Clash of Destiny

Ready for Action

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 "Ready for Action"

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Video Summary: Unable to stay out of it.

Story Description: After saying goodbye to Soldier 11, Anby decided it's time to settle things with Twiggy.

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In the Cunning Hares' temporary base—

	Anby: Long time no see.
	CLANK Anby: Replica No. 0.
	Anby: Silver Squad.
	Anby: Captain.
	Anby: I thought I'd never see you again.

(Upon starting the commission)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍Anby... You look like a character straight out of a movie right now.Anby... You look like a character straight out of a movie right now.Text for Wise / So this is what you were like back in your Silver Squad days, Anby?So this is what you were like back in your Silver Squad days, Anby?Text for Belle‍)

Anby: (‍A cool character, or a cute one?A cool character, or a cute one?Text for Wise / I never thought I'd be back in this uniform...I never thought I'd be back in this uniform...Text for Belle‍)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍That's a tough question.That's a tough question.Text for Wise / This is a rare opportunity.This is a rare opportunity.Text for Belle‍)

(While fighting the first group of enemies)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): Your fighting style seems to have changed...

Anby: Old memories are coming back with this uniform.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): ...You look so intimidating like this...

(Defeat the first group of enemies)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍TheTheText for Wise / ThisThisText for Belle‍) new you is so reliable, Anby.

Anby: The past me was reliable, too.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍That true.That true.Text for Wise / True!True!Text for Belle‍)

(While fighting the second group of enemies)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): The enemy's tough. Be careful.

Anby: Orders received.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): No need to be so (‍formal.formal.Text for Wise / formal~formal~Text for Belle‍)

(Defeat the second group of enemies)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): Is this the lab that needs to be destroyed?

Anby: I never expected to one day be the one guiding you, Proxy.

Sisters' Family Affairs

(Approach Twiggy and Girl A)

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 "Sisters' Business"

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Video Summary: The moment when a decision must be made.

Story Description: Determined to no longer bear everything alone, Anby sought help from Phaethon.

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Twiggy: I'm heartbroken, Anby... Here I was thinking this was a family matter between sisters, but you've gone and brought in outside help.

Soldier 0 - Anby: You're no match for me, whether I bring help or not.
Twiggy... Silver Squad is gone. You will never be able to rebuild it.

Soldier 0 - Anby: We both know how difficult it is to create a Silver Soldier capable of engaging in combat operations.

Twiggy: What if... I didn't need to?

Soldier 0 - Anby: Didn't need to... what?

Twiggy: There's one thing you're wrong about. I've already done it.
I've achieved the conditions for... rebuilding my very own Silver Squad.

Crazy Plan

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 "Crazy Plan"

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Video Summary: The moment when a decision must be made.

Story Description: Anby confronted Twiggy face to face.

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Anby: ——！！！

Belle: This is so weird. These Anbys... no, these people... none of them seem to have any fighting abilities...

Wise: Weird... These people don't look like soldiers to me.

Anby: Twiggy.
Wh—What have you done?

Twiggy: What do you think I've done?

Twiggy: I've done something that can stop my organs from being harvested, that can put me in touch with the bigshots at TOPS, that can help fund my research...

Suddenly...
There in the frigid lab, you catch a glimpse of something emerging from the recesses of your memory.

Anby: No... That's impossible...

Anby: You're harvesting... and selling their organs...

Anby: You created all these sisters of ours... just to harvest them like animals?

Twiggy: I just used them to exchange for a few necessary resources to reform Silver Squad. I needed a family, really... that's all.

Twiggy: You said it yourself: "These sisters of ours," right...? We are sisters, and we are family...
So if we're family, why don't you feel the same pain as me?!

Twiggy: It's a real shame, you know. Neither Harin nor I were perfect enough... No matter how hard I try, all I can make are defects. Good for nothing but a supply of organs.

Twiggy: But it's not like there hasn't been any progress. I haven't even told anyone about this yet, but just earlier...
I managed to make some improvements to the technology which will stabilize control of the cloning process.

Twiggy: Once that's in place, the cost of producing a competent soldier will be at an all-time low.
We'll have achieved just what the initial project report said, "...the magic of producing an army out of sugar and air."

Twiggy: Anby. Captain Anby.
As things stand, there's still a chance for us to work together.

Twiggy: You are the final piece of the puzzle. We can produce a steady supply of true soldiers, so long as you cooperate.
We'll keep everything under wraps until we've built a huge army of our own...

Twiggy: Just think what such an army could do! Nobody would ever dare humiliate us again! Our Silver Squad could crush New Eridu to smithereens and you — you would be its commander...

Twiggy: And me? I'm fine with whatever.
Put me to death if you like, I deserve it for wasting... I mean, killing all those sisters of ours. Whatever you want.

Anby: ...

Twiggy: Captain.
Do you... want to come home?

Anby: This... This is not my home. I feel... disgusted.

Anby: I'm sorry, Twiggy...
But now I wish you had died back in the Hollow.

Twiggy: Ahahahaha!!!

Twiggy: I know.
I feel the same way about myself... disgusted.

Dance Duet

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 "Dance Duet"

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Video Summary: The moment when a decision must be made.

Story Description: Twiggy had already gone too far, and only now did Anby truly realize that reconciliation was no longer possible.

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"...!"
"Get out of here!"

A vial of medicine appears in Twiggy's hand and she injects half of the liquid into her arm.
Girl A suddenly snatches the needle away and injects the remaining liquid into her own arm.

Girl A: ...

Twiggy: ...What are you doing?! Idiot! You absolute idiot! Are you insane?!
You're just a defect, your body won't be able to handle it! You'll... You'll make everyone...

Girl A: ...Haaa.

Twiggy: ...

Girl A: I want... to protect you... Protect all of you...

Girl A: Thank you... for letting me... be born.
I will never let you... be lonely...

A strange scene transpires: The helpless replicas are torn apart and absorbed by two massive, monstrous shadows.
Moments later, a familiar figure appears before these terrifying enemies.

Blazing Flames, Silver Glow

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 "Blazing Flames, Silver Glow"

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Video Summary: The moment when a decision must be made.

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(A cinematic plays)

(The two massive Ethereals — Palicus — surround the lone former captain)

(Soldier 11 jumps down and readies her sword)

Anby: You... why did you come?

Soldier 11: I haven't forgotten... the art of combat

Anby: Hmm...

Anby & Soldier 11: Silver Company Formation—

Anby & Soldier 11: TW-AN Anti-Ethereal Mark II...

(Cinematic ends)

(After the cutscene)

Soldier 11: The current you... feels really familiar.

Anby: I never expected to be able to face you like this.

(When both Palicus reach approx. 80% health)‍^{[verification needed]}

Anby: Show no mercy... even if our opponent is Twiggy.

Soldier 11: That's my line.

(Activate Soldier 0 - Anby's Ultimate)

Anby: I shouldn't miss this feeling...

Soldier 11: At least, you shouldn't miss it too often.

(When the Palicus uses its special attack)‍^{[verification needed]}

Anby: Don't push yourself, understood?

Soldier 11: Affirmative. ...Why did I subconsciously...

(When the second Palicus reaches approx. 30% health)

Anby: The final blow...

Soldier 11: I won't let you have it!

(When the second Palicus reaches approx. 10% health)

End of the Wild Bloom

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 "End of the Wild Bloom"

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Video Summary: The moment when a decision must be made.

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(A cinematic plays)

(Anby and Soldier 11 both deal a finishing blow to the lone Ethereal — Twiggy)

(As she lays dying, Twiggy speaks to her captain)

Twiggy: Captain? ...Harin?

Twiggy: ...Did I... fail the combat test again...?

Twiggy: I told you... I'm not good at fighting...

Twiggy: But...

Twiggy: ...As long as Captain's here...

(Twiggy remembers her sisters from Silver Squad)

Twiggy: I'll be okay...

Twiggy: Right...?

(Anby and Soldier 11 watch as Twiggy dissipates)

(Soldier 11 offers the handle of her sword to Anby, who hesitantly grabs it)

(Cinematic ends)

Resolutions and Possibilities

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 "Resolutions and Possibilities"

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Video Summary: The moment has come when a conclusion must be made... but the story is far from over.

Story Description: Finally able to destroy all of Silver Company's technical data, Anby finds herself hesitating at the crucial moment.

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Soldier 11: Ugh...

Anby [sic]: You...
What are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be with Trigger?

Soldier 11: Trigger was the one who covered for me so I could come here. She's probably still dealing with the enemies that we met on the way here.

Soldier 0 - Anby: You shouldn't be here. You weren't supposed to remember anything...

Soldier 11: Anby.
Turns out you're not a traitor at all — you're a coward.

Soldier 0 - Anby: I...

Soldier 11: I'd still be completely in the dark if it weren't for that funny-looking doll.

Soldier 0 - Anby: Huh? You mean... there's something wrong with the doll that Nekomata gave me?

Soldier 11: There was a camera stuffed inside its head.
It recorded your whole confession to me before its battery died.

Soldier 0 - Anby: ...

Soldier 11: I didn't understand everything, but I knew enough to take action.
Seeing as we're sisters, I couldn't let you take this risk alone.

Soldier 11: And I knew that you didn't betray us...
I liked that feeling. It was enough to help me believe in many things again. Agh, tch...

Soldier 0 - Anby: Proxy, her condition is extremely unstable. Please get her out of here as fast as you can.

(SiblingSiblingWise / Belle): (‍Sure thing. As for what comes next... You gotta do that alone, right, Anby?Sure thing. As for what comes next... You gotta do that alone, right, Anby?Text for Wise / Got it. Whatever happens next... is something you have to do by yourself, right Anby?Got it. Whatever happens next... is something you have to do by yourself, right Anby?Text for Belle‍)

Anby walks toward the laboratory building.

There's a deathly silence here...
As though everything that had happened was just a nightmare.

Soldier 0 - Anby: This tech has to be destroyed...

"Thank you... for letting me... be born."

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(SiblingSiblingWise / Belle): Anby, what's on your mind?

Soldier 0 - Anby: Proxy...! You're still here?

(SiblingSiblingWise / Belle): Don't worry. Soldier 11 is safe with Trigger, you can trust her. (‍Obol Squad can take over from here now that everything's done.Obol Squad can take over from here now that everything's done. Tooltip for Obol Squad can take over from here now that everything's done.ⓘText for Wise / Now that things are settled, Obol Squad can take over from here.Now that things are settled, Obol Squad can take over from here.Text for Belle‍) She'll be okay.

Soldier 0 - Anby: Really? That's... that's great.

(SiblingSiblingWise / Belle): (‍What a dilemmaWhat a dilemmaText for Wise / You're conflictedYou're conflictedText for Belle‍) — should you destroy the Silver Company tech, or not?

Soldier 0 - Anby: ...Is it that obvious?
I thought I'd made my mind up to never let this kind of evil happen again.

Don't compromise now.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍In my opinion, you've judged things correctly here. Unethical tech like this will only lead to more suffering. Wasn't that the reason why you put so much effort into this? To stop that kind of pain?In my opinion, you've judged things correctly here. Unethical tech like this will only lead to more suffering. Wasn't that the reason why you put so much effort into this? To stop that kind of pain?Text for Wise / You're the captain of Silver Squad, Anby. The way I see it, you've made the right decision here. The Anby I know... would never compromise on her resolve just because of what someone else said.You're the captain of Silver Squad, Anby. The way I see it, you've made the right decision here. The Anby I know... would never compromise on her resolve just because of what someone else said.Text for Belle‍)

Soldier 0 - Anby: ...You're right, I nearly caved there.
What would I do without you? Thanks, Proxy.

Maybe you should think things over.

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍The fact that you're even saying this means you're reconsidering it, right?
Good and evil lie in the hand that wields the sword — not the sword itself. I think I heard that in a movie once.The fact that you're even saying this means you're reconsidering it, right?
Good and evil lie in the hand that wields the sword — not the sword itself. I think I heard that in a movie once.Text for Wise / Really? This might sound a little selfish, but... If it weren't for this "evil," I'd never have gotten the chance to meet you, Anby.Really? This might sound a little selfish, but... If it weren't for this "evil," I'd never have gotten the chance to meet you, Anby.Text for Belle‍)

(ProtagonistProtagonistWise / Belle): (‍For better or worse... Silver Company technology has the power to change our world entirely. I can't help but think of the possibilities it holds for our future..For better or worse... Silver Company technology has the power to change our world entirely. I can't help but think of the possibilities it holds for our future..Text for Wise / Plus, there's no way I could just ignore all the weird stuff that's happened today... For example that medicine — or how Twiggy turned into an Ethereal that seemed more cunning than an average one...Plus, there's no way I could just ignore all the weird stuff that's happened today... For example that medicine — or how Twiggy turned into an Ethereal that seemed more cunning than an average one...Text for Belle‍)

Soldier 0 - Anby: But even so...

Soldier 0 - Anby: ...You're right. It's just... I don't know how to make a decision that I won't regret.

(SiblingSiblingWise / Belle): (‍...Welp, time for this Proxy to clock out for the day. We'll be waiting for you at the video store. Stop by soon, Anby....Welp, time for this Proxy to clock out for the day. We'll be waiting for you at the video store. Stop by soon, Anby.Text for Wise / That's a decision that only you can make, Anby.
Well... That brings proxy operating hours to an end. We'll be waiting for you back at the video store.That's a decision that only you can make, Anby.
Well... That brings proxy operating hours to an end. We'll be waiting for you back at the video store.Text for Belle‍)

The Proxy ends the comms.
The deathly silence returns.

Soldier 0 - Anby: ...

Soldier 0 - Anby: ... ...

Soldier 0 - Anby: ...I've made up my mind.