()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>592</BIN><Night><BGM>BGM_Moon</BGM>:After a long and busy day, you decide to go for a walk in the forest park which you still haven't been to. +In your time, tall trees are a rarity due to ELID infections. +Yet in this park, there are apparently a handful of trees that are over a century old.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I wonder, what do people in this era feel as they gaze up at these massive trees?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:With your hands clasped behind your back, you stand beneath the lush foliage and peer up at the trees that almost seem to touch the sky.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:The leaves rustle softly in the cool evening breeze, and you occasionally catch a floral aroma in the air. You close your eyes contently as you bask in this bubble of tranquility.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:Whoosh! Something jumps out of the trees. +Probably a squirrel? In your time, these woodland critters are also extremely rare. +But here in Saga Forest Park, squirrels are still nesting safely in the trees.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:A squirrel taps you lightly on the face. You can't help but smile. Is this the happiness of being connected with nature?
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Hey, stop grinning like an idiot.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The squirrel speaks.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Wait, the squirrel SPEAKS?
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<睁眼><BIN>592</BIN><Night><BGM>GF_20HW_Scene_BPM82_loop</BGM><SE1>Rope</SE1>:Good evening.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A man in a black ninja suit is hanging upside down from a branch less than 10cm away from your face.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Before you can let out a startled cry, the ninja has already clamped a hand over your mouth and jumped down nimbly from the tree.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Who are you?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<SE1>AVG_Ninja</SE1>:A man has no name. +Valar morghulis. +Valar dohaeris.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:... +Are you sure you're in the right story? Wait, now that I get a good look at you, you look a bit like that guy in the convenience—
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:You're mistaken. This is the first time we've met.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Really...? So what do you want with me?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:I'm here for you, Commander.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<size=50>Did Kalina send you to come and rescue me?!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Just the thought of being able to return to Griffin is enough to excite you.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:Hush.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:What's wrong?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:It isn't safe here.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:What kind of danger is there? +Neither ELID nor Paradeus is present.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:This era has its eye on you.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:What? Why?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:Because you possess, at least for the time being, the mightiest power of the era.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I do?!
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:Yes, namely..
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Namely...
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_Thunder_Dry</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=9</controll_shake>:<size=60>FRANCHOUCHOU!!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Kneeling on one knee, the ninja raises his arms to the sky in a gesture of exaltation. +You don't know what to say to his exaggerated behavior, so you just turn around to leave.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:You don't believe a word of what I just said. I completely understand.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:...Then let go of my leg.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:I have been observing you for a long time, Commander. +I know you came from another world—what's it called again... Grif—
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:How did you know that?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:You mentioned it when you talked in your sleep last night.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:<size=50>WHAT?!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:You stop in your tracks, and the ninja finally stops holding onto your leg and gets to his feet.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:That's not the point. The important thing is—I know how to send you back.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:How to send me back? How do I know I can trust you?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The ninja bows to you solemnly and resumes his nonsensical rambling.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<BGM>m_avg_hope</BGM>:It all begins with Franchouchou, and it will all end with Franchouchou.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:What do you mean?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:The mightiest power of the era needs to be honed and protected with utmost care.
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Are you telling me to train the Franchouchou girls properly?
NPC-Ninja(0)<Speaker>Ninja</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:Only when Franchouchou's light shines upon every corner of this era will your conundrum be solved.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Whoosh! The ninja shoots a grappling hook from the back of his hand into the distance.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:Then he disappears.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Hey, what the hell is that supposed to mean?!
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake>:<size=50>People who speak in freaking riddles should all go to hell!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh</SE1><SE1>AVG_Wonder</SE1>:Fwup! A kunai is now sticking out of the tree trunk next to you. A name card is impaled to the tree. 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_TurnOverCard</SE1>:There is only a telephone number on the card. +After pocketing the card, you leave the forest park in bemusement and head back to the mansion.
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>9</BIN><关闭蒙版>:...
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>587</BIN><Night><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:By the time you get back, it is already late at night. To avoid waking the girls, you push open the door quietly and slip into the dark living room.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<关闭蒙版><SE1>AVG_2022Saros_button</SE1>:Click. The lights come on. +You realize that all the Franchouchou members have gathered in the living room to await your return.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:You... haven't gone to bed?
NPC-Sakura(10)<Speaker>Sakura Minamoto</Speaker><Position>0,-270</Position><Scale>1.27</Scale>||:Where were you? You were out till so late, we thought something bad had happened to you...
NPC-Yugiri(6)<Speaker>Yugiri</Speaker><Position>120,-150</Position><Scale>1.9</Scale>||:The times may be peaceful, but don't let your guard down, Commander.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Sorry, I was out on a walk in the Forest Park but got held up.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Seeing the distress on the greenish faces, you can't help but feel a bit guilty.
NPC-Lily(10)<Speaker>Lily Hoshikawa</Speaker><Position>70,-160</Position><Scale>1.24</Scale>||:You ran into some weirdo, didn't you?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Yeah... I actually did, but it was no big deal.
NPC-Saki(9)<Speaker>Saki Nikaido</Speaker><Position>0,-150</Position><Scale>1.34</Scale>||<SE1>AVG_Punch_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:If you're ever in trouble, just give me a holler.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Saki smacks you heavily on the shoulder, almost knocking you off balance.
NPC-MizunoAi(8)<Speaker>Ai Mizuno</Speaker><Position>60,-190</Position><Scale>1.27</Scale>||:If you stick to the main path in the Forest Park, you should be fine.
NPC-Junko(8)<Speaker>Junko Konno</Speaker><Position>60,-90</Position><Scale>1.27</Scale>||:We also go for walks there from time to time. It really is a lovely place to relax and unwind.
NPC-Tae(8)<Speaker>Tae Yamada</Speaker><Position>0,-290</Position><Scale>1.3</Scale>||:Ugh... Argh... (I go... too...)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Saga_AVG_Dusk</BGM>:You feel a rush of tenderness as the concern disappears from their faces and you recall everything you've been through together today.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:You must be tired from your work and training today. Now go to bed.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:At your urging, the Franchouchou girls all return to their bedroom and settle in their beds.
()<Speaker>Franchouchou</Speaker>||:Goodnight, Commander.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Goodnight. I'll see you tomorrow.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_2022Saros_button</SE1><Night>:You switch off the lights, and a calm darkness fills the room once more.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>578</BIN><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:The strange ninja's words are still echoing inside your head as you make your way back to your room. +"The mightiest power of the era." +"Honed and protected with utmost care." +"When Franchouchou's light shines upon every corner of this era."
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Young girls are destined to change the world in every universe, huh.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:You look out at the darkness of the night outside the window and let out a sigh.
()||<黑点1>: