Delta/Story

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## Behind the Scenes

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Lee Seul

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Antonia Flynn

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Yumiri Hanamori

## Profile

Leader of the Scouts, the Ark's forward reconnaissance squad when it comes to Rapture territory or the Lost Sector. Professional and skilled, Delta is the epitome of what it means to be a soldier, though this has left her deficient when the situation demands she act as a normal person/civilian would.

### Nikke Backstory

The leader of the Scouts who is an exemplary soldier. Her military professionalism is reflected in the tactical competency of her squad.

## Story

### Background

In her past life as a human, Delta was an ordinary citizen living an ordinary life until she was killed in a terrorist bombing. The culprit of the attack was still at large by the time she became a Nikke and Delta wanted this individual apprehended. She worked with the authorities to try to capture him, but during a raid, her outfit immediately gave her away, giving him time to escape.

### Character Story

#### Episode 1 - I Want to be Normal

While at Moonbucks, a café in the Ark, the commander has come to see Delta to help her with a personal matter. After ordering drinks for the both of them, the two sit in awkward silence. He asks what she wants from him and she clarifies that she wants him to teach her how to act like a normal person. After pointing his attention to the people outside, she shares that if any of them were working for the Central Government, neither of them would know. She, on the other hand, appears as a soldier to all who notice her despite intentionally only bringing her essential gear. Her teammate Signal has shared similar concerns. Delta has no personal problems with conducting undercover operations, but is not capable of doing any since she can't interact with others normally. She refuses to tell him the reason she wants to go undercover and allows him to refuse her request because of it if he wants. Despite not understanding her reasoning, the protagonist agrees to help Delta out and she's ready to begin.

Her first test takes them to the cinema so she can study how normal people behave. She then proceeds to take out her gun and the commander tries to stop her. Delta wanted to prepare herself in case something goes wrong. He proceeds to inform her that it's illegal to use firearms in cinemas and brandishing them in public will cause problems. She shares that there have been five mass shootings that have taken place in movie theaters in the past ten years and doesn't understand why she shouldn't be prepared if another occurred. He makes it clear what she is doing is not normal and she apologizes for not noticing. The two proceed to watch the movie while awkwardness permeates between them.

After the movie ended, the two decided to go out to eat. The protagonist was confused why Delta was looking around the establishment so she shared she was looking for things that can provide one cover and uncover any bombs planted. Hearing a scream come from the kitchen, Delta bursts in with guns loaded expecting to engage a terrorist, but after giving the staff a scare, a young woman assures her she accidentally burnt her hand. With the misunderstandings cleared up, Delta apologizes for letting her combat instincts kick in. At the current rate they are going, Delta will be nowhere near normal. Despite this, he refuses to give up and knows an expert who can help them out.

#### Episode 2 - Back to Basics

The two visit the expert in question who happens to be Anis and after explaining their predicament, she expresses some doubts. After Delta promises to give her some cultured meat if they succeed, Anis agrees to help them. She feels they have a lot of work ahead of them since Delta comes off as a soldier in almost every respect. Her first suggestion is to work on her basic conversation skills. She figures if she can talk normally, it will help her act more normal as a result. Seeing her point, Delta agrees to try to work on communicating.

After some time passes, the two ask about Delta's schedule and interests to see if she's improving. Needless to say, her vocation hasn't changed a bit. Despite still sounding like a military cadet, Delta wanted to continue practicing since she believes she can still learn to communicate normally.

Even more time goes by and Anis has given up. Delta apologizes for being unable to hold a conversation and figures performing an undercover op is out of the question. She thanks the two for trying to help her but she feels becoming normal at this point will be impossible. After giving a sad salute, she takes her leave. The two noticed how glum she looked and while Anis can't do much to help her, she still wants the commander to look after her for the sake of her mental health.

Hoping to clear some things up, the protagonist reads through Delta's file. From it, he learns that she was killed as a human in a terrorist bombing incident in downtown Ark on Newman Street and the perpetrator has yet to be caught. He deduces that Delta wants to be more normal to find the criminal responsible for her initial death. While this doesn't explain why she has to go undercover to look into it, he reads that she worked with the A.C.P.U. to find him. While in an undercover raid, the terrorist easily identifies Delta by her weird outfit and behavior and manages to escape. This failure forced her to be expelled from the support team.

Upon this realization, he calls to meet with Delta at Moonbucks again and he asks to help her with the investigation. After he clarified he was aware of her situation, she politely declines his help since he had done so much for her already and what she intends to undertake is very dangerous. Though he is a soldier like her, the commander lacks combat training and would pose a liability to the mission. Knowing that training alone won't help them find the culprit, the protagonist takes out his cellphone and calls someone he thinks can find out the criminal's location (he has the option to contact Poli, Novel, or Milk with all three of them able to help). With a contact willing to look into their case, Delta was amazed at how connected the commander was and bows her head as penance for underestimating him. She asks him to join the operation to serve as the brains to her brawn and the two agree they make a great team.

#### Episode 3 - Plain and Tactical

As the afternoon rolled in, the results of the investigation the Nikke the commander hired returned. Despite being a long read, the location Delta needed to go was clear.

The two headed to the middle of the city as the killer's coordinates indicated as such. Delta was ready to raid the building he was in, but the protagonist suggested they wait for now. As time passed on, the two decided to move to a nearby park to act as military nerds. While partaking in a photo shoot, Delta's actions stumped a child who noticed them. Their mother told them the two loved battle so they spent their time taking pictures of things. Delta doesn't understand the meaning of this, but the commander assures her what they are doing will pay off.

Before sunset approached, the two finally caught sight of their target. With their stakeout concluded, the raid can begin.

After a three count, Delta threw a smoke grenade in the building, catching the criminal off guard. Using her military training, she easily apprehends the culprit and allows the protagonist to enter. Now in her custody, she prepares to thoroughly interrogate him for answers and while she doesn't want him to witness this, he is willing to cooperate. Despite that, she feels more confident she can handle things on her own. After taking out a knife she had on her, the interrogation commenced.

In short, the suspect was responsible for the terrorist attacks, but he was forced by someone else to commit this heinous act because he kidnapped his family and threatened him with their safety. The protagonist questions him if he knows who forced him to commit the crimes and while he initially has nothing to share, after Delta threatened to kill him, he revealed he knew he was an outlaw since he heard the announcement from the Outer Rim gate. Delta fears their investigation has reached a dead end because it's impossible to safely traverse through the Outer Rim without a guide. Fortunately, the commander knows someone who could fill that role. He proceeds to contact Crow and upon learning of the situation, agrees to help them and asks them to meet her by the gate later on. Though Delta was once again amazed by his ability to network, the two were pressed for time so they made their way to the Outer Rim.

#### Episode 4 - Raid! The Outer Rim

The two met with Crow and filled her in on the situation. The outlaw warns Delta her current attire is bound to attract suspicion, but she suggests Delta can pretend to have stolen the gear from a Central Government agent to circumvent that and access the trading station for information. She has her doubts about being able to act like anything other than a soldier, but the protagonist suggests to act like the training assistants at training camp or like Ingrid, something she can plausibly mimic.

After the three headed down a back alley, Crow shared that an old man from the Outer Rim was collecting bodies from terrorist attacks from across the Ark to smuggle identification chips. Once in A.C.P.U. custody, he confessed all he wanted was to return to his hometown. Delta thanks Crow for the info but after showing confusion since she never asked for compensation, Crow knew the protagonist will reward her for her services.

At the trading station, the two outsiders put on the most convincing façade they could. Almost immediately, Delta's outfit and gear made her stand out, but after putting on an angry front, the owners agreed the two seemed weird, but decided to hear them out to avoid conflict and share what they know.

The two returned to Crow having learned some more useful info in record time too. Having obtained the mastermind's address, Crow's job was done. Turns out the thugs the two intend to battle have been out of control for some time and were planning on wiping Exotic out. Their quest to apprehend them will solve her issue. While she didn't exactly use them, their goals aligned at a point where both parties had something to gain. Focusing more on the task at hand, Crow warns the two the culprit's hideout is highly secure, even for the Outer Rim. It served as the base for a large criminal organization in the past and now serves as a bunker for a paranoid veteran. Many rumors have swirled about how dangerous the place is, but Delta is determined to exact her revenge. Fortunately for her, scouting and infiltration missions are her forte.

#### Episode 5 - Extraordinary Ending

The two discover the Mastermind's house that on the surface resembles the hideout of a terrorist organization. It was protected by an infrared security system and was crawling with armed guards. Confident in her abilities, Delta scales the building's plumbing while avoiding the sensor and traverses to the other side of the room through the ceiling. After disabling the security system, the two sneak along the right wall since the left one was booby-trapped. After reaching the center room, the soldier determined the positions of all enemies and threw a flash bang grenade inside. Blind and disoriented, she easily took out everyone inside and tied them together to a chair. Ready to interrogate them correctly this time, she warns the commander to do what he needs to do.

The basics of her findings were that the outlaws did their best to maintain peace and security in the residential areas, but grew to resent the Central Government who neglected the Outer Rim. As a demonstration of their anger and dissatisfaction, they bombed the residential areas. The two notice a contradiction and conclude they just want to freely harm people. Delta worries leaving these violent offenders unattended will cause more problems. She asks to exact justice upon them, a request he allows and is willing to take responsibility for. After she takes out her military knife and twirls it around, Delta exacts her vengeance onto those who killed her.

Back in his room, the two watched a news report where the suspect was delivered unconscious to A.C.P.U. Headquarters. Upon regaining his senses, he apologizes for his actions and confesses to everything. Enikk charged him with killing innocent civilians and he was sentenced to 383 years in the Rehabilitation Centre. Delta was surprised things went as smoothly as they did. Though she was initially expelled from this investigation, she strangely wasn't punished for taking matters into her own hands. The protagonist felt she did a lot to help solve the case, something she was glad to hear. Now that her retribution was finally dealt with, Delta feels she can return to a normal life at last. She thanks the commander for all he has done for her and shares her desires to live happily for her own sake. Apparently, she and Signal have been watching romance dramas together for a while now and Delta has been using them as a metric on how to lead a normal life. He worries she may confuse fiction for reality, but she considers Signal a master in the field of dramas. Delta also learned "special skills" that are useful when in relationships with men. She demonstrates this by asking him to come to her room for some instant noodles. Though he believes she doesn't understand the context of what she's implying, her rationale makes sense regardless. He agrees to visit her room after she gets it cleaned up so they can share some instant noodles together.

Once in her room, the two sit waiting for the noodles to finish boiling. Delta shared she learned a lot from watching dramas, most of which she was hesitant to act upon. In particular, she was referring to hugging an attractive man she met five minutes ago, going to an accommodation after kissing, gathering the daily whereabouts of your crush and to create "coincidental" meet-ups. She figured if she imitated those behaviors, she would come off as a kidnapper or controlling so her conscience wouldn't allow her to. Thanks to Signal however, there was one thing she could try. Since military romance dramas are popular, she decided she wants to do what was shown to her in the dramas as she sees them as ordinary. Since this is the only normal thing she can do and she has a commander she wants to outclass and impress, now would be the perfect time to try it.

After jumping into things, the protagonist's mind grew blank. He can tell she had a long way to go until Delta becomes an ordinary girl.

## References

Notes

References
1. ↑ Delta's character story."