mun hasn't played mgsv yet

[techconvention]

 Look, it's been years since you properly played through any game I was in. I know you're...excited to remember that you like me and Snake, but just being enthusiastic won't be enough. You need to work a little bit more and canon review, and then we'll be able to work together better.

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Is this ok, I can throw another character at you if it's not ok.

[qlippoth]

[Sighing. He'd sound disappointed if he could, but it's more like-- he's used to you being like this.] You always were so very indecisive...

[liquid_serpent]

Ah, doctor. I've been looking for you everywhere. I want REX ready to launch the nuclear missiles as soon as possible. As you know I'm not a patient man.

np, though i would prefer not too many spoilers if possible~

[techconvention]

[Hal flinches.]

I-I know what I'm doing now.

[techconvention]

I don't work for you, Liquid. [He swallows hard, but he's grown more of a backbone since Shadow Moses.] Not anymore. That's not what I made REX for, and I'm not going to...enable you.

Can do non-spoilery, don't worry ;3

[qlippoth]

[He'd also be more incredulous if he... cared. Mostly curious:] Do you?

You've grown, then. Which is good for you, I guess some congratulations are in order. What year are you from, Hal?

o7 thanks!

[techconvention]

Of course I have. I was a teenager last I...saw you.

it's okay. i haven't either. i also have no good icons right now

[hatedbyfanboys]

Don't you love when muns jump the gun from their excitement?

no problem!

[techconvention]

It depends on whether or not there's follow-up or if we're left in the dark a little while after, y'know?

...Though mine just discovered fissionmailed might be coming back and is making a noise only huskies could hear, so I might have more of a chance than I thought earlier.

[qlippoth]

Huh. The time-space continuum sure works weirdly here, isn't it? Like something out of sci-fi. [He gives you a smile, but still doesn't appear to be anything besides, well. Aloof.]

You were also a teenager the last time I saw you, if memory serves. But, I wouldn't have thought things between us would go so badly you would've just--- cut all communication with your dear old dad once you were all grown-up. Don't you think?

[techconvention]

...Yes. It does.

[Hal looks sick before he turns away.] Nobody expects a tragedy until it happens, right?

[qlippoth]

[Interested now, and judging by your reaction... He speaks softly, caring. And approaches to get a closer look.] Hal?

... What did you do?

[techconvention]

[His breath catches, and he jerks away. He's been told it wasn't his fault at least once, but that doesn't just erase years of guilt.]

[qlippoth]

Hey, no... [He puts a hand on your shoulder. The gesture is unfamiliar for both of them, but he feels like he ought to, at least.] I know we don't talk much. Never quite knew what to do with you, see.

But, please tell me. Don't you believe I still can listen?

[techconvention]

[They were always terrible with people, the both of them. He tenses under the touch.]

Not...not about that. No.

[He isn't running, though.]

[qlippoth]

[That, he can see. He gives your shoulder a squeeze, and then he takes away his hand, since it's distressing you more. Serious:] But it concerns me.

Don't you think I deserve to know, then?

[techconvention]

I don't know.

...You don't want to know any more than I want to tell it.

[qlippoth]

Hmpf. [Is that a frown of disappointment you see? Resentment? Probably both, indeed. He does recognize your current need to keep secrets, though.] Suit yourself.

[Muttering more to himself than anything.] What was I even thinking...

[liquid_serpent]

My, my, doctor. Haven't you grown bold since the man who hid inside of lockers for a living. [Yes, he knows all about your encounter with Gray Fox.]

Tell me, what do you do with your life now that you're apparently not designing Metal Gears?

[techconvention]

[Otacon's bold enough to cross his arms.] I'm fixing my mistakes. Like REX, and all its offspring, I suppose.

[liquid_serpent]

[He can see that and Liquid will now be following suit.]

Is that so? Would you call using your talents to create Metal Gear a mistake because I don't. Why waste it on becoming a philanthropist, doctor? A do-gooder.

[techconvention]

A waste would be starting a war that would kill millions needlessly. Protecting the world is better than ruining it.

[liquid_serpent]

Protecting it from what? It's run by corrupt governments, who spark off petty wars over power and money. Greed, mostly. My Outer Heaven at Shadow Moses will surpass any of that useless want. A place where men can live freely and fulfil their own desires also.