Valentines Shenanigans

[starofchaos]

[Valentine's Day was not something that Liquid paid attention to. In this place, dates meant little, especially when you had little incentive to pay attention to them. He had never before honored the date of this particular holiday. It meant little enough to him for it to have slipped his mind entirely. He was, however, on the prowl for Ocelot. For such a blatantly noticeable person, he was awkward to track. Good grief. Eventually, he simply lifted his hand to his ear and activated the codec.]

[CALL: PUSH SELECT]

(locked to fancy_shooting.)

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[starofchaos]

[Liquid stills, looking around for any sign of the man. He keeps himself hidden too, pressed close against a tree and listens for a moment.]

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

[He keeps his breathing tight and controlled, holding still, not knowing if there's Liquid or an animal or nothing at all nearby.]

[But it's not in his nature to keep still and patient. Despite all his work, real patience was never one of his most-employed tools. He uncurls himself slowly, listening for any sound, carefully standing into a crouch and looking around for anything out of place, as he takes slow steps towards a darker part of the woods.]

[starofchaos]

[Liquid readies the gun, his sharp ears picking up on the faint noise of footsteps. Attacking right now, however, would be a dangerous move. He would need to judge the distance quickly and fire and Ocelot could easily escape if he judged wrong - or fire back if he felt like cheating. Liquid already has the disadvantage of being slightly dizzy from the tranq rounds he's taken. He waits for just a moment before he steps out from behind the tree, aims and fires.]

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

--Son of a bitch! [Ocelot can't help but swear when he sees Liquid and feels the tranq stick into his shoulder. He turns and sprints away... and a second later, realizes he's in a familiar area, but is too late to stop himself from stepping into a snare trap.]

[He yelps as he's suddenly yanked feet-first off the ground. Surprise quickly turns into frustration, and he flails in an attempt to get loose.]

[starofchaos]

You know, this is why I carry a knife even though I don't have much skill with it.

[Liquid laughs in amusement, stepping leisurely closer and raising the tranq pistol.]

Now I wonder... can you get free before I reach you, or have you lost?

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

[Ocelot twists violently in effort to get loose, which only makes the rope wrap tighter around his ankles. He curses again, though he takes Liquid's advice by getting his own knife off of his belt and attempting to reach up with it.]

[starofchaos]

[Liquid's hand casually caught his wrist, stilling him.]

Caught in your own trap, I see...

[He nonchalantly plucks the knife from Ocelot's hand, lowering his head to whisper in his ear.]

You lose...

[Holding the blade in his hand, he trails the handle of the knife down Ocelot's thigh slowly. A low chuckle rises in his throat.]

Now I have you trapped...

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

[Ocelot flushed from embarassment and blood rush, his body straightening in reluctant surrender.]

I almost had you. I'm an expert tracker.

[Still, grumpiness didn't stop him from shivering when Liquid came so close.]

[starofchaos]

Oh, I noticed.

[In fact he was a little woozy from those tranqs. Just a little. It took more than that to bring down Liquid Snake.]

But "almost" isn't good enough...

[He dropped the knife to the ground for the moment, letting his hand rest against Ocelot's thigh in its place. It rested there, the fingers splayed, just barely brushing his inner thigh.]

[fancy-shooting.livejournal.com]

[Ocelot made a small noise in his throat at the touch, a restrained gasp.]

You're just going to leave me like this..?

[He tensed, but kept his arms down by his head. It was uncomfortable. He wanted to complain more and maybe try to free himself somehow, but... Liquid had won Ocelot's body.]

[starofchaos]

Not for too long. There are high risks attached if you stay like this for too long and frankly I don't think this would be very fun if you passed out due to being unable to breathe.

...but on the other hand, I'm not quite ready to let you go just yet.

[A slight smirk.]