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Chapter 8 - 8: Different

Thanks to LordEmperor00 for the three power stones, yes i still dont know what they are for but thanks anyways lol.

Heres an early page for you I guess lmao

And yes if you are wondering, i am indeed playing the game while making these so i atleast have some sort of "insight" on as to what to write and add in or change with the story, i can't exactly just copy past it now can i?

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"Is everyone ready? Once we start moving we won't be stopping until we reach the FoB unless a battle occurs." Shouts the commander while standing on inside the jeep, with the girls nodding or confirming their readiness, he then looks at anastasia and johan and sits down on the drivers seat.

"It's gonna be a long ride and it's gonna get very bumpy, So try not to fall off. But once we get there you two will be safe" As he then starts the jeep and starts driving with the girls all pressing something on their gears as one by one they all each differently have equipped what seems to be a skate or rollerblades that looks like tank tracks or wheels of their gear and following nearby surrounding the jeep.

Shocking me quite a bit... as i look at the girls seemingly "skating" near the jeep as they too start moving.

Uh... ok.. that was... different... i guess thats how the girls travel quickly then though it was never explained in the game how they traveled that quickly anyways so i guess now i know.

Speaking of different. The game also never really told the sizes of the beast tanks. So i just always assumed that like the girls, the beast tanks are normal sized like them but it seems this world is different from that.

Because... that aristotle? The m3 lee gorilla? Yeah that monkey is literally the size of an m3lee! It dwarfs zoya herself! Yet she easily wrestles them and tosses them around like its nothing! And their hide! Its skin yet its as tough as steel!

I got close to a downed one earlier and decided to check the body out, and who would have known that their body is as tough as their armored gear themselfs?

I don't claim to know much myself but something is definetly wrong here. If the beast tanks are all like that, does that mean that the girls themselfs are in a similar boat?

Hmm thats something to think about for the future. . .

But for now watching the jeep and the girls whizz past buildings and rubble in this apparently very large ruined city is giving me time to think with the group being seemingly focused and alert for anything that could pop up. I take this time to properly think of what i am gonna do.

Because on one hand. Im 100% sure as hell that i am safe for the time being if i stick with the commander and the girls because that commander ans zoe is the main characters of metalwaltz in its story.

In the other hand. I have no clue if my appearance and intervention has already changed things up. Like now for example. Like i thought before. Normally you just pick one of the three starter teams to join your group in the story and they will eventually leave later in the story. But right here right now. The commander not only has the russian team, but both the german and chinese team helping him. And it seems like instead of a base that they need to fix up. We are headed to an FoB?, a forward operating base.

Hmm hopefully i can still mske use of my knowledge of the game here because other than that im grasping at straws here.

I turn to look at the commander to the left of anastasia sitting on the side passenger seat. And ask.

"um... commander can i ask a question?"

"Um... commanded can i ask a question?"

Oops... johan said it aswell... yeah i need to learn how to separately control my new bodies, or else i don't know what might happen to me.

"Uh? Yeah sure though one at a tine please." As he chuckles while continuing to focus on driving the jeep.

Ok yeah. That was awkward... anyways time for my first question.

"Um... where are we, and where are we headed? You said that its safe there right?"

"Ah, yeah i suppose you guys would want to know. We are in a ruined city thats a few kilometers away from paris, and as for where we are headed. We are headed to a base me and the girls repaired and fixed up and is currently using as a temporary base to survey and patrol the area so its preety safe." As the commander continues to drive the jeep and the girls chatting amongst themselfs or listening in on our conversation.

With zoe cutting in with a cheeky smile, "we did all the work! The commander just stood by and watched us repair the base instead!" With most of the girls laughing and chuckling with zoe at the commander.

Hm.. so its not that much different? So they already fixed up the base and was just on an routine patrol? Hmm so its not exactly the very start of the game? But no? Their conversation from the earlier battles were similar to what the game depicted from what i remember. So yeah somethings are definitely vastly different here than in the game.

Alright next question from "me" then.

"Um... how far away is it? And are we gonna encounter more beast tanks?" I ask while i sit in the back with johan while holding on because the jeep keeps bouncing alot on the broken road and rubble.

As the commander checks his watch and then peeks at the map. "In about an hour or so we will arrive, and as for encountering beast tanks. Just pray. Though the girls will deal with them anyways so don't fret too much." As he laughs while turning the jeep around the corner and the girls following.

Still gossiping about the commander or "us", johan and anastasia.

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