Story/Slow Shock/1-1/Script

Scene 1

Avernus - Hela: Prepare to synchronize the clocks...

Avernus - Hela: Vital signs – blood pressure 105 over 67, heart rate 65. Commencing extracorporeal circulation.

Avernus - Hela: Simultaneously commencing procedures No. 01.59 and 02.20.

Avernus - Hela: Scalpel.

Angelia: ...

Angelia: Whose voice was that?

Angelia: Was it William?

Angelia: No... It's probably... her...

Scene 2

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Angelia: Is this the secret of Avernus, then?

The lake water slowly washes over her nose, making her suffocate.
She doesn't actually feel it, but the despair is all too real.

???: Is it about to begin?

???: I'm actually kind of curious about what she was like in the past.

????: Those were nostalgic times.

???: I thought... someone like you would be stern, cold, or... how shall I put this, deranged?

???: I didn't expect you to be so...

????: So what?

???: So normal... Like a normal human being.

???: Kind, patient, caring, and determined.

???: You seem more like a normal human being than anyone else in a world like this.

???: Pardon me, I misspoke.

???: You are human to begin with.

????: Perhaps you meant "ordinary".

????: Now, don't think about anything. Just wait patiently.

???: I have to say... I'm a little nervous...

????: Shhh...

???: This concept of yours... is practically a miracle.

????: Science has always been the pursuit of miracles.

???: Like our very existence?

????: Indeed.

????: ...You just gave me the impression that I was talking to someone else.

???: And who might that be?

????: I once had a student who was as curious as you.

????: We made each other a promise.

???: A promise?

????: Yes, a promise.

????: And now, I'm starting to feel something I haven't felt in a very long time... excitement.

????: That's because I'm looking forward... to the return of my student.

Angelia: ...

Welcome...

Anna Viktorovna Tsoi

Your life has only just begun...