()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>748</BIN><BGM>GF_22W_BGM_3</BGM><黑屏2>:...Paradeus' temporary base.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Some instruments are in the process of being unpacked in the brand new laboratory. Assistant Nytos mill about industriously and assemble them in silence.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nemhran consults the manifest and checks the inventory again. After making sure nothing is amiss, she heads toward a room nestled in the far end of the laboratory.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.6</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_doorknock_wood</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:She knocks lightly on the door, not because the transparent door is locked, but as a courtesy to the person inside.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:Come in.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:...Sorry to intrude.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Door_Open_Close</SE1>:Nemhran pushes the door open and enters the room. She hands a document over to Laplace.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:This is a detailed report on the "Expedition". +We successfully hacked into the enemy's intelligence agency "Clarion" located in St. Petersburg. +As you have speculated, their financial backer has close ties with the Preparatory Committee for the Union of Rossartrist Nations Coalition. +The plan has been three years in the making, with all important operations named after ancient heroes, the most significant of which was Operation Muromets, the very same operation that destroyed Avernus.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:That's why Anna came to Germany?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Yes. She arrived in Bremen on September 13th,  was handed over to Berlin on September 17th, and eventually transferred to Avernus on October 16th.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:Then "Daybreak" was also awakened around that time...
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Affirmative. Aliana was awakened on October 20th.
NPC-Laplace(13)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:They made their move much earlier than we had expected.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:...Apologies, the Bee Sting System was still flawed back then.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:I don't mean to blame you, but Project Cocoon is unfortunately hampered by this unexpected development. +Still, that's just the way it is with many things. Sometimes a breakthrough at a key juncture can save you ten years of work, while some seemingly insignificant errors can delay the research progress by a generation, or several generations, even.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:In any case, the "key" has manifested. Your experiment will surely succeed.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:Until we have the result, failure remains a possibility, even if we have a 99.99% chance of succeeding.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:...But you are the greatest scientist of our time.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:...Am I? I'm not so confident. +The connection breakdown in the Lake of Cognition must have had a massive impact on you.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:...The situation will be resolved soon. +As long as you are here, there is still hope for us.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:You're right, the upcoming experiment is of utmost importance. Not only will it validate decades of research and development, it will also shape the future of humanity.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:You will not be disappointed.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Nemhran hands over something else—it is a weekly newspaper. +The headline reads, "Manotti Attends Rossartre Memorial Exhibition at Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt".
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Laplace takes the newspaper with an amused grin.
NPC-Laplace(12)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:The most important skill a politician can master is the same as that for an actor. +They must be able to capture the masses' hearts and manipulate them. In this regard, we have been rather clumsy. +We only managed to hit the veins, not the heart itself.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Should I set up comms channel 42 for you?
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:No need. That old man doesn't see William as a son, but a pawn. We don't need to worry about other things. +As long as William returns with the precious material before the final experiment, everything will be fine.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:There are only two more weeks until the gentleman's deadline.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:That's a politician's timetable. +Our reactor needs time, and scientific progress is never determined by politics.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:And yet, science cannot be separated from politics.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:He didn't want the people of Frankfurt to miss the fireworks, so he made a point of pointing this out.
NPC-Laplace(13)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:That's your problem.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:...Understood. +Should we keep monitoring Pandora?
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:She has already fulfilled her purpose as the control of the experiment, so she's no longer useful to me. Do what you want with her.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:No problem.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:From now on, I'll be completely focused on the experiment. I don't want to be disturbed for any reason.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:As you wish.
NPC-Laplace(11)<Speaker>Laplace</Speaker><Position>80,0</Position>||:Leave these lab assistants behind and take everyone else with you. +I'm leaving everything to you.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:It is my pleasure.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_2022_Summer_AVG_2</BGM><BIN>710</BIN><黑屏2><common_effect>%%code=AVG_xiaxue%%</common_effect><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Main, Frankfurt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Today, Frankfurt sees its first snowfall of the season. +The snowflakes are too light to gather, drifting down gently like tufts of fluff, settling on withered branches and the brims of passers-by's hats. +The sanitation Dolls have already started their work, sweeping the thin layer of snow from the middle of the roads to the side. The melting snow leaves the streets damp and glistening.
NPC_Embla_RPK(0)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>||:Phew...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Embla's breaths now form visible tendrils of white. +She walks among the hurried crowds, admiring the view of the Main and feeling the press of the throng around her.
NPC_Embla_RPK(0)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>||:My time is as tight as a violin string on the verge of snapping, as fleeting as a flowing melody. Life slips by just like that if I don't pay attention. +But here I am, suddenly happy to spend precious time savoring life.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>||:Ange, you never seemed to cherish days like this. +Neither did Shaw. +You two were more devoted to your work than Dolls bound by their programming. +I should probably work harder too...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Embla's steps come to a halt. The crowd surges past her like a rushing river. +She gazes quietly at a restaurant across the street. The warm light spilling out feels like a mysterious invitation.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>||:...But right now, all I want is to steal a moment for myself and enjoy a quiet breakfast.
()||<黑点1><关闭蒙版>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>313</BIN><SE1>AVG_Chimes</SE1><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:In answer to the invitation, she crosses the street and enters the restaurant.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Pulling out a chair, she slowly sits down and orders herself a chocolate hazelnut roll and a cup of coffee.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Beep-beep-beep.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The comms request from Morridow pings repeatedly. +Feeling an inexplicable boldness, Embla decides to ignore the call and keep chewing leisurely on her roll.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Correct</SE1>:After swallowing the bite and taking a sip of her coffee, she finally picks up.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM>:<color=#00CCFF>...Frau Embla, is Paradeus giving you too much freedom?</color>
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>;NPC-MorridowNew(0)||:You think so? +I actually feel like work is taking up too much of my personal time as it is.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1);NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Now you've even learned to be self-indulgent.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>You have truly inherited all the worst traits of humanity.</color>
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>;NPC-MorridowNew(0)||:How could that be? +I've merely mastered the art of slacking off. +Surely you can understand the feeling of not wanting to work, having worked in Ulrich's office yourself.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1);NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Sorry to disappoint, Frau Embla.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>My job was setting deadlines for everyone else.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>And calling people ten times a day to check their progress as their deadlines approached.</color>
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>;NPC-MorridowNew(0)||:I can see why Ange took a liking to you.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1);NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Frau Angelia didn't need deadlines; she usually finished her tasks early.</color>
NPC_Embla_RPK(0)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>;NPC-MorridowNew(0)||:Indeed. She would even take on extra work. +Exactly the kind of employee that any boss would love.
NPC_Embla_RPK(0);NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>That's not necessarily true.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>After all, she would sometimes set extra tasks for herself that were at odds with the team's objective.</color>
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>;NPC-MorridowNew(0)||:Humans are such fascinating creatures.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Right, enough small talk.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Time to come home. Nemhran is waiting for you.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>She needs you to confirm the final plan.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>See, she's the kind of dependable employee that bosses would love and the kind of annoying boss that subordinates would hate.</color>
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>||:...Understood, Miss Deadline.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>356</BIN><黑屏2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:In a safe house on the outskirts of Frankfurt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The safe house is unremarkable and seemingly empty at first glance, but the faint glimmers of light in the shadows reveal a presence. +It is AK-12, quietly hiding. +Yet, the peace isn't meant to last.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>Campaion-70</BGM><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Click.
M16A1BOSS(2)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>AR-18's squad can't make it into the city just yet. You'll need to rendezvous with Stevens M520. Here's her comms code.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:DEFY doesn't work with others.
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...She has what you need.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...Is this why you had me deploy early to Frankfurt?
M16A1BOSS(3)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Correct. I'll spare you an unnecessary lecture.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>But burying your head in the sand isn't like you, AK-12. That's not the DEFY I know.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:We don't need to prove ourselves to anyone.
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Really? Then what are you afraid of?</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>I know you have your plans, but the matter concerning RPK-16 isn't something you can handle alone.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:This is DEFY's internal problem. +I don't need others meddling in it.
M16A1BOSS(2)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>No one's trying to interfere. But shutting out AR-18 because of fear? That's unnecessary.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:Fear is a concept that doesn't exist in my programming.
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Then what are you running from?</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Are you afraid that RPK-16's betrayal had deeper motives?</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Or are you refusing to acknowledge Ange's death?</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>You're scared of seeing RPK-16. Scared of seeing that body. Scared that you'll want to kill her but hesitate when the moment comes.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(14)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:Don't project the emotional entanglements of your AR Team onto me. +...I don't generate such convoluted and melodramatic emotions.
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Really?</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:I'm just disgusted.
M16A1BOSS(3)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Wake up. That isn't Ange, nor is it RPK-16.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>It is an abomination that has no place in this world.</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...You're mistaken, M16. +I will not hesitate to kill RPK-16. She will draw her last breath the next time I see her. +As for Ange... +No one knows how she died better than me! +No one! +Of course I know it's just a corpse! +The real Ange died long ago! +On the night of Operation Muromets, right when the Commander decided to save her! +She had so many chances to leave, but she refused! +She agreed to that experiment! She sealed her own fate!
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Then all the more reason to fulfill her final wish.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Only you can stop what she was trying to prevent, AK-12.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>So why are you hesitating? Why are you running away?</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...I'm disgusted with myself. +I'm disgusted with my past, present, and future. +My past incompetence, my present hideousness, and my future... disappointment.
M16A1BOSS(4)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>What, you think losing the frame that Shaw gave you makes you unworthy of being the Alpha Wolf of Task Force DEFY?</color>
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...
M16A1BOSS(3)<Speaker>M16A1</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>You're such a coward.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Relying solely on Shaw's technology to do as you please.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>This kind of mindset is what makes you an unworthy leader of DEFY.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Click. +Before AK-12 can respond, M16A1 terminates the call.
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:AK-12 looks down at her hands. Her frame does not even have the standard form that Dolls are constructed in. +It is a monstrosity created by Paradeus—something of unknown origin and purpose.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><BIN>510</BIN>:In a laboratory on the upper levels of Avernus.
RPK16_Nyto(0)<Speaker>RPK-16</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_NightVision_Start</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
RPK16_Nyto(0)<Speaker>RPK-16</Speaker>||:12, this is the frame that I've picked out for you. +If you want to leave Avernus alive and seek vengeance, it is your only option. +Because this place is about to be destroyed, and I must get out of here, taking Ange with me.
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><BIN>356</BIN><关闭蒙版>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:To cover up her hideous frame, she has wrapped herself up in bandages.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:But now, AK-12 starts unraveling the bandages on her arm little by little. +Like a puppet breaking free of the strings that control it.
NPC-AK12Mod#隐身(12)<Speaker>AK-12</Speaker>||:...I am the Alpha Wolf of Task Force DEFY, not a puppet dancing to someone else's tune. +Even if I were a puppet, I would break free of my shackles.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>566</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Paradeus' temporary base.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_1</BGM><SE1>AVG_21Winter_FT_Heel</SE1>:Nemhran enters the hall and directs her gaze at the white-clad girls gathered in front of her.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:From now on, I'll be taking charge of Project Cocoon. +First things first—recall all units under your command to Frankfurt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Bramedb snorts out a laugh, then proceeds to inspect her nails with exaggerated concentration.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:...Humph.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Morridow, it was all thanks to your spectacular performance in Berlin that Project Cocoon had to be delayed.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Things are not what they used to be, Sister Nemhran. I had so many subordinates back in Berlin, and still mistakes happened. What am I supposed to do here in Frankfurt?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:If you knew how to work that brain of yours, you would know that quality matters far more than quantity.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Morridow smiles coldly with narrowed eyes. +Meanwhile, Bramedb watches the exchange with an amused smile.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:I believe Father has made himself plenty clear in Avernus. +I will be fully in charge of the operation in Frankfurt. Any questions?
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:For Father's sake, I will, of course, obey your command. +However...
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Do you have any questions regarding our subsequent plans?
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Sister Nemhran, allow me to review the current situation for you. +First of all, you, me, and Bramedb are the only ones left with the ability to fight independently. With the fall of our headquarters, we have lost way more advanced combat units than just Gray, Narciss, Grig, and Sana. +Secondly, the vessel for the Lake of Cognition has been destroyed, so we cannot mass-produce combat units for a while.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:I am well aware.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Thirdly, working under these circumstances, not only do we have to resume our previous mission in Avernus, we also have to reactivate Project Cocoon. +Is that even possible?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:You just need to confirm your mission. There is no need to explore its feasibility.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Sister Nemhran... I just want you to know one thing. +Rebuilding something is much more difficult than destroying it. MUCH more. Especially under such circumstances—
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:I will find a way to resolve our manpower shortage. +But we have to carry on with what needs to be done. +We still have plenty of bases in Germany. Start mobilizing the resources of all the factories still in operation immediately.
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker>||:As a sidenote, I suggest the two of you rein in your little hobby~ +This is not a good time to be killing low-tier Nytos for sport. +Every able body is very valuable right now~
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Are you expressing dissatisfaction with my leadership?
