The Iron Witch (I)

The Iron Witch (I) is Part A in Grace Howard's Agent Story "The Iron Witch". To unlock this, the player must be Inter-Knot Level 3x and have already completed x. The player will then enter Immersive Storytelling upon entering the mission.
==Dialogue==
===Grace's Frankenstein===
:: Be careful! New Etherals keep appearing within the detection range!
: Grace! Are you done troubleshooting?
: Grace! There are Ethereals closing in! We gotta leave now or we’re in trouble!
:Grace: Emergency removal of control permissions is still in progress. Give me a bit more time!
:Fairy: Warning: Ether activity rapidly accelerating. 
:Fairy: Speculation: A particularly large Etheral unit or a large group of Etherals is approaching. Master, I have a guess. 
:: Now is not a good time to be joking, Fairy. Belle, can you convince Grace to get out of here?
:Grace: … Detecting permission ownership, processing the switch, disabling cloud invocation, matching admin keys…
:Grace: Almost there… Almost!
:: Grace, watch out!
:Grace: Oooh-!
:: That was the sound of… a heavy canon? Who’s attacking?
:Fairy: Warning. Unknown individuals approaching!
:Grace: Is this… a modded Guardian MK II Tactical Mech?
:Smart-Looking Woman: Oh? You can tell it’s modded with just one look? Seems like you’re not completely off your game, Grace Howard. 
:Smart-Looking Woman: The Ethereals won’t stay subdued for long. Let’s talk outside the Hollow. 
===Contest Rival===
:: Hollow Evacuation successful. Are you alright?
:We’re fine. Eous was the real star. 
:I’m good, but what about Grace? Is she alright?
::Grace: Well, despite a few hiccups, the troubleshooting is all done. 
:Smart-Looking Woman: Fiddling around with machines while surrounded by monsters. Good to see that your morbid determination has never changed. 
:Grace: Oh right, I haven’t thanked you yet. Thank you so much for reaching out to help despite all that danger. 
:Smart-Looking Woman: Mmm, thanking people. That’s a marked improvement. 
:Grace: I’ve seen others similar to you, but you’re truly one of a kind. 
:Smart-Looking Woman: Finally, a compliment from you? Better late than never, I guess. 
:Grace: Hmmm… The more I look at you, the more beautiful your curves are. And the sheer power you contain…
:Smart-Looking Woman: Wait up! Flattery is one thing, but I think you’ve gone a little too far. 
:: Ah… I think I know what’s going to happen next.
:Grace: This might be weird, but… can I please pet you?
:Smart-Looking Woman: What the-?! A-Are you crazy?! How could you ask something so rude… I mean, just a handshake would’ve been fine but…
:Grace: I’m sorry. I just can’t help it!
:Smart-Looking Woman: H-Just hang on! Let me get mentally prepared for that…
:Grace: Oh my, my! Does this coating give additional insulation to the hull? Oh, and I bet the power supply inside has been upgraded too, right? I can hear it just, humming with power! Grunting! I love it!
:Smart-Looking Woman: …
:: It appears our saviour is paralyzed. If I’m not mistaken, she’s also shivering? Her face looks so red… Belle, should we go comfort her?
:Smart-Looking Woman: I thought you’d changed at least a little bit, but I was majorly wrong…
:Smart-Looking Woman: You’re still infatuated with machines and ignoring the people around you. The frost cold iron witch — Grace Howard!
:Grace: Mmm? You’re this kid’s mechanic? Pleased to meet you. Your child is really powerful…
:Smart-Looking Woman: We’ve known each other for ages! It’s just, you never took me seriously because of your twisted values.
:Grace: Huh? We know each other?
:Grace: But I can hardly remember seeing such a cool modded Guardian mech like this before. Could you help refresh my memory?
:Smart-Looking Woman: I am talking about me! Let go of my work, you machine addict!
:Don’t you mean, iron witch? 
:You know, I kinda empathize…
::Grace: Sorry, habits of the trade. Could you please tell me your name? Oh, or tell me about this kid’s corpus data!
:Smart-Looking Woman: Hmmm, as expected - you really don’t remember me. That’s fine. I’ll just have to mercilessly beat you in a tech battle!
:Grace: Beat me in a tech battle…? Oh! You’re the second technological partner Three Gates mentioned, right?
:Betty: Yes! I, Betty Brenda, am your opponent!
:Betty: And I will beat you in this bid! It’ll be a total humiliation for you and Belobog!
:Grace: We made it back safe and sound! Thanks to your guidance, the kid has now calmed down!
:Proxy: Is the mechanic okay?
:Grace: I think she’s okay. I didn’t see any injuries. 
:Proxy: I’m asking if you’re okay with her.
:Proxy: Didn’t she say she’s your rival in the bidding process?
:Proxy: And she seems to know you?
:Grace: Who knows… I can’t remember much of it. Compared to her, I’m more concerned about my kid’s logic core!
:Grace: If the awakening in the Hollow went well, I should be able to extract data from the logic core now.
:Grace: Let’s call it a day! You can take Eous home!
:Grace: I’ll examine the hull when I get back. I’ll get in touch with you guys if I have any updates or need your help again!
:See you, Grace.
:Remember to investigate that mechanic.
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;(After returning to the video store)