()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>1</BIN><common_effect>%%code=CJ_rain%%</common_effect><BGM>10220</BGM><Night><SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1><SE1>AVG_Amb_Rain_0</SE1>:Thud, thud, thud. +The Military march with earth-shaking steps and have the colossal metal serpent completely surrounded.
NPC-Soldier(0)<Speaker>Soldier</Speaker>||:Captain, they're coming.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Rustle...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The rain is pouring down in sheets. In the woods, a man squints from his high perch on top of an armored vehicle. +Several figures have disembarked from the train on which they are shining their flashlights. +However, this time, the man does not give the order to kill these people on sight.
NPC-Soldier(0)<Speaker>Soldier</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Halt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:When the Vory reach their engagement range, the sentry guard blocks their approach.
NPC-NervousMan(3)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:Scram... You're not the one we want to talk to.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Despite his disheveled appearance, Nikolai's nose remains firmly turned up.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Wheelchair</SE1>:Baba Lyuba pats Danil's hand. Danil takes the cue and slowly pushes her wheelchair to the front.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:...I would like to meet with Captain Ivan.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Baba Lyuba raises her head. She looks past the sentry guard and gazes directly at the man towering over them.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The man waves his hand and gestures for the sentry guard to let the Vory pass. He also gets off the armored vehicle.
()<Speaker>Captain Ivan</Speaker>||:It's been months since we last met, Baba Lyuba.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:We delivered four whole batches of weapons and ammunitions to you back then. +I never thought this would happen.
()<Speaker>Captain Ivan</Speaker>||:That was a pleasant and fruitful transaction for both of us. +I'm sure you won't disappoint me this time either, Baba Lyuba.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:Nikolai.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Nikolai grunts and hands a bloodsoaked suitcase to a soldier next to Captain Ivan.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open</SE1>:After inspecting it briefly, the soldier opens the suitcase. +It contains a bunch of Doll cores—some are intact, while others are damaged.
()<Speaker>Captain Ivan</Speaker>||:... +I did agree to get you out of here.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Captain Ivan looks first at Baba Lyuba, then at the remaining Vory.
()<Speaker>Captain Ivan</Speaker>||:However... +We don't have enough seats.
NPC-NervousMan(3)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Do you know who you're speaking to?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nikolai closes in on Ivan and points his pistol at him.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:At the same time, the infantry units behind the captain also promptly draw their weapons and train them on Nikolai and the Vory.
NPC-NervousMan(3)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:The Vory worship Satan.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nikolai raises his head. The blood still on his face is smeared in the rain, making him look more vicious.
NPC-NervousMan(2)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:We don't know fear.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:For the first time, Baba Lyuba's rage is fully visible on her face.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:She rises to her feet. Her two guns are also trained on Captain Ivan.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:This was just one of our irregular hunts while we're on the road. +The flame of the Vory is still burning bright in Moscow... +If General Carter wants to get his hands on the Neo-Soviet Union, he needs our help.
()<Speaker>Captain Ivan</Speaker>||:Of course.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Applause</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Captain Ivan claps his hands.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Whoosh—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10227</BGM>:At Captain Ivan's cue, half of the Vory behind Nikolai point their muzzles at a new target. +Someone wholly unexpected.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:...Your existence in the Vory is a joke.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><SE1>AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body</SE1>:Bang!
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:<size=50>Nikolai!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Hearing Baba Lyuba's cry, Nikolai turns around, only to be met with an astounding sight. +Danil's gun is pointing straight at him. The muzzle is still smoking. +Which means the gun has just been fired. An eerie sense of foreboding hangs heavily in the air.
