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Florence (GFL2)

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"I can't sleep yet, I still have work to do..."

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Record 1

After the Commander left Griffin, Florence started growing bored with her increasingly dull life. In search of more excitement, she decided to leave Griffin and embark on a journey into the unknown. After that, Florence took up a medical vocation once again as a travelling physician.

Due to Florence's hatred of boredom, she was quite willing to take up tricky cases and even render her services for free, which earned her quite a bit of fame. She also tried working with underground brokers to take on secret, exotic, and hidden cases. Although her methods and wicked laugh were discussed in hushed whispers filled with dread, her outstanding professional skills made her a renowned underground doctor in broker circles.

Still, despite not lacking for thrills in her life, it ultimately left her unsatisfied. It was only when she made contact with her long-lost Commander that she truly felt excited again for the first time in a long while. Her cheerful and straightforward side compelled her to seek out the Commander for her own amusement. Always one to take the initiative, Florence is used to resorting to all manner of devilish means to obtain what she wants and to satisfy her restless heart. Even if it means plunging into the abyss as a result, she will still savor every moment before her annihilation.

Record 2

Florence's whimsical nature meant that she did not have a destination in mind. When she left Griffin, she was purely focused on enjoying the adventure ahead of her.

However, the truth was that as a medical Doll, Florence had an innate sense of responsibility and kindness, which meant that she could not simply abandon the sick and wounded that she saw. For that reason, she began conducting herself like a travelling physician, helping everyone she met who needed her services.

During this time, she encountered several unrecorded illnesses, which led to her picking up her old habit of concocting new medical formulas—a source of the joy that had long evaded her. And so, Florence officially hung up her shingle as a practicing doctor and began delving deeper into formulating and administering pharmaceutical therapies.

That said, many of her patients were explicit about never ever wanting her help again, unless there was absolutely no alternative.

However effective her drugs and methods were, her unique... personality meant that her passionate nature was a little hard to bear at times.

Record 3

Generally, Florence did not concern herself with being paid for her medical services. This directly resulted in her being destitute for a very long time, to the point where she couldn't keep working on formulating new drugs.

This was also the point when she started working for financial gain. She tried working with various underground brokers, secretly took on some medical cases, and provided those brokers with the formulas for certain self-made drugs. Florence's professional skills meant that she was very well-paid for her efforts (an entirely unsurprising outcome), and acquiring a clinic and lab of her own was a natural development of these circumstances.

However, there were times when Florence would refuse these brokers' requests.

"Can you really not make a medicine like that?" Florence had heard those words several times before from displeased partners, who had barely managed to rein in their emotions before quietly continuing, "What kind of a top-notch medical Doll are you?"

However, Florence didn't seem bothered by those words at all. She merely smiled and leaned back in her chair before placing her feet on her table and pointing to the door, indicating where those brokers could go.

In truth, it wasn't that Florence couldn't meet their requests. However, there was one ironclad principle that she never deviated from—which was that anything she made had to be completely harmless.

Record 4

"Are you truly... a doctor?" The girl stared at the Doll before her. Said Doll had a diabolical smile on her face; if not for the medical paraphernalia all over her, it would be hard to imagine that she was a medical Doll.

Before this, the girl had always thought that the "fiend angelical" was nothing more than an urban legend of the contamination zones—

How could there be anyone out there who would venture to the edges of the Red Zones by herself simply because she was interested in E.L.I.D. while helping so many of the infected along the way?

In the contamination zones, there were many people whose first reaction after discovering they had contracted E.L.I.D. was not to ask for help, but to hide their illness. Part of the reason was the enormous medical bills, but it was to avoid the stigma associated with it. There were even those who went as far as to use their sickness to make a "trade".

And then, so came this doctor who had come to the contamination zones for reasons nobody knew, who was actually willing to give these people the supplies they needed as long as they accepted her treatments and cooperated with her research.

—Yes, not only could she ease the pain of those afflicted, but she could even compensate them with supplies.

"You could have just ignored us, right? After all, we're beyond saving, aren't we?"

The girl muttered quietly, clutching her tattered old jacket around her in a defensive reaction, but her eyes still lit up from anticipation despite herself.

"So you've heard of me, then? Good, that simplifies things." Florence threw her coat open and pulled out a syringe. "Ready to take your medicine, my new patient?"

It was true; the "fiend angelical" of the contamination zones had a grin that would be at home on the face of the Devil himself.

With that thought in mind, the girl abandoned herself to Florence's tender mercies.

Record 5

Ever since Florence boarded the Elmo, the complaints about her have never stopped.

Be it the shambles of the lounge, the training equipment she broke, or the "special surprises" she prepared, the endless parade of "evidence" against Florence was enough to give the Commander a headache.

