()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||9<黑屏2>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_3:Do you have any idea what you're doing, Lyudmila?! +Stay out of anything that has nothing to do with the mission! +You'll draw attention from the enemy!
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:I know very well what I'm doing. +Drawing their attention is precisely my intention. Surely that's also part of your plan?
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||:...
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:Even though you haven't disclosed any details to me, I can largely guess what the mission entails. +Since the moment I boarded the Colt Express, I've been the card to be played. +It's simply a matter of WHEN. +I'm the decoy, aren't I?
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||:...You are decoys for one another.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:Morning Star has fallen.
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||:Focus on your own route. +The one you're protecting hasn't been exposed yet.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:...But they're already onto me.
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||:No, it's not time yet.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:I think this is the best time. +Right now, I'm the one on the frontlines.
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||:...
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:I demand action to be taken against the Vory v Zakone! +Instructor Я, I order you to take command of this operation. +I, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, will be your field operative!
AR18(6)Instructor Я0,70<同时置暗>||:You...!
()||BGM_EmptyAVG_Door_Hit:Thunk—a loud sound of impact suddenly comes from the door.
()||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()||529<黑屏2>GF_2022_Summer_Battle_2:Carriage F02, Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()||<震屏3>AVG_Door_Hit:A loud noise can suddenly be heard at the door—the Vory have already gathered outside the door and are trying to break in. +Doctor Rugosa's brow furrows deeply.
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa||:Instructor Lyudmila, I doubt the door can hold for long. +We need to get moving.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:Understood. +Maggie, time to make yourself useful.
()||:Surprised to be singled out and named all of a sudden, Maggie's smile seems a little forced.
ColtWalker(1)Maggie||:...Unlike you, I'm just a weak and helpless Doll.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:I'm not asking you to fight. +I need you to activate the Colt Express again. +Link up all the Dolls—even those who aren't T-Dolls. I need the strength of every single Doll.
()||:After a brief moment of deliberation, Maggie seems to have figured out what Lyudmila means to do.
ColtWalker(2)Maggie||:That's not entirely out of the question.
ColtWalker(3)Maggie||:However, I'm afraid that's not gonna work right now. The Vory have started jamming all Doll networks before they began the robbery. +I can't contact anybody.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:... +Then I'll need some time to come up with another plan...
()???||:I may be able to help if you beg me.
()||:Just then, a different voice interjects out of the blue.
()||ClothingUp:Lyudmila and Maggie look up at the same time and find Erma poking her head out of the ventilation shaft above their heads.
Erma(9)Erma||:I told you, we have unfinished business.
()||:Erma shoots Lyudmila a look, asking her to help her down.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:...
()||:Lyudmila seems to have no intention to help her at all. Maggie, on the other hand, offers Erma a hand.
()||AVG_Creep:With Maggie's help, Erma wriggles out from the shaft and drops down into the carriage. She dusts herself off.
ColtWalker(2)Maggie||:Where did this little cutie come from?
Erma(9)Erma||:I've been hiding up there for some time, so I heard everything. +If you want to restore the connection, I may be able to help. +However, I would like a reward...
()||:She looks at Lyudmila with narrowed eyes.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:...We'll discuss that when you succeed.
Erma(9)Erma||:Fine.
()||:"Pfft," Maggie lets out a snort. Both Lyudmila and Erma turn to look at her.
ColtWalker(2)Maggie||:Nothing. Just a bit amused. +She's an easy target. Catherine sure knows how to pick her victims.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>BGM_Empty249AVG_whitenoise:...Pzzzt.
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:With Erma as the source, a unique datastream flows quickly through the jammed signals. A network now runs unhindered throughout the train.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||530<黑屏2>10230:Gangway connection between Carriages F02 and F03, Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()||<震屏3>AVG_Door_Hit:Thunk! +The door may look increasingly battered with every blow, but the Vory's attempts to break it open don't seem to be successful.
()||AVG_Door_Hit<震屏3>:Thunk! +After another blow, the Vor lets go of his Pulaski and looks back at the others. +The other Vory follow his gaze, then they silently part like the Red Sea for Moses to give way.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)Susanna0.1||:Ugh!
()||%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=5AVG_XXS_kick:Danil walks up and dumps Susanna in front of the door.
()||AVG_Wheelchair:Nikolai pushes Baba Lyuba's wheelchair along the aisle with a dour face.
NPC-OldLady(1)Baba Lyuba||:...Open the door.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)Susanna||ClothingUp:Uh...
()||:Susanna looks up at the mangled lock. With a frown, she takes out her electronic key.
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Now... she does not even dare hesitate. The Vory won't show any mercy to a Doll like her.
()||AVG_21Winter_Error:Click. +The lock clicks mercilessly. Susanna's neural cloud almost freezes in terror.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)Susanna||ClothingUp:Wait! Hold on! I'm not trying to mess around!
()||:Before the Vory can even question her, Susanna is already desperately trying to acquit herself.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)Susanna||:There's nothing wrong with the key... Oh, I know. +Someone must've changed the code...
()||:After some thought, she decides to sell out the culprit.
NPC-TD_Porter(0)Susanna||:Maggie... It must be that asshole. +Only she is capable of doing such a thing!
NPC-OldLady(1)Baba Lyuba||:...
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2>528528BGM_Empty:Carriage F09, Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||GF_2022_Summer_Battle_1:(Sighs)
()||Rope:Catherine, who has been bound, looks down at the bullet hole on her leg. She leans back into her chair and lets out a long sigh.
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:Not only is my leg screwed... even my signal has been cut off. +Right now, I'm about as useful as an alarm clock...
NPC-TD_Worker(0)Pavel||:Miss Catherine... is my purchase on the Colt Express still valid?
()||:Pavel, who is also in the same predicament, starts conversing with Catherine.
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:... +Of course, but only if the seller is still alive!
NPC-TD_Worker(0)Pavel||:Then... are we going to die, Miss Catherine?
()||:Catherine glares at him with exasperation.
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:They might pump us full of concrete and throw us into the Baltic Sea! +All I can say is... backups are our one and only savior.
()???||AVG_whitenoise:Miss Catherine...
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:Just ask your questions. Stop calling my name.
NPC-TD_Worker(0)Pavel||:...I didn't call your name.
()???||:Miss Catherine...
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine0.1||:You totally just did!
()||:If Catherine weren't bound, she would've jumped to her feet and whacked Pavel on the head. +Pavel's headlamp flickers in protest.
NPC-TD_Worker(2)Pavel||:I really didn't say anything.
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:...
()||:She suddenly realizes that the voice is coming in via a secret comms channel.
()???||AVG_tele_connect:Miss Catherine...
NPC-Scalper(1)Catherine||:Have comms been restored?
NPC-Scalper(1)Catherine||:I'm here. +It's actually working again!
()||ClothingUp:Catherine twitches in excitement and peers around surreptitiously.
()Erma||:This is Erma. +What's the situation in the dining carriage?
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:...I'm tied up with the tin man. Honestly, I'd rather die.
NPC-TD_Worker(0)Pavel||:...There are a dozen Vory in this carriage.
NPC-Scalper(3)Catherine||:So it's not actually a private channel? +Why didn't you say so, Erma?!
NPC-Scalper(3)Erma<同时置暗>||:You didn't ask.
()Erma||:Anyway, the plan is—
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()||9<黑屏2>:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>529:Carriage F02, Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()||:As per Lyudmila's instruction, Erma is dutifully relaying the plan to the other Dolls.
()||AVG_va_addingredient:Meanwhile, Maggie is pouring some coffee for herself.
ColtWalker(1)Maggie||:...I just wanted to get in touch with Catherine, but she ended up connecting all the Dolls on the entire train. +That's really impressive. Are you two really not a team?
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:...
()||:Lyudmila watches with a raised eyebrow as Erma works away with great gusto. +The sight reminds her of an unpleasant memory. +...So it's true.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:She does have something to do with Doctor Hume...
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa||ClothingUp:Then we should get into position.
()Male Passenger||:I don't mind hiding. +But my wife has asthma... I don't think she can hide in the ventilation shafts. Can we leave her inside the toilet or something like that?
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa||:Well...
()||:Doctor Rugosa turns and points to the other end of the carriage.
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa||:If I remember correctly, Carriage F01 is the VIP-class carriage. It's even more secure than this carriage.
()||:Lyudmila nods in agreement.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:That's right, it is the VIP-class carriage reserved for special passengers. +It has the highest level of defense, so it should offer even more protection than the ventilation shaft in this carriage.
NPC-TD_Boy(0)Lucas||:It is usually out of bounds under normal circumstances.
()||:Lucas's gaze shifts to Maggie, who is casually sipping her coffee.
ColtWalker(2)Maggie||AVG_20Winter_Drink_Tea:...Fine. +You owe me another one, Instructor Lyudmila.
AR18(6)Lyudmila0,70||:...
()||Rope:While the others are packing, Lucas also helps Rugosa sort out his luggage with great efficiency. When he is done, he tugs lightly at Rugosa's sleeve.
NPC-TD_Boy(0)Lucas||:Have you forgotten what happened before?
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa;NPC-TD_Boy(0)||:No.
NPC-Doctor(0);NPC-TD_Boy(0)Lucas||:Then why did you intervene? +No one will thank you for that. It would only bring you endless misfortune.
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa;NPC-TD_Boy(0)||:Yeah.
NPC-Doctor(0);NPC-TD_Boy(0)Lucas||:If you know, then why are you doing this?
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa;NPC-TD_Boy(0)||:This is my path, Lucas.
NPC-Doctor(0);NPC-TD_Boy(0)Lucas||:I don't understand. This path does you no good at all.
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa||:...
()||ClothingUp:Rugosa turns around and pats Lucas gently on the head. +He gazes down at Lucas' familiar face with a tender smile.
NPC-Doctor(0)Doctor Rugosa||:You will understand, Lucas.
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