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[formerfoxhound]

[The video swings unsteadily about the familiar backdrop of the baseball diamond for a moment. Accompanying it is a voice; low and even and very much not amused.]

Next time you design a simulation, do me a favor and make it less of a dump.

[It's a pretty convincing dump, to its credit.  VR really has come a long way, apparently.  Although ow, are

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1/brace yourself, idk

[otaku_mk_ii]

Jack, what are you talking abou--

video forever, btw

[otaku_mk_ii]

[No. Wait. That voice...it was similar, but not belonging to Big Boss. What would he be doing at the baseball diamond, anyway?]

[otaku_mk_ii]

[He looked a little closer at the NV...no. No. That was impossible.]

[Otacon's face drained of every last bit of color. He had gotten over this, hadn't he? He had made his resolution to stand on his own, live without Snake.]

[otaku_mk_ii]

[He had been working on the suit Samus asked for--and the engineer pressed his screwdriver into the back of his hand enough to hurt.]

[Not a dream...? Really?]

[Was this city just going to take him away again?]

Text.

[zealouspeter]

You're right. It's generally pretty difficult to accept. Are you sure you want to know?

Video

[formerfoxhound]

[There's a pause as he studies the screen. Not just a radio, then. Where is Otacon when he needs to work this sort of thing out?]

I'm through with being lied to. What's your game?

Text.

[zealouspeter]

Tetris.

You'll be given a lot of different pieces, with most of them not fitting together, but if you don't eliminate the wrong ones, you'll lose.

Video

[formerfoxhound]

...what?

[At this point he's this close to dismissing you as another crazy AI.]

video

[spawnedbywar]

Taking a walk, Boss? What are you doing out there?

video, oh boy, this is happening 1/a couple

[formerfoxhound]

[Snake stops when he sees the person on the screen, feeling his blood run cold.]

2/3

[formerfoxhound]

[And he grits his teeth, taking a steadying breath against the wave of anger that threatened to overtake him. It's impossible. For more than one reason. And even he wouldn't use the same trick twice and expect it to work, except perhaps to mock him.]

3/3 go for it

[formerfoxhound]

[He wasn't falling for it anymore.]

Liquid.

voice;

[phaseshifts]

People do like to talk here.

Video

[formerfoxhound]

I'm getting that impression.

[He's starting to get the picture, now, if only slightly. Snake, on the other hand, is not usually much of a talker.]

voice;

[phaseshifts]

Either way. Welcome to Siren's Port, it sounds like you're getting the right idea, don't be too hard on the greeters, they're just doing their job, or so I'm told.

video (1/?)

[deflames]

[ for moments, he stares in a shocked silence, just stares; trying to grasp at what the feed was showing- or rather, who. playing it back once more. ]

video

[deflames]

[ could it really- ]

video

[deflames]

Sn-

[ his expression brightens instantly- that voice, the brief feed- and for a second, his eyes start to look glossy, as if on the verge of shedding tears but trying desperately to hold it in. blinking once, twice, to get rid of the feeling asap, then he smiles the most genuinely he's smiled since ending up here. the kind that's just- happy! it was just . . . too bad that snake wasn't going to remember, but- well, he'll know in a bit. ]

Snake!! Sn- You're really- It's really you, right . . . ?!

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[deflames]

[ okay tsuna, no- breathe. breathe, or you'll end up crying. more. ]