001 [voice]

[nolucklightning]

What the..? What's going on here? Hey! Don't drag me ov--You could at least give me some pants first! [This guy's nasally voice sure doesn't sound happy. He's being harassed by the people at the baseball diamond.] Siren's Port? But I was just at..[Abruptly, he trails off.] What's really going on here? Am I making this all up..? A...Achoo! [Sniff.]

Comments

Voice /'ll be slow as well, but had to bother poor Raiden

[formerfoxhound]

...

[Yeah, Snake definitely knows that nasally voice.]

Raiden? Tell me it's really you this time.

[voice] He appreciates that. Well. Sort of.

[nolucklightning]

... [Oh, Raiden knows that voice, too.] Snake! What the hell's going on? What happened to.. to everything?!

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

[...Yeah, that's Raiden.]

...Just got here, huh? Calm down. You're not in any immediate danger.

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

Where is this place? I've never heard of any Siren's Port before..

...

Wait... I remember something. I just saw you! On Arsenal Gear.. [pauses with an angry exhalation.] I think you have some explaining to do.

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

Canada, apparently. Some kind of inter-dimensional pain in the ass, if you believe the hype-

[Wait.]

...Arsenal? What's the last thing you remember?

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

Hmn.

I just ran into you again but Olga was the one who let me out.

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

[Well, he sort of deserves that. He's still not all that sorry, though. Though luck, Jack.]

Arsenal was pretty heavily monitored. That's part of the reason we needed you to serve as bait to get us in in the first place. Made a hell of a lot more sense for her to do it than me.

Thought we went over this when you picked up your gear?

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

I was bait?! Huh! .... [It does make sense though, so he lets it slide because that last comment is far more important right now.]

Snake..... [Raiden trails off right there but he obviously has more to say.]

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

Still mad, huh? You'll have to deal with it.

[It wasn't anything personal. Hell, it shows Snake had enough faith in Raiden to make it out of there on his own.]

Problem? Spit it out.

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

[He had a problem alright, but he wasn't mad.]

You could say that.. I don't have my gear.

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

...

[Oh Raiden, you poor bastard.]

None of it?

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

Not a thing.

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

...

[You can practically hear him facepalming through the feed.]

Where are you? The baseball diamond?

[If Raiden could run around Arsenal Gear like that, he could handle it for a little while longer.]

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

Started there... There were people everywhere. Someone tried dragging me away, towards the city. [grumpy sigh.] As if I wanted to be out in the open like this. I'm in alley right now.

[Hopefully, so hopefully:] Is my gear with you?

[voice]

[formerfoxhound]

[Flatly.] No.

[Solid Snake: crusher of hopes. Sorry Raiden, he doesn't have a bitchin' sword for you this time.]

But I can bring you some clothes and fill you in on a few things. This place takes some getting used to.

[voice]

[nolucklightning]

Hnn....

[The joke's on you, Snake. Raiden found that bitchin' sword next to him when he woke up here. He's created a time paradox!]

All right...... I'll be waiting. I'm by... I think it's a movie theatre.