()||<BIN>9</BIN><黑屏1>0,10</黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>357</BIN><BGM>GF_21winter_avg_pathfinder</BGM><SE1>AVG_Jet_Passby</SE1>:[Berlin, at a temporary safehouse near the airport.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_footsteps_woodfloor</SE1>:[The Commander is anxiously pacing the room again after losing contact with Kryuger.]+[After a few rounds of going back and forth, the Commander finally comes to a halt.]
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:Have Khaybar contact “Sir”. 
AR15Mod(0)<Speaker>AR15</Speaker>||:Got it.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1><BIN>9</BIN><黑屏2>:[Some time later—]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:Click.
()||<黑屏1>:
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||<黑屏2><BIN>357</BIN>:<color=#00ccff>What a coincidence… I was planning to contact you myself, Commander.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:Sir, I need your help.+Mr. Kryuger is in trouble and I can’t do anything about it for the moment.+Only you can help him now!
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>No need to worry, Commander.</color>+<color=#00ccff>I was just about to say… It’s just a misunderstanding.</color>+<color=#00ccff>There was a small communication problem earlier.</color>+<color=#00ccff>It has since been resolved.</color>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:It’s been resolved? 
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[The Commander’s eyes widen and a weight suddenly lifts from their chest. Even their voice softens.]
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Yes, they will receive the appropriate treatment that they are due.</color>+<color=#00ccff>However… We had to make a small concession.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:…A concession? What kind of concession?
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Cease all your ongoing operations, Commander. </color>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Cease operations? …What do you mean by that?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[The Commander frowns, and the pressure on their chest returns – The Commander has the feeling that what SIr is talking about isn’t as simple as he makes it sound.]
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:We were about to make some progress with our investigation… If we stop now, all our efforts will have gone to waste.+Also, what does this have to do with Mr. Kryuger?
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Commander, I know you must be anxious to rescue Ange, but you also need to abide by the regulations.</color>+<color=#00ccff>Casually bucking the rules or acting impulsively will not bring you victory… This world runs on order.</color>+<color=#00ccff>And not passion.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:…What is that supposed to mean?
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>If you want Kryuger to be safe…</color>+<color=#00ccff>Then you will have to learn to give up certain things… That is the principle of equivalent exchange.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:…So you want me to give up on Ange? Is that it?
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>There are times when we are compelled to make sacrifices.</color>+<color=#00ccff>It is a fact that all mature individuals will eventually have to face.</color>
NPC-Griffin(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:<size=50>…You used us as a bargaining chip again, didn’t you?!</size>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>From where you stand, your view of the world is too narrow, so I do not blame you.</color>+<color=#00ccff>But you must learn the meaning behind things… That is an unavoidable conclusion.</color>+<color=#00ccff>We can’t have everything our way.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:I’ve heard enough of that, Sir.+“We can’t have everything our way”. +But as things stand now, all I’ve done is suffer losses and setbacks. Not once have I ever won anything. +And now, an opportunity stands in front of me.+Yet you want me to give it up for the sake of a hollow “victory”?
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Everyone can be sacrificed to achieve a greater goal.</color>+<color=#00ccff>Angelia is an agent. She already knew this was coming… Or are you saying you think her life is more valuable than Kryuger’s and the PMC’s?</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:…Everyone can be sacrificed, you say.+Then why Ange?
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Sacrifices have never been partial to anyone. Anyone can be a sacrifice.</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:So you have the right to decide who is sacrificed, then?
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>…Don’t miss the forest for the trees, Commander. </color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:...I’ve lost my base and my friends and you want me to not get caught up in the details?
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Stop work on everything you are doing now. I’ll think of a way to resolve Kryuger’s situation.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:[The Commander bites their lip, their thumbnail digging deep into the second joint of their index finger.]
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:…I refuse.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>…</color>+<color=#00ccff>So you will abandon Kryuger and the PMC?</color>
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:…No.+I won’t abandon anyone. At least, not until I have to.
NPC-Griffin(1)<Speaker>格里芬</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>This is not a discussion, Commander. Right now, I–</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:[Click.]+[The transmission ends.]
KH2002(0)<Speaker>海拜尔</Speaker>||:…Commander?
AR15Mod(8)<Speaker>AR15</Speaker>||:…Did you just hang up on our big boss, Commander?+And while he was in the middle of saying something?
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:... +…I guess I did.
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>丹德莱</Speaker>||:I think it was an accident. Perhaps the signal isn't good.
AR15Mod(4)<Speaker>AR15</Speaker>||:It’s not often that we agree.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[The Commander turns off the transmission, and then sighs heavily.]+[Now, nobody can call off this operation.]
NytoIsomer(3)<Speaker>丹德莱</Speaker>||:Commander, the Aeneas meeting room is paging you.
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10220</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>85</BIN>:...In the Aeneas meeting room.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>85</BIN><SE1>AVG_NightVision_Start</SE1>:[A massive tactical sand table sits in its midst, with the position of each squad marked on it, to facilitate deployment by the Commander.]+[Among the various colors used to represent each squad, there is a patch of black that is especially eyecatching–]+[The “Dead Sea”.]
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Is everyone here?
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00ccff>Yes. After compiling the information from everyone, Iron Element will head over to the meetup point with Nitrogen Squad, and they will be the first squad to enter the “Dead Sea”.</color>+<color=#00ccff>Umbrella, Unicorn and Chess Queen will be behind them.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:A gaze containing a mix of fear, uneasiness and anxiety lands on Iron Element and Nitrogen.
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:Thank you.
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Before we officially enter the “Dead Sea”, we will simulate the conditions in the Dead Sea from our experiences and past information to better formulate some simple contingency plans.</color>
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>We are currently in need of those.</color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>From what we could find in our database, the location which is most similar to a Black Zone’s conditions is</color>
M4 SOPMOD IIMod(3)<Speaker>M4 SOPMOD II</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff> ...... </color>
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>What’s the matter?</color>
RO635Mod(2)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>That would be the area where Ange set off that dirty bomb.</color>
()<Speaker>Commander</Speaker>||:……
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker><通讯框>||<BIN>85</BIN>:<color=#00ccff>Wait a minute. Isn’t Ange the subject of our rescue? How is she still alive after triggering a dirty bomb? And as a human being?</color>
SP9(0)<Speaker>Commander</Speaker><通讯框><同时置暗>||:Yes.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff> ...... </color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>After the dirty bomb went off, everything within 500 meters of ground zero was instantly evaporated.</color>+<color=#00ccff>The radiation levels of the surrounding area spiked to Black Zone levels, while the air was filled with visible radiation particles.</color>+<color=#00ccff>There was intense transmission signal disruption too. We specially built the Aeneas meeting room in order to ensure clear comms, so we don’t have to worry about that for the moment.</color>+<color=#00ccff>In addition, Black Zone radiation has an extreme degenerative effect on both structures and Dolls. While we underwent anti-radiation preparation before setting out, there’s no telling how it’ll hold out in the Black Zone.</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:The Dolls nervously watch the screen and its depiction of the apocalyptic aftermath of a dirty bomb detonation.
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>It doesn’t even look like it’s on Earth any more.</color>
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff> ...... </color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>These are the conditions we can expect to face. </color>+<color=#00ccff>Absolute silence, no movement or life, only the specter of intense radiation stalking you everywhere.</color>
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Makes me think of that time we had to hustle during a sandstorm…</color>
UMP45Mod(0)<Speaker>UMP45</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>That’s a very appropriate description.</color>
RO635Mod(0)<Speaker>RO635</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Mind your radiation protection, and remember to report anything you encounter.</color>
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Understood.</color>
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>480</BIN><SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1><BGM>GF_EV9_Story</BGM>:[On the edge of the Red Zone.]+[As Nitrogen Squad thinks about their upcoming destination, there is a grim cast to their expressions which they don’t bother hiding.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:It feels like we’re going into a dead zone containing all kinds of secrets…
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:This is my first time entering a Black Zone too.+I’ve run simulations and drills before, but the pressure can’t compare to the real thing.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:They say you’ve been to a lot of places, so I thought you’d been to a Black Zone…
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Well, you were only just rolled out, so obviously you’d have gone to fewer places than me.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Still, Black Zones are all listed as forbidden, no matter where you go.
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Yup, At the very least, I’ve never been on a mission that required me to go so deep into a Black Zone before. +Still—
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Still?
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:There was one time… I got careless during an ELID sweeping op and got separated from my team. +I went the wrong way, and accidentally grazed the border of a Black Zone…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:No. 9 suddenly pauses mid-sentence, then begins losing herself in her memories.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:No. 9?
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Was it a bad memory?
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:…No, I didn’t actually enter the place, because my team leader stopped me in time.+Apparently, I was standing like an idiot not far from the Black Zone, staring blankly over there like I was bewitched…
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Ehh…
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:It was as though someone was calling me.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:It seems a lot of dangerous places have a trait like that. They broadcast some kind of field that attracts people, but are even Dolls vulnerable to it too?
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:I didn’t go too deeply in there, so I can’t answer you, but there is one thing of which I am sure–+You must never enter such a place lightly.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:……
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Alright, look on the bright side.+We’ll have a lot of conversation fodder once we finish this mission and head back, right?+Like say, “Hi, I’m a Doll who’s been on secret missions in Black Zones before, I won’t accept a price like this” and all that.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:<size=50>Is THAT what you call a conversation fodder?!</size>
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Looks like you’ve got a lot of stories to tell.
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Hehe, tell you what, one fine day, we’ll go get some snacks and tea and a private room and I’ll tell you all about them. Does that work for you?
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:…+…Wow, I’m kind of looking forward to it.
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:That day will come eventually once we take care of the problems ahead of us.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Yup! When Leader Mona says it, I’m sure of it!
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Let’s start with the first one. While we wait for Iron Element to return, let’s upload our data to the server.+No matter what, we mustn’t forget this promise.
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Yup!
()||<黑点1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1><BGM>GF_21summer_avg_Demon</BGM>:[...On the other side.]+[Architect and Gager have been running all the way and they have finally caught sight of Nitrogen Squad.]
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:We made it, Miss Knight!
BOSS-9(0);BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:I see them.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>;BOSS-7(0)<Position>0,120</Position>||:We’ll meet up with Nitrogen Squad, and then we’ll be entering the Black Zone, huh.
BOSS-9(0);BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:Yep.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>;BOSS-7(0)<Position>0,120</Position>||:If anything happens, just abandon me. I won’t hate you or anything.+After all, you ended up being dragged into this squad because of me.
BOSS-9(0);BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:…Shut up.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>;BOSS-7(0)<Position>0,120</Position>||:Aw, don’t be so stubborn about it. Otherwise I get the feeling we’ll both bite it here.
BOSS-9(0);BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:Why did you become so invested in your job after going over to Griffin?
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>;BOSS-7(0)<Position>0,120</Position>||:I don’t think so, but you on the other hand, you ended up adapting quite well after joining the enemy of your own accord.
BOSS-9(0);BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:I joined them?+Huh, do you think Svarog could have caught me if I hadn’t gone to rescue some legless idiot?
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>;BOSS-7(0)<Position>0,120</Position>||:You’ve always been so nice to others, Miss Knight. You just can’t abandon your friends.
BOSS-9(0);BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:……
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:But don’t forget, the person you should be nicest to is yourself.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:[Architect doesn’t wait for Gager to reply. Instead, she raises her arms and warmly waves to Nitrogen Squad in the distance.]
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:...After Nitrogen and Iron Element meet up.
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||<BGM>GF_22W_BGM_2</BGM>:Welcome, Iron Element. We desperately need long-range firepower. +We hope you’ll be able to play the role of remote fire support in the upcoming battles.
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:No problem.
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:…Nitrogen Squad is ready to enter the “Dead Sea”.+Do you need time to prepare? We still have some time set aside for it.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:Haha, you’re so kind~ But nope!+We backed ourselves before coming here.+It’ll be OK no matter what happens!
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:So you were assuming something would come up. I respect that sort of determination. +Or should I say it’s a way of thinking? Are all Sangvis Ferri Dolls like that?
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:…Sorry, I need to verify the terrain. Give me some time to decompress data.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Uh, so do you need some time or not?
