This chapter introduces Kevin Abbot. One of the people Karl likes according to the game. Now, I haven't played as him much so I did a little research on him through reading his personal bio, and playing as him for a while. I'll try my best to keep him in character. Also thanks to the reviewers of the last chapter for giving me tips to improve my story telling.
Chapter 2:Meeting the team
"Ah, Private Landzatt, please sit down." said Captain Varrot.
"Y-yes ma'am" said Karl.
"I am Captain Varrot, commandeer of the third regiment. If you have any questions, you can report to me." She looked at Karl's personal file. "Hmm, according to this you signed up to be an engineer correct?"
"Yes ma'am, I used to work at an ironworks back at Fouzen, so I have a decent knowledge of machinery." Explained Karl.
" I see, well then, Private Landzatt, you will be assigned to Squad 7. Make sure to get to know your new teammates. Because from now on, this is your new family, at least until the war is over." said Varrot.
"T-thank you ma'am, I'll be on my way." said Karl.
Karl entered his squad leader's office. He saw him at his desk.
Oh, hello, you must be our latest recruit, I'm Lieutenant Welkin Gunther, please come up.
Karl walked up to his new commander, with sweat running down his brow. "M-my name is Karl Landzatt sir. It's a pleasure to join you."
"The pleasure's all mine, and please, call me Welkin."
"Um, okay sir, I-I mean Welkin."
"Why don't you go to the barracks and introduce yourself to everyone? I'm sure you'll find someone to connect too."
Karl was really surprised, he thought his new squad leader was going to be like the Drill Sergeant he met earlier today, but this guy was completely different to what he imagined him to be. He worried he may be a bit too soft, but decided not to think about it.
Soon, Karl went into the Squad 7 barracks. It was much larger then he had expected, large enough to hold a tank even, and sure enough, he saw one. But this tank was a different model then the tanks he saw in other parts of the base, it was larger, and wider then other tanks.
"That's the Edelweiss." a voice behind him said.
Karl jumped at the sudden sound from behind. He looked behind him and saw two girls. One was a darcsen girl wearing a shawl, and utilities around her waist, the other was a brown haired girl in pigtails wearing a red scarf on her head.
"Forgive me, I didn't mean to startle you." said the darcsen girl.
"N-no, it's alright, I was just so interested in this tank I guess I got distracted." said Karl.
"You must be the newest recruit, I'm Sergeant Alicia Melchiott, Lieutenant Gunther's subordinate. Said the pigtailed girl.
"And I'm Isara Gunther, I'm the tank pilot of the Edelweiss." said the darcsen girl.
"Pleased to meet you, I'm Karl Landzatt, engineer, wait, you said your name is Gunther?"
"That's right, I'm the Lietenant's sister, I know it seems strange, but,…
"It's okay, you don't have to get into it."
"Why, don't you introduce yourself to the rest of the squad? They should be in the mess hall right about now." said Alicia.
"Thank you Ms. Melchiott."
"That's Sergeant Melchiott to you."
"Y-yes ma'am!"
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As Karl enters the mess hall, he sees several people separated into separate groups. After he gets his lunch, he looks around for a table he could sit at, he sees a table with an empty seat, occupying the table was a red haired girl with corkscrew pigtails, a guy with silver hair covering most of his face, and another guy with a mop-style hairdo. He walked over to the table in hopes of making new friends.
"H-hello, my name is Karl Landzatt, mind if I sit with you?" The red haired girl and silver haired guy paid no heed. But the mop haired boy said: "S-sure go ahead."
As Karl sat down, the mop haired boy introduced himself.
"I'm Kevin… Kevin Abbott., pleased to meet you."
"Likewise." said Karl.
"So… where you from? Said the red haired girl.
"I-I came from Fouzen."
"Ugh, that place is filled with dark-hairs. The stench must be unbearable." said the grey haired guy.
"Um, excuse me?" asked Karl.
"You heard me, dark-hairs smell awful."
"It's bad enough we have to work with darksens in our sqaud." followed the red haired girl.
She pointed to a table with two darcsen soldier. One had curly hair with glasses and a goatee, the other had hair that reached to her neck.
"Well, I don't think darcsens are so bad." said Karl.
As soon as he said that, he felt a hard punch to the face. Karl fell off his seat and on to the floor, his glasses fell off of him.
"You better watch you tone four eyes." growled the grey haired guy.
Kevin meekly said "Cezary p-please, he…
"Shut up Kevin! This isn't about you!"
The red haired girl got up and was about to join Cezary in the beating, Karl closed his eyes and hoped he isn't hurt too badly. The suddenly, he felt a presence in front of him.
"L-Lynn?" Karl thought. He opened his eyes to see if it was her. Instead he sees a large bulky man with brown hair in front of him.
"Hey! Break it up! Cezary leave the kid alone!" said the large bulky man.
Cezary, just scoffed and walked out of the mess hall.
"And Rosie, I saw you trying to help that guy, you oughta be ashamed."
"Hey I was trying to help Largo!" said Rosie.
"No Rosie, I saw the whole thing. I know what's up."
Rosie scoffed as well and followed Cezary. Largo helped Karl off the ground.
"Word of advice kid, you don't wanna have people around here saying you like Darcsens. It only gets you in trouble." said Largo.
"U-understood sir." said Karl meekly.
The whole mess hall stared at Karl. Suddenly Karl didn't felt hungry anymore. He left the mess hall.
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Later that night, Karl recollected what had happened that day. He wished he could go back in time and get himself to stand up for himself, but he knew that wasn't going to happen.
"Lynn… where are you?" he thought to himself.
Well, that's it for this chapter, hope you guys liked it. Next chapter we delve even further into Karl's past. See you then! And once again, please tell me if there is anything I should improve on!
