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[otaku_mk_ii]

That...was pretty weird. I don't remember an interrogation last time I got here.

[Is that a familiar voice, Siren's Port? It might be to some of you. And would you look at that, it's a nerdy little engineer.]

I could have sworn I had a phone last time...well never mind, this is easier.[Otacon's hand moved to his glasses in a nervous habit-despite

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[ysobritish]

... [That's not possible.]

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[ysobritish]

[It really wasn't possible. The Core had been that kind?]

...

[Well damn. Otacon was going to pretty much hate him now, wasn't he?]

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[ysobritish]

Hal Emmerich.

I never thought I'd see the day when you set foot on this soil once more.

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[otaku_mk_ii]

[A sincere smile crossed his face at that voice; funny, a long time ago he'd have been terrified to hear it.]

Liquid Snake. Guess I just can't get rid of you, can I?

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[ysobritish]

[He smiled just slightly, relieved to see him while at the same time being concerned. Snake would definitely tell him...]

As much as you may want to. They're interrogating arrivals now?

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[otaku_mk_ii]

Well, not so much interrogating in the strictest sense. I mean, I'm okay. They were just asking a lot of questions about where I came from, basically.

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[ysobritish]

That's good. If they were, I'd be causing some more trouble.

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[otaku_mk_ii]

...Liquid, where are you right now?

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[ysobritish]

Outer Heaven. I've been hiding out there for a while now. Brother is still at home. No telling how long before I'll be able to come back, if I ever will.

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[otaku_mk_ii]

Hiding out-? What are you talking about?

[A sigh. Dammit Liquid, what did you do.]

...What happened?

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[ysobritish]

Something unforgiveable. I'm sorry, Hal. We're probably going to get killed sooner or later.

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[otaku_mk_ii]

... I'll be there as soon as I can. [He disconnected, heading in the direction of Outer Heaven as quickly as he could--funny, he thought he'd have forgotten how to find his way around here.]

[Goddammit. Couldn't turn his back on Liquid for a minute without something happening, could he? And even if death meant as little here as he remembered, he didn't want to lose Liquid or anyone else.]

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[ysobritish]

[Liquid, never far from Kadaj right now apart from when he was accepting invitations from creepers like Undertaker and Break, was to be found sitting on the stairs leading up from the abandoned ground floor. Well. Sitting was not quite the right word for what he was doing. It was more like a casual slouch, his back to the wall, legs blocking the stairs entirely. He waited. It didn't matter how long. Otacon was here, and if he was angry, so be it. The past couldn't be taken back. It could only be amended for.]

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[otaku_mk_ii]

[Could one get a sense of nostalgia after only having been gone for what he thought was a week? If walking into that building was any indication, the answer was yes.]

[He walked over in silence, setting down his laptop case and sitting by Liquid with a calm look on his face. Otacon knew better than most that one couldn't change the past...so he knew there was little they could do about it now.]

...I'm listening.

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[ysobritish]

...you've been gone months

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[otaku_mk_ii]

...

[It was a lot to take in at once, to say the absolute least. And how could he have been gone for months? It had been a week at the absolute most, hadn't it?]

Liquid...

[What could he even say now? Otacon had trusted Liquid--still trusted him--and he'd gone and pulled something like that?]

...what the hell made you think that was a good idea?