Record 1: Clockwork Apple

(The voice of TK-31 narrates in the background.)

TK-31: My name is... no... as a member of the Neo Arcadia City Management Bureau, I have no name. But if a name is just a means of solid-state recognition, then I have a model number, TK31. I suppose this string of numbers is my name. In order to maintain the ideal city for humans on a permanent basis, a strict control system is required, consisting of a large number of mass-produced Repliroids like us and a group of privileged Repliroids with real names. A human society filled with peace of mind and a Repliroid society replaced by numbers and highly functionalized. I loved this sublimely beautiful and well-managed city, Neo Arcadia, as well as its system. That is, until the moment when I engraved that word as my name!

(Cut to TK-31 with several coworkers.)

Coworker A: Look, it's Harpuia...

Coworker B: So it was true that he was going to accompany us on this investigation?

Coworker C: If the Bureau's people and the hunters are involved, it's gotta be pretty big. It's either something dangerous or there's quite a bit of treasure lying around.

TK-31: Guys... why don't we stop chatting about it?

Harpuia (in the background): ...Get the food team up to speed. Listen. You guys just need to collect the data here. Don't go alone, and if something happens, report it to the hunter who accompanied you.

TK-31: It is very rare to find an old-generation marine information city that has been preserved in its original form to this extent. It was only natural that Master Harpuia, who supports Lord X's administration from the academic side, would visit the site and give guidance. I should feel rather honored...

(Cut to a scene where TK-31 and others discover the Submerged Library.)

Investigator A: The power source is live... What is this place?

TK-31: It looks like a huge library.

Investigator B: Wow... there's so many doors. How many rooms are there?

Investigator B: H-Hey!

TK-31: I can only assume that I was out of my mind at that time. As if guided by something, I wandered into the deepest data room and ended up eating the forbidden fruit, a fragment of history sealed in the darkness. How could I have known that an unwanted reality would block and cover my eyes?

(TK-31 explores the area and uncovers hidden data about the Elf Wars.)

TK-31: What could this data room be? Th-This is... a powerful force that will lead the world to ruin... the Dark Elf. Dr. Vile, a super first-class war criminal. The last stage of the Elf Wars... the Total Repliroid Subjugation Operation... This is Lord X! What the... what is he fighting? ...Omega? What are... what are these documents?! I've never seen or heard of anything like this! Speaking of which... I heard that the research facility in Area 7 stores baby elves from the Great War...

(Suddenly an alarm goes off.)

TK-31: Wh-What's going on?! An overflow?! History is rewinding... th-the Irregular Wars... the Sigma Antibody Program... Mother Elf... th-the light... saves the world... the birth of hope... This is... Project Elpis!

Harpuia: Hey, you! What are you doing there? What's the matter? What are you trembling for? I told you... all we have to do is collect it.

(Harpuia disables the alarm.)

Harpuia: You know it's pointless for someone like you to follow your shameful curiosity and take an interest. Listen to me. Forget everything you've just seen. Model number... TK31.