()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>595</BIN><BGM>m_wv_title</BGM>:The preparations for the performance are all complete, and the show is ready to begin in half an hour.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1><SE1>AVG_Cheerful</SE1>:You adjust your new necktie. The melee diamonds on your tie pin shimmer delicately under the lights.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Tap. You feel a hand tap you on the shoulder through your high-end suit.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:There you are. The press will want to interview you later. Would you like to rehearse some answers?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Sure.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><SE1>AVG_Rromantic</SE1>:You immediately sit up straight. You tidy your hair with your right hand, nonchalantly flashing the five gemstone rings on your fingers.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:I'm going to ask you a few questions that the press often asks; try your best to answer them. +First of all, what do you think it is that has helped Franchouchou come this far? You can say—
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Their part-time jobs.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:...Huh?
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Only with money can you endure all the hardships of being an idol.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:...
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:How else could we afford to perform at such an extravagant venue? And where do you think this suit and these rings came from? +It's all because we've been working hard, day in and day out!
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<SE1>AVG_Awkward</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The production assistant stares at you in what you interpret as silent awe and respect.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:May I remind you that you should try to promote Franchouchou's artistic talents? Such as their singing—
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:That's not important.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:<size=50>WHAT???</size>
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Being an idol is all about raking in the cash, no?
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Hold on, you are disseminating unhealthy values!
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||<震屏3>:<size=50>What's wrong with hustle culture? I just want to work every day! I want to work until I die!</size>
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The production assistant buries his face in his hands. He must be feeling very ashamed of his own ignorance.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:Okay, I'm just going to postpone the press interviews. +We'll let Franchouchou answer the questions themselves; it would feel more sincere that way.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||:Hm... You have a point.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale><同时置暗>||<SE1>AVG_Cheerful</SE1>:It's a shame though. I dressed up especially for this.
NPC-Ninja(5)<Speaker>Production Assistant</Speaker><Position>0,-420</Position><Scale>1.6</Scale>||:... +I'm sure your outfit will come in useful on other occasions.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The production assistant looks away and takes his leave, not really sure what to make of you.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><Night><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Bar_Cheering_V2</SE1>:The lights suddenly dim, and the performance venue is enveloped in hushed darkness.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Then amid the audience's excited shouts, Franchouchou takes the stage.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:You lean back in your seat with satisfaction and steeple your bejeweled fingers.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Let the show begin!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:You are confident that this will be an unforgettable show to everyone in the audience.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<关闭蒙版><黑屏2><BIN>583</BIN><BGM>BGM_Saga_AVG_Live_Bad</BGM>:But only 15 minutes have passed when Franchouchou is forced to stop their performance.
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||<震屏3>:<size=50>What the hell is this?!</size>+The singing is off-key, you keep messing up the dance moves, and No. 0 is beating people up with her microphone back there!
()<Speaker>Sakura Minamoto</Speaker>||:I-I'm so sorry!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:Just get off the stage! Let's just skip to Late Night Café's and Gray Tree's performances!
()<Speaker>Saki Nikaido</Speaker>||:<size=50>Hey! Enough already! We gotta carry on with our show!</size>
()<Speaker>Tae Yamada</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Stiff</SE1>:Rargh... nnngargh... (She is trying very hard to look ferocious.)
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:What's the point in a show like this?! Just end it already!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Crowd</SE1><震屏3>:<size=50>REFUND! REFUND! REFUND!</size>
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>595</BIN><SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:With a deep frown, you take off your tight-fitting high-end suit jacket and stand up to confront the indignant audience.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<震屏3>:Show some appreciation, will you?! Franchouchou has been working so hard, but you still criticize them?!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:Worked hard, my ass! They've put literally zero effort into their singing and choreography!
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:They've been working really hard at their part-time jobs to make money!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:I'm here for a concert, not a screening of "Part-Timers"! +Screw off, Franchouchou! Get Late Night Café and Gray Tree up there!
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:You fish out your wallet from the breast pocket of your high-end suit jacket. You take a stack of banknotes out of the wallet and fling them into the air.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1><震屏3>:<size=50>Just shut your damn mouth and watch the show!</size>
()<Speaker>Member of Audience 1</Speaker>||:What a loon!
()<Speaker>Member of Audience 2</Speaker>||:You think money can settle everything?!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Crowd</SE1>:A commotion immediately breaks out in the auditorium. Some people in the audience are shouting angrily at you, while others are busy picking up cash from the floor. +You remain unfazed by their aggression and try to throw even more banknotes. +You do not see how concerned the Franchouchou girls are for your safety.
()||<黑点1>:
NPC-Saki(16)<Speaker>Saki Nikaido</Speaker><Position>-300,-260</Position><Scale>1.93</Scale>||<黑点2>:<size=50>Stop it!</size>
NPC-Tae(6)<Speaker>Tae Yamada</Speaker><Position>0,-340</Position><Scale>1.4</Scale>||:Argh... ugh... (Commander...)
NPC-Sakura(15)<Speaker>Sakura Minamoto</Speaker><Position>0,-250</Position><Scale>1.69</Scale>||:What do we do?!
NPC-MizunoAi(11)<Speaker>Ai Mizuno</Speaker><Position>60,-180</Position><Scale>1.47</Scale>||:Stay calm. I'm contacting the production manager...
