Arknights: Prelude to Dawn (2022) s01e02 Episode Script

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That news again: thanks to the
swift response of the Ursus Guards,
the riots in Chernobog are
gradually being contained.
The rioting has largely been
quelled in most districts,
and public order is being restored.
All citizens are advised to stay indoors
until the Ursus Guards have prevailed.
That news again: thanks to the
swift response of the Ursus Guards,
the riots in Chernobog are
gradually being contained.
All citizens are advised to stay indoors
Captain! There's too many
of them! If this keeps up—
Filthy Infected!
Dammit! Where's our backup—
Calm down!
They're just a bunch of hapless scumbags!
In the name of the Emperor, we have to defend
Hey, where are you going?!
Running in the face of the enemy is—
I got away!
Let's go.
Take the one in the black hood alive.
Kill the rest.
Thanks to the swift response of the Ursus
Guards, the riots in Chernobog will soon end.
The riots have been put down in almost
all districts, and the situation is now stable.
That news again
Thanks to the swift response of the Ursus
Guards, the riots in Chernobog will soon
You've got to hand it to them,
coming up with that fake news.
Hard to believe the Ursus Guards
would get pushed into a corner, though.
Seems the government isn't really
serious about suppressing the riots.
I can't imagine Reunion's capable of
pulling strings behind the scenes
Right, but it's not entirely out of
the question, given the situation.
Amiya.
We can't afford to help anyone right now.
I know how you feel, but our priority is
getting the Doctor back to Rhodes Island.
I get it
I know what you're saying.
You've done very well, Amiya.
Ace.
All that's left is to regroup with
Nearl and Scout, and evacuate.
Right.
Doctor?
What's wrong?
This mist
It's strange.
You're right.
It's getting thicker.
Enemy Arts?
Form a circle.
Roger.
All combatants, form up
around the stretcher.
Hurry. While visibility is still good.
No hostile target in sight.
Status updated.
Enemy drone in sight.
All friendly scout
drones have been hit
and expired.
All units, under the trees! Quick!
They probably fired to intimidate us.
So their goal was to get us to split up?
The mist's so thick now.
We can't tell where anyone is
Stop! Let go!
Stop it!
Amiya.
Dobermann!
Ace and his team are
fighting on the other side.
No idea how many there are,
but it doesn't seem like a lot.
I'll fire a flare to request backup.
We need to find out who's manipulating
this mist to improve visibility.
We'll work with our backup to take down
the enemy, and get out of here.
Right.
What's wrong?
The Doctor's gone.
What?
Weren't you together?
Don't move.
One wrong move and I'll kill you.
I'm looking for someone.
Tell me everything you know.
I don't know
I don't know anything
Don't tell me you forgot.
What a bother.
I thought I was meant
to be in charge of this area.
You have to tell me if you want to hunt here,
Crownslayer.
I'm a nice guy, though.
If you leave right now,
I'll pretend I didn't see anything.
The enemy's retreating?
The mist is clearing up, too.
Doctor!
Now, would you kindly leave?
You still have some work to do, don't you?
Step away from the Doctor!
Hmph
I look forward to seeing you fail miserably.
Big talk.
Looks like the enemy commanders
don't work well with each other.
Hello there. I know Crownslayer's rude,
but forgive her, won't you?
It doesn't look like he's going to attack us.
We can't be sure. Stay on your guard.
Your commander is fine.
Sorry for the commotion.
Okay, go ahead.
Doctor!
Hey, you okay?
Yes.
Doctor, are you all right?
Is that kid the one behind the mist?
No, I think he released the Doctor
from the one manipulating the mist.
There's no telling what he's thinking.
Listen. Luckily, everyone's alive,
but some of us are wounded.
Pretty badly, too.
Right. Once we make it through this bit,
there's a spot where we can patch them up.
Doctor, good to have you back.
Now, let's get going.
Great! Looks like everyone's here.
Sorry for not introducing myself.
My name's Mephisto.
Now, let's play a fun little game together!
I knew he wasn't going
to let us go that easily.
I'll buy us time. Move.
We don't have time to play with kids!
Oh? And here I was, giving you
such a sincere invitation.
But you'd rather run?
Hold!
It's an ambush.
Relax. I'm not going to do anything yet.
You see, I'm pretty interested in you.
I read your files.
You're a pharma company, but you do
more than just play with test tubes.
You fight shoddily to avoid taking lives,
and you've got a big crowd going along with that.
My interest is piqued.
Especially about you, my friend who
got pulled out of the sarcophagus.
Yes, you! The one with the face
hidden under that black hood!
You look kind of different
from the rest of us.
Who are you? Where are you from?
How did you survive?
Ah, I'm so curious!
I changed my mind.
How about you hand that one over to me?
That way—
That's not going to happen!
What a shame.
If you'd cooperated,
I could've let the rest of you go
Okay, let's play a game.
Here are the rules.
My friends here will try
to tear you to shreds.
If you take all of them down and
even one of you survives, you win!
How about it? A simple yet thrilling game, no?
There's a Catastrophe coming!
Why are you doing this?
What are you talking about?
It's the Catastrophe that makes
this the best time to party!
You sick bastard. What are you after?
What am I after?
I'm not "after" anything.
You have nothing to do with our goals,
so you dying or not doesn't
actually make a difference.
He's insane
Now, enough with the chit-chat.
My hooded friend, let me have some fun.
Do it.
Run!
You're no different from
that coward, Crownslayer.
That's not going to buy you any time.
Caster, target C-5.
You all right?!
Next, B-6.
Dammit!
Got you now!
Now, let me watch how you suffer
Hm?
Oh? A few of you are missing.
You're taking the wounded with you?
What a humane and incompetent commander.
That's exactly what I like, though.
It makes you worth tormenting to death.
Get them.
Target G-3.
Hold on a little longer
We're almost there.
Amiya!
Not terribly impressive.
Now, like sparks on a rainy night
Die.
What?!
Backup?
You've got to be kidding!
Finally
Sorry I'm late.
No, don't be sorry.
You must be the Doctor.
I am Nearl, the Radiant Knight of Kazimierz.
I'm here to bring you home.
You ruined it
You ruined my game!
Your men are too sloppy.
The Reunion fighters who captured the
city's strongholds were much more effective.
You're just letting your rioters run
rampant and kill innocent civilians
to satisfy your base desires, nothing more.
Surrender!
Faust!
I want her shot through the mouth!
What? She blocked it?!
Sniper!
Smoke out!
Impossible!
Try again!
Blow her to pieces!
Crossfire cannon?
Why?
Nearl, the wounded have been evacuated!
Roger. All units, pull out!
Why?
Why don't you just roll over and die?
How can they still stand after that?
Hurry!
Amiya, we're done here. Get out now.
Right!
K-Kill Kill
Thanks!
Let's go.
Right!
It's just you there now, Nearl!
Nearl!
This way!
Let's go!
What a boring game.
Mephisto, I'm sorry.
I screwed up.
It's all right. Don't apologize.
It was all their fault.
Talulah should have Chernobog's
command tower under her control by now.
I'll go pay her a visit.
Can I ask you to track Rhodes Island for me?
All right.
We'll let her decide the
fate of these insects.
Faust.
Be careful.
The men are yours to waste as you need.
Your safety comes before
everything else. Okay?
Yeah.
Right then, let's go, friends!
Let us go forth into our new era.
We'll leave as soon as the
wounded are patched up.
We're almost out of the city.
Just bear with it a little longer.
They really trashed this place.
I never imagined things
would turn out like this
Amiya, isn't this place
Yes, it's the Azazel Clinic.
Doctor, in this country,
if you're found to have Oripathy,
you're taken straight to a quarantine zone.
That's why a lot of people here hide their
infections and carry on with their lives.
This is where they receive
treatment in secret.
In other words, a back-alley clinic.
Seems they might've had
dealings with Reunion, too
From the look of it, they probably refused
some demand and paid the price for it.
Didn't they turn us down, too?
Really gave us the cold shoulder.
They probably did the same to Reunion.
If you ask me, they had it coming!
Calm down.
That's the way it had to be.
You get it, don't you?
It's hard for them to trust anyone.
I think things must've
been difficult for them.
Even if you're both Infected, that doesn't
mean it's easy to trust each other.
If you don't build a wall to protect yourself,
you'll find yourself in harm's way.
That's probably what they had in mind.
We can't blame them for thinking that way.
We wanted a place where the
Infected would not be ostracized.
Where they could live as human beings.
That's why we built Rhodes Island.
There are a lot of people who
still haven't opened their hearts,
but most of us Rhodes Islanders are
working to overcome this barrier together.
Just like Rhodes Island,
this clinic was probably built to
give the Infected some comfort.
You're right. They're trying
their hardest to survive, too.
I'm sorry. I didn't think it through.
Don't worry about—
Ow!
Are you okay?
What happened?
I'm sorry. I think I might've gotten
hurt in that battle just now.
Hey, we need a free medic operator over here!
I-I'll go myself!
Let me take your jacket.
Thank you.
Our leader needs to take
better care of herself.
Right. I will.
Lift your right arm a little, please.
Thankfully, you're not bleeding.
I'll use Arts to control the inflammation.
Doctor?
Oh, right.
Let me explain the principles behind Arts.
There's a mineral inside
this tool called Originium.
It's the source of our Arts' energy.
It's only with this conduit that those
with a natural aptitude can use Arts.
The effects depend on the user.
There are those who can heal, like this guy,
and those who can burn a whole town to cinders.
Our civilization exists only because of the
industrial applications of these abilities.
It's thanks to Originium that
we're blessed with the lives we live.
But Originium is also
the source of Oripathy.
Your wrist
Right. This is Originium, too.
If you use the Originium inside
your body as your conduit,
you don't need any tools to use Arts.
Oripathy can even enhance your Arts.
It's a double-edged sword.
It's essentially using your life force as fuel.
It hastens the user's death.
It's the price you pay for that blessing.
If only there was a cure for Oripathy,
things wouldn't be so tough.
To be exact, this clinic didn't try to heal.
It tried to slow the progression of symptoms.
That's all we can do with
our technology right now.
And we're done. How do you feel?
I feel much better. Thank you.
That's right
If only we could cure Oripathy like this
That's why we need to bring you back
to Rhodes Island at all costs, Doctor.
I'm sorry
Oh!
No, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to put pressure on you.
We've finished treating the
wounded. Let's get moving.
Doesn't look like we can reach Scout's team.
I see
Anyway, let's hurry to the rendezvous point.
Doctor.
I have a friend who's lost her memories, too.
This is just my opinion, but what's important
isn't your past or the memories you've lost.
It's your "present" and your "future."
Thanks.
Scout's team isn't here yet, huh?
It's too quiet.
Doctor, could it be a trap?
No It's just
What is it?
Warning: Rear side heat source detected.
Is it a fire?
It's true that there's a fire
spreading in that area
Could it be
We'll scope out the square.
If anything happens, you're our backup.
Understood.
We'll stand by here and watch our six.
Ace?
Did something happen here?
Well
No, it's nothing.
It was a long time ago. One day,
if I feel like it, I'll tell you about it.
All right.
Let's hurry to the square.
What's wrong?
Right now.
Warning: Heat source detected.
Evacuate! Move!
Th-These Arts
They're worse than the data said!
The tyrant of Reunion
Talulah!
Secure an evac route!
Doctor, please take command of—
You should have joined us for real.
What have the Infected done?
What have the innocent done?
What can you do?
What can idealists do
with their empty promises?
This is as far as you go.
Your ideals won't spread.
Your naive dreams won't come true.
But I'll tell you how I want things to end.
Annihilation.