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:I’m sorry, you don’t need to listen to that moron.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_XXS_kick</SE1>:<size=50>Who are you calling a moron?!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[As they kick up a fuss, the five of them look at each other.]+[Whether they’re familiar or strangers, whether or not they want to work together, they are going to have to trust their lives to each other after this.]
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:…I’ve heard a lot about S.F. Manufacturing, so I’ll let you handle the fire support. +If there’s nothing else to say, then we’ll head out now.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:Mhm… Sure, no problem.+Boom! Boom! Boom! +That’s my specialty… But in turn, can I trust you with leadership?+Miss Mona.
SP9(2)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:……Yes.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[And so, Iron Element and Nitrogen Squad of  Operation Aeneas officially enter the Black Zone.]
()||<黑屏1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BIN>9</BIN><BGM>10213</BGM><黑屏2><黑屏1>:[...]+[Due to their unique vocations and experiences, both Nitrogen Squad and Iron Element have entered Red Zones before.]
()||<黑屏2><BIN>480</BIN><黑屏1>:[They have seen things within the Red Zones which are difficult to explain.]+[Most of the time, it’s a barren world strewn with bare rocks everywhere, along with primitive, ruined structures, roving ELIDs and strange patches of flowers which send chills down one’s spine.]
()||<黑屏2><BIN>472</BIN><黑屏1>:[The abundant life which once lived there has fallen beneath the contamination of radiation. The lucky ones simply die. The unlucky ones come back in another form.]
()||<黑屏2><BIN>9</BIN>:[At times, even the wind doesn’t dare blow wildly, and the air grows stagnant with the intense radiation particles in it, making it thick and nauseating all year round.]+[They understand this – it is a terrifying place, where the radiation intensity can easily kill human beings.]
()||<白屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<白屏2><BIN>485</BIN><SE1>AVG_Geiger_Counter</SE1>:... +[...Even so, despite knowing all this, the moment they enter the Black Zone is when they feel a decisive sense of “discrepancy”.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:…Urgh.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[Rhino can feel a chill crawling up her spine. Every step she takes makes her head feel light, as though she could faint at any moment.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Is this…the sense of pressure you were talking about?
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[No.9 has been quiet ever since she entered the Black Zone.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:[The device on her head moves unnaturally, as though it were acting out her anxiety.]
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:…Back then, I saw something like this when I was standing on the edge.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[She and Mona are walking at the front of the group. They haven’t encountered any enemies yet, but they’re already high-strung.]
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:…Should I say it’s surprising that there’s still some vitality in this place?
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:(Heaves) …Please don’t make cold jokes like that, Miss Knight.+I feel like I’m going to puke…
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[...it is very hard for them to describe the kind of world they’re in.]+[The omnipresent darkness extends from close by to as far as they can see–]+[Ominous-looking green crystal formations protrude from the ground. Massive stone spikes gleam with a profound light. Every step they take lands inside a sticky fluid.]+[The radiation particles here are everywhere, and they have clumped up, becoming visible to the naked eye as they fall and collect in low places all around them.]+[They look like stubborn mildew clinging desperately to the terrain, and if one looks at them for too long, one might even start to imagine that they’re breathing.]+[The eerie green mixed with the jet black of the rocks is sickly and terrifying.]
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Don’t keep staring. Stay focused.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>Rope</SE1>:Um…urgh, it feels bad.+I can feel them starting to multiply inside me…
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:D-d-d-don’t say scary things like that okay?!
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:…You can wash it off when you go back.+Think of it as growing mushrooms.
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:That’s not much better either…
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1>:[In addition, the wind here isn’t silent. It roars and howls as it coils around the Dolls.]+[It’s as though someone who died of hatred poured all their strength into one last, vengeful curse.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Also… Do you get the feeling that someone’s talking to us…
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:It’s the wind.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Really? But…
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Rhino, you’re an investigator of the unusual, so you’re more sensitive to the environment than we are.+So perhaps it might seem particularly obvious to you, but don’t worry, it won’t cause any real problems.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Ok……
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:<size=50>Ahh, this is such a drag! Why don’t I tell a joke to cheer everyone up!</size>
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:Don’t do unnecessary things
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:But it’s not good for everyone to be wound up so tight!+Do you know why some humans’ butts make extra loud noises when you spank them?
