E42 (Happy’s Humble Burger Farm)

E42, real name Ryder Heitzman, is the main protagonist of the horror survival game Happy’s Humble Burger Farm. He is an amnesiac resident of New Elysian City who works at Happy’s Humble Burger Farm, where he must survive against parasitic entities. It’s revealed that he was a test subject, a former investigating journalist against Paragon. 
== Personality ==
Not much is known of Ryder’s personality due to having no speaking lines. However. Ryder is a determined individual wishing to seek the truth. Ryder attempts to uncover the corruption within Paragon and goes into Jurri-Dongo Island, suspicious of his activities. Despite having his mind tampered and memories lost, Ryder maintains determination and quick thinking, outsmarting and defeating almost all of the Asset monsters as he escapes the simulation.
== Biography ==
=== Background ===
Not much is known about Ryder’s life before his imprisonment, with an ambiguous age. From what we know, Ryder was a journalist who is closely linked to his buddy “implied” (implied lover) Cooper Maverick, a social media broadcaster. After Cooper and several others disappearances, Ryder connected them to Durro-Jongo Island and Paragon Corporation. Seeking the truth, Ryder goes into the King’s Comfort Resort and starts investigating the disappearances and how they connect. However, Ryder witnesses the nuke drop on the natives from the island, and he flees the hotel and makes it underground to one of the past experiments. He is then caught by guards and incapacitated, used and implanted with an augmented chip, labeled as “Experiment Subject 42” or “E42” for short.
=== Happy’s Humble Burger Farm ===
Ryder, now E42, is the new lead cook at Happy’s Humble Burger Farm alongside his neighbor and friend Toe (aka Theodore Oliver Emerson). Being demeaned by his “boss” E42 works at the restaurant, serving customers as he avoids and handles parasitic monsters trying to sabotage his work, including the monstrous Asset Joy and her other monsters such as Asset Peter. 
Ryder meets V.I.C. a sentient creation of previous test subject E7, who works together to get out of their simulation to expose Paragon and Dr. Grimm for their actions. Using various parts to construct bombs and devices, E42 manages to deter and defeat Asset Chuck and Asset Sammy, while also destroying the Farmer. After managing to fry his chip and destroy the reality, he avoids Asset Joy and manages to escape with help of notes left by E7. Ryder manages to get out of the Obscura labs, and ventures out to expose Dr. Grimm, unaware of Asset Joy escaping as Al.
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Category:Truth-Seekers
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