One Hal in a LOT of pain

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

 [After a particularly nasty altercation in the hallway (see: http://community.livejournal.com/fissionmailed/234275.html?thread=14055459#t14055459 ), Cybergoth!Hal is in a world of pain. Gut punched, pistol whipped and then stomped on by Metal Gear KODOQUE, Hal is hurt greatly, has a big bruise on his made-up face, and is listening to one of his favorite "angry" songs (see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-gp02VH2hM). Hal pushes up his glasses and lights up a cigarette]

Anyone want to comfort him?

[OOC: Well-wishers only, please]

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[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

If it isn't too much to ask, turn that down.
That noise could disturb the dead.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

[Turns it down, slightly]

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

Turn it down more.
Have you no respect?

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

[Shouts back] "And have you none for the injured? I'm in pain here! And my walls are soundproof, you need to have Metal Gears playing grenade soccer in here to hear anything outside... and yes, I learned that the hard way" [sulks]

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

If you wish for my respect, you must first earn it.
If you cannot respect the dead, I will not respect you.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"You aren't dead. You are in a space-time nexus."
[Recognizes...]
"...O...Ocelot? [thank god for my magnetic bullet-suppression field]"

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

[Solemnly]
No, I am not dead.

I was pulled to fight a war in a place known as "Econtra" before I found myself here. No war here, but that's hardly important.

You have no respect for the dead, so I shall have none for you.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"Alternate Universes. Fun, huh?..."
"And you won't respect me because you dislike my music? Here I was thinking Ocelot was a more complex villain than that. Not the first naive thing I believed..."

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

Villain?

[Now, that, my friend is one thing you do not want to say to a man who gave his life to protect someone he had loved for over 40 years.]

[He throws a punch.]

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

[The impact of the punch makes a sickening, crack-like sound]
"OWWWWWWW!" [Comes out as a pathetic groan] "Look, I'm talking from my perspective, alright? I mean, you were one of the party that held me hostage!"

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

[He's not effected by the noise in the least.]

[He tilts his head to the side as he glances at the other.]

Hostage...? [Ocelot looks thoughtful for a moment.] I've never seen anyone that looks like you before.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"I'm Dr. Emmerich from an alternate universe. You remember Shadow Moses, right?"

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

[He glances down, then up.]

Dr. Emmerich is not a 15 year old boy.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"Superficial, aren't we?"

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

[Head tilt.]
Superficial?


How is questioning a boy on his dress judging on looks?
You both act and look the part of a teenager, unless I am mistaken?

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"If you judge maturity on aesthetic tastes, that is superficial."
[OOC: This Hal is post-MGS2, is the same age as then]
"Taking people hostage is pretty immature, too."

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

If you wish for me to treat you as a child, then I shall.

Taking hostages is immature? Clearly you are from a very different world than my own. You should be thankful "you" were rescued in time. I do not doubt that you would have been killed had Solid Snake not been successful.

Hostage negotiations are far from immature.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"Yes, Snake saved my life. From people like you. And if you actually thought about what I said, I said taking hostages was immature, not getting them out."
"So, are you here to rub salt in the wounds or are you going to actually say something meaningful?"

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

You are a very naive, disrespectful child.
No alternate world could create something so asinine.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"And I should respect you, why?"

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

I never asked for your respect.

It is the dead that deserve respect, and you cannot even offer them that.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"The dead are dead and they can't hear this music." [Flatly logical]

see icon title.

[a-sign-of-rain.livejournal.com]

[As the laws of comedy dictate, here comes a ghost now.]

What on earth is that racket? The beat is fine, but it's certainly not much in the way of vocals.

[losinghimself.livejournal.com]

[And Ocelot just smiles wryly.]

Re: see icon title.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"The vocals are distorted. The idea is to sound monstrous and mechanical."
[Looks at the man's clothes, eyes brighten]
"Are you a goth too?" [in the same tone as "are you an Otaku too?"]