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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><narrator><BGM>m_avg_hope</BGM>:"This is a miracle that connects the Eurasian continent, spanning thousands of kilometers." +"As a mega engineering project that has been going for three centuries, it is no gift from nature, but the amalgamation of mankind's ingenuity." +"War, pollution, pain, and suffering have ravaged it and left their scars."
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>536</BIN><黑屏2>:"But the human race never gives up. As our crimson flag lights up this vast piece of land, it shall infuse it with new life." +"The proud aorta of the Siberian Lifeline—the Future—starts running again!" +"And you are the greatest witnesses of this miracle!"
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>532</BIN><SE1>AVG_Station_Bell</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><narrator>:Warszawa Centralna Railway Station, Neo-Soviet Union.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM>:As the chimes of the old clock ring throughout the empty platform, the PA system makes its friendly report.
()<Speaker>Broadcast</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Doorbell</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>Attention, all departments. Attention, all departments.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Service EN440-13M to Berlin will be arriving shortly on Platform 6.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Please prepare to receive the train.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Good evening, dear passengers.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>The EN440-13M service to Berlin, the "Future", has arrived...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Eurocity_Stop</SE1>:Rumble... +As the friendly female voice drones on, a moving fortress steadily slows down at the platform.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_BaseDoor_Open</SE1>:Whoosh... +Once the train comes to a stop and the carriage doors slide open with a pleasant sound, a group of law enforcement officers in uniform disembark from the train, followed by a Doll stewardess. +Standing by the door, the stewardess gives the officers a friendly smile.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Stewardess Susanna</Speaker>||:Thank you for your hard work. I will pass on the subsequent duty roster to the Bahnpolizei under the German Ministry of the Interior.
()<Speaker>Traffic Law Enforcement Team Leader</Speaker>||:Whatever, it's not like anyone will look at it. +I'm heading off for some mead. Anyone with me?
()<Speaker>Enforcer A</Speaker>||:I'm coming.
()<Speaker>Enforcer B</Speaker>||:I'll pass. I have to catch the next train back to Moscow. +I agreed to spend my son's birthday with him last month. Can't be late.
()<Speaker>Enforcement Team Leader</Speaker>||:Alright, off you go then.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The team leader waves his hand, and the group disbands. +Then he turns back to the stewardess and offers some casual advice.
()<Speaker>Enforcement Team Leader</Speaker>||:Keep your eyes peeled before the Krauts get on in Poznań, Susanna. +There have been a lot of disturbances at the border lately.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Understood.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The stewardess named Susanna nods and watches as the team leader takes his leave. Meanwhile, her work has just begun.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><BIN>529</BIN><黑屏2><SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1><narrator>:Carriage F02, Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_21winter_avg_nightbar</BGM>:The aroma of high-quality coffee permeates the air. Impeccably dressed passengers have settled in their own seats. There is barely any interaction between them—they all respect the unspoken rule of maintaining social distance. +But this doesn't make the stewardess' job any easier. Sometimes, uncommunicative passengers are particularly hard to deal with.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Good evening, and welcome aboard the Future. +This modern high-speed intercontinental train is most definitely the best mode of transportation for traveling from Moscow to Berlin. +I am your stewardess Susanna. It is my pleasure to serve you on your journey. +Is there anything I could help you with?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:In the aisle of the first-class carriage, the smartly dressed stewardess leans down to address a rich woman sitting in a wheelchair that is blocking the aisle.
NPC-OldLady_t(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The old woman gives no response. She does not even look at Susanna. +Still, Susanna can't wait all day. She can't just leave her blocking the aisle either. +There are other passengers who will need to pass through, and she cannot afford to antagonize any one of them.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Ms. Valeriya, may I move you to your seat at F02-A18?
