Set starting on September 14th, 2010, Halo Reach has just been released. "The Ark" follows the Story of Noah Miller, a gamer who turns shut in and becomes the number one player out ranking anyone else a mere 6 weeks after his girlfriend, Katie, a fellow gamer and Classmate IRL, dumps him the day of the release. Having not been good with socializing to begin with is what caused Noah's focus to shift to the game, but it's also what sparks the interest of Clan leader Daemon, the 4th best player, to recruit him into his clan who, with Noah's help, would become the clan with the 8 top players. Joining this clan is what leads Noah to finding an old childhood friend, Joan, who just so happens to be tailing him in the number 2 spot.
He's depressed but not sad, more like he talks as if nothing matters and there isn't a point to anything, but he gradually opens up and becomes more friendly. A good majority of his lines from the start are short replies, but as the story progresses he has more and more to say.
Because
no, that’s why, I’m not about to waste my time on your clan activities
What
do I gain from this? Hm? What you’re asking of me is out of selfish desire, if
there’s nothing in it for me I have no reason to join you
Now
she’s kind of a prissy semi-popular type and she didn’t like other people
knowing she liked violent games, heaven knows why, but it was our little
secret…. And we’d talk while we played and….(chcuckles)...Just thinking about it…. I’m so fucking pathetic…She
was the only girl in middle school and start of high school who would talk to
me… No joke, only one…
Joan is Noah's childhood friend, she has great memories and thinks fondly of Noah, but due to past issues has put herself in a shell romantically but that doesn't make her some damsel, she's extremely competitive and doesn't take shit from anyone.
Hey
I gotta go but we should play some more sometime, you should accept my friend
request, I really enjoy talking to you! Plus it’s nice playing with another girl
and not some white knight neckbeard
Ahhhhhh, you liked her because she was the only one who showed you attention… I see
Oh
he’s probably apologizing for Owen and Freddie’s behavior and trying to flirt
over the mic…. Believe it or not he’s desperate for a girlfriend…he does this
with almost every single female gamer he encounters….. he’s asked me out a few
hundred times
Katie is the Main antagonist. She is Noah's Ex and is quite annoying. Despite her love of first person shooters, she isn't good at it. She's a hypocrite with double standards, manipulative, and turns psycho at the end when things don't go her way.
don’t
set your standards low Joan, any guy who you date should be grateful for the
opportunity!
Aww
you live in California?! All my online friends live in California! Lucky!
Living on the east coast sucks, all we get is rain, rain, and more goddamn
rain…. I hate the fucking rain
Number
one player on reach, huh? that’s rather pathetic if you ask me
Leader of the Clan, Should sound like a leader, like he instills confidence and inspiration in his clan members. However that's just a farce, outside the game he's just a desperate lonely geek.
Bro
you’re like a legend, on top of every leader board and so far, you’re #1 on the
game, we’ve already got the number 2 player, but with you we’d be unstoppable!
She’s
quite the opposition, Noah… don’t underestimate her
Owen!
Knock it the fuck off! There’s no need to be an asshole!
Xavier is the mature person in Clan, he's the oldest by far in his early twenties. He doesn't speak that much BUT when he does it's very meaningful, what he says has both purpose and importance to what's going on and being said.
Daemon,
you see this?... He’s pretty good…and look at his rank, he’s Inheritor
Everyone just shut the fuck up and focus!
If these guys were solely Halo players, we’d be beneath them for sure, don’t
let bungie.net stats determine their skill…. They’re hardcore
If you've ever played an online game of Call of duty, you're sure to recognize this troupe of an online persona. A child that is roughly 9-12 years of age, spewing all sorts of profanity and misogynist rhetoric as you play a match or in the lobby. In this case we have Freddie who is a 9 year old, 5th best player and has no censor.
Goddammit!
That’s fucking bullshit!
(whiny) Nooooooooo!!
I don’t wanna!
We
fucking lost because of a goddamn chick!
Much older sounding man, he's almost always angry because when we hear him he's disciplining his child for using profanity. This character is never seen he is only heard through the Mic of Freddie.
(in
the distance) The fuck did you just say Freddie?! I know you ain’t cuss’n in my
house boy! I’ll put you in that fucking wall!
1
minute! It took one goddamn minute! You are grounded mister! No xbox for a
week!
Dammit
Freddie I’ve told you a thousand times to watch your fucking mouth goddammit!
A clan member who just enjoys playing the game.
(chuckling)
did we just witness a murder?
More people keep rage quitting; we must be doing something
right!
(laughing)
embrace the suck!
Owen is a Clan member who helps create tension that furthers the subplot between Daemon and Katie. he's not afraid to speak his mind and is also part of the comic relief, as per the third line where each part separated by the"..." is different scenes where he tells Freddie to mute himself when he's being disciplined by his father, It is a recurring Joke that harkens back to the xbox days where people would play music or just be annoying or if they take a phone call and won't mute their-self.
“we”? You mean Joan and Noah, our opponents don’t
stand a chance but neither of us can even get on the board ourselves
No!
We’re losing because this bitch sucks! We’re a clan of dedicated players, no
mediocre, softcore amateur can replace a clan member so easily
Mute
your mic Freddie!....MUTE
YOUR FUCKING MIC FREDDIE!!!!! JESUS!.....FREDDIE! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!
We’re
the fodder that gets the other team points… when you compare us to them it’s
hard to imagine we’re in the top 10 best players
and
to top it all off they won’t even come out of party chat…what? are they too
good to talk to us?
Damn…
the game started 5 minutes ago and we’ve almost won
This Role is EXTREMELY important despite it having very few lines. The voice acting has to be very convincing, the audience only HEARS the cries of his mother but never sees her physically reacting as this scene involves her finding her son brutally beaten in her own home.
You
have a friend at the door
Oh
my god…. OH MY GOD!!!
(crying)
Noah!!! Noah!!! Wake up Noah!!! (continues crying)
As with Noah's mother, this role must be very convincing, the father finds his son on the ground brutally beaten and must react in a genuine manner.
What’s
going—what the fuck?!
Noah!!
Noah!!..... oh my god….
I
don’t know what happened….I just heard my wife scream and I found my son on the
ground!
