small, pale hands.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:The strange man eyes the small boy thoughtfully, who obviously takes after Dr. Rugosa.
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Is that your son? What an endearing child...
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:Lucas, this is none of your business! Go back up—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_h</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=0.5%%delay=0.1%%range=6</controll_shake><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_Bullet_Drop</SE1>:Bang! Another shot fills the air. +Rugosa instinctively lunges at Lucas— +But he's still too late.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_Water_Drip</SE1><BGM>BGM_Sad</BGM>:Hot liquid gushes out of Lucas' little chest and dyes Dr. Rugosa's white coat a bright red.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Heartbeat</SE1><分支>1</分支>:The life slowly seeps out of Lucas' body. The kind and innocent boy, still smiling, reaches out to touch his father's face, like an angel...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>Select</SE1>:Click. +The man presses his gun to the back of Dr. Rugosa's head.
()<Speaker>Strange Man</Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:That was a little warning, Dr. Rugosa. +Stop your practice and get the hell out of here. +Otherwise, I can't be sure who's going to die next... Got that?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支>:The vehement ringing in his ears completely overwhelms his sight and hearing.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>1</分支><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><震屏3>:He desperately holds onto Lucas' corpse even as it grows cold and finally passes out on the floor...
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BIN>270</BIN>:No, my dear, we aren't at the end of our rope yet. +Trust me, I'll use this money to bring hope to you and my patients.
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>270</BIN><黑屏2><分支>3</分支>:Three days later, at the clinic.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><震屏3><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:Thunk! +Dr. Rugosa excitedly flings the door open, holding a beat-up basket.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Darling, we're saved! I've gotten the first interest payment! +Look, I bought some meat and milk!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BGM>BGM_Moon</BGM><SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Mrs. Rugosa rushes out from the kitchen right away. Her frail face lights up at last as she sees the food on the dining table, which has been empty for far too long.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:This bottle of milk isn't too fresh, and the meat is barely enough... But thank heavens, Lucas finally has something to eat!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><SE1>AVG_tableware</SE1>:Mrs. Rugosa takes the food into the kitchen despite her complaints. +While helping his mother slice the bread, Lucas makes a face playfully at his father.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:...The first payment isn't much, but I have to spend some of it on treating my patients. +Once we manage to save up more money, everything will be better...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><SE1>AVG_Knock</SE1>:Knock, knock, knock— +The sound of hasty knocking interrupts their conversation. A mother rushes in, holding her child.
()<Speaker>Refugee Mother</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Dr. Rugosa, my son's condition has gotten worse. Please—
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Don't worry, madam. I have prepared his medication.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Dr. Rugosa's even tone seems to have the magical power to soothe people. The anxious mother calms down almost immediately.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:He takes a tube of serum out of his medical bag and quickly injects it into the child. +The child lying on the operating table soon stops groaning in pain, and his ragged breathing gradually slows down...
()<Speaker>Refugee Mother</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Thank you, doctor!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:The refugee mother repeatedly bows to Dr. Rugosa, but then she catches sight of Lucas in her peripheral vision—he is munching on the bread that Dr. Rugosa has just brought back while innocently watching the scene unfolding inside the clinic.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Come in, Lucas! Help me with this plate!
NPC-TD_Boy(2)<Speaker>Lucas</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Oh... Coming!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:The refugee mother watches Lucas as he leaves, then looks back down at her own son, who is sallow, frail, and in pain. +A complex feeling that she can't put into words suddenly spreads through her heart...
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><分支>3</分支>:... +With the profits from Dr. Rugosa's investment, the family's survival is assured. At the same time, more and more patients come to seek Dr. Rugosa's help.
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BIN>168</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:One day, somewhere deep in the slums.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM><SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa finishes bandaging a patient's wound. He tidies up his medical bag and is just about to head back to his clinic.
()<Speaker>Refugee A</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Doctor, you've got so many tubes of serum in your bag... Can't you give me one too?
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:That medicine is only for patients with severe symptoms. Your symptoms are light, so it's not suitable for you...
()<Speaker>Refugee B</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Are you still hard up on medicine? I heard you made a lot of money through high-interest loans, and your family is loaded now. +Well, what would you expect of someone born in the Green Zone? You really are great at making money...
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Dr. Rugosa says nothing in response and hurries back home in silence.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:You should be careful.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:An old man holding a pipe remarks offhandedly from his perch at the mouth of the alleyway.
()<Speaker>Elderly Refugee</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:That business has a very bad reputation. They have a track record of running off and leaving their creditors holding the bag.
NPC-Doctor(0)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Surely not...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Dr. Rugosa tries to look unfazed, but fear is gnawing at his heart. +The old refugee takes a leisurely puff of smoke and says no more.
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<黑屏2><分支>3</分支><BIN>168</BIN><BGM>BGM_Truth</BGM>:...<size=50>What?! He moved away?!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:The blood drains from Dr. Rugosa's face as he stares at the empty, run-down building in shock.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:This can't be true! He even arranged for me to come by and collect the interest payment today... +Has Mr. Barzel left any new address or contact information? Or did he say when he'd be back?
()<Speaker>Refugee D</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Barzel who? Wasn't his name Duden? +I thought you two were business partners...
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:But how...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=5</controll_shake>:Dr. Rugosa's vision goes black, and he collapses to the ground.
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:I'm finished... It's all over...
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:Dr. Rugosa returns home in a daze... +It's back to square one. However, he doesn't have the funds to invest again this time, and no way to cushion the impact...
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>270</BIN>:A month later, the distressed doctor looks around his clinic— +He's pawned off just about everything except the most basic medical equipment and supplies. Even so, he still can't support his family's expenses...
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_21Winter_OperatingDisc_Drop</SE1><分支>3</分支>:<size=50>Lucas?! Lucas!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><BGM>2022_white_valentine_BGM2</BGM>:His wife's cries snap him out of his trance. +The boy had fallen unconscious from a relentless fever last night, and although Dr. Rugosa gave the last of the family's medicine to him, it hasn't helped...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa rushes inside, only to see his wife clutching Lucas, tears streaming down her face.
()<Speaker>Mrs. Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:Lucas... I think he...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:She is incoherent in her weeping. Dr. Rugosa takes Lucas from her with trembling hands and lays him on the operating table.
()||<黑屏1><分支>3</分支>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:Through the cold metal of the stethoscope, he can hear Lucas' heart beating like a drum, as though it's going to burst out of his chest and explode...
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:<size=50>God Almighty, please spare Lucas!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><BIN>168</BIN><SE1>AVG_AMB_Wind</SE1><震屏3><分支>3</分支><SE1>AVG_AMB_Wind</SE1>:Dr. Rugosa wails in agony. He flings the clinic's doors open, then throws his arms wide and shouts beseechingly out into the cold, deserted streets—
NPC-Doctor(2)<Speaker>Doctor Rugosa</Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:<size=50>I beg you... Please spare us a bit of food! My child is dying! My Lucas is dying!</size> +Please, I'm begging you...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<分支>3</分支>:The other doors remain tightly shut in the cold wind. +Nobody answers his cry.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
()||<黑点1>: