()||9<黑屏1>0,10BGM_Empty: ()Morridow||477Heartbeat<睁眼>:…… ()||:[On the brink of death, Morridow lies on the surgical table, holding her breath and not daring to make a sound.] ()||:[...At least, not until that man speaks.] ()||:[A clean, slender hand takes hold of a somewhat dated record player, and then guides the needle onto the surface of a vinyl record.] ()||GF_21summer_avg_Demon:[Shortly after, elegant, flowing music breaks the silence, filling the air all around and echoing in the cramped room.] ()||ClothingUp:[Those long, slender hands now hold a surgical scalpel firmly within their grip, its translucent blade gleaming in the light.] ()Morridow||:... Father. NPC-William(0)?威廉||:Shh. ()||:[The man presses his index finger to his lips, cutting off Morridow’s voice with some dissatisfaction.]+[The keen edge travels back and forth before Morridow, reflecting the light into her eyes, and she can’t help but feel a slight chill in her heart.] ()||ClothingUp:[(Rustle)] ()||:[The scalpel’s edge is as thin as a cicada’s wing. It slices open her skin, and amidst the cool sensation, she can feel warm, fresh blood flowing down her cheeks.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:Nemhran says… You claim to have something important to report. ()||:[The man’s voice is very quiet, as though what he was doing down was a gentle, loving caress.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:You know that I hate to waste time. ()Morridow||:…… ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>:[Gurgle…]+[Morridow gulps subconsciously.]+[…She knows very well that making this request is a huge gamble.]+[But at the same time… She is certain that she cannot lose.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()Morridow||477<黑屏2>:…Lunasia. NPC-William(0)?威廉||:…… ()||:[The sharp blade halts on Morridow’s cheek. The wounds from earlier continue gushing blood, but none of it touches the scalpel.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:Where did you learn that name from? ()Morridow||:…I saw her in person, Father. ()||:[Morridow forces down the fear in her heart, and keeps the quavering from her voice.] ()Morridow||:Please…give me a chance. NPC-William(0)?威廉||:…… ()||AVG_tele_connectBGM_Empty:[Morridow summons up the last of her strength and connects to the room’s holographic projector.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>201AVG_PPT_Switch<边框>2m_avg_labyrinth:[It is a familiar garden. Two indistinct figures sit side by side.] ()???||<边框>2:You really do like this garden very much, seeing as you come here to keep me company every day. ()???||<边框>2:My apologies… koff koff… if only my body were a little better. You still have your research to do, right? You don’t need to keep worrying about me. Go do what you want to do. ()???||<边框>2:We’re simply taking shelter here for a while. Once the storm passes, Father will surely bring us back. ()||477<白屏2>AVG_SlapBGM_Empty:[A resounding slap lands on Morridow’s cheek, forcing her to stop her simulation.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||GF_21summer_avg_Demon:THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE!! ()||AVG_Water_Drip:[Morridow does not continue speaking, because the edge that could take her life at any moment is now pressed against her throat.]+[There is blood…it flows downward, drop by drop.] ()Morridow||Stop_AVG_loop:…Of course not, Father. ()||:[Though she sounded confident enough in front of Grey… Right now, the anxiety she feels is choking her.]+[Her life, or perhaps her death, are entirely at the whim of the person before her.] ()Morridow||:I have had the honor of speaking to her… And more than once. NPC-William(0)?威廉||:Sister… ()||ClothingUp:[The man mutters quietly, unconsciously letting go of Morridow’s face.]+[Then his brain seems to work rapidly, and the look on the man’s face goes through countless changes in a short span of time.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:Is she still there? ()||:[As she looks at the savage joy on the man’s face, Morridow takes a deep breath to help preserve her calm.] ()Morridow||:She has already left–+–But I know how to see her again. ()||:[Before the other party’s face can turn gloomy, she hastily adds that last line.] ()||Rope:[The man violently wrenches up Morridow’s head and stares her dead in the eyes.] ()Morridow||:…… ()||:[She holds her breath once again, meeting his gaze without flinching.