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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[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.]