Betrayal has a Silvery Smile/Dialogue

**Kiana:** Of course. Eh? Why is Theresa leading this operation? Where’s Aunt Himeko?

**Himeko:** I heard that, young lady. I won’t let you off that easily if I hear that again.

**Himeko:** ME Corp is a very dangerous place, so I’m coming in with you.

**Himeko:** If you went in by yourself, you’d be deader than dead.

**Theresa:** I’ll join you, too! After all, it takes three Valkyries to form a complete lineup.

**Kiana:** Himeko, I can’t thank you enough.

**Himeko:** Just keep smiling. Alright, wipe that disgusting grin off your face. I’ll settle for a “thank you”. Gosh.

**Theresa:** Alright, enough chit-chat for now. Here’s the mission briefing.

**Theresa:** Our intel department confirmed that Mei, Bronya, and Wendy, all captured by Anti-Entropy…

**Theresa:** …Are now being imprisoned in the ME Corp HQ building. Unfortunately, Schicksal is not prepared to declare war on Anti-Entropy yet.

**Theresa:** But we shouldn’t be putting up with this crap anyway!

**Theresa:** Our primary goal is to infiltrate the building and rescue our Valkyries, and do naughty stuff along the way.

**Kiana:** Understood!

**Himeko:** Naughty stuff along the way… Sister Theresa, you sound as if…

**Theresa:** …I knew I had to use a harder word for that. Anyway, Major Himeko and I will be joining this mission.

**Theresa:** But the HQ building is heavily guarded. Be prepared.

**Theresa:** Scout the building’s perimeters and find a way in.

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#### Gameplay S4-1 - Regroup Valkyrie Team

**Theresa:** Kiana, you knew that Bronya was being controlled, right?

**Kiana:** Ah? I… really… didn’t.

**Theresa:** Oh? Really?

**Kiana:** Ugh… I guess I can’t hide it forever. Bronya was controlled before when we were carrying out that mission on the Selene.

**Theresa:** You didn’t report this in order to protect Bronya?

**Theresa:** Lying for your friends… yeah, that’s very Kaslana. It reminds me of your idiot Dad.

**Theresa:** He used to say that seeing people getting hurt made his Kaslana blood boil.

**Theresa:** Then he’d just snap.

**Kiana:** Yeah! That’s how the old man talked.

**Kiana:** In the end, it’s Anti-Entropy’s fault. They made Bronya into that!

**Theresa:** But does Schicksal stand for justice?

**Theresa:** Schicksal transformed girls into Valkyries to fight the Honkai, but the girls would suffer Honkai corruption.

**Theresa:** Valkyries with poor adaptability will die young.

**Kiana:** I… I don’t know…

**Theresa:** Justice is often opposed by another form of justice.

**Theresa:** Anti-Entropy has their own objectives as well. I don’t see anything wrong with working towards a goal.

**Theresa:** Kaslana justice is the best justice there is. They will gladly sacrifice themselves to protect others.

**Theresa:** Don’t ever forget that, Kiana.

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#### Gameplay 4-2 - ME’s CEO

**Theresa:** Any findings?

**Himeko:** Nothing. The HQ building is well guarded. There are troops at every entry. Well, it is ME Corp, after all.

**Theresa:** This is harder than I thought.

**Kiana:** Principal, there’s something I want to ask you.

**Kiana:** The news was talking about Ryoma Raiden, the CEO of ME Corp. Is he Mei’s Dad?

**Kiana:** Why would Anti-Entropy imprison Mei in her father’s company?

**Theresa:** That’s true. Never thought you’d watch the news. But you should know that you can’t trust the news anyway.

**Kiana:** Hey, wait, is this top secret or something?

**Himeko:** It’s secret, but not top secret. We’ve gotten to the bottom of it.

**Himeko:** Officially, Ryoma Raiden was arrested for economic crimes, but he was actually framed by Anti-Entropy.

**Theresa:** Schicksal and Anti-Entropy maintained peace while Ryoma Raiden led ME Corp.

**Theresa:** But Cocolia wrested directorship of ME Corp from him.

**Theresa:** Cocolia is a radical extremist who’d do anything to undermine us.

**Himeko:** I bet Cocolia was behind it all.

**Kiana:** Cocolia… I think I heard that name somewhere.

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#### Gameplay S4-2 - Break-In Method

*No story content.*

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### Act 2 - An Unsettling Pursuit

#### Gameplay 4-3 - Bronya’s Message

**Theresa:** Hmm… I can’t find a way in.

**Himeko:** We’ve been sitting outside ME Corp forever!

**Himeko:** Anti-Entropy will eventually find us snooping around. Let’s retreat for now.

**Kiana:** No way! I can’t give up like this! I’m not heading back! I’ll go in alone and rescue Mei!

**Theresa:** Kiana, being hot-headed won’t solve anything.

**Bronya:** Calm down, subject Kiana.

**Kiana:** Nevermind. Since you are all so adamant about this, count me in and let’s do it then- Wait, Bronya? It’s Bronya!

**Bronya:** ME Corp is heavily guarded, but the Bronya can bring you in.

**Kiana:** Awesome! We’ve been trying to do that for ages!

**Himeko:** Wait! We can’t trust her! Mei was captured because Anti-Entropy controlled her.

**Himeko:** Isn’t it rather suspicious that she came looking for us now?

**Bronya:** Trust the Bronya, Major Himeko. The Bronya wants Mei rescued.

**Kiana:** Himeko, I don’t think Bronya is being controlled right now.

**Kiana:** I bet Bronya wants to rescue Mei as well.

**Theresa:** Alright, since you girls are so adamant about this… what the hell. Count me in.

**Bronya:** Head to access C7 of the building.

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#### Gameplay S4-4 - Assistance? Or Trap?

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay 4-4 - Unsettling Feeling

**Kiana:** Something doesn’t feel right.

**Himeko:** Are you worried about Bronya? It could be a trap.

**Theresa:** So what? I’m in the team. I won’t be stopped by no traps!

**Theresa:** We’ll just smash through the walls if it’s a trap.

**Kiana:** Theresa’s so hyped today.

**Himeko:** She hasn’t been doing any field work for a while.

**Kiana:** Theresa used to be a Valkyrie herself.

**Himeko:** Yes, she was. She was a bit reckless, but she’s very, very strong.

**Himeko:** She was given the S-rank Valkyrie promotion, but she turned it down because…

**Theresa:** Hey, Himeko! ‘Nough with the gossip!

**Theresa:** All Kiana has to know is that I kick ass. Let’s move on!

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#### Gameplay S4-5 - Dilemma

*No story content.*

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### Act 3 - Mei’s Crisis

#### Gameplay 4-5 - Anti-Entropy’s Research

**Kiana:** These mechs are strong! Valkyries like us could retire if Schicksal could come up with mechs like these.

**Theresa:** Unfortunately, that’s not possible. Schicksal tried developing autonomous Honkai-powered weapons, but failed.

**Theresa:** These autonomous units only had a Honkai usage efficiency of 20%.

**Theresa:** The structural integrity of the units was also corroded by the unstable Honkai energy, and they had to be scrapped after 1 or 2 uses.

**Theresa:** It’s just too expensive to use.

**Himeko:** Schicksal research proved that a Valkyrie’s body is the best vessel and converter of Honkai energy.

**Himeko:** Honkai is only stable within a Valkyrie’s body.

**Theresa:** The only problem is that a Valkyrie’s body will be continuously corrupted by the Honkai.

**Theresa:** Her lifespan is greatly reduced. Many Valkyries die young.

**Kiana:** I know that already, but I still don’t think that Anti-Entropy is doing the right thing.

**Himeko:** Despite heavy investments, Anti-Entropy could only get Honkai usage efficiency to 20% as well.

**Himeko:** But they simply refused to use people as Honkai carriers.

**Theresa:** Perhaps the founders of Anti-Entropy were more human than the leaders of Schicksal. How unfortunate…

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#### Gameplay S4-7 - Complicated Humans

**Theresa:** Stop, Siegfried!

**Kiana:** Huh? Theresa, who’re you calling?

**Theresa:** Ah, sorry. Just watching you reminds me of the time when I fought alongside your Dad.

**Kiana:** You fought alongside the old man? Tell me more about him, Aunt Theresa!

**Theresa:** He was a hot-headed maverick who wouldn’t follow orders. His tactic was to charge into battle and ask questions later.

**Theresa:** He’s an idiot, too. He can’t even remember the activation code of his battleship.

**Theresa:** And he’s a womanising scumbag. He harassed every Valkyrie on the Hyperion.

**Kiana:** Harassed? I wish I could do that too…

**Theresa:** There ARE good things about him, though…

**Theresa:** But I’ll tell you when the mission is over. This isn’t the best time for chit-chat.

**Kiana:** Alright. Let’s hope you remember.

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#### Gameplay 4-6 - Anti-Entropy’s Founder

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay S4-8 - To: Building Entrance

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay 4-7 - Mei’s Crisis

**Himeko:** Bronya, we’re at entrance C7 now.

**Bronya:** Password received: XCVF. Verifying. Gate opened.

**Kiana:** It’s open! Awesome!

**Himeko:** Be careful when you enter.

**Bronya:** The Bronya is sending you the building blueprints. Mei is being held in the labs at Floor 3.

**Bronya:** The Bronya will be there to open the lab doors. Hurry.

**Bronya:** The researchers are preparing to surgically remove the Herrscher Core from Mei.

((Author's Note- (Technically it’s not actually a Core of Thunder, and is instead the Gem of Conquest, as was implied by Theresa in the side stages of chapter 3))

**Kiana:** I won’t let that happen! Don’t worry. Let’s head to the labs, ASAP!

**Kiana:** Mei, we’re coming for you!

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### Act 4 - Betrayal has a Silvery Smile

#### Gameplay 4-8 - No Turning Back

**Bronya:** Password received: GHDD. Verifying. Gates opened.

**Himeko:** The path to the lab is open.

**Kiana:** Wait! The gate behind us just closed!

**Kiana:** This IS a trap, after all! There’s no turning back!

**Cocolia:** I keep hearing “Kiana Idiotka”, but it seems that you’re pretty vigilant at times.

**Kiana:** That voice… you’re the one controlling Bronya?

**Theresa:** You must be Cocolia!

**Cocolia:** I am that very Cocolia. You must be Theresa Apocalypse.

**Cocolia:** Didn’t expect for Schicksal to send a big shot here.

**Cocolia:** Your reputation as a great Valkyrie precedes you, but I didn’t expect you to walk into such an obvious trap.

**Theresa:** Tsk. People say that you’re a sly fox. And you ARE!

**Theresa:** The bait was too good for us to pass up on.

**Himeko:** Though walking into a trap isn’t exactly ideal, it HAS made things simpler.

**Himeko:** We’ll just barge our way into the labs, rescue Mei, and tear down ME Corp on our way out.

**Cocolia:** Hmph. You sure know how to blow your horn, girl.

**Himeko:** You’ll find out soon enough!

**Cocolia:** I’ll wait for you at the labs. Try not to get killed, or I’ll be mighty disappointed.

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#### Gameplay 4-9 - Simple Target

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay 4-10 - Rush to the Lab

*[CG plays wherein Bronya resists Cocolia’s control by burning the biochip implanted in her brain, giving Kiana the chance to take Mei and run, at the risk of her own life:*

***Kiana:** Give me back Mei!*

***Cocolia:** Humph, you people have no idea what the TRUEvalue of a Herrscher is.*

***Cocolia:** Once we figure out how Herrschers control natural forces, human technology will advance by leaps and bounds.*

***Cocolia:** Bronya, stop them!*

***Kiana:** Bronya, don’t listen to her! Wake up!*

***Bronya:** The Bronya lost her parents at a very young age.*

***Bronya:** For the Bronya, Miss Cocolia is her Matushka.*

***Bronya:** But then the Bronya met Mei, and Mei has always treated the Bronya kindly. The Bronya doesn’t want to hurt Mei.*

***Bronya:** So… The Bronya will not fight anymore!*

***Bronya:** Kiana, take Mei and go!*

***Bronya:** The Bronya…*

***Bronya:** …Has burned the biochip.*

***Cocolia:** Are you kidding me?! That chip was implanted in your brain!*

***Cocolia:** Are you trying to kill yourself?!*

***Bronya:** The Bronya values Mei’s life more than her own.*

***Bronya:** The Bronya will no longer accept any order to hurt Mei.*

***Bronya:** Goodbye… Mei…*

***Bronya:** Kiana, please keep Mei safe…*]

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#### Gameplay S4-10 - Cunning Fox

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay S4-11 - Fearless Warrior

*No story content.*

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### Act 5 - Fight Against Despair

#### Gameplay 4-11 - Unmanipulatible Mind

**Kiana:** Mei, wake up! Wake up!

**Mei:** Where… Where am I? Oh, Kiana!

**Kiana:** Awesome! You’re finally awake!

**Mei:** What happened? Bronya… she’s down!

**Kiana:** Bronya… she took a critical injury trying to save you. She’s in a coma.

**Mei:** What…? How…?

**Cocolia:** Dammit!

**Himeko:** Even the most powerful tech could not enslave our minds. We should get out of here.

**Theresa:** Bronya’s brain may have been damaged, but this is no cause for despair.

**Theresa:** We’ll take her back to St. Freya for treatment. There’s a good chance that we can cure her.

**Cocolia:** I won’t let you girls leave like this.

**Cocolia:** Tsk. Never mind. I still have the 4th Herrscher. I’ll just speed up the experiment.

**Kiana:** Wait! What are you doing to Wendy?

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#### Gameplay 4-12 - Don’t Let Her Down

