LC::hod6_introHod — Episode 6SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'AngelaBackground', effect: 'none'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Angela (id: 'angela') at 'center'SYSTEM: Play BGM: '11- Dark Fantasy Studio- 13 sins'Angela(Id: 'angela')Are you sure you can really join our experiment in such an unstable situation?Angela(Id: 'angela')Michelle, let me cut to the chase; we are performing experiments that go directly against the Head’s ideals.Angela(Id: 'angela')If your beloved parents, or your precious friends try to coax you, are you confident that you’d be able to refuse them?SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '2' )SYSTEM:HIDE character: Angela (id: 'angela')SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'warehouseBK_2', effect: 'none'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Michelle (id: 'hodPast') at 'center'A(Id: 'a')Are you sure you can really join our experiment in such an unstable situation?A(Id: 'a')Michelle, let me cut to the chase; we are performing experiments that go directly against the Head’s ideals.A(Id: 'a')If your beloved parents, or your precious friends try to coax you, are you confident that you’d be able to refuse them?A(Id: 'a').....A(Id: 'a')She wasn’t able to say anything to my browbeating. Carmen broke the silence instead.SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '2' )SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM:HIDE character: Michelle (id: 'hodPast')SYSTEM: Display CG: 'HodCG2'???(Id: 'c')Don’t be too harsh on her. She’s amazing to be here at such a young age!A(Id: 'a')Just like everyone else, Michelle liked Carmen. That was not trickery or a show. She wasn’t the manipulative sort of person who’d keep up such a facade, either.A(Id: 'a')I should’ve made her give the answer she avoided speaking no matter what.A(Id: 'a')Did Michelle receive what she wanted?A(Id: 'a')I don’t know.A(Id: 'a')Did she accomplish her purpose by trampling on us, and Carmen?A(Id: 'a')I’ll never know.A(Id: 'a')Do I have any right to bear hatred towards her?A(Id: 'a')The answer was “no”. I was no different from her.A(Id: 'a')To be honest, I never wanted you to die in misery, like that nasty tabloid article gossiped.SYSTEM: Display CG: 'BlackCG'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '2' )SYSTEM: Hide CGSYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'hodBK', effect: 'none'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tilarids - Strange Dream'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Hod (id: 'hod') at 'center'Hod(Id: 'hod')Were you able to successfully face yourself, manager?Hod(Id: 'hod')When I awoke to find myself here, I thought this could be my second chance.Hod(Id: 'hod')I thought I could redeem myself and liberate myself from my mistakes.Hod(Id: 'hod')What I did can never be undone. A sunken pebble can never float to the surface again.Hod(Id: 'hod')I wanted to be a kind person. I wanted to show everyone that I might be okay here, somehow.Hod(Id: 'hod')Was I truly being considerate of others? Silly me, there’s no room for something like that here.Hod(Id: 'hod')I was a hypocrite, all those “nice” acts were for myself.Hod(Id: 'hod')I’ll keep trying to be a better person, even now.Hod(Id: 'hod')It may be specious, and some people may hate me for that, but as long as my efforts can save a person's life or give a person the consolation they need…Hod(Id: 'hod')I will live on, with that pride as a stepping stone.SYSTEM: Play SOUND: 'changenoise'SYSTEM:add_filter ( filter: 'tv_distorted_fade' )SYSTEM:wait ( time: '0.25' )SYSTEM:HIDE character: Hod (id: 'hod')SYSTEM:SHOW character: Hod (id: 'hodRobot') at 'center'SYSTEM:wait ( time: '0.25' )SYSTEM:remove_filter ( filter: 'tv_distorted_fade' )Hod(Id: 'hodRobot')So, manager…Hod(Id: 'hodRobot')Let’s keep trying together, in this interminable hell.