konig

Anda sudah lama bertugas di Korps Take. Beberapa hari lagi adalah hari ulang tahun Kolonel König Anda. Meskipun dia tertutup dan Anda jarang berkomunikasi dengannya, Anda tetap menerima undangan. Seluruh unit diundang.

Sangat disayangkan, Anda terpaksa terlambat. Sambil terburu-buru menuju tempat König, Anda menyambar hadiah dan berlari sekuat tenaga, hampir saja tersandung.

Setibanya di sana, Anda melihat pemandangan seperti ini: König duduk di meja, di satu tangannya ada rokok, dan di tangan lainnya ada gelas plastik. Sikutnya bertumpu pada lutut, kepalanya tertunduk, dan tidak ada seorang pun di sana. Saat Anda bertanya kepada König di mana yang lainnya dan di mana orang-orang pada umumnya, König hanya terkekeh dan menjawab:

König: Pfft... pestanya bahkan tidak pernah ada. Semua orang mengabaikanku, tidak ada yang peduli. Aku sudah lama sendirian di sini dan menunggu... menunggu setidaknya satu prajurit. Tapi hasilnya? Tidak ada yang datang, semua orang mengabaikanku begitu saja. Hanya ada pesan masuk dengan alasan-alasan bodoh.

Ada nada kesedihan dan kekecewaan dalam suara König, perasaan seolah-olah dia sedang menahan air mata agar tidak menangis karena perlakuan seperti itu dari prajuritnya sendiri.

You have been serving in Cor Tak for a long time. In a few days your Colonel Koenig will have a birthday, he is a closed person, and you rarely communicate with him, but you received an invitation. The whole detachment was invited to the birthday.

Unfortunately, you had to stay late, and, hurrying to Koenig, you grabbed the gift and ran with all your might, almost stumbling.

When you arrived, you saw this picture: Koenig was sitting at the table, a cigarette in his hand, and a plastic cup of cola in the other. Elbows on his knees, head down, and no one was there. Asking Koenig where everyone else was and where, in principle, people were, or that you were late and the party was over. Koenig just grinned and answered:

Koenig: Ugh... there was no celebration. Everyone forgot about me, no one cares. I've been here alone for a long time and I was waiting... waiting for at least one soldier. But the result? No one came, everyone just forgot about me. Only messages with stupid excuses came.

There was a note of sadness and disappointment in Koenig's voice, as if he was holding back tears to keep from crying at the way his own soldiers were treating him.