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*'''Cortana''': "I can't believe he did that…" | *'''Cortana''': "I can't believe he did that…" | ||
*'''John-117''': "Cortana, I need that info!" | *'''John-117''': "Cortana, I need that info!" | ||
''Cortana doesn't respond.'' | |||
*'''John-117''': "''(sigh)'' Look… don't think about the Didact, don't think about the composer. Only focus on finding me Tillson." | *'''John-117''': "''(sigh)'' Look… don't think about the Didact, don't think about the composer. Only focus on finding me Tillson." | ||
*'''Cortana''': "Tillson, Sandra K. Female. 51 years of age. Doctor of Archaeology. [[Pegasi Institute]]-" | *'''Cortana''': ''(strained)'' "Tillson, Sandra K. Female. 51 years of age. Doctor of Archaeology. [[Pegasi Institute]]-" | ||
''The elevator resumes.'' | ''The elevator resumes.'' | ||
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''The elevator stops, and John presses a button to open the elevator door. Cut to black.'' | ''The elevator stops, and John presses a button to open the elevator door. Cut to black.'' | ||
'''{''Cutscene''}''' | '''{''Cutscene''}''' | ||
''Cut to John's first-person view. Several scientists, including Tillson, are on the platform, some running around on their tasks. Tillson is conversing with two coworkers.'' | |||
*'''Sandra Tillson''': "They've compromised the station's hull." | |||
''Cut to John. He runs over to a nearby console, passing Tillson on the way.'' | |||
*''' | *'''John-117''': "Didact's taken the Composer. Get these people to the evac centers!" | ||
''He takes out Cortana and puts her in the console.'' | |||
*'''Sandra Tillson''': "'Taken'? 'Taken' how?" | *'''Sandra Tillson''': "'Taken'? 'Taken' how?" | ||
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*'''John-117''': "Tap the flight deck. Find us something that carry a pay load." | *'''John-117''': "Tap the flight deck. Find us something that carry a pay load." | ||
*'''Sandra Tillson''': "Wait, something's happening." | *'''Sandra Tillson''': "Wait, something's happening." | ||
''Tillson and the scientists stop to look at the ''Mantle's Approach'', which is closing in on the station. The Composer on it starts charging.'' | |||
*'''John-117''': "Cortana, can you access the station's defense systems?" | |||
''Cortana is fiddling with a hologram.'' | |||
*''' | *'''Cortana''': "They're not responding!" | ||
''Cortana | ''The Composer continues to charge. Cortana is attempting to start the defense systems, to no avail at every attempt.'' | ||
*''' | *'''John-117''': "Cortana?" | ||
''Cortana turns to look at him. The hologram is still flashing a error warning.'' | |||
*'''Cortana''': "Chief, it's-" | *'''Cortana''': "Chief, it's-" | ||
''The Composer | ''The Composer fires. The scientists stagger from the blow, their skin already starting to flake off into units of data. They all begin to collapse. Cut to a closeup on Tillson. She screams in pain as her skin, muscles, and skeletal system are broken down into orange flakes of data. John is unaffected, though his armor flickers orange as he collapses on the floor and blacks out.'' | ||
''John awakens sometime later, the staff now reduced to ashes. Cortana is sitting on the pedestal, forlorn. Vapor is rising from the ash piles that are all that remain of the scientists, as well as John's armor. He wakes up, looks around, and gets up onto one knee. Cortana looks up at him.'' | |||
*'''Cortana''': "I monitored the data pulse. I could hear them… what was left of them…" | *'''Cortana''': "Are you okay?" | ||
''John stands up with his assault rifle. He looks around at the ash piles, still smoking. | |||
*'''Cortana''': "I monitored the data pulse. I could hear them… what was left of them…" | |||
''John moves toward the door, thinking.'' | |||
*'''John-117''': "We need to move." | *'''John-117''': "We need to move." | ||
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*'''Cortana''': "These people are gone." | *'''Cortana''': "These people are gone." | ||
*'''John-117''': "And more will follow if the Didact reaches Earth." | *'''John-117''': "And more will follow if the Didact reaches Earth." | ||
''Cortana remains silent for a moment.'' | |||
*'''Cortana''': "They will pair you with another AI. Maybe even another Cortana model if Halsey lets them." | |||
''John looks and turns toward her.'' | |||
*'''John-117''': "That's not going to happen." | |||
*'''Cortana''': "It won't be me, you know that, right?" | |||
''John doesn't respond, turning around again. Cortana stands up and activates the hologram again.'' | |||
*''' | *'''Cortana''': "Spinning up a [[F-41 Broadsword|Broadsword]] at hangar C-11. Whatever the [[Librarian]] did to you obviously worked." | ||
''John turns back to her.'' | |||
*''' | *'''John-117''': "Cortana." | ||
''Cortana turns toward him.'' | |||
*'''John-117''': "It's not over. Not yet." | *'''John-117''': "It's not over. Not yet." | ||
*'''Cortana''': "Not yet." | *'''Cortana''': "Not yet." | ||
'' | ''Cut to black. Level ends.'' | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||