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:...Get away from her.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As Susanna tries to talk to the woman again, someone suddenly shouts at her angrily from behind.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=5</controll_shake>:A large man shoves her aside as if she is the one blocking the aisle and walks up to the wheelchaired woman while the other passengers watch on.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Before Susanna can protest, the man suddenly bows and kisses the old woman's hand reverently. +The old woman opens her eyes and gazes tenderly at the man.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:...Thank you, Danil. +Get me out of here so that I'll stop bothering the others in the carriage.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Big Man</Speaker>||:They should be honored to be in your company.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Wheelchair</SE1>:Susanna lets out of a sigh of relief as she watches the big man push Ms. Valeriya slowly to her seat. +She mentally shakes herself and turns around, only to find someone else standing behind her. +She immediately apologizes to the woman. +She quickly pulls up the passenger's info card.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Sorry to have kept you waiting, Instructor Lyudmila.
AR18_NPC_t(0)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:...No problem.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:I will hand you today's menu shortly.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The woman known as Lyudmila checks her watch, then nods and heads to her seat down the aisle. +Susanna watches her as she walks away and can't help but grumble to herself.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>...We're both Dolls, but she gets to travel in the first-class carriage.</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>While I can only pour wine for people... Such different fates.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2>:In the workroom in the first-class carriage, Susanna is busy preparing the passengers' red wine.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Just then, an untimely call interrupts her.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>???</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>My dearest Susanna, it's your suuuuuper bestie Maggie.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I need to be in Carriage 9 later, so please get me a short-trip ticket. I can get off at Poznań.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<通讯框>;NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Maggie Ponzi? Still not dead then?
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-TD_Porter(1)||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_1</BGM>:<color=#00CCFF>Don't worry. Only the good die young. Won't be my turn any time soon.</color>
ColtWalker(2)<通讯框>;NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Carriage 9... Isn't that the dining carriage? You're making another "deal", huh? +I pity the unfortunate souls.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker><通讯框>;NPC-TD_Porter(0)||:<color=#00CCFF>My, my... What if I give you 30% of our profit this time?</color>
ColtWalker(2)<通讯框>;NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Fine. I won't say no to Sardis Gold. +...Are you using the same electronic info card?
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Yeah, just use the one I've been using. Someone will be taking me to Carriage 2 for a meeting later. Don't check my ticket.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Susanna frowns and considers it.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:...Got it. +I'll be preparing dinner in the workroom for some time.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Click. +The transmission ends.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>529</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:In the first-class carriage, the man who almost caused a commotion has returned the rich woman to her seat. +He helps her settle in fastidiously, then he whispers softly.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Big Man</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM>:The goods are ready.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:Good... +Thank god for you Danil. +Where are the others...? +Nikolai... Where is he?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The man's grimaces awkwardly at the question.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:Nikolai... has boarded the train. +But he moved to Carriage 9 on short notice. He reserved a seat there as well.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:Is he alone?
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:...
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:...Humph. +He never learns.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The woman's features immediately harden. Even the burly Danil shudders at her displeasure.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:Summon him.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:...Right away.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As if afraid that the woman's wrath will spill over to him, the big man bows and scurries off.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>529</BIN>:The carriage soon settles down. +The passengers feel comfortable with walking about again, so nobody notices the two people entering from another carriage.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:A young man leads his companion up to the old woman. He sits down opposite her casually, like he knows the woman very well. His female companion stands to his side with her head lowered, looking very demure.
NPC-NervousMan(1)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:I'm very sorry. I would've come and paid my respects the moment I came aboard. +But I was delayed by some other matters... Please don't misunderstand. +I didn't mean any disrespect.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The old woman gazes at him with narrowed eyes. She seems very displeased, but she remains silent. +She does not so much as glance at the female companion next to Nikolai; it's as if she didn't even exist.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:I don't blame you... Nikolai.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The old woman's tone is soft, but the man tenses up immediately.
NPC-NervousMan(1)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:O-of course... it was not my intention to slack off. +Miss Tareus is a client that I've been in contact with, and it is my duty to convey her gratitude to you.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:He promptly signals to his companion, who respectfully places the box she has been holding onto the table.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:Nikolai smiles tentatively as he opens the box for the old woman to show her its contents. +Ms. Valeriya looks at the flowers that have just started to bloom.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:...Alright.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nikolai continues cautiously.
NPC-NervousMan(1)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:Maggie is working as Tareus' representative. +It's bad form to turn her away.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:No, you mean YOU don't want to turn her away.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:The old woman reaches out to put the lid back on the box and sets it aside.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:Ten minutes, no more. +I always get the ick whenever a certain woman appears before my eyes.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The woman next to Nikolai tips her hat wordlessly. +Ms. Valeriya still hasn't looked at her even after all this time.
NPC-NervousMan(1)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:...I understand.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya</Speaker><Position>0,180</Position>||:Now go. I need to rest.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:At that, Nikolai immediately takes his companion's hand and drags her off.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_BaseDoor_Open</SE1>:It takes him less time to disappear from the old woman's view than to give her the box full of flowers.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:...
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>530</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_BaseDoor_Close</SE1>:Outside the door of the first-class carriage, Nikolai takes out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and plucks one out. The woman immediately lights it for him.
NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM>:...Why did you have to antagonize her? And why did you have to get on this train now of all times?
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;NPC-NervousMan(0)||:Hm? I thought you're the one I antagonized.
ColtWalker(2);NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:Not everyone is as forgiving as me, Maggie. +I enjoy a challenge, but I hate losing control. This train is our business.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;NPC-NervousMan(0)||:We can each mind our own business. You have yours, and I have mine. +Besides, it's not like we haven't worked together before.
ColtWalker(1);NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:I still remember the way you looked when you absconded with my money like it was just yesterday.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;NPC-NervousMan(0)||:Oh, you make me blush.
ColtWalker(2);NPC-NervousMan(1)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:You're still as naughty as ever. +But I like that, which is why I'm letting it slide this time. +I'm getting off with you in Poznań.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>;NPC-NervousMan(1)||:If I had known, I would've asked you to get me a ticket. +A ticket for this kind of train is too much for me.
ColtWalker(1);NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:Just the daily interest of the money you scammed off me would be enough to pay for all the seats in the VIP-class carriage.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Oh, come now. Considering our relationship, how could you call that a scam...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_ElecSpace</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Beep-beep-beep!!!! +Beep-beep-beep-beep!!! Warning! Warning!
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Room</BGM>:Hm? What's going on, Susanna?
NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:Who's Susanna?
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:That's...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_BaseDoor_Open</SE1>:Before Maggie can finish, the stewardess named Susanna comes over from the workroom with a metal tray in her hands.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:She shoots Maggie a slightly dirty look, but her face does a complete 180 the moment she turns to Nikolai. She offers him the metal tray reverently, beaming ear to ear.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Mr. Nikolai, this is Ms. Valeriya's lunch.
NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:...Oh, so you're Susanna.
NPC-TD_Porter(1)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:I am the stewardess on this service. +If you need any help, please let me know at any time.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:I'm sure it will make Ms. Valeriya very happy if you take the lunch to her, Mr. Nikolai.
NPC-NervousMan(0)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:...You have a point.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Nikolai nods. He gives Maggie one last look, then he takes the tray and returns to the first-class carriage. +Maggie secretly sighs in relief, while Susanna rolls her eyes at her.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:You really are my bestie!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Maggie gives Susanna a thumb-up, but Susanna only rolls her eyes harder.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:I don't have time for your nonsense. I've already reserved your seat in the dining carriage. +Don't forget my cut. You'd better make sure I'm happy.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Of course... Why wouldn't I give you your due? You're my very best friend. +Still... are you just gonna keep ignoring this alarm in the second-class carriage? We can hear it all the way from a dozen carriages away. Kinda noisy.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:It keeps going off once we enter the Red Zone. Just leave it. +It's just the second-class carriage anyway. The passengers are either paupers or Dolls. It's fine as long as nobody dies.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:How heartless. Aren't you also a Doll? Can't you show some more compassion to your kind?
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:...Ew, you're making my skin crawl. +If that had come from anyone else, fine. But YOU? How can you of all people say that? +Oh, the irony.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:Hey, that's uncalled for.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Maggie winks and grins wickedly. 
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