- (SLAM! BZZZT)
Add: Kugh, ugh...!
???: Ah, it's rude to attack someone without a proper introduction. Or did proper etiquette change from what I remember?
???: No matter. I'll follow what I know.
Friedrich: My name is Friedrich. I am a Debrian, and I do... various things... for the Order.
Friedrich: Heh, was that too obvious? You probably knew already.
Friedrich: But aren't you acting too... intensely? Pity, because I am happy to meet you. I wanted to talk.
Add: Talk...? Give me a break...! I have nothing to say to you. Just tell me how you know my mother...!
Add: Damn it, what... What is this? I can't move... My head hurts... Ugh!
Friedrich: I'm not sure I know what you're talking about. Anyway, you are quite brave to charge in like that. You should have been more aware of what you're capable of before charging ahead.
Add: What are you... Did you do something to my code?
Add: It can't be. Those electrodes didn't even move...!
Friedrich: Are you thinking that I didn't have time to pull off anything? Huhuhu.
Friedrich: If you don't know, let me educate you. You know Nasod Ruler Code was created for war against Nasods?
Friedrich: Back then, Nasods have reached an inconvenient level of intellect, thinking for themselves and believing that they no longer needed to be controlled by humans.
Friedrich: Humans had to develop a new strategy against their versatile enemy.
Add: What does that have to do with anything!
Friedrich: Oh, it has everything to do with it. Nasod Ruler code is designed to accept and prioritize handling of any code related to Nasods. Like a sponge absorbing water.
Friedrich: Huhuhu... You are right. I did not have enough time to meddle with your code. I didn't have to.
Friedrich: All I needed to do, was keep stuffing your head with meaningless dummy Nasod data...
Add: Dummy... data...? Ugh....
Friedrich: Your brain cannot handle all the data coming in like waves, until finally... Pop!
Friedrich: Haha... ...But I can tell from looking at you. You grew up in an enviroment where there were no other Nasod Rulers.
Friedrich: You didn't even conceive the possibility of your weakness being easily exploited by someone with the same ability... Never thought about how you would protect yourself...
Friedrich: ...... So, they're all gone like that, ha...
Add: This, absurd....
Friedrich: ... Don't be too harsh on yourself. It's natural for predators to lose their survival instincts.
Friedrich: Before I forget, I haven't heard your name. Will you introduce yourself? And how you came across the Ruler code.
Add: Damn it, drop the act and answer my question!
Friedrich: Ah, this is why I don't deal with brats... Always prioritizing their emotion.
Friedrich: Child, I am much older than I look so why don't you show some respect? I am starting to feel... irritated.
Friedrich: If you won't cooperate, I guess I'll just take a crack at your log.
Add: What are you...? Ugh, take that away!
- (BZZT!)
Add: Ack, Fu...!
Friedrich: Behave, or the next one will really hurt.
Friedrich: Let's see... Code number, activation date... Hm, they go a while back. Almost when I was young... Who created you...?
Friedrich: Access data log. Asker Grenore... Last patch, Grace Grenore...? Ha?
Add: Stop rummaging through my data!
Friedrich: They actually got married? Unbelievable...
Add: Wh, what are you talking about!
Add: (Wait, there's an opening...!)
- (BZZT)
Friedrich: Ugh!
- (BZZZZZT-!!)
Grace: ('... We will sh... an even better dream. Right? ... ...')
Asker: ('There's no more... Debrians will...')
Asker: ('But so what? I will... If you... run, I won't st... you.')
Friedrich: ('Likely become a monster, or turn myself into one...')
Friedrich: ('... Either way, it seems there's no choice but to embrace it.')
Add: (What? This memory....)
Friedrich: Ouch, that stinged.
Friedrich: More importantly, you. Let me get a better look at your face.
Friedrich: Aha... I see the resemblance now. Though you look more like Asker than Grace.
Friedrich: That's why you were mentioning your mother earlier. Ok, I get it now.
Add: Get it my...
Friedrich: Still, how peculiar. How did they have a child so young? Still wet behind the ears. Are you even fully grown?
Add: Get your hands off me! Who are you? Why do you have a Nasod that looks like my mother?!
Friedrich: Because I'll be physically sick if I have to see your father's face everyday. So what was your name again? Ah, never mind, I'll find out myself.
Friedrich: ADD... Add? That's not a name. The real name must be stored somewhere...
Friedrich: Hm? There's a lock here. I believe I can crack it... But why here, I wonder...
Add: Agh...
Grace: (I need to hurry. The program needs to be edited before he comes back.)
Grace: (It's my fault... I should have stopped him somehow...)
Grace: (Sob, sniffle... sniffle...)
Grace: (... When Edward Grenore is entered... change to a new name and subvert the route to prevent activating the set program.)
Grace: (This should work... No, this has to work...)
Add: No... If you unlock that....
Friedrich: I wonder, perhaps something interesting will happen if I unlock this?
Grace: (Edward...)
Add: Let me go! No, if you unlock that...!
- (PHEEW... ...BOOM!)
Friedrich: Oops, that almost burned me.
Laby: Pant, pant, finally found you! Add! Add, are you ok?!
Aisha: You! You're from the Order, aren't you? Get away from Add right now!
Friedrich: Looks like I won't be able to satisfy my curiosity today.
Friedrich: But alright... I haven't felt this much anticipation in a while.
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