// Aa, sekai ga nijin de, soredemo suki de irareru ka nante?

[vestri-vires.livejournal.com]

[Otacon doesn't normally leave the sanctity of his lab, or the presence of his family, without due cause. When necessary, he detracts the MK4 from its near-constant surveillance of worlds_serpent to get what he needs, trusting in James to keep himself safe. But lately, he's starting to realise that while James has settled into this strange world, he hasn't. He hardly knows anyone, and thanks to his promise to Liquid, he doesn't even dare go into the rooms, even as he wants to see what they do with a childlike curiosity that's almost painful to ignore. The younger Liquid told him to learn to deal with the situation, that his confusion over recent events would pass the most he got used to the absurdity - and he has to admit that James keeps him out of the loop a lot. So he picks up his palmtop, syncing it to the laptop (in turn synced with the computers he had set up to control the lab and the MK4 with), the better to spy on keep a protective eye on James with, and slips out after securing the lab against intruders.

Nerves twist and churn in his stomach. The few people he has met here range from "strange" to "psychotic" and he still has bullet scars from previous encounters hidden beneath his jumper. Sometimes they still ache with phantom pains, as if Liquid hadn't painstakingly dug the bullets out and patched him up with painful and determined love in his every movement. But he can't let fear rule him. He won't. He's nowhere near the cowardly state he was in the past, the frightened little otaku that hid away in the locker at the first sign of danger. And he won't hide any more.

Otacon is out of the lab. Out of the house. And out into the Nexus.

Alone.]

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[worlds-serpent.livejournal.com]

[And he is being stalked.]

[Liquid did the best he could to keep Otacon safe around here--the building was incredibly dangerous, particularly with certain people running around. So it was only natural he would want to keep an eye on the scientist.]

[From a short distance, of course.]

[worldpresident.livejournal.com]

[Solidus has his crayons out again and the little vandal is scribbling on a wall with all four Arms.]

[There appears to be a dinosaur wearing a nurse's hat being chased off by a four-armed boy and a girl with a frying pan. Eggs may be involved in this masterpiece.]

[stealthygenius.livejournal.com]

[Solshine's jogging lightly through the halls, on his way to see his Hal train with one of his brothers. He spots Hal easily and waves.]

Hey! Don't see you out often~

[geneticsaddict.livejournal.com]

[Now which Hal was this one....? Naomi walked up to him and stopped nearby.]

Hello, Hal.

[stealth-puppy.livejournal.com]

[Rolling by in a wheelchair and wearing pants (lucky you), this little human puppy spots a Dad!]

Rad!

Mun uses this character for too many threads OTL

[bossuboku.livejournal.com]

Hal? [Pardon his lack of smile-the last time he ran into a Hal Emmerich the guy was ...odd. :'D] Uh...Hey!