LC::chesed4_introChesed — Episode 4SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'chesedBK', effect: 'none'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - never frozen bottom flows'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Chesed (id: 'chesed') at 'center'Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Seems you’re holding up alright.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Today wasn’t the best day. Incidents happened one after another, and I’m a bit tuckered out from it.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')It’s a good thing that everyone has such clear-cut assigned roles.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')It makes it easy for them to be faithful to their task with no unnecessary contemplation or distraction.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Lady Angela does a very good job at keeping everyone in check in her play.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Anytime someone tries to rid themselves of their assigned role…Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Well, she becomes completely merciless.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')I myself have learned well that I have a predetermined role to play.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Whether one likes it or not, they have been cast into it already.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Given that, I’ve made up my mind to simply wait.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Wait for what, you may ask?Chesed(Id: 'chesed')All things must come to an end.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')So I’ll be waiting for her plan to finally come to a close.SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '1' )SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM:camera_filter ( filter: 'grayscale' )SYSTEM:HIDE character: Chesed (id: 'chesed')SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'AngelaBackground', effect: 'none'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Chesed (id: 'chesedPast') at 'right'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Angela (id: 'angela') at 'left', direction: 'right'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - Frozen Moon'Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')Lady Angela, I found something strange in the documents.Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')This record shows that the Containment Unit’s lock failure was what allowed the Abnormality to escape…Angela(Id: 'angela')….Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')Yet to my knowledge, that door was fine for the entire day, nor was there any sign of malfunction.Angela(Id: 'angela')….Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')And the one with authority over the locking mechanisms of the Containment Unit doors is you, Lady Angela.Angela(Id: 'angela')…Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')Angela, please tell me. Why did you do it? You have to know how many employees under my department died that day.Angela(Id: 'angela')Such a bright one, Chesed. I knew you would find out, but this is a little quicker than I anticipated.Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')What do you mean by that?Angela(Id: 'angela')Thanks to your “excellent” effort, your department’s escape ratio has been very low these days. You’re a capable Sephirah, I will give you that.Angela(Id: 'angela')I’ve never said this to anyone, and I don’t need to either, but…Angela(Id: 'angela')Abnormalities create more energy through killing people.Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')How could that be…Angela(Id: 'angela')You have written several reports and papers about importing machinery to replace the human workforce that must handle dangerous tasks, no?Angela(Id: 'angela')If soulless, cheap machines were to replace those employees, then yes, the casualty rate would drop sharply. However, that would also drastically reduce our rate of energy production.Angela(Id: 'angela')Lobotomy Corporation operates a massive business. Tasks include meeting the energy supply quota, production of electricity for the City, and business relations with our various stakeholders such as the other Wings.Angela(Id: 'angela')We refine energy via the most efficient method available and make a profit. That is the only thing we need to take into account.Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')That’s just… How could you be so cruel…Angela(Id: 'angela')Chesed, any employee who works here is extremely lucky to be hired into one of the Wings. Many people fight for a job here everyday.Angela(Id: 'angela')There will always be someone to take the place of the dead.Angela(Id: 'angela')What right do you have to take away their fortune?Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')….Angela(Id: 'angela')I understand that you’re a smart one, Chesed. However, why won’t you use that intelligence for something more meaningful?Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')…Angela(Id: 'angela')It seems you’ve taken quite a shock to this. But I warned you before, nothing will change from how it is now. Did you think I was joking around denying you?Chesed(Id: 'chesedPast')…Angela(Id: 'angela')How about you try drinking a warm cup of coffee instead of wasting your time like this. You should savour your relatively high position, better than what the employees go through.Angela(Id: 'angela')Do not forget that we have one singular objective.Angela(Id: 'angela')Oh, and Chesed?Angela(Id: 'angela')I am the best Artificial Intelligence that this place has. I never clumsily leave trails or evidence behind.Angela(Id: 'angela')So, did you enjoy your little detective game?SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '1' )SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM:camera_filter ( filter: 'none' )SYSTEM:HIDE character: Chesed (id: 'chesedPast')SYSTEM:HIDE character: Angela (id: 'angela')SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'chesedBK', effect: 'none'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Chesed (id: 'chesed') at 'right'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - Forgotten Entrance Of Memories'Chesed(Id: 'chesed')Do you know that we don’t exactly exist like how we appear?Chesed(Id: 'chesed')I wonder how I look from your point of view.Chesed(Id: 'chesed')I bet it’s something distasteful and incapable. Something I would have hated in the past.
