# E3 - The Soldier of Smiles
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**[00:24] gail**
Finally sacked the place, eh?
**[00:26] stel**
Has it been a month
since the Battle of Grad?
**[00:29] gail**
They held out longer than expected.
**[00:32] gail**
First the border town of Grad, now Lorgeth.
**[00:35] gail**
We've secured the strategic
points in the north.
**[00:38] gail**
But they've probably used the time
**[00:40] gail**
to fortify their capital
with forces from all over.
**[00:43] stel**
We'll need to proceed carefully, then.
**[00:48] gail**
Have to wonder how long this
damned war will go on...
**[00:53] stel**
I'll fight for as long as it takes.
**[00:59] gail**
*What the hell is she smiling about?*
***SIGN*** The Price of Smiles
***SIGN*** The Price of Smiles
***SIGN*** The Smiling Soldier
**[02:41] lil**
Hey, Stella.
**[02:43] lil**
Do you know what our commander's doing here?
**[02:46] stel**
He was transferred here, wasn't he?
**[02:48] lil**
Well, I know *that*.
**[02:50] lil**
But what I meant is—
**[02:52] hu**
The rumor that he ignored
an order from above, right?
**[02:55] lil**
No one's talking to you, Huey!
**[02:58] pie**
It's an entirely baseless rumor.
**[03:01] pie**
Even before the war, our commander
**[03:03] pie**
was assigned missions:
VIP escorts, stamping out terrorists...
**[03:06] pie**
He always carried out his
orders to the letter.
**[03:09] brea**
All the more reason for the rumors, I'd say.
**[03:13] brea**
How'd a guy like him end up leading
a squad like ours, y'know?
**[03:16] pie**
What do you mean, "a squad like ours"?
**[03:18] pie**
Warrant Officer Break, don't you
have any pride in our squad?
**[03:23] hu**
Don't forget, Pierce.
**[03:25] hu**
The guy's been a real creep from the start.
**[03:28] hu**
Always looking down his nose
at us one way or another...
**[03:31] brea**
Like "I'm way too classy to
share a tent with you lot"?
**[03:35] hu**
That's it! That's exactly how he—
**[03:38] lil**
The *point* is, he's been
assigned to us for a month,
**[03:41] lil**
but we still don't know anything about him.
**[03:44] lil**
I don't like putting my life in
the hands of someone like that.
**[03:48] pie**
You feel that way, too, Petty Officer Lily?
**[03:51] lil**
What do you think, Stella?
**[03:53] stel**
I don't know.
**[03:56] com**
On the eastern edge of the State of Caldarth
**[03:59] com**
lies a city called Azaria.
**[04:01] com**
It's said to be a quiet place
ruled by a local lord.
**[04:04] gail**
What's its significance?
**[04:07] com**
According to prisoners we took
at the Battle of Lorgeth,
**[04:10] com**
there's a chance some supplies have
been left at the local forces' base.
**[04:15] com**
But we can't afford to lose
forces in another battle
**[04:18] com**
with nothing to show for it in the end.
**[04:21] gail**
You want us to perform recon?
**[04:23] com**
It seems the local lord took
the bulk of his army to guard Hariant.
**[04:27] com**
Only a small local force should be present.
**[04:30] com**
Infiltration shouldn't be difficult.
**[04:34] gail**
That ends the briefing.
**[04:35] gail**
We'll depart at 0800 tomorrow.
**[04:38] gail**
Any questions?
**[04:40] hu**
Sounds like a relaxing change of pace to me.
**[04:42] pie**
Petty Officer Huey.
**[04:44] pie**
People who say things like that
tend to be the first to die.
**[04:48] hu**
Scary.
**[04:49] hu**
Pierce and Break, once we arrive,
**[04:51] hu**
you'll stand by in theurgears
on the city's east side.
**[04:54] both**
Yes, sir.
**[04:54] both**
Yes, sir.
**[04:56] gail**
The rest of us will investigate the city.
**[04:58] both**
Yes, sir.
**[04:59] both**
Yes, sir.
**[05:00] stel**
Yes, sir.
**[05:16] gail**
After we scout the location,
we'll rendezvous here at 2000 hours.
**[05:26] hu**
For being out in the boonies,
they've got some pretty nice stuff...
**[05:30] lil**
I knew they were at a different
phase of industrialization,
**[05:33] lil**
but it's still a shock to see it up close.
**[05:38] lil**
Hey, that one would look great on Stella!
**[05:42] lil**
So would that one!
**[05:44] hu**
And Soleil wants to keep all
of this to themselves...
**[05:50] stel**
Yuki Soleil?
**[05:52] stel**
She really is still a child, isn't she?
**[05:56] gail**
If you had to kill that princess...
**[05:59] gail**
what would you do?
**[06:02] stel**
I'd kill her if I was ordered to, of course.
**[06:12] gail**
Appreciate the patronage.
**[06:14] sol**
Thanks for coming by.
**[06:19] gail**
So this is their food storehouse?
**[06:23] stel**
I certainly hope they've
left some behind, but...
**[06:33] stel**
As I thought, it's all
been taken out, hasn't it?
**[06:36] gail**
Given the state of the conflict,
it's not surprising.
**[06:40] stel**
Are we struggling for other resources, too?
**[06:50] gail**
Show yourself.
**[06:58] gail**
What are you doing?
**[07:00] al**
Mauli!
**[07:02] mau**
Alan!
**[07:03] al**
I told you not to come in here!
**[07:05] mau**
I'm sorry.
**[07:08] al**
Put it back.
**[07:15] mau**
I'm sorry. We'll be going now.
**[07:17] stel**
Wait. Who are you?
**[07:21] al**
We live in the administrative building.
**[07:24] stel**
Administrative building?
**[07:25] al**
Since no one's using it at the moment.
**[07:27] stel**
And you're living there, long-term?
**[07:31] mau**
Hey. You guys work for a laundry, right?
**[07:34] mau**
What are you doing here?
**[07:37] gail**
A friend of ours works in this storehouse.
**[07:40] gail**
We thought we'd drop in on him
while we were on the job...
**[07:43] mau**
They took all the food out of here yesterday.
**[07:47] mau**
Your friend probably went with them.
**[07:50] gail**
Most likely.
**[07:52] al**
We'd better go.
**[07:53] al**
We'll get an earful from
the Order if they see us.
**[07:56] stel**
The Order?
**[07:58] al**
Let's go, Mauli.
**[07:59] gail**
Wait a minute.
**[08:01] gail**
The Order would be less likely
to see you in a truck, right?
**[08:10] kids**
One, two... three!
**[08:15] ---**
Run!
**[08:23] girl**
Mauli!
**[08:24] boy**
Alan!
**[08:26] girl**
Where have you been?
**[08:27] mau**
The food storehouse.
**[08:30] boy**
Who are they?
**[08:31] mau**
They're the laundry guys.
**[08:33] mau**
They gave us a ride in their truck!
**[08:34] boy**
No fair!
**[08:35] boy**
How'd things go at the storehouse?
You find any food?
**[08:37] mau**
I found some canned fruit, but...
**[08:39] al**
You know we couldn't take it with us.
**[08:42] boy**
But the old guy has it.
**[08:45] boy**
Look! Look!
**[08:50] gail**
I'm a sucker for sweets, that's all.
**[08:52] al**
You...
**[08:53] gail**
Besides, it's close to its expiration date.
**[08:56] gail**
It would just spoil if we left it there.
**[08:58] gail**
Better to share it among us, I think.
**[09:00] gail**
How about you?
**[09:07] al**
Let the children have some, please.
**[09:12] gail**
All right!
**[09:13] lan**
C'mon, Lana! Have some with us!
**[09:21] al**
Here!
**[09:23] girl**
So good!
**[09:23] al**
Calm down!
**[09:34] stel**
You're not going to join them?
**[09:38] stel**
I'm Stella.
**[09:42] lan**
Lana.
**[09:45] stel**
That's a cute doll.
**[09:47] lan**
Papa and Mama bought her for me.
**[09:51] stel**
She's important to you, then?
**[09:53] lan**
Yeah.
**[09:54] lan**
They both died in the war.
**[10:00] lan**
Everyone else is the same as me.
**[10:02] lan**
They said they brought us
here because it was safe.
**[10:10] gail**
Did you like that?
**[10:12] all**
Yeah!
**[10:14] gail**
Speaking of which, that Order
you mentioned before...
**[10:18] gail**
Would that be Hariant's chivalric order?
**[10:20] kid**
Yeah.
**[10:21] gail**
I've never met them before.
**[10:23] gail**
Have they been here a while?
**[10:25] boy**
They have, right?
**[10:26] boy**
Yeah.
**[10:27] boy**
In that building.
**[10:28] girl**
Yeah.
**[10:34] gail**
I see.
**[10:35] gail**
Well, seeing as they're valued clients,
**[10:36] gail**
we ought to stop by and pay our respects.
**[10:39] gail**
Shall we?
**[11:01] kids**
Go! Go!
**[11:03] stel**
Hey, Lana.
**[11:05] kid**
Not fair!
**[11:07] kid**
Hey, let me try!
**[11:09] stel**
If...
**[11:11] stel**
If you feel like there's nowhere in
the world where you belong, don't worry.
**[11:17] stel**
You'll find your place someday.
**[11:21] lan**
Really?
**[11:23] stel**
I was the same as you.
**[11:27] lan**
Did you find a place?
**[11:30] stel**
Yes.
**[11:39] lan**
Here.
**[11:42] stel**
Thank you.
**[11:46] stel**
Lieutenant.
**[11:47] lieu**
I can't get in touch with
Special Ensign Owens.
**[11:51] lieu**
He's running an infiltration right now.
**[11:53] lieu**
He'll be out of touch until
his scheduled contact time.
**[11:57] lieu**
*What's going on?*
**[11:58] stel**
He learned that the Order are here
in the base, so he's investigating.
**[12:03] lieu**
*The Order?*
**[12:04] stel**
Yes.
**[12:05] lieu**
* We've just received word from*
* the Hariant scouting party*
**[12:08] lieu**
*that the Soleil Army is heading for Azaria.*
**[12:12] lieu**
*A battalion, it seems.*
**[12:13] stel**
A battalion? Coming here?
**[12:16] lieu**
*Yes.*
**[12:16] lieu**
* It might be related to whatever*
* the Order is doing there.*
**[12:32] gail**
This is...
**[12:36] lil**
A food plant powered by the new chrars?
**[12:40] hu**
Just one of 'em is enough
to run a plant of that size?
**[12:43] hu**
Talk about an exponential upgrade...
**[12:45] stel**
I suspect the Royal Army is coming to
carry these provisions to the front lines.
**[12:52] Lieu**
*Chief of Staff Fleet.*
**[12:53] Lieu**
*What do you recommend?*
**[12:55] fleet**
* At the moment, we can't spare*
* the forces to engage the battalion.*
**[13:00] fleet**
*Special Ensign Gail Owens.*
**[13:03] fleet**
* Can you obtain the new chrars*
* and destroy the plant*
**[13:06] fleet**
*before the Royal Army arrives?*
**[13:10] lieu**
*What's the matter?*
**[13:11] gail**
I can.
**[13:12] gail**
But it might result in civilian casualties.
**[13:15] fleet**
*A necessary evil.*
**[13:17] fleet**
*If the food produced by that new chrars*
**[13:19] fleet**
*were to be distributed across Soleil,*
**[13:22] fleet**
* the tide of battle would*
* swiftly turn against us.*
**[13:25] fleet**
* The longer the fighting drags on,*
* the more our people will suffer.*
**[13:31] gail**
Understood.
**[13:33] fleet**
* Just in case, we're sending two*
* twelve-gun batteries your way.*
**[13:38] gail**
You mean...
**[13:40] fleet**
* If you fail, we'll bombard the plant*
* from long range and destroy it*
**[13:44] fleet**
*before the battalion arrives.*
**[13:48] fleet**
* We expect the enemy battalion to*
* arrive in roughly three hours.*
**[13:52] fleet**
* Thus, the battery will open fire*
* two hours from now, at 2300 hours.*
**[13:58] gail**
Roger that.
**[14:00] hu**
Two hours? Is she insane?
**[14:03] gail**
I'll fill you in on the plan on the way.
**[14:05] gail**
Though it's not exactly our speed...
**[14:26] stel**
Those children are all war orphans, she said.
**[14:31] gail**
I bet.
**[14:37] gail**
We're starting the infiltration now.
**[14:38] gail**
Follow the plan.
**[14:40] pie**
*Roger that.*
**[14:41] brea**
*Just leave it to us.*
**[14:44] gail**
I'll be parting ways with you for now.
**[14:46] hu**
Huh?
**[14:47] hu**
What are you talking about?
**[14:49] gail**
You guys just follow the plan.
**[14:51] gail**
Get that new chrars and blow up the plant.
**[14:54] stel**
And you, Commander?
**[14:55] gail**
I've got an errand to run.
**[14:56] gail**
You're in charge until I get back.
**[14:59] hu**
You're crazy, old man!
**[15:00] lil**
I completely agree!
**[15:03] stel**
Understood.
**[15:04] stel**
We'll carry out the mission ourselves.
**[15:06] hu**
Oh, boy...
**[15:07] lil**
Stella...
**[15:08] stel**
Let's go.
**[15:10] hu**
Freaking hell.
**[15:11] hu**
Who gave that guy command?
**[15:29] lil**
The chrars is still running,
so we need to shut it down first.
**[15:33] lil**
We'll need to use both this terminal
and the one on the installation itself.
**[15:39] stel**
Understood. I'll handle that.
**[15:41] lil**
I'm counting on you.
**[16:13] stel**
I've got one straight ahead.
**[16:15] hu**
Same.
**[16:17] stel**
Three, two, one...
**[16:32] al**
Y-You...
**[16:33] gail**
Round the others up quickly.
**[16:49] hu**
Delicious!
**[16:54] stel**
*Lily.*
**[16:55] stel**
I've got it shut down here.
**[16:58] lil**
Shut down here, too.
**[17:00] lil**
*Stella, behind you!*
**[17:02] kni**
You! What are you doing?
**[17:06] kni**
Intruders!
**[17:12] hu**
Perfect timing!
**[17:20] gail**
C'mon! Hurry up, everyone!
**[17:23] sec**
Stay where you are!
**[17:27] gail**
Let's go.
**[17:28] al**
Wait! Don't go with him!
**[17:32] al**
I knew it.
**[17:33] al**
That gun... the man who killed
my father carried the same model.
**[17:38] al**
You're a Grandiga soldier, aren't you?
**[17:42] pie**
Be extra careful, okay?
**[17:45] brea**
I am, chill out.
**[17:55] brea**
Watch it!
**[17:56] brea**
Are you people nuts?!
**[18:06] brea**
Good job, Pierce.
**[18:07] pie**
Much obliged.
**[18:09] stel**
Commander, we have the new chrars
and we've set the explosives.
**[18:14] stel**
How are things with you?
**[18:16] gail**
I'm in front of the administrative
building. I'm still on base.
**[18:20] hu**
Hey!
**[18:21] stel**
Keep following the plan!
**[18:24] gail**
I'll say this one more time.
**[18:26] gail**
When the plant underground blows up,
it'll kill everyone here.
**[18:30] al**
So don't blow it up.
**[18:32] gail**
I can't do that.
**[18:37] stel**
What are you doing?
**[18:38] stel**
Get in the truck!
**[18:39] al**
Cancel the detonation!
**[18:47] stel**
Each time you refuse, I'll kill one of them.
**[18:55] stel**
Miss...
**[19:00] al**
You...
**[19:02] stel**
They're dead either way,
so what does it matter?
**[19:19] hu**
Hey, it's time to split!
**[19:44] gail**
The Royal Army will be here soon.
**[19:47] gail**
Keep them safe.
**[19:49] al**
Don't expect us to thank you.
**[19:51] kids**
I hope you all die!
**[19:53] kids**
Murderers! Leave us alone!
**[19:55] kids**
Murderers!
**[19:56] kids**
Get away from us!
**[19:57] kids**
Murderers!
**[19:59] kids**
Go away!
**[20:01] kids**
Murderers!
**[20:02] kids**
Mama...
**[20:07] stel**
Lana.
**[20:08] stel**
I'm sorry about—
**[20:15] stel**
Give back my papa and mama.
**[20:19] stel**
My home... everything...
**[20:25] al**
Let's go.
**[20:38] gail**
This is the nature of what we're doing.
**[20:41] gail**
Yet you're certain you can fight on,
for as long as it takes?
**[20:55] gail**
You did an excellent job.
**[20:56] hu**
We were having a little talk, just now...
**[21:00] hu**
What if someone had died while
you were AWOL during the mission?
**[21:06] gail**
It's a commander's job to
trust his subordinates.
**[21:10] hu**
Oh, clever.
**[21:13] gail**
Where's Stella?
**[21:15] lil**
I'm afraid I don't know.
**[21:34] gail**
Looks like it got to you more than expected.
**[21:37] stel**
What do you mean?
**[21:39] stel**
If you mean the all-nighter,
I'm used to night missions.
**[21:44] stel**
I wonder when our next mission will be.
**[21:50] gail**
*She's gone mad.*
***SIGN*** The Choice of Hope