"Were there really that many complaints? Only half of the Dolls on the Elmo spoke up, after all." Florence did not seem bothered by the testimonies against her. "Speaking of which, are there really any Dolls on the Elmo with normal neural clouds?"

Strictly speaking, among the Dolls who had not spoken up against Florence, there were a few who had fallen for her temptations and wound up becoming unwitting accomplices of her "wrongdoings".

"...It doesn't matter what reasons you have. In any event, I don't want to have to receive more emails complaining about you in the future."

"But it's so booooooring being stuck here all the time..." Florence lapsed into thought, then began approaching the Commander, still with a smile on her face. "How about this, Commander, I have a suggestion—"

After some bargaining, they decided that the Commander would help her with her experiments and go on excursions with her every now and then.

Following that incident, it was obvious enough to everyone that Florence was much more subdued than before. However, nobody seemed to realize that all of those unsettling ideas of hers were now solely directed at the Commander...

Record 6

"My, Commander. Here to pay me a visit?"

The first thing I saw when I stepped into the room was Florence's smile. It was so broad that her eyes were narrowed in mirth, and there was an ardent gleam in them.

However, what really grabbed my attention was the bright white straitjacket she was wearing, which securely bound her arms and legs.

Despite her predicament, her dazzling smile meant that she didn't look the least bit miserable. In fact, I suspected that she was actually enjoying herself.

"Florence... what are you up to now?"

"But Commander, wasn't it your esteemed self who messed up my body like this?" Florence's smile grew ever wider.

I recalled yesterday's events. I distinctly remembered saying something about having to restrict her movements for the foreseeable future, but...

I looked at Florence again as she lay on the examination bed. How had she inferred such meaning from those words of mine?

"...While I have no idea how you understood what I said, if you like it this way, then suit yourself."

And with that, I turned to leave.

While I had no idea what she was planning, the best way to deal with Florence was just to ignore her antics.

"Huh? Commander?" Florence seemed surprised by my reaction, but her full-body straitjacket meant that all she could do was wriggle frantically on the bed. "Commander, wait! Don't go!"

"Aren't you going to punish me? Commander? Commandeeeeerrr!!"

I closed the door behind me, trapping her wails in the room with her. That was the best way to punish Florence.

Record 7

"Ohhhh—!! Commander, this is fun!"

Despite the infectiousness of Florence's laughter, I couldn't bring myself to laugh from my place beside her. Even without her saying it, her reaction told me that we'd be going on this rollercoaster again.

Or rather, again and again.

While I wasn't exactly opposed to this sort of ride, going on it so many times was exhausting, to say the least.

Still, if I satisfied her requests, she wouldn't get up to her headache-inducing stunts on the Elmo.

"Let's take a break, Commander." However, after we got off Mr. Bones' Wild Ride, Florence defied my expectations and did not force me to go another round with her.

"Not going to ride it again?"

Florence did not answer me. Instead, she dragged me over to a stall selling crepes.

"Well, we've been on it so many times already. Why don't we have some of these instead?"

While there were many Dolls who were passionate about sampling various foods, Florence was not one of them. The fact that she would abandon the rollercoaster for crepes just seemed all kinds of peculiar.

I accepted the crepe she gave me with doubt in my heart.

"You like these?" I was curious because I hardly ever saw her favor any kind of food.

"Well, I like anything I can eat with you, Commander." Florence stuck out her tongue and licked off the thick smear of cream on her lips. "And besides, you're tired, aren't you, Commander? You need to get ample rest so you can better savor your next thrill."

Florence's sudden introspection took me by surprise. At the same time, an indescribable heat and energy spread out from the core of my being, wiping away all my fatigue.

Wait, what?

"Ah, it seems the drugs just kicked in, Commander." Florence looked up, and at last I saw that familiar cat-that-got-the-cream smile on her face again.

Record 8

"Florence had been acting very strangely of late.

Or rather, she'd always been strange, so the fact that she'd been acting so normally was instead quite suspicious.

She's been well-behaved and diligent during commissions and didn't do anything to overstep her bounds. Neither did she resort to various ways and means to trick me into her room for ""experiments"". In fact, she was resting alone in her room in between missions, just like the other Dolls would.

But every now and then, she'd come to the ops room with an earnest look on her face to serve me something purported to be afternoon tea.

According to my experience, it would be nearly impossible for any food or drink she served to not be laced with amusing extras. Therefore, I merely sampled morsels of it, but to my surprise, it all turned out to be ordinary tea and snacks this time.

—Something's not right.

""...Florence.""

And so, I waited by the doorway to her room today and grabbed her.

At first, she froze up. Then she turned around and smiled her usual smile at me while leaning against the frame of the doorway.

""Oh, it's you, Commander. I was wondering who it was. Nope, no experiments planned for today."" She leaned forward a little, looking up at my face. ""Or are you finally hooked on me, Commander? Someone's being rather bold.""

We had known each other long enough that I understood everything about her. Despite her usual air of calm and her daring words, I could sense that she was bluffing from the resistance in her limbs.

""Pray tell, why have you been acting so strange recently?""

""Commander, why is it that you can always tell the reason why other girls are behaving unusually but you're instead so clueless when it comes to me?"" After blushing for a moment, Florence suddenly grabbed my hand. ""In general, when a girl begins acting awkward all of a sudden... there's only one reason for it.""

Florence slowly tugged me aside and began pressing me against the wall.

""Don't you get it, Commander? I've been so strange recently because I've fallen in love with...""

—I couldn't bear to hear any more of that.

I put Florence out of my mind and opened the door to her room.

""Uwaaaaaahhhh! Commander, aren't you at least going to hear out my confession?! D-Don't look in there!""

The inside of the room was an utter mess, reminiscent of the aftermath of a Varjager raid. It was this close to being wholly exposed to the sandstorm outside.

""FLORENCE—!!"""

Memories

Dangerous Dose 1

Florence had been conducting routine health exams for the Commander, and during the most recent one squeezed him unnecessarily in hopes of causing the Commander to make interesting noises. Afterwards, Florence noted the Commander looked overworked, giving a judgmental gaze as they explained recently finishing several back-to-back commissions. Florence then pitched a new drug she was developing with the intent of using the Commander as her test subject for clinical trials. The Commander was apprehensive, but was resigned to going along with Florence's plan. As per their agreement, the Commander would be the sacrificial lamb so Florence would not inflict "little surprises" on the other Elmo residents. The Commander noted that Florence had always been professional and mature in her role as a skilled medical practitioner with safe and effective treatments, in contrast to her usual casual and easygoing attitude. Her medications may have unpredictable side effects, but they were always harmless. However, the Commander suspected Florence actually enjoyed inflicting said side effects for her own amusement.

Florence proposed giving the Commander a fatigue-relieving drug, giving a wicked glint in her mirthful eyes while listing the potential random side effects. The Commander agreed, provided Florence administer it on a vacation day so it didn't impact work. Florence suddenly produced a fully loaded syringe and drug ampoules after amusingly noting that today was a vacation day. Recognizing that Florence had schemed this in advance, they resigned themselves as Florence injected the drug.

The Commander noted their fatigue and soreness were fading away within minutes of the injection, as if they had gotten a full eight hours of sleep.

• • • WIP****

Side effects of palpitations, tachycardia, dry mouth, vasomotor symptoms, finding Florence's wicked smile "super cute" and having a "sudden impulse to touch her"

Private Meeting Logs

Florence

Commander, do you want to stay in good spirits every day?

I'm developing a new health supplement called "Joy Factor". It'll wipe away all your stress and let you face your work with a smile on your face~

All I need are some research funds and you can witness this miracle too.

Why wait? Invest now, Commander~

Looks like you're really excited about it too~ I'll finish up ASAP and make sure I send you to heaven~

Joy Factor I

Florence
Commander, where would you like to go for an outing?

Commander
Don't have time for that, I've been too busy lately.

Florence

Aw, just try it. Is there a place that could help you relax a little?

Think of it as an exercise in imagination.

Commander
...If I were going with you, an amusement park would be nice.

Florence

Oh my, an amusement park! Me too, I'd be suuuuper excited to visit one with you~

What attractions would you visit at an amusement park?

Commander
The ferris wheel, roller coaster, the haunted house, stuff like that?

Florence

They sound like the things we did at that "abandoned amusement park", Commander.

Personally, I think it's not enough. We ought to find a way to really spice up those rides!

For example, we could install a rotating bed in a ferris wheel cabin so we can ride while we ride~

Commander
Yeah, I think I'll pass on those modified rides.

Florence

It's a shame you have such plain tastes, Commander.

Still, that's alright. We can modify our plans based on what you enjoy.

Commander
Is this related to that Joy Factor you were talking about?

Florence

That's right~ First, I need to understand what experiences you enjoy, then go to the lab and collect your dopamine secretion data.

By simulating this state, Joy Factor will make you happy.

It's a shame, though. I was hoping that you'd want to experience something more thrilling and exciting than this.

Commander
Will this supplement have side effects?

Florence

Of course it will. All drugs have side effects.

But don't worry, I'll keep them under control like usual and turn them into exciting surpises~

Teehee, I can't wait to see your reaction after you take it~