Time has come for us to continue the story /o/
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Disclaimer: I'm not affiliated with CapCom x'D I am a very tired fan fiction writer who is ready to fight them though with how much the RE8 lore conflicts with itself. I'm doing my best X'D
Morning arrived and Charlotte winced as she regained consciousness from her slumber. Wow, that hurt. She gently placed a hand over her stomach. It was probably just cramps or something. With that thought, she pushed herself to get up. Oh gosh, that felt worse... Charlotte coughs into her hand before pressing her lips together. get over it. Come on, you have work. You can do this.
She looked over to the small digital alarm clock that was sitting on the nightstand between the two beds. 5:34 AM ugh. it was way too early. Charlotte gave a quiet sigh before getting up to go open her laptop. What time was it in the states anyways? She went over to her backpack and dug through it to get her laptop out. she looked around and found all the outlets occupied by her tiny army of battery packs. Right.
Charlotte looks over to Heisenberg to find him soundly asleep. It would probably be rude to work in here anyways the light would probably wake him up. With that Charlotte takes one of the key cards with her and heads out to the hallway to sit on the floor by an outlet and opens her laptop. She was due to be back in the states and working again in 4 days... that was not going to happen. If they needed to build an army, getting home within a year would be ambitious. She needed a long-term solution or she would be out of funding after one more of these trips. that last purchase pretty much wiped out her savings.
First thing's first. She started quickly canceling any subscription service she remembered having. Sent out notifications to have all utilities at her home shut down and hired someone to 'hibernate' the building for lack of a better term. the last thing she needed was to come back to a place that was a mess and falling apart.
Charlotte then opened a blank word document and checked the time again. 6:15 AM. The alarm would be going off in an hour and 15 minutes. With that, she finally got to work
Long Term Business Analysis Venture Proposal
Overview
During my time overseas I've found significant potential business venture opportunities that could greatly benefit the overall expansion and diversification of the company's current International portfolio standing. As such I am honored to submit the following proposal to the board for approval in its goal to provide quality growth to its shareholders by offering to spearhead this future business venture. With the approval of this proposal, we could achieve the following.
The Objective
'* Establish rapport with the locals in building a foothold for future business
'* Build and train a team of 5 for future leadership opportunities
'* collect and analyze data on the local economy for exact points of entry into the market to fill a consumer-based need.
The Opportunity
'* Building rapport with locals provides service and donation opportunities for tax write-offs
'* Entering the European market with minimal investor risk by pretesting for consumer accessability.
'* Excellent addition to 4th Quarter investor summit to increase stock value and faith in company's future growth
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7 more pages of grandeur and power word filled fluff along with graphs and charts and she was pretty sure she had enough. Charlotte looked over the document. It was honestly a load of rubbish. She didn't really promise anything substantial or explain how it would be done. but. Hopefully, it sounded fancy enough to be considered. She used a lot of the board members' favorite words in it. If this worked all she'd have to do is send in a report every so often to show she was still alive and make up some data. That would be easy enough for her to fake with a bit of quick google work during her trips to town each month. she'd just have 4 hours of sleep a night instead. sleep for 2 hours. wake up work for 4. pack up go back to bed and her babysitter would be none the wiser. Worst case scenario she could try and get away with a bit of computer time now that she'd have some privacy in Moreau's cave.
She looked over the document again, added a few stock graphics to make it look a bit more appealing. If this worked she'd have pay for the foreseeable future and could even send in some of these expenses as tax write-offs instead of taking the hit. getting that last purchase refunded alone would buy her an extra month's worth of time.
"Please work," Charlotte whispers as she attached the document to an email and sent it off. She looked at the time again 7:31am SHI-
"-ll that fucking bitch," a barefoot Heisenberg says as he swings the door open ready to storm out of the hotel only to stop short as he sees Charlotte sitting on the floor in the hallway. "Oh..."
Charlotte nervously raises a hand to wave at him. "Hey."
"Thought you tried running off." He admits.
"Nope... just sitting here," She replies as she feels a bit awkward resulting in her fidgeting slightly by patting her legs.
"Dumb choice, you probably could have got away," Heisenberg admits while staring her down.
"Maybe" she admits with a slight shrug, honestly, she actually stopped considering that, there had been a few good chances to run at this point. "but this isn't just about me anymore."
