Wedge Office — Episode 1 (Stage: 30008)Location: Wedge OfficePamela(Wedge Fixer)Help yourself. You’re gonna starve to death if you don’t eat anything.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela1 (2)"Philip(Dawn Fixer)Thanks for the meal, but… I don’t feel like eating yet…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip1"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)No wonder, your Office got wiped out. You should harden your heart, still.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela2"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)……Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip2"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Do you think it was your fault?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli1 (2)"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Yes… Had I stopped them…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip3-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Had I been stronger and more mature…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip4"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Had I… stayed there and not run away…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip5"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Then it’s your fault.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli2 (2)"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…Huh?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip6-01"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)You were too daft and weak to keep the others safe. It’s your fault that everyone died.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli3 (2)"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)……Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip7-01"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Feel better now? Think what you want.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli4 (2)"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)When something happens, all you gotta do is make up reasons that are convenient to you, no?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli5"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)It’s not like you actually care about the cause; you just want to believe whatever that convinces you.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli6 (2)"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Hey, kids. Don’t bully that boy too hard now.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar1-01"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)I didn’t do anything. It was all Pameli.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela3 (2)"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Alright, Philip. Feeling well enough to talk now?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar2"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Yes. Thank you for your kindness.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip8"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)We are sister Offices, after all. Gotta help each other out.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela4"Oscar(Wedge Operator)I’m sorry we couldn’t help. We were in the middle of handling a case of the Distortion in the streets of District 12.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar3"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Those victimized by ‘The Eight o'Clock Circus’ held a show of pure insanity and hedonism.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar4"Oscar(Wedge Operator)It was akin to a festival in hell. Gave us quite a bit of trouble.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar5"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)I had to get my body replaced, too. This one’s seriously not my style…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli7"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…Is that a robotic body? Doesn’t that shape infringe the Ethics Amendment, though?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip9-01"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)It’s not mechanical, it’s a clone of my body. I got biological body-recovery insurance some time ago.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela5 (2)"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Pameli’s body was torn apart beyond recovery, so this was the only way we had left for her.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela6 (2)"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Her head was thankfully intact. I thought Fixer insurances were a complete robbery, but it did help us out for once.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela7 (2)"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Speaking of, doesn’t your Office have any insurance?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela8"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)I was a relatively new member at that Office, so I didn’t know that much…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip10-01"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Yeah, you’ll want to see if the Office had any. There are many types of insurance with various conditions.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela9 (2)"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)It’s nice to have a body again, but why did it have to be this?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli8"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)What? I urgently had body cloning surgery to save you, and this is how you thank me?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela10"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)What’s the point? Even just looking at the mirror is discouraging.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli9 (2)"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Don’t you dare damage that body.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela13"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)You know what, why don’t you just die a permanent death this time? That way you can’t be recovered by any means. You won’t have to pay me for the cloned body then.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela14 (2)"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)You asking for a fight?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli10 (2)"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Yeah, you punk.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela15 (2)"Oscar(Wedge Operator)…You certainly are masterful at making ssanghwa-cha as Salvador said.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar6"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)You flatter me, sir…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip11-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)A penny for your thoughts, Philip. Did ‘The Library’ appear to be related to the Distortion Phenomenon in any way?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar7"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)I’m not sure. I haven’t experienced the Distortion myself.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip12-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)But that place looked more alien than anything I’ve ever seen.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip13-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)And master and seonbae… They got turned into books there…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip14-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)…That doesn’t help.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar8-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Several Associations have started keeping an eye on this matter.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar9-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)It’s not just the Associations; even the Wings and the Fingers are clueless about what to make of the Distortion.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar10"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Alright…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip15-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)You don’t seem too interested in the current topic.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar12"Oscar(Wedge Operator)You must want to forget all this fuss about the Distortion and head right back to the Library and retrieve the books of your colleagues.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar13-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…I wish I could do just that.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip16-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)But my master said to me in his note that I shouldn’t act hastily and instead depend on your aid.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip17-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)That old friend left me with quite the troublesome little fellow…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar14-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Death is a staple in this business, but his wife and children must be heartbroken still.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar15"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Have you met them?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar16-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)No… I couldn’t visit them yet.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip18"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Why is that?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar17"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…I’m too ashamed to face them.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip19"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Our next stop will be the Library. Ready your gear.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar18"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…Thank you, sir.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip20"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Don’t mistake this for kindness. We’re simply taking you with us because we were already planning to go there.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar19"Oscar(Wedge Operator)And this is the least I can do to bear responsibility for my old friend’s death.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar20-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Personally, I’d never let a Fixer like you join my Office. It would give us a bad name.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar21-01"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…Is it wrong… Is it so pathetic for me to want to repay the favors of my colleagues, for their sake…?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip21"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Everyone says not to act upon attachment, that it’s an unclassy and naive thing to do…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip22"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)Can’t we as Fixers… no, as people living in the City, do anything on the behalf of others!!!Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip23-01"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Gosh, you’re insufferable. He didn’t even say that you’re wrong or anything.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli11 (2)"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)He just doesn’t want those kinds of Fixers in our Office, simple as that. Don’t be a miserable ass about it.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli12 (2)"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Nothing is as unreliable as someone who’s easily swayed by their feelings.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli13 (2)"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)You want us all to die just so you can fulfill your ideals or what?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli14 (2)"Oscar(Wedge Operator)You must be sincerely believing that your actions are for others.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar22"Oscar(Wedge Operator)That you are different from all the other unkind and selfish denizens of this City.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar23"Oscar(Wedge Operator)Thinking that you are fighting for some higher cause.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar24"Oscar(Wedge Operator)But know that those are in fact entirely selfish thoughts.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar25"Oscar(Wedge Operator)It’s the most dangerous kind of selfishness. You deceive yourself into thinking you’re selfless.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar26"Oscar(Wedge Operator)There can be no such thing as a selfless action for us humans. Even the act of self-sacrifice is ultimately for oneself.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar27-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)A very dangerous kind of selfishness, one that slowly eats away at your peers and leads them to damnation…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar28"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)I…!Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip24-01"Oscar(Wedge Operator)You gave a fine speech, but I must wonder if you’re truly upset for the sake of Salvador and your other late colleagues.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar29"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…I’ll go prepare myself.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip25-01"Location: Inside the LibraryRoland(Servant)That Philip guy seems to be hurt, but I agree with Oscar here.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_roland1"Roland(Servant)Few things are as dangerous and nasty as selfishness in the guise of “for the sake of someone else”…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_roland2"Angela(Library Director)I think I know what you mean. The determination to work for the good of others can be a dreadful and loathsome weapon.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela1"Angela(Library Director)Especially if one strongly believes that the justice they’re pursuing is worth sacrificing for…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela2"Angela(Library Director)They’re blinded by self-righteousness, and have no regards for their surroundings. They don’t care what happens to others.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela3"Angela(Library Director)They justify themselves for pressing forward pursuing their justice, crushing everything in their way…Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela4"Roland(Servant)Wow… This might be the first time we understood each other for real. I’m touched, man.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_roland3"Angela(Library Director)How about some champagne?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela5"Location: Library EntrancePameli(Wedge Fixer)Stop frowning already, would you? You’re so annoying.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli15"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)He’s still recovering. We should give him some space.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela16"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Tiny things like this can still affect my psyche.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli16"Philip(Ex-Dawn Fixer)…Nevermind. You don’t need to care about me. I’ll try not to be a hindrance.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_philip26"Oscar(Wedge Operator)I’ll stab you as soon as I determine that you’re getting in our way.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar30"Angela(Library Director)Greetings, dear guests. Though, your group seems to be in a rather ill mood?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela6"Oscar(Wedge Operator)I thought you were a machine… But could it be that you are partially human?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar31"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)Don’t stare at us so viciously now. We just poked you to make sure, not to kill you or anything.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli17"Angela(Library Director)How rude. Hasn’t anyone taught you to behave?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela7"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)Hmm, I heard the librarian of this place was supposed to be nice.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela17"Angela(Library Director)Someone advised me that there’s no need to be courteous with ill-mannered guests who slap and spit in my face without reason.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela8"Oscar(Wedge Operator)I apologize. We couldn’t afford to be polite when our very lives are at risk.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_oscar32-01"Angela(Library Director)Oh, really now?Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_angela9"Pameli(Wedge Fixer)This isn’t like what we heard about her at all.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pameli18 (2)"Pamela(Wedge Fixer)She must’ve had her own woes.Audio: "ch4_Wedge_ep1_pamela18 (2)"
