()||9<黑屏1>0,10黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()||AVG_HeavyVehicle_Stop<黑屏2>0.5751GF_EV9_Story:...Outside Frankfurt Airport.+Sterling waits patiently for their turn to enter the airport parking lot as car after car inch forward.
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:The Elmo was handed over, just like that...
PPQ(0);TFQ(0)Dagmar0,60||:What, you miss it?
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:Just feeling a bit sentimental.
PPQ(0);LS26(0)Edith||:I hope we didn't leave anything unfixed on board...
PPQ(0)Brigitte;LS26(0)||:You didn't do much anyway.+You just severed the power to the refitting room and repair bay to prevent a riot and tried to hack the system, right?
PPQ(0);LS26(0)Edith||:Yeah... but still...
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:Stop fretting. We've left the Commander a heap of supplies in the repair bay, I'm sure they won't hold it against us~
Sterling(0)Sterling||:This mission is now concluded.+Instead of the Elmo... we should be discussing our next move.
PPQ(0)Brigitte||0.5:
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:...Got it.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||9<黑屏2>AVG_Jet_Passby:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>769:...Cargo hub, Frankfurt Airport.
()||:In an area where small cargo transports come and go, the Doll squad concealed among them have taken their position.
()||0.5AVG_tele_connect:
Sterling(0)Sterling||:We have arrived at the airport. Ready to execute Operation Eris.
NPC-maya(2)Q<通讯框>||:Copy that. Operation Eris is go.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Acknowledged.
()||0.5AVG_tele_disconnect:
()||:After completing the status report, Sterling turns to her teammates.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:We must intercept a batch of cargo that will be arriving at airport customs at 0600 and find the item with the serial number EDDF-46623894.
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:Are we to confiscate the target item and bring it back to the Stasi with us?
Sterling(0)Sterling||:No, we detain it on-site.+According to our sources, this item very likely contain Iaso's Boxes, weapons created by Paradeus.
TFQ(0)Dagmar0,60||:Iaso's Box? The radioactive weapon found previous at Berlin Airport?
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Yes.+Once we confirm the target item, immediately place the entire international cargo hub of the airport in lockdown and widen the search perimeter.
()||<黑屏1>BGM_Empty:
()||9<黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||AVG_Wheelchair<黑屏2>769GF_2022_Summer_Battle_1:...0605.+Several military personnel are directing logistical Dolls in putting cargo onto designated shelves.
()||:Under Sterling's direction, the squad has split up to assert control over the logistical Dolls in the warehouse.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Sterling, we've taken control over the place.
()||ClothingUp:Sterling flashes her ID.
()||AVG_XXS_kick:A logistical Doll puts down the cargo in her arms and walks quietly over to the wall to await further instructions.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Go.
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:Roger that.
()||0.5AVG_Team_Running:The Dolls and agents spread out in the warehouse and start searching the serial numbers of all the cargo on each shelf.
()Military Leader||ClothingUp:Who are you?! Military supplies must not be tampered with!
Sterling(0)Sterling||:We're the Stasi. We are taking over these supplies.
()||:Seeing the Stasi's logo, the scowling soldier snickers disdainfully.
()Military Leader||:Stasi Dolls? What business do you have here?
Sterling(0)Sterling||:We are under orders to conduct a surprise inspection on this batch of cargo. Please cooperate.
()Military Leader||:These are military supplies, which can only be accessed by following a special approval review and inspection process. The Stasi has no right to interfere.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:...
()||AVG_2022Saros_SCARL1Select:
()||AVG_weapon_reload:Whoosh!+Soldiers quickly approach the Dolls and aims their guns at the Stasi agents.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:We've received reliable intelligence that a batch of weapons will be transported to Neo-Soviet rebels through customs.
()Military Leader||:Then go search for them where you're supposed to. This place isn't under your jurisdiction.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:This is precisely where we're supposed to conduct the search.+We have solid evidence proving that the weapons are here.
()Military Leader||:...
()||:Sterling's refusal to yield has clearly angered the man.
()||<震屏3>AVG_21Winter_Phone_Crash:With a sneer, he draws the pistol from its holster and slams it on the desk.
()Military Leader||:Solid evidence, yeah? Let them look.
()||:He gestures for his subordinates to let the Stasi agents perform the inspection while monitoring their every move.
()Military Leader||:If nothing turns up, don't blame me for shooting you through the head.+As Stasi agents, surely you know better than to mess with the military.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:It is not our intention to antagonize the military.
()||AVG_Creep0.5:While Sterling and the soldier confront each other, Brigitte leads the remaining Stasi agents in searching the warehouse methodically.
()Military Leader||:You've certainly got guts to suggest that weapons being supplied to Neo-Soviet rebels could be found on military turf.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:We are simply following the evidence.+There were consecutive bombings in Berlin during October and November. The Stasi has confirmed that the weapons used were Iaso's Boxes and has also identified both the purchaser and the method of transport.+Following that lead, we traced the distribution route of the Iaso's Boxes.
()Military Leader||:...+That's some serious allegations you're raising against the military, you know that? I want to talk to your boss.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Once we complete the search, you will naturally get to meet our superior.
()||ClothingUp:The soldier's fury is evident on his face, but as his anger reaches its peak, he slowly raises a hand, signaling his subordinates to step back.
()Military Leader||:You'd better pray you find something, or you'll regret coming here today, I promise you.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:...
()||:Led by Brigitte, the Stasi agents open up a military supply crate.
()||0.5AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open:
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open:Clatter. Clatter.+Crates are opened one after the other, each like a gavel strike sealing the judgment of fate.
()||AVG_weapon_reload:Over half of the military supplies have already been opened. The soldier standing across from Sterling removes the magazine from his pistol and reloads it in a deliberately unhurried manner.
LS26(0)Edith||:I've finished searching this side...
TFQ(0)Dagmar0,60||:Nothing.
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:...The serial number should come after this one...
()||0.5:
()Military Leader||:Now get on your knees and apologize. I might just spare your life.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Keep looking.+Unpack all the cargo and inspect everything thoroughly.
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:Roger.
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open0.5:
()||AVG_20Winter_Door_Car_Open:As one crate after another is opened, the soldier can barely contain his grin.+Finally—
()||:While rechecking one of the crates that has already been opened, Brigitte finds the target items that have been packed into a single container. After a brief moment of surprise, she immediately pulls out her camera and starts documenting the contents for evidence.
()||0.7AVG_The_Division_Camera:
PPQ(0)Brigitte||:Sterling, I found them.
LS26(0)Edith||:We've also found an order manifest with "Umruss" listed as the purchaser.
()||0.5AVG_20Winter_Book:
TFQ(0)Dagmar0,60||:The top two-thirds of the crate are filled with standard military supplies, while the bottom contains several suspicious spherical objects that closely resemble the previously discovered Iaso's Boxes.
()||ClothingUp:The soldier walks up to the opened container in disbelief.
()Military Leader||:...+There's nobody called Umruss within our ranks, and I've never heard of these Iaso's Boxes.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Leave your statement for the subsequent investigation. We're only here to inspect the cargo.
()Military Leader||:...
()||ClothingUp:Several pale-faced military personnel are taken away by the Stasi.
()||AVG_tele_connect:Sterling opens her internal comms channel and issues a command to the Stasi agents that have just reached the airport.
Sterling(0)Sterling||:Place the international cargo hub in lockdown.+All cargo departing for the Neo-Soviet Union are to be inspected, especially those going through the military.
()Special Agent||0.5:Understood.
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()||9<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||BGM_Scar_Shenzhizi<黑屏2>735:...In a lab at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
()||AVG_XXS_kick<震屏3>0.5:
()||:Having gone 48 hours without sleep, Nele can finally fight it no longer and has passed out in a sleeping bag on the floor.
()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:Constanze has taken over the remaining work, making adjustments based on the data gathered by Amaris.
NPC-Constanze(0)Constanze||:You two can also catch a break. Nele has been meticulous in her work, so there aren't many adjustments to be made. I can handle it on my own.
NPC_Stevens520(0)Stevens M5200,60||:Are you sure you don't need my help?
NPC-Constanze(0)Constanze||:Yeah. Besides, there's only one remaining set of PPE for entering Professor Gray's sterile room. Just leave it to me.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...
NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||0.5:
NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:Amaris.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC_Stevens520(1)0,60||:What?
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:The deflagration that Miss Nele mentioned... Was that really how Daybreak Squad operated?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC_Stevens520(1)0,60||0.5:
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC_Stevens520(1)0,60||:Yes.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:So you were all created just so Aliana could kill and absorb you to grow stronger.+...Why?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC_Stevens520(1)0,60||:How would I know?
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:You never asked your... creator?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...If you had met those scientific researchers who'd lived through WWIII, you wouldn't be stupid enough to ask them such questions.
()||ClothingUp:Stevens M520 stops what she is doing.
NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:...I've also lived through war.+But none of the memories or neural logs survived.+If I had known, I would've taken some group photos with my friends...
NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:You've done that, haven't you?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris;NPC_Stevens520(1)0,60||:...
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:Could you show me? What Daybreak Squad was like.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...
()||ClothingUp:Amaris stares at her, a little dumbfounded.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:We're not exactly close enough to be exchanging personal secrets, are we?
NPC_Stevens520(1)Stevens M5200,60||:In return, I'll show you Doctor Hume's legacy.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||0.5:
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:...Fine.
()||0.5:
()||ClothingUp:Amaris pulls out the only photo Daybreak Squad has taken together.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||AVG_20Winter_Book0.7<黑点2>544:
()Stevens M520||:This is SCR?
()Amaris||:She's Eula—her appearance is almost identical to the SCR model.
()Stevens M520||:...+And this Doll with the blotted out face is Aliana?
()Amaris||0.5:Yeah.
()Stevens M520||:There are also people with their faces blotted out in Doctor Hume's photo album.
()Amaris||:Why did he blot them out?
()Stevens M520||:According to Erma, they're people who scammed him out of his money.+But I find that hard to believe—would the Doctor really get hoodwinked like that? It's a bit suspicious if you ask me.+Photos do have their perks though—they remind you of the old days.
()||0.5:
()Amaris||:...It's nothing worth being nostalgic about.
()Stevens M520||:But you still pulled it out right away...+I bet you often look at it and reminisce about the past.
()Amaris||0.5:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||7350.5:
()||AVG_20Winter_BookBGM_Empty:Amaris stuffs the photo away indignantly.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Alright, now it's your turn. Show me Doctor Hume's legacy.
NPC_Stevens520(0)Stevens M5200,60||:You've already seen it.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||:Where?
NPC_Stevens520(0)Stevens M5200,60||:You're looking right at it.+Now that all the other Dolls are dead, Doctor Hume's most outstanding creation is me.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)Amaris||0.5:...+Before Miss Constanze comes out of her room, don't speak to me again.
()||<黑屏1>:
()||9<黑屏2>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>356GF_21winter_avg_pathfinder:...In a temporary safe house.
()||:With Task Force DEFY's assistance, Squad 404 promptly completes the preparations for the hacking operation.
()||0.5AVG_tele_connect:
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:We've seized control over the plant. We're now ready to hack the system. Let's see if we'll find anything new.
UMP45Mod(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:Good. Let me know first thing.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Copy that.
UMP45Mod(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:And don't take too long. Keep an eye out for Paradeus' reinforcements.
UMP45Mod(0)UMP45<通讯框>||:Sure. DEFY is looking out for us and monitoring the enemy's movements.
UMP45Mod(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:Understood.
()||0.5AVG_tele_disconnect:The comms line disconnects.
()Commander||:Right, how are things on Lunasia's end?
AR18(2)AR-180,100||:Please hold on for a moment while I contact XM556.
()||0.5AVG_tele_connect:
NPC-XM556(0)XM556<通讯框>||:Commander.
NPC-XM556(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:How's Lunasia doing?
NPC-XM556(0)XM556<通讯框>||:We have moved to a new safe house. All is good.
NPC-XM556(0)XM556<通讯框>||:But Miss Lunasia's physical condition doesn't seem to be the best...
NPC-XM556(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:What's the problem?
NPC-XM556(0)XM556<通讯框>||:She has been sleeping for much longer lately, and her sleep quality hasn't been very good. She frequently has nightmares and talks a lot in her sleep, saying all kinds of strange things.
NPC-XM556(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:Like what?
NPC-XM556(0)XM556<通讯框>||:Something about a holy maiden...+Several of her basic physiological indicators are deteriorating rapidly. By the standards of an adult female, I'd say she's currently rather weak.
NPC-XM556(0)Commander<通讯框><同时置暗>||:...+Once we get the Elmo back and everything checks out, we'll have her returned to the vehicle for a full check-up.+Keep a close eye on her condition in the meantime.
NPC-XM556(0)XM556<通讯框>||:Understood.
()||<黑屏1>AVG_tele_disconnect:
()||BGM_Empty9<黑屏2>0.5:
()||<黑屏1>:
()||<黑屏2>9:...Good evening.
()||:Good evening, Holy Maiden.+May the darkness protect you.
()||:May you...+Be with us...
()||:Forevermore.
NPC-Lunasia(3)Lunasia||:No... I don't want to...
()||RopeGF_22W_SFX_chant:An old and gnarly hand grabs Lunasia by the arm. She cannot shake it off.
()||ClothingUp:A child's plump hand grabs Lunasia by the finger. Then a strong, muscular hand grabs her by the shoulder.
()||AVG_DemonLaplace_Born:In no time, countless hands have formed a cage around Lunasia, forcing her down into endless darkness...
()||<黑屏1>0.5:
()||<睁眼>1870.5:
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:...Ah!
()||:Startling awake from the nightmare, Lunasia finds herself in a soft, plush armchair.+The solid wooden chair, wrapped in intricately embroidered cushions, holds her firmly in place, as if trapping her.
()???||:Holy Maiden...
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:...
()||:A series of calls draw her attention.
()||ClothingUp:Out in the field before her, countless people are kneeling on the ground, bowing in devout reverence.
()???||:My Lady, please show us the way.
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:I'm not your Holy Maiden...
()||:As she speaks, Lunasia is startled by her own voice—tender and immature—it is clearly that of a child.
()???||:O Holy Maiden! Please guide us!+We are willing to offer everything in sacrifice!
()||:The kneeling masses grow even more fervent. A group of girls dressed in white approach the worshippers.
()||0.5AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh:
()||AVG_Cut_Watermelon<震屏3>:After a brief pause, they draw daggers from the wide sleeves of their robes and slit the worshippers' throats...
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||:No! No! Don't kill them!
()???||:Holy Maiden...
()||AVG_Water_Drip:With serene, content smiles, the worshippers slowly draw their final breaths.+Crimson blood pools and gathers, surging toward Lunasia like an ancient, monstrous beast.
NPC-Lunasia(3)Lunasia||:NO! NO! NOOOOOO!!!
()||ClothingUp:She tries to run and escape from this place, but a pair of strong hands press down on her frail shoulders.
()||0.5:She looks up—
NPC-Lunasia(0)Lunasia||:...Mother?
NPC-Nemhran(4)尼梅兰夫人||:Lunasia, this is your destiny.+Become the Holy Maiden and lead the faithful to their promised land.
()||AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh:She, too, draws a dagger, its sharp gleam burning into Lunasia's eyes.
()||<白屏1>0.5:
()||<白屏2>1830.5:
NPC-Lunasia(4)Lunasia||0.5:No... No! Mother!!!
()||<黑点1>: