()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>417</BIN><BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM><黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...Stasi HQ.+The display shows that the meeting in the designated office has already started. At this moment, there is complete silence.
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Click. Amaris rubs her disheveled hair, puts on her cap, and enters the conference room.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:Sorry, I'm a little late...
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker>||:It's fine. The meeting hasn't started yet.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Sterling glances at the empty seat opposite her. The person who was supposed to chair the weekly meeting is absent.
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker>||:What do we do now? Do we still have the meeting?
TFQ(0)<Speaker>Dagmar</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:J is still missing...
LS26(0)<Speaker>Edith</Speaker>||:So what now? No one's in charge?
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker>||:...
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:Good news! No direct supervisor, which means we can skip work!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Amaris stretches lazily.
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker>||:I heard Q will be taking over command later on.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:...+Who? That overtime maniac?
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker>||:Great, Q is way more reliable than J!
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:Bad news! ...From now on. we'll be on standby 24/7...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:Click. The door opens again, and Q enters the conference room.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Q gazes from Doll to Doll with amusement.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:From the looks on your faces, you already know I'll be taking over.
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker>||:Yes, I've already made the announcement.
NPC-maya(1)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Then I won't waste any time. You've all worked with me before and know my style.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_File_Put</SE1>:Q drops a stack of documents on the table.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Time to take some of the work out of my hands, ladies.+Dagmar, Edith, you two continue searching the Elmo. Get me something useful from it.
TFQ(0)<Speaker>Dagmar</Speaker><Position>0,60</Position>||:Yes, ma'am!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:Dagmar and Edith take the two search warrants handed to them and leave the office.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Brigitte, I've assigned a new agent to replace J in the White Zone. Go handle the handover.
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker>||:Is it a complete handover? Are we handing everything over to this person?
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:No, just give him enough to hold the position for now.
PPQ(0)<Speaker>Brigitte</Speaker>||:Got it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1>:Brigitte takes the permit to enter the White Zone and also leaves.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Sterling, please submit the paperwork for transferring the Doll squad's command for me. I've already filled it out, just look it over while you're on your way.
Sterling(0)<Speaker>Sterling</Speaker>||:Understood.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Close</SE1><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Just like that, only Q and Amaris remain in the conference room.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10213</BGM>:Amaris blinks, looking at the now empty table, then she glances at Q across from her.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:...What about me? Do I get a holiday?
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:You wish.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Zipper</SE1>:Q opens the paper bag she has brought, pulls out two cups of coffee, and pushes one over to Amaris.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Amaris, I have a question for you.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Seeing that the question is important enough for Q to treat her to a coffee, Amaris straightens up in her chair.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:About Daybreak?
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Yes, but more importantly, about Daybreak's designer—Dr. Martha Meitner.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>);NPC-maya(0)||:...That's not really a question you should be asking me.+I've had very little contact with her.+The only thing she's left me is probably my name.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:You've never had direct contact with her?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:No, I've never met her.+Not just me—none of the other members of Daybreak Squad had any contact with her during their neural cloud activation tests, except for Aliana...
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Did Aliana ever talk about Dr. Meitner?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:...Yes. Aliana had the most contact with her.+She said Dr. Meitner was the most calm and rational human she had ever met, always clear on what she needed and wanted to do, and capable of ruthlessly eliminating any obstacles.+But she wasn't sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing for a human being.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Sounds like Aliana had a relatively positive impression of her.+Dr. Meitner used to work for the US Relics Agency. Do you know why she left?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:...No.+I didn't even know about that part of her career.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Did you know that she was the target codenamed "Capita" in the operation carried out by Daybreak Squad in 2051?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:...I wasn't aware. The background information on the target was classified as top secret.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Do you know about Project Valkyrie?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:...All I know is that it was connected to some small cult?+Something about posing as a saint to deceive believers and scam them out of their money?
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:You read that in a tabloid?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:Pretty much...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:While Q lapses into thought, Amaris sips her coffee.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:So my mission is to investigate Dr. Martha Maitner?
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Amaris, you know we have no authority over you. You are free.+Which means you have full control over your investigation.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:...+After all these years, you guys are still playing word games with me.+Okay, so all my upcoming missions are considered personal operations, yeah? Will I still be paid then?
NPC-maya(1)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:It's the taxpayers' money. Just take it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Satisfied with the answer, Amaris sits up straight.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||:Then state your request.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:I don't care about the mission regarding Capita. I just want to know what Project Valkyrie really is, and how it's connected to the Oberstein family and Paradeus.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:...Obviously, all signs point to one person.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Exactly. That's why you're the most suitable Doll to handle this.
