()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>420</BIN><narrator>:In the restroom of Carriage F09 (Dining Carriage), Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()||<BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM>:Ten minutes ago, an "out of order" sign has been hung on the restroom door. +However, the restroom is occupied, and not just by one person. +A tall Doll is currently holding a petite Doll at gunpoint.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:...Remove your disguise.
Erma(4)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:Erma pulls the hood off her head.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(0)||:... +I mean your false identity. +Who are you? What is your motive for boarding the Colt Express?
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...You just dragged me into the restroom. +...Now you ask me who I am? +Are all muggers so obnoxious these days?
()||:Lyudmila decides to skip the nonsense and hacks the Doll directly.
()||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Error</SE1>:Ding...
AR18(4)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:...I can't hack you. It's really you.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...And who might that be?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||<黑点1>:...Three of Clubs, are you still continuing the charade?
()||<黑点2><BIN>527</BIN>:Meanwhile, on board the Colt Express.
()||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:The blurry figure sitting opposite Lyudmila suddenly leans over the table and grabs her.
Erma(8)<Shake>0.1</Shake><Speaker>Three of Clubs</Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:—Let go of me!
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Ace of Spades(Lyudmila)</Speaker>||:...
Erma(8)<Speaker>Three of Clubs</Speaker>||:If you don't let go, I'll call the police!
ColtWalker(5)<Speaker>Queen of Hearts</Speaker>||:Hm? Miss? +Miss Three of Clubs, please calm down. +We genuinely have no transaction records concerning Erma Hume.
Erma(8)<Shake>0.1</Shake><Speaker>Three of Clubs</Speaker>||:That's not possible. The information I'm looking for has got to be here.
ColtWalker(5)<Speaker>Queen of Hearts</Speaker>||:Miss, being unreasonable isn't conducive to doing business—
Erma(8)<Speaker>Three of Clubs</Speaker>||:...
()||<黑点1>:Three of Clubs seems to have suddenly calmed down.
()||<黑点2><BIN>420</BIN>:Meanwhile, back in the dining carriage restroom.
()||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:With just a bit of force, Lyudmila manages to detach one of Erma's arms.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...I've done as you said and stopped talking on the Colt Express. +Can you give me back my arm?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(0)||:...Why are you searching for Erma Hume? +What is your relationship with Hume?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(2)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...You know Erma Hume?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(2)||:Hume is not a common surname.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...So you don't know Erma Hume, but you know someone with the name Hume. +Are you willing to trade this information?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(0)<同时置暗><Speaker></Speaker>||:Lyudmila is shocked silent for a second. The girl in front of her is pretty helpless. One of her arms has been detached, and Lyudmila has her gun trained on her forehead. Other than her neural cloud, nothing about the Doll seems particularly striking. Her physical strength is also inferior.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(0)||:...Don't make me repeat my questions.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...I am Erma Hume. +You don't seem to know me at all, so why are you so spooked? Spooked enough to pull a gun on me. +Unless...
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(0)||:...?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(2)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:You're also a Hume? +And Dolls with this surname are being targeted and killed... so you keep your surname a secret.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(2)||:...Don't insult me.
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:... +I'll tell you my motive.
()||:Lyudmila tenses up immediately. +But Erma remains completely still. She just keeps gazing at Lyudmila with those slightly aloof golden eyes.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...I believe Hume is the surname of my owner... or perhaps my "mother". +I've lost my memories and I need to find him. +The only clue I have is the "Colt Express". +But... you're also in the carriage. You know that there isn't any useful information to be found there.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:...
()||:Should she believe her?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Her explanation makes sense. Hume is precisely the kind of scumbag that would do this.</color>
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><同时置暗><Speaker>Unknown Signal</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>...Morning Star has fallen.</color>
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:...
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Lyudmila keeps eyeing the Doll.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Could it just be a coincidence?</color> +<color=#A9A9A9>No. She can't trust her. Her neural cloud cannot be hacked. Even if it was just a coincidence, it could still be a trap... She must remain on her guard...</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_h</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Bang!! +A loud noise suddenly rings out from the adjacent carriage.
()||<黑点2><BIN>528</BIN><narrator>:Carriage F09 (Dining Carriage), Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()||<SE1>AVG_AMB_Restaurant</SE1>:The strange sound alarms the passengers. Susanna frowns and starts trying to soothe them.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:May I ask everyone to remain calm. I'm going to the next carriage to see...
()||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:Thunk! +Before Susanna can finish, the door of the dining carriage gets pushed open.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Shake>0.1</Shake><Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:...!!
()||<SE1>AVG_lifttable</SE1><BGM>10082</BGM>:Bam... Thud... +A man stumbles unsteadily into the carriage.
()<Speaker>Frightened Man</Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:<size=50>H... help...</size> +<size=50>It... it's a robbery!!</size>
()||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1><震屏3>:Bang! +Before his warning even registers, a bullet fired from the carriage behind him grazes him on the crown of his head.
()||<SE1>AVG_Sniper_Glass_Break</SE1><震屏3>:Bang! +The bullet hits a bottle of Chateau Margaux on the bar counter. Dark red liquid flows like blood.
()<Speaker>Frightened Man</Speaker>||:<size=50>H-help!!!</size>
()||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=5%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_20Winter_People_Panic</SE1><SE1>AVG_Crowd_Run</SE1>:In face of this, even the most obtuse can comprehend the terrible situation that they are in. Panic immediately breaks out among the passengers in the dining carriage.
()||:Everyone starts running in the opposite direction, trying to squeeze their way through.
()||<SE1>Explode</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=6%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Boom!!! +Just then, an explosion blows open the door between Carriages 9 and 10. +The massive impact sends the passengers squeezed against the door flying. The initial shouts of panic instantly turn into screams and wails.
()||<SE1>Explode</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=5%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><common_effect>%%code=AVG_chuxian_yan%%</common_effect>:The crowd in the front huddles together, while those who couldn't get to the front reel about in all directions. +The first to stride out from the smoke of the explosion is none other than the burly man in Carriage 2.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:The path has been cleared, Baba.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Position>0,180</Position><Speaker>Ms. Valeriya?</Speaker>||:Thank you, Danil.
()||<SE1>AVG_Wheelchair</SE1>:Following close behind him is the soft-spoken old woman on the wheelchair. +Susanna gawks at the sight of her.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Shake>0.1</Shake><Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:M-Ms. Valeriya?!
()||:Susanna forces herself to calm down. After all, she's suffered through such things before.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:...Ms. Valeriya, you are a passenger in the first-class carriage. As the stewardess of this train, I will do my best to serve you.
()||:This isn't the first time this train has been robbed. Besides, Susanna is used to dealing with morally gray characters, so she knows their ways. +Robbers are only after riches, while her job is to safeguard the passengers' lives—at least, that's what she thinks. +However, the old woman simply looks at her calmly.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Position>0,180</Position><Speaker>Ms. Valeriya?</Speaker>||:You're wrong about two things, little girl.
()||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Click.
()||:Susanna's attempt at negotiation is only met with the dark muzzles of two guns.
NPC-OldLady(0)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya?</Speaker>||:First of all—I mean business.
()||:The old woman's kindly features slowly contort.
()<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya?</Speaker>||:Second—you should call me...
NPC-OldLady(4)<Speaker>Ms. Valeriya?</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><黑点1>:<size=50>BABA LYUBA!</size>
()||<黑点2><BIN>538</BIN><震屏3><BGM>GF_21summer_avg_Reunion</BGM>:Everyone puts their hands up in the air as the gaping muzzles sweep over them.
()||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_h</SE1><BIN>539</BIN>:Bang!
()||<SE1>AVG_Broken_Glass</SE1>:With a thunderous bang, the crystal glasses on the bar counter shatter and scatter their shards all over the floor.
()<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Aaaah!
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_People_Panic</SE1>:Even Susanna, who has seen her fair share of things, can't help but let out a yelp. +Meanwhile, the passengers, who can't keep their terror in check, let out another scream. +However, this perfectly harmless reaction is enough to draw the ire of the burly thug named Danil, who immediately trains his gun on them.
()||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1><黑点1>:As the vacuous black muzzle sweeps over them, the weeping men and women swallow their whimpers and wails.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>528</BIN>:Dolls to Carriage 10, humans to Carriage 8. +Leave all your jewelry on the tables and open your luggage.
()||:Once Susanna overcomes her initial shock, she suddenly comes to a horrifying realization. She looks up at the old woman before her and stutters incoherently.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:Ba-ba-ba...Baba Lyuba?! +The last of the Neo-Soviet Union's V—
NPC-OldLady(4)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:...The botrytized wine that you prepared was to my taste. +You should know what to do next, right?
()||:Susanna gulps and swallows the words she's about to say. +She only speaks again after a long moment of hesitation.
()<Speaker>Susanna</Speaker>||:... +The passenger manifest is in the workroom.
NPC-OldLady(4)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:Very good. You're a clever girl.
()||:The fragile-looking granny seems to have undergone a complete change. Standing on the armrests of her own wheelchair, she pulls out a frightening gun in each hand and cackles. Her ghastly laughter, so utterly discordant with the elegant background music, sounds almost like a dirge.
()||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:Behind her, armed gangsters enter the room in an orderly fashion.
()||:Catherine, who has remained motionless ever since the Vory barged in, is cowering in front of the bar with her head lowered.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<SE1>Heartbeat</SE1>:Maggie... What should I do...?
()<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...
()||<黑点1>:Maggie remains slumped over the table, completely still.
()||<黑点2><BIN>420</BIN><narrator><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:In the restroom of Carriage F09 (Dining Carriage), Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_h</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><BGM>BGM_stage10</BGM>:Upon hearing the deafening gunshot, the two Dolls locked in a stalemate immediately exchange looks.
Erma(2)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:It's very noisy out there. Did something happen?
AR18(4)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(2)||:That was a gunshot.
AR18(4)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Murder?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(1)||:I can't be sure. They are armed with quite a few shotguns. The models are also varied. +From what I've heard, it sounded like a Super-Shorty and an M500...
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(2)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:You're also armed. Are you with them?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(2)||:...No.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position>;Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Then answer my questions about Hume. +You've been coming at me since I mentioned this surname on the Colt Express. +Why?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>;Erma(0)||:...I cannot tell you.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()||:Lyudmila closes her eyes and concentrates on her hearing. +...There are a lot of armed hostiles out there. How did they manage to bring so many weapons on board?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:Seven... eight... There are a total of 12 intruders, one of which is in a wheelchair.
()||:Lyudmila recalls the old woman she saw in the carriage she was in earlier.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:...I know who they are.
Erma(2)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Hm?
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:The last Vory v Zakone in the Neo-Soviet Union... +They live off any kind of crime imaginable, which naturally includes robbery.
()||:Lyudmila pauses.
AR18(2)<Position>0,70</Position><Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker>||:...Also, they don't tend to leave survivors in their robberies.
Erma(2)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...You could tell so much just from listening?
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:While Lyudmila is deliberating, an unfamiliar comms signal suddenly contacts both of them.
()||:They glance at each other and take the call in unison. +A familiar voice speaks through the channel.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:<color=#00CCFF>Hello, you two.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Time is short, so I'm just gonna go ahead and ask.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Which of you is the agent on a secret mission?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Or are you both agents?</color>
()||<黑屏1>: