()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>167</BIN><BGM>GF_21winter_battle_3</BGM>:...+At the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
()||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:After the team split up, SCR, the only one following Aliana, hurries up to her side.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:M26 is 80% through her scans. She's asking about the next step of the plan.
NPC-SCR(2);NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Have her run her scans again.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>;NPC-SCAR-L(0)||:Huh?
NPC-SCR(2);NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:I'll be giving you several strings of digits afterward. Bring out the corresponding cargo from these cabins afterward. The Griffin supply truck is already waiting in the loading dock. +Haul all these crates away afterward.
NPC-SCR(5)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>;NPC-SCAR-L(0)||:So many? But... many of them haven't been checked yet...
NPC-SCR(5);NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Do as I say.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:...
()||:With doubt on her face, SCR opens an encrypted channel to her.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>We're not actually here for riot control, are we?</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Just work as though you were performing riot control.</color>
()||:SCR quickly shuts off the channel. There is some embarrassment on her face.
NPC-SCR(4)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:I, I was just a little worked up. +...After all, the most urgent task I was assigned in the past was escorting the servers.+If you don't mind, could I ask you a question?+You don't have to answer if you don't want to.
NPC-SCR(4);NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Hm?
NPC-SCR(4)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>;NPC-SCAR-L(0)||:Why did you choose me?
NPC-SCR(4);NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Why do you ask?
NPC-SCR(4)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>;NPC-SCAR-L(0)||:...That's because I'm not a suitable choice for the team no matter how you look at it.+I thought that at most Griffin would only assign me relatively safe logistics work or simple protection duties.+I didn't think I'd be dispatched on a special mission like this...
NPC-SCR(4);NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Cease your pointless thinking immediately and complete the task I have assigned to you.+Only soldiers who can perfectly complete their mission will be trusted by their superiors. That is the only way a soldier can live.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:...A-Alright!
()||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>Explode</SE1><震屏3><火花>:—Bang!+Just as SCR heads toward the transport train car, there is an explosion, and the car's reinforced metal shell suddenly explodes.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_21winter_battle_1</BGM>:Get down!
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:Ngahhh!?
()||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Almost immediately, Aliana tackles SCR to the ground.
()<Speaker>Police Officer</Speaker>||:—Ambush! Get to cover!
()||<关闭火花><SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
()||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Aliana stays crouched, warily looking outside.+Below her, SCR looks at the graze on her cheek from a bullet.
NPC-SCR(5)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>...Her first instinct... was to protect me?</color>
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:After ensuring that the attack is over, they each ready their respective weapons.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Call the others, and have them prepare to relocate immediately.
()||:Aliana looks in the direction from which the bullets came.+The only thing there is a densely-packed crowd.
()||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:After giving her orders, Aliana runs into the burning car before the police, drawn by the confusion, can arrive.
()||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Amidst the flames, Aliana suddenly comes to a halt.
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:She quietly checks the crate in front of her, then takes out her communicator.
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Click.+The call goes through.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Griffin here.</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Aliana here.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>"Poludnitsa's" fate is confirmed.</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Did something happen?</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
()||:Aliana strokes the crate in front of her like she's touching a coffin.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>"Poludnitsa" is confirmed as fallen.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>The only thing left here is the "meteorite".</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Roger.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>Recover the "meteorite" and proceed with protection duties.</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>Understood.</color>
()||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Click.+Just as Aliana responds to the call, a familiar voice that she hasn't heard for a while speaks in her systems.
()||<BGM>BGM_Scar_Battle</BGM>:For a moment, Aliana's eyes go wide.
()<Speaker>"Daybreak" System</Speaker>||:<color=#99CC33>"Moon" is online. Do you wish to respond to the other party Y/N?</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Y.
()||:Aliana responds without hesitation, but then—
()<Speaker>"Daybreak" System</Speaker>||:<color=#99CC33>"Moon" is offline. Please respond again—</color>
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:L-Leader... (coughs heavily)+The firefighters have arrived—
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:—I'm leaving this place to you!
NPC-SCR(5)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:Leader? ...W-wait!
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><SE2>RunStep</SE2>:Aliana ignores SCR's cries and rises to her feet, jumping out of the car and running toward the crowd.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:...Begin search, directive "Moon".
()||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Beep.
()<Speaker>"Daybreak" System</Speaker>||:<color=#99CC33>...Target reaction detected.</color>
()||:...I knew it.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Give me a location!
()<Speaker>"Daybreak" System</Speaker>||:<color=#99CC33>Pinpointing location... Pinpointing failed.</color>+<color=#99CC33>Detection radius is 200m.</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_2022Saros_SCARL2</SE1><SE2>AVG_Crowd_Run</SE2>:The crowd that had already calmed down suddenly reverts to chaos after the sudden gunshots.+Aliana glares angrily at the crowd before her, her fingers tightening around her weapon.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:You won't get away...
()||:...
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>315</BIN>:Outside the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
()||<SE1>AVG_AMB_Street</SE1>:The sounds of explosions have ceased and the crowd has finally begun leaving in batches under guidance.+However, Cheryl remains where she is. Her eyes look past the densely-packed horde of humanity, searching for that figure—
()<Speaker>Police Officer</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Don't stand here! Move and head outside!
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||<BGM>GF_21winter_battle_2</BGM>:I... I'm waiting for someone...+She's gone to find something she lost!
()<Speaker>Police Officer</Speaker>||:Everyone inside has been evacuated! Wait for them outside!
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:...
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Before Cheryl can explain, she's been pulled into the evacuation tunnel and away from where she promised to meet Samo.
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2><BIN>86</BIN>:
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Why isn't she back yet? It's past the appointed time...</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_21Winter_Error</SE1>:Cheryl anxiously dials Samo's number, but nobody answers after a long time.
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Hurry and pick up! Where did you go? Please be safe...</color>
()||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:Cheryl anxiously paces back and forth on the spot, worried that Samo might be searching for her at their original spot and also worrying that Samo's hurt so badly that she can't move...
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:I guess I should ask a staffer after all.
()||:Cheryl makes up her mind and turns toward the station.
()||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Suddenly, a tall, black figure deliberately goes against the flow of the crowd and stops in front of her.
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:...Samo! Where did you go? I spent ages looking for you!
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>;NPC-Cheryl(0)<Position>0,-100</Position>||:Quick, give me all the charged power banks you have.
NPC-SCAR-H(2);NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:...+Why?
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:Here, take this—
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Something is stuffed into Cheryl's hands.
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:Hm?
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>;NPC-Cheryl(0)<Position>0,-100</Position>||:I just spotted my rival just now. She's jealous of me to the point where she covets every last part of mine.
NPC-SCAR-H(2);NPC-Cheryl(2)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:!?+What part of you is that valuable?
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>;NPC-Cheryl(2)<Position>0,-100</Position>||:Ahem. I told you, I used to be very expensive.+Of course, I still am now.+Ahhhh, don't change the subject. In any case, she's coming over to catch me, so help me take this and walk a few circles nearby.
NPC-SCAR-H(2);NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:Wait a minute, you didn't answer me at all! I demand an explanation!
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>;NPC-Cheryl(0)<Position>0,-100</Position>||:I can't; she's coming after me. You need to help me throw her off!
NPC-SCAR-H(2);NPC-Cheryl(2)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:...
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:I'll be home later.
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:...Wait!
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Cheryl opens her palm in a daze.+There lies what Samo gave her, a used bullet casing.+After seeing the model and shape of the casing, Cheryl's eyes go wide.
NPC-Cheryl(0)<Speaker>Cheryl</Speaker><Position>0,-100</Position>||:This is...
()||:Cheryl struggles to peer beyond the crowd, but Samo is gone.
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>202</BIN>:Inside the truck.
M26MASS(0)<Speaker>M26-MASS</Speaker><Position>-200,80</Position>||:Hey, hey, hey! What's going on!? Are we just going to haul all these crates away?
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:M26 hurries inside the truck, but all she sees is SCR.
M26MASS(0)<Speaker>M26-MASS</Speaker><Position>-200,80</Position>||:...Where's Leader?
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:"I'm leaving this place to you..."
M26MASS(0)<Speaker>M26-MASS</Speaker><Position>-200,80</Position>||:Say what?
()||:As she looks at SCR, who's still muttering to herself while spacing out, M26 can't help but freeze up.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:Ah...+Leader went to chase someone.
NPC-SCR(2);M26MASS(0)<Speaker>M26-MASS</Speaker><Position>-200,80</Position>||:HAH!? Are you kidding me?! Does she even know who she is!?+What kind of commander abandons their post to go chase after people!?
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>;M26MASS(0)<Position>-200,80</Position>||:Miss Aliana has a plan.+In any case, let's move all of this back to Griffin.
NPC-SCR(2);M26MASS(0)<Speaker>M26-MASS</Speaker><Position>-200,80</Position>||:Fine... I'll contact the Commander.+SCR, you keep trying to contact Aliana.
NPC-SCR(2)<Speaker>SCR</Speaker>||:...Okay.
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:SCR nods.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>542</BIN><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Beep, beep.
()<Speaker>"Daybreak" System</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Scar_Battle</BGM>:<color=#99CC33>"Moon" reaction detected.</color>
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:...Hm?
()||:The scan was never that clear to begin with, but now it's throwing up a fresh oddity.+Aliana comes to a halt and rechecks it.+...There's no malfunction. There are now two "Moon" reactions.
NPC-SCAR-L(0)<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Is this a trick? Or...</color>
()||:...There's no time for delay.
()||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:Aliana's furrowed brows loosen. After hesitating for just a moment, she heads straight for one of the positions she detected.+Originally, she would never have needed to choose.
()||<黑屏1><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()||<黑屏2><BIN>471</BIN>:In the plaza outside the Berlin Hauptbahnhof.
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Samo gently strokes a puppy's head, and the puppy tenderly nuzzles up against her hand.
()||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Its master runs up, panting heavily as he grabs the dog's leash.
()<Speaker>Dog Owner</Speaker>||:Thanks for catching this dumb dog of mine.
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:You're welcome.
()||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Simo smiles and pats the puppy's collar for the last time before leaving.+Yet another shell casing has disappeared from the ones she is holding in her palm.
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:Now, the last one...
()||<SE1>AVG_Bullet_Drop</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Samo tosses the last of the shell casings fitted with jammers into a plant pot by the plaza.
NPC-SCAR-H(2)<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:Now there should be four separate mes on her sensors. +That ought to delay her for about 15 minutes... No, it might only delay her for five.
()||<黑点1>:
()||<黑点2><BIN>549</BIN><SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:Samo hurriedly walks through the bustling plaza, rubbing shoulders with all kinds of people.+Despite the chaos and upheaval taking place not far away, it does not spark so much as a ripple in this stagnant world.+The numbed people, the lively people, and the ones who are like walking corpses...
()||<BGM>BGM_Scar_Morichongfeng</BGM>:Each and every one of them has their own destination. Whether the looks on their faces are ones of anticipation or indifference, they all head toward their endpoint, one step at a time.+In this vast place. She is the one, sole and only person who does not fit in.+She has no destination.+Right now, the setting sun is slowly sinking into the end of day.+Its faint light, that inch of golden radiance, shines equally on everyone's heads and shoulders without fear or favor, limning them with a gentle halo of light.+Day and night, dawn and dusk, sun and moon.+This is a liminal moment, and the most beautiful time of day.+It is sunset.
()||<narrator><bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1.2%%duration=2%%</bg_move><SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:The contours of the milling crowd look like they have a veil on them as they fade into the embers of nightfall.+They are indistinct as they file past each other, like birds winging across the sky.+They are lonely souls constantly encountering each other on life's long journey. Perhaps they may have travelled together once.+But in the end, they will return to being alone.+Samo looks in the direction of the light.+The brightest star in the sky is still dazzling, even right before the end.+She can't help but narrow her eyes slightly—+It's neither too bright, nor too dark.+It's like a tall, rainbow-colored goblet filled with champagne, swirling and sparkling with life.+I've got you.
()||:She is in the shadows of dusk, just two or three steps away.+As though destiny had played a trifling yet lethal joke on her.
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||<黑点1>:...Got you.
()||<关闭蒙版><黑点2><BIN>540</BIN>:The familiar voice suddenly speaks into her ear.+The words don't sound like they're being said in the real world, but more like they're being spoken directly into Samo's neural cloud.+That voice is so unreal that it feels like she's dreaming...+Samo looks up. Those eyes, which never opened all this time, now radiate a cold, keen glint for the first time.+Bloodlust boils out from under the brim of her cap, and uncontrollable rage scatters the air between the two of them.
()||:She's forgotten how long it's been since she last felt this way.
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:It feels just like yesterday to me.+But to you, it's been a full 13 years.+Your mangled body, your confused neural cloud, even your systems are still from ‘51.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Can you still hold a gun?+"Daybreak" Squad's—+Deserter.
()||:Samo looks up again. The brim of her cap can no longer hide her rage.+This is also the first time she's expressed such an emotion.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:You have NO right to say that to me.+You...+You TRAITOR!
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Remember what I said to you last time?+We are both just toys in the hands of an evershifting creator.+The fate decreed for "Daybreak" was no accident, and Fate has declared that I will make "Daybreak" last forever.+All you need to do is accept it, accept the fact that I will end your life.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:...I will kill you.
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:You can't do it.+...Coward.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:...
()||:There is a fire burning in her eyes.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:Aliana, you'd better kill me now.+Or else, you'll die by my hand.
()||<bg_move>%%pivot_x=0.5%%pivot_y=0.5%%scale=1.5%%duration=2%%</bg_move><SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:Aliana takes a few steps closer to her.
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:At last, we're going to put an end to that mission of ours that has remained incomplete for 13 years.+Right now, killing you would be as easy as crushing an ant.+But you may rejoice; I will not do anything to you in such a crowded place.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||:Yes, hate me. That will bring some amusement to our final showdown.+I will personally finish you off, just not right now.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:...
()||<Night>:The setting sun finally descends, and the last rays of its light are replaced by those of the moon.
()<Speaker>Aliana</Speaker>||<黑点1>:You have five minutes to run. If I were you, I'd be turning tail already.
()||<关闭蒙版><BIN>541</BIN><SE1>Rope</SE1><黑点2>:Samo's hands clench into fists.+The hatred in her eyes looks like it could burn the entire world to ash.+Under the setting sun's light, they look like twin moons suspended in the night sky.
()<Speaker>Samo</Speaker>||:...Just you wait, Aliana.+You'll die someday, not in anyone else's hands, but mine.
()||:...
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>: