003:// [Violet City] -Video

[lightningninja]

[There's a shivering Jack in the Violet city Pokecenter, trying to warm up his hands. His hair is damp, as are his clothes, and he looks pretty irritated. A woman comes over (she looks suspiciously like the nurse in Cherrygrove, what gives?) and hands him a blanket and a warm cup of what looks to be hot chocolate. "You and your Pokemon will be fine

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[sneaking_sin]

................Major Raikov?

[Of all the people he expected he might recognize here, it sure wasn't Raikov.]

[lightningninja]

S-Snake?

[Well, damn. Why didn't he contact him before?]

Who the h-hell is "Raikov"?

[sneaking_sin]

[Odd. Maybe the cold snapped his brain. ...That could be a good thing, if it means he's forgotten that Big Boss killed his boyfriend...]

You are.

How long have you been here?

[lightningninja]

...No I'm n-not. I'm J-Jack, remember?

[He shrugs.]

I don't know... c-couple of weeks, maybe? What about y-you?

[sneaking_sin]

I got here yesterday. It's amazing you've survived this long if you do things like go swimming in the middle of winter.

"Jack"? Are you trying to sound American? ...What happened to you after Groznyj Grad?

[lightningninja]

I d-didn't go swimming. My goddamn Pokemon s-splashed me.

[...]

I'm n-not trying to sound American, I am American. W-What's wrong with y-you? W-Where the hell is Groznyj Grad? S-Sounds like some kinda... Russian p-place or something.

[sneaking_sin]

...

[Come to think of it, he's lisping a lot less too.]

...You remember my name, but not anything else?

[lightningninja]

Of c-course I remember your name, we just completed a m-mission together!

[Wait... if Snake was here-]

H-Have you seen R-Rose? If you're h-here maybe she's here, too!

[sneaking_sin]

Hold on a minute. What year are you from?

/fails forever, just like Jack

[lightningninja]

2009...

[He moves his hair out of the way of the screen, catching the eyepatch. Huh...?]

<3

[sneaking_sin]

2009?

...

...You must be related to him. You look exactly like him.

[He frowns.] Are you a clone, too? [Except... who the hell would clone Raikov?]

<3

[lightningninja]

Okay, b-back up a second. Are you t-trying to be like Big B-Boss now or something? Or d-did I really go nuts after the B-Big Shell?

[He shakes his head, confused.]

And I'm n-not a clone.

[sneaking_sin]

...That's just a name I was given but never wanted. I go by Snake.

Hnn. Sorry, I made a mistake. If you're from 2009, you can't be Raikov. But you still look exactly like him. Here--

[He pulls a yellowed old photograph from his pocket and holds it to the screen.]

[lightningninja]

...You- you mean- you're-?!

[Hooooly- oh wait that guy does look like him. Oh God, it's happening again. Big Boss is here and there's some guy who looks just like him and oh jeez, he's probably a clone-]

...W-Who's the super wrinkly guy?

[No, he can't tell those are scars.]

[sneaking_sin]

The other one is Colonel Volgin.

...From what I could tell, Raikov wasn't important to anyone but him. And he's dead, so I can't imagine why anyone would clone Raikov.

Maybe he's just a relative.

[lightningninja]

Never heard of him... so w-what, did this Raikov guy h-have a wife? Any kids? D-Do you think I'm descended from him or something?