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:…… ()||ClothingUp:[After a brief moment of silence, the man slowly lets go.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:I will not permit a third person to know of this. ()Morridow||:…Yes, of course.+I know that very well, Father. NPC-William(0)?威廉||:…Good. ()||ClothingUp:[The man turns around and glances at a White Nyto behind him.] NPC-William(0)?威廉||:Send her to the modification room. I’ll be there in a few minutes.+…Be honored. I have not performed a procedure myself in a long time. ()Morridow||:Thank you, Father… ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>AVG_door_elecportBGM_Empty:[Morridow is almost dragged out of the room by the Nyto.]+[She droops her head weakly, and the strands of her hair cover her face.]+[Nobody can see her smiling.] ()M4A1||:...If that is what you wish for, then I can grant it. ()||:[Morridow closes her eyes, and in the darkness she sees M4 smiling at her, her face full of pity.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑点2>455AVG_The_Division_Baggage_bomb_Activation:[Click.] XM8MOD(0)XM8||BGM_NightOPS:Um…This is the last place. ()||AVG_tele_disconnect:[After turning off the offline map in her hand, XM8 carefully severs the security circuits in the power distributor before her.Then she holds her little knife in her mouth before sticking a bomb onto it.] XM8MOD(0)XM8||:Miss Persica’s amazing… I didn’t think this offline map could actually simulate the layout of the power plant. ()||:[Also, if one thinks about it, it would be practically impossible for her as a single individual to paralyze an entire power plant…]+Yet the pulse bombs provided by Persica have made the impossible possible. Nyto(1)黑涅托||AVG_21Winter_FT_Heel:…… XM8MOD(0)XM8||:......! ()||ClothingUp:[As the patrolling footsteps draw close, XM8 pulls her entire body behind cover.]+[Behind her, the white troopers and their accompanying Nyto march primly down their patrol route. XM8 watches their backs nervously until they vanish completely from view. Only then does she dare stick her head out.] XM8MOD(0)XM8||Stop_AVG_loop:…I’d have been dead if they had found me. ()||:[The security at the power plant is tighter than she imagined.] XM8MOD(0)XM8||:…… ()||:[She briefly glances downward.]+[There are less than five minutes until the detonation of the first bomb she planted explodes.] XM8MOD(0)XM8||AVG_tele_connect:Chess Queen here, the mission will be complete in five minutes. That’s all, ()RO635||:Umbrella copies. ()||AVG_tele_disconnect:[Right, that’s taken care of…]+[XM8 takes a deep breath.]+[The detonation is only the beginning. She’s going to make this place the world’s messiest battlefield and stand her ground for as long as she can.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2>BGM_Empty:[This game of chess will be her masterpiece.] ()||<白屏1>: ()||<白屏2>460%%code=CJ_WC_piaofu%%GF_22W_SFX_chant:[...In Avernus’ main hall,.]+[Ethereal singing fills the air.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Through me the way into the city of miserable melancholy, +Through me the way into the tower of utmost delight,+Through me the way into the doomed masses. Nyto(2)黑涅托0,50||:Two suns, shining on two paths. NytoWhite(1)White Nyto0,50||:The path of the mundane world, and the path of the loving Father. NytoWhite(1)黑/White Nyto0,50;Nyto(2)0,50<同时点亮>||:As the Sanctuary has become a den of fiends, so have the heavenly scales become an altar steeped in blood and evil.+The goddess of vengeance cuts her chest open with her sword, striking her heart before screaming shrilly. NPC-MrsGray(0)||:…… NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||:I have journeyed half the course of our lifetimes.+I was guided from Heaven to Hell. NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:I had not yet died when you were born.+All the pain you felt was already erased from my memories. +We will be together, neither in Heaven nor in Hell, neither cursed or saved. ()||:[The massed Nytos gather around the faint light pouring on that fiendish-looking statue. Led by Nemhran, their voices blend into each other like a choir’s.]+[Even the maniacal, thoughtless Narcissus shows a quiet side of herself here.]+[This is a time which will not permit disturbance or disruption.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||ClothingUp:…… ()||:[As the gathered Nytos pray, Nemhran lifts her eyes slightly, toward the spiral staircase above her—]+[Morridow is there, covered in blood, being helped up its steps by a pair of Nytos. NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Looks like she survived…+…Father is truly merciful. ()||:[Nemhran looks away from them and gazes thoughtfully at the statue before her.]+[Today, the headless goddess points toward the light, just like every other day.] NytoWhite(1)黑/White Nyto0,50;Nyto(2)Position>0,50<同时点亮>||:Merciful Father, bring us— NPC-MrsGray(0)||460BGM_EmptyAVG_Power_DownAVG_21Winter_Open_Light:[Snap.]+[Suddenly, an ominous humming interrupts the praying voices.]+[The black and white Nytos rise to their feet one after the other, looking around at their surroundings which have been deprived of their illumination for some unknown reason.] NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||AVG_ElecSpace10106:…An alert? What happened? NPC-Bramedb(6)布拉梅德||:It’s the power station. NytoWhite(1)White Nyto0,50||AVG_tele_disconnect:Big Sisters…+Intruders have appeared on the platform! NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Narcissus. Narciss(2)娜希斯||<震屏3>:...Heh, Hahahaha! + Good, good, I was getting bored of this anyway! ()||RunStep:[Upon receiving Nemhran’s go-ahead, the already-antsy Narcissus takes off her mask to reveal the crazed look on her face before she runs out of the main hall.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<关闭蒙版>9AVG_The_Division_Baggage_bomb_Activation:[Beep—] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||AVG_Shield_Startup<黑屏2>460%%code=CJ_WC_piaofu%%:[After a brief warning chime, the backup power supply kicks in, and the hall returns to its original state.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Do not worry. ()||:[Though her voice is quiet, Nemhran instantly quells the uneasy Nytos.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:This was expected… Were you hoping that these bothersome flies would do nothing but buzz around before our eyes? NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||:…… NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:I detected 14 Dolls before this. +The one at the power plant is… ()||AVG_keyboardtype_sci:[Whoosh—]+In an instant, the data on Tactical Doll XM8 enters all the Nytos’ virtual cognition images.+From her model number, to her Imprinted weapon, her tactical inclinations, her service history… it’s all there. NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:There is no need to panic. +She is merely a capering clown. ()||ClothingUp:[With a casual glance to the person beside her, Nemhran makes a gesture.]+[The White Nyto beside her obediently steps up.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:The backup power supply will last one hour.+It is more than enough to eliminate this Doll. Send your people over. NytoWhite(1)White Nyto0,50||:Yes, it shall be done. NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Also… Once it’s done, eliminate all the personnel involved and replace them.+We do not raise failures here. NytoWhite(1)White Nyto0,50||:Yes…… NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||:…I will take responsibility for handling this matter. NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Of course you will. ()||:[Nemhran looks disdainfully at Grey.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:As for the other units… Report to me immediately once the battle begins.+I will share information in a timely manner. ()||:[Nemhran looks around at everyone.] NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:Leave only one survivor. As for the rest – Kill them all. NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||:…Understood. NPC-Bramedb(6)布拉梅德||:Got it. NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:This may be your last chance, Grey.+…Cherish it. NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||:…… ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<黑屏2><关闭蒙版>:[Grey closes her eyes.]+[In the darkness before her is Grig, so pale that she is nearly translucent, lying in a repair tank.] NPC-MrsGray(8)Grey||:... ()||<黑屏1>: ()||<黑屏2>460%%code=CJ_WC_piaofu%%:[She mutters to herself, and then leaves the hall in silence.] NPC-Bramedb(6)布拉梅德||:How sad~ NPC-Nemhran(3)Nemhran0,100||:As for the rest of you– Continue praying!+ Did anyone say you could stop? NytoWhite(1)White Nyto0,500.1||:......! ()||ClothingUp:[After Nemhran’s rebuke, the low-ranked Nytos who did not receive orders return to their places. ()||<黑屏1>: ()||9<关闭蒙版><黑屏2>:[And on the tower platform not far from this place, the curtains rise on a bloody massacre.] ()||<黑屏1>: ()||BGM_Empty<黑屏2>483:[..Avernus, on the tower platform.] ()||AVG_21Winter_FT_Heel10220:[The hollow-eyed Nytos pace out their patrol route like marionettes.] Nyto(1)黑涅托||Stop_AVG_loop:…… NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50;Nyto(1)||:How many flying machines were there in the captured listening post? NytoWhite(0)0,50;Nyto(1)黑涅托||:We are taking stock now, but there were at least six of them. However, some of them were destroyed. We can’t sync our information at the moment… NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50;Nyto(1)||:…… NytoWhite(0)0,50;Nyto(1)黑涅托||:Do you think the intruders will enter the tower? NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50||:How likely do you think it is that people will choose to die? ()||:There is a hint of disdain in the White Nyto’s voice.] NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50||:If they are willing to enter, that would be for the best.+The secret of Avernus must not be revealed. Even if they did not come, our sisters would not permit them to leave with our secret. Nyto(1)黑涅托||:…… ()||ClothingUp:[The Black Nyto nods in understanding.] NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50||:Have you finished your patrol? Nyto(1)黑涅托||:Yes. This is the 327th one today. No abnormalities found. NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,50||:Then— ()||:[The White Nyto nods, then just as she is about to turn and leave—] ()||RopeBGM_Empty:[Whoosh–]+[A hand suddenly bursts from the edge of the platform like an earthbound spirit, closing around the Black Nyto’s ankle.] ()||9AVG_Cloak_Whoosh%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8:[Before she can cry out, she is forcefully flung off the platform and into the abyss!] NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,500.1||ClothingUp:–?! ()||:[The White Nyto has seen all this, but just as she is about to cry out—] ()||AVG_Cut_Watermelon<白屏2><震屏3>10051:[--There is a flash of dazzling white light rising from the bottom to the top, which instantly pierces her throat.] ()||AVG_Cloak_Whoosh%%type_id=2%%duration=2%%delay=0.1%%range=8AVG_XXS_kick:[She tumbles to the side, like a puppet whose strings have been cut, and falls from the platform.] ()||ClothingUp:[Right after that, two girls in black struggle up from the edges of the platform.] ()||<黑屏1>: BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||<黑点2>483:Successfully arrived at the platform. BOSS-9(0)建筑师0.1||:Man, I’m beat… How come THEY get flying machines while we have to climb all the way up?! BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:…Cut the crap. It’s time to work. BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:Yup… You’re right♪ ()||AVG_weapon_reload:[Architect grins, and then loads the cannon she’s holding.] BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:Iron Element to Unicorn, we’ve reached the platform.+Preparing to fire— ()||Explode%%type_id=2%%duration=3%%delay=0.1%%range=8:[Kaboom—] NytoWhite(0)White Nyto0,500.1||:We, we’re under attack!! ()||AVG_Gatling_gun<震屏3>:[Bangbangbang—!!] +[The Nytos patrolling the platform are suddenly hit by an attack. In a panic, they try to counterattack, but they are promptly shredded by the heavy bombardment of ordnance from above.] ()UMP45||AVG_tele_connect:Unicorn copies… Oh, don’t start shooting before I even acknowledge, you dorks. BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:Enemies at 1 o’clock have all been eliminated. BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:Yaaay! What difference does it make? It all ends up the same anyway! Hahahaha!!! BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:Get back behind cover. ()||<黑点1>: ()||RunStep484<黑点2>:[The ferocious fire abates, and their nimble forms roll behind the transport truck they’re using for cover.] ()||<震屏3>Explode:[BOOM!!!]+[Amidst the glow of the explosions, they stand back to back, holding a cannon and crossbow respectively.] ()UMP45||:Oh well… Not like it’s a bad thing.+Umbrella and Nitrogen have begun their infiltration. Hang in there. BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:No problem– I guarantee aaaalll~ eyes will be on us! BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:Don’t get careless! ()||AVG_Gunfire:[After their initial panic, the Paradeus forces respond quickly and immediately surround the two intruders.]+[However, the expressions of the laughing one and the grim-faced woman do not change even in the face of so many enemies. They raise their weapons and generously baptize their opponents in flames.] BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:Start by taking out the heavy weapons on the platforms!+All we can count on here is a firepower advantage! BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:Got it! ()||AVG_weapon_reload:[Architect licks her lips and raises her cannon.]+[After a round of fire, she takes aim again, but not at the enemy, or their flying machines.]+[Instead–] ()||Explode<震屏3>: Boom! ()||Explode<震屏3>: Boom!! ()||Explode<震屏3>: Boom!!! BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:Where the hell are you shooting?! BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:At the tower entrance, of course!+Take that out first and their reinforcements won’t be able to arrive so easily! BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:......! ()||AVG_lifttable<震屏3>:[Before Gager can object, she sees that Architect bombardment has collapsed the passage that was originally used to admit transport trucks.]+[The white troopers and Nytos who couldn’t flee in time have been buried under the metal and rubble.] BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:That should buy us at least another five minutes, right? BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:You… BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||AVG_tele_connect:Iron Element reporting, no high-end Nytos detected on the platform. ()UMP45||:Unicorn copies. Don’t lower your guard.+They should have flying machines inside the tower.+Reinforcements should be arriving soon. ()UMP90,-50||:Which high-end Nyto do you think will show up? BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:…If it’s Grig or Grey, we can handle them.+Bramedb is even less of an issue, we’re not weak enough that we have to worry about being taken out by electronic disruption. ()UMP9||:Haha, then I hope you don’t draw the worst card. BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:It’ll be fine, I’ve always been confident in my luck!+Besides, even if they come from above, I’ll shoot them down before they land—!! ()||<震屏3>ExplodeBGM_Empty183:boom!!! ()||<白屏1>: ()||AVG_whitenoise<白屏2>484:[Hiss… crackle…]+[A sound that is a hundred times louder than Architect’s shells shakes them so hard that even their comms emit the sound of electrical static in protest.] BOSS-9(0)建筑师0.1||:…Hm?! BOSS-7(0)计量官0,1200.1||:Urgh…!!! ()UMP45||AVG_tele_connect:…Iron Element? What happened? BOSS-9(0)建筑师||:…… ()||AVG_Explosion10227%%type_id=2%%duration=4%%delay=0.1%%range=8:[A powerful explosion sweeps away the piles of twisted steel and debris in front of the passage. The flying metal sheets and stone crush the white forces and Nytos in front of Architect and Gager.]+[Not even in their wildest dreams did they expect to be attacked from behind while they were focused on dealing with the intruders.]+[...But this is not an ambush that is part of the plan. It is merely “her” kicking some bothersome stones out of the way.] BOSS-7(0)计量官0,120||:…Iron Element has encountered a high-end Nyto. ()||AVG_weapon_reload:[Ka-clack.]+[The cannon and crossbow load rounds at the same time, and the two of them turn to face “that thing” with a grave look on their faces.] ()UMP90,-50||:…How did they respond so soon?!+Who is it? Is it Grey? Grig? Bramedb?! ()||AVG_XXS_kick%%type_id=2%%duration=1%%delay=0.1%%range=8:[Tap.] Narciss(2)娜希斯||:It stinks… It stinks of intruders… ()||:[The petite Nyto leisurely strolling down the slope from the tower entrance surveys the ragged battlefield before her.]+[In the end, her murderous gaze turns to the two S.F. Dolls standing side by side.] Narciss(2)娜希斯||:Is it you? Are you the maggots who dared disturb my big sisters’ rest time? ()||<黑点1>: ()计量官0,120||9<黑点2>:…It’s Narcissus. ()||<黑点1>: