thisavrou_log | september overflow log

Yeah... Sounds like a tough situation. And from what I hear you say, Big Boss is a man who makes very bad decisions when it comes to his wars. [And not knowing where your loyalty should go, to a friend or an employer? Is a damnable issue. He feels bad for Snake, there.]

Sorry, man.

I wish we have not been placed in this sort of situation, but ah... Since it's a possibility, what would you do if you ever saw him alive again? 'Cause when those dead people turn up...

[ It's not like Snake can really say he understands the relationship between Gray Fox and Big Boss. He almost wonders if there had been a father-son element in there, if Frank had been the person that Big Boss wished to be his actual son.

Better not to think too hard on that kind of thing, though.

Snake snorts at Niko's observation. ] Yeah, that's an understatement. [ Big Boss had pretty much gone off the deep end by the time that Snake took a flamethrower to him.

As for that question, well, it's something Snake's thought about before. After a quiet pause that he spends drawing one of his boots through the sand, he shrugs one shoulder. ] It depends on what state he was in. After our fight, he was captured and experimented on. He wasn't... quite right when he came back. [ If Fox showed up in that state, it'd be hard to know how to deal with him. ]

[Snake's stories always get a little more interesting when the robots and the clones and the mad scientists come into the mix. No less tragic, but weird as hell.]

Would he be dangerous if he came back like that?

[He tries to ask that instead of the harder questions. Would the guy have even been okay without the experimentation? A friend you like kills a boss that you're loyal to? He wouldn't have come back the same, even if he'd been left well enough alone afterwards.]

[But even knowing this, he finds himself asking-]

What did they do to him?

[All of the answers that can come out of Snake's mouth promise to be terrible at this point.]

[ This isn't something that Snake's used to talking about. At this point he's gotten used to offhandedly mentioning that he killed his own father, but Frank is a sorer subject and he has to take a few seconds to get his emotions under control. He can still remember how he felt when he'd realized who that cyborg ninja really was... ]

I don't know all the details. Just that he wasn't always in control of his own mind. He'd lash out, have screaming fits, something about medicine.

[ Snake sighs heavily and leans back on his heels, rubbing at his eyes. When Jaegar recognizes that he's in distress, he pads forward and nudges his muzzle up against Snake's free hand. Snake idly pets him while focusing his attention on Niko. ]

Still, when he was lucid he tried to help me. There was still some of him in there. Maybe someone on the ship would be able to stabilize him, I don't know.

[ Just the idea of it is enough to make him feel sick. ]

[He's never seen Snake that bothered by anything, but realistically he knows they've never talked about his friends. And if was Niko, he'd sure as hell be bothered by someone doing this to one of his friends.]

Maybe. People here got way more advantages than either of us, though.

But I hope if you see him again it will be when he is in a state to talk normal.

[Niko reaches down to scritch Jaegar again.] Good dog. [Because he saw what he did there.]

[ Snake can't even say with confidence whether he'd like to see Frank again, if he were given the choice. On the one hand, it might be better for him to remain at peace, if such a thing even exists. On the other, he deserved a better end than what he got. And maybe they would be able to talk over everything that happened, and finally work together again.

Jaegar butts his head against Niko's hand, capturing Snake's attention and giving them something to talk about other than this depressing subject. ]

There's no telling with this place. We haven't had any new arrivals since the Ingress was shut down, and right now I'm not even sure if we'll be able to get back in the air.

[ With a sigh, Snake turns to look at the beached Moira. It's not like he'll be much help getting it running again. ]

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