fissionmailed | One Hal in a LOT of pain

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One Hal in a LOT of pain

[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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"Hi Johnny. Nope, Gurlukovich attacked me and KODOQUE stomped me. Not enjoying it."

[Johnny pulls a pretty good O_o face.]

...Gurlukovich? Sergei Gurlukovich?

And who's Kodoque? She sounds spicy. Maybe Latin.

"Well, one of those nameless Gurlukovich grunts that keeps patrolling the halls... and KODOQUE is a Metal Gear from some alternate universe... this place just gets better and better [sarcastically]"

...Oh.

Well, that's not any fun.

[He looks at him earnestly.]

But you know- being one of those nameless soldiers really isn't any fun... Everyone expecting you to just do your routine and not see you when you stomp by with all your guns rattling, it really wears on a guy. Maybe he's having a bad day.

[understands Johnny's point]
"Well, I'm not exactly rattling with guns here! And he's attacked me on three seperate occasions. That's a bad week, not a bad day.."

[He scratches his head.]

Well... Have you been doing anything out of the ordinary? I mean, a hall guard, right? So he's probably used to people doing their routines, going from one place to another...

It's like PTSD, man. You start jumping at every shadow. That hallway is your home turf, your wife, your child, you gotta keep it safe, y'know?

[Johnny's starting to look a little distant.]

[Sees Johnny go off into memory lane]
"No, I've not, like, been testing my latest robots in the hall or anything!" [pushes up glasses, lights up a cigarette] "From all I could see, he just attacked me unprovoked."

[He jumps, shaking his head and returning to the present.]

...You have robots?

[No, that's not it either.]

Maybe it's the nanomachines. Sometimes they just shoot straight into alert mode, and without going through that whole "huh?" "Is someone there?" mode, you get a little punchy. [Johnny nods wisely.] It's gotta be the nanomachines. If you find someplace that his field of vision doesn't really cover- not just out of the cone, y'know, but really away- and hold still, eventually it all resets and he forgets you're there. Or you can run until you hit a loading screen, it'll cancel it out.

[Johnny's starting to look glazed over again.]

You are playing on Easy, right?

"Yeah, I have a pile of junk I build robots out of. Keeps me occupied."

[Perplexed]..."Johnny... what do you mean? Are you alright?"

[He's not quite looking at Hal anymore.]

...My stomach hurts.

[Worried]
"What's wrong? Need anything?"

[Johnny keeps staring for a moment, then snaps to attention.]

Dr. Emmerich, how'd you get past the electric floors? Is something wrong with the electricity? I'll alert the captain at once.

[Oh crap, Johnny's having flashbacks... poor guy]
"Johnny, we aren't back there any more. Do you want me to call Meryl over for you?"

No, sir, that won't be necessary. I'll escort you back to your lab now.

[Johnny pulls his sidearm, holding it to his chest in preparation.]

"Johnny, this is my apartment. I'm fine here" [Hal has no experience in helping people during flashbacks]
[Gets a glass of water].. "Johnny, I think you need to sit down and drink this.."

[Johnny holds himself stiffly, staring past him at the wall.]

It's my duty to get you back to your lab and working on Metal Gear Rex, sir. If you'll please follow me...

"Johnny, were not in Shadow Moses any more. And REX has already been built [tone of regret]"

[Meryl had decided to drop by and check on Hal, after the "party" he had earlier, only to walk in on this.]

[She looks to Hal.] What's wrong with him? I everything alright?

"Meryl, Johnny is having a Shadow Moses flashback... he thinks I am still building REX and we are still in Alaska. What do you do when this happens? I was almost at the point of tranqing him."

Meryl...?

[Johnny staggers suddenly, then immediately returns his gun to the holster, drawing up and saluting Meryl.]

Commander! I was just taking Dr. Emmerich to his lab! Please don't steal my clothes!

[She rests a hand on his shoulder, and speaks calmly to him.] Johnny, we're not at Shadow Moses, you don't need to take Dr. Emmerich to his lab. He's okay here.

[Turns to Hal.] I've never had to deal with this before. I think it's best to just let him go through with it for now, we need to keep talking to him though, to convince him of where he is. Do you know what triggered this?

"I was complaining about the Gurlukovich mercenary that attacked me, he advised me to 'play on easy' or something like that... and he said guarding the hallway can become like your family... you just have to protect it... then he kind of sank into this flashback..."
[pushes up glasses]

I see.... [Stands there for a moment thinking.]

As far as I know he's never experienced anything like this before, at least while he was with my unit. It shouldn't last long. I hope.... Well, like I said we should probably just let him go through with it. There's not much else we can do.

[He turns toward Meryl, clearing his throat.]

Um- Commander, you know I respect you and trust you more than anything in the world, but if we're not in Shadow Moses anymore, then I'm really going to have to find out where they reassigned me.

Urgh- [He takes a step back, holding his stomach with a grimace.]

"Meryl, I promise you, I fed him nothing spicy"

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