LC::malkuth2_introMalkuth — Episode 2SYSTEM: Set BACKGROUND: 'malkuthBK', effect: 'none'SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Town_-_Alone_In_A_Crowd'SYSTEM:SHOW character: Angela (id: 'angela') at 'left', direction: 'right'Angela(Id: 'angela')There was a bit of a confusion last time, wasn’t there?Angela(Id: 'angela')Usually, I am in charge of the security of your office.Angela(Id: 'angela')However, it seems that I failed to pay close enough attention to the Sephirah meeting room.Angela(Id: 'angela')I heard that a Control Team employee has “resigned” from the corporation.Angela(Id: 'angela')Good job.Angela(Id: 'angela')You do know what it means to “resign” here in the company, don’t you?Angela(Id: 'angela')…Angela(Id: 'angela')I’ll take that as a no.Angela(Id: 'angela')I do sometimes miscalculate what information I should deliver to you and what I shouldn’t.Angela(Id: 'angela')Some aspects of our company that I considered natural and obvious may come as quite a shock to you.Angela(Id: 'angela')We have a variety of roles here.Angela(Id: 'angela')It’s like a well-structured play. Every actor has a role and they must be faithful to their part without any error, synergizing with each other.Angela(Id: 'angela')Now, imagine that one of the actors decides to leave the stage because they didn’t like their role.Angela(Id: 'angela')The actor should have played their predetermined part at the predetermined timing before making their exit stage left.Angela(Id: 'angela')But to leave the stage without fulfilling their part means that the life of the role and its actor are finished.Angela(Id: 'angela')That is what we mean when we say someone “resigns”.SYSTEM:HIDE character: Angela (id: 'angela')SYSTEM:SHOW character: Malkuth (id: 'malkuth') at 'right', direction: 'left'Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Great job, manager! You did exactly what I asked of you!Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')I knew you could do it!Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')You’ll never guess how much I rooted for you back there.Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')As for me, the day went alright; we covered a joint emergency-protocol drill for my team!Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Not a single dropout or injury!Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Everyone did a good job!Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Not to say that it was perfect, though.Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')By the way, manager, have you seen something creepier than the Abnormalities?Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Those entities that wander the facility, unable to be contained. And sometimes, they manifest themselves in the corridors.Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')The drills do no good when you encounter them, since we don’t have enough data on them. So we always have to stay alert!Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')No matter how meticulous our plan is, we can’t control the unknown.SYSTEM: Play BGM: 'Tenebris Aeterna'Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Sometimes, when I encounter them, I get a strange feeling.Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')It’s not like fear or anything… Some other sensation.Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Strange, isn’t it? I feel nauseous, like something within me is palpitating out of control, and it feels… like I’m no longer myself...Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')How could I describe it? Like something’s wriggling inside of me…Malkuth(Id: 'malkuth')Little... by little…