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay 4-13 - Unbearable Hatred

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay S4-13 - Fight Against Despair

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay S4-14 - Closing In

**Theresa:** Kiana, watching you fight reminded me of my own Kaslana blood.

**Kiana:** Kaslana blood? I thought you were from House Apocalypse, Aunt Theresa.

**Theresa:** What? Himeko didn’t tell you? I thought everyone knew.

**Theresa:** I was grown in a lab. Part of my genes came from a legendary Kaslana.

**Kiana:** Hey… that makes you… my grandma or something, right?

**Theresa:** Nonsense! I’m the World’s #1 Cutie!

**Kiana:** But you said that you fought alongside the old man… you should be pretty old, right?

**Theresa:** Why are you so smart at times like this?

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### Act 6 - Wotan’s Dirge

#### Gameplay 4-14 - Wendy’s Message

**Wendy:** I want to talk to Bronya.

**Kiana:** Wendy! How did you get into this channel? Where are you? We’re coming to save you.

**Wendy:** I know.

**Theresa:** Bronya’s injured. She can’t talk right now.

**Theresa:** I can pass along your message as soon as she wakes up.

**Wendy:** Back in New Zealand, Bronya only attacked me because she was being controlled.

**Wendy:** I want her to know that I’ve learned the truth.

**Wendy:** I will not hate her. Never. But I’ll probably not see her again.

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#### Gameplay 4-15 - Sad Ending

**Wendy:** It’s been a while, Instructor Theresa.

**Theresa:** We haven’t talked since you got transferred to Oceania.

**Wendy:** I want to know something… but…

**Theresa:** I know. I was the one who recommended you to the Gem of Desire experiment.

**Theresa:** You were my… best student.

**Wendy:** I guessed right…

**Theresa:** Apologies won’t be enough. But sacrifices must be made to save more people.

**Theresa:** This is why I continue to bear this cross.

**Wendy:** Instructor Theresa, you look so uncaring, but you’re always trying to be strong.

**Wendy:** Let me thank you for all our guidance.

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#### Gameplay S4-16 - An Unwilling Retreat

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay 4-16 - Steel Robot

**Wendy:** Kiana.

**Kiana:** Wendy!

**Wendy:** I don’t have much time left. I need to tell you something.

**Wendy:** The Honkai energy inside the Gem of Desire allowed me to walk again a few days ago.

**Wendy:** That energy can help Bronya recover.

**Wendy:** Of course, you’ll need to get the Gem of Desire first… please…

**Kiana:** Wendy! Wendy! She’s gone…

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#### Gameplay S4-17 - Heartbroken

*No story content.*

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#### Gameplay 4-17 - Wotan’s Dirge

**Cocolia:** Hello there! Like my little gift?

**Mei:** What gift? Letting Wendy talk to us?

**Cocolia:** I would expect you girls to be grateful. Those were Wendy’s last words to Bronya.

**Kiana:** Last words?

**Cocolia:** Oh, I think I forgot to tell you. I’ve killed the 4th Herrscher.

**Kiana:** What… What?!

**Mei:** Why?

**Cocolia:** I’ve taken out the Herrscher Core within her, the Gem of Desire.

**Theresa:** You can’t use the Gem even if you wanted to!

**Cocolia:** Perhaps Schicksal’s inept tech can’t.

**Cocolia:** But I developed the tech to empower a mecha with the Gem of Desire ages ago.

**Cocolia:** I’d like to thank Schicksal for kindly handing the Gem to me.

**Kiana:** You lunatic! You killed an innocent girl to get a power source!

**Cocolia:** Wendy always wished to exact her vengeance on Schicksal. I merely saw it through.

**Cocolia:** I’m the one who recorded her last message to Bronya.

**Cocolia:** But I guess you can’t convey this message now.

**Kiana:** Try me!

**Mei:** Kiana! Watch out!

**Theresa:** Unbelievable! It managed to power this giant mecha!

**Cocolia:** Alright, have fun playing with my newest toy! MSR-7 Wotan!

**Cocolia:** I hope you can help me provide enough combat data. Take care, girls.

*[CG plays wherein the events that occur after the ending of the fight with Wotan are explained:*

*After a fierce battle, Wotan, the behemoth mecha of Anti-Entropy, was finally defeated.*

*Kiana and the others managed to flee the ME Corp Headquarters.*

*Though the team succeeded in saving Mei, they weren’t able to bring back Wendy.*

*Bronya never woke up, and even the medical experts at St. Freya couldn’t do anything for her.*

*To save Bronya, Theresa entered the central church in St. Freya.*

*The most advanced biotech Schicksal ever developed is kept beneath the church.*

*Not even the principal of St. Freya has access to it.*]

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