House hunting... [Open]

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

To be put blunty, Snake is sick of living walls to the point of being... actually sick. After puking his guts out in a hallway for the fifth time, he decides it's time for him to move down into the city.

Down in the city, he's been checking out a number of abandoned buildings. Well, abandoned might not be the right word, empty works better. In any event, they don't move. He seems to be checking for something defendable, given the recent events of people turning on one another, it couldn't hurt to be prepared. After a while, he finds an old brick building that catches his attention. He slipped inside to check it out. It looked like something our of the '30s but it could work for what he needed.

Even though he was fairly certain no one was inside, he still drew his weapon and cleared the building room by room.

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[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

After his discussion with Sawyer, Otacon had decided to go looking for a familiar face. Sure enough, he found Snake doing...well, Otacon wasn't too sure. But he was definitely curious enough to find out, and so he followed the soldier in silence.

"...Snake? What're you doing?"

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Believe it or not, Snake seemed to startle. As in much that it was a slight twitch in his shoulders before he turned around.

"Recon. Thought this place could work..."

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

...Had he really just startled Snake, at least as close to 'startled' as he got? That was weird.

"Recon? What, looking for somewhere to hide out?"

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Just your imagination, Otacon. Nothing to worry about. Snake seemed to relax some what, "Something like that. Getting sick of these moving walls..." he knocked a knuckle against the brick, "Might be able to finally get some sleep now."

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"Huh." The engineer looked around for a moment, hands in the pockets of his labcoat...then glanced over at Snake.

"Wouldn't happen to be looking for a roommate, would you?"

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

There might have been a shadow of a smile there. Snake inclined his head toward him in a sort of nod, "Maybe."

He takes another look around, the building is two story. Old brick building that looks like it was a factory or maybe a warehouse, "Rather have my back up close by." Yes, he thinks of Otacon as his back up.

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good, I guess--wait, I'm what?"

Otacon thought of himself as a lot of things--programmer, hacker, tech support, troublesome, pacifist...'backup' was nowhere on the list. He wasn't anything of the sort. Just a weak little nerd that could barely protect himself, never mind anyone else.

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Okay. Now that makes Snake smile, "Back-up." He claps a hand on his shoulder, "Who else am I going to have drag me out of river?"

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

A nervous laugh escaped Otacon at that, hand moving to the back of his neck.

"Y-yeah, well...it wasn't too difficult." Just utterly terrifying and damn near impossible.

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Snake doesn't believe that, he gives him a skeptical look. He smirked, "You do what I can't, Otacon. You've always been my back up, support."

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"I-I'm not as important as all that, Snake. It's not like I'm out on the battlefield with you--well, not usually..."

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Snake gave him a confused look, "Couldn't have done anything in Shadow Moses without you. Same with everything after," He taps the side of his neck, to indicate the codec, "You're with me."

Granted, Otacon is just a voice in his head most of the time, but still.

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"I guess...I mean, I do what I can."

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Snake smirked then walked further into the building, "Think this place has enough room for you?" Because in the world of Snake, Snake only needs a place to lay down and not much else.

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"I'll be fine." And in Otacon's world, home was wherever there was enough of a flat surface to put a laptop.

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Snake let out a vague sound of agreement. He nodded then added, "You'll need a place to sleep. Don't think there's any furniture in this place." Another glance around didn't show much other than some very old wooden crates... that frankly, Snake wasn't too keen on opening.

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"I'll figure something out."

[firmus-serpent.livejournal.com]

Snake went silent for a minute then looked over, "I can help with that, Otaocn."

[otaku-mk-ii.livejournal.com]

"Hm? How so?"