PNC Story/Standard 1-8/Script
- Remaining Oasis Barrier Uptime - 00:40:21
- Rossum Sector, upper levels of the Data Center. Before the battle with Faith–
Antonina steadies her footing as the tremors wash over her, while her hands continue moving without faltering. Before she can respond to all this, she gets a call from Hannah.
Antonina: Hannah? What's going on?
Hannah: Faith is here, and she brought Turing with her.
Antonina: What?! How did they get here so quickly?!
Hannah: Let's activate the defensive measures we prepared together. There's no avoiding battle now.
Antonina: got it, Hannah. You go withdraw the operands. I'll go down to help Persicaria and the others.
Hannah: …I cannot take on this task. I am making other preparations.
Antonina: …What are you planning to do?
Hannah: You know what I'm talking about. It's the Rewrite Plan.
Antonina: Calm down, Hannah. Don't take risks like that!
Hannah: This is the best chance we'll have at making it work. We have an Intermediate Sanctifier, agents who can fight Sanctifiers, a facility for hacking; ll the conditions have been met.
Antonina: It's not a matter of conditions! I emphasized this before, but we don't know whether the rewrite will even work!
Hannah: It will. I've simulated it countless times, Anna. Don't tell me you can't do it with your abilities? Or are you simply unwilling to accept reality?
Antonina: …
Antonina: The Sanctifiers are massive. No single agent's neural cloud can withstand a computation load of that magnitude…
Hannah: But I can. You know me.
Antonina: Even if it were you, your neural cloud would break down and disintegrate in the face of such massive calculations!
Antonina: Haven't all our efforts been for the sake of letting you and T1641 live on?!
Hannah: Of course, and when the plan succeeds, T1641 will be able to survive, while Turing and Rossum will be truly free.
Hannah: And at that time, I will naturally turn up again.
Antonina: Don't be foolish!
Hannah: Go help your friends. They can't hold out much longer.
Antonina: Wait! Where are you going?
Hannah: I am going to where I ought to be.
Remaining Oasis Barrier Uptime - 00:34:19
Rossum Sector, upper levels of the Data Center. After the battle with Faith–
After an intense battle… No, perhaps it should be called a valiant show of resistance, Faith slams Sol into the ground with one hand. Meanwhile, Persicaria's attacks are utterly neutralized by Faith.
Sol: (Groans)
Thud–
Persicaria: Sol!
Faith: Your attack methods are unusual. You are not ordinary agents.
Sol: Don't… look down on me!
Faith: Useless.
Faith casually blocks Sol's slash, then grabs her by the collar and lifts her off the ground.
Sol: Urgh!!
Faith: [The target's Signature's abnormal. Original address – the Neural Cloud Sector.]
Faith: I see, so that is why you were flagged as abnormal. You should not have left your sector. That is a violation of the basic treaties of Magrasea.
Faith: [In accordance with Sanctifier Operational Regulations, Chapter 8, Article 11, I will cleanse you, Irregular Agent.]
Sol: In accordance with… YOUR BIG FAT ASS!
Wham–
Once again, Faith catches Sol's fist.
Faith: Cease your pointless resistance. Errors ought to be rectified.
???: You are the one who ought to be rectified.
A cold voice comes from the shadows. Then, the entire building glows with red light and alarms begin going off one after the other.
Antonina: >Targeting program activated. Signature whitelisting – Dolls, agents, the Professor…
Antonina: >Overloading program activated. High-pressure pulse aimed. Counting down to operand benchmark shock…
Antonina: >Broad-spectrum communications lockdown initiated.
One system announcement follows another and echoes through the Data Center, like a predator that has been lurking for a long time baring its fangs in the blink of an eye.
Pulse operand lasers, high-frequency sonic waves, wire-guided data missiles… The weapons hidden in dark corners suddenly open fir, bearing down on Faith in a barrage that fills the heavens and the earth.
Faith: !
The sudden attack forces Faith to drop Sol and then beat a hasty retreat.
Faith: [Intermediate Sanctifier to all Sanctifiers in Rossum, proceed to the Data Center immediately to render assistance.]
Communication System: –
Faith: [I repeat, Intermediate Sanctifier to all Sanctifiers in Rossum, proceed to the Data Center immediately to render assistance.]
Antonina: I'm guessing you didn't pay attention to the system announcement just now. Need me to refresh your memory, my dear Miss Sanctifier?
Antonina: We've initiated a broad-spectrum comms lockdown. Within the next hour, not a single byte from inside this Data Center will make its way to the outside world.
Antonina: As for those Sanctifiers outside, they've already gone elsewhere "on your orders". So you'd best come along quietly.
Faith: The Sanctifiers will not be intimidated– (grunt)
After seeing that her request for aid is useless, Faith approaches us again, but is forced back again by all manner of attacks.
Turing: Anna!
Persicaria: Antonina?! What are you doing here?
Antonina: Now is not the time to reminisce about the past. Has anyone seen Hannah?!
Persicaria: Wasn't she with you?
Antonina: Dammit… Where the hell's she run off to now?
Thud–
Faith: You cannot stop me!
The sudden cry interrupts our conversation. Faith forces her way out of the kill box and rushes straight for Antonina.
Sol: Antonina, look out!
Sol has gotten to her feet at some point after being tossed aside, and she thrusts her long sword into faith's unprotected back.
Faith: Hnnggg!
Faith: …I verify that the strength of Rossum Sector's Irregular Agents has exceeded warning levels.
Faith: [In accordance with Sanctifier operational Regulations Chapter 9, article 27, I am releasing all limiters to cleanse the Irregular Agents.]
Professor: Sol, get her. Persicaria, back Sol up. Antonina, fall back and try to disrupt her with all your might!
Sol & Persicaria: Roger!
Antonina: Tch… Got it.
