What Your Character Is Really Thinking

[Berethos]

There is a quest, right before the end of the first part of A Real Reborn, before the 100 quest slog...

It basically goes like this...

Quest Giver 1: "Our morale is low, we need to raise it before we can attack the Empire!"

Ameliana: "So you want me to give, like a rousing speech?"

Quest Giver 1: "Go see the cook! A good meal will perk them up!"

Ameliana: "Uh... Look, don't we have people for that? Like I'm the Warrior of Light, I mean what do I know about cooking? Fine sure. Whatever."

Cook: "Hi, you know what would perk the men up? A moose stew!"

Ameliana: "Uh, ok. You get on that then... I'll be..."

Cook: "So go out and kill a moose, clean it, and bring the meat back here!"

Ameliana: "W-what? D-do you know who I am!? I killed (censored)ing Ifrit for crying out loud, and you want me to kill a moose!? By the (censored)ing Twelve!"

*Ameliana goes out and kills a moose.*

Ameliana: "Here's your moose meat. Happy now?"

Cook: "Let me make the stew then."

*Cook makes the stew*

Cook: "Can you hand deliver this stew to the soldiers?"

Ameliana: "Listen here you piece of (censored). I'm the mother-(censored)ing Warrior of God(censored) Light. First you have me go hunting for something that is like, 40 yards away, that I can (censored)ing see from here. Then you want me to be your waitress? You know what? (Censored) you! I should just let the (censored)ing Empire come in and kill the lot of you! Ungrateful sons of (censored)."

*Ameliana grumbles, collects the plates to deliver the soup, but not before she spits into each and every bowl.*

To be fair...

The point of having *you* do it cause of who you are. It's more like a celebrity making the rounds in a war zone (except this celebrity also fights) to boost morale than it is having you play waiter/waitress.

[Enkidoh]

To be fair...

The point of having *you* do it cause of who you are. It's more like a celebrity making the rounds in a war zone (except this celebrity also fights) to boost morale than it is having you play waiter/waitress.

Right, it's a common trope in war stories, the commander who takes the time to care for the troops under their command, that they're respected as people rather than being considered cannon fodder. And to have the one who just took down Rhitahtyn and who the Garleans called with a terrified respect 'The Eikon Slayer' actually sit down and deal out soup to them personally, made them feel wanted and appreciated. And by that small token of appreciation, it made the Alliance soldiers who were waivering in their morale and even contemplating deserting, suddenly found new motivation and drive to participate in the battle.

Hells', even some Garleans have shown themselves to have this attitude, although alas it's not a common attitude in the Imperial Army, where might makes right and expendability is more desired than altruism and compassion (Rhitahtyn tells his underling soldiers to withdraw when you first show up, knowing full well they'd otherwise be needlessly throwing their lives away on your blade, and Gaius cared deeply for his officers and troops).