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker>||:Just giving some friendly advice. +There's no way of retrieving Narciss or Grig. In hindsight, I should've collected Gray's corpse. She was much more familiar with Project Cocoon than me, so she would have been useful. +Sister Nemhran, you said you'll find a way to get more manpower, but how long will it take for our manpower to be ready for work?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Follow my instructions and start by taking inventory of our leftover supplies from Avernus and reserves in Frankfurt. +Once I have more input, I will have a better idea about how many resources we will need to replenish. +If memory serves, not all of the auxiliary factories for Project Cocoon in Berlin and Bremen have been destroyed.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:There are also backups. +Since I left Berlin for Avernus in such a hurry, some of the things are still with Gray. +That includes factory supplies, research materials, and our informants' contact information. I will need to restart the authorization check.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Now that we've made it to Frankfurt, I will readjust all authorizations. +When I withdrew from Moscow many years ago, I left some people there. +Our priority right now is to take stock and organize everything in our possession. I need this done in two days. +Can you do it?
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Sure. What about Embla?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:She just has to take care of "All Hallows' Eve".
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Alright, I will take stock of our assets in Berlin and Bremen.
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker>||:...Say, I'm curious. +In the previous iteration of Project Cocoon, were you the PIC, Sister Morridow?
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:...Sister Nemhran, is this information I can divulge?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Bramedb, this doesn't concern you. +Just focus on doing your part.
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker>||:...I just find it odd that we don't have a corresponding high-tier Nyto in Frankfurt. +That's a bit unlike you, Sister Nemhran.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:This isn't Avernus, so please put aside your pointless speculation. +Just completing the work assigned by Father should keep you so busy that you won't have time for gossip. 
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:If it is what Father asks of us, we will naturally obey.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Morridow and Bramedb are just about to take their leave...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>183</BIN><白屏2><SE1>AVG_Tinnitus</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Whummmmm...
()||<白屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<白屏2><BIN>566</BIN><震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1><BGM>11335</BGM>:The piercing noise topples the two Nytos to the ground like a wave. Even Nemhran staggers slightly under the force. +Amidst the assault of such an unusual and deafening noise, they all realize that something has changed irrevocably.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position><Shake>||:...
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker><Shake>||:What was that? Did we get hacked?
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Shake>||:No... it's not as simple as that...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Morridow is about to continue, but her quivering lips refuse to utter the words.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:... +The Lake of Cognition is gone.
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker>||:Wasn't it already gone when Avernus fell?
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:We lost the Evangel Axis, which only severed our connection with the Lake of Cognition. +But now, the Lake is completely obliterated. Do you understand?
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>Bramedb</Speaker>||:...
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Who could do such a thing...? Even Father...
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:I don't know. This is utterly beyond my calculations. +All our future plans will have to be adjusted. +I will handle that.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nemhran gathers her wits and looks at the two pale and frazzled Nytos.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:...Make it your priority to relocate and protect the laboratory.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker>||:Yes, Sister Nemhran.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Nemhran wastes no time and rushes out of the hall.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>566</BIN>:...Half an hour later.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>All materials and instruments have been transferred from the other labs. We are now in the process of transporting the staff. They will be departing from the base in ten minutes.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>All that's left is the lab that I cannot access.</color>
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:Understood. I will take care of... that lab. +Clean up the site, don't leave behind any traces.
NPC-MorridowNew(0)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Alright.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>Also, Embla is back.</color> +<color=#00CCFF>She needs you to approve her entry.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Nemhran walks over to the monitors and pull up the feed of the surveillance camera outside the base. +In the feed, Embla, who is slightly bored from waiting, waves at the camera with a smile.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Dear Sister Nemhran, please open the door for me.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_storehouse</SE1>:Nemhran opens the main entrance of the base. Just as she is about to look away from the monitor, she suddenly realizes—
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position><Shake>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...Behind you!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_4</BGM><震屏3><SE1>AVG_Door_Hit</SE1>:Bang!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The moment Nemhran activates the door control mechanism, AK-15 shatters the surveillance camera under the eaves and knocks Embla into the door.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=4</controll_shake><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><SE1>Explode</SE1>:Boom!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:Embla tumbles lightly through the smoke and into the base.
NPC_Embla_RPK(1)<Speaker>Embla</Speaker>||:Oops, I seem to have picked up a tail.
NPC-Nemhran(0)<Speaker>Nemhran</Speaker><Position>80,90</Position>||:... +Keep moving, don't stop. +Other Nytos, prepare for combat.
()||<黑点1>: