Evangeline: “So… what now? Am I still a target?”
Sarah: “Probably. It won’t take long for them to find out your status as ‘princess,’ and you’ll become their top priority.”
Evangeline: “Then… like Cammy said, it’s not safe to sit around here, that’s why the Lieutenant went back, right? If they know our location…”
Millie: “He’s a Lieutenant???”
Evangeline: “You didn’t know?”
Sarah: “If they are aware of your location, then you die.”
Evangeline: “... But you guys are here… to protect me… right? Also Cammy, where did you get that gun from?”
Millie: “Listen, just the two of us… there’s not much we can do against them. If they wanted, they would send platoons after platoons to hunt YOU. Like Sarah said, you will be one of their highest priority targets.”
Evangeline: “...”
Camren: “Eva…”
Evangeline: “This… wouldn’t have had to happen to you, if I didn’t come here, right?”
Camren: “What are you sayin-”
Evangeline: “If… if I didn’t know you! Th-then… you wouldn’t have to deal with all this, you’d still be fine with Ms. Han and-”
Sarah: “Listen girly, you’ve only gotten this far because of him. I don’t wanna give him much credit, but high chance you wouldn't have another chance to stay alive if-”
Camren: “Eva! I’m here because I want to! Now that I know you’re in danger, I want to be by your side and make sure you’re safe! So please… don’t push me away now.”
Evangeline: “!”
Evangeline: (“And when they do, don’t push them away.”)
Evangeline: “I…”
Evangeline: (What am I doing… Why now… am I…)
Evangeline: “... But once I’m gone, you guys won’t have to suffer anymore, right?”
Camren: “Eva that’s not true-”
Sarah: “I mean for us, yeah.”
Millie: “Sarah!-”
Sarah: “But YOU weren’t our target. We failed to kill that bastard, and I highly doubt we will be able to get another chance.”
Evangeline: “That’s right, you guys…”
Sarah: “And again, we don’t care for another chance. But the only way we can get home is him. Or so he says…”
Evangeline: “Well I hope you do, you guys look a bit too young to be out risking your lives.”
Sarah: “What’s it to ya? YOU look too young to be marrying anyone who’s had a lover.”
Evangeline: “! That… That wasn't my choice! And you know it too!”
Sarah: “I don’t know~ Kinda fucked up not gonna lie~”
Evangeline: “Cammy! Shoot em! Get em!”
Camren: “...”
Millie: “What’d I do?!? Sarah was the one-”
Sarah: “Yeah as if he coul-”
*Bang!
Millie: “? Sis-”
*Zmmmmmmm
*Bang!
Sarah: “Man, already?”
Evangeline: “What’s going on?”
Sarah: “They’re here.”
Camren: “Who’s here- the pawns?”
Millie: “Yup. Like we said, they wouldn’t take long to find out who you were.”
Camren & Evangeline: “...”
*Zmmmmmmm
*Bang!
*Zmmmmmmm
*Bang!
Sarah: “Damn, they aren’t messing around huh? Sounds like they sent quite a few this time. Since they lost contact with us, and most likely the other two as well, they probably see you as more of a threat than they initially thought.”
Camren: “Hey, what do we do? Eva can’t stay here, can she?”
Millie: “Well we sure as hell don’t wanna die again!”
Camren: “... Anyways! Do you know where we could go? Eva?”
Evangeline: “Don’t look at me! There’s a reason I came here!”
Millie: “I meeeeeeeeean, we could always go to Aneuwa.”
Sarah: “ANEUWA?!? I ain’t going to that slump!”
Camren: “? What’s Aneuwa?”
Sarah: “You seriously don’t know anything, do you?”
Camren: “Eva do you know?”
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Evangeline: “How do you not know where that is…”
Millie: “He probably doesn’t even know what Teets mean.”
Camren: “What-”
Sarah: “It’s better if you don’t know. Anyways! I’m not going to go anywhere near them Teets!”
Millie: “C’mon sis, don’t be like that. You know they didn’t ask to be born that way.”
Sarah: “I don’t care! It still freaks me out.”
Evangeline: “Man! So insensitive of you~”
Sarah: “What did you say, chirp?”
Evangeline: “You heard me!”
Sarah: “I’m not the one going to suck on the face of a widowed man!”
Evangeline: “CAMMY SHOOT HER! GET HER!”
Sarah: “GO AHEAD! TAKE YOUR SHOT!”
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Royan: “Urgh…”
Soldier 1: “You awake?”
Royan: “... Who may you be?”
Soldier 1: “Ha… you pinned me down back there.”
Royan: “Oh, the Teet.”
Soldier 1: “I’M NOT A TEET! The mask alters your voice! Anyways dipshit, we’re almost at Gillua, so gear up. The commander says we may need to engage in combat once we get there.”
Royan: “I see, I appreciate your cooperation.”
Soldier 1: “Also, I modified your exoskeleton to adapt 6.5 CM rounds, but unlike the 10mm they’re not blanks, so I doubt its durability.”
Royan: “Sniper rounds, how many uses do you assume it would be able to endure?”
Soldier 1: “Pfff come back to me if it even survives 2.”
Royan: “You have my thanks. However, how were you able to modify the gear?”
Soldier 1: “Oh, I used to be a part of King’s Gambit back when I lived in P.H. Of course I left after the unification of the nations.”
Royan: “They let you go that easy huh?”
Soldier 1: “To them, you are no more than a pawn. They will throw you away as long as they can take a bigger piece.”
Royan: “And last I checked, King’s Gambit has grown in numbers quite exponentially.”
Soldier 1: “Yeah, but the creed is that once you leave, you are dead to them. They won’t hunt you down, but you are to be shot if you are found.”
Royan: “Cold-blooded assassins.”
Soldier 1: “Much like the shinobis from the old times.”
**Captain McGowan, please report to the commander with the lieutenant.**
Soldier 1: “Right, you didn’t tell me who you were.”
Royan: “As I recall, I tried communicating. Was it not you who-”
Soldier 1: “Regardless, who are you?”
Royan: “You can refer to me by my name. My name is Royan Marline, First lie-”
Soldier 1: “Drop the formalities. Elena McGowan. I’ll head first, so gear up and come up to the command center.”
Royan: “Where would I find that?”
Elena (Soldier 1): “It seems that you have a good sense of direction! Despite your first time on this ship, you bulldozed your way straight to it.”
Royan: “Ah, so that’s what that was.”
Elena (Soldier 1): “Keeeeeep acting snarky you little shit.”
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Commander Declan: “How much longer?”
Operator 1: “3 minutes sir!”
Operator 2: “Destination in sight!”
Commander Declan: “Dear God…”
Elena (Soldier 1): “Dammit! We were too late! Commander…”
*Click
*Shhh
Royan: “Commander Declan!”
Commander Declan: “There you are, lieutenant. You… may not want to see this.”
Royan: “What’s the issue?”
Commander Declan: “Sir! We are ready to descend!”
Royan: “Is that…”
Elena (Soldier 1): “Royan I’m… I’m sorry.”
Royan: “The village…”
Commander Declan: “It’s not over yet. Get ready to dispatch for any and all survivors! Be vigilant for the opposing troops!”
Operator 1: “Yessir!”
Commander Declan: “Just what are they thinking…”
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*Bang!
Millie: “So that’s it then? We hide in Aneuwa until…”
Sarah: “I’m not hanging around some Teets!”
Millie: “Will you give it a rest? Sis, if WE’RE seen by any of them, WE are going to be killed too!”
Sarah: “I’d rather-”
Millie: “NO YOU DON’T! Camren was it? You carry the princess, do you know how we’d get out of here?”
Camren: “Here? As in this room or- wait, do you even know how to get to this place?”
Millie: “We’ve been a couple of times.”
Sarah: “Yeah, and I hated every time.”
Millie: “Don’t listen to her. How do you get out of- better yet, know how to get to the exit unnoticed?”
Camren: “Um… I-”
Evangeline: “Oh! My grandma told me of a hidden tunnel that leads to the outside of the dome!”
Millie: “Great! Where is that?”
Evangeline: “...”
Camren: “... Eva do you know?”
Evangeline: “... Um…”
*Bang!
Millie: “Any… details?”
Evangeline: “It’s… Oh! She said that I should see a school once I got out of it! In the woods somewhere…?”
Camren: “In the woods… ! No way…”
Sarah: “You got something Chase?”
Evangeline: “Why does she call you-”
Camren: “Don’t ask… Anyways, yeah, I know where she’s talking about.”
Millie: “Lead the way then!”
Evangeline: “But to go unnoticed… by all of them???”
Sarah: “I’ll distract them. Millie, you go with them.”
Millie: “?! What?! There’s no way-”
Sarah: “Trust me, these fuckers aren’t enough to get me. Plus, I still have 7 jumps left in my gear, so I’ll be fine.”
Millie: “... You still got your communicator?”
Sarah: “Yup, just keep informing me of your whereabouts.”
Millie: “You… better be right behind us.”
Sarah: “You think I'd die and let you go to them freaks by yourself? No thanks.”
Evangeline: “What’s her deal…”
Sarah: “How about I tell you if we get-”
*Smack!
Sarah: “OW! Ugh… WHEN we get out of Terrado.”
Evangeline: “Well I can’t wait to hear alllll about it!”
Sarah: “Hm, so much for not wanting to be friends.”
Camren: “...”