NPC-NervousMan(2)<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:Danil, you...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Water_Drip</SE1>:Blood blossoms on his chest...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Nikolai, still utterly perplexed, crumples to the ground.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><SE1>AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body</SE1>:Without even the slightest hesitation, Danil returns Nikolai's stunned gaze and fires another round at his chest.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=5</controll_shake>:Bang! Bang! Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Danil's shot marks the beginning of a fierce gunfight.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Supershorty</SE1><震屏3>:Baba Lyuba lets out a furious howl and fires multiple times. +Her muzzles flash, and four Vory fall—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_n</SE1><SE1>AVG_Bullet_Hit_Body</SE1><震屏3>:Bang! +Baba Lyuba realizes that she has been shot, but the shot was not fired by any of the Vory. +She looks towards Captain Ivan, whose gun is also raised.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:(Splutters)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Baba Lyuba stumbles and falls on her knees in the mud.
()<Speaker>Nikolai</Speaker>||:Mama...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nikolai also collapses on the muddy ground. Blood and rainwater mix with each other underneath him. The light slowly fades from his eyes.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Baba Lyuba cradles his body and looks up at Danil, who is walking towards her.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:No wonder you insisted on boarding this train with me.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She glares at her once-trusted subordinate with hate-filled eyes.
NPC-OldLady(1)<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:Breaking the rules of the Vory is a worse offense than betraying me. +Danil, you have no place among the Vory v Zakone in Moscow.
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:Am I the one who broke the rules of the Vory? +No, it's you, Baba Lyuba.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>518</BIN><SE1>Select</SE1>:Danil walks right up to Baba Lyuba and presses his muzzle against her forehead.
()<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:One important rule of the Vory reads, "Give up your own family." +I abide by this rule. I killed my only younger sister. +But as the leader, you spared your biological son and even hid him right by your side. +"Good-for-Nothing Nikolai".
()<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||:You are the one who betrayed the Vory.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nikolai cannot make a sound. The bullets have punctured his lungs. Blood oozes out from his mouth as his breathing grows weaker and weaker. +Baba Lyuba has nothing to say against Danil's accusation.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:She bows her head and looks down at Nikolai. The rage and viciousness on her face slowly transform into a tender smile.
()<Speaker>Baba Lyuba</Speaker>||:...Having a weakness is a terrifying thing.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She mutters to herself as she looks lovingly at Nikolai. +The next moment—
()<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:—!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_h</SE1><震屏3><BIN>9</BIN>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Baba Lyuba grabs the barrel of Danil's gun. Startled, Danil pulls the trigger out of reflex.
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC-Bodyguard1(0)<Speaker>Danil</Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>1</BIN><Night>:...She really was a crazy bitch.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Baba Lyuba goes down. She is lying side-by-side with Nikolai. +Her breathing stops in the gloomy night.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Punch</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=5</controll_shake>:Captain Ivan comes forward. He plants his foot on her ornate shawl and kicks the corpse. The bloody and muddy shawl wraps around its owner and sinks with her into the swamp.
()<Speaker>Captain Ivan</Speaker>||:Thank you for your contributions to the Neo-Soviet Union.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>528</BIN><BGM>10213</BGM><黑屏2><narrator><关闭蒙版>:Carriage F09, Intercontinental Railway train "Future".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...The scene plays out clearly through the window before the passengers still on the train. +Everyone is silent, especially Maggie and Catherine. +Just a few minutes ago, they were still risking their own lives fighting the Vory, but here they are, watching these people meet their ends.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Maggie</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Maggie reads the final message that the man had sent her on her communicator. She chuckles bitterly and shakes her head. +The rain is coming down more and more heavily. It pummels Susanna's head like icy knives. +She feels like a pendulum, constantly swinging between hope and despair. She just desperately wants to close her eyes and go to sleep. Perhaps everything will be alright when she wakes up. +Perhaps this is all just a dream.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Despair spreads quietly through the air. The surviving passengers start to languish in the carriage. Many are already mourning for themselves.
AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||:...We can't delay anymore. We must hurry up and move into Carriage 1.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:It isn't over yet, so this isn't time for despair. +Lyudmila's voice is devoid of warmth, but it snaps everyone out of it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:As Lyudmila urges the survivors to form a line and keep moving, she suddenly notices that the grip she has been feeling on her arm is now gone.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:She looks back. +Erma is still standing at the window and staring out in a daze. +The scene she has just witnessed is still burned into her eyes. Her mind seems to be a million miles away. +Lyudmila keeps calling her name, but there is no response whatsoever.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>534</BIN><黑屏2><narrator><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_House</SE1><SE1>AVG_Piano_Ambience</SE1>:At the "Summer Garden".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_2</BGM>:It is a warm afternoon. The sunlight shines past the sunflowers beyond the French windows and into the living room, painting long streaks of light on the wooden floorboards. +She pulls her gaze back to look at the tray in front of her, which bears a cup of coffee.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:The wind blows through the long arched greenway. +There seems to be a large marble statue at its end. +The statue looks like a goddess...
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:I'll go take a look. +I wonder who it is...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She ventures forth, walking slowly through the greenway.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:When she arrives at its end, just as she's about to see the marble goddess' face—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_ElecSpace</SE1>:An alarm rings, followed by a human voice—
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Erma, is my coffee ready yet?</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:After a brief moment of hesitation, Erma places the coffee tray on the ground and sprints toward the statue.
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...I just want to take a look outside.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Erma, come back...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>I'll be waiting for you here.</color>
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:I...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Erma runs to the end of the greenway, only to find her way blocked by a massive gate. +The gate is covered in electric netting and metal cables. +The statue, as well as the flowers and sunlight, remain firmly out of Erma's reach.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Erma, why won't you do as you're told?</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Footsteps come from behind her.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Erma feels compelled to turn around.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1><BIN>9</BIN>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A bullet hits her in the forehead.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>We'll just have to do this all over again, Erma.</color>
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Forget everything and start again.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>534</BIN><SE1>AVG_House</SE1>:In the mysterious garden, Erma opens her eyes once more.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Are you awake, Erma?</color>
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Yes. +Who am I?
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>You are my masterpiece. My one and only "daughter".</color>
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<BIN>249</BIN><黑屏2>:<color=#00CCFF>Why do you run?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>This is your forever home.</color>
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:No... +I have to find the "stork".
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Stork?</color>
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>"Anchor point"... So the stork is one of your anchor points...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Hahahahahahaha, I succeeded... I finally succeeded...</color> +<color=#00CCFF>This is wonderful, Erma.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Erma turns around and breaks into a mad sprint. +The road seems to stretch on infinitely. +But Erma keeps running tirelessly. +She is determined to find the word that she had carved out in secret—"stork".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1>:Bang!
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Good. I want to test if you can still find this anchor point again next time.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Erma, I can't wait to see what you can do.</color>
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>534</BIN><narrator>:At the "Summer Garden".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:It is a warm afternoon. The sunlight shines past the sunflowers beyond the French windows and into the living room, painting long streaks of light on the wooden floorboards. +She pulls her gaze back to look at the tray in front of her, which bears a cup of coffee.
Erma(3)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She can't bring herself to say anything. Tears stream silently down her face.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>—Wake up.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Erma ignores the voice completely. She ventures forth, walking slowly through the seemingly endless greenway. +Until she once again comes across the gate covered in electric netting and metal cables.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Erma, why won't you do as you're told?</color>
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:She closes her eyes slowly and waits for the final gunshot.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_pistol_finalshot_n</SE1>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><黑屏1>:A figure pulls her to the side. +She has dodged the bullet. +Erma slowly opens her eyes.
AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||<BIN>534</BIN><睁眼><黑点1>:—Wake up. Don't get lost in here. +These memories will drive you mad.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_bigglassbreak</SE1>:Crash— +The Summer Garden shatters into a million pieces and disintegrates into sand...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>528</BIN>:The scene changes, and she sees a train carriage instead. +Someone is gripping her shoulders tightly. Erma looks up in confusion.
AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||:...You awake?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Her mind starts to clear.
Erma(1)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Yeah.
AR18(6)<Speaker>Lyudmila</Speaker><Position>0,70</Position>||:Time to go.
Erma(0)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Okay.
()||<黑点1>: