War Has Changed

[ 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.

[ Snake's in Goldenrod, since he arrived about last week and decided to hang around. He wanted to go to Ecruteak, but he figured he could at least relax for a while before making the trip to Violet again.

Sitting on a bench near a hot dog stand, Snake takes out his PokeGear. ]

[PRIVATE CALL TO OTACON]

Otacon, what can you tell me about Team Rocket?

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[ Switching frequencies, he decides to make an update for the rest of his friends. ]

This is Snake. I'm in Goldenrod, I'm going to Violet either tomorrow or the day after... I haven't really decided yet. At any rate... Heather, are you interested in going to Ecruteak..?

And Claire, where are you now?

[The feed clicks on, and there's Snake. He's at the beginning of Route 35, looks like he's heading out.]

Hey... I'm heading to Violet. I'm going to take the shortcut... With the squirt bottle I got, I should be able to get past the weird tree I've heard is blocking the path through Route 36 or 37... Anyway, I've also received one of Jack Atlus' Pokemon; his Snubbull, Juliette.

If anyone's seen Jack, let him know and I'll return Juliette to him, otherwise I'll train her. I still look forward to battling you someday.

[ Snake pauses, thinking a moment. At least there's no blowing snow right now, that would have been annoying. He's still thinking about his parting with Otacon, and feeling a little bad, but he had to leave Goldenrod. Just sticking around was annoying him, all he wanted to do was slug Liquid in the face. He didn't bother asking Heather if she wanted to come along; her friends were all here, she had a job, he didn't need to just rip her away from that. Besides, why leave your comforts for just one old man? ]

I guess that's it. Snake out.

[ooc: To set the mood-- A VIDEO I MADE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRkheXz8AI0&fmt=18 you all will recognize this song if you watched Pokemon back in the day.]

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Sennn...tret?


Yeah.

I see 'em.




What the hell is with all these balloon things?