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:W-Why is that?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[As Architect puts on a show of being relaxed and cheerful, the Dolls seem to relax for a moment, but right after that–]+[All the Dolls tense up again.]
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:Put your hands up!
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Get down!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10130</BGM><SE1>AVG_AMB_Wind</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=7</controll_shake>:In the distance, a sudden gust of wind blows a bank of green fog from where it was standing toward the Dolls.+As it draws closer, the Dolls can see figures within the fog…+They look like humans, but also like a bundle of ugly tree roots all knotted together, or like shadows cast by leaves at night.+Whatever they are, they’re rushing toward the Dolls at top speed.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:H-Halt!
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1>:[Clack-clack-clack– Their nerves wound tight to the utmost, the Dolls disengage their weapon safeties and take aim at the figures in the fog.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:<size=50>STAY BACK!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_rifle_finalshot_h</SE1><震屏3>:[Bang–]+[Rhino, the most sensitive to her environment, fires the first shot.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:[It is soon followed by more shots–]+[A stream of gunfire fills the air.]
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Don’t fire blindly! Pull back first!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:[The Dolls avoid the onslaught of the fog in slow motion, like they’re wading through a swamp.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>Stop_AVG_loop</SE1>:[But the creepiest thing is that the fog is moving much faster than them.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_whitenoise</SE1>:[Soon, the fog and the fiendish figures within wash over the Dolls–]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||:<size=50>Noooooooo!!</size>
QBZ191(0)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:clam down!
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><SE1>AVG_tinnitus_0</SE1><BIN>9</BIN>:[Rhino collapses to the ground in despair and squeezes her eyes shut, not daring to look at the ominous shapes.]
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:It’s just an illusion caused by the fog, Rhino.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:Whew – I was so scared I nearly bluescreened back there.
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position><黑屏1>||:It’s just fog.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM><黑屏2><BIN>485</BIN><SE1>AVG_wind_grass</SE1><SE1>AVG_Geiger_Counter</SE1>:[Rhino opens her eyes. They are now inside the green fog.]+[But there are no mysterious figures inside the fog.]+[Soon, the fog leaves them, flowing toward an unknown direction…]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:Eh……
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Let’s stop here and take a break. I’ll give RO a sitrep.+If Chess Queen gets the coordinates we provided, we should be able to get a wealth of data from it.+We might not even have to travel unnecessary distances.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:That’s what we need most right now…
()||<黑屏1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑屏2><BIN>486</BIN><BGM>10194</BGM><SE1>AVG_Team_Running</SE1>:...Elsewhere, Grey and company are dashing at top speed.
NPC-Morridow(9)<Speaker>Morridow</Speaker><Position>0,100</Position>||:How much longer to the listening post?
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:There’s still a while more.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:Bangbangbang– The sound of intense gunfire comes from the distance.
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:Grey! Those Dolls have caught up with us!
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:<size=50>Dammit… Where’s our backup?</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Grey is usually calm, but now she’s practically snarling into the communicator.
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>布拉梅德</Speaker><通讯框>||<SE1>AVG_tele_connect</SE1>:<color=#00ccff>Ah, I’m here~♪</color>+<color=#00ccff>Don’t make such a racket, Grey. Getting worked up does you no good.</color>
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:Where are you? We need backup.+Our tails are following us too closely.
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>布拉梅德</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Oh, I know that, but what’s the point of you constantly rushing me?</color>+<color=#00ccff>It’ll take some time for me to get there, you know.</color>
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:You’ve taken enough time to run to and from Avernus three times already.
NPC-Bramedb(5)<Speaker>布拉梅德</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Really now? That’s strange, why does this route feel so long today?</color>
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:……
NPC-Bramedb(3)<Speaker>布拉梅德</Speaker><通讯框>||:<color=#00ccff>Right, enough chitchat. I’m going to focus on running now.</color>+<color=#00ccff>Hope to see you soon♪</color>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_tele_disconnect</SE1>:[Click.]+[The disconnection is so swift that it almost feels like she’s doing it to hide her uncontrollable laughter.]
