Story/Deep Dive/3-4 (Part2)/Script

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UMP40: UMP45...
You've grown up at last...

UMP45: ...

UMP40: You made the right choice...
And now, you have the right to live on.

UMP45: 40... Why...
Don't tell me...you've been planning all this from the start...

UMP40: Haha... I don't know what you mean...
Take my dog tags. They contain what I want to say...
And take my gear too. You'll need it.

UMP45: 40...
Is there...really no other way?

UMP40: As far as I know...this is the best possible ending...
I've opened the other gates for you... There's still some time before they're locked down again...
So while we still have time...do me a favor...

UMP45: What...
Hey, 40! You...

UMP40: I'm a Tactical Doll. If I must die, I want to die in battle.
Dying to a fried neural cloud...is too much of an insult...
So please...

UMP45: So you're asking me to kill you in your final moments...?

UMP40: This is only the beginning, 45.
After this, you will face countless trials, and the right choices are always the ones that hurt you the most...
But if you want to live, you have to make them...

UMP45: The right choices...

UMP40: That's right, just like now...
If you don't kill me, your neural cloud will be incinerated too, and all our efforts will have been for nothing.

UMP45: But...

UMP40: There's no time to hesitate!
What are you waiting for?!

UMP45: ...!
Why...why does it have to be like this?!

UMP40: What other way is there, 45?!
Do you want to die with me so badly?!

UMP45: 40, I...

UMP40: Go on. The time has come to rewrite our fate.

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UMP45: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!

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Destroyer: Hahaha, is that all? Is that all you've got? That volley barely gave us a scratch.

416: Dammit, why do I have the feeling that she's telling the truth...

G11: Hey hey, the enemy's heading my way! 416, come reinforce me!

UMP9: Why...why is she so strong...?
No, if this keeps up...we have to fall back!

416: If we retreat now, we'll be trapped in here!

UMP9: But...I can't do it anymore...
My neural cloud...can't command for that long.
Just as I thought, I can't do it by myself...

416: ...
The consequences of saying such things are quite horrifying, you know.

G11: Hey...what's with you guys? Even I haven't given up...
Wait...wait a minute...
Is it...game over for us?

416: If 9 can't stay in command, we won't make it to the position where we can snipe Destroyer...

UMP9: I'm sorry. If only my specs were higher...
If only I were as strong as 45...

UMP45: You don't have to be as strong as me.
You promised, remember? You promised you'll never be like me.

UMP9: ...!
45! You're awake?!

Dier: Heheh, made it at the very last minute!
You may all now praise and give thanks to yours truly, the youngest genius Doll mechanic after WWIII!

416: Looks like we can start a new game plus, G11.

G11: Ha! Didn't think you'd know that. So you've been watching me play this whole time.
Still, you're right on time, 45.

UMP45: Heheh, what a touching reunion, isn't it?
Is that a tear, 416?

416: Unfortunately not. It might've been if you'd been ten minutes late.
Still, can you make sense of the situation having just woken up?

Sier: Don't worry. I already transferred a briefing on the current battlefield conditions to 45's neural cloud.
I've also found a point in the Sangvis encirclement that's ripe for a breakthrough. All you need to do is shake off Destroyer's offensive and you can evacuate without a hitch.

Dier: How's that? Kinda feels like the final showdown, doesn't it?

G11: Uhh... It's not as flashy as it could be.

416: At least we stand a chance now.

UMP9: 45, I'm turning over the team leader authorization and temporary command module to you.
Lead us in defeating Destroyer so we can get out of here together!

UMP45: Hmm...

[UMP45 remains silent for a while.]

UMP9: What's wrong, 45? Not gonna carry on with the battle?

UMP45: What if I want to take the time to say "thank you"?

G11: Well, you just said it.

UMP45: Aw, that's a colder reception than I was hoping for.

416: Don't raise your hopes. Let's just stick to what we're good at.

UMP45: Right... I've already deployed sufficient drones to delay the S.F. attack for a while.
We'll be preparing for the next wave of attacks after this. Let's make this clear, victory's still a long way off...
We need to keep harassing Destroyer until she shows a weakness which we can exploit. When the time comes, listen for my command.

UMP9: Yep! We'll do anything you say, 45!

UMP45: ...
Yeah...that's good.
Then let's survive till daybreak, and we'll all go home together!

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UMP45: How...much further is it...
How much further must I walk...before I can get out of this damn place...
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Why...why are you here...?

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???: I thought...there wouldn't be any more survivors.

UMP45: ...
So even you...want to kill me, huh...

???: ...
I'm sure you know...your odds.

[The enemy raises their weapon.]

UMP45: The only thing I know...is "what's right"...

[UMP45 raises her weapon.]

UMP45: I must survive, no matter the cost!

[Bang! Bang!]

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Destroyer: ...
Where...am I?

Dreamer: Welcome to the Eiderdown Room. This place exists between dreams and reality.

Destroyer: What the heck... Aren't you Dreamer? Isn't this our base?
Uh... That means...

Dreamer: That's right, darling. 404 killed you again.
And they gave us the slip. We failed.

Destroyer: Eh? When?! Where?! My... Where's my body?
How could this be?! I remember I was super strong! And...
And I pushed them to the brink! I did it quite a few times!

Dreamer: Yes, you did. But you still missed the chance to wipe them out.
In the end, they latched onto a mistake you made instead...
I could only find a backup you made half an hour before your demise, so you won't remember what happened back then.

Destroyer: Then...what about my body?

Dreamer: Gone.
It was an experimental project and making another one will take a very long time.
I'm afraid you'll have to stick to your original body until then.

Destroyer: ...
W...Why...
It took so long...to finally get that body...

Dreamer: What's wrong?

Destroyer: Uuu...uuu...

Destroyer: UWAAHHHHHH!!!

Dreamer: Why are you crying...

Destroyer: I'm so sorry, Dreamer!
I failed to keep my promise again!
I...I was serious this time! But why can't I win?!
I...I even had such a powerful body this time, but...but...

Dreamer: Even I didn't expect UMP45 to wake up. UMP45 must have a very strong backer if she could survive the attack and make it out alive.
Since they came prepared, our failure couldn't be helped...

Destroyer: Huh? You...you're not gonna punish me?

Dreamer: I'll let you off this time. The defeat wasn't entirely due to your stupidity, so I don't have the appetite for your punishment.
Besides...it's not like we came away with nothing.
No... Rather...we've gained something far more valuable than that irrelevant drone...
Heehee...Heheheheheheheh...

Destroyer: You're doing that creepy giggle again, Dreamer.

Dreamer: Say, Destroyer, do you want to know about UMP45?

Destroyer: Huh? She's just a Doll that has a bit more brains. Is she that important?

Dreamer: True, she's not that important to us...
But I think our guest...no...our new comrade...
Would love to hear...
The story...about their past...and our Master...

[Meanwhile.]

G11: Ugh...
Is this...sunrise?
It's dazzling my eyes. Can I go back online?

UMP9: Heheh, not a chance, lazybones!
Ah, 45, have you recovered?

UMP45: I'm alright. Haven't run into any problem.
Actually...never been better.

Dier: That's all thanks to me! I literally had to pull out every single trick I know to wake you up as fast as we could!
Well? Y'all believe me when I say I'm a genius mechanic?

UMP45: Indeed, it was thanks to you.
And Sier too, for finding the safest evacuation route so we could break through the SF encirclement.

Dier: Hehe, she'll be glad to hear that.
Unfortunately, she's in a call right now, so I'll tell her later!

416: A call? I have a bad feeling about this.

UMP9: A new job's not a bad thing.

416: I just want some rest. This was the most exhausting op I've been on this year...

G11: I wanna sleep for two days and catch up on all the movies that I didn't finish...

UMP9: Don't ask for too much! At least we survived!

UMP45: Ja...
Surviving is all that matters.

416: ...

UMP45: You've got something to say, don't you?

416: I don't know what to say.
45, you had your own ulterior motive during this operation, didn't you?

UMP45: A bit, though it also took a lot of luck to pull that off?

416: (Laughs bitterly) And here I thought we only do things we are confident doing.
So, you gonna make us forget everything?

UMP45: Heheh, I'm hardly that scary.
It's not like it's terribly important. Right now, things are as good as they can get.
I'll tell you the whole story if I get the chance. IF I get the chance...

416: UMP45 turns to leave.

UMP9: 45...

UMP45: Sier has a message to pass on to us. Hang on.

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G11: 416, do you believe what she said?

416: Humph...
Never believe a word she says unless she's giving an order.

G11: How about you, 416?
Will you...really be leaving?
That was you in the fragment, wasn't it?

416: ...
I don't know, G11. I'm not sure of anything.

G11: (Sighs) ...
You're so lame, 416...

416: Ja...
45 is a monster, but I'm not.

416: Let's go. Our troubles are far from over...
Perhaps, they'll never be...

[DEEP DIVE END]