()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||<黑屏2>413BGM_Scar_Main:In the Galatea building. ()||AVG_footsteps_cave:Tap.+The light footsteps only serve to make the surroundings that much more quiet on this silent night.+The indistinct neon lights are swallowed up by the air, and in this hazily-lit world of sleep, the only thing that stirs is a lengthening shadow that walks alone. ()Amaris||:... ()||:She strides boldly down the empty street. The lights on either side of her cast long shadows from beneath her feet.+A slight mist hangs in the air, the humid vapors obscuring her vision.+...This annoying moist feeling is just like 13 years ago. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris2||Stop_AVG_loop:She picked a good time... ()||:Amaris stops.+Before her is their appointed meeting place... an abandoned skyscraper. ()||ClothingUp:She looks up and at the now-vacant structure—Once, it had its glorious days, but now it is nothing more than an obscure ruin. Even its proud billboards have started to fall off—over a third of them by now.+This is the place where her fate and Aliana's will reach its end—at the Galatea Corporation's third branch. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...And a good place too. ()||:She speaks so quietly that it sounds like she's muttering to herself. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>566AVG_Water_DripAVG_BaseDoor_Open:The skyscraper has long since lost its power and is now pitch-dark. The glass doors at the entrance have been smashed to bits and the stairs leading to them are covered in sharp fragments. ()||:The elevator doors have been torn open, exposing the elevator shaft within. The water dripping down from the roof splashes rhythmically, like a clock. ()||AVG_20Winter_Prison_Door:Amaris finds the security passage, and she easily opens the door which was originally so badly deformed it could not be budged. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:... ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>9AVG_footsteps_caveAVG_Water_Drip:Looking up the endlessly spiraling staircase is like staring into an endless kaleidoscope. +There is no light here except for the scraps of moonlight that have fought their way in.+Amaris' footsteps pound out a counterpoint rhythm with the sounds of dripping water, bearing mute witness to her form as she rises from the abyss. ()||:Tap.+She walks around the sealed main door and enters the foyer. ()||<黑点1>: NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana2||Stop_AVG_loop565<黑点2>:You're here. ()||ClothingUp:That familiar voice speaks again, and Amaris slowly looks up at that face, which she knows and hates more than anything.+Aliana is standing roughly three floors above her, on the edge of the central courtyard, looking down on Amaris. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:Does this seem familiar?+Does this physical distance remind you of the difference in our respective capabilities? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:You're still as proud as ever after all these years. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:Should I not be? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:It's true, this building is very much like the one from Operation Couatl. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:Only its structure is similar.+There are no special air processors here, no noisy traps, nor enemies.+The only things here are you and me. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...No, there are nine people here.+They are ALL here, Eula, Olivia, Callisto, Laura and the others. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:...Oh, yes. Most of their abilities are mine.+I have their seven dog tags. ()||:Dogtags are a tombstone for a special forces soldier after they die.+Aliana knows what that means, and that goes double for Amaris. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...Tonight, I will give you one last gift. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Your dog tags will be mine. ()||:Aliana smiles. Though she is silhouetted by the moonlight, Amaris can still see it clearly.+In her memories, Aliana rarely smiled, and when she did, it was like the sun banishing the night. ()||ClothingUp:Aliana holds up an item and throws it from the courtyard into the foyer. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:That's enough small talk.+You've clearly been away from the battlefield for too long, Amaris. You aren't even wearing body armor. That does not meet the equipment guidelines for the "Daybreak" squad. ()||:Amaris looks at the bulletproof vest lying in front of her and laughs coldly. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:You're still so damn pretentious after so long. +What's next, are you going to state the same attack plan as you did back then? Are you going to play the role of Capita? NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:No... this isn't fair. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Hah, fair, you say? Was it fair when you took them by surprise? NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:I killed each of them in a straightforward and open fashion.+Just like how I will kill you. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:The terrain is the same and so are the ammo resupply points.+You haven't forgotten that operation, have you? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...You may have forgotten, but I won't. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:Good. I'll give you 10 minutes to prepare.+I will show you in this very place why I deserve the title of "Daybreak". NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:... ()||<黑点1>: ()||9<黑屏2>:... ()||<黑屏1>: ()???||568<回忆><黑屏2>:We did it! She woke up... NPC-SCAR-L(5)？||:... NPC-SCAR-L(5)???<同时置暗>||:All her parameters are outstanding. I'm sure she'll be able to match up to the meaning we've assigned her. NPC-SCAR-L(5)??<同时置暗>||:A ray of daylight that illuminates the night... Since she's the first child of this team...+We'll have her be the sun. NPC-SCAR-L(5)???<同时置暗>||:I hope she can help us... Help us to put an end to everything... NPC-SCAR-L(5)??<同时置暗>||:We'll call her "Aliana", then. Daughter of the sun, and a return gift from the gods. NPC-SCAR-L(5)？Aliana||:... NPC-SCAR-L(5)???<同时置暗>||:Alright, Aliana... +From today onward, your name shall be Aliana... ()||<黑点1>: ()???||<黑点2>:Aliana, you're the only one on the team who is valued.+Therefore, you will inherit the "dog tags". NPC-SCAR-L(4)Aliana||:...But what about them? NPC-SCAR-L(4)??<同时置暗>||:...As long as you live, they will continue living in a sense. NPC-SCAR-L(4)Aliana||:...This is a vital, secret measure, a glorious soldier's tactic, am I correct? NPC-SCAR-L(4)???<同时置暗>||:That's right, Aliana. ()||<黑点1>: ()??||567<黑点2><火花>AVG_tele_connectAVG_2022Saros_Gunfight:I'm very sorry, Sergeant Aliana.+We need to redirect the fighters. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:But "Capita" is the top priority! NPC-SCAR-L(1)??<同时置暗>||:Sergeant Aliana, our priority is to protect the government. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:... NPC-SCAR-L(1)???<同时置暗>||:Aliana, execute the "Dog Tag" procedure. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:What did you say?+No—It's far from necessary! NPC-SCAR-L(1)???<同时置暗>||:As the overall commander of Operation Couatl, I am ordering you to execute the "Dog Tag" procedure. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:...I have determined that this program is not necessary. ()???||:...Force-execute the program. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:... ()||<黑屏1>Stop_AVG_loop: ()||BGM_Empty560<黑屏2>AVG_whitenoise<黑屏1>:(Crackle)—Amaris... (crackle)—Destroy... ()||<黑屏2>9<关闭火花><黑屏1>:... NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||<睁眼><关闭蒙版>565:...Amaris, tonight you and I must put an end to everything.+10, 9, 8... NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:3, 2, 1— NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL1:The 10 minutes are up. It's my turn to act. ()||AVG_footsteps_woodfloor:Her timekeeping is precise and she doesn't waste a single movement. Aliana takes hold of her gun and turns to climb the stairs.+This path, this route, is very familiar to her, as though it were engraved on her neural cloud. +She walked like this once, within the floating tower in the Dead Sea.+However, the air was filled with the roar of battle back then.+Now, everything is too quiet, so quiet that Aliana could lose herself in it.+But she cannot do so. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||Stop_AVG_loop:...You always did like hiding in high places and behind others. ()||:Aliana mutters under her breath in the quiet space, as though she's speaking to her sisters in the shadows.+In a place where nobody can see, she smiles again—a smile of confidence. ()||RunStep%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8:Whoosh—+She turns without hesitation, lunging at the abandoned office behind her.+And in response— ()||<震屏3>AVG_rifle_finalshot_hBGM_Scar_Battle:Bang! ()||:A hollow-sounding gunshot echoes through the building, as though to prove that Aliana's guess was right. ()||AVG_Bullte_Ricochet:A bullet whizzes through the floorboards where Aliana had been standing just a moment ago, throwing up a spray of sparks in the darkness. ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARH2<震屏3>:Bang! ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARH2<震屏3>:Bang! ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARH2<震屏3>:Bang! ()||RunStep:One shot after another streaks through the course she is running, until her athletic figure bursts into the office. ()||9AVG_Door_Hit:Thud!+This last crash is the sound of Aliana smashing into the door and carrying it into the room with her impact.+The gunshots fade into the moonlight like a dream, as though they had never existed. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2><震屏3>395AVG_Cloak_Whoosh:Whoosh—+A swift black shape leaps from one window to another.+In this concrete jungle, she is the swiftest of predators.+...Layered obstacles are the bane of a sniper.+And as long as one lures the opposition in the right way, even a prey animal can easily predict the position a hunter will choose.+Aliana knows very well which position Amaris will choose.+She will always choose the best one. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||:...Why are you hiding?+Are you still using all those familiar positions?+Just like the countless times we practiced together... hiding naturally behind my back. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>AVG_Bullet_Drop:Clink.+A bullet casing falls by her foot, emanating a clear sound.+Upon pulling the trigger, Amaris has already begun to reposition, with no hesitation whatsoever.+She has to be faster, much faster, faster than Aliana. ()||ClothingUpRunStep:As she hefts the gun in her hand, the layout of the entire building unfolds in Amaris' mind.+She needs to keep a sufficient distance from Aliana, predict where she'll run, and find the best trajectory when making her shots...+In the past, she was always behind Aliana, but this time she needs to take her head-on. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...I remember every single strategy of yours.+In the past, you covered me from the front.+I cleared away threats to you.+But this time, I'm aiming at you instead. ()||<黑点1>: ()||<黑点2>565<关闭蒙版><震屏3>AVG_2022Saros_SCARH2:Bang—!+A dull report fills the air, the sound of a sniper's shot shattering the night sky. The pointed bullet crosses the courtyard, shattering all obstacles in its way. ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL3%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=5:Bangbangbang—!!!+Behind this pounding rain of lead is a muzzle flare that lights up the night. The assault rifle's roar sweeps away everything in its path like a gale. ()||:Just about every railing and wall in the corridor is covered with bullet holes from the two of them. The moonlight reflects off the countless fragments of glass littering the ground, revealing their icy-cold faces. ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL4AVG_2022Saros_SCARH3:Kachak.+The sound of them changing magazines fills the air almost simultaneously, an accompaniment to the sound of their rapid footsteps, like they're venting emotions that they can't express anywhere else.+13 long years of anger collide with the sadness of sudden, massive change, crushing each other within the confines of this cramped space. NPC-SCAR-L(0)Aliana||BGM_Empty:...Is that all you've got? Can't you keep up?+Amaris! You're changing magazines too slowly! NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Am I? ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARH2<震屏3>GF_2022_Summer_Battle_3:Bang—! ()||RunStepAVG_2022Saros_SCARH3:The sound of changing magazines, the sound of her hurried footsteps, even her brusque response...+All this chaotic noise echoes through the building, making it difficult for each of them to tell where the other is.+—Yet, her bullets constantly seize every opportunity that they should not pass up. ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARH4<震屏3>:Bang—!+More bullets rain down unerringly on Aliana's shoulder.+...Amaris knows very well that this is far from enough.+Her body is far different from what it used to be, and that steeply increases the difficulty of taking out Aliana. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:... ()||:She saw that outcome the moment she pulled the trigger. ()||%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=4RunStepAVG_2022Saros_SCARH2:Run, run— next shot, the next shot, she still has her next shot. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:Have you always been dissatisfied with me, Amaris? +Perhaps you've always wanted to shoot me, even when you were providing cover fire from behind! NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Hah, no. I've never been dissatisfied with you. ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL3%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8:Bangbangbang—! ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL4:Kachak.+Aliana somersaults over and behind a piece of cover. Her new magazine is loaded within half a second of the old one falling out of the magwell.+She needs to maintain suppression. When facing a trained sniper, she needs to lay down weight of fire to ensure she can close the distance safely. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:I may not have respected and held you in awe like they did.+But I... I wasn't unhappy with your performance... NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:Were you?+You stood out least in the nine-man team.+When Samantha took you on ops, you always hid in the shadows. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:Rather than the codename of "Moon"...+Wouldn't "Shadow" suit you better? NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Oh yes. The light of Daybreak Squad always referred to you.+We are all shadows! NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:That's why... I can't understand it, and I certainly can't tolerate it. Why did you betray everyone!?+They loved you, so why did you have to kill them! NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:Oh, please, are you fishing for sympathy here?+Only the weak ask for reasons! +I have no need to explain myself! NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:They trusted you.+Nicole always covered you on ops. Laura even gave you her arm when yours got blown up by a grenade hit. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||9RunStepAVG_Pause:...Got you. NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris0.1||ClothingUp:—! ()||<黑点1>: ()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8565<黑点2>:Whoosh—+When Amaris reaches her next shooting location, she finds that familiar face waiting for her there.+This is the highest floor in the abandoned building, with good vision and many hiding places; the perfect choice for a sniper.+...Aliana has always known that Amaris would pick the best spot. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL1:You've become stronger.+But it's nowhere near enough— ()||:Amaris only allows herself half a second to stare in shock at the muzzle of the SCAR-L.+At this range, she has no chance at all in a gunfight against an assault rifle. ()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL2<震屏3>:Bang—! ()||AVG_2022Saros_Gunpast:A tongue of fire licks the billowing clouds of gunsmoke amidst the shrill sound of bullets streaking through the air, headed straight for Amaris. ()||AVG_Broken_Glass<震屏3>:Crash! ()||RunStep:Before she can even consider her course of action, Amaris' body has already reacted. ()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=89:She doesn't hesitate, only breaking the window behind her before jumping backward and out through it. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana0.1||:—! ()||:It is a ticket to Hell. ()||:Aliana's body moves like a coiled spring, before Amaris can react. She reaches the shattered window at almost the same time as the sound of the bullets that broke through the door.+...Beyond the window is a fathomless abyss. ()||ClothingUp:Whoosh— ()||<震屏3>AVG_XXS_kick:—Snap! NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑点2>413BGM_EmptyAVG_AMB_Wind:Amaris' body dangles from the outer wall of the building, swaying in the cold night wind.+The night is so dark and black that nobody would be able to notice a suspended Doll like this even if someone looked up every now and then. ()||Rope:Half of Aliana's body protrudes outside the building, while the other braces itself inside the room.+This bracing is now the only thing that has saved the two of them. NPC-SCAR-H(4)Amaris||:I know you took some things from them.+But now, it's time to give them back. NPC-SCAR-L(1)Aliana||:Amaris, your face has never been this clear before. NPC-SCAR-H(4)Amaris||:I would be glad to be the last face you see before you die. ()||:The wind caresses Amaris' bangs. ()||%%code=CJ_zidan%%AVG_keyboardtype_sciAVG_NightVision_Start:And then, she draws Aliana into her neural cloud space. ()||<黑点1>: