LC::hod5_introHod — Episode 5SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'hodBK', effect: 'none'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Netzach (id: 'netzach') at 'right'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Hod (id: 'hod') at 'center'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Town_-_Alone_In_A_Crowd'SYSTEM:set_anim ( anim: 'Sad', character: 'hod' )Netzach(Id: 'netzach')Don’t worry, Hod, that’s a very common side effect when you first take Enkephalin.Netzach(Id: 'netzach')It’s just like a light hallucination.Netzach(Id: 'netzach')It’ll disappear after two or three times, so don’t worry about it too much.Netzach(Id: 'netzach')For me, it was an employee whose face had half melted. ‘Crawled over my feet and grabbed me by the shoulders, asking me why I let her die.Hod(Id: 'hod')That wasn’t a hallucination or anything...Netzach(Id: 'netzach')Then what? Are you trying to say that dead employees are suddenly coming back to life?Hod(Id: 'hod')You know, like, unbelievable things happen here, so maybe it is possible for dead employees to come back, as if nothing happened, right?Netzach(Id: 'netzach')...I’m not in any state to say this, but you don’t look too good. Why don’t you skip today’s meeting?Hod(Id: 'hod')I can’t do that, we have an Abnormality Response Training today… They need me to run the drill properly…Netzach(Id: 'netzach')You’re really something, huh. I don’t think there’s another Sephirah here who cares about their employees as much as you do.Hod(Id: 'hod')...Right?Hod(Id: 'hod')Look, Tiffany… I was right….Hod(Id: 'hod')I’m a good person… I’m a good Sephirah…SYSTEM:HIDE character: Netzach (id: 'netzach'), to: 'right'SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '1' )SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - mirror dimensions'Hod(Id: 'hod')Hello everyone, today we will—???(Id: 'no')(“Are you still trying to play the ‘good Sephirah’?”)Hod(Id: 'hod')—be focusing on Abnormality Response Training.???(Id: 'no')(“How many times do I have to tell you? You’re only a sad piece of rusty scrap metal putting on the act of being a good person.”)Hod(Id: 'hod')Now, I want everyone to pay close attention here. The Abnormality we’ll suppress today needs to be handled a bit differently than the others.???(Id: 'no')(“If you hoped that living such a lie would ease your conscience, that’s really selfish.”)Hod(Id: 'hod')Starting now, I will be explaining the method I devised. Please listen carefully.???(Id: 'no')(“At least the other Sephirot are humble enough to admit that they’re not perfect.”)Hod(Id: 'hod')Quiet!Hod(Id: 'hod').........Hod(Id: 'hod')Oh… Sorry… Where were we…Employee #1(Id: 'employee1')Excuse me, Miss Hod, I have a question.Hod(Id: 'hod')Yes, what is it?Employee #1(Id: 'employee1')Do you think that this training will make any difference? I mean, against that Long Bird, it feels like whoever will die or live is all predetermined, and there’s nothing we can do to change it.Hod(Id: 'hod')….…Well, it should yield a better result than just doing nothing. At the very least, we can prepare a preventative measure rather than just wait helplessly to—Employee #1(Id: 'employee1')It’s just all about luck. We’d be better off and more comfortable to simply accept that we can die at any moment while working.???(Id: 'no')(“Just know this.”)???(Id: 'no')(“You won’t reach that paradise no matter what you do.”)Hod(Id: 'hod')I’m doing this all for you guys, even the counseling campaign…Employee #2(Id: 'employee2')Now that you mention it, that compulsory counseling campaign is such a pain. We’d rather have a break time instead.Employee #3(Id: 'employee3')Why is our department the only one that has to deal with these programs????(Id: 'no')(“It will keep repeating itself. Live with eternal sorrow and remorse in that metal mass.”)Hod(Id: 'hod')Well, I—! …Hod(Id: 'hod')All of you would be dead by now if I hadn’t helped you!Hod(Id: 'hod')Why aren’t you thanking me?Hod(Id: 'hod')Do you want me to get rid of you like Malkuth does, before you even make the littlest complaint?!Hod(Id: 'hod')Don’t you say that I’m the bad one here!SYSTEM: Stop BGMSYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '1' )SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM: Play BGM: '1 - Cryptic'SYSTEM:set_anim ( anim: 'Shock', character: 'hod' )???(Id: 'no')(“Are you finally admitting to your awful nature?”)Hod(Id: 'hod')….Tiffany, why are you doing this to me?SYSTEM:SHOW character: Hod (id: 'hod2') at 'left-full'Hod(Id: 'hod2')“I am not Tiffany, look at me.”SYSTEM:SHOW character: Hod (id: 'hod3') at 'right-full'Hod(Id: 'hod3')Can’t you even distinguish your own voice anymore?Hod(Id: 'hod').......Hod(Id: 'hod')Yes, are you still having that sweet nightmare?SYSTEM: Stop BGMSYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '1' )SYSTEM:HIDE character: Hod (id: 'hod')SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM: Display CG: 'hodCG1'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Lucid Dream (8)'A(Id: 'a')When I read the article detailing Michelle’s suicide, it was just as our experiment was starting to show some progress.A(Id: 'a')Michelle was the youngest among us. She was a timid and innocent employee.A(Id: 'a')It made her an easy target. Maybe it was her fate to be used as a pawn of the Wings that were alert to us, or of the Head that would watch over us constantly.A(Id: 'a')You likely didn’t know things would go the way they did. You’d never have thought that a puny kid like you would bring about our demise. You’d never have believed that the situation would end up so much worse than your intentions.A(Id: 'a')You probably tried to comfort yourself in the end, telling yourself that you did the best you could. That in this world, in that moment, there wasn’t any other option for you.A(Id: 'a')But Carmen was the person who was trying to change this world, the world you resigned yourself to.A(Id: 'a')If we meet again in hell, will I finally be able to forgive you?Crumple up the newspaper.Crumple up the newspaper.Crumple up the newspaper.SYSTEM: Stop BGMSYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '1' )SYSTEM: Hide CG
