"380" (Novel AI)

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Switching gears from the Vom Grunders, we're gonna pop back to our next event real quick. Where Rena, Viola, and the players are tasked with escorting Hare and Nomad through the Osean Bastion city of Wesson, and into the Belkan Wall. Once they get to the Wall they'll meet "416", an Osean Intelligence operative with the 404th, who are the Osean counterpart to Aurelia's Shadows inside Belka Proper. Along with 416, they'll be introduced to "380." She is based off Colphne from GFL2, and takes her designation from her .380 Curva.

I do love my lore building and 380 will be a perfect example of the questionable lengths Osea is having to go to these days to maintain their edge on as many fronts as possible. It's no secret the world in general is desperately hurting for manpower. Over 300 years of constantly fighting hordes of Demons has taken a horrific toll on the planet's population. Over the last century casualty rates on the ADL have lowered year by year, thanks to advances in technology and tactics, but the threat the Demons pose hasn't diminished. Less people dying is good, but nations can only repopulate so fast. Even then, only so many can be added to ranks fighting on the front lines. Which has necessitated the age of enlistment to lower further and further.

Rena was a volunteer Adventurer, fresh out of November Academy, when she started fighting on the ADL at the age of 16. Lillia followed a year or so later also at the age of 16. For the ADL, it's rare to see people that young on the front. It's about the worst place on the planet to be. But not every post shares that outlook. Osean Intelligence for instance, while not as desperate for manpower as the military, has lowered their bar even lower. Which is made evident by 380.

416 will explain there was a slight change of plans during their drop off. She'll take Nomad and Hare, but the group needs to safely escort 380 back into Osea the same way they just came in. No one can see her. The battered looking girl will be standing quietly behind 416 staring into space. She's noticeably shorter than Rena, which is saying something because Rena is not tall. Viola will be a little annoyed about this change. They already had a rough time getting to the Wall unseen in the first place, and their plan to get back in to Wesson is gonna have to be scrapped. They'll need some time to figure that out.

In the meantime, Rena will be checking on 380 since she looks pretty rough. That's when Rena learns that 380 is 12 years old, and is coming off a 6 month deployment inside Belka Proper. While there, she was tasked with killing 3 mid ranking Belkan Officers and gathering intelligence from inside a Belkan military base outside the Belkan Capital Dinsmark. She completed her tasks and was ordered to return home ASAP. I'm sure there will be a lot to be said when that comes to light, but I don't have room for any more.

I freaking love Colphne's dead eyed stare, so I said screw it and added her to the game.

Enjoy.