()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_stage13</BGM><黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>72</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...+As MP41 only becomes more and more joyous, Catherine smells a hint of danger.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Don't just stand there thinking you got the good end of the deal. She's given you nothing but notions, and you're rejoicing?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Huh? What do you mean?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Isn't it obvious? Your Captain's afraid of you just up and leaving, so she's dangling the chance of promotion in front of you to keep you happy.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:You mean... She's just trying to stall me?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Placing a hand on the confused MP41's shoulder, Catherine nods like someone who's been there before.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:But she's always been good to me, and my other friends in the squad too...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:MP41, there are often many obstacles on the path to success. Some are on the enemy's side, and some aren't.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:What should I do, then?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:If you want to do well for yourself, listen to me.+This is why I'm here, remember.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Ok, I trust you. What should we do next?
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:I've always been responsible for behind-the-scenes strategy, so I'll leave the combat to you. 
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Got it!
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>159</BIN><黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...Several hours later.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:After ensuring that the Paradeus scouts were down, Kar opened a channel to G43.
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:G43, has Colt Walker successfully entered the target area?
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Yes, mission is proceeding smoothly.</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:StG44, enemy movements?
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;STG44Mod(0)<Speaker>StG44</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Neither Colt Walker or G43 have been spotted. Enemies are still following their original patrol paths.</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Good, proceed as originally planned.+We'll continue to draw attention.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Putting down her terminal, Kar gestures for MP41 to follow.+Analyzing the situation before her, Catherine feels a certain uncertainty. She knows not whether it's from her intuition, or Maggie being so close and yet so far.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>MP41, does anything feel off to you?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>No, why? Isn't everything going as planned?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>It just feels like something's wrong when everything's going so smoothly...</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>This is good, isn't it?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0);98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:You've been quiet, MP41. Made any discoveries?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:...No, but something feels off.
NPC-Scalper(3);98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Your intuition has always been sharp, and things are certainly going a bit too smoothly.
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:G43, StG44, any abnormalities?
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;STG44Mod(0)<Speaker>StG44</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Negative.</color>
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>No enemies spotted, but I can't get in contact with Colt Walker.</color>+<color=#00CCFF>She mentioned possible jamming inside the facility, but I'm not sure if that's the exact reason...</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;g43(0)||:Try again when she is scheduled to exit the facility.
g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Received.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Kar removes her terminal from her ear. A blaring alarm sets off Catherine's unease—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><SE2>Alarm</SE2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:BRRM—
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:From the laboratory...
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>GF_21winter_battle_3</BGM>:G43!
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Captain, an alarm suddenly activated inside! All entrances and exits have been sealed!</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;g43(0)||:Can you contact Colt Walker?
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Negative!</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:StG44, any movement?
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;STG44Mod(0)<Speaker>StG44</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Enemy patrols are retreating, looks like they're heading back towards the laboratory...</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;STG44Mod(0)||:I will engage them with MP41. You two enter the facility and inform Colt Walker that we're retreating.
98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>;STG44Mod(0)<Speaker>StG44</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>There's more... Captain, they have reinforcements...</color>+<color=#00CCFF>From the underground tunnels...</color>
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Kar falls into a difficult position.
()||<黑点1><SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>72</BIN><黑点2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Miss, what do we do?+As I understand Captain Kar, she's absolutely going to order a retreat. We'll have come here for nothing!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Catherine bites down on her finger anxiously.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#A9A9A9>Maggie needs to get out of there...</color>+<color=#A9A9A9>I need to see her again, get answers from her...</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Do you have a plan?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:We can't just retreat. This opportunity... is important for you as well.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:I see we're of the same mind! How should I convince Captain Kar, though?+There's no way she'll agree to taking that risk!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Catherine loosens up her fingers, smiling in that all so familiar way.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:What do you need her approval for? You are you. You can decide for yourself.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:You think I should... Go solo?
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Yes, didn't you mention it before?+Before you joined Kar's squad, you were always a—
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:An elite lone wolf who never needed anyone else!
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:A task of this difficulty should be nothing to you then, yes?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Uh... That's not what I'm worried about, really.+I just feel like leaving Captain Kar behind by herself would be a bit too heartless.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Whether you'll be nameless and considerate, or a shameless person of merit is up to you.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:MP41's conscience lasts for a paltry three seconds.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:I'm sure Captain Kar can handle the situation herself!
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>159</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Having finally decided, Kar issues the command in the comms channel.
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Everyone, immediately retreat.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...MP41 silently packs up some supplies.
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:What are you doing, MP41?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Captain, we can't give up just like this! Colt Walker might have found something really important!
NPC-Scalper(3);98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:The risk is too great. There are far too many enemies for us to deal with.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Yeah, that's why I'm planning to circle around them and sneak into the facility to meet up with Colt Walker.
NPC-Scalper(3);98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Just like you circled behind Sangvis against Gager?
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;98KMod(0)<Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:So I've done it before? Thank goodness!
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:Do you really know what the cost will be? Is it worth—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:MP41 had already packed the duo's bags. She looks at Kar98k, a hint of cunning behind the determination in her eyes.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Captain, I'm doing whatever it takes to get this one on my record!
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:MP41 puts on her bag, soon bounding out of sight.
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position>||:...So you'll be leaving alone this time.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:By her lonesome, Kar gazes towards the jet-black clouds coalescing on the horizon.+A storm is coming.
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><黑点2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>GF_EV9_Intermission</BGM><SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1><黑点2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>98</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...Closer to the facility.+MP41 takes cover behind a bush, watching as Paradeus personnel pass by in droves.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>How does it look?</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...They're on the highest alert I've ever seen.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>Then, could Colt Walker have already...</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:I don't think they've caught her.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>Really?!</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Yes. If they did, they'd have already left with what they wanted.+This place is already exposed, no need to hold onto it any longer.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>So there's still hope...</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Since they're this fixated on finding Colt Walker, the intel must be important indeed. +Hehe, this is bound to be pretty big!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Beep. MP41's terminal begins to ring.
g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>God, MP41!</color>+<color=#00CCFF>I knew you'd be rushing right in at times like these!</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;g43(0)||:Why are you yelling so loudly?! Go on, retreat! Don't steal any of my credit!
NPC-Scalper(3);g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Captain said we couldn't just leave you behind. We're finding an area with suitable geography for distracting the enemy.</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;g43(0)||:What?! You're all mad! Go!
g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Captain told me to give you a shout. Go in when you hear our signal.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Beep. The call abruptly ends.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>You're lucky to have teammates that care for you like this.</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...Huh? They're just after the credit I deserve!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Catherine watches MP41 carefully with a thousand things on her mind, as if she had returned to a time long gone.+When she wasn't named Catherine, and Maggie wasn't Maggie...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Explo_Distance</SE1><震屏3>:BOOM—+An explosion comes from somewhere far behind her.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0%%range=3</controll_shake><SE2>Gunfight</SE2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Two Dolls appear far in the distance, firing on the patrol squads.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:Paradeus surges towards them...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:StG44? G43?!
g43(0)<Speaker>G43</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>MP41, now!</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Got it! Be careful!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><SE1>RunStep</SE1><震屏3><BGM>10394</BGM>:MP41 dashes towards a pitch-black window on the side of the building, as if it were her final charge...
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_door_elecport</SE1><黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>222</BIN><黑点2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:...+MP41 avoids the smatterings of Paradeus patrols, sneaking in.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:The plan was for her to enter through the ventilation system in the first level below ground. Then, she was scheduled to return by the same route 5 minutes later. I'm going to trace her steps.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>I don't know what's happened... I hope she hasn't run into any danger.</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:I'm just hoping she's gotten her hands on the intel already so I can swipe it and pull out, hehe.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
()||<黑屏1><SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>167</BIN>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:MP41 enters the building's basement, a sprawling tunnel network laid out before her.+Thankfully, there were no guards on patrol.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>How do you plan to find her?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Hehe, I'm an expert in this field.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:MP41 takes a sniff, nodding with certainty and walking forward.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:<color=#00CCFF>How are you so sure?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Scent.+I made sure to enhance my olfactory tracking systems.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>You're looking for... the scent of alcohol that sticks to her?</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Yeah~ The leather and flowers too. Sticks out in this place full of Paradeus bleach.
()||<黑点1><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:MP41 arrives at some marks left by combat after sifting through various tracks.+Some bullets and shattered parts.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Crouching down to inspect the scene, MP41 comes to a conclusion.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Mostly Paradeus stuff, but some Griffin as well.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>Are they... Colt Walker's? Is she wounded?</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Yeah, and she might be hurt bad.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:<color=#00CCFF>...</color>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Saves me some trouble, though. She'll have left behind more tracks.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Following the trail left by struggle after struggle, MP41 travels down the forking paths.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Door_Open</SE1><黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>805</BIN>:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:Click. As MP41 steps into the room, she hears the sound of a trigger's click.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Colt, it's me.
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:...MP41?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Putting down her gun, Colt Walker takes a half-reclining position behind a counter in the corner, making temporary repairs on her body.
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:How'd you get in? I triggered an alarm. All of those Paradeus on patrol should have made their way back.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;ColtWalker(4)||:Captain Kar and the others are distracting them to make time.
NPC-Scalper(0);ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:...Just those three?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>;ColtWalker(4)||:Time's short!+What about the intel? Did you find it?
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Yeah, here.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Colt Walker produces a hard drive. MP41's eyes light up, and just as she moves to claim it for herself—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<震屏3><SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:Thump.+She falls flat on the ground.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>332</BIN><黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:What are you doing?! I was so close!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_ElecSpace</SE1><白屏2><BGM>GF_21summer_intro_DemonVariation</BGM>:MP41's familiar neural space blinks with alarms.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker><Shake>||:Catherine, what are you doing?+Why can't I move...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Remember this well.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...What?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:When you sign a contract, make sure to read the last page carefully—+Make sure there's no fine print.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:MP41 tries to flip through her contract with Catherine, but she finds herself locked in a room without access. She can only watch as Catherine departs with a smile, leaving the neural space.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker><Shake>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:You tricked me... Goddamn liar!!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:...Sorry, this body's mine for now.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker><Shake>||:<size=50>Catherine!! You'll regret this!</size>
()||<黑屏1><SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>805</BIN>:
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:MP41! What's happening? You aren't wounded, are you...
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(3)||:...Ah, I'm fine.+What about you? How bad is the damage?
NPC-Scalper(0);ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:No major issues, repair program is already running.+Intel's here, I can get moving in just a moment.+But Kar and the others...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The image of Kar's despondent silhouette sending her off arises.
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:Weren't you in Kar's squad? Why take the risk trying to get in here?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...We suddenly lost contact with you, and I was worried that the mission was going to end in failure.+Thank goodness you're alright.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Colt Walker raises an eyebrow with some surprise, smiling.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:I thought before that you were a realist who only looked out for yourself.+I thought you were going to rip the drive out of my hands and leave, what with fake drive you prepared.+Didn't expect you to have a more tender side.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:Thank you for coming for me, but Kar needs you more right now.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Catherine stares at the dust upon the floor for a while, silent.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:MP41? Is something else the matter? We need to...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(1)||:What we were talking about last time...
NPC-Scalper(3);ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:What?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(4)||:About that good friend of yours. The one that used the same model of body as me.
NPC-Scalper(3);ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:The conversation we were having on the transport? This isn't the time for that, we need to—
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(3)||:I need an answer, or...
ColtWalker(4)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Colt Walker looks at Catherine, her back-turned silhouette trembling.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Is she well?
NPC-Scalper(3);ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(3)||:Where is she now? What does she do?
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Explo_Distance</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0%%range=2</controll_shake>:The distant sound of explosions and gunfire muffle as they enter the room, as if they were fables of another world.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Colt Walker shrugs, helpless. She smiles bitterly.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:She sacrificed herself in front of my eyes to save me.+I made several neural backups of her, though.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(3)||:Then...+Why not find another body for her?
NPC-Scalper(3);ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:It wasn't the first time.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(3)||:...
NPC-Scalper(3);ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:I spent a very, very long time with her. It wasn't the first time she had given herself for me.+If I had found her another body, loading her into it like I had in the past... That would mean it wouldn't be the last time I see her pay the price for me.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(3)||:...
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:I didn't want her to die in front of me again.+I hope that the next time she opens her eyes, she will find herself in a peaceful world, where we can live a tranquil life.+Just like we used to imagine.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Water_Drip</SE1>:Catherine does not turn around, hiding the tears rolling down on her face.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><回忆><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>469</BIN><边框>2</边框><BGM>BGM_Scar_Morichongfeng</BGM>:
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Come, Miss Poker. You've got a lot to learn.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Miss Poker?</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Miss Poker...?
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Yeah, since that's all you know. Might as well call you that.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Right.+Miss Poker it is, then.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>240</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><边框>2</边框>:
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Why should I believe you?+Perhaps you're here to take me out as well.
ColtWalker(1);NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Because I need you. If you weren't here, my master would discard me.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>;NPC-Scalper(3)||<边框>2</边框>:And I was thinking that you were going to thank me for saving you...
ColtWalker(1);NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:I'm not the same as that human who came seeking comfort.+Dolls who struggle every day to not be replaced don't fall for honeyed words rooted in fantasies. We always see reality in all its foul twistedness, through the membrane-thin veil of beauties.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>;NPC-Scalper(3)||<边框>2</边框>:Not bothering with sugar-coating the poison, are we?
ColtWalker(1);NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:This appears to me to be a fine offer for you, Miss Ghost House.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:All you must do is maintain the status quo. You need not do anything more to be safe.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Indeed.
()||<SE1>AVG_20Winter_Drink_Tea</SE1><边框>2</边框>:She produces a bottle of wine and with it another glass, filling both glasses.
ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:I do appreciate you. A toast, to celebrate our agreement.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay><BIN>356</BIN><边框>2</边框>:
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:We'll set up something bigger, more advanced next time. Something more than this sorry haunted house.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Haha, sure.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:I've already come up with a fine idea...+From now on, I'll be Maggie Ponzi, and you'll be Catherine Ponzi.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Miss Poker</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Ah? But that's our owner's name...
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Ghost House</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:They won't mind. They might even be happy someone's getting the name out there.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框>:Then—+Honored to meet you, Maggie.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>玛姬</Speaker>||<边框>2</边框><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:I could say the same, Catherine.
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><关闭蒙版><BIN>805</BIN><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Colt Walker gives Catherine a pat.
ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:What's with you? Why so silent all of a sudden?
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(1)||:I just remember that... I have a friend like that too...
NPC-Scalper(0);ColtWalker(1)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:And are they doing well?
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>;ColtWalker(1)||:Yes, she is.
NPC-Scalper(0);ColtWalker(2)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:That's good.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Yeah, it is...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1><BGM>BGM_23S_Crossroads_Warrior</BGM>:Beeeeep.+An emergency message.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:I'm here.
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:<color=#00CCFF>...Situation... Rep...</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The communications were still being disrupted.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Captain, I've met up with Colt Walker, and confirmed acquisition of the intel.+How's the situation over there?
98KMod(0)<Speaker>Kar98k</Speaker><Scale>1.3</Scale><Position>0,-150</Position><通讯框>||:<color=#00CCFF>Ok... Retreat... you... immediately!</color>
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Captain Kar?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:Beep. Call ended.
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||:Not looking good over there.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:...
ColtWalker(3)<Speaker>Colt Walker</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:What are you thinking?
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()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>72</BIN><黑点2><CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_2023Slow_Keyboard_Correct</SE1>:Catherine opens the cell holding MP41.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:MP41 immediately rushed forwards, intent on ending it once and for all with Catherine. The latter calmly stops her.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:I knew you were a filthy liar! Pretending to be some sort of guru because you wanted to steal my body!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:I might be a liar, but I still plan to hold up the deal.+Even if I am taking a bit more than my fair share...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:MP41 stares into Catherine, distrustful.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:Like hell I'm believing you! You definitely want to take my body for good!
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Why would I let you out, then?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...+What other goals do you have, then? Are you after my bank card or something?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:I got those when you installed me.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker><Shake>||:...Huh?
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Listen to me—+Thanks to your valiant efforts, Colt Walker is safe and the intel has been acquired.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:The Commander's not going to notice me for that alone...
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Yeah, you were able to get in here mostly thanks to your teammates providing cover for you.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker><Shake>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<size=50>Ahh! The Commander's going to give them the commendations for sure!</size>
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker><同时置暗>||:Don't you want to...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Catherine suddenly realizes that the girl standing in front of her is yet to realize her own feelings towards her teammates. Approaching from a different angle, Catherine smiles shrewdly.
()<Speaker>Catherine</Speaker>||:Don't you want to get the credit for their work?+I have a move that can turn you into this operation's first and foremost hero.
NPC-Scalper(3)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||:...
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:Suspicion fills MP41 as she contemplates Catherine for another moment. She eventually gives into temptation, smiling exactly as Catherine does.
NPC-Scalper(0)<Speaker>MP41</Speaker>||<CGDelay>0.5</CGDelay>:Do tell.
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