()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Hume_TheCircularRuins_HarpSolo</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><CGDelay>1</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:The rustling of grass and leaves reach my ear.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Delicate twigs slap against each other as they ripple in waves, depicting the free shape of the wind from far to near...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>1</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_Bomber_Flying</SE1>:Vrooooom... That sounds like an aircraft lifting off.
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<睁眼><BIN>262</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:I don't even remember when was the last time I got to wake up naturally in the soft morning sunlight.+Half of the lake before me glimmers with golden waves, while the other half bears the reflection of the serene mountains... It is such a beautiful sight that it quite literally takes my breath away.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:When I finally retire, I've got to build a little cabin by a lake like this. I'll sail and go fishing every day...+And when I'm tired, I'll just lie on the grass, looking at the sky, not thinking about anything... How lovely would that be.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander has noticed the movement coming from behind, but they do not turn around.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:They simply prick up their ears and listen to the approaching footsteps walking on floorboards through the "rustling of grass and leaves"...+Until the familiar presence stops right behind them.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:You can turn off the projection, thank you.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Isn't it nice to get a preview of your retirement life?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Sweet dreams will make me lose my way.+I would rather face reality.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:As you wish.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<common_effect>%%code=202407_TVOff%%</common_effect><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>9</BIN><SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Snap! The realistic holographic projection abruptly cuts out.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>769</BIN><关闭蒙版>:The building reverts to its original form. It seems to be an abandoned depot with airplane parts scattered all over the dimly-lit interior.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Are we at Frankfurt Airport?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Are you hungry?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:What have you got?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Apple pie and pretzels.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...As well as apple cider.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Lunasia turns her back toward the Commander and cuts up the apple pie and pretzels.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:The Commander takes the opportunity to study their surroundings.+Their gaze falls once again on the surveillance camera currently pointed at them.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
Nyto(0)<Speaker>Nyto</Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>158</BIN><回忆>:We believe your account to be fundamentally true.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:...Beep-beep. +I hear a quiet sound in my ear. Of course, none of the Nytos react to it.
()<Speaker>Calm Doll's Voice</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>No need to answer, Commander. I know you're enjoying their hospitality.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:I know I've heard that voice before, but I can't quite place it. There's no doubt that she's with the T-Doll who hacked the Nytos.
()<Speaker>Calm Doll's Voice</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>We are currently figuring out the defensive system of the treatment facility where you're being held in order to work out an infiltration plan. It's going to take a while.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>Therefore, we need you to buy us more time, Commander. I know it will hurt, but currently we have no other options.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>The only solace I can offer you is my hope that you will come to enjoy it.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:She ends the transmission after leaving me with that thoroughly unfunny joke.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><关闭蒙版><黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>769</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:The Commander never thought that there would come a day when they'd wish to hear 404's voices again so desperately, even if it's just to make a terrible joke.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:All of a sudden, the indicator light on the surveillance camera blinks twice. The Commander's eyes widen.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Before they can observe the camera more closely, Lunasia has walked up to them.
NPC-Lunasia(2)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Come and eat something.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:The Commander is dragged over to a table. They crane their head to peer at the camera again.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Maybe it was just a signal fluctuation? The Commander thinks to themself humorlessly.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:What's wrong? Is it not to your taste?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:You know full well if it's to my taste or not.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_va_addingredient</SE1>:Lunasia pours the Commander a glass of cider.
NPC-Lunasia(2)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Please eat.
NPC-Lunasia(2)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:What's going to happen next?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:You'll find out after you eat.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander is unable to glean any information from Lunasia's impassive face.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:While the Commander is digging in, Lunasia places a new set of clothes by their side.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I can't smell, but I'm guessing you could use a change of clothes.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:This place is equipped with shower facilities. Please use it and get changed.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Has William asked to see me then?
()||:Lunasia makes no answer. She just quietly sips the apple cider in her glass.
()||<SE1>AVG_tableware</SE1>:The Commander also says no more and promptly eats up all the food on their plate.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_21Winter_Water_Tap</SE1><CGDelay>1</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Spanner</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>769</BIN>:After taking a shower, the freshly-dressed Commander comes before Lunasia.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I'm done. I'm ready to meet William.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_ev2408_LoveStory</BGM>:Lunasia, who is leaning back in her chair, gives the Commander a dazed smile.+They notice her flushed cheeks and unfocused eyes. The bottle in her hand is empty.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:You drank the whole thing?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Yeah...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:The Commander scratches their head, then finds a blanket and drapes it over her shoulders.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Where's William?
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Why are you always asking about him?
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I'm the one sitting right in front of you.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:You drank too much. Get some rest.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Why won't you show me some concern?
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...+What's the matter with you? Why are you drinking to drown your sorrows?+And why do you suddenly start caring about my appearance?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I want you to keep me company.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:I've been here the whole time in the last few days, haven't I?
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:No, not like that...+I want us to spend time together like normal people... like a couple.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:From what I remember... when people are about to go on a date, they'd clean themselves up...+Before seeing their beloved...+That's why I also asked you to...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Commander...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Yes?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Let's go on a date.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The Commander lets out a sigh and sits down on the chair opposite Lunasia.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Alright, what kind of "date" are you thinking?+Are there any suitable locations nearby?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:What? Trying to figure out our location while I'm drunk?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...That's not what I mean.+If you want a date, I have to deliver to the best of my ability.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:We have the date right here.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:The Commander looks around. This rough and grimy depot is not at all a suitable location for a date.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Where's the holographic projector that you shut down earlier?
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_NightVision_Start</SE1><CGDelay>1</CGDelay><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>658</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Through the magic of holographic projection, it's almost as if they were now on a rooftop in Frankfurt.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Bomber_Flying</SE1>:Vroom... The sound of an aircraft taking off can be heard from outside the depot.+The Commander can almost see a commercial airliner taking to the skies.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Do you like traveling by plane?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The two of them are lying side-by-side on the floor. Lunasia turns her head to look at the Commander.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:I neither like nor dislike it. It's a mode of transport for me, just like any other.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I hate planes.+They're always taking people I love away from me and bringing in people I hate.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Who are the ones you love and who are the ones you hate?
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I don't want to talk about them.
NPC-Lunasia(4)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Alright, then don't you have anyone by your side?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Yes, Bill has always been by my side.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I never quite know how to deal with all the different people around me...+I've gotten used to hiding my feelings, but he's different. To protect me, he'd channel my emotions on top of his own.+Because of that, he always appears hysterical, but I know he's a gentle, thoughtful boy...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...I have reservations about that.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:One time, I went to watch the planes and forgot that the water was boiling on the stove. By the time I went back inside, the bottom of the kettle was completely burned, and I almost caused a fire...+Mother was furious and kept demanding to know who was responsible. Bill saw me trembling in fear, so he stepped forward and took the blame.+He took a terrible beating for that... and was locked up for three days...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...+<color=#A9A9A9>They should've just beaten him to death.</color>
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:I really owe a lot to him...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_va_addingredient</SE1>:The Commander props themself up and pours themself a glass of cider to try to get rid of the vicious thoughts in their head.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Do you have any memory that doesn't concern this person?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Sure. I remember during a field combat drill, I led SOP-II and 15 in completing a difficult mission, and we set off to regroup with 16.+But I got the rendezvous point wrong and we ended up boarding the wrong plane.
NPC-Lunasia(2)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Only when we were almost at the destination did we realize the plane was headed to a mine in Siberia...+16 was in total panic...
NPC-Lunasia(2)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Hahahahaha... I can imagine.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:15's face was like thunder, which scared me to death. SOP-II, on the other hand, had a lot of fun. I didn't know what to do at all.+In the end, 16 managed to find us a plane that was willing to give us a lift to where we were supposed to go, but SOP-II insisted on bringing along this insanely massive piece of geode that she had found.+When we finally dragged her onto the plane, she had to say goodbye to the geode in tears...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:She must've obsessed over it for a long time afterwards.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Yeah...+Back when we were on board the Elmo a while ago, I could still hear her muttering about that geode in her sleep.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:At the mention of the Elmo, the Commander takes two gulps of their cider glumly.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:And that was only because she was undergoing repairs in a repair tank, or she would've sat up and started telling the story again.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:What's wrong?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Commander turns toward Lunasia.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Those memories belong to three distinct individuals.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Do they...?
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Yes, the memory about William belongs to Lunasia.+The one about the AR Team's field combat drill is M4's, and the memory on board the Elmo probably belongs to Dandelion.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><同时置暗>||:When you were recounting them, I could see that you did not realize the switch in perspective at all, so I'm guessing the memories are all jumbled up together inside your neural cloud.
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Now the question is... who are you?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Lunasia looks up, and her eyes come into the light.
NPC-Lunasia(1)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Who am I to you?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Just as the Commander is about to answer, the arm that they've been using to prop themself up suddenly grows slack, and they slump helplessly on the floor.+Lunasia's face comes into view. She gazes silently at the Commander, who is now paralyzed and unable to speak.
NPC-Lunasia(1)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Perhaps what I really want isn't a date, but an answer.+Who am I? I don't know the answer to this question either.+But perhaps I don't actually need to try so hard to find an answer, because the fact that I came to be is already an answer in itself, don't you think?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>No!</color>
NPC-Lunasia(0)<Speaker>Lunasia</Speaker>||:Sorry, Commander, for making you put up with my antics again.+Now sleep. When you wake up, it will be another brand new day.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Lunasia!</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The sudden wave of drowsiness stops any of the Commander's words from reaching their lips.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Before the world is completely consumed by oblivion, the Commander musters all their strength and grabs hold of Lunasia's hand...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏1>:They can't be sure if they're imagining it, but in the moment before they lose consciousness, the girl seems to pause before lapsing into a strange silence...