W Corp. L4 Cleanup Agent - CCA Heathcliff/Identity Story

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Identity Story

Speaker	Dialogue
W Corp. Announcement	Confirming: Railway status Unobstructed.
W Corp. Announcement	5 minutes left until train arrival is announced at the platform.
W Corp. Announcement	Agents on site, please complete the Cleanup ASAP.
W Corp. Announcement	Your attention, please. 5 minutes left until...
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Whew...
In the last car of a WARP Train, a few Cleanup Agents stood facing an unknown Fixer who was armed to the teeth with Workshop-made gears.
An azure-sheened blade, glowing with energy, emerged from the child's elbow and pierced through the Fixer's heart.
The child let out a pale breath of relief as he deactivated his overcharged gauntlet.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	That's the gear she's been usin', innit? Looks Workshop-made... Don't those cost a fortune, like?
The child shot an irritated glance at the floor, where a glove made of high-grade material lay.
A "hand," severed at the wrist, would have been a more appropriated term than a "glove"...
Not that it mattered—the child was more interested in the piece of equipment that clearly was not standard issue, even at first sight.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	I can tell from the serial number that it's one of Kōri Workshop's top-tier products.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Kōri Workshop? Not sure what that is, but you're sayin' it's fancy stuff, yeah? Now I see why she was so bloody strong. What grade was she again?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Let's see... the ID card in her wallet says... Grade 4.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Chuffin' hell! That fuckin' hand there's a Grade 4?
10 seconds in name, but millennia in actuality, was enough time to turn every passenger aboard the train into rampaging maniacs.
Some passengers long for death, flaying themselves and painting the walls with their own flesh and blood...
... while others continue to fight back without a moment's respite even after they have completely fallen into insanity.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Blimey, what's that Grade 4 been up to all this time...
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... to be givin' me this much grief even with the CCA on? First time I've been pushed like this.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Didn't you say the same thing the last time a train was Cancelled?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Oi! That was when I had to nip out and give the Class 5 lads a hand! How's that the same, huh?!
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Haha. I suppose today wasn't exactly a walk in the park for you. You had to clean up on your own, after all.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	... Huh?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	...? Whassat? Somethin' unsual about her?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Whoa, she's accumulated so many penalty points! Probably enough to demote her from her original Fixer Grade...
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... Nothin' unusual, then. Just another bloody stowaway.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Penalty points, check. Contract papers, check... She was a Grade 2 Fixer just a few days back. By heck, no wonder the lass was such a handful!
Back in W Corp.'s heyday, the term "stowaway" referred to freeloaders who would either get on the WARP train without tickets or occupy first class seats using economy tickets.
Today, however, the meaning of the word has somewhat changed.
People used to travel on the WARP Train only three or four times a year at most—a luxury easily afforded by wealthy citizens who preferred the first class seats.
But when passengers began to go missing and one accident followed another, demand took a dive...
... until people avoided first class seats like the plague in spite of W Corp.'s promotion and encouragement.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	These rich 'uns are all so tight... would it kill 'em to just buy a first class ticket?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	I don't think the price difference between Economy and First Class really matters, but the bad rumors are not helping.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	What doesn't matter...? Y'know what, never mind.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Now that I think about it... Them first class seats—one bad word and the business is done for. Not all that surprisin', innit?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Don't you think people might start taking them again in time?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Ah, yeah. Our proud slogan. Just 10 seconds to anywhere.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	People used to pay daft money just for a trip that'd be over in a blink.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	All so they could brag on about it over a pint.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	But now, First Class is more like a risky investment—who'd shell out for a ride when you can't even count on gettin' out in one piece?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	It'd be more convenient if combat professionals were placed in a special compartment just like Color Fixers... I wonder if the higher-ups have ever considered it.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Reckon they'd have done it if it'd ever crossed their minds.
... The price of first class seats is calculated to yield only the bare minimum profit—substituting for the passenger's emotions and time.
After the fall of Lobotomy Corporation, W Corp. is desperate to cover their losses.
To sustain the operations of its trains and make the time payments owed to T Corp., they seek ever more extreme emotions to harvest.
That's why they would rather risk the lives of their Cleanup Agents than lower the price of first class seats or place the passengers in another special compartment.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Did you see them Index Proxies that turned up the other day? All of 'em were dead set on sittin' in Economy to do their bloody Prescripts.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Then the day before that, a Thumb Capo fancied a seat just behind First Class since his superior was sat up there.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Oh, do you mean those corpses with the jaws smashed into bits?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Haha. Now that was far from boring. I actually liked it.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	What'd you know about it? You weren't even called in for support since you're only Level 2.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... Forget it. I'm off—good luck puttin' 'em back together.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Can't exactly help out collectin' the pieces wearin' this armour.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Clocking out early today?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Aye. Been a while since I clocked out on time, that.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Catch ya later.
W Corp. Announcement	Confirming: Cleanup Agent consents to return the Congestion Cleaning Armor.
W Corp. Announcement	Armor disengagement in progress.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Oi, be gentle with it!
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... I oughta get my shoulder swapped for prosthesis. Don't get why this fancy armour's so bloody heavy.
Congestion Cleaning Armors, better known as CCAs, are astronomically expensive equipment, authorized only for Level 4 Cleanup Agents or above whom demonstrate the highest job performance.
There was a time when CCAs played a larger role in external conflicts such as power struggles between Wings and hunting down Syndicates in the Backstreets...
But recently, they are more often used to contain the passengers of WARP Trains.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	*yawn* Today, I'm gonna drop by the pub on the way back and...
W Corp. Announcement	Congestions detected in Car 3 of Train PW-24.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... and grab a pint...
"Congestion," or "Congested," is one of the five levels of danger warnings issued by W Corp. to its Cleanup Agents.
The WARP Train is deemed "Unobstructed" when it's running without any issues. If passenger suppression becomes necessary along with the usual Cleanup, the status changes to "Delayed."
And then... there's "Congested," which means that rare types of enemies have emerged or passengers resistance has become severe, prompting the dispatch of multiple Level 3 and Level 4 Agents—or a Level 4 outfitted with the CCA.
Level 5 Agents can clear up Congestions in no time, but...
W Corp. Announcement	Confirming: No Level 5 Agents are present at the platform.
They're usually tied up handling "Cancelled" trains—a Grade 1 Fixer-level threat—and "Derailed" cases, which represent something far more dangerous.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	.......
W Corp. Announcement	Congestion Cleaning Armor deployment authorized for Level 4 Agent on site.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... Hold on a sec—me?
Hearing the announcement, the child gave a quick look of disbelief at the list of Cleanup Agents available at the platform...
... and realized that he was the only one available for sortie.
That sweet, sweet dream of heading home on time fizzled out with the blaring sound of the warning alarm.
W Corp. Announcement	Attention, all agents. Railway Congestion detected. Railway Congestion detected.
W Corp. Announcement	Attention, all agents.
W Corp. Announcement	Nearest Level 4 Agent, please board the next train immediately and commence Cleanup operations.
W Corp. Announcement	125 seconds until next arrival.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	.......
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	Huh? You haven't checked out yet? You know, I'm thinking about trying out the new menu at HamHamPangPang for din—
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	... Go.
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Hong Lu	What?
W Corp. Cleanup Agent Heathcliff	Quit takin' the piss out of me and just go.
Unfortunately for the child, looks like it's overtime again for him today.

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