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]

Comments

[notayoungkitten]

[And she promptly puts a foot through the radio.]

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

[The music was coming from a speaker in the roof, and if you try to shoot it out, the apartment has a magnetic bullet-suppression field.. sorry for the tech details]

[notayoungkitten]

[Well, when you put it that way, she does have some rubber bullets that would not be magnetically effected.]

[Bang, bang.]

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"Did you just come here to make my already bad day worse? Or did you want to actually say something meaningful? [Groaning] Didn't you pick on the skinny scientist enough back in Alaska?".

[notayoungkitten]

No, honestly, I have no interest in Dr. Emmerich, so long as he gets the job done. Harassing him would slow down the progress.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"Well I've already done that job for you" [regretfully]

[notayoungkitten]

I truly doubt a Ph.D would be a mail-order goth.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"And I doubted Ph.D's would like Neon Genesis Evangelion, until I came here. Didn't you ever doubt the possibility of gender-swapped Ocelots?"

[notayoungkitten]

What now?

I never considered the possibility of a male me. It's not something you dwell on.
I think you'd be too busy taking a razor to your wrists to work on a dissertation.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"It's some wierd anime that treats human consciousness as some sort of liquid substance and force-fields are generated by ego-seperateness. It makes very little sense."
"And for someone who has clearly [emphasizes 'clearly'] spent a lot of time breathing, you revert to stereotyping far too quickly."

[notayoungkitten]

I could care less about your damn cartoons!

You should do a better job hiding those scars on your arms instead of trying to textbook me, Dr. Emmerich.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"They aren't MY cartoons. Tried watching them once, couldn't stand it. If you want to complain about them, talk to another Hal."
[Rolls sleeves up and shows Ocelot perfectly scar-free arms and wrists. Cybergoth =/= wrist-slasher]
"Sorry to not fit into your current concept. And complaining about my unorthodox attire? Hypocritical in your case, 'pardner'"

[notayoungkitten]

Westerns are classic.

You dress like you got in a fight with a sewing machine and lost.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"And so is William Gibson."
"And you dress like a Frontier lesbian, so I'm not accepting any dress tips from you."

[notayoungkitten]

[She laughs hard at that.]

"Frontier lesbian" indeed. I've heard that ones before, from a prisoner before I had his nails ripped from his fingers.

He wasn't calling me that afterwards, it was something along the lines of, "Oh God" but I can't quite recall.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

[Yep, she's an Ocelot alright]
[Hal manages to hold back any expression of fear and arms his home defense system]
"Make a threat like that again and you will be mowed down. These turrets are bulletproof, so don't get ideas."

[notayoungkitten]

Idle threats.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"You'd be mistaken if you haven't revised your opinion of me since Shadow Moses."

[notayoungkitten]

[She tilts her head.]
Since? It's 2005.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"I'm from 2009"

[notayoungkitten]

[She waves it off.]
Details, Dr. Emmerich.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"Important ones, Ocelot."

[notayoungkitten]

I could care less about what you're doing four years from now.

[hardwire-hal.livejournal.com]

"It means I am not like the Hal you met in Alaska. In deeper respects."

[notayoungkitten]

And this is relevant to myself how?