☮ 054; [codec/fourth wall]

[vulpesvivus]

[CALL]
PRESS SELECT

[BREEP BREEP]



Hold on, guys, time to change the disc. I know, it's a pain. But you need to switch out Disc 1 for Disc 2.

[A pause.]

Oh, wait a second, we're still in the fourth generation--the Nintendo DS uses cards rather than discs. What an age we live in, huh? Wow, I haven't been on a Nintendo console since Twin Snakes. Unless you take Super Smash Brothers Brawl into consideration. That kind of counts, right?



[Action for Ecruteak]

[THERE IS A FUCKING PLANE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.

[I REPEAT]

[A FUCKING PLANE.]

[IN THE MIDDLE OF ECRUTEAK CITY.]

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[action or something]

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[Correction.]

[There is a fucking plane above Ecruteak city.]

[vulpesvivus]

[Goddammit, he was just chilling out on his plane working on god only knows what.]

[And then he happened to realize the plane was moving. Why was the Nomad movi--]

LIQUID!!

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[I'M ON A PLANE

I'M ON A PLANE

EVERYBODY LOOK AT ME CAUSE I'M FLYIN' IN A PLANE]

[vulpesvivus]

LIQUID I HAPPEN TO LIVE HERE, PUT THIS PLANE BACK ON THE GROUND!

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[YEAH ABOUT THAT]

[NOPE.AVI]

[vulpesvivus]

[LKASDFGH]

I AM GOING TO KILL YOU!

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

[vulpesvivus]

[WHACK TO THE HEAD]

LAND THIS PLANE OR I WILL LET KOTAI EAT YOU!

[boldandresolute.livejournal.com]

Don't worry, Hal, I have everything under control.

[vulpesvivus]

James.

I live here.

Land this plane or I won't show you the helicopter.

[dollar4dollar.livejournal.com]

[Hey. Hey Otacon. Look out on the wing. There appears to be a scruffy man in a business suit crouching atop it, arms bent at the elbow and hands resting against his shoulder, almost making it appear as if the man has wings and not hands.]

I'm just a cute little baby bird. [And he makes a little coo to demonstrate it.] And I'm just doing what we cute little baby birds do. Take perch.

[He waddles along the wing, flapping his arms every once in a while to maintain his character.]

But, unfortunately, it looks like your copilot didn't appear to notice me before he started up that engine. Whoopsie. [And he tumbles off the front of the wing, into the round tunnel of an aircraft engine. He'll even make a few sound effects of a bird squacking, an engine sputtering, and... it even looks as though black smoke is floating out.] Sorry, Captain. Looks like your wing's just been clipped.

[He'll hop out of the engine a moment later and land on the ground, a cigarette lazily perched in his mouth as he cranes his neck up at the cockpit.]

And if your seat backs and tray tables weren't in full upright and locked positions, you could be paying for that mess yourself.

[Another long drag of his cigarette and he lets it drop to the ground, twisting the heel of his fine dress shoe atop it to put out the flame.]

So get Allstate. You can make it to your connecting flight and be better protected from Mayhem. [Wink.] Like me.

[vulpesvivus]

. . .

[What the actual hell. Otacon would just be staring at this guy trying to work out what he was talking about and OH GOD MY POOR BABY'S ENGINE]

...What.

[dollar4dollar.livejournal.com]

No need to worry, Casanova. Your ride's safe. For now.

[Oh hey, is that voice coming from next to you now? IT SURE IS. Mayhem's currently sitting in the nearest seat, feet lazily stretched up onto the NORAD's console.]

[vulpesvivus]

'Casanova'--?

[WHAT HOW DID YOU DO THAT.]

[dollar4dollar.livejournal.com]

Ah, pal. Come on now. You're telling me that even with a ride this huge, you still aren't a hit with the ladies?

[Must be overcompensating something fierce, then.]

[vulpesvivus]

I live here.

[dollar4dollar.livejournal.com]

You live here.

...now that's just sad. Well. All right. Ain't as bad as living in some grody old van that always finds itself in the same parking lot night after night. But still. Pretty sad.

[vulpesvivus]

Th-there's nothing sad about it!

[progeny-matter.livejournal.com]

[A plane, you say?

Don't mind the little odd Japanese child trying to pet it over here.]

[vulpesvivus]

Uh...hi? Sorry, what're you doing?

[codec]

[practicaster.livejournal.com]

[...Well, when one dangerously genre savvy protagonist meets a fellow dangerously genre savvy protagonist, clearly there is only one thing to be done.

...Play along.

Have a pretty obviously faked gruff voice, Otacon.]

Change the disc? ...

[codec]

[vulpesvivus]

[Shit man let's be meta.]

Well, yeah--if you didn't change the disc, you'd just be stuck between the snowfield and the blast furnace.

[codec]

[practicaster.livejournal.com]

[All meta all the time.]

Hngh...

[codec]

[vulpesvivus]

If you want to do an impression of Snake, you might need a bandanna.

Gives you infinite ammunition, too. Pretty useful.

[starsssssssssss.livejournal.com]

GRAAAAAAAAAAAARGH

[Sup plane? There's a very angry monster aiming a rocket launcher at it.]

[vulpesvivus]

[WOAHHEYWAIT]

H-hold on a second--!

[starsssssssssss.livejournal.com]

Rraaaaargh?

[Now it's confused and aiming at Otacon.

Beginning threat assessment in 3...2...1...]

[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

...But I ain't got no cards! An' what's that ringin' in my ear?

[Sup, Hal? Have a bright orange pony.]

[vulpesvivus]

That? That's a codec call.

[HI WE CAN TOTALLY SEE EACH OTHER SOMEHOW...don't ask me, codec is really weird.]

....And you're a pony.

[buckyouup.livejournal.com]

[I ALWAYS KNEW I HAD EYES IN MY EAR]

...An' you ain't a pony. But that don't seem so weird now, in a place like this.

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[tapestodiane]

<sub>[...why is there a plane in the middle of the city. WHAT.]




[He'll be keeping a distance... a CURIOUS distance.]</sub>

[action]

[vulpesvivus]

[Oh hey, guess who's stepping out of that plane right about now.]

...Hi. Wow, this is...gonna be hard to explain.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Uh..huh. Coop nods slowly.]}

I'd still love to hear you try.

[action]

[vulpesvivus]

Well, uh....this'd be the Nomad. I kind of live here. Or I used to.

...I don't know why it's sitting in the middle of Ecruteak, I really don't.

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[tapestodiane]

Well, that makes two of us.

_{[And .. hey, wait, what was it you said?]}

You live in a plane?

_{[That's kind of cool actually. :I]}

[action]

[vulpesvivus]

When people think you're an environmental terrorist, it's really not a good idea to stay in one place.

[action]

[tapestodiane]

Oh yes, you did mention that.

_{[The plane was distracting. He's just sort of eyeing it now.]}

Looks impressive.

[action]

[vulpesvivus]

It's a modified American military transport aircraft--enough room for a helicopter, at the very least. We call it the Nomad.