1st Standoff ☆ Video

[cactusnwhiskey]

[The feed suddenly comes on to a man dressed in absolutely garish cowboy gear, from his five-gallon hat to his leather boots with spurs. The only thing that seems strange about his attire is that underneath the poncho he's wearing is unmistakably a police uniform. He seems frustrated with his NV, because he's mumbling to himself as he tries to mess

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[ysobritish]

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[Someone is WORSE AT THIS THAN HE IS.]

Sir, perhaps you should get some help with your NV, if you're having so much trouble.

Permavideo until Jake screws something else up :T

[cactusnwhiskey]

Lord a'mighty-! [Jake starts as he hears Liquid's voice, and almost drops his NV, fumbling with it a bit.]

This thing talks?!

Permavoice, for now

[ysobritish]

No. It's a communications device. Like a phone, if you're from a time where those exist. You sent out a call.

[cactusnwhiskey]

[And so, because he heard the word "phone", he puts it up to his ear. Liquid can now see the upper part of his ear.]

Y'mean to tell me this dang-blasted thing is a phone, hombre? So who am I callin'?

[ysobritish]

You're calling everyone, right now.

[So much facepalm.]

But the person you're speaking to now happens to be called Liquid.

[cactusnwhiskey]

... who all is "everyone"?

[He pauses at the name.] 'scuse me, hombre, y'think you could repeat that last part?

[ysobritish]

Everyone who has an NV.

"Hombre"? Yes, I happen to be called Liquid. Liquid Snake.

[cactusnwhiskey]

So I take it you've got one a' these here "Envy" contraptions, too. [Yes, he keeps saying "Envy", not "NV".]

That's right, hombre.

[He pauses again at the name, then just busts out laughing.]

[ysobritish]

My phone was adapted upon entry to become one, yes.

What the devil is a "hombre"? And what is so amusing?!

[cactusnwhiskey]

[Jake speaks, in between guffaws.] You... hahaha! Y-you studied up on yer Spanish lately? Hehe! It's a word fer- ffffhahahaha! -for "man"!

Yer mama musta hahahated you, givin' you a name like Liquid! Oh lordy, that's too much!

[ysobritish]

If you want to be quite literal, it's my codename. And I'll thank you not to speak so blatantly of our surrogate.

[cactusnwhiskey]

[He's still laughing, brb. :D]

What, you gonna tell me they ran out of a codename budget and gave you the reject? Haha... Is the guy after you named "Plasma Weasel"?

[ysobritish]

Don't be ridiculous. Weasel was little more than a mercenary, he didn't get the FOXHOUND codename.

And you are an idiot.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Well I'm not the one goin' around and usin' a name like Liquid! [His chuckles die down, after a little while.]

Sorry to hear you and whatever siblings ya might have didn't get raised by yer mama, though. [On the contrary, Liquid, he's not an idiot. He caught the "our surrogate".]

[ysobritish]

That's because it's my name. And it's a term of respect that I have it.

...I didn't have a mama. That's why we had the surrogate. She was little more than an incubator. Chosen solely for the purpose of carrying his children, and removed from the equation soon afterwards.

[cactusnwhiskey]

Suit yourself, culebra.

I know. You said "our surrogate", right? But she's still yer mama, by blood anyway. 'less you were raised by another lady, but by the sounds of it, you just had a daddy.