011 [ audio / action for Otacon ]

[imthe_shit]

[ Snake had missed Tenten's birthday, but then again, he wasn't much of a birthday kind of guy anyway. What was a lot more important to him was the fact that Otacon was finally in Mahogany... It felt a bit weird to see him. He wasn't sure if he was entirely over what happened a few years ago in this place, but it wasn't fair to blame this Otacon for that stuff.

What Snake didn't know was that his Bloober had gucked up the PokeGear, which made it nearly impossible to turn it off once it was on video, so it was either always video-recording, or always audio-recording. The best way to stop it was to muffle it under a bunch of things.

For now, Snake is standing just outside a cafe, avoiding the rain overhead, smoking a cigarette. Otacon was nearby... Snake had plans to give him Asimov, but he didn't want to disappoint the Ampharos. It would probably feel sad about it all. For the moment, the old soldier holds up his Pokegear and speaks into it. ]

Anyone have any recommendations for cleaning out a PokeGear that's been infused with Bloober goo? It's really nasty... I'm not sure how to go about cleaning it without just tossing it in a river. Any input would be appreciated, as long as it's not stupid.

[ Because Snake is really the best judge of that. And then he remembers something. ]

Sorry for missing your party, Tenten. Maybe next time.

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[audio]

[imthe_shit]

... What's your favorite way to travel?

[audio]

[captainash]

My mobile suit. Faster that any other vehicle when I need to visit a colony, strong enough to keep me safe if someone decides to shoot at me, and small enough to fit into most industrial complexes.

[audio]

[imthe_shit]

Mobile...suit.... Like a Gundam?

[ It was AMAZING that Snake remembered whatever those things were called, since Otacon was a bit crazy about mech-anime, and he ended up suffering through some episodes. It wasn't that they were bad, it was just that Snake wasn't big on anime... ]

[audio]

[captainash]

Your world has them too?

[He sounds utterly giddy.]

I think you're the fifth or sixth person to know that term. I guess it's more widespread than anyone in my world thought.

[audio]

[imthe_shit]

... Something like that, yeah.

[ SNAKE ATTEMPTS TO ABORT THIS DIRECTION BECAUSE having already been told once he was from a video game was weird, soooooo doing it to someone else probably wasn't a fun thing. ]

[audio]

[captainash]

It's always nice to learn that so many different worlds have those little details in common, isn't it?

[The poor man doesn't have a clue about the potential existential crisis standing right there.]

[audio]

[imthe_shit]

Sure... nice. That's one way of looking at it.

[ Robots like Gundams were what made Otacon get into building giant robots, and because of that, Metal Gear Rex existed from that naive fantasy... SO IN THE END, GUNDAMS ARE TO BLAME. ]

[audio]

[captainash]

I guess it would depend on the detail and how they're shared. But it always makes me happy to hear about other worlds that have mobile suits.

[Oh, come on! Gundam stories can also encourage young men to become the savior of Earth's people by building their own robot and committing genocide against all the Vagans- Oh.]

[audio]

[imthe_shit]

...

Maybe that's not exactly what they're called. We don't really have Gundams here... But we do have big death machines that are piloted by people, so... I guess that counts.

[audio]

[captainash]

Close enough, especially if only people are piloting them. A woman once mentioned that the mobile suits from her world can be piloted by horses instead.