Hal Emmerich (
vulpesvivus) wrote2012-06-11 08:37 pm
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[Olivine was nice, Otacon couldn't argue that point. It was peaceful and calm as far as he could tell, and the breeze coming off the ocean was nostalgic in several ways--not all of them good. He'd been raised in a city not entirely unlike this, close to the sound of waves and the smell of saltwater.]
[It was familiar, and that made it painful. Maybe it wouldn't bother him quite so much if--]
[If Liquid was here? He shook his head at that, sighing. It didn't matter, thinking things like that. Liquid, Sunny, Snake, Raiden...he was separated from them by god only knew how many parallel worlds. And years on top of that, in Liquid's case. No matter how much he thought about 'what if' and 'if only', nothing would change. The situation was what it was, and as always Hal Emmerich was left alone.]
[He stood on the shoreline for a while, long enough to lose track of time, quietly staring at the ocean and thinking things over. Olivine was peaceful, quiet...and Otacon was left feeling like he was a lost and lonely teenager all over again.]
[After who knew how long he'd spent staring out at nothing, Otacon took out his Pokegear and started typing. What else could he really do? His options came down to 'talk to someone' or 'go insane'.]
Nobody has to read this, and I really don't care if you ignore it or not. All I want is to talk for a while, and I don't have many people left here that I know would listen.
My name is Doctor Hal Emmerich, and there's only ever been two things I'm good at--computer programming and engineering. That's all I have and really all I can do. I left home when I was seventeen, and from then until I was twenty-five I was on my own doing nothing but studying and working with machinery.
Outside of this world I've only ever had one close friend. I don't have any family, and anyone else I've ever cared about...they're gone too. But in the year or two I've spent in Johto, I've actually had friends. That's not something I'm really used to, even now.
What I'm used to is losing people, and that's all that's happened lately. I've always thought I was cursed to have terrible things happen to anyone and everyone I care about, and I don't think that's changed. My closest friend from home and the person I loved are both gone, and I don't know what's left. All I know is that I don't want to be alone. Not again. But I don't want anyone else to disappear or get hurt just because they're associated with me. I don't know what to do, where to go, or who to talk to.
That's why I'm sending this message to the network in general. Maybe someone will know what to do or be able to point me in the right direction so I don't feel like I'm seventeen and just ran away from home all over again. Or give me an idea of what to do so I don't just lock myself in a hotel room and disassemble everything mechanical.
[It was familiar, and that made it painful. Maybe it wouldn't bother him quite so much if--]
[If Liquid was here? He shook his head at that, sighing. It didn't matter, thinking things like that. Liquid, Sunny, Snake, Raiden...he was separated from them by god only knew how many parallel worlds. And years on top of that, in Liquid's case. No matter how much he thought about 'what if' and 'if only', nothing would change. The situation was what it was, and as always Hal Emmerich was left alone.]
[He stood on the shoreline for a while, long enough to lose track of time, quietly staring at the ocean and thinking things over. Olivine was peaceful, quiet...and Otacon was left feeling like he was a lost and lonely teenager all over again.]
[After who knew how long he'd spent staring out at nothing, Otacon took out his Pokegear and started typing. What else could he really do? His options came down to 'talk to someone' or 'go insane'.]
Nobody has to read this, and I really don't care if you ignore it or not. All I want is to talk for a while, and I don't have many people left here that I know would listen.
My name is Doctor Hal Emmerich, and there's only ever been two things I'm good at--computer programming and engineering. That's all I have and really all I can do. I left home when I was seventeen, and from then until I was twenty-five I was on my own doing nothing but studying and working with machinery.
Outside of this world I've only ever had one close friend. I don't have any family, and anyone else I've ever cared about...they're gone too. But in the year or two I've spent in Johto, I've actually had friends. That's not something I'm really used to, even now.
What I'm used to is losing people, and that's all that's happened lately. I've always thought I was cursed to have terrible things happen to anyone and everyone I care about, and I don't think that's changed. My closest friend from home and the person I loved are both gone, and I don't know what's left. All I know is that I don't want to be alone. Not again. But I don't want anyone else to disappear or get hurt just because they're associated with me. I don't know what to do, where to go, or who to talk to.
That's why I'm sending this message to the network in general. Maybe someone will know what to do or be able to point me in the right direction so I don't feel like I'm seventeen and just ran away from home all over again. Or give me an idea of what to do so I don't just lock myself in a hotel room and disassemble everything mechanical.
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where are you?
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no but i'll fly out tomorrow
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[Text] Wanna do a log or something? :O
[Text] this sounds like an excellent plan *u*
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Sometimes it's best just to not be alone, if that makes sense.
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I definitely think it's better not to be on your own. But I guess I don't know where to start right now.
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And this text just broke her heart. Really, why can't you be near, so she could give you a hug?
Okay time to reply something. Anything. Have a reply from one of the people who are willing to listen to you.]
Well, sending that message to the network was a good first step toward the right direction.
You are not alone here, at least you shouldn't be when there are so many people and so many chances to get to know them. You just need to let people become friends with you, so you won't feel like you're all alone. (Not saying that you haven't let them do that, more like saying 'don't stop doing that'). Everyone won't go away or get hurt, especially not because they associated with you.
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But I'm worried that they'll all end up disappearing anyway. I kind of have a rough history with keeping people around.
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I'm sorry for your history. But get to know many people and when one or some of them leave, the others will give their full support to you?
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The time has come, the Walrus said, to speak of many things — of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings.]
It's an impressive view, isn't it?
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Hm--oh. Yeah, I guess it is. Been a while since I saw the ocean, at least.
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Oh? And is that by choice or by circumstance?
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Whether you text or voice or video, he probably won't leave you alone until you tell him to go away or he knows you're alright now, Otacon.]
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[video] ... I suck and can't remember if these two have met before? Might have been Huey...
[text] ...they miiiiight have? oops @_@
[Video] i should really log things better OTL
[Video] s-same....x_x
[Video] as a just in case, want to retcon any previous actions? It probably wouldn't have been much.
[permatext oops] o> sure thing
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But if you're really worried, what you really need to do is figure out what you're doing that's making people disappear. Then you'd be able to stop doing it, and you wouldn't have to worry about your friends so much!
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So if you look at what you were doing when it happened, you might be able to figure out if it's something you're doing or not. If it is, you can just stop doing it and then you won't have to worry anymore!
[This is obviously sound, scientific logic.]
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[He's not even touching the rest of the post's content...because reasons.]
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