he's had enough of this crap

[myname_isntimportant]

Hngh. Why do you want me to make "new friends?" I don't want to make any friends. I don't need friends. I work with people already. Isn't that enough?

[He sighs and lights up a cigarette, taking a long drag. Why can't people leave him the hell alone?]

Fine. I promised Otacon I'll try and be more sociable but I can't make any promises. I've got the kid to look after. [That's Raiden to you, Snake.] Defusing bombs is no joke. Trust me. I just don't want the mission compromised because of your compassion.

....

Just let me get on with my job.

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[wolf_of_war]

While I can relate to your attitude toward social interaction, I nevertheless have found it to be a...necessary evil. Particularly in circumstances that require little in terms of combat.

Bladewolf <3 I also play a Raiden from Rising.

[myname_isntimportant]

Evil? I wouldn't go that far, as to say socialising was evil. It's just difficult. [Only because Snake doesn't know how to interact pleasantly with people at times.]

I've got Raiden from MGS4 and Huey as muses =3

[wolf_of_war]

Agreed. Though much of my early education was focused on the development of my social skills, I still find it difficult to relate to humans. It is...a work in progress.

Re: Brilliant! I play an Otacon from MGS4.

[myname_isntimportant]

Who designed you? You're quite a sophisticated piece of technology and I've never seen anything like you before. [Snake could imagine Otacon's face right now. He would love it. Tech stuff made him very happy.]

[wolf_of_war]

I was initially designed by a group of scientists under the employ of The Patriots. I am a prototype, developed for use in combat to replace human soldiers. However, a critical flaw in the development of my intelligence caused the project to be shut down. Since then, I was reactivated, my exoskeleton rebuilt for stealth and scouting.

[myname_isntimportant]

The Patriots? [Oh shit. That wasn't good.]

At least you're not attacking me right now. Do you still work for the Patriots or do you have another master?

[wolf_of_war]

Currently, I establish and follow my own directives. I was briefly under the employ of Maverick Security, a private security company, at the behest of Raiden. Though the Patriots were responsible for funding my design, they were dissatisfied with my unwillingness to needlessly engage in combat. By the time I was reactivated, The Patriots as an organization had ceased to exist.

[myname_isntimportant]

Raiden? [Snake raised a brow at that. The kid was working with this cyber wolf?]

This is in my future, as Raiden is still working alongside me on the Big Shell Incident. I've never heard of Maverick Security. [The Patriots ceased to be? Perhaps there was hope yet.]

[imthe_shit]

[ Oh man, this was weird. Snake briefly considers covering his face. ]

... Big Shell, huh? Feels like forever ago.

[myname_isntimportant]

[What the?- This was really weird. Snake wondered if this was some kind of dream and he was looking at himself thirty years down the line.]

You know about the Big Shell?

[imthe_shit]

Well, most people did... Just not what happened on it. [ Kind of. ] So, you're still dealing with the bombs?

[myname_isntimportant]

True. Yeah, I'm working with a kid called Raiden diffuse the bombs on Shells One and Two. [Why was he telling this guy that? He didn't even know him. Did he? Yet, this guy looked like him. It was weird.]

I know this is gonna sound weird but you look like me.

[imthe_shit]

Hheh.

[ Snake smirks. ] Not the first time you've met someone with your face, though, right?

[myname_isntimportant]

Are you talking about Liquid? [Did this guy know about his deranged brother? Or Solidus, perhaps. Liquid was dead though.]

[imthe_shit]

Yea, that's the first one that comes to mind. [ Solidus looked more like dear ol' dad, anyway... that was just because he was super old, though. ]

So, if I look like you, why do you think that is? [ Snake is enjoying this a bit too much. ]

[myname_isntimportant]

[Yeah, he does. With his eye patch an' all.]

I don't know. I can't explain it, unless....there are more clones of me than I thought. Or I'm dreaming or drunk. [He scratched the back of his head.]

[imthe_shit]

Les Enfants Terribles did have a lot of clones, but most of them died or were aborted, leaving just you and Liquid. And then Solidus not long after...

The last two options are viable, except you've never been so drunk as to hallucinate an old man version of yourself.

[ HE WOULD KNOW ] This place is crazier than you could imagine, and I know you've seen a lot of bullshit over the years.

[myname_isntimportant]

Yeah, I know all about Liquid and Solidus. [Solidus being the asshole he is, making child soldiers like Raiden do his bidding.]

I was lucky to escape alive after fighting with Liquid. REX nearly ended everything. I was lucky in being able to stop it when I did, with help from Otacon and others. [The Grey Fox too.]

Huh. You seem to know a lot about me. This place is full of crazy shit, I know that. So, you've seen crazy shit too then, huh?

[imthe_shit]

Yeah.

[ Nods his head. ] Everything you've seen, and then some. [ One day you'll encounter the Beauty and the Beast Corps and you'll understand. One day. ]

[myname_isntimportant]

It seems our world is full of crazy shit and we're the ones stuck in the middle of it all. [Ah, Beauty and the Beast Corps. Snake can't wait.]

So, what's your name?

[imthe_shit]

Iroquois Pliskin.

[ Have a sassy smirk. ]

[myname_isntimportant]

The hell?- [Snake just stared and grunted.]

Are you taking the crap out of me?

[imthe_shit]

[ Woo, this was fun. It wasn't often that Snake had the upperhand in these scenarios... Now he understood why it was fun for Liquid and literally everyone else. ]

Maybe. What are you going to do about it?

[myname_isntimportant]

I don't know. Perhaps none of this is real and is a dream after all. If so, then we can talk about what the hell we want. You look like me but are much older. Are you...my future self?

[Hell. This was sounding like one of Otacon's sci-fi animes.]

[imthe_shit]

If this is just a dream, then my answer isn't going to matter. Who I am isn't all that important, by that logic.

[myname_isntimportant]

Hngh. This is too messed up. [He rubbed the back of his neck.]

Ok. If you really are me then what happened at Shadow Moses Island?

[imthe_shit]

What happened?

[ He raises a brow. ] You really want me to hurl that up again? [ Shakes his head. ] What do you want me to say? We were lied to... People we thought we could trust, people we didn't know... Hell, even ghosts from the past. A lot of lies, blood, sweat and tears. Nothing good in those memories.

[ Except that's when you met your best buddy. ]

[myname_isntimportant]

[He nodded. This guy knew everything he did. Could it be possible that this guy was....his twin? Another twin.]

Yeah. Most of the mission was utter bullshit but stopping REX felt good. [Poor Meryl though.]

At least we met Otacon. He's a nerd but a good guy at heart.

[imthe_shit]

[ Smirks. ]

Heh. Hard to believe that's the guy that pulled us out of our self-made hell and gave us a purpose in life again.

Good old Hal.

[myname_isntimportant]

Yeah, Hal is a good guy. I don't know what we'd do without him. Even though he can be annoying at times with his love for anime and weird shit.

[imthe_shit]

He's not as obsessed about it as he was a few years ago... More of a casual fan now... Sort of. Otherwise the Nomad would be plastered in anime posters.

[myname_isntimportant]

Heh. He used to be obsessed back at Shadow Moses. The whole room where he worked was plastered with the crap. The Nomad?

[imthe_shit]

The Nomad... Well, you'll find out about that down the line.

[myname_isntimportant]

How far down is this Nomad? [Because Snake is curious.]