Story/Normal 7-3 (Part2)

Early evening on the same day, after patrols.

I've compiled the report for the day and recorded the audio file for the AR Team, which is being uploaded to HQ...

Meanwhile, in the center of Area S05, Griffin territory.

Griffin Detention Centre codenamed “Mario's Princess”, altered from an abandoned human sanatorium.

System Broadcast

Routine inspections over. Tactical Dolls M4A1,

System Broadcast

M16A1,

System Broadcast

M4 SOPMOD II

System Broadcast

Please return to your quarters.

M16A1

Phew...

m45

Everyone on the AR Team, this way please.

M4 SOPMOD II

Gosh... It's finally over...

M4 SOPMOD II

It's the same every single day. When is it gonna end?!

M16A1

16LAB is still working on a way to counter Parapluie.

M16A1

They'll probably turn us loose once they've got some result...

M4 SOPMOD II

Tsk.. Persica'd better hurry.

M4 SOPMOD II

I can't take this much longer...

M4 SOPMOD II

AR-15 is gone... But Sangvis Ferri is still doing whatever the hell they please...

M16A1

...

M16A1

SOP-II, we WILL have vengeance.

M16A1

Helian promised she'd assign us an operation once we're outta here.

M16A1

We'll keep on fulfilling the purpose of the AR Team and turn Sangvis Ferri inside-out till we get to the bottom of Mastermind's identity.

M4 SOPMOD II

Yeah? Then I can't wait to get started...

M4 SOPMOD II

We might as well go straight for this Mastermind!

M4 SOPMOD II

Arghhhh let me out! I wanna tear her to pieces! Pull out all her teeth! And hack off her head!

M4A1

Shut it!

M4A1

Can you just keep quiet?!

M4 SOPMOD II

M4...

M4A1

(Softly) ...Sorry.

...M4 walks ahead alone.

M16A1

Just pipe down a little, SOP-II.

M16A1

M4 is taking it the hardest...

M16A1

And you know how hard she tried to put on a happy face in the recording for the commander yesterday.

M16A1

After all...she feels the most guilty for what happened...

m45

Um... Miss M4, dinner is ready.

m45

Would you like to dine in the cafeteria or should I bring it to your quarters?

M4A1

...

M4A1

Cinnamon rolls again?

m45

Apologies. Ingredients are limited at the detention center. Cinnamon rolls and sandwiches are all I can make.

m45

I'm working hard on improving the recipes and will try to dish out something new tomorrow.

M4 SOPMOD II

Uh... So it'll still be bread...

m45

Deepest apologies. Due to security concerns, HQ has restricted the resources coming in and out of the detention center...

M16A1

Nah it's fine. You're already trying your best to jazz it up even if it's just cinnamon rolls.

M16A1

M4, let's go to the cafeteria. We gotta talk to Helian later anyway.

M4 SOPMOD II

Oh yeah! And she'll play us a recording from the commander, right?

M4A1

...

M4A1

I am not in the mood. Go on your own.

m45

Miss M4, you should still take your meal. HQ has given...

M4A1

...HQ has given specific orders for me to eat, you mean?

M4A1

So no matter what it is, as long as it is an order from Griffin, I have to do it, yes?!

m45

Miss M4, please calm down...

M4A1

Who are they to lock me up in here?!

M4A1

We are T-Dolls produced by 16LAB! We are only loaned to Griffin!

M4A1

Dammit!

m45

(Whimpers)

M16A1

Hey, M4! Don't take it out on her!

M16A1

m45 is only a supervisor here. I know you're pissed but don't use her as a punching bag!

Negev

Hey, what's going on in here?

Negev

What's all this fuss about?

M4A1

...

M4 SOPMOD II

Ah, Miss Negev...

M4 SOPMOD II

M4 isn't in a good mood. Did we disturb you?

Negev

Humph... Nah it's fine...

Negev

But seriously, what's the deal with your leader? I haven't even said a word all the while I've been here...

M16A1

There's no helping it. The AR Team's neural framework is a bit different from that of IOP T-Dolls.

M16A1

The emotional fluctuations can be more volatile...

Negev

Humph. You're also 16LAB's lab rats, but I don't see you two sulking.

Negev

At least try to LOOK like a leader. She's not the only one in a bad mood.

Negev

Just think about me. I only went in there to rescue you guys, but ended up being locked up and scrutinized in here too...

M4A1

...I did not ask you to rescue us.

M16A1

M4!

Negev

Ha! Sorry, dear! No matter how outstandingly capable I am, in the end I'm only a lowly T-Doll fabricated by IOP.

Negev

Put it simply: I can only act on autonomous stratagems laid down by a commander.

Negev

(Stands up) Otherwise, a loser like you isn't worth...

m45

Um... Everyone please calm down...

m45

It's almost time for Miss Helian's call. If she sees this...

...Click.

m45

Oh, that must be Miss Helian.

M16A1

...She seems to be earlier than usual.

m45 accepts the call.

m45

Hello, Miss Helian?

...

......

??

Found you.

m45

...Hmm?

??

There you are, M4A1.

M16A1

Hey, who the hell are you?! Show your face!

...A soft clap is heard from the other end of the call.

??

Go.

??

I want M4A1 alive. The rest...

??

...Are expendable.

M4 SOPMOD II

m45! Duck!

m45

...Huh?

...!!

Negev

W-What happened?!

M16A1

m45 got shot!

M16A1

SOP-II give me a hand! Drag her to the back!

M16A1

Dammit! Our comms are jammed again! I can't send a distress signal!

M4 SOPMOD II

Sangvis Ferri! They're here! They're everywhere!

M16A1

Quick, M4! Command us to counterattack!

M4A1

What? Me?

M16A1

Still not catching on, M4?!

M16A1

Hurry up and organize a counterattack, or we'll all die here!

M4A1

But...

M4A1

Asking me to command so many T-Dolls all of a sudden... Not to mention most of them are unfamiliar faces...

M16A1

That's precisely why we need you, M4!

M16A1

There are no commanders here. You are the only one with the same level of commanding efficiency in the whole of Griffin.

M16A1

That's why, M4, you are our only hope...

M16 grips M4's shoulders...

M16A1

We said we'd get outta here together, didn't we?

M4A1

...

M4A1

Understood.

M4A1

M16, give me some time to calibrate my modules and improve my condition...

M16A1

Sure. We'll try our best to buy you time.

M16A1

SOP-II, let's go!

M4A1

Asking so much of me all of a sudden...

M4A1

...（Breathes deeply）

M4A1

But...there is no other way...

M4A1

...Off we go!

END