# 13 - Pandora Returns
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Chevalier Alaska Control. Osprey Double-Z
Zero One. Maintain flight level 9000.
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--Osprey Double-Z Zero One. Roger.
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--It is cold.
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So...!
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U-Uhh, Rana? You're too close...
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The cold is to blame!
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O-O-Oh, right.
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I feel fine because I have this on,
but you only have your uniform, huh?
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Is that so? Then that
is all the more reason...!
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S-Seriously! You're too close!
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But I am about to
freeze to death in this cold!
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Here! Feel for yourself!
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H-Hold on! What are
you making me touch?!
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Is that not obvious?
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I-I can't do it!
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Come on! Only for a second!
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See how very cold it is?
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See?! See?!
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So I would like *you
*to warm me up, Kazuya!
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Volt Textures *do* have cold
protection and heat retention capabilities.
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Oh, do they, Satellizer?
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We're picking up a distress signal.
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Now changing course
and proceeding to site.
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They said we're changing course...
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No one has even said where
we are being taken in the first place...
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We are now above the
source of the distress signal.
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However, poor visibility is
hindering a site assessment.
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We have a visual on a Nova Type S!
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I can't believe we've suddenly
run into a Nova all the way out here...
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Did you not pick up its dimensional
vibrations when it appeared?!
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Given this blizzard, you can't
expect our instruments to function properly!
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I have a full grasp of the situation.
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Wh-Who is this?
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Three kilometers ahead is a
Chevalier petroleum storage base.
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Your priority is to stop
the Type S and defend the base.
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D-Defend it?! With only two Pandora?!
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Reinforcements will arrive shortly.
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Shortly...
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Should the petroleum
storage base be destroyed
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it will wreak untold destruction.
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Including seawater contamination
from the resulting petroleum spills.
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And you're the only
ones who can prevent that now.
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The weather is too
rough to make a landing.
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Once the hatch is opened,
commence combat immediately.
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What does this mean?
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We're to jump out and
start fighting. Right now.
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Huh?
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Huh?
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Let's go!
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Understood!
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Now!
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Good luck.
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What's the plan?
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First...
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Oh...!
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S-Sorry.
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How are they so quick to respond?
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It's about to begin.
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We'll be right there, Doctor.
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They did it!
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No...
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Cruise missiles too?
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They seem *too* well-prepared...
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Now the *real* show begins.
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Pay close attention.
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That's the Pandora that
protected West Genetics in Japan
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during the Tenth Nova Clash...
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Volt Weapon: deploy.
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Volt Weapon: deploy!
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Attention, Pandora ground team.
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It'd be risky to face it head-on.
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Enable tracking marker.
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Warning. 0.5 miles to glacier
terminus from present location.
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Beware of crevasses during combat--
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I'll lure the Nova.
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Rana Linchen. You'll...
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...bury it alive, right?!
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I'll give you support, Satelli, ma'am!
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Here I go!
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Sacred Gate Eight Extremities Fist...
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...Flame Fang!
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That was very easy for a Nova!
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It *was* especially weak.
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Ma'am!
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Rana!
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Kazuya!
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Look out!
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Chiffon Fairchild?
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Elizabeth Mably too?
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Are you all right?
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What are you doing here?
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Andrei. Take care of him.
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Yes, my lady.
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Satellizer and Rana,
you're on Decoy duty!
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I'll serve as the Striker.
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Elizabeth, you're the Finisher.
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Get ready, Yujin!
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You can count on me, Sis!
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Ereinbar Set!
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This Nova...! I knew it!
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West Genetics' Pandora are
even better than the rumors say.
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Japan is under Gengo Aoi's care.
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Maria Lancelot's holy remains
are enshrined there as well.
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That's why so many prestigious
debutantes have gathered there.
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Debutantes, huh?
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I'm guessing they are too...
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It's odd.
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You noticed too, Elizabeth?
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Yes.
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Rumor had it these Nova dummies
were being developed in Alaska.
