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[vulpesvivus]

[Text; filtered from Liquid Snake]

Say you went home for a while and came back. While you were gone, you did something that would really end up upsetting a friend here if he knew. How would you tell them about that?

While I'm at it, what do you think about time paradoxes?

[Action; Ecruteak City]

[Outside the Pokemon Center today was one Otacon in a turtleneck and trenchcoat. Even after a few months, he as having trouble adjusting to how peaceful Johto was; it wasn't exactly living on an airplane. And it wasn't hopping from warzone to warzone.]

[It was quiet, and for some reason that kind of unnerved him.]

[But at the moment, he could distract himself with watching the Chatot perched on the roof of the Center.]

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[havemercy]

Certainly. Do you think keeping things from your friend would really help him?

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[vulpesvivus]

Telling him is what would probably upset him. And there's nothing either of us can do to change it. But if I keep saying nothing, it feels like I'm lying.

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[havemercy]

Because you are lying. If he's a good friend, don't you think he sees right through that?

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[vulpesvivus]

I don't think he's noticed. Otherwise he would have said something by now.

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[havemercy]

That doesn't make it right.

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[vulpesvivus]

It's not. I know. But I don't want to tell him something that'll just accomplish nothing but upset him.

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[havemercy]

What if he discovers later on that you've kept it from him? Do you think that won't cause a rift in your friendship?

I know it isn't my place to comment on your friendship, but I know that lying will only cause more stress on both of you.

[foolishwren]

<sub>[Well... you know, Otacon... if there's one thing Heather is good at, it's disturbing the peace.]

[She'd been heading to the Pokemon Center for a quick healing fix for Godzilla (who, despite being a Croconaw now, apparently was not immune to Arty's temper), but when she spots the pensive nerd, a smile spring across her face and she shifts gaits, going from her jaunty walk to a slow, stealthy creep. .... Just the way Snake had taught her to move silently.]

[Unless Otacon turns around at some point, she'll be skulking her way towards him until she's riiiiiight behind him... and then she'll jab her fingers against his sides swiftly and shout:]</sub>

GOTCHA!

[vulpesvivus]

!

[ALERT 99.99]

Gah--! Heather-?!

[foolishwren]

_{[She dances backwards away from him when he startles, laughing like the troll she is.]}

BWAHAH!

Scared ya, didn't I?

[vulpesvivus]

Absolutely terrified. [siiiiigh you are such trouble sis]

[foolishwren]

<sub>[BEAM.]

[Unless he looks TOTALLY pissed, she'll hop back forward again to throw her arms around him for one of her usual hugs. He'd better be used to them by now, after the more-than-a-year they've known each other.]</sub>

Awh, I'm sorry. Here, better?

[vulpesvivus]

[Oh fiiiiine, but he doesn't have to like your crazy hugs.]

[Who are we kidding, he loves sishugs.]

I guess I can forgive you just this once.

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[Well, look at that. The rooftop has gained +1 Shirtless Brits.]

There you are.

[vulpesvivus]

...Why is it always rooftops with you? You really expect me to remember to look up when I'm trying to keep you out of trouble?

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

Where else would you look?

[vulpesvivus]

You could try ground level sometimes. I don't think it'd kill you.

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

But it would lack a certain je ne sais quoi. Nothing important occurs at ground level.

[vulpesvivus]

Nothing, really? And the fact that I'm at ground level means...what, exactly?

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[That Chatot is about to be joined by another one - Coop's own. She's sitting on his shoulder right now though as he approaches the Center while just quietly grinning at all the snow around him - he finds it marvellous, even if he has to fold the collar of his coat up against the wind.]

[When Julee spots the other Chatot, she timidly squawks, and when she focuses on Otacon himself she even has the manners to give him a somewhat croaky-sounding "Hello!" that probably doesn't carry all that well, but does make Cooper give the other man a wave.]</sub>

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[vulpesvivus]

[He smiled somewhat at that, Emma whistling some odd kind of sound she picked up from who-knows-where.]

Hey. [Otacon waved slightly in return, looking mostly unaffected by the cold--once someone dealt with winter in Alaska, everything else didn't seem too bad.] How've you been?

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[As someone normally stationed in California, Coop is definitely affected by the cold, but the way he embraces it makes it not matter all that much.]

[He looks up with a surprised smile at the other Chatot (he's never really seen anyone else with a Chatot before, and that sound was definitely something else) before he answers, tensing only a little when Julee hops closer to his face in order to get a better view at Emma.]</sub>

Oh, I can't complain. All things considered I've been just great. What about you?

_{[It had definitely been a while since they last talked.]}

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[vulpesvivus]

As well as can be expected, I guess. Can't really complain either.

[Five years of traveling the world in an airplane or staying in one place on solid ground? All things considered, Johto was practically paradise no matter the weather.]

Still trying to adjust to how quiet it is here, really.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[It definitely is. And even though Cooper sometimes has his own doubts regarding Johto and how he feels about the place, right now, he's a fan of it. He bows his head a little in a small nod at Otacon's words - he knows the feeling.]}

I take it you had a lot to deal with during those five years.

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[vulpesvivus]

Oh, you know--traveling the world, living in an airplane, dealing with government conspiracies and mass-produced bipedal robots. The usual.