4 4 301 1 Rosetta There's a lot I want to tell you about surviving out here on the snowfields, but today it'll have to wait... 1
5 5 302 I'm guessing you like surviving out here? 6 Anything else we should be doing? 7
6 6 8 301 Rosetta Yeah. I like survival, since luck isn't as much of a factor. Card games, though, I like them for their gameplay. 1
7 7 301 Rosetta Yeah, environmental surveying. This mission requires us to go conduct fieldwork. 1
8 8 301 Rosetta Anyways, engineering wants us to set up our equipment on the designated coordinates. 1
9 9 302 What's all this equipment? 10 What else? 11
10 10 12 301 Rosetta They're for surveying... I don't quite understand the technical details. They just need us to help set them up. 1
11 11 301 Rosetta They'll handle the rest remotely. We just need to help with installing them. 1
12 12 301 The equipment Rosetta brought resembles various tripods with a camera terminal on top. It appears to also have basic AI functionality.
13 13 301 Rosetta Stretch it out and put it somewhere stable on the snow. Then the AI will latch this device to the ground. 1
14 14 301 Rosetta The engineers want at least some data soon. So, we need to set everything up before sundown—Oh, huh...? 1
15 15 302 What's the matter? 16
16 16 301 Rosetta It's gone... 1
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18 18 301 Rosetta The activation module... It's gone. 1
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20 20 301 Rosetta Looks like I lost it, but where could it have gone? Did I lose it on the plane... or on the way here? 1
21 21 301 Rosetta I equipment-checked with the engineering staff through a checklist. I highly doubt that we've forgotten to bring it over... We must've lost it on the way here. 1
22 22 301 Rosetta But that covers too wide of an area. We'll have to spend an hour or two just searching... 1
23 23 302 Better get started then... 24 Can you have someone send another over? 25
25 25 301 Rosetta I'll have to write some reports for Babylonia... But this is the safest bet. 1
26 26 301 Rosetta I thought we could complete this mission without a hitch, but I guess today's not my lucky day... 1
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29 29 301 With that, Rosetta sighs. She picks up a pebble on the ground and tosses it into the ocean.
30 30 301 The pebble skips on the water—once, twice... all the way up to seven times, before plunging into the sea.
31 31 301 Rosetta notices your gaze and blushes before returning to her normal self.
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33 33 301 1 Rosetta Some Forest Guards do this to forget about bad things... I figured I'd give it a shot. 1
34 34 301 Rosetta Anyway, let's get moving... 1
35 35 301 ??? Rotten figgins... Who's throwing rocks into the water?!
36 36 301 Rosetta Huh? 1
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39 38 301 Massive streams of bubbles fizzle near the shore, eventually breaking into a splash, revealing the silhouette of a massive, red-eyed figure.
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41 40 302 ...An enemy? 41 No! Not the yeti! 42
42 41 43 301 Bionic Bear So, you chucked that rock, aye?! Alright, have at it then, I'm gonna crush you! 1
43 42 301 Bionic Bear Yeti your bear butt! I'm a bear, jellyface! Bionic bear, aye?! 1
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45 44 301 1 Rosetta Wait... Why would there be a bionic bear in the ocean? 1
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48 46 301 1 Bionic Bear Well, yeah? Cuz' I was swimming, aye?! What's the deal with you throwing rocks into the sea?! Summoning some watery tart for a golden rock? 1
49 47 302 She was just blowing off steam. 48 It wasn't intentional. 48
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51 49 301 1 Rosetta I'm sorry. 1
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53 51 301 1 Bionic Bear Oh... 1
54 52 301 Rosetta's simple and direct apology catches the bear off-guard. He visibly deflates, the rage nowhere to be seen. He asks you what it was all about.
55 53 301 Bionic Bear Ah, alright. So you lost some module thingamajig? 1
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57 55 301 1 Rosetta Yeah, so I was just skipping rocks to take my mind off it. I didn't think it'd hit you. I'm sorry. 1
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59 57 301 Bionic Bear Oh, um, well, 's alright, I'll let it slide. Can't blame no bear for gettin' mad when you get a rock to the head outta nowhere, though. Sorry 'bout that. 1
60 58 301 Bionic Bear So yeah, anyhow. You trying to turn them three-legs on? 1
61 59 302 Think you can help? 60 Have you seen our lost module? 61
62 60 62 301 Bionic Bear Ya, I can help, alright. 1
63 61 301 Bionic Bear Nope. But I can help you get it set up. 1
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65 63 301 1 Rosetta ...How? 1
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67 65 301 1 Bionic Bear Just plug me right in, aye? I can turn 'em on. There's a control terminal on me back as well. 1
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69 67 301 1 Rosetta I never knew bionic bears could do this... 1
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71 69 301 1 Bionic Bear Yeah, yeah—bionics can do a lot more than you Constructs... What's that human's name? 1
72 70 302 (Tell the bear your name) 71 I'm a Construct, too. 72
73 71 73 301 Bionic Bear 【kuroname】, aye? Alright, just do what I say. 1
74 72 301 Bionic Bear If you're the punchline, I give that a two outta ten... Just grab the cable and plug it to my back! 1
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77 75 301 ——
78 76 301 With the help of the bear, you successfully activate the equipment, and Rosetta sighs in relief.
82 80 301 Bionic Bear Them folks' been talking about helping you humans out—figured I'd lend a paw. But don't go redistributin' sedimentary wealth into the sea again, Forest Guard! 1