NPC-Junko(12)<Speaker>Junko Konno</Speaker><Position>60,-290</Position><Scale>1.55</Scale>||:I hope the Commander won't get beaten up...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Tae starts pacing around anxiously in front of the backdrop.
NPC-Lily(15)<Speaker>Lily Hoshikawa</Speaker><Position>-40,30</Position><Scale>1.35</Scale><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:Oh no! Someone is shoving the Commander!
NPC-Yugiri(9)<Speaker>Yugiri</Speaker><Position>180,-290</Position><Scale>1.8</Scale>||:What a terrible farce...
NPC-Tae(6)<Speaker>Tae Yamada</Speaker><Position>0,-340</Position><Scale>1.4</Scale><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:Hnnng... Arghhh... (No!)
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:As Tae recalls working her part-time shifts together with you these last few days, she goes berserk and starts tearing at the backdrop.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Spanner</SE1>:Crack... Crunch...
NPC-Sakura(15)<Speaker>Sakura Minamoto</Speaker><Position>0,-250</Position><Scale>1.69</Scale>||:Tae, what are you doing?!
NPC-MizunoAi(11)<Speaker>Ai Mizuno</Speaker><Position>60,-180</Position><Scale>1.47</Scale>||:Put that down!
NPC-Junko(12)<Speaker>Junko Konno</Speaker><Position>60,-180</Position><Scale>1.47</Scale>||:Dried shredded squid! Anyone got some dried shredded squid?!
NPC-Tae(5)<Speaker>Tae Yamada</Speaker><Position>0,-340</Position><Scale>1.4</Scale><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Stiff</SE1>:<size=50>Haaaargh...!!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_lifttable</SE1>:With a loud cry, Tae rips out the lower part of the backdrop through sheer force.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_Howling</SE1><黑点2><BIN>584</BIN>:<size=50>AAAAAAAAH!!!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>m_wv_battle</BGM>:A heart-rending scream draws the attention of everyone present. +Late Night Café's temporary dressing room happens to be right behind the backdrop. +As it collapses, exposing Late Night Café to thousands of people in the audience all of a sudden, JS05 and PM-06, who are in the middle of getting dressed, let out a terrified shriek.
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:It's JS05 and PM-06!
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What's going on?!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:Hey!!! You did that on purpose, didn't you?! +You deliberately humiliated Late Night Café to shift the attention away from you! That's just sleazy!
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Nonsense! I didn't plan for this to happen!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:I've had enough of Franchouchou! They're putting on a lousy show, and now they're even bullying Late Night Café!
()<Speaker>Audience</Speaker>||:<size=50>Charge! Defend our beloved Late Night Café!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Crowd</SE1>:Fans who are here specifically for Late Night Café are beyond incensed. They have broken through layers of security guards and are rushing toward the stage. +Being the closest to the stage, you bear the brunt of their charge...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_Combat_Hits</SE1>:The impact feels like you've been hit by several massive boulders all at once. Your vision goes dark...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2>:The darkness is endless. +You stand frozen in the void for a while before you realize something doesn't seem quite right.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...What is going on?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_AMB_waves_and_seagulls_oneshot</SE1>:Splash... +The waves strike the hull of the boat rhythmically. The salty sea air is laced with a barely noticeable tinge of floral fragrance.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Where am I?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A familiar voice speaks up from behind you.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:You ruined the show for those kids.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What's wrong with wanting to hustle?!
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:If you could do this all over again, would you still let it end like this?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Hustle! I love hustling!
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:The wheel of fate has started to turn again.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_splash_water</SE1>:<size=50>Stop it! Send me back!</size>
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:It has been set in motion since long ago. It will not stop even now.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The boat suddenly surges forward at high speed. You can hear the sound of its bow cutting through the surface of the sea...
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<睁眼><BIN>82</BIN><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:You open your eyes and find yourself lying on the cold floor.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:...
NPC-Kalin(1)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||:Commander, you're finally awake...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Hello</BGM>:Kalina is crouching beside you with a relieved smile.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What happened to me?
NPC-Kalin(0)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||:You probably fell asleep, and you kept yelling something like, "I wanna hustle!"
NPC-Kalin(1)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cheerful</SE1>:<size=50>YOU FINALLY GET IT!</size>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Your mind is blank. You feel like you have had a very long dream, but you cannot recall anything about it.
NPC-Kalin(0)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Then here's the fiscal policy for reducing our expenditures for Q3 and Q4. Take a look...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I'm getting a headache just hearing about this.
NPC-Kalin(3)<Speaker>Kalina</Speaker>||:...So you haven't achieved enlightenment after all. +Well, catch some rest then.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:Kalina leaves your bedroom dejectedly. +You notice the television screen is still stuck on a game selection menu.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:<color=#FFFF00>"Please select your preference from the following options."</color>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:What is this all about...?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:You're suddenly overcome by a terrible headache. You get up to look for some painkillers, so you do not notice... + The cursor has taken the liberty to pick out an option for you.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><SE1>AVG_Card_Reader</SE1><BIN>9</BIN>:Click. +The wheel of fate starts spinning again.
()||<黑点1>: