()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()||<黑屏2>9710194:At the forward basecamp. gsh18(2)GSh-18||<黑点1>:I'm here!!! This time, I'll definitely make it!!! FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<黑点2>1<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! ()||<黑点2>97<黑点1>: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. ()||<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. ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 picks Option B. ()||<黑点2><边框>21:AK-47 eagerly picks up a cooked skewer. AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:This taste... 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-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>:... ()||<黑点2>97: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. ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 selects Option A. 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— AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Feel the wrath of vodka! P7(0)P7||<黑屏1><边框>2:%*¥@%#*... ()||<黑点2><边框>27:Several hours later. 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 of 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. ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 picks Option A. FN49Mod(0)FF FN49||<黑点2>6<边框>2:But...Miss Kalina told us to stick closely to the route for this expedition... +Apparently a previous expedition team strayed from the path and terrible things happened to them... SPAS12(0)SPAS-12||<边框>2:Yeah, I think I heard about that too. P7(0)P7||<边框>2:Let's not do anything which would scare FF FN49. AK47(0)AK-47||<边框>2:Alright then. ()||<黑点1><边框>2BGM_Empty:AK-47 shrugs nonchalantly, then prepares to leave the frozen lake. ()||<黑点2>9710051:A dialogue box appears on the terminal screen.+There is an upcoming quick-time event. Please press the appropriate button in time. Failing more than three times will result in mission failure. +The quick-time event will begin in 3, 2, 1... gsh18(4)GSh-18||:Here it is at last, the emergency modifications I asked QJY-88 to make are about to see use!+It's an overall upgrade of speed and dexterity in both hands, and I can even get perfect scores on Master-difficulty songs!+Finally, I can bring you home...+And I've got new inspiration for my manga... ()||:An A button appears in the middle of the screen. GSh-18 quickly presses it. gsh18(4)GSh-18||:Even I could handle the Easy difficulty before my modifications. ()||:GSh-18 smiles as she continues pressing the lettered buttons which show up with one hand. +An E button appears on the screen, and before the E button can disappear, a Q button appears as well. gsh18(4)GSh-18||:So the speed's gone up to Normal level? Looks like I'll need to use both hands. ()||:GSh-18 presses the buttons with ease, with her other hand helping from time to time.+Several buttons appear on the screen at once, but GSh-18 responds to them in time and hits them all. gsh18(4)GSh-18||:So it skipped past Hard difficulty and went straight to Expert?+Humph, I'm an agile close-combat Doll, surely you're making light of me! ()||:The quick-time event speeds up, as though in response to GSh-18's provocation. gsh18(4)GSh-18||:So we're on Master difficulty now, huh... This is the difficulty that suits me! ()||:GSh-18's arms move at high speed, stirring up the air and messing up the hair of the passing Dolls. NPC-Kalin(4)Kalina||:GSh-18! What are you doing to my screen?! ()||:At this moment, GSh-18's world is consumed by the buttons that rapidly appear before her. She can't hear the outside world at all. gsh18(4)GSh-18||:My manga...+...must have...the best ending... ()||:Two buttons appear on the opposite ends of the screen. Just as GSh-18 strives to reach out and press them, a new button appears in the middle of the screen. gsh18(4)GSh-18||:I knew this was coming... How lame... +People have been drawing stunts like this for hundreds of years!!! ()||:GSh-18 bashes her head into the screen without any hesitation.+Ping—+The quick-time event vanishes.+Something appears on the screen that GSh-18 has never seen before.+CONGRATULATIONS!+And on the screen, the expedition team slowly proceeds along the road back to the base. gsh18(2)GSh-18||BGM_Empty:Thank goodness... This is the ending I wanted... NPC-Kalin(2)Kalina||:GSh-18!!! ()||<黑屏1>2:GSh-18 collapses to the ground. ()||<睁眼>82:GSh-18 jumps up from her chair with a shout. gsh18(0)GSh-18||BGM_Hello:What time is it? What happened to the expedition team? ()Computer Assistant||:The time now is 0834, December 2nd. The expedition team has returned safely. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Whew— Thank goodness, I made it... ()Computer Assistant||:While you were sleeping, you received 12 emails from Miss Kalina and the editor.+Miss Kalina wants you to get back to the Factory ASAP once you wake up.+The other 11 are emails from the editor asking about your submission. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:...While I was sleeping? Wait a minute, I remember I was watching the daily life of the expedition team. How did I get back here? ()Computer Assistant||:Yesterday, Miss Kalina brought you back while you were asleep.+Miss Kalina said you had dozed off while you were watching the activities of the expedition team and told me not to wake you up.+You have spent a total of— gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Say WHAT!? I was asleep...so everything that happened yesterday was a dream?+...Where's the manga sketchbook I brought back with me yesterday? ()Computer Assistant||:The book you brought back is blank. gsh18(0)GSh-18||:... +I must have left traces behind on the monitor at the forward basecamp!+Miss Kalina saw it back then... gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Miss Kalina! NPC-Kalin(1)Kalina<通讯框>||:What's the matter, GSh-18? NPC-Kalin(1)<通讯框>;gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Miss Kalina...what happened when I was at the forward basecamp yesterday? NPC-Kalin(1)Kalina<通讯框>;gsh18(0)||:Hahaha, perhaps the daily life of the expedition team was too boring, because you actually fell asleep. NPC-Kalin(1)<通讯框>;gsh18(0)GSh-18||:... +Was it really all a dream? NPC-Kalin(1)Kalina<通讯框>;gsh18(0)||:It seems you had a really exciting dream? NPC-Kalin(1)<通讯框>;gsh18(0)GSh-18||:It's nothing... +Thanks for sending me back to my dorm, Miss Kalina... gsh18(0)GSh-18||:I'm hanging up. ()||AVG_tele_disconnect:GSh-18 suddenly looks at her blank sketchbook. ()Computer Assistant||:As a gentle reminder, you don't have much time left... gsh18(0)GSh-18||:Ahhhhhhhhh— I got it already!!!! ()||:GSh-18 weeps as she takes up her pen. ()||<黑屏1>6:THE END. ()||<黑屏2>597BGM_Empty:On the night of December 1st. NPC-Kalin(2)Kalina||GF_Memorial:GSh-18!!! ()||<黑点1>:GSh-18 collapses to the ground. +Kalina scoops up GSh-18, who is scalding hot, in her arms and carries her to the Factory. Type88(0)QJY-88||<黑点2>22:I guess these temporary modifications are defective... NPC-Kalin(7)Kalina||:Why did GSh-18 suddenly ask you to make temporary mods? Type88(0)QJY-88||:I didn't quite understand what she was saying either.+All I know is that it was an emergency and she swore she was going to save the expedition team or something?+She said she'd failed many times, and that she had to succeed this time... NPC-Kalin(7)Kalina||:... +Did she blur the line between manga and reality? Type88(0)QJY-88||:She must have been under a lot of pressure to turn in a manuscript... NPC-Kalin(7)Kalina||:We'll let her rest after taking off the temporary mods, as though it were a dream...+When she wakes up, we'll give her a proper upgrade and improve her neural cloud's stability.+Remember, you have to keep this a secret too... Type88(0)QJY-88||:Okay... ()||<黑屏1>:GSh-18 sleeps soundly in the repair tank, muttering to herself from time to time.