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:Gray ...
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[Grey grinds her teeth.]
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:…Looks like our backup isn’t coming.
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:……
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:…No, now isn’t the time for despair.+We need to get to the flying machines, the most recent patrol is—
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:Grey, we can’t leave them free to catch up with us.
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:……
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:I’ll go intercept them.
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:But you’re hurt, and further combat will be too much of a strain for you.
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:…I’m fine. +If we let them get too far in… You’ll be scolded by Father.
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:……
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE2>Gunfight</SE2>:[Bangbangbang–]+[The constant gunfire seems to be drawing closer to them.]
NPC-grig(1)<Speaker>Grig</Speaker>||:The flying machines can only seat two people, so you should go first.+…They can’t keep up with my speed. I’ll come once I shake them off.
NPC-MrsGray(9)<Speaker>Grey</Speaker>||:…Alright.
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:[Grey looks at the wounds which cover Grig’s body and freezes for a moment. Then she nods and props up Morridow, who’s on the verge of passing out, before turning to leave.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Sword_Scope</SE1>:[Whum–]+[Behind her, Grig’s vibrating sword hums once again.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><controll_shake>%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8</controll_shake><BIN>9</BIN><BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:[Whoosh–]+[A cold, terrifying glint cleaves the air beneath the moonlight.]
()||<黑点1>:
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<黑点2><BIN>485</BIN><BGM>BGM_NightOPS</BGM>:[...On the other side, Nitrogen and Iron Element have recovered from their shock and set out once again.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:We were running blindly back there, I wonder where the trail went…
QBZ191(4)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||:Relax. I’m sure you can help us find it again.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||<SE1>ClothingUp</SE1>:……
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||:What’s the matter?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:Mona suddenly comes to a halt.
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:I think I heard the rustling of cloth.
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:It’s all the wind, I’m numb to it now.
QBZ191(2)<Speaker>九号</Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_keyboardtype_sci</SE1>:Not picking up enemy signals.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:Frankly speaking, I get the feeling someone’s giving us a death glare.
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||<BGM>BGM_Empty</BGM>:…+Get ready for battle. This idiot's pretty useless, but she has a keen sense for danger.
BOSS-9(0)<Speaker>建筑师</Speaker>||:<size=50>HEY!</size>
SP9(0)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:Just in case, get rea—
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Sword_Scope</SE1>:[Whum—]
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||<SE1>Select</SE1>:-!?
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<BGM>10203</BGM>:[A familiar blade hum fills the air once again. Mona subconsciously raises the muzzle of the gun she’s holding.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1><SE1>AVG_20Winter_Knife_Whoosh</SE1><震屏3>:[Whoosh–!!]+[That phantasmal white figure darts through the black and green before them, like a praying mantis springing from its hiding place in a patch of flowers.]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker><Shake>0.1</Shake>||<SE1>AVG_Cut_Watermelon</SE1>:<size=50>Ugh...!?</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[Though they’ve been forewarned and are on their guard, amidst their hurried evasions, Rhino’s body sprouts a great deal of clearly visible wounds in an instant.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:[Whoosh–]
Rhino(0)<Speaker>芮诺</Speaker>||:So fast…
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||:<size=50>It’s Grig!</size>
()<Speaker></Speaker>||:[The group turns to look as Grig, clad all in white, stands on top of a towering monolith, looking down upon the world with a cold gaze.]+[She is like a brilliant moon in this sinister world.]+[A curved, sharp new moon, dripping with fresh blood.]
()<Speaker></Speaker>||<SE1>AVG_Cloak_Whoosh</SE1>:[Whoosh–]+[After the Dolls see who she is, Grig nods slightly before kicking off and vanishing.]+[This time, she doesn’t charge into the midst of the squad, but vanishes into the fog.]
SP9(3)<Speaker>Mona</Speaker>||<SE1>RunStep</SE1>:…She’s trying to wear us out, keep that in mind!+Iron Element, we’ll need your fire support!
BOSS-7(0)<Speaker>计量官</Speaker><Position>0,120</Position>||<SE1>AVG_weapon_reload</SE1>:Roger.
()||<黑点1>: