()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||<黑屏2>1<边框>2m_avg_casual:December 1st. The expedition team discovers an abandoned wooden house. AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Yo! This looks like it hasn't been looted yet! SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:I wonder if there's any food inside... FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:It would be nice if we could find the kind of chocolate FF FNC likes... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:Hehe, let the adventure begin~ ♪ ()||<边框>2:SPAS-12 jumps for joy after finding a legendary, out-of-production can of beef inside the abandoned wooden house. SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Wowwww! They don't make cans of beef like this anymore!!! It smells great!!! AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Quick, give me some! Good stuff like that should go with vodka! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:B-but...you refused my hardtack biscuits just now... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2<黑点1>:Ahem...my motto is "never eat anything you don't like"! gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点2>97<黑点1>:Ah, the warm and comfy daily life on an expedition team. That suits the mood of my manga just fine.+But I've drawn this theme many times already and I've done all the gags which can be done...+I wonder if this expedition team will give me new inspiration... P7(0)P7||<边框>2<黑点2>1:FF FN49, there's a pot and a stove here! ()||<边框>2:FF FN49 picks up a well-made steel pot and a usable stove.+After a long time...+She still hasn't given up on the idea of making a meal. FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:Um...could I cook here?+B-back when I cooked for Squad FN, they all said they liked my cooking... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:What can you make? FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:J-judging by the ingredients here, I could make some deep-fried skewers, I guess... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Deep-fried...skewers?! AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Hahaha, skewers with vodka are heavenly! P7(0)P7||<边框>2<黑点1>:Let's just take a break here for now, we've walked a long way today, after all.+Hehe, at last, it's time to prank someone! gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点2>97:That smile is pretty familiar... According to my past experiences, this is P7's classic expression when she's about to mess with someone.+Given the environment and her teammates, her most likely prank would be to...+Swap the chef's cooking wine and the drunkard's vodka, or swap the condiments for something super spicy... ()||:A dialogue box suddenly appears on the screen.+Please select P7's pranks from the following - +A) Swap the vodka and the cooking wine. B) Sneak super-hot spices into the deep-fried skewers. C) All of the above. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Can I really decide their fate? No way...+How could real life offer such a manga-like feature? +Hmm... Let's try "all of the above". ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 picks Option C. ()||<黑点2><边框>21:P7 takes advantage of everyone's lack of attention to switch FF FN49's cooking wine with AK-47's vodka, and then she pours the sachet of red powder she's brought along into the ingredients. P7(0)P7||<边框>2<黑点1>:Heehee, now who's going to fall for it first? ()||<黑点2>97:A dialog box appears on the terminal screen.+Please select the victim of P7's pranks from the following -+A) FF FN49. B) AK-47. C) SPAS-12. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Normally it would be the big eaters who get it first, right? ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 picks Option C. ()||<黑点2><边框>21:SPAS-12 eagerly picks up a cooked skewer. SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:(Coughs) This taste...+The double heat of vodka and red-hot chilli peppers...+It's punching straight through my neural cloud... FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:Huh...but I didn't put in peppers or vodka, did I? +I-I definitely used my own cooking wine and spices... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Hey, who switched my vodka? +Don't think you can get away with touching my booze! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:It-it wasn't me... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Wasn't...(pants)...me either... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:It wasn't me! AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:When it happened, FF FN49 was cooking and SPAS-12 was busy drooling next to her. You're the only one who had the time for this kind of nonsense. P7(0)P7||<边框>2:I didn't... How could I do something as stupid as pouring vodka into the cooking wine bottle? AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:... P7(0)P7||<边框>2<黑点1>:... gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点2>97:From all of P7's previous antics, every time she gets caught, she'll give up and try to duck out by acting cute.+But this time, she is bound to suffer brutal punishment for the audacity of touching AK-47's vodka.+As for the form of punishment? She's probably going to get booze or something spicy shoved down her throat. You know, the old trope of letting the punishment fit the crime... ()||<黑点1>:A dialogue box appears on the terminal screen.+Please select the punishment which AK-47 will administer -+A) Force her to drink vodka. B) Force her to eat something spicy. C: All of the above.+GSh-18 selects Option C. AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2<黑点2>1:So it WAS you! You can save your excuses! Open up— P7(0)P7||<边框>2:Ahhhhhhh— SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:(Pants) Come, I'll give you a nice ripe piece of fermented tofu... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:(Gags)... Nooo... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Can't swallow? Then have some authentic vodka to wash it down! P7(0)P7||<震屏><边框>2<黑点1>:%*¥@%#*...... gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点2>97:It went exactly according to my choice... Am I really the God of this world? ()||:GSh-18 looks down at the manga she's drawn so far and shakes her head in dissatisfaction. gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点1>:But my readers will probably mock me to death if I draw a boring daily routine like this...+Ahh, it can't be helped, let's try and put more stuff together... ()||<黑点2><边框>27BGM_Empty:Several hours later. FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2BGM_Moon:Weather like this is great for hotpot... Too bad I've used up most of the ingredients on the deep-fried skewers. +When I get back, I'll make sure that I have hotpot with everyone else from Squad FN! P7(0)P7||<边框>2:This white snowy mountain makes me think of strawberry ice-cream...+When I get back, I'm going to eat my fill at the café! SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Ah, it's a mountain of ice cream...+If only I could bring half of it back to the Commander... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:What's so good about ice cream? Taking a piece of old ice, cutting it down into a ball and dunking it into vodka, now THAT'S a treat! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:But...we still have a long way to go... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Yeah... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:Expeditions are tiring... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2<黑点1>:Actually, I know a shortcut... ()||<黑点2>97:A dialogue box appears on the terminal screen.+Please select the route which the expedition will follow from the following options -+A) Stick to the prescribed route. B) Take AK-47's shortcut. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:If they stick to the prescribed route, I bet nothing interesting will happen...+The shortcut might end up giving me inspiration... ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 presses Option B. FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2<黑点2>6:Erm... Miss Kalina said that...we have to stick closely to the route for this expedition... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:If we take the route they gave us, we'll have to make a big detour! We could be back at the base by then! SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:If I have to choose between being able to eat ice cream sooner and sticking to the route...+Then I pick eating ice cream sooner! P7(0)P7||<边框>2:I want strawberry ice cream! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:But... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Relax! We'll make it safely back to base for sure! ()||<边框>2:AK-47 claps FF FN49 roughly on her back.+The expedition team slowly approaches the center of the frozen lake. SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:...FF FN49, do you still have potato chips with you? FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:I'm out...but I still have those hardtack biscuits... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Thank you, but if it's hardtack, I'll pass... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:I've got fruit gummies, you can have some! SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:You tried that one on me before, P7... AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Getting tired already? I still have some vodka here. SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:No thanks! I don't— ()||<边框>2BGM_Empty:Splash— +Something falls into the water. AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>210065:You don't what? +Huh? Where's SPAS? FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:...Where did SPAS go? She just vanished! P7(0)P7||<边框>2:How did you do it? Teach me, SPAS! AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:The ice here is broken... It's SPAS—! +She's in the lake! Bozhe moi, the water's carrying her that way! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:I...I think I'm going to faint... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:We need to go after her! AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:SPAS—! ()||<边框>2<黑点1>:All they can see through a layer of murky ice is SPAS-12 being carried to parts unknown by the undertow. +They run frantically, they pant heavily, and as they do, the ice behind them begins to crack quietly. gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点2>97:Wait a minute, isn't this a light-hearted slice of life manga? What the hell's with this development?+A sudden mood shift like this makes no sense!+The author's neural cloud ought to be reformatted...+Wait a minute, I'm the one who has a say over where this is going... ()||:A dialogue box appears on the terminal screen.+Please select the course of action which the other expedition team members will follow -+A) Keep on SPAS' trail and rescue her. B) Move calmly and abandon SPAS-12. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:How the hell could they abandon her?!+Aren't friends the sort of people you need to protect in times of danger?! ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 presses Option A without any hesitation. AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2<黑点2>6:SPAS—! Stop moving! Please stop! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:Wait for us... Miss AK-47... P7(0)P7||<边框>2:I can't keep up... You guys are too fast... FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:Miss P7, I'll pull you along... +Miss P7? ()||BGM_Empty<边框>2:FF FN49 jerks her head back, but all she can see is ice. FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>210258:P-please don't scare me... Miss P7? +That's enough, Miss P7, stop playing around... Please come out... ()||<边框>2:FF FN49's quavering voice is drowned out by the sound of the ice splitting open. FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2:Miss AK-47... Miss P7's gone! +...Miss AK-47? ()||<边框>2:FF FN49 looks in AK-47's direction. Cracks have suddenly appeared on the smooth surface of the ice, and a golden mass of seaweed flows beneath the cracks into the distance... FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<边框>2<黑点1><震屏>:Miss AK-47—!!! gsh18(0)GSh-18||<黑点2>97:...How did things end up like this?+I made every choice for them...+Could it be my fault...? Did I do this to them?+I can't believed I turned a warm and comfy slice of life manga into this for the sake of gags and entertainment... ()||:A dialogue box appears on the terminal screen.+BAD END.+Do you wish to start over from the beginning? Note - starting again will expend a page of manga sketches.+A) Start again. B) Continue. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Do you even have to ask? Of course I choose... ()||:GSh-18 looks at the thick manuscript in her hands. gsh18(0)GSh-18||<震屏>:TO START AGAIN!!! ()||<黑屏1>:GSh-18 savagely presses Option A.