"Huh," he replies shortly before shaking his head. "Then you really are stupider than I thought," Heisenberg says as he moves to head back into the room. "Let's go. We need to get back and that clunker is about the keel over."
She gets up wincing once more and heads into the room as well and closes the door behind them "That's something I was meaning to bring up." Charlotte admits.
"mhm?" he says as he heads back over to get his village clothes from the plastic bag by the bed.
"We might need to consider an upgrade for the truck if this is going to be a long-term venture. As much as 8 miles an hour in a weighed-down rust bucket with you sounds like a grand time, we're wasting valuable time going that slowly." Charlotte explains and Heisenberg slowly bobs his head. she had a point. "I can't afford to buy a truck, that's just completely out of the question. however," She draws out that last word while looking away. "most trucks have an electric transmission nowadays."
Heisenberg smirks slightly as he catches on to what she means. "you mean steal one."
"Well. not really but kind of." She says while shifting her position. It wasn't something she was completely comfortable with but the situation mandated some uncomfortable lines of thought. "Next trip I can try and find a scrapyard and see what we can find. maybe something that would work with a bit of assistance? If they're not willing to sell at a reasonable price or in general since I'm a foreigner, it wouldn't be on record if it's from a scrap yard so reporting it as stolen would be difficult if we happen by the place later in the dark and use those magnet powers of yours to knock out the cameras. and while we're there you might find a few extra parts that you want and we can take those with. it's simply a case of one man's trash is another man's treasure."
"Call it what you want," Heisenberg says still smirking "you really do fit in with the rest of us."
"Do you want to stay in rust bucket death machine and get tetanus?" She asks as she scrunched her frown to the side of her face. "The faster we can move around the further we can travel too so there is that to consider as well."
"You don't have to convince me Scarlette," He says raising his hands.
Good lord, just use my name please, Charlotte thought annoyed. He really knew how to get under her skin. "Fine." she says before heading over to her bag to pack up. 20 battery packs and a laptop later and the bag was just about done.
before long the two had packed up and checked out to start heading back to the village. Once more she takes the passenger seat before messing with her phone to put the approximate GPS location of the village into her phone. note to self, get a coordinance snippet once we make it back, charlotte thought as she got the instructions going.
They managed to leave around 8 AM, and with a quick break to recharge the phone, grab a bite to eat and refuel the rust bucket they were closing back in on the village by 3 pm the extra weight was really slowing them down.
"... Alright. your point is becoming more and more obnoxiously accurate... this is painful." Heisenberg says as they squeaked along the road.
"yep," She agrees while shaking her head. maybe she should have brought that up sooner.
He rests his hands behind his head and uses his magnetic abilities to continue steering the truck.
"You're going to want to talk to Luiza when you get back"
"huh?"
"You stand out like a sore thumb in the village. if you want people to trust you enough to revolt. you're going to need to blend in a bit better." Heisenberg says as he takes out a cigar.
"Right..." it was a fair point. She was going to need to be pretty present in the village anyways she had a lot of repairs to figure out how to do. All hail the power of youtube tutorials. she should probably start with the buildings with messed-up walls. her eye twitched as she realized a short sight in her purchases. She sunk into her seat and moved to hold her face in both hands "I forgot to buy a ladder," she admits as her voice is slightly muffled by her palms.
Heisenberg actually started laughing at the sudden realization, "Good luck pipsqueak."
"ugh." it was too late to turn around...
"I'm sure someone in the village will let you borrow a ladder you're overthinking," he says as he watches the guard rail to try and find the area they used before to get onto the road.
"Maybe," She agrees as she shifts to get back up and feels another jolt of pain from her stomach. Yep that one hurt. She grumbled a bit but fought through the momentary dizziness. they eventually find the path back to the village and start heading along the bumpy trail at a crawling pace. it takes until 5 pm but they manage to make it back in range of the village.
They Stop by the factory first as planned and while Heisenberg takes his supplies into the factory Charlotte gets out and starts putting a Nail in the end of both sides of each plank of wood. "There," she says with a smile. from the corner of her eye she can see Heisenberg walking back over.
"What are you up to now," he asks unamused.
"Well since you can control metal, if there's a bit of metal in the wood you should be able to move it once we're back at the village for a quick unload," Charlotte explains and Heisenberg nods.
"Clever," he admits and with a wave of his hand the nails all pop out of place and go right back into the box. "No."
"Oh come on I can't carry all that," Charlotte says as her shoulders drop. all the hard work, wasted, she thought as she gets back into the truck.
"Should have thought of that before you weighed down the truck" Heisenberg says as he gets back into the driver's side. 5 Chainsaws and some saw blades only got so much. "And if you know what's good for you you'll have the villagers deliver your 'gifts' for the other lords. the Supersize bitch will eat you and pretend she doesn't know what happened, and if the ugly ass psycho doll gets her hands on you you're not getting out again," he warns all the same as they drive back to the center still cruising at a blistering 8 miles an hour.
"Donna's the one with the doll right?" She says while thinking that over "what was her power again? the reports were lacking on that detail."
"Gets into your head, makes you see shit that isn't there." he says with a frown "Miranda uses her to create 'miracles' to keep her followers in order."
"Noted," Charlotte says with a stunned expression, the only thing she really had going for herself at the moment was her mind. Donna was probably the more dangerous threat to her now that she had a truce of sorts with Heisenberg.
"That info's gonna cost ya, better hope that scrapyard plan of yours works," Heisenberg says with causes her to frown. "I'm going to want more than a few chainsaws next time,"
"Well see what happens," Charlotte replies with a slight degree of nervousness. here's hoping he wasn't too bougie. she had no way to tell if that proposal to the board would be accepted... worst-case scenario she could sell the house but man that would suck. It would buy her more time though and time was pricy.
The drive back into town was uneventful and the two eventually end up in front of Luiza's house again. Once again the woman exits the home and curtsies before addressing them "Welcome back Lord Heisenberg."
"Yeah yeah," he says waving it off again
"You're Ms. Wiltse correct?" Luiza says as she looks to Charlotte.
"Charlotte is fine ma'am." Charlotte replies with a smile that showed some discomfort with the formality.
"Charlotte," she parrots back with a nod "Mother Miranda spoke to us about you. It's exciting to have a new resident," she says with a gentle smile "She mentioned to offer my assistance with your work."
"That's very kind," Charlotte says before getting into the back of the truck and starting to pick up a plank of wood. she'd have to move them one at a time but it was the best she could think of.
"If you wanna help her out get her some proper clothes," Heisenberg says before walking off which causes Charlotte to roll her eyes. How she was going to do construction wearing a pinafore was beyond her but she still couldn't ignore that he did make a point that she needed to work on blending in just as much as he did for the modern world.
"That would be appreciated," She admits as she puts down the first plank and goes back for another.
"I'm sure that could be arranged. Elena might have an old dress you can have," Luiza says with a nod before walking to the house "Vasile, Vasile darling could you come out here? there is work to be done," she calls and a muffled response can be heard. "Leave that, My husband will gather some of the men to unload the vehicle."
Charlotte puts down the second plank. thank god. her cramps were already getting worse just from those two planks. "There are medical and hygienic supplies as well. Who can I give those too for them to be distributed as needed?"
"I'll take care of that," Luiza says giving a gentle smile. "May Mother Miranda bless and protect you for your kindness."
ugh. thanks but also no thanks. "I'm just doing my job. there are some items to be sorted and delivered to the different lords as well. before we head out do you mind if I divide that out for the men to deliver?" Charlotte requests
"Not at all, it seems only fit for the lords to revive offerings," The older woman says, seeing nothing wrong with the request. Charlotte gets back into the truck and moves supplies around and divides them up. a pile including her own supplies to be taken to the Reservoir, one to be taken to the castle, and the last to be taken to the house on the hill.
"What are these things?" Luiza asks a bit confused upon seeing some of the more modern items. shit.
"Luxuries and trifles, as thanks for being accepted into the village." Charlotte says with a smile. she was not supposed to be taking that much of a leap tech-wise with the villagers. yet. Miranda would get upset if she started explaining modern advancements so freely.
The answer was accepted well enough and the two left as a group of 5 or so had gathered to start moving the lumber and tools from the truck. Luiza lead the way through the village
'she's following Luiza now?' 'I heard Miranda is taking her in to serve the lords' 'what a lovely blessing for an outsider to receive.' 'truly so'
'I heard she was granted say of all four fiefdoms of the village' 'how could that be?' 'Would that make her a duchess?' 'hush now, you'll get us in trouble spreading rumors like that'
Gossip seemed to be a favored pass time here. duly noted. Charlotte continued to follow Luiza to one of the many rundown homes before hearing the woman speak again. "Elena, Elena are you home?" she calls and eventually a young woman walks around the outside of the house.
