Arknights story · Dorothy's Vision
DV-S-1 Dilemma
Ferdinand has the data recovered from Loken Watertank's experiments for Dorothy, but the reason she needed it surprises him.
1 scenes, 44 lines
1. Interlude
44 linesHere, the data you asked for.
Thanks, Ferdinand. I didn't think you'd hand it over personally.
We were able to retrieve most of the Loken Watertank data thanks to you. The fewer that know about this, the better.
And I'm curious as to why you wanted these data.
......
She gazes at the monitor in front of her, so focused that even her breathing slows down.
A video of a girl with white hair is playing.
The girl spends most of her time sleeping, eating, or sitting in a corner with a blank look on her face.
From time to time, she is led into a lab, where she crushes furniture placed in a room separated by a 1-meter thick wall.
What a beautiful child.
You remind me of Loken Williams. I thought only madmen boast about their test subjects.
Sure, he's been accused of crossing a moral line.
Morals are shackles that the short-sighted impose upon themselves.
Science has never been bound by common sense. There is no greater insult to a scientist than to be judged by moral standards.
Williams's problem was that he allowed the infinite unknown to get the better of his sanity, and he abandoned the logic and reason a scientist must grip.
See at the end of the video how your 'beautiful child' turned the lab into a nightmarish catastrophe.
The monitor is showing a different image.
There is no recorded sound, but the screams seem to pierce the screen and fill a lab from another time.
The fallen debris does not hide the bloodstains.
Records pertaining to her have been tampered with. Like the other legacies of Loken Watertank, she has value to somebody, somewhere.
I want to find her.
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May I assume you're considering ending Williams's experiments?
She is too difficult to control. A risk Rhine Lab cannot afford.
She didn't volunteer to be a test subject. I can't ask something so cruel of her.
You want to heal her?
We're not doctors, but anyone whose seen the experiments in their entirety should not harbor such delusions.
A... a hug?
The girl... she's all alone.
They took her family from her, and made her something entirely different from all other people.
I can't help but think... where is she now?
Has she made new friends? Or new enemies?
I want to hear her voice...
I can't change her past, but the future may not be lost yet.
You know, Dorothy... I really have no idea what you're thinking at times.
Not many scientists are as sentimental as you are. You're not bound by logic or reason either. Perhaps, one day, your madness will put Williams's to shame...
Madness? I've seen this in my dreams, many times.
That's why I want to find the girl.
If she's still alive... if anyone can save her from her past...
Then maybe someone will be there to stop me, if I really do go over the edge.