Miranda/Story

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## Behind the Scenes

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Min-ah

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Jackie Lastra

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Yui Horie

## Profile

A member of the Ark Central Police Unit (A.C.P.U.), the primary law enforcement of the Ark. Commonly found alongside her fellow Nikke Poli, Miranda shares her colleague's passion for preserving the peace of the Ark, though she's a bit of a klutz and can't even direct traffic or find lost children without making mistakes.

### Nikke Backstory

A Nikke from the A.C.P.U. who has no lack of passion but sometimes falls short in her work performance. Despite her supposed secret of being an A.C.P.U. Inspector, everyone is all too aware of it.

## Story

### Character Story

#### Episode 1 - Secret Agent

One peaceful morning, the commander decides to take a nap since he has received no operations nor commissions. That was until Miranda shows up at his door looking to talk to him about a private matter. She was under the impression he would be able to automatically know what she was thinking about and after impressing her a bit, they got into the heart of her visit. She has some secret information she needs to tell him and he promises to not share it with anyone so she doesn't get into trouble.

Though she moonlights as a cop for the A.C.P.U., in reality, Miranda is actually an inspector secretly planted into the agency. This caught the protagonist completely off guard as she doesn't come off as one at all. As to how this happened, yesterday after protecting and guiding missing children, she was eating lunch only to receive a text from someone calling himself "MR. 0." After having to reexplain to her who he was since she forgot about him and having to painstakingly convince her that she was a secret agent and not an officer, she learns he is the head of the supervision department. This reveal made Miranda take him more seriously. Though no one saw their chat, she was found by her partner Poli who thought she dropped something. After Miranda told Poli she received a strange message, she told her to just ignore it. Miranda was very nervous and felt the sender was nearby and someone she knows. Poli figured this wasn't a big concern so she decided to head back to work, but reminded her to just ignore the messages since she works best when not overthinking things.

As Miranda reads on, the two get into an argument on how to refer to her only for him to tell her to leave the A.C.P.U. since there is no reason for the organization to be supervised anymore since no major problems were found (that and he worries she has become a burden to them). He was aware of her many, many foul-ups like causing more traffic while directing it or getting lost herself while shepherding missing children home. She doesn't believe this at all and will prove how good of a police officer she is. She then proceeds to exit the chat in an angry mood and is determined to succeed.

The reason she is here now is because she has no idea how to prove she can do the job "assigned" to her. He understands she likes her job at the A.C.P.U. and she adds there isn't any particular reason for wanting to stay, just that she doesn't want to give up. In order to help her, the commander suggests asking Poli to take pictures of her while on the job, an idea she thinks could work. She doesn't want to burden her partner and risk exposing herself as a secret agent (something he figures she wouldn't believe even if Miranda told her in earnest). He agrees to be her personal photographer much to her personal appreciation.

#### Episode 2 - Hardwork and Mistakes

In order to prove her worth as an officer to Mr. 0, Miranda will have the protagonist accompany her while working to record her good deeds. Miranda's first assignment is to direct traffic near a skateboarding festival hosted by Tetra Line. Many people have come to see Epinel in action today so a lot of her fans will be showing up. To prevent admissions from being overwhelmed, Miranda intends on controlling the lines to get in. While she tries to get everyone to form two lines, no one listens to her and now a massive crowd has formed. Seeing this going nowhere, the commander turns off the camera.

Miranda's next operation is to locate and return missing children. The two found one in a hidden area near a park. The child was crying and had no clue where their parents were. She tried to escort the kid to a temporary shelter until their parents could be found only for them to get mad at her and refuse to listen. Seeing this going nowhere, the commander turns off the camera.

With her operation over, the two head back to the station not having accomplished much. Poli was surprised the two came back so quickly since they were filming something, but she received a call about a sale she considered a "bomb." She wasn't interested even at the discount offered and hung up. Miranda mistook this to mean a terrorist planted a bomb somewhere. After Poli noticed the protagonist was filming them, he turned off the camera. Afterwards, she thanked him for doing so and had to assure Miranda there was no bomb. He then shared that the two finished filming together and are both exhausted. Poli has no idea what's going on or why they are acting like this. Miranda admits to wanting to show someone how hard she works, an excuse she doesn't entirely buy, but decides to go along with it since the commander is with her. Poli heads out on patrol shortly after. Miranda felt she did a good job today and asked him to transfer over the footage he took so it can be copied right away and sent to Mr. 0 so they don't have to do this again.

The video gets transferred over, but Miranda doesn't know how to send it to her boss since she completely forgot his ID. She thinks it was Ms. 0 and the protagonist felt something was off. Turns out, Miranda sent the video to Ms. 0 of Social Services of the Ark: Inside Edition, a tabloid publication, and now she has a new story to broadcast later. Before the two can watch the footage Miranda accidentally shared to the media. Poli rushed back in, learning that an actual bomb was planted at the park the two were at earlier. After hearing the host say bomb on the TV, they played the part of the footage where Miranda mistook the call Poli received as a bomb threat. The host lied and said the A.C.P.U. concealed a bomb attack. Miranda looked back at her phone, with Ms. 0 responding to enjoy the show. Now that Miranda has made a large mess, the three of them have to work together to get out of it.

#### Episode 3 - Coordinated Operations

After explaining everything that has happened up to this point to Poli, she receives a call from the chief about what was on the news. She took full responsibility for Miranda's mistake and he wants to see her right away. While Poli will take the chief's scolding, Miranda and the protagonist have to locate the bomb. Though the two worry what will happen to Poli, she isn't that troubled about it since police secrets have been leaked in the past. Both felt she had no reason to cover for them since Miranda leaked the footage and the commander shot it in the first place. After Poli reminds him he would be deemed complicit if word gets out he took the video, she believes the chief is a reasonable person, but not flexible. Miranda feels really bad for putting Poli through this, but she assures her they're partners and she considers this a coordinated operation. While she deals with the chief and the media, they can locate the bomb seeing her as more capable of handling it. Though Miranda still has her worries, the commander promises to look after her.

While Poli goes to handle her assignments, Miranda becomes distraught, believing she causes more problems than solves and sees Mr. 0's assessment of her being a burden as correct. She intends on being transparent with Poli before she leaves the force, but the commander thinks that's a terrible idea. Since she patrols the park everyday, she would have the best ideas of where to find the bomb. After asking where she would place it if she was a terrorist, the two sort out it is probably located where they found the kid earlier. Since working hard is the only thing she's good at, she's determined to do a good job here. The two head off to hopefully locate the bomb before it explodes.

#### Episode 4 - Red Line and Blue Line

The park is devoid of people, likely from the news broadcast earlier. With ample opportunity to investigate unimpeded, the two attempt to locate the bomb. Miranda pulls out a map that she designed for locating and returning lost children that she drew herself, much the protagonist's "luck," so she takes the lead. After a while of looking, neither are able to locate the bomb. She allows him to rest if he needed to, but he can keep going. The two receive a call from Poli who informs them she caught the terrorist responsible for planting the bomb and has evacuated the park already. She tells them to leave so the criminal can be interrogated so they can find the bomb later, but before they can, Miranda finds a suspiciously placed box by a tree. Turns out, it contained the bomb. Before Poli was able to call the bomb disposal team, the device began to make beeping noises. The two soon discover a timer on it that is counting down with only five minutes remaining. Poli tells them to leave it alone so the disposal team can handle it, but Miranda worries the blast radius will be so large, it may injure the civilians surrounding the park. To avoid that possibility, Miranda decides to cover the bomb with herself until it detonates since her inorganic body can suppress some of the blast. Wanting to fulfill her duty as an officer and protect as many lives as she can, she is willing to sacrifice herself. Before Poli can protest, she hangs up on her.

The commander refuses to leave her, but she shares that since she's a Nikke, there is a chance she will survive unlike him. After suggesting that there is a chance he can still be caught in the blast anyways even if he left now, she decides to run in the opposite direction so that doesn't happen. He refuses to let her deal with this alone and he justifies himself by saying as he is a citizen Miranda has to protect, she is a Nikke that he has to look after too. She tells him that as a police officer, her orders take precedent, but he's still willing to risk his life for her. After inspecting the bomb again, the commander discovers a red and blue wire and figures cutting the right one will disarm the bomb. She initially refuses to cut one since he can die if they cut the wrong one, but he reminds her that they are basically already waiting to be blown to bits as is. Unable to make a decision herself, she has to trust the protagonist to make the right call.

After he chooses to cut a wire, she agrees with his decision, to his regret, and after trembling for a bit, she ultimately slices the blue wire with nine seconds remaining. Realizing there is no chance of escape, Miranda puts her arms around his head as the two are enveloped in a white light.

#### Episode 5 - Police Officer Miranda

The commander was sent to the hospital even though the bomb didn't explode because Miranda accidentally crushed him and dislocated his shoulders trying to save him. Poli scolded her partner for her reckless actions and after she questioned why she touched the bomb if she was so afraid, he took responsibility for her actions. Poli berates the two for not listening to her and for risking their lives on a gamble. She told Miranda she should have used her Nikke abilities to help them escape and she was even angrier that Miranda hung up on her.

The two apologized for their actions, but despite how mad she is at them, she's glad they got lucky and aside from the protagonist, no one was hurt. Though Miranda credits her commander for making the right call, Poli thinks that her efforts and courage are how she saved countless lives today. She thanked her partner for all she's done, but Miranda doesn't think she deserves any credit since the two of them have spent all day trying to film the hard work she does. She knows she made things worse forcing Poli to bail her out.

Miranda tries to reveal she is an inspector for the Central Government Supervision Department, but Poli beats her to the punch by sharing she already knew. Turns out, everyone at the A.C.P.U. knows already so Poli feels the two have kept a secret from each other until now. She's not mad at her because though she may have entered the force under false pretense, her conduct is that of an officer. What Miranda told her while the two were with the bomb only confirmed it further. Since the two officers had made up, Poli needed to return to work. Though the commander now understands how difficult Poli's job is, she knows the two of them have been through a lot today and wishes him a nice rest.

Miranda was shocked to learn her secret was not secret at all. The two agree with their original plan to send the videos to Mr. 0, but the protagonist suggests she can resign from the supervision department instead. She has no desire to leave either job, but she knows that she messes up a lot as a cop. Since she mostly saved his life, he wants her to be confident in what she has accomplished. Since she will promise to protect him should he ever need it, the commander asks Miranda to hold him as she did before. While she has no idea why they would do that now, she admits to wanting to as well.

The two embrace again like before and while he's in a bit of pain, she attempts to leave to relieve him only for him to pull her back in. He holds her so tight she has difficulty breathing, but he tells her to get used to this. The commander assures her she's doing great with both of her jobs, but she feels the best decision she made was coming to see him for advice. She thanks him for giving her courage and his trust.

A few days later, Miranda sent the videos he recorded to Mr. 0 and was able to keep her job at the A.C.P.U.

Having new matters that needed to be dealt with, Miranda came to visit the protagonist again. She notices everyone acting differently now. Instead of smiling and ignoring her mistakes, her coworkers are now furious at her when she bungles something up. Despite that, she feels a new sense of comradery with the other officers and they have even increased her workload. While she is unaware as to why they are acting strangely, he can figure out why. Without prompting, he proceeds to hug her again even though she thinks she should be doing that to him.

Whether it's good or bad, Miranda seems to have been recognized by everyone as a new police officer, but he refuses to say anything to her about it.

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