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Character Name: Rean Schwarzer
Universe: The Legend of Heroes, Trails (Kiseki) series, Trails of Cold Steel tetralogy
Alias: Ashen Chevalier, Ashen Awakener
Description: Rean Schwarzer is the main protagonist of Trails of Cold Steel I, II, III, and IV, and one of the three protagonists of Hajimari no Kiseki. He is a member of Thors Military Academy's Class VII. He is a young man with unkempt dark hair with a blue tint and fuschia eyes. During his time at Thors as a student, he wore a red Class VII uniform, using black trousers and lavender tie. As he got older and after he became the Instructor to the next generation of Class VII, he currently wears a long white overcoat with belt-like attachments on the shoulders, a flared collar and a loosely worn purple belt. He also wears a black zipped shirt over a white buttoned shirt, black trousers and a red suspender belt for carrying his tachi. Rean uses a tachi in battle. It is kept in a sheath which transitions from purple at one end to dark blue and a metal clasp at the other. The blade itself is single edged, with a decorated purple and gold woven handle and two tassles hanging from the is a ring-like attachment on the side of the guard.
Raised as the adopted son of the Schwarzer Barony in the northern region of Erebonia. He enrolls at Thors Military Academy at the age of 17, where he deepened his bonds with his friends as the center of Class VII. He was then selected as Awakener and became known as the Ashen Chevalier.
After graduating from Thors, he assumed office as instructor of Class VII: Special Operations at the Thors Branch Campus. While leading his students, Rean teamed up with his old friends to deal with disaster that struck the entire empire and surrounding nations alike. As the saga unfolded, he learned the details surrounding his birth, how he ended up as the baron's adopted son and about the unknown power that dwelled inside him, which, at the mercy of fate, contributed to his growth as a person.
Kind, sociable, easygoing and modest to a fault, Rean is about as upright as they come. He is incredibly supportive, often helping people (friends or otherwise) with their various problems, often going through extreme lengths to fulfill requests. He is a natural-born leader, often taking the initiative when the group faces a problem, relying on his good instincts and deductive reasoning skills to get through them. However, despite putting on a confident front, Rean has a shockingly low amount of self-worth, often being harsh to himself and trying to spread credit to others. He is also unable to reconcile the love that his family has for him, often considering himself to be a burden, striving to one day "pay back his parents" for caring for them, unable to realize that his parents unconditionally love him.
He also has a tendency to put others over himself, often to his detriment. Jusis points out that his tendency to do this comes across as more abnormal than virtuous. He holds himself back when fighting due to the fear of losing control and accidentally hurting someone with his power. He is able to slowly reconcile his shortcomings over the course of Cold Steel I II, eventually learning to accept the love that people have for him and accept his unknown power as an extension of himself. He is quite overprotective of Elise, stating that he won't just let any man be with her and easily snaps to even the slightest of infractions (such as a simple stroke) against her.
Rean matures a great deal after the events of the first two Cold Steel games. Although his base personality is more or less the same, it's greatly tempered by his experiences in the military. He gains a greater understanding of the people and world around him, and makes a point to look at things "beneath the surface." He is more forthright than he used to be, and he tends to vocalize uncomfortable truths rather than coddle them (such as when he tells Kurt his sword skills and lack of resolve aren't enough to help him on his mission).
As a teacher, his kindness and easygoing nature are complemented by high expectations and a desire to maximize each of his student's potential. He is also fiercely protective of them, and while it often manifests in a desire to help them overcome whatever obstacle that might be in their way, his overprotectiveness of them can lead him to make questionable decisions in order to secure their safety. Over the course of Cold Steel III, he learns to set aside his overprotectiveness towards them and genuinely trust his students as comrades. He shows a great deal of concern for students outside of his class as well and is always willing to lend an ear to any student in need.
Rean is surprisingly competitive, often putting his all into winning competitions. He admonishes Group B for their abysmal grade in their previous field study and spurs them into cooperating by appealing to their sense of pride. He will express dismay when losing to his opponent during minigames. He also strongly believes in diligence, and while he's always willing to help his students in need, he also expects his students to work hard in order to achieve their goals.
Rean has a fondness for fishing and enjoys snowboarding; he even helped construct Ymir's snowboarding course as a child. The Unspeakable R costume sets in Cold Steel II III make it clear that Rean was quite imaginative as a child.
Voice Actor(s): Kouki Uchiyama (JPN), Sean Chiplock (Eng)
Calling to Medic #1: I need medical attention immediately, doctor!
Calling to Medic #2: Medic, get over here and heal my friends quick!
Calling to Medic #3: Doctor, I'm low on my magic! Your assistance would be greatly appreciated!
Calling on Healers/Support from Class VII (Alisa, Emma, Altina, Musse, etc.): Class VII! Back me up here!
Captured Control Point #1: Alright, enemy point has been captured!
Captured Control Point #2: This point now belongs to Class VII: Special Operations!
Captured Control Point #3: I'll hold the fort here for now! You can count on it!
Captured Control Point #4: Get into defensive positions, Class VII. Defend it like your life depends on it! Don't let any of the enemy through!
Tie/Stalemate #1: Urgh! Damnit! We're at a stalemate!
Tie/Stalemate #2: Not bad...they're much stronger and more competent than I'd give them credit for.
Tie/Stalemate #3: As much as I hate to admit it, a strategic retreat is needed at this point, but...for those of you on the other side, this war is far from over for us! So don't rest on your laurels just yet.
Tie/Stalemate #4: It is my fault for taking their chess pieces and strategies too lightly that led us to this...unfavorable position.
On Fire #1: GGKK! I need to cast an Orbal water spell to douse myself!
On Fire #2: Hot! Hot! Hot!
On Fire #3: Damnit! My clothes caught onto the flames!
On Fire #4: Hurry! Someone get a Cooling Spray and spray it all over me!
Award Unlocked #1: Good job!
Award Unlocked #2: Well then. Our much-needed reward for all our troubles.
Award Unlocked #3: This reward is not just for me. I couldn't accomplish it alone without the help of you, my friends, and my students.
Award Unlocked #4: I'm honored to receive this award as recognition for mine and Class VII's efforts.
Battle Cry #1: I, Rean Schwarzer, son of Baron Schwarzer, member of Thors Military Academy's Class VII, and as the Ashen Chevalier, shall charge forth into the fray and show the world the might of mine and Class VII's resolve!
Battle Cry #2: Thors Military Class VII: Special Operations...commence the battle!
Battle Cry #3: I will give you the taste of the Eight Leaves One Blade, taught to me by Master Yun Ka-Fai!
Battle Cry #4: The odds may not be in our favor, but that's all the more reason for me to keep pushing forward in battle! I refuse to give up and I will not rest until we cleared our objective, or die trying!
Invincible #1: Okay! Optimal formation: Black Tortoise!
Invincible #2: Now's the time to push through the enemy line! Charge!
Invincible #3: Onward to victory, Mann Co. mercs! Class VII! Let's pave the path for them!
Invincible #4: This is it!
Invincible #5: Stop me at your own peril!
Cheers #1: Alright, got it!
Cheers #2: Impressive teamwork, guys!
Cheers #3: Don't give up!
Cheers #4: Don't worry! I'm fighting along with you to the very end!
Spy #1: Gentlemen, I sense there is a spy hiding among us.
Spy #2: There's no point in cowering in the shadows. I know you're right here with me, Spy.
Spy #3: I didn't need my Unclouded Eye to figure out your true colors. For someone who's supposed to be good at sneaking around undetected, you're amateurishly predictable. Regarding all of that, I can't let you escape.
Spy #4: Found you! Mercs! Class VII! I have the traitor in my sights! Help me catch him before he escapes!
Spy #5: This Soldier is a Spy!
Spy #6: This Scout is a Spy!
Spy #7: This Medic is a Spy!
Spy #8: This Heavy is a Spy!
Spy #9: This Sniper is a Spy!
Spy #10: This Demoman is a Spy!
Spy #11: This Engineer is a Spy!
Spy #12: This Pyro is a Spy!
Spy #13: You're not any of my friends from Class VII despite your best efforts to imitate them, Spy!
Spy #14: Sorry, but I've known my students long enough to know and call out your thinly-veiled disguise, Spy.
Spy #15: Trying to disguise as me? You've missed quite a number of my critical personality traits to even suffice as such. You're not good of an actor as you think you are, Spy. On that same token, that really pisses me off.
Spy #16: It's one to thing try disguise as me, or anyone else of my friends and students. That's already bad enough. But to try get closer to me disguised as Alisa, my beloved girlfriend, or Elise, my dear adopted sister? No words can fully encapsulate how much rage boils in my blood because of your perverted mockery of the two women dearest to me. On that note, Spy...
DIE.
Cart Going Back (Defense) #1: Class VII: Special Operations...Don't allow their cart bomb to roll towards us!
Cart Going Back (Defense) #2: I will stop their bomb if I have anything to say about them.
Cart Going Back (Defensive and with his fellow members of Class VII) #3: Machias, Alisa, Kurt, Musse, Altina, Ash...keep their vanguard occupied! Jusis, Elliot, Juna, Gaius, Laura, and Fie...you're with me in recapturing the bomb! Let's go!
Cart Going Back (Offensive) #1: The enemy's pushing us back! We have to blitz back at them harder with overwhelming force and speed!
Cart Going Back (Offensive) #2: I have to take out their key players of their defensive line if I want to stop them from pushing us back.
Cart Going Forward (Defense) #1: Stay focused on providing cover fire for those pushing our payload!
Cart Going Forward (Defense) #2: They'll have to get through me and my blade to even steal the cart from my cold dead hands.
Cart Going Forward (Offense) #1: Push the cart onwards!
Cart Going Forward (Offense) #2: Don't look back! Keep driving the bomb cart towards our designated detonation site!
Cart Stopped (Defense): Class VII: Special Operations! Protect the cart and stick close tightly with the Mercs!
Cart Stopped (Offense): We need reinforcements! Our formation is close to being unraveled!
Summoning Valimar: I call upon you! Heed my cry! VALIMAR, THE ASHEN KNIGHT!
Domination #1: You're dominated because you left yourself wide open far too many times!
Domination #2: Clearly, your battle readiness leaves a lot to be desired after I keep cutting you down so much so that it's no longer funny.
Domination #3: If you were any of my students, I'd grade your performance on the battlefield in the 'Horrible as Gehenna' category.
Domination #4: I cannot understand your inability to learn from your mistakes after you keep repeating the same ones over and over!
Domination #5: You are making this too easy for me to cut you down!
Domination #6: I'm starting to wonder if you're losing on purpose just to spite me.
Domination #7: I didn't have to use my Orbal Arts or my Crafts to show you how much you're not up to your A-Game.
Domination #8: Don't uselessly waste your breath away on the battlefield when you lack the conviction to fight!
Domination (Soldier) #1: You may think of yourself as a soldier who fought bravely for his country, but your actual criminal record speaks greater volumes of your delusions of grandeur.
Domination (Soldier) #2: You've already lost before the battle has even started.
Domination (Soldier) #3: The only thing about you that's flying about is your head!
Domination (Soldier) #4: There's more to winning a war than just resorting to reckless bloodshed!
Domination (Soldier) #5: You are a warmongering beast and a glory hound of the worst kind I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with!
Domination (Soldier) #6: If this is all the best you could muster, I can only offer you pity and nothing more.
Domination (Soldier) #7: There's a reason why I am the Ashen Chevalier, which is more than I could say about your deranged falsehood of being a soldier!
Domination (Soldier) #8: Be thankful that it is me who killed you because if it was Major Michael, Claire, or General Aurelia le Guin, they'll kill you a thousand times over for just existing as a fraudulent excuse of an actual soldier.
Domination (Scout) #1: Sometimes, just being the "quickest" isn't going to make your problem disappear.
Domination (Scout) #2: The more you run your mouth off incessantly, the more you forgot that you're at war here, not a shouting match!
Domination (Scout) #3: Allowing yourself to be cocky in thinking yourself invincible is what destroyed many young men in war such as you!
Domination (Scout) #4: I don't care about your bragging rights of being the "fastest" man alive as there are others faster and braver than you would ever be!
Domination (Scout) #5: You're so reckless and inconsiderate of your self-destructive arrogance that you'd make Millium and Ash more like competent tacticians in comparison.
Domination (Scout) #6: Don't waste your life trying to kill me if you couldn't even bother to keep up with me despite being the "fastest"!
Domination (Scout) #7: If you had spent your time training yourself better as much as flirting with the ladies, I wouldn't be compelled to compare you to Lechter. Even he has more strength and dignity than you.
Domination (Heavy) #1: Brute force alone isn't going to win you anymore battles than any of your peers sooner or later.
Domination (Heavy) #2: You might be okay when it comes to teamwork, but you need to be more flexible than just having your Medic as a crutch every time shit hits the fan.
Domination (Heavy) #3: Maybe I should let Towa whip you up to proper shape, but call her short...well, let's just say you'll be wishing I'd killed you off permanently on the battlefield.
Domination (Heavy) #4: I may not like to brag as much, but...did you seriously think you could take me on by just being a giant when I have toppled monsters and even men much larger and more dangerous than you?!
Domination (Heavy) #5: My sword is more than your bullet could outsmart!
Domination (Heavy) #6: Perhaps you need Laura Arseid to show you that there is more to strength than just being physically large, but dumb as Gehenna!
Domination (Heavy) #7: If you couldn't even defeat my students and their friends, then you never stood a chance against me at all.
Domination (Heavy) #8: Here's my lesson for you: Size is not everything.
Domination (Demoman) #1: I just blitzed you right in your blind spot, and that's without activation of my Arcane Gale to boot.
Domination (Demoman) #2: Looks like the "explosive" hype of your payload has been... greatly exaggerated, to say the least.
Domination (Demoman) #3: I think Instructor Sara and Randy would have no problem destroying you in both the battlefield and the bar.
Domination (Demoman) #4: Your swordplay is atrocious and not even worth my time since you've made such a mockery of the huge responsibility that comes with being a proper swordsman.
Domination (Medic) #1: Guten tag to you, Herr Doctor, and farewell.
Domination (Medic) #2: You're just a bloody psychopath pretending to be a healer, thinking your "medicine" saved lives when it's actually the opposite!
Domination (Medic) #3: You're no healer, but a murderous hack. The real healers here who take great care of their patients are Emma, Altina, Alisa, Musse, and Eliot, unlike you.
Domination (Medic) #4: You're way long overdue for remedial course in Medicine 101!
Domination (Medic) #5: You have more in common with Dr. Novartis of Ouroboros than Professor Seiland and Nurse Cecil in regards to your questionable, dangerous "practices", if they could even be called as such.
Domination (Medic) #6: Looks like you needed the taste of your own medicine to see how seriously sick you are in the head!
Domination (Sniper) #1: Nice try, but you're nowhere close as powerful as Alisa, or Musse are.
Domination (Sniper) #2: It's already over before you even pulled the trigger.
Domination (Sniper) #3: Get a much better sword the next time you clash blades with me.
Domination (Sniper) #4: You say professionals have standards, yourself included. I find that hard to agree coming from a man who weaponizes his own...junk...to soil and humiliate my friends.
Domination (Sniper) #5: Better clean up your act before you go shoving professionalism down Ash's throat!
Domination (Engineer) #1: If this is all the best inventions you could come up with, I hate to imagine how you'll fare competing against your more competent peers on the engineering side; the Russells, Epstein, Hamilton, Makarov, Gwyn, Mint, and George; let alone Schmidt.
Domination (Engineer) #2: You'd be better off revising your entire drawing board so as to not make me feel like I'm getting rusty.
Domination (Engineer) #3: You could build some of the most sophisticated gadgets, but couldn't solve something as simple as a zapper sabotaging their circuits?! It is beyond mind-numbing to say the least.
Domination (Engineer) #4: It isn't so much how many guns you build as it is more of how you strategically bring out their full potential as best as possible.
Domination (Engineer) #5: You might be good at solving mechanical issues. Sadly, however, you're a slow amateur when it comes to adapting to the complex and fluid nature of magic.
Domination (Spy) #1: You're not the first to try to assassinate me, and you won't be the last to fall.
Domination (Spy) #2: Fie is a much better spy and a deadlier assassin than you'll ever be!
Domination (Spy) #3: Don't bother sneaking up on me or spying on my friends next time. Because, I'll make sure your next will be your last!
Domination (Spy) #4: Sorry to interrupt whatever scheme you concocted, but this is where the buck stops with you!
Domination (Pyro) #1: You're in serious need of rehabilitation!
Domination (Pyro) #2: Other than your...impassionate love for fire, I just can't see your full potential even among your fellow mercs.
Domination (Pyro) #3: You're like the boy version of Millium, which makes this kill even more painful for me than it is for you.
Domination (Pyro) #4: I get the weird feeling that you and Millium might get along just swimmingly.
Sudden Death #1: I cannot afford to lose!
Sudden Death #2: I must keep fighting and pushing for a better tomorrow, or die trying!
Sudden Death #3: I will not go down without a fight, and neither will Class VII!
Starting a Duel #1: I, Rean Schwarzer, son of Baron Schwarzer, member of Thors Military Academy's Class VII, and as Ashen Chevalier, challenge you to a duel here and now!
Starting a Duel #2: Don't let your mind wander off worrying for the others. It's just you and me to settle the score.
Starting a Duel #3: You must give it your all to defeat me if you want to save your friends because I'll not hold back.
Starting a Duel #4: I hope you're prepared to fight me in this duel without any doubt. Otherwise, I doubt you will last long.
Starting a Duel #5 (Demoman): As your fellow swordsman, I will let my blade do most of the talking to see if you have substance behind that blade of yours other than just boasting!
Starting a Duel #6 (Sniper): I'm curious enough to see if your hunting prowess as a sniper is up to par against the Ashen Chevalier's military training and power.
Accepting a Duel #1: Not like I have any other choice, but I'm prepared and willing to fight you with everything I have. The question is...are you?
Accepting a Duel #2: I commend your strong resolve to put an end to our rivalry here, but do you have the strength to back that resolve?!
Accepting a Duel #3: Come at me with everything you have. Any slight hesitation will spell your demise at the end of my blade!
Winning a Duel #1:
No surprise I won. Now, I better catch up with my students and my comrades to see how they're faring.
Winning a Duel #2: It's clear you lacked the strength to back up your determination to defeat me. Train yourselves better, or don't hunt me next time.
Winning a Duel #3: I could do this all day! Even with both my eyes closed and one hand tied behind my back!
Winning a Duel #4: You picked the wrong swordsman to try challenge head-on!
Winning a Duel #5: Physical ability alone isn't going to cut it when up against me! At least, learn some decent Orbal Spells!
Winning a Duel #6 (Demoman): You may have not the strength to win this duel, but I still respect the conviction of your blade.
Winning a Duel #7 (Sniper): Your skill with the machete is impressive, but that's just it. You only knew how to survive, but not fight as a dedicated warrior.
Captured Intelligence #1: Objective found and acquired! Now I need to get this suitcase to my friends without being killed or captured myself!
Captured Intelligence #2: Enemy intelligence captured! I cannot afford to dilly-dally around here for much longer!
After Capturing Intelligence #1: Class VII, cover my back!
After Capturing Intelligence #2: Sorry, boys, but if you want your precious Intelligence back, you're going to have to defeat me!
Healed by Medic #1: Thanks, Doc!
Healed by Medic #2: I don't know how you did it, but I appreciate your timely assistance!
Healed by Alisa
(Rean) Thanks for always being there for me, Alisa.
(Alisa) Of course, Rean! Anything for you.
Healed by Emma
(Emma) Rean! Are you alright?!
(Rean) Yeah! I appreciate you looking out for me.
Healed by Altina
(Altina) Instructor, thank goodness I got to you on time.
(Rean) Hahaha...You did great work saving me, Altina!
Healed by Musse
(Musse) Teeheehee! That one was all for you, Instructor Rean!
(Rean) Um, ehehe...well, I appreciate it, Musse. Nice work!
Healed by Elliot
(Elliot) Hehehehe... I hope I helped you at least a little!
(Rean) Of course, it's always good to have your help!
Match Won #1: Alright! We earned this victory!
Match Won #2: This is a job well done, Class VII!
Match Won #3: Behold, the Ashen Chevalier and the Eight Leaves One Blade!
Match Won #4: I will keep on fighting for a better future where war will no longer be necessary to maintain peace!
Match Won #5: I couldn't have earned this victory without the support of my friends of Class VII, old and new; and the Mercs as well!
Match Summary: Let this victory we've earned from this battle be the stepping stone towards stopping whatever nefarious scheme the Administrator has cooked up.
MVM Quote #1: These robots have nothing on a Panzer Soldat, let alone a Combat Shell like Airgetlam, or Claiomh Solais.
MVM Quote #2: All of these robots will be scrapped to the junkyard in no time flat by the time I'm through with them!
MVM Quote #3: I have no doubt Alisa, Tita, Machias, Altina, and even Millium are going to shut down Mann Co. for good after all of this.
Bird Head:
Rean Schwarzer (Rodan)
Scenario:
After the Blue Medic performed his illegal surgical experiment on Rean, who had suffered getting his face burnt by Pyro when he stepped into the line of fire to protect Alisa, he let the Ashen Chevalier out of his 'hospital lab', if it could even be called that with all the Frankensteinian gadgets and horrors inside, proclaiming that his patient has now a bill of clean health to him...
Except for one thing that's gotten everyone of Class VII, including Tita and Agate, and even the Mercs, who were the Medic's own peers and teammates, all gasping in shock and afterwards, flabbergasted and metaphorically had the wind punched out of them to the point of speechlessness when they saw Rean's head...
Or rather what replaced it.
What the shit?! the thought rang through Ash's head when Rean stepped out from the operating room.
"Hello, guys. The Medic did a good job fixing me to the point that I...," Rean stopped his words when he saw everybody looking at him in stunned silence with the white of their eyes widened while their pupils shrunk into almost tiny indistinguishable dots. Some of them like Ash, Juna, Machias, Elliot, Crow, Sara, and Laura had their jaws literally dropping very close to the floor.
"Uh...guys...? Hello. Is everyone okay?" Rean asked out of confusion in utter obliviousness of how he's sounding off very scratchy, yet thunderously demonic like an overgrown, anthropomorphic eagle coming from his oversized, hawk-like beak and equally oversized head, including his two cranial crest-like horns, in contrast with his otherwise normal human body, which comically made him look monstrously cartoonish.
"R-R-Rean...," Alisa stammered with her hands covering her mouth as she was in absolute horror of what the Medic had done to her boyfriend.
"Alisa?" Rean said, again, being totally dense and oblivious to the fact that his entire head was now that of an infamous pterodactyl kaiju, which was both his saving grace and his damning comical gag. He didn't even notice he was spitting out streams of smoke and embers from his beak due to the bio-volcanic nature of his genetical donor the head belonged to. And they all struck Alisa and everyone else in the vicinity, except the Medic.
"WOAH!" Machias shouted out of shock as Rean's smoky breath and embers blasted him right into his face.
"KYAAAAAAAHHHH!" Emma screamed and was soon followed by most of the girls of Class VII with screams of their own.
Coughing soon ensured with all of them comically stumbling and falling onto each other on the cold floor of the waiting aisle.
"*cough! *cough!* Instructor Rean! *wheeze!* Watch it!" Juna Crawford struggled to get her own words out while her lungs were under attack.
"W-W-What the?!" squawked a horrified Rean Schwarzer as he saw he was spitting out smoke for no apparent reason. Yet he had not fully comprehended of the monstrous state of his new head.
All the while Medic was already undergoing a hysterical fit of giggles, watching the calamity unfold despite the fact that his colleagues were suffering the brunt of his Frankensteinian insanity along with their newest recruits.
Rean (Rodan) #1: I'd rather have bleach-white hair and slit eyes than be this monstrous bird with devil horns! At least, I would be still human with my ogre powers!
Rean (Rodan) #2: I'm gonna do more than just turn the Medic into ashes after I get my claws on him!
Rean (Rodan) #3: Hurt even a hair on Class VII and my family, I'll burn you all into the ground and spread the flames of terror into Mann Co.!
Rean (Rodan) #4: My wings will bring about inferno and a tornado of pain to those who stand in my way!
Rean (Rodan) #5: For some reason, I have this primal urge to vent my fury on a very annoying little moth!
Rean (Rodan) #6: Now that I'm done roasting everything to the ground! That atomic dinosaur is next!
Rean (Rodan) #7: What's this presence I sense? No! It can't be! Not that damned golden hydra!
The door to the hospital opened as Teo, Lucia, and Elise Schwarzer were the first to burst in not long after they got a call from Alisa about Rean being hospitalized for a serious head burn injury, which was quite a first for the adoptive family, especially for Elise, who was Rean's foster sister. Following them were Patrick Hyarms, Ferris Florald, Towa Herschel, Angelica Rogner, George Nome, Randy Orlando, Lloyd Bannings, Elie Macdowell, Tio Plato, Principal Aurelia le Guin, Michael Irving, Isara Irving, and Duvalie the Swift. Worried and unnerved at the thought of Rean being in such a state to the point of needing surgery, they never anticipated the chaos that had already formed within the halls of the hospital.
"I can't believe Mann Co. would have these kind of jobs that involve so much death and destruction on such a daily basis!" Lucia Schwarzer complained in an exasperated, worried tone, "And for our son and his colleagues to go with such jobs...!"
"Lucia, we can gripe about the horrific nature of Mann Co.'s jobs later. All I'm more worried about is Rean. I mean for him to get seriously injured and requiring surgery...it's rather perplexing when he or his friends could have used their Orbal spells to do the same," Teo shook his head.
"Agreed. Even though we're technically in a world where magic is not as commonly believed or tolerated as much as ours, Mann Co. shouldn't have too much issue with Rean and the others utilizing theirs on the job," Tio commented, "Considering the kind of characters Mann Co. is looking to hire."
"Theoretically, the company wouldn't have too much of an issue with that, but considering the rumors and weird stories I've heard from its former employees on the road, their workplace and management is... inconsistent and all over the place to say the least," Angelica said. "Not to mention, very volatile in more ways than one in spite of a decent salary."
"That bodes ill for anyone looking to work in this place," Patrick sweatdropped.
"Which is what I tried to warn Rean before he got everyone roped into this rushed investigation along with him," Michael said with dismayed in memory of Rean shrugging off his warnings based on his research of Mann Co. despite knowing full well how off-kilter and unstable the people tend to be. "Does he ever... no, not just him, but everyone of Class VII, ever think twice about going into such ridiculous situations?"
"They'd wouldn't be Class VII if they didn't plunge ahead as such wherever injustice or strange dealings of corruption are of concern, Michael," Aurelia answered in an amused tone matching her knowing smirk.
"Yes, but-" Michael was cut off when Lloyd spoke up.
"Major Irving, I understand your caution and you have every right to be, but you should've known right now how Rean operates," Lloyd said, "Besides, he wouldn't be here if he didn't suspect Mann Co. to have some troubling secrets and plans in store for Zemuria."
"*sigh* You have a point, and his suspicions are not totally unwarranted when one of my men reported about the peculiar nature of this company that just recently set up one of its "shops" on the outskirts of Ordis," Michael reluctantly agreed and mentally slapping himself on the head for forgetting how headstrong Rean and his band can be at times, "And this wasn't long after Mann Co. established its regional headquarters in Nortia Province, putting itself in direct competition with the nearby Reinford Group some more."
"Yeah, this is his girlfriend's company we're talking about. Added upon that, that these guys were doing suspicious mining practices close to Rean's homeland without regards for Erebonia's customs and laws, let alone Ymir's. I'd probably be miffed if I were in Rean's shoes," Randy commented.
"Which is all the more why we have to-!" Leo had his sentence cut off when a loud explosion rocked the hospital waiting room they were in, throwing everyone off their feet as they all, except for Aurelia le Guin, fell on their butts with potted plants and books tumbling onto the floor.
"What in Aidios' name just happened?!" Duvalie gasped.
"You weren't kidding when you said those former employees said this place is volatile off the charts, Angelica!" Isara, Michael's sister, acknowledged.
"Yeah! The kind that make you wanna duck for cover in a trench!" Angelica responded.
"Are you okay, Elise?!" Patrick ran up to Elise as he helped her up.
"Y-yes, but what ab-," Elise was interrupted when another explosion shook the hospital, this time with smoke overflowing into the waiting room, "KYAAAAAAHHHH!"
"What in Gehenna is going on?!" Michael Irving hollered, though it resulted in him coughing from the smoky atmosphere, which was now obscuring everyone's vision.
That was also when they heard several noises sounding off loudly, which were angry and panicked screams. Most of them recognizable right away as they were from Class VII.
"*cough!* Alisa?! *cough!* Alisa?!" Ferris coughed for her rival and longtime friend.
"Crow! *cough!* *wheeze!* What-*cough!* Oh Aidios!" Towa burst into tears at the acrid sensation of accidentally tasting a bit of the smoky air.
"Angie! *Cough!* Are you alright?!" George hollered while hacking out like there's no tomorrow.
"Yeah, I'm breathing *cough!* as well as anyone *Wheeze!* with asthma would! *Cough!*" Angelica said sarcastically while she was helped up to her feet by him as he put her shoulders around his wide shoulders.
"It's not safe here! We have to get out of here!" Lloyd concluded as he quickly kicked down the main entrance doors and having to cover his mouth with his arm to prevent breathing in too much of the smoke.
"Everyone, out of the building!" Elie called out in spite of her voice sounding a little wheezy.
"Agreed! *cough!* MOVE!" Aurelia sliced through the wall and smashed it down with her great sword to create another opening to facilitate their hastily-made evacuation.
"GO GO GO!" Michael ordered as he and Patrick rushed to the aid of the Schwarzer family whilst everyone instantly bolted out of the smoke-filled reception room with Randy escorting Towa out of the premises.
"Mrs. Schwarzer, stay with us!" Michael and Teo helped Lucia as she was close to passing out from the intense heat and acridness of the smoke.
"Hon, w-w-wha-?" Lucia was close to losing consciousness with her sweaty head becoming lightheaded.
"Dear, we're gonna have to leave immediately!" Teo exclaimed with panicked urgency.
"But what about Rean and Class VII?!" Elise wheezed out barely and was carried bride-style within the capable arms of her fiance.
"*COUGH!* *COUGH!* Don't be silly! There's nothing we can do for them with the hospital all covered in smog!" Duvalie reprimanded as she was the last one to run out.
Another explosion, this time, closer and more imminent rocked the hospital, followed by an unearthly shrieking roar.
"RUN, YOU FOOLS!" Aurelia's voice boomed from the outside. After that, there was no longer any ounce of hesitation for the Schwarzers, Michael Irving, and Patrick Hyarms to push their legs to the fastest they could muster.
They all ran through the smashed wall and entrance doors, bursting outwards through the wall of smoke with the large Mann Co. hospital behind them wreathed in burning flames. Had any of them stayed any second longer, the next ensuing explosion would have incinerated them in an instant. Even still, when the hospital finally exploded in a mushroom cloud of debris and smoke, the shockwave sent every ally of Class VII flying all over across the arid desert landscape.
In the smokescreen created by the hellfire, a demonic silhouette of Rodan was seen spreading out his now massive wings as the monster let out a bloodcurdling shriek of anger and agony to the whole world.
The footage ended with the screen shorting out into messy pixels and colorful bars as the recording was abruptly destroyed.
"Do you have any more excuses for your... so-called "pet project", Medic?" the Administrator coldly glared at the nervously shaken Blue Medic, who was now squirming in his seat with profound sweat coating his face.
"Well...E-ehhh...I-I...Uh...," the blue Medic stammered, sitting in the figurative hot seat within the darkened board room he was forced into for his spectacularly disastrous performance.
End of Scenario
TF2 Mercenaries Reactions to the Joker (Arkham Asylum)
Soldier vs. Joker #1: Not so funny now are you, funny man?!
Soldier vs. Joker #2: You will not turn my beloved battlefield into a circus act!
Soldier vs. Joker #3: War is no laughing matter, you twisted son of a bitch!
Soldier vs. Joker #4: The only reaction I'm gonna give to your un-American jokes is a shovel to your face!
Scout vs. Joker #1: Not so hot are those teeth bombs now are they?! After I caved your fricking jaw in!
Scout vs. Joker #2: You're just like your name, a joke!
Scout vs. Joker #3: At least people laugh at my jokes rather than at you, clown!
Scout vs. Joker #4: I just outran that stupid laughing gas of yours, you sorry excuse of a comedian!
Demoman vs. Joker #1: I'm too drunk to be affected by your damn gas!
Demoman vs. Joker #2: Your bombs are so pathetic, I almost blew myself up out of pity.
Heavy vs. Joker #1: Heavy hates clowns!
Heavy vs. Joker #2: As promised, Heavy will now rip out your tongue!
Heavy vs. Joker #3: I am doing what Bane should have done to you as he did to Batman!
Heavy vs. Joker #4: The day I laugh will be a cold day in Siberian hell for you, clown!
Sniper vs. Joker #1: I'm going to finish what Batman couldn't stomach to do and that's by shutting your bloody trap...permanently.
Sniper vs. Joker #2: Justice is finally served to Gotham.
Sniper vs. Joker #3: You had this coming for a long, long time, you f* %#! monster!
Sniper vs. Joker #4: I'm gonna rip your teeth out and present them as a consolation gift to those grieving families whose loved ones had been ripped away from them by your bloody hands!
Sniper vs. Joker #5: A headshot for you and that evil, sickening grin of yours!
Medic vs. Joker #1: Ohohohohohoho! Sending you back to Arkham Asylum is too kind for someone like you! Instead, I will erase what made you "you" and I'm just getting started! MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Medic vs. Joker #2: Here's my diagnosis for your horrific medical condition: YOU'RE MURDEROUSLY DELUSIONAL!
Medic vs. Joker #3: If you want my medical opinion, none of your jokes are particularly healthy for the mind and body, yours especially!
Medic vs. Joker #4: It's time for you to get a taste of your own poisoned medicine.
Spy to Joker #1: Did you forget about my cloaking invisibility, clown?!
Spy to Joker #2: What's the matter, clown?! Choking on your own jokes you've made in bad taste? I thought you'd love them!
Spy to Joker #3: Too bad this isn't a comedy club where you'd die laughing!
Spy to Joker #4: Great...now you've got your filthy, acid-tinged blood over my million-dollar suit.
Spy to Joker #5: I find none of your jokes pleasantly funny, let alone tolerable to laugh with!
Spy to Joker #6: Burn in hell, you maniacal piece of scum!
Spy to Joker #7: Unlike your so-called "Batty" friend, I have no qualms of slicing off that despicable smile of yours!
Spy to Joker #8: I'm doing that wretched city of Gotham a favor by eliminating its sickly parasite that is you!
Engineer vs. Joker #1: You're a long way from Arkham Asylum, clown!
Engineer vs. Joker #2: This is why I don't go to circuses anymore!
Engineer vs. Joker #3: I'm gonna blow that ugly, evil grin off your despicable face!
Engineer vs. Joker #4: I'm through playing with your sadistic mind games, monster!
Engineer vs. Joker #5: While the people of Gotham are too incompetent to let a Joker like you mess them up, here in Texas, we shoot right back at ya the moment you try those mind games with the likes of us cowboy folks!
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