()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>18</BIN><BGM>BGM_Hume_FourAdventures</BGM><SE1>AVG_21Winter_FT_Heel</SE1>:...Inside the Great Palace, the Summer Garden. +After taking just a few steps away from the splendorous hall, the interior suddenly turns dark and gloomy, and the hallway becomes cramped and claustrophobic.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Try and see if you can find an anchor point for "Fox Sisterhood".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Erma closes her eyes... and starts muttering quietly to herself.
Erma(19)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Fox Sisterhood... Fox Sisterhood...
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position><Shake>;Erma(19)||:<size=50>Oh, you can save your breath! We're already inside the Summer Garden!</size> +Your "Erma Hume" anchor point is the master key!
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(19)||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:You just have to run a search through the list of digital keys!!!
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(17)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Huh? This just popped up out of nowhere... +...You seem to know how to work this thing better than me...
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(17)||:That's why I don't understand why Doctor Hume made YOU the admin of this stupid system!
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(24)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Probably because I'm cuter.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(24)||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:...
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(19)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:I was just joking. Don't look at me like you want to kill me.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Erma promptly completes the search under Reinette's threatening glower.
Erma(13)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:I ran the search. There's no such anchor point.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(13)||:I don't trust you. Share the list of digital keys with me.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(19)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:That'd be an infringement of my privacy!
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Reinette looks positively murderous as she draws her Stevens M520 shotgun.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:It's the same drill every time you lose your memory, but you never fail to piss me off so much I have to fight the urge to kill you on the spot.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(23)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:But I've actually got some private stuff in here! For example, the entry on "Lyudmila" contains quite a lot of sensitive information. How am I supposed to explain it to AR-18 if I let you read it?!
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:I'm asking you to share the list, not the entire repository!
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(20)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Oh, so you can only see the keys, but you can't open anything?
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(20)||:...That's right.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(24)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Oh, you should've just said so! +I couldn't just trust you without question and show it to you if you wouldn't explain it properly, could I?
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Before Reinette can shoot, Erma places her fingers in Reinette's palm.
Erma(24)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Can you see it now?
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...Yes. +I don't really know much about the Fox Sisterhood. All I've heard of is several of their well-known scams, such as the Séance Room, the Tequila Scam, the Horn of Hope, the Casino Train, etc... +Hold on, there's an anchor point here called "Colt Express"...
Erma(13)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:Open it!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_magic_circle_start</SE1>:A key named "Colt Express" appears in Erma's hand. +At the same time, a wooden door with retro brass carvings also materializes in the hallway. The sign on the door reads... +"2033 Colt Express".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Reinette grabs the door handle.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Click.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><SE1>AVG_Chimes</SE1><BIN>9</BIN><common_effect>%%code=AVG_chuxian_yan%%</common_effect>:Behind the door is a cloud of thick, impenetrable fog. A bell tinkles from somewhere far away...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_4</BGM>:The bubbling coffee pot looks so retro it could easily pass for an antique from the previous century. +A record player is playing some very old music with the occasional pop and crackle.
()<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Miss Catherine! Wake up!
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<睁眼><BIN>528</BIN>:... +Who's calling? And who is Catherine?
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>???</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:Miss Catherine, please get ready quickly! +Miss Maggie told us that a very important customer is about to visit.
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>Huh? Is she talking to me?</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>...We seem to be observing events from this blonde woman's perspective.</color> +<color=#66CDAA>Let's see what this anchor point is going to show us.</color>
NPC_PP90(4)<Speaker>Catherine Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,200</Position>||:A very important customer? Oh right, you mean the campy scammer in a suit with the advance booking, yeah? +Tsk, we are the real con artists here, so why should we entertain him?! +Sophia, when is his appointment?
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:In 20 minutes.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Chimes</SE1>:Ting-a-ling... The doorbell rings.
()<Speaker>Doorbell</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>My dear Miss Fox, your customer is here!</color>
NPC_PP90(4)<Speaker>Catherine Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,200</Position>||:What?! +Isn't the appointment in 20 minutes?
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:Oh... I forgot to mention... This customer is very prim and proper. +He isn't just punctual. +He's the type who shows up 15 minutes early!
NPC_PP90(4)<Speaker>Catherine Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,200</Position>||:...The profile says he's 27, no? He's more like a 72-year-old gramps!!!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Chimes</SE1>:Ting-a-ling... The doorbell rings again.
()<Speaker>门铃</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>My dear Miss Fox, your customer is here!</color>
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:What do we do?
NPC_PP90(4)<Speaker>Catherine Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,200</Position>;NPC_CZ52(0)<Position>0,170</Position>||:Go open the door. I'll turn off the lights.
NPC_PP90(4)<Position>0,200</Position>;NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:Huh? But it's night-time. Why turn off the lights?
NPC_PP90(4)<Speaker>Catherine Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,200</Position>;NPC_CZ52(0)<Position>0,170</Position>||:...We haven't even wiped down the table. What if this fancy-pants aristocrat sees through the act? +Darkness is our best disguise!
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:...Roger that! You're so smart, Miss Catherine!
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><SE1>AVG_Button_Click</SE1><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||<Night><BIN>528</BIN><黑点2>:Welcome (*^▽^*), dearest customer! +Here at Unicorn Tech Ltd., we offer you nectar in a horn of hope to pierce through this Collapse miasma! +I am Sophia, here to provide you with high-quality and reliable trading services!
NPC_Hume(1)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Greetings. I do apologize for the intrusion. +May I enquire if this is the headquarters of the Fox Sisterhood?
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:...Greetings. +Yes, Your Grace. +This is the office of Miss Catherine Ponzi, Director of the Fox Sisterhood.
NPC_Hume(1)<Speaker>???</Speaker>||:Please don't stand on such ceremony. Her Majesty has stripped me of my dukedom. You may simply call me Louis Hume.
NPC_CZ52(0)<Speaker>Sophia</Speaker><Position>0,170</Position>||:...Yes, sir. Please follow me.
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>Who is he? He sounds so fancy-schmancy.</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>...That's your Mother.</color>
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>Huh? He's Arthur Hume?</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>...Don't you recognize him?</color>
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>...To be honest, his face was never visible in all the anchor points in my memory.</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<common_effect>%%code=AVG_chuxian_yan%%</common_effect><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:The conversation grows fainter as the man follows the girl up the stairs. The heavy fog comes rolling in once more.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>18</BIN><关闭蒙版><BGM>BGM_Hume_LibraryAdventure</BGM>:...Inside the Great Palace, the Summer Garden.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:That's it?
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(13)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Think so. +When I got to this point, I thought it was a hint for me to go buy a ticket for this train.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(13)||:...Rather simple-minded, aren't you?
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:Catherine Ponzi is the younger Ponzi sister in the Fox Sisterhood. +The train we saw was probably the Casino Train, which would place us at around the 30s.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:Was the Doctor going by the name Louis Hume back then? Did he have any dealings with the Fox Sisterhood? I don't remember this at all.
Erma(17)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Maybe it wasn't him at all? +Could it be, say... Mother's father?
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(17)||:...I'm not even going to try to make sense of that. +Still... it's true that we have no information about the Doctor's father, so we can't rule out that possibility.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(17)||:But I just searched through your anchor points. "Louis Hume", "Catherine Ponzi", "Maggie Ponzi", "Sophia"... None of these came up.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Position>0,60</Position>;Erma(15)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Then our only trail goes cold...
Erma(17)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Hold on. This Louis Hume said he was stripped of his title by the King, right? +Didn't Mirabelle say the King had put a bounty on Archbishop Hume's head?
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...If that had already happened by this point in time, it'd make no sense for us to search the train. +I've got to be missing something... I need to rewatch this.
Erma(13)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Alright.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The two Dolls return to the anchor point named "Colt Express". +The same conversation takes place in the same setting again... +Erma remains just as mystified, but Reinette manages to glean plenty of new insight from the replay.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:I've figured it out...
Erma(17)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:Huh? Figured out what?
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:Unicorn... "A horn of hope to pierce through this Collapse miasma." +This isn't the Casino Train... It's the Horn of Hope!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Not stopping to elaborate, Reinette punches in the parameter for another search.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||<SE1>AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Correct</SE1>:Searching... Unicorn—got it! +Come on, access the anchor point!
Erma(14)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:...Fine. +You sure are brimming with motivation. +I have a feeling you'd get on swell with AR-18.
NPC_Stevens520(1)<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...There are two of us here, but only one of us has brains.
()||<黑点1><SE1>AVG_magic_circle_start</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>697</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Upon entering the anchor point named "Unicorn", their view becomes much less restricted. +Even under the dim light, they can see the extraordinarily rich textures in the lavishly decorated interior. +A skimpily dressed woman is sitting on top of an ornate solid wood desk in the center of the room.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>???</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_4</BGM>:Don't be so hasty in your rejection, Mr. Hume. +Project "Horn of Hope" aims to help more people.
ColtWalker(7)<Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:This is an utter scam, Miss Ponzi.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)||:How do you define a scam? +Before Franklin discovered electricity, things like motorcars were considered a scam. +Bloodletting had also been a popular remedy for centuries before the advent of modern medicine.
ColtWalker(7)<Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:Franklin merely demonstrated the connection between electricity and lightning. +He didn't technically "discover" electricity.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)||:Fair enough, my wording was a bit off. +But you get my point. Like the examples I just gave, Project "Horn of Hope" is full of potential even if it may not be apparent in the present.
ColtWalker(7)<Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:...You are testing my patience, Miss Ponzi. +Calling your project a scam is already putting it mildly.
NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:With a single drop of blood, one can obtain their own genetic sequence and receive personal medical advice. +They are then given a "Horn of Hope", which would allegedly boost their resistance to Collapse radiation and improve their immune system and general health. +Forgive me, but anyone with even just a little medical common sense would not believe such drivel.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Maggie Ponzi grins as she gives Hume an approving look.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:Ah yes, the self-confidence. +Mr. Hume, with your face and your poise, it's a massive waste of talent that you're not in the business of conning people.
NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:... +Miss Ponzi, I shall refrain from making further comments as a courtesy to you as a lady. Please take your leave. Our conversation tonight is over.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:My, my, don't get prissy with me! +You're an engineer; I'm also an engineer. Why must we engineers make each other's life difficult?
ColtWalker(7)<Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:Pardon me for being blunt, but I could not detect a single shred of professional knowledge in any scientific discipline from what you said. +Even a graduate fresh out of university would not propose such an inane project.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)||:Tsk, you think I don't know anything about science?
ColtWalker(7)<Position>0,210</Position>;NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:That is quite obvious.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:Well, I say you don't know anything about society! +And this happens to be my forte. I am the most outstanding social engineer in the whole wide world! +Why do you think I'm laying it on so thick? Because this is the kind of language that the general public and the investors would understand! +Or should I be throwing out professional jargon like you Doll engineers? +I'm starting to wonder how you managed to con your investors into giving you a billion for your Project Pilot Whale!
NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:... +Erma.
Erma(25)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker><Position>0,155</Position>||:I'm here!
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>Huh? I didn't say anything!</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>...Have you taken a good look around the room? There are more than ten people in here.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Erma scans her surroundings. They appear to be in Hume's sitting room. Maggie has taken over his desk and is surrounded by a dozen girls or Dolls dressed in medical uniforms. +Meanwhile, Louis Hume only has Erma and Stevens M520 standing next to him.
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>Sorry, I was completely distracted by Maggie's outfit...</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>...Haven't you noticed that we've been watching from our own bodies in this time frame all this while?</color>
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>But I don't remember this ever happening.</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>Me neither... I'm guessing this is an earlier iteration of us.</color>
Erma(25)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker><Position>0,155</Position>||:What should I do then?
NPC_Hume(2)<Speaker>Louis Hume</Speaker>||:Look up the definition of "social engineer".
Erma(25)<Speaker>Erma</Speaker><Position>0,155</Position>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:There is no clear definition of "social engineer", but I did find the source of the term "social engineering". It's from "The Art of Deception" by a famous hacker called Kevin Mitnick. +Going by the book's explanation, you can think of a social engineer as someone who exploits people's psychological weaknesses as well as loopholes in rules and systems. +By establishing trust and rapport with the victim, they obtain valuable information and ultimately gain access to certain sensitive and private data through unauthorized channels.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:So in simple terms, a social engineer is a scammer.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Louis Hume purses his lips. He is so enraged he is at a loss for words.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:He storms out of the room in silence.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1><震屏3>:Bam—the door slams shut. +It kicks up a puff of dust.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...The Doctor has put an end to the conversation. You should leave.
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_4</BGM>:But then he started talking to me again. +I haven't achieved my aim yet, so why should I go?
()<Speaker>Erma</Speaker>||:<color=#66CDAA>...I have a feeling this is the only woman who can make you eat dirt.</color>
()<Speaker>Reinette</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:<color=#66CDAA>Shut up!!!</color>
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:...Because this is our place!
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:Oh? But we're in wartime.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:What are you getting at?
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:What's the point of rules when the world is upside down? All I care about is doing what I want to do, and doing it well.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position><Shake>||:<size=50>Why, you!</size>
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:Now be a good girl and tell me where he's stormed off to. +I'm going after him.
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:...Erma! Draw your weapon!
NPC_Stevens520(0)<Speaker>Stevens M520</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1>:<size=50>I'm! Throwing! This! Bitch! Out!</size>
ColtWalker(7)<Speaker>Maggie Ponzi</Speaker><Position>0,210</Position>||:Tut-tut. Are the local gangs so bad-mannered?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Maggie snickers at the guns which are poised to blow her head off. She beckons leisurely at the Dolls behind her.
()||<黑点1>: