sresisttls | Chapter 3 | Part 6: Former Comrades

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Burgess: You lost sight of him… I see.

Abel: But he might come back…!

Niko: ...He’s the kind of bastard that doesn’t come back once he runs away.

Krone: Niko, was it? You sound like you know a lot about the guy.

Niko: Obviously. We… were friends once.

Abel: ...You… were friends?

Niko: ………

Orochi: ...We were part of a group that settled here. We were with a little over ten members.

Dolly: That many rotun? But… oh, right...

Orochi: Yeah…

Orochi: Everyone passed away…

Niko: ...They were good people. Stupid… but good company.

Orochi: Niko used to be all by himself. His attitude makes it difficult for people to get used to him.

Niko: ...Shut up.

Orochi: You befriended Richie first, right, Niko? This one, his grave is the one with the junk on the cross.

Orochi: He was a really skilled mechanic. That car we drove when we saved you guys? He fixed it all by himself. Cool, right?

Burgess: He made it work again on his own? That really is amazing…

Niko: ...He wasn’t THAT great. He was just a fucking weirdo.

Orochi: Says you, who was good friends with him. Anyway, next to him is Lodge.

Orochi: He was the type to get carried away often and blabbed a lot, but he was faster and braver than anyone else.

Niko: Orochi saved that idiot’s life… He lured a beast away from him by acting as a decoy.

Orochi: Oh… You’re right, that did happen.

Niko: Ivald’s physical strength was unrivaled… And Redd was nimble, someone who knew the terrain very well…

Orochi: Sloarz had really good eyesight. And then… there was Vista.

Orochi: He was like a leader to us… He was a cool guy with a good head on his shoulders.

Niko: Was he? He was surprisingly easy to lose, that guy.
Orochi: Heheh, definitely. He used to take naps at our food spot… It was always a hassle when he’d disappear…

Niko: Hahaha! Yeah, yeah. Everyone would yell “he ran off, didn’t he” whenever that happened.

Niko: ...Ah… There was that other thing, too...

Niko: ...Whenever we were together, we’d feel like we were invincible. We believed that we would live here forever, together.

Dolly: But… what happened?

Niko: Tsk…

Orochi: ...Cetus happened. The beast that was chasing after you guys earlier.

Orochi: We couldn’t do anything against that monster. We would die if we’d try to fight it.

Orochi: ...But even though we were afraid, we didn’t live our lives hiding away. We didn’t run away to a different area.

Orochi: Vista… told us to rebel.

Cadena: Rebel?

Orochi: “If we combine our forces, then we can fight it without fail. We’ll defeat that bastard together.”

Krone: What the fuck? That’s fucking insane.

Niko: Hm? The fuck did you say? You looking down on him?

Krone: Huh!? I’m just saying he’s a fucking idiot doing idiotic things, something wrong with that?

Ian: Krone, we’re depending on these people. Don’t provoke them.

Orochi: ...Vista might have been an idiot, but he wasn’t an escapist. He was a realistic person who didn’t do something he couldn’t.

Hansel: So, did you decide to fight the beast?

Niko: We did… “If we really use our brains and observe our surroundings, then there’s nothing we can’t do.”

Niko: That’s what Vista told us. So we all put our heads together, came up with a strategy...

Niko: ...and found a weapon to fight Cetus.

Abel: …”Weapon”?

Niko: I’ll show you. Follow me.