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A Family Reunion

[There's a small robot zooming around looking for a particularly smily Solid Snake. Otacon has an offer to give him, after all. After much persuasion, Liquid had reluctantly agreed to it. While Liquid and Sunny wandered the house, he focused on sending the tiny robot off in search of the other man. He had to be somewhere.]

! Target sighted. Initiating contact.

[Perhaps Solid would notice the soft voice. Otacon didn't mind if he did. Instead, he simply skidded the robot forwards, circling it around Solid's feet quickly before doing a little dance in front of him. The video screen opened to reveal Otacon's rather nervous face.]

Snake. I have something for you.

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[Happily, Sunny trotted into the kitchen.]

H-He brought cakes!

[She announced as if this was the highlight of the evening. 8D ]

[Solshine smiles happily, still a bit nervous.]

Hello Hal, hello Brother...

I...ah, just brought a little something, as a thank-you...

That was nice of you! You didn't need to, but thanks.

[He leant over to whisper.]

Don't mind James. He's always like this.

You mean cranky?

[He gives a small smile and keeps his voice low.]

I was hoping Sunny would like them. Chocolate cake in exchange for the safety of my knees, y'know.

It's good to see you again, Hal. I like your guy's place.

[He laughed softly.]

Precisely. Such a charming man. I do love him to pieces, though.

[A slight pause before he grinned.]

I'm sure it worked just fine. She seems to like you. I was worried, because of what the other Snake did to her, but...

[He shrugged lightly.]

It's good to see you too, Snake.

Good to hear it. You two seem very happy together...it's nice.

[His brow furrows a bit. He hadn't known that the other Snake had actually made contact with the kid...But he'd ask later. Now wasn't the time.]

Is, ah...Can I help out at all with anything?

[He shifts on his feet, feeling awkward and out of place. It was a lot easier to speak with women like Simone or Adriana, who expected him only to laugh and flirt lightly with them. He wasn't sure what was expected of him when speaking to a civilian man who was his brother-in-law in an alternate universe.]

[He looked thoughtful before glancing towards the kitchen.]

Ask James. He'll probably be stubborn - he's refusing to allow me to help at all, not that my help would be worth much.

[Otacon, in truth, was extremely nervous. It was easier speaking through the MK4, when dealing with a man like Snake. They all terrified him, after all, even if the personality of this one was entirely opposite to the one from their world. Old scars run deep. Snake had left plenty of scars on his psyche, even before coming here.]

Hn...He won't go after me with a frying pan if I do, would he? Sunny had to get it from somewhere.

[Master Miller had insisted that Solid learn how to cook the basics and curry. Solid didn't care much about cooking, but he liked to eat so he'd learned.]

[There are scars on Solshine's mind, but scars can be so very different. Volgin, for instance, had scars of war and his own power covering his face, almost as if warning the world away from him. The Boss had scars of war as well, but her deepest was the one of motherhood, and was a symbol of the love she had for her unit and the loyalty she gave to her country.]

[He laughed at that.]

Mostly, he'll just sarcasm and snark at you until you either back up or he gets bored.

[He laughs as well as he strolls to the doorway of the room his brother had vanished into when he'd first arrived. Solid raps his knuckles gently on the threshold to get the other man's attention.]

Hello Brother~

Need a hand with anything? I could set the table or something if the food's just about done...

I can handle it. It's just cooking, after all.

[He spoke in a short and somewhat impatient tone, focusing more on the open cookbook on the counter and the collection of god-knows-what currently on the stove.]

[Solid wanders in and glances at the pan on the stove.]

...Chicken? [He thinks, anyway. Maybe.]

Mind if I grab something from the fridge?

It's supposed to be.

Whatever, do what you want.

[That is not chicken. Solid is quite sure chicken is not supposed to be that consistency.]

Thanks.

[He rummages through the icebox, noting that it's a standard nexus fridge with food appearing as desired. Which is why he finds a can of his preferred brand of beer hidden in the back. He shuts the door and opens the can happily.]

So, how have things been on your side of nexus?

[Small talk was so much easier with a little help.]

[SHUT UP YES IT IS]

Bloody fantastic. Are you just going to pester me now?

[JUST BECAUSE IT MIGHT TASTE LIKE CHICKEN...]

Hn...I suppose not.

[Drinks.]

I was hoping to make myself useful. I'm not sure what the SOP is for this kind of thing...

[SHUT UP BROTHER WHAT DO YOU KNOW]

It's just following instructions. I can handle that. Unless perfect bloody Solid goddamn Snake wants to give it a try and prove me to be ever the inferior one.

[...yeah, he's getting annoyed.]

[I KNOW CHICKEN ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE SPONGY.]

[He gives Liquid a look]

I'm not perfect and I don't understand why you would think so.

[He smiles.]

And if Sunshine's anything to go by, you Brothers don't like to play by the book. You guys decide you know better than someone else in nearly all other aspects of your life, it probably translates into your cooking as well.

...brother, in about five minutes I will start throwing things at you. And I don't know when or if I'll stop.

The chicken's on fire...

Yes. I NOTICED.

[Solid reaches over, nudging his brother out of the way, and turns the burner off before grabbing a handy box of baking soda that Hal had probably left out for just such an occasion. He takes care of the fire before turning back to the blond.]

...

You're stressed, Brother.

[Liquid may find himself being pushed out of the kitchen.]

Go sit and talk with your husband and Sunny; I'll clean up and take care of things here~

[OH NO YOU FUCKING DID NOT]

[HAVE A COOKBOOK LOBBED AT YOUR HEAD]

[DODGES. MASTER MILLER TAUGHT HIM HOW TO AVOID INCOMING COOKBOOKS THROUGH TRIAL AND ERROR.]

[MANHANDLES LIQUID OUTSIDE THE KITCHEN AND GIVES HIM TO HAL.]

[To Hal.] Don't worry; I'll take care of things~

[To James.] Calm down. You should really watch your blood pressure, Brother...Master Miller would probably recommend taking more salt out of your diet~

[Returns to the kitchen.]

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