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>;NPC-maya(0)||:...I understand.+Bottom line is—what I do from now on is entirely my personal action and has nothing to do with the Stasi.+Should I say I'm doing this to avenge Aliana? What a freaking joke. Good thing she won't ever hear a word of it.
NPC-SCAR-H(0);NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:As a sole survivor of Daybreak Squad, how do you feel now?
NPC-SCAR-H(0)<Speaker>Amaris</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...Like I got MVP, but there's no one around to clap for it.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:...
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>506</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Sneak</BGM>:Q returns to her office, where a Stasi agent has been waiting.
()<Speaker>Special Agent</Speaker>||:Agent Q, all the surveillance footage from the White Zone terrorist incident has been compiled. Our losses have also been tallied.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Q takes the file and flips through it casually.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Did you go through all footage during the time J went missing? Any findings?
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Special Agent</Speaker><同时置暗>||:J disappeared alone in the footage. The feed was hacked during that period. We're still trying to restore it, but Tech says chances are slim.+Also missing in that time frame are Frau Marlene from Residence S083 and former Health Minister Vogt's granddaughter, Cornelia Schaeffer."
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Have you made contact?
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Special Agent</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Frau Marlene could not be reached, while Frau Cornelia Schaeffer claimed that she had made it out without issue.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Look into this Cornelia Schaeffer.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Special Agent</Speaker><同时置暗>||:She was already investigated while in Berlin. Agent K handled it.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:Alright, leave the rest to me.
()<Speaker>Special Agent</Speaker>||:Yes, ma'am.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1>:The agent salutes and exits the office.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Q turns to Hoffman, who hasn't glanced at the agent once.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:This incident is likely just what the Director needed.+You could make a big play of this.
NPC-maya(2);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Don't make me sound like a villain.
NPC-maya(2)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:The timing of this accident is a major bargaining chip in itself.
NPC-maya(2);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:The closer we are to victory, the calmer we must be.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:Work just keeps piling up like snow. Haven't even finished what's in hand, and more keeps coming in.+So, should we prioritize?
NPC-maya(0);NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:That's why I'm here.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(1)||:Then what's our most urgent task?
NPC-maya(0);NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Wrapping up the White Zone terrorist attack. We need to feed something to the garrison regiment.+The Director says you have free rein to handle it as you see fit.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(0)||:...Alright.+That's one of the scariest things in the workplace—being given full responsibility without any clear instructions.
NPC-maya(0);NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:There are scarier things.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>;NPC-Hoffmann(1)||:...
NPC-maya(0);NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:The Director has more important matters to attend to than the Stasi right now.+So you're to take full temporary charge of Stasi affairs.+Congratulations, Agent Q.
NPC-maya(0)<Speaker>Q</Speaker>||:More work, same pay—what's there to congratulate?+Save it for when she finally treats me to the lunch that she still owes me.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Q downs her coffee and tosses the cup into the trash. Hoffman pats her on the shoulder and leaves the office.
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>412</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...Encrypted conference room.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Drink_Tea</SE1>:After initiating the encrypted communication link, Hoffmann leisurely brews himself a cup of coffee.
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Agent K, long time no see. How have you been?
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Still alive.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Still as concise and straightforward as ever.
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...What do you want from me?</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Just checking in on you. How are you getting on with Chairwoman Ulrich?
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>It's both smooth and rough.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:I hope that's not some kind of wordplay.
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>The Chairwoman has her own position—one that's unshakable.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>But as an ambitious and capable woman, she's not willing to be confined to a cage either.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(2)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Sounds like she's still swaying between the two sides of the scale.
NPC-Hoffmann(2);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Mm.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Then as an excellent Stasi agent, do you have any advice, Agent K?
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>The Chairwoman has a good impression of Frau Romy.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(2)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Hm?+Now I'm starting to contemplate the possibility of having the Director seduce her in person.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>...Herr Hoffmann, our calls are recorded.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>||:Go on.
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Frau Romy's past collaboration with the Ministry of Finance really impressed her.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>She even uncharacteristically brought up the background of certain individuals, including those she had worked with back then—none of them are staunch localists.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>In the Chairwoman's words—they put the interests of the state over any party interests.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Which really means that they care more about personal interests than collective ones.
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>The reason they seem hesitant is mainly because Frau Romy is a woman.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>If she were a man, they'd be very happy to follow. Unfortunately... as a woman, Frau Romy isn't good at taking advice.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Ulrich is certainly more successful than our Director.+But on the flip side, they don't fear Ulrich, while they do fear Frau Romy.
NPC-Hoffmann(1);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>After all, Frau Romy is the daughter of General Riefenstahl. Barring her from the military has always been a consensus.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:So these people are the weakest link?
NPC-Hoffmann(0);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>That's what the Chairwoman thinks.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Then what does Chairwoman Ulrich want?
NPC-Hoffmann(0);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>She's unsatisfied with her current local position, but she's also unwilling to pay the price of being "promoted" to the central government.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(0)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:...The only one who can give her the promise she needs is General Secretary Groß.
NPC-Hoffmann(0);NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Which is why her veiled question was—whether Frau Romy is backed by the General or the Secretary.</color>+ <color=#00CCFF>If it's the General, she'll likely maintain her current stance. But if it's the Secretary, then her position may begin to shift.</color>
NPC-Hoffmann(1)<Speaker>Finn Hoffmann</Speaker>;NPC-Jason(2)||:Understood.+I'll report the relevant intel immediately. As for the task assigned by the Director, please keep at it.
NPC-Jason(2)<Speaker>K</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>I will keep my eyes wide open.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_footsteps_cave</SE1>:Hoffmann ends the call, and once again hurried footsteps echo through the corridor.
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Hume_FourAdventures</BGM><BIN>470</BIN><黑点2><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:......Nele's apartment.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Nele opens the door and steps inside, followed by Constanze carrying some takeout.
NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Connie, make yourself at home.
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>||:Whoa—this place isn't bad at all. It's pretty spacious, looks like it could fit two or three people.
NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Yeah... I figured I might need to store a lot of materials for experiments, so I got a place with extra room...
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(0)||:Nice~+Give me a little tour~
NPC-Constanze(0);NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Sure. This is the living room—haven't got much furniture yet.+Kitchen's over there. I just moved in a few days ago, so the fridge is still empty...
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(0)||:I'll bring you some fresh veggies and fruit next time! There's a supermarket near the university that always has great deals.
NPC-Constanze(0);NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Thanks, Connie.+And this is my bedroom, study, and... the storage room.
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(0)||:You locked the storage room?
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Yeah... it's too messy inside...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tableware</SE1>:Rustle... Clang!+An ominous noise comes from the storage room.
NPC-Constanze(1)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker><Shake>||:Nele, I think there's a rat in there!
NPC-Nele(2)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:A rat...?
NPC-Constanze(1)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>||:There's been a rat infestation in Frankfurt lately. I remember you're scared of rats—this one sounds big...
NPC-Constanze(1)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Don't worry, I'll take care of it!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Constanze rolls up her sleeves, but Nele grabs her arm.
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I... I'm not afraid of rats anymore. We used to see them all the time in Berlin—I've gotten used to it.
NPC-Constanze(1)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>||:Really? I remember back when we finished tending to the lab mice, we saw a rat about 12cm long outside the dorm—your face was as white as a sheet.
NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I've grown since then...
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1><黑点2>:Nele pulls Constanze back to the living room.
NPC-Nele(2)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Didn't you say you needed my documents to finish registering the lab?+I'll give them to you now, just help me get it done when you have time.
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(2)||:Sure. By the way, you need to register your fingerprint for lab access—remember to do that when you drop by.
NPC-Constanze(0);NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Got it.
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(0)||:I've got class soon—eat while it's still hot, okay? I have to head out.
NPC-Constanze(0);NPC-Nele(2)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:So soon? Can't you at least take a few bites before you go?
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>||:I already ate. I just wanted to check on you and show you the best takeout near the University of Mainz!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Book</SE1>:Constanze gathers the documents Nele hands over.
NPC-Constanze(0)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker>||:By the way, Nele, I haven't asked yet—why do you suddenly want to restart the experiment?+And you said our research direction has changed—changed how?
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Let's talk about that in detail once we're in the lab.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Nele averts her gaze awkwardly. She looks blatantly suspicious to Constanze.
NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Aren't you going to be late?
NPC-Constanze(1)<Speaker>Constanze</Speaker><Shake>||<震屏3>:Crap, class is starting in 15 minutes!+Gotta go!
NPC-Nele(0)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Alright, be careful on the way...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1><震屏3><SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:Constanze bolts out the door like a gust of wind.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:Nele bundles up the takeout and heads toward the storage room where the noise came from...
()||<黑屏1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><黑屏2><BIN>129</BIN><CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE1>AVG_Door_Open_Close</SE1>:She opens the door. The air inside is stagnant and heavy, like a silent refusal.+The room is utterly still and deathly silent.
NPC-Nele(2)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...J?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:On the chair where J should be sitting lies only a frayed piece of rope.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:A chill runs through Nele. She quickly and calmly gives Mia a call.
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Mia, J is missing.
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker><Position>0,150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>I've captured Agent J from beneath the window.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>Give me five minutes—I'll return him immediately.</color>
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>470</BIN><黑屏2><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Chains_Break</SE1>:Five minutes later, Agent J is back in the room and in his familiar seat—only this time, the rope has been replaced with chains.
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_ev2408_BeeCatcher</BGM>:...
NPC-Keven(11)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:...
APC556(2)<Speaker>Mia</Speaker>||:I'll go heat up the food. You two talk.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_Door_Open_Close</SE1>:Mia leaves the room.
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:I hope you didn't go to all this trouble just to get back at me for threatening you back in the Stasi.
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:Did you collude with the Commander to kidnap me?
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:So now you're my prison guard?
NPC-Keven(7);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...I'm not good at lying, so don't ask me—I won't answer any of your questions.
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(3)||:Did the Commander... use some kind of machine on you? Threaten you with Mia? Drugs? Brainwashing?
NPC-Keven(7);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Can you please speak scientifically?
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:But nothing about this is scientific. You must have been tricked.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:J cuts Nele off without hesitation.
NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:I wasn't tricked! I know exactly what I'm doing!
NPC-Keven(6)<Speaker>J</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(3)||:You've got to be tricked. Why else would a researcher with your prospects—your status—be messing around with some doomed PMC commander?
NPC-Keven(6);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...I have my reasons.
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(3)||:Then tell me—what are your reasons?
NPC-Keven(7);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Idunn.
NPC-Keven(12)<Speaker>J</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(3)||:...Idunn wasn't your fault!+That was Gray's fault! Galatea's fault!+Stop blaming yourself for what others did!
NPC-Keven(12);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Professor Gray wasn't at fault!
NPC-Keven(9)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:...You still believe in that woman even now?
NPC-Keven(7);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...The fact that you just said that proves I made the right choice.+I won't let her name be smeared, not even after her death!+Professor Gray was used!
NPC-Keven(12)<Speaker>J</Speaker><Shake>||:...What exactly did the Commander tell you???
NPC-Keven(12)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:How could they drag a civilian into something this dangerous?!+I'm telling you, that Commander has gone rogue—and you can't follow them down that path of insanity!+You barely made it out of that fire alive...+Why are you walking right back into it?!
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Keven(12)<Speaker>J</Speaker><Shake>;NPC-Nele(1)||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:<size=50>Answer me! Nele!</size>
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.7</CGDelay>:
NPC-Nele(1)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I saw Professor Gray's body...+It wasn't human... She hadn't been human for a long time...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:A tear falls.+Nele starts weeping.+Now J is at a loss for what to do.
NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...You knew, didn't you?+You knew Professor Gray had long ceased to be human...
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>；NPC-Nele(3)||:...+You have no idea what you're talking about. You don't even understand what kind of horrors you're going up against...
NPC-Keven(7);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:I will understand.
NPC-Keven(7)<Speaker>J</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(3)||:Don't do this, Nele.+I know you're grieving, but don't do anything foolish...
NPC-Keven(7);NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:And what are you to me? What right do you have to tell me what to do?
NPC-Keven(12)<Speaker>J</Speaker>;NPC-Nele(3)||:Because I know what it's like to lose someone dear!
NPC-Keven(12)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:Because there once was a similar fool in the Stasi!+It wasn't even part of his job, but he still... still gave himself up to those monsters for something stupid...
NPC-Nele(2)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...Isn't the Stasi a spy organization?
NPC-Keven(11)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:...Yes, everyone knows we're spies with no principles who have sold our souls to the Devil.+But that fool... he still cared about so-called honor...+He still held onto the Stasi's duty and mission—he even had ideals...
NPC-Keven(11)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:It's laughable—in 2064, he still dared speak of ideals...+Even most Stasi agents didn't believe they had any ideals...
NPC-Keven(14)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:And that idiot...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:J trails off mid-rant.
NPC-Nele(2)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:...Do you genuinely think he was a fool?
NPC-Keven(6)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:...In this day and age, all idealists are all short-lived fools.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Seeing J's tears, Nele doesn't quite know what to do either.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Rustle. Mia silently sets the reheated food at the door. Nele brings it inside awkwardly.
NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:...I don't know about others.+But if you keep this up, you're going to die real soon.+Just save your energy—I'm not letting you leave this place.
NPC-Keven(6)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:And since that's the way it is—how about lunch first?
NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||:Yes. If you want to live, eat properly.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Creep</SE1>:Nele brings over a small table and sets it in front of J, then opens the takeout for him.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:J looks at the mushy mess in front of him and rolls his eyes.
NPC-Keven(9)<Speaker>J</Speaker>||:...See, I told you there's no future with Griffin. Even their takeout looks pathetic.+I may gripe about the Stasi, but at least their food and coffee are decent!
NPC-Nele(3)<Speaker>Nele</Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_Punch</SE1>:...That's my food!+<size=50>If you're going to complain, you'll be having hard tack for every meal from now on!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:...
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