[Chaos is Order]

[0ldsnake]

[There is an Old Snake, sneaking his way through the halls unchecked. This is great for him since he's made a career out of being, for the most part, invisible. He's decided to take a breather from his training, and idle in a plain room, and boy...is this room plain; all four walls are white, and the sofa and table in the middle of the room is

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[livingherdream]

There is no catch.

[An older figure emerges from the door behind the training Snake.]

[0ldsnake]

What?

[He spots the Patriot and reaches for his SOCOM, since that's all he happened to have on him.]

[livingherdream]

There is no catch.

[Leather glove crease as his false fingers curl around the weapon in a tight grip. He lowers the Patriot to his side.]

Relax, soldier. I am not here to provoke you.

[0ldsnake]

...

[Snake slowly lowers his gun, but he doesn't take his old eyes off of Big Boss.]

once again, i was confused lmao

[old_killer]

A catch? Hhahahah... No, none at all. [ If Snake were to look to the door, he'd see no one... except there looks like there should be someone there. Looks like someone's using stealth camo. ]

But I guess... the one catch is you.

[0ldsnake]

[Dave immediately pulls out his gun and aims for that ripple where there should be a person standing. He can see you, just not very well.]

Freeze.

[old_killer]

[ Stops moving... for the moment. ]

Snaaake.

[0ldsnake]

[Creepy evil self is creepy.]

...Knock it off.

[ergosummantidea]

Snaaaaaaaaaaake~

[Oh look. It's Screaming Mantis. Floating by the door.]

[0ldsnake]

[Sunnuva-]

...

[Well, Snake guesses that he won't be able to go anywhere for a while. There's no way he's getting near that.]

[ergosummantidea]

Do you hear the screams? The endless cries of BATTLE~!

They say death is not permanent here. A fascinating thought.

[She shook her head. The little Black Mantis was scratching at her mind, along with the screams, the constant SCREAMING.]

[0ldsnake]

...Déjà vu.

99.9% of the time it's not.

[He thinks that it would be wise to not take his eye off of her. He knows better than to trust a Beauty.]

[throughrunning]

[Wow, this room really is oddly plain. It also reminds him of his old room a little bit.]

[Jack wanders in, automatically gravitating toward Snake.]

I never thought I'd see the day where something normal took me off guard.

[0ldsnake]

Yeah. This was the last thing I expected...and maybe that's what the Nexus was banking on.

[throughrunning]

So... you think it's a trap?

[He looks around warily, half expecting assassins to jump out from behind the sofa at any moment.]

[0ldsnake]

Has to be....right?

It's so ordinary it encourages complacency.

[He doesn't trust this room, or the Nexus at all.]

[psychic_waltz]

[There's also a black leather-colored human shape near one of the white walls.]

[Mantis stands silently, apparently fascinated with staring at the plain surface. His breathing is soft and even, even through the gas mask, and his posture is almost...relaxed. The oddest part is that he doesn't seem to have realized Snake has entered the room.]

[If any of his world's teammates were in the room, they might recognize the signs that their psychic had once again fallen asleep standing up.]

[0ldsnake]

[He mutters in a barely-audible tone that he could barely hear, himself.]

Another one.

[Strange. Just strange. He has no desire to get the attention of yet, another Mantis.]

[psychic_waltz]

[Lucky Snake; this one is odd, even by Mantis standards.]

[This young Mantis will often forget to sleep for days before passing out randomly. It's even been known to happen on missions. Sometimes he'll sleepwalk and someone will talk at him until they realize his eyes are closed behind that dusky mask.]

[0ldsnake]

...

[In that case he just slips away as slowly and quietly as possible.]