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All the excessive preparedness
for the assault makes sense
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when you look at this as a test run.
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So they faked the distress call,
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sent us down here
while keeping us in the dark,
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and involved us in an exercise?
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Elizabeth and I were told
it was for disaster-relief, actually...
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Whatever the case...
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...someone was testing us.
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I can't wait to see what awaits us in Alaska.
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Do not look!
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Huh?
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You can simply use your
Volt Texture, can you not?
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Are you all right?
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Huh?
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Miss Satellizer beat you up and all!
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You're overreacting, Rana.
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I am not overreacting at all.
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You are my Limiter, after all!
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S-Since when is Kazuya your Limiter?!
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He's mine!
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You have not yet held a
baptism with Kazuya, correct?
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Because of her conceited,
no-contact attitude all the time,
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I think she would
be best as your helper.
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H-Helper?! G-Get serio--
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I suggest you take
things a little more seriously.
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Right!
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Yeah, Rana.
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We were sent to provide the E-Pandora
Laboratory with data, remember?
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I-Is that so?
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Wait, what is an E-Pandora?
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An artificial Pandora.
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As evidenced in the
recent Tenth Nova Clash,
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Nova appearances have grown
more frequent with each new occurrence.
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To counter this, Chevalier
General Command has announced
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its adoption of a new Pandora plan:
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"Scarlet Ohara"
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the E-Pandora Project,
spearheaded by Dr. Scarlet Ohara.
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Upon turning eleven years old,
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all girls are required to
take a Pandora aptitude test.
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"Focus on artificial Stigmata implantation"
"Hoping for results from volunteer system"
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Only girls deemed
Stigmata-compatible
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are allowed to live as Pandora.
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Of course, these girls
are free to accept or decline
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the offer to become Pandora,
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but there are also
girls who wish to fight
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but cannot become Pandora due
to incompatibility issues.
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This E-Pandora Project
allows ordinary, incompatible girls
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--to become Pandora by implanting
artificially-created Stigmata.
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--So, you see,
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--it tastes like a Kunlun
harmony of fragrant flavors
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--It is a truly revolutionary breakthrough.
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--that spread in your mouth...
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--However, Dr. Gengo Aoi,
Chevalier's Nova consultant...
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--That restaurant's pasta does?
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--Yes! You shall go too on your next day off!
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--...had persistently opposed the
project, citing its unethical nature.
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Dr. Aoi! Do you now approve of it too?!
If you could give a few words!
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"Gengo Aoi"
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My personal opinions are irrelevant,
now that the project's been authorized.
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If this project works, can we actually
refer to these girls as "Pandora"?
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I see... Grandpa is...
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Moving on, Seiga Heavy
Industries was the center of--
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Artificial or not, a Pandora is a Pandora.
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I assume there will be more than
a few who volunteer to be E-Pandora
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for the status and fame they'll
be guaranteed after their tour of duty.
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But right now, very few girls
verified to be Stigmata-compatible
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actually go on to become Pandora.
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A mere two percent.
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Because everyone is fully aware
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that many Pandora have
lost their lives fighting the Nova.
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Under such circumstances,
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I certainly can't say I approve of the
idea of rejecting Pandora volunteers
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simply on the basis that
they're the product of artificial means.
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Not to mention that
this will help alleviate
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the serious, worldwide
shortage of Pandora.
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Do you really believe so?
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That must be it!
The E-Pandora Laboratory!
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It looks like it used to
be a big industrial plant.
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It's *the* perfect location to
keep something covered-up.
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Huh?
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Oh, she's just kidding!
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Yeah, I thought so...
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Stigma memory area formatted.
Trigger setup complete.
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Now idling in buffering mode.
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Rewrite system engaged.
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--Texture installation
system now ready for scan.
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--Quantization gate enabled.
All numbers normal.
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Commencing scan.
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We will now install Volt Texture
data into each of you.
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Volt Texture data?
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I see. Purpose-built for this facility...
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Oh, it has better cold protection and
heat retention than the Genetics data!
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Oh!
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Look at all these people here!
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Skilled Pandora like you
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have been called here from
Genetics facilities around the world!
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Didn't you know?
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O-O-Oh, that is right!
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Yo! Chiffon!
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It's been a while!
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Yes, not since the World Carnival!
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Yeah! Although you beat me then...
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You girls haven't properly
met her yet, have you?
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She's Roxanne Elipton
of Genetics America (US).
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You gals can call me Roxanne the Immortal!
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Y-Y-You are immortal?!
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In other words, she's a zombie.
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What?!
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I see you're still as uncouth as ever.
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Who's she?
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Charles Bonaparte of Genetics France (LDT).
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Also known as the Young Tempest Phoenix.
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Satellizer!
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It's good to see you, Satellizer!
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Cathy Lockharte!
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Oh! You are the Godspeed of the East
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who fought as the lesbian nude cheetah!
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Lesbian?
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Oh, don't worry about it.
She's not very bright.
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65 centimeters under. 83 centimeters on top.
An 18 centimeter difference.
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Bra size of 65D.
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H-How can you tell all that?!
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She's Julia Munberk of
Genetics Germany (PANZER).
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Also known as the Maverick of Walpurgis.
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Look! It's the world's five strongest!
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The world's five strongest?
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Those four...
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...and the Unparalleled Monster, aka Chiffon.
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Together, they're the current Top
5 of all third-year Genetics members.
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Your own skill is right
behind theirs, of course.
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My opponent in the World Carnival,
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Holly Rose of Genetics Britain (UK),
is more proficient than I am.
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Has she not been summoned here?
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Now that you mention it,
I don't see her anywhere...
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Attention, all Pandora.
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Please conduct your
Volt Texture equipping tests
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in the designated fitting rooms.
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--Report any equipping errors
to the support center immediately.
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--Volt Texture, equip!
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Oh, I like it!
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Naked's so much nicer and easier...
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...but Volt Texture, equip!
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Awright!
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Your undergarment Texture
is as crude as ever.
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Hey!
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Have you changed clothes yet, Satellizer?
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It feels very comfortable!
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What is it, Second Year?
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I can't wear such a short skirt!
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I am Scarlet Ohara,
head of the E-Pandora Project.
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The aim of the E-Pandora Project
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is to artificially produce
Stigmata-compatible subjects.
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For that, I will need the
data of you, the original Pandora.
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Once this project gets underway,
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we will no longer need to rely
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on the extreme rarity of
naturally-occurring Pandora compatibility.
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You, alone, have carried
the heavy responsibility thus far.
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The time has come for *all
*girls to share that weight!
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Something bugs me about this...
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Rumor has it Doctor Gengo Aoi
is still opposed
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to the guys pushing
this project forward, right?
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Plus, I heard they got it
almost ready for practical use
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before Chevalier ever approved it.
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Which makes it obvious
they did human experiments.
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Is that all you have to say?
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I guess I should ask who you are.
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E-Pandora.
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Ah, so *here's* the product
of human experiments!
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*AVENGE WORLD!!*
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*To protect someone is
to know hate for someone*
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*An unknown pulse*
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*Swallow it and it becomes
mere hope, it falls apart with a sound*
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*The savage pain inside me*
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*is a fighting tragedy*
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*I never wished for this power; the stars
to wish upon have already fallen*
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*This sad fate screams out loud*
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*Tear me apart, my loved ones*
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*Now, grab hold of your dream*
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*However much you scream about your sad fate*
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*light and prayers will change to betrayal*
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*It's time to be brought to justice*
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*Ah! Where did that smile go?*
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*The answer is nowhere
to be seen this daybreak*
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--Evolution Pandora?
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--All that matters is that they
perform to their utmost...
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--We refuse to let you
belittle all the hard work...
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--How can we be so different?
We're all human!
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Next time: "Evolution Pandora."