Shelter From the Storm, pt II

[formerfoxhound.livejournal.com]

[There's a sound not unlike a muffled explosion down in one of the lower floors. In the relevant hall, the source of the noise becomes clear when a spray of river water and a soaked Snake come tumbling out one of the doors, knocking it clear off its hinges.]

[He coughs out a bit of water and shakes his head to clear it, standing slowly and warily and looking around at the flooded hall. This...isn't Arsenal Gear. But the more he sees the more he gets the feeling that all this is a little familiar.]

...you've got to be kidding me.

((Lame and finally canon updating to make my life easier 'cause I play him post mgs2 elsewhere anyway and I keep forgetting. :,D Specifically from when he jumps off Arsenal Gear at the end to chase down RAY like an idiot, for symmetry because it amuses me. Don't worry, Nexus, he remembers you. It's just...been a couple years.))

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[formerfoxhound.livejournal.com]

[Turns out taking out his anger on unsuspecting doors is something he shares with Liquid after all. As crazy as life was back home, at least he knew where he stood. That he was doing something worthwhile. He can't help but be frustrated to find himself trapped back here.]

[The apartment was...just as he left it. The milk in the refrigerator probably hadn't even gone bad. Somehow, it isn't all that comforting.]

If it was, it was damn thorough.

[He raises an arm and pulls back his sleeve. The cuts he'd gotten from Vamp were fresh enough, and deep enough, to reopen from the recent activity and bleed back into the white of the bandages.]

It wasn't a trick.

[by-anothername.livejournal.com]

You're hurt-

[Watch out Snake, Rose might steal your title as master of stating the obvious.]

We should go to an infirmary. Are you hurt anywhere else?

[She still couldn't believe that it had been two years since Snake had last spoken to her. He still looked the same as before.]

[formerfoxhound.livejournal.com]

[Oh no you didn't.]

[Been through much worse. But he frowns and reaches over to apply pressure to stop the bleeding.]

...Relax. I'm fine.

[Considering where he'd been, he could be in much worse shape. He owed Fortune for deflecting RAY's attack, however she'd managed it.]

[by-anothername.livejournal.com]

[Rose still looked concerned about his wound, but she figured nobody knew better about what he could handle than Snake.]

I still can't believe it... two years? I'm surprised you still remember me.

[A little laugh.]

[formerfoxhound.livejournal.com]

[A mere flesh wound! Snakes are designed to carry on after other men would have long fallen. It's as much of a hassle as a hurt, really. He twists the arm experimentally and looks back at her briefly before starting to unwrap the bandages.]

...Isn't all that long.

[What do you take him for, Rose? He's not senile or anything. ...yet.]

[by-anothername.livejournal.com]

Still. I'm glad you did.

[You're one of her friends Snake :3< ]

And, I'm sorry to say, I'm glad you came back, even if you're not.

[formerfoxhound.livejournal.com]

[Might want to reconsider that, Rose. Snake isn't really the best of friends to have.]

[He sits down heavily, unmindful of the fact that he's still sort of soaking wet, and tosses the old bandage into the table in front of him.]

...glad? [Nope. Doesn't get it.]

[by-anothername.livejournal.com]

[Pft, her other friends are Vamp, Liquid, and Merrel. I'm not sure what that says about her choice in friends.]

Well, I'm just glad you didn't disappear forever. As far as I know, we don't really meet back home.

[formerfoxhound.livejournal.com]

[To be fair the choices are pretty limited.]

Not directly. [At least, not as far as he knows. Although-]

...ran into Jack.