Speaker
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Dialogue
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Location: District 4 - LC Branch Interior
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We entered the derelict building of Lobotomy Corporation.
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As the light goes dim, the dreadful stench from underground grows stronger.
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Sinner #11 SINCLAIR
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Urk… The smell… It’s awful…
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Sinner #1 YI SANG
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Mmm… I can feel the waste collecting in my lungs.
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Sinner #1 YI SANG
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The odor is so intense, it winds back to refreshing.
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Sinner #2 FAUST
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Let me warn you one last time: If you die here, Dante won’t be able to resuscitate you even when the battle has finished.
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Grade 8 Fixer
Hopkins
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Resuscitate…?
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Grade 8 Fixer
Aya
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Must be a popular joke or something~ Whew, I can’t even tell what kind of stories circulate the City these days~
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They seem to have misunderstood us, but seeing as Faust made no comment on it, I decided not to add my input.
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The sources of this rancid smell were a more pressing concern.
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Manager DANTE
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<Looks like they probably died a while ago.>
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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An astute observation, Manager. The corpses have reached the stage of active decay.
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Sinner #9 RODION
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Bleh, looks like the bugs are having a feast over there.
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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…Let’s just hurry along.
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Sinner #9 RODION
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Huh… Something up, Gregor babe? Are you scared of bugs?
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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…Now, I’m sure you’re more mature than shoving dead bugs in someone’s face…
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Sinner #9 RODION
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Boo!!!
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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But just in case one of y― Gah! Put it away! What’s so funny about this?!
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Sinner #9 RODION
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Pffhaw… I mean, it’s hilarious~ Who would’ve thought that you of all people’d be scared of these little wrigglers…
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Sinner #9 RODION
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…Greg? Did you hate it that bad?
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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…Forget it.
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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You there! Stop with your mischief this instant. Do not cause additional concerns for our manager!
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Sinner #2 FAUST
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Hold on… this body is still warm.
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Sinner #1 YI SANG
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Such is the sign of a recent attack.
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The gloom that had cast over Yuri’s face cleared after observing the bodies for a minute.
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Grade 8 Fixer
Yuri
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These aren’t our… I mean, Lobotomy Corporation’s employees.
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Sinner #8 ISHMAEL
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I heard these buried facilities are considered pure goldmines now, attracting all sorts looking for riches.
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Sinner #8 ISHMAEL
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Phrases like the “Lobotomy Dream” or the “Enkephalin Rush” are apparently starting to catch on among Fixers and Syndicates.
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Sinner #4 RYŌSHŪ
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LD, E-Rush… Got a nice ring to it…
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Sinner #8 ISHMAEL
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Sigh, that’s what you have to say after keeping quiet for so long…?
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Sinner #1 YI SANG
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Is such a frivolous use of English not prone to blurring the original meaning?
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Sinner #8 ISHMAEL
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That’s what I’m sayi―
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Sinner #8 ISHMAEL
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Huh, you seem to be talking a lot more than usual, Yi Sang?
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Sinner #1 YI SANG
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Does that reflect strangely?
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Sinner #2 FAUST
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He was never really the quiet sort.
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Sinner #2 FAUST
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He only had a… shift recently.
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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It’s not a bad thing to have more lackeys with keen eyes.
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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I’d like you to keep that up. Let us march.
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Sinner #1 YI SANG
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You make yourself look like the captain here. I dare say that role belongs to the manager.
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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…Please forgive my insolence, Manager.
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Frowning as though she were caught off-guard, Outis bows to me as she apologizes.
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Manager DANTE
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<N-No, it’s nothing. Let’s head down.>
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Most of the corpses’ body parts were morphed in bizarre ways.
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One had pairs of wings protruding through their intestines, and another had horribly twisted antennae hanging down.
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Grade 8 Fixer
Yuri
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These look kinda similar to the thugs we ran into just before, don’t they?
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Sinner #8 ISHMAEL
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You mean those bug-headed people?
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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Quiet, I’m seeing Uniform Tangos ahead.
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As Outis noted, multiple figures could be seen down the corridor.
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Sinner #9 RODION
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(Uni…form? What’s all that?)
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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(Unidentified targets… Possibly hostile.)
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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…Mhm.
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I’m sure one idea crossed all of our minds:
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The enigmatic ‘Abnormalities’ that might be roaming this facility, as Faust mentioned.
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That might be what those shadowy figures are.
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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…We have no choice but to face them.
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G Corp. Remnant
Crooked Veteran
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Hey! Who goes there?!
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Instead, what we faced was people.
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It was too early to deem that as fortunate, though.
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G Corp. Remnant
Crooked Veteran
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Huh? I thought we were the only people ‘round here.
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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Did they slip past our team at the entrance? Those scavengers keep coming one after the other.
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Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF
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Oi, bug buggers! You friends with the bodies back there?
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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Bodies?! You bastards didn’t…
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G Corp. Remnant
Crooked Veteran
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Wait.
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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…I don’t know where you scum’re from, but hear me out a sec.
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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You’re here for the Enkephalin, aren’t ya? If you go just one floor down, there’s a treasure trove just waiting to be nabbed.
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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Whatever’s on that floor is yours. We’ll just take what we can here and be on our…
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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…way. Ha—Haha.
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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Tsk, so you recognized me, huh.
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The moment the soldier’s eyes landed on Gregor’s face…
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Their thin veil of kindness was torn down.
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G Corp. Remnant
Crooked Veteran
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Traitorous pissant…
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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Ahh, you must’ve been dispatched to the front lines too. I look better in real life than on those flyers, right?
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G Corp. Remnant
Crooked Veteran
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Cut the cheeky crap! I’m disgusted that I once saluted to your face.
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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Whoa, easy there, it’s not like you had to salute me in person.
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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While you posed as a normal member of society thanks to your dumbass privilege freeing you from the side effects…
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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We never even got a chance, you fraternizer. We were thrown away right after the war was lost.
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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…I was tossed out all the same, you know. Isn’t that how it is for all the soldiers?
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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So this is the lifestyle you chose? Rifling through the trash like actual bugs?
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Sinner #12 OUTIS
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Halt! No good can come out of taunting your foe!
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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You served the military too. Y’know where this is going.
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Sinner #13 GREGOR
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We’re not getting outta this without a fight.
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G Corp. Remnant
Crooked Veteran
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…We were planning to let you through, we really were.
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G Corp. Remnant
Vulgar Veteran
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But now, I’ll mince you and your traitor friend into mutt meat.
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Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF
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Like hell you were. You were gonna wait for us to climb back up with the Enkephalin so you could backstab us and swipe it.
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Sinner #11 SINCLAIR
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W—Wait, were they?
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Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF
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They’ve fallen to rock bottom and below, an’ I swear down they don’t care a whit for honor, eh?
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Sinner #7 HEATHCLIFF
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Well-off or broke, people turn on each other as long as there’s something. You’re way too naive to think otherwise.
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