"Luiza, what a nice surprise. who is this?" She asks curiously as she looks at Charlotte.
"This is Charlotte, Mother Miranda has allowed her to join the village." Luiza explains "Something about her making adjustments to ease the burdens of the faithful."
"I see, that's wonderful news." Elena says with a smile.
Luiza nods. "Lord Heisenberg has requested we find her more suitable garbs to accommodate her new life in the village."
"A reasonable request," Elena says though she looks over Charlotte's outfit once more while trying to hide amused concern.
I get it. Jeans are weird to you guys move ON! Charlotte thinks but follows Elena when she motions for her to do so.
"let's see here," Elena says while digging through a chest. "I made these a few years ago, they're a bit worn but these should suit you. I'll talk to the other ladies and see if they have anything they can offer for you to patch up," she says as she hands Charlotte several layers of clothes. it's summer how were they not dying under that much fabric?
"Thank you. um" she looks over the layers, what even were some of these? This was 3 outfits right?
"Do you not know how to dress yourself?" Elena asks with amusement fully evident in her tone.
"Not, like this no..." she admits while looking over the garment. where was the zipper?
"Here," Elena takes the clothes back and lays them out on a nearby bed. "first the Chemise," she says laying out a thin knee-length dress, "you tuck that into your drawers, then your corset," she says laying out what looked like bloomers to Charlotte and a spare rectangle of laced up fabric. "your stockings and then petticoat," a pair of long socks and a floofy half skirt was placed down "you shirt and skirt," she says placing those next, "then finally a pinafore to keep the shirt and skirt clean."
Oh gosh, she was going to have a heat stroke... "Thank you, you're too kind," Charlotte says while internally screaming. How did people wear all this back in the day? They didn't have air conditioning! Elena motions for Charlotte to go ahead.
"Call for me once you're in your Chemise and drawers, I'll help with the corset" She offers before exiting the room.
Okay she could do this. Charlotte stretched a bit, another strike of pain. Man, this period was going to Suuuuck. She undressed and put on the chemise and drawers. Okay, not so bad so far the fabric was very thin and loose so it hardly felt like wearing anything. "Elena?" she says while trying to put on the corset. this wasn't so bad.
Elena walked in and immediately covers her mouth. "you have that on backwards..."
"oh." that explained it. Charlott took off the corset and put it back on again, how do you lace it up when the strings are on your back?
"Here," Elena says as her tone becomes sympathetic and she gives the corset strings a sharp tug. Again a sharp pain shoots through Charlotte's gut causing her to grow dizzy.
"Is it normal to see stars?" Charlotte asks while breathing in.
"no." Elena says concerned "I suppose we can leave it a bit loose." she says and loosens the corset. it takes her a minute but charlotte regains her steadiness. "Will you be alright?"
"Fine" Charlotte confirms as she reaches for the next article of clothing. before long she was properly dressed. it was warm but not as bad as she thought it would be. the corset however was going to be ditched the second she had the chance. bloomers? fine. corset? never again.
"There, now you look proper," Elena says with a gentle smile. "If you have time to visit again I can show you how to pin up your hair to keep it out of your face while you work."
Charlotte smiles in return, she was kind. "I'll make sure to make time." Charlotte agreed and once more felt a surge of determination. She was going to get everyone out of here. or at the least get rid of Miranda so they could be free.
"Excellent, I'll wait for your call," Elena says as Charlotte puts her modern clothes into her backpack.
"Thanks again," Charlotte says "If you need anything, Miranda has placed me in charge of village improvements. I'll probably be working on construction and repairs for the next few weeks. I can put anything you need on my list of projects to focus on."
"you're going to be doing construction?" Elena says bewildered
"I'll be attempting it at the least," Charlotte says with a nod.
"I'll get back to you on that," Elena says with a nod, she wasn't completely convinced that having charlotte do any sort of repair was a good idea.
With that, the two part ways, Charlotte exits the building to find the sun setting as she makes her way back to the Reservoir where Moreau was waiting outside looking over the pile of goodies that were left for him.
"You came back," he says with happy awe.
"Of course," Charlotte says with a smile "I found a few things to make the room a bit nicer I hope you don't mind."
"These is for me?" he asks with quiet disbelief.
"Some of it. Some is for me." Charlotte explains with a soft smile as she moves to pick up some of the bags "little things to make it a bit more comfortable to stay"
Moreau nods and picks up some of the items as well. "what is it?
"A new TV and movie player with a few new movies that you might enjoy" Charlotte explains and Moreau looks at the items with renewed awe.
"Come on, let's get everything set up and I'll show you how it works." She offers as she continues to ignore the pain in her gut. It took a good few hours and by the time the partition was up and items were laid out for her now somewhat more habitable side of the room, it was dark outside. She was able to get the TV to plug into the wall though it meant giving up the outlet converter that she had been using for her laptop so the voltage wouldn't destroy the newer technology.
"you push this button to open the disk tray and nudge it to get it to close" She explains as she puts in a disc labeled 'the notebook'. "then press this button once the menu shows up to get the movie to start." Moreau claps as the movie starts and sits to watch it. "Would it be okay if I use your stove to make something to eat?"
Moreau nods and doesn't look away from the screen. As she cooked and ate her meal of instant grits. With the meager meal finished she took out her laptop and wireless hotspot to set up a new Gmail account for herself and make a spreadsheet on the drive to work as a beginning template for the lords to use for documenting their experiments. This was messed up as all get out but, it's what she had to do to survive. maybe this would come in handy later to offer to the authorities? she'd occasionally hear Moreau gasp or giggle at the event of the movies. by the end of it, she heard a soft hiccup and sniffle.
"It's so sad," he says through his usual mouthful of phlem. "I don't think I like this one no more"
"No?" Charlotte asks concerned. oh dear, that's right he was used to a movie with a happy ending. They kinda died at the end there. Forgot about that.
Moreau shook his head no.
"Okay you don't have to watch that one anymore," Charlotte affirmed before gently patting his back. "try and get some sleep okay?" Moreau nods.
"Okay," he replies as Charlotte heads over to her side of the room and closes the partition to give them both privacy.
Morning arrives with another phone call. "Hello? Mother!" Moreau greets happily as always "Yes mother. okay. goodbye."
Charlotte sits up as she hears shuffling towards the partition.
"Charlotte?" Moreau calls as he's unsure what to do to get her attention with the fabric blockade in place.
"I'm awake" she replies.
"Mother would like for all of us to gather again so yous can help us set up the electric boxes." Moreau explains and Charlotte nods even if he can't see it.
"I'll be right there, do you remember where you put yours?"
"Ye" Moreau nods as he quickly shuffled around to get ready.
"good" She replies as she gets up and dusts herself off so she could start getting dressed. Chemise, drawers, Fuck the corset, stockings, petticoat, shirt, skirt, pinafore. and with that, she was dressed and the two made their way to the church, this time they were the last to arrive aside from Miranda.
"Well sweetheart don't you look right proper," Heisenberg says with an amused smirk, knowing full well that she was probably a very unhappy camper, as he puts his cigar back in his mouth.
She hated that she couldn't talk back. Instead, she just curtsies hoping he'd note it as a silent 'Screw you'.
"I suppose she can be taught manners," Dimitrescu comments with a nod while keeping an eye on her.
Before much longer Miranda materializes at the front of the church. "Good of all of you to join me," She says as her wings rest around her form as usual. "Charlotte I understand your venture for supplies was fruitful?"
"I was able to acquire the items necessary for setting up the offered stared data collection I offered" She replied with a nod, "and I should have enough to start with repairs around the village and rebuilding their confidence instability," Charlotte adds before feeling a particularly pointed set of eyes staring at her, no doubt from Heisenberg. "However, as work progresses I may need to petition for further time away to gather additional supplies. This will not fix itself in one trip."
Miranda is silent but nods. "Today's meeting will focus on getting this 'data collective' up and operational. I expect work to continue uninterrupted by this."
Charlotte nods "Yes Mother. Should any of you find that you're having difficulty with your laptop please document your work on paper and call for me to assist you with having the information added properly. that way work productivity remains efficient." Heaven bless corporate power words. sprinkling in a few of those every so often is a great way to sound confident.
"and your plans for the village?" Miranda says, though her tone was more of one that was trying to find a weak point.
"I'll be focusing on the repair and rehabilitation of abandoned buildings and homes. with those repaired, they can be offered to new couples and this will further the sense of stability for starting families." Charlotte explains.
Again Miranda nods. "Please continue with assisting the lord and their devices then"
"Yes mother," Charlotte replies and heads over to assist each one with their computer. showing them how the Wireless hot spot works, how to connect the computer to it, getting them set up with a Gmail account having them add her new address to their contact book and signing them into the datasheet. Dimitrescu insisted on being the first person charlotte helped. she went to Heisenberg after who had little else to say to her then Moreau. she eventually ended up by Donna and her weird doll.
"Hey! hey hey hey!" the doll says as it pulls on Charlotte's sleeve as she types away at the keyboard.
"Yes Donna?" Charlotte replies patiently but continues to focus.
"I'm not Donna, I'm Angie!" the doll corrects
"... Okay. Angie. What is it?" Charlotte asks instead.
"get us more fabric!" Angie demands.
"oh" Charlotte replies a bit surprised.
"Next time you go out we demand more fabric," Angie repeats "and lace! ohohoh and thread and buttons!"
"It would be an honor" Charlotte agrees "did you want anything particular pattern on the fabric?"
"Ooooh," Angie says excitedly "pretty fabric! with flowers."
"I can do that should Miranda approve a second leave of absence," Charlotte confirms and the doll happily dances around.
With the computer all set up and promises made Charlotte and Moreau returned to their shared room in the mines of the Resevior. Another wave of dizziness strikes as Charlotte makes her way to her side of the room and nausea settles in. She leaned over the side of the unfinished wall, coughing into her hand as her other held her stomach as she doubles over in pain and ultimately ends up puking. She stares at the mess in her hand seeing a streak of blood in the bile. "...Shit" Internal bleeding...
Review Responses:
Guest A - I cackled when I saw your comment for chapter 1 X'D thank you I am so glad you appreciate my John Lennon joke. honestly highlight of my writing 'career' right here. I peaked, I can't grow any further.
Guest A - yey qvq I'm so glad you think I got his personality right
Black Moons Daughter - lol yey for slow burn~ honestly I appreciate that you take the time to tell me that you appreciate my writing so thank you for the support because it motivates me to keep writing and fighting capcom and their crazy confusing lore. X'D I'll keep doing my best to grow v
Guest B - ahaha X'D it's true. I am right there with you and with that I dedicate this chapter to all the Heisimps of the Fanfic verse
ScaryBerry - Ah that is a good point! Thanks for reminding me about the electric organs. I'm thinking since the cadou caused unnatural growth/changes to the body that was probably his reaction to the cadou. maybe it recognized the metal as a threat and forced the organ growth as a means of self-defense to remove the shrapnel to ensure the survival of its host and inturn itself?
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FanNatic Lore:
So might have guessed it by the disclaimer but I ran into some conflicting lore. Some lore says that the lords were all kidnapped as children around the same time and experimented on with cadou, which I genuinely can not find an in-game source for please help. All the in-game evidence I can find suggests they were not.
examples:
'*the Alcina D report that says she was 44 years old at the time of experimentation and that she was not from the village.
'*the fact that Benevento was the second of her family to be experimented on and that it wasn't until well into adulthood based on the gardener's notes.
'*Moreau having a tattoo which wouldn't really have been popularized enough to be accepted until the 1970's
'*and Heisenberg having WW2 thread/dog tag [which hallelujah found an interview from the game director that was posted to a polygon that confirms he's not related to nazi's so I will accept that as canon. if you want to check that out it's titled "Resident Evil Village creator answers our spoiler-filled questions"]
so yeah I will be electing to slightly cherry-pick because of this and say he was taken from his family within the village by Miranda for experimentation just not the cadou experiment until he was almost dead like the other 3. Gonna source the fact that Mia was experimented on but it did not involve a cadou for that choice. This way I can still kinda fit in both? he was brainwashed and experimented on. the draft came along and he literally had to leave or Miranda would risk being caught by the government, after the draft she started cutting off the village from news and technology which explains the tech cut off around the village where some people have TVs/ cars and electricity and others don't. having time away from her after being brainwashed leads to the bitter salty boy we know now because he was able to gain some free will from his time away and she thinks he's already brainwashed so she doesn't have to do it again after the Cadou like she did with the other 3?
CapCom why do you hurt me like this? x'D