SNAKEϟTALES 001 ☢ arrival ✈

[philanthroper]

► [ ✆ - voice; morning ]

...

Looks like the bad acid trip's over. Glad to see that those mushrooms aren't the norm here.

[ Brief pause. ]

So. Now that everyone's themselves again, answer me. Where the hell am I? I certainly am not married. Nor do I have kids. Really. This is bad.

[ Another pause, though this time it's accompanied with a groan and quiet

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voice

[philanthroper]

Hnnrgh.

[ He grunts. Should he mention it? Judging from the few phone calls, this certainly isn't any place like home. Would it even matter if people knew who him? What about his name? His mission? The proliferation of nuclear arms?--No. Snake figures out ultimately it doesn't matter. Maybe a few people might have heard of him here, but then what? It's not like Snake is with any formal military. He'll omit some details that might put him in harm's way, but he never liked being misled, so with that in mind he finds himself really not having a problem with disclosing some "sensitive" information. ]

VR missions--Operations simulated in virtual reality using digital technology, though with no consequence regardless the outcome of the simulated mission. So you can create the most outrageous or the most difficult mission scenarios for experience, even if it's all simulated. It's all the craze right now with new special ops soldiers. Though if you ask me it just creates a bunch of VR-junkies that pretend to certify operatives to be able to handle the real thing when they really can't.

[ He's sounding a little defensive here... ]

voice

[bridesearching]

... huh?? I don't get it at all, mister.

[ Really, he had her lost soon enough that he began, even though she tried to listen to it all. But, remembering one or two words from that, it prompts her to speak up again. ]

Oh, oh-- is it like- compuuuuturs?

[philanthroper]

Yeah. Computers. Don't worry about it too much, though. What can you tell me about this place?

[bridesearching]

Oh, here? There's lots of families here. So far, I've had two of them. Everyone gets one. You got one too, right?

[philanthroper]

Yeah. Some lady. I haven't seen her much. I think she's one of us. And then the kids. They are all drones.

Freaks me out...

[bridesearching]

Don't worry, they don't do much. You can go out and do things with other people! Lots of others aren't drones, and I don't think anyone on the phone thingy we're using are drones.

-- maaybe you can find a friend, too. One of my friends are here. Lots of people are from weird funny places, but not everyone. Have you found a friend yet, mister?

[philanthroper]

I guess. I'm not really the type to gab for friends though.

[bridesearching]

Gab for friends? Does that mean... you have no friends, mister?