RED Heavy's Story

Tsan was also brought in. Supposedly, their friend Medic would come by soon to check on his injuries.

Claire and Khorshid stopped a moment outside to talk.

"Khorshid..." Claire began, "it seems you didn't just bring yourself here from Haven."

"Um...doesn't that always sound odd?" Khorshid replied. "But, uh...I don't really know how I got outta there. They knocked me out before I knew it."

Koseki is laying on his bed and feels much better. Everything is back to the way it is. Hana peeks in to check on Koseki, and she smiled when she sees her brother doing the same. Ed is not bothering the others, which Calvin and Haeru are glad that he is not doing anything bad to them. The Heavy is cleaning his minigun, the Pyro is hugging his Balloonicorn, and the Demoman is making his own happy hour a blast.

"(!) Knocked you out...?" Claire responded to Khorshid's comment. "...Do you think you can tell me what led up to this?"

Khorshid was about to tell Claire...but then hesitated. She didn't even want to think about Haven anymore.

"Khorshid...I can tell that there's trouble after your tail. But I can't give any help if you don't tell me what happened. This is a simple matter of cooperation, as my father would say."

"...Yeah...Sounds like something my daddy would say..."

Khorshid took a deep breath, then proceeded to explain what happened.

"Well...some guy in heavy clothes approached me with his flying wagon, and fought off some scary-looking man in dark clothes before bringing me to his base. He...He pretended to be a friend, but...!"

The very image of Black Jack holding that syringe (of her nuclear blood) flashed in Khorshid's eyes, making her pupils almost completely flatten in shock...!

"A man in heavy clothes?" Claire responded. "...What else do you know of him?"

"Um...well, he sounded very proper-like. And he...oh! He had a smoky arm!"

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Tsan reclined on the couch for the time being. Merasmus was just passing by when...

"MERASMUS!" Soldier shouted. "We're back! Did you miss us?"

"Oh, I actually hoped you'd be gone a bit longer..." Merasmus snarked.

"Awww, that's the nicest thing you've ever said," Soldier complimented with a tear in his eye. "Anyway, we got a new guy today! Meet...! Uh...Hey! What'd you say your name was again?"

"...Tsan."

"Meet Zann! ...Uh, just Zann?"

"..." Tsan couldn't remember his last name. He's been in Majestic's control for too long to recall.

"We just came back from saving children. Everything is fine." Heavy commented, "Tiny children will be safe."

The Demoman is drinking booze and gets drunk immediately.

Claire and Khorshid came inside to discuss this matter further.

"I...was aware that Haven had only recently started cracking down on anyone with 'unusual' abilities," Claire continued, "but I never imagined that such a facility existed there all this time! It's just...abominable!"

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Outside, something raccoon-shaped was skulking through the bushes...