Der Ausgestoßene

[Kanzler Niemann]

A few weeks later, Ainu Depot, Hokkaido, Kusari, 827 A.S

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After a few weeks in Liberty things up north in Kusari started to get funny. The Golden Chrysanthemums began an open conflict with the Sirius Coalition and the Blood Dragons. Quite funny if you ask me, however, I went up north with a few buddies and watched the show, earning some cash y'know, the usual stuff. Jedenfalls someone might think that the people on Ainu might be more friendly to male Outcasts than it actually is, the women on Ainu looked at me as if I would be their archenemy. While they pretend to fight for their rights it appears that they have forgotten their ambitions and motivation entirely because of Cardamine. The consumption of Cardamine on Ainu is immense at least from my view but they do everything for it is just crazy. I went on a few raids with the Gen'an cell but nothing serious happened so far when I was around no Coalition or Blood Dragons showed up, I thought they had a bit more guts to at least fight us a few times but it seems I was mistaken and they're all just loudmouths.

During one of our blockades in Shikoku, I met a Junker called "Mia Bonello" - it appears she's a former Corsair who is somehow affiliated with the Junkers now well, everyone has their stories and ties. We had a long conversation about each other and how I became an Outcast and what I did in my "previous" life. I can't lose the feeling that she has something to do with us getting ambushed on Gran Canaria almost ten years ago it's just too fitting. She was very curious about my Rheinland heritage and began to ask questions, it turns out she has friends in Rheinland obviously criminals which I probably even used to hunt during my Bounty Hunter time. I got pretty nostalgic while we were talking about Rheinland and my brother Drax, which I assume didn't survive his escape from Gran Canaria. While we were talking a Chrysanthemum liner decided to attack those from the Gen'an cell the captain was probably on an overdose of Cardamine and other toxins and went completely insane. I decided not to intervene since it is their problem, not mine and I don't want to get caught in any internal problems that might cause trouble for the Outcasts.

While talking to Mia I watched the quite amusing destruction of that Liner I mentioned earlier while talking about my past. Since there is a small possibility that my brother somehow survived the ambush and was able to flee from Gran Canaria Mia offered me help not in a direct way. I had a weird feeling what if Drax was still alive? I mean it would change a lot and also our meeting would be weird, very weird since I am a member of the Outcast society now. Mia mentioned she would leave Kusari and return to Rheinland in a few weeks, I wasn't so sure if I should follow her or not but to find my brother in Rheinland it's kinda tempting to follow her but I wonder what my superiors would say if I leave to investigate Rheinland. Although the situation there isn't that sunny either from what I heard. I have to think this over if the outcome of all of this is really worth my time and if the result will be that what I want.

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