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Liquid Snake | 'James Moriarty' ([personal profile] liquidouroboros) wrote in [community profile] towerofanimus2012-10-10 01:07 am

⚕ // symphony of the new world

Characters: Liquid and everyone that wants to put up with him.
Setting: Various floors around the Tower.
Format: Whichever you prefer.
Summary: I lost my nerd. I want him back.
Warnings: One cranky soldier that chews scenery like everyone else played by Cam Clarke.

[Dormitory Floors]

[A soldier in uniform was stalking about the floor today, glancing around every time he happened to pass an open door or new hallway. He didn't seem lost, exactly--more like he was very intently looking for something or someone.]

[Every so often he'd raise a hand to press against a spot just behind his ear, pause, then look either discouraged or irritated for some unknown reason.]


[F27, Laboratory]

[In his cautious searching, Liquid came across a laboratory. He didn't dare call it familiar, but...if he was going to find what he was after, it would probably be somewhere like this. If you want to find a tree, look in a forest. If you want to find a scientist, look in a laboratory.]

...Otacon?

[Dammit, that little nerd was going to get an earful of annoyed British soldier when Liquid found him.]

[F14, Media Room]

[This was getting ridiculous. Liquid didn't believe for a second that his world was destroyed; in his mind, it simply wasn't possible. That would mean he'd failed, and Liquid Snake never failed.]

[Except for when he did.]

[But it wasn't possible. He couldn't have failed this time. Otacon and Raiden had to be around somewhere. Why couldn't his codec send out any kind of signal to them? Liquid was intent on working this out to some conclusion that made sense, finding logic where there was none readily apparent. He had to focus, to determine what he was missing. Find whatever lost and hidden facts completed this mad little puzzle.]

[To anyone watching, however, he would have just seemed to be listening to the quiet music playing nearby with a distant and serious expression.]


[F3, Library]

['When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.']

[Liquid had accepted a great deal of improbable things this morning. He accepted he was in an otherworldly tower. He accepted that universes and worlds existed far beyond the Earth he came from in 2009. But what he refused to accept was the idea that he could possibly be completely cut off from Otacon. They'd never been apart in nearly five years; everywhere one half of Philanthropy went, the other followed whether through radio or in person.]

[For the thirty-sixth time that day, Liquid tried to dial Otacon's codec frequency--141.12, just as it always had been. But he couldn't so much as send a signal, as though it was jammed somehow. Leaning back against the nearest shelf, the blond soldier scowled and cursed under his breath.]

[The one improbable thing he would never accept was that he could be all that remained of Philanthropy and the world they were trying to save.]
doctor_dismemberment: (Default)

Laboratory

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 07:09 am (UTC)(link)
[When he calls out for Otacon, Liquid will hear something not unlike a shriek in response.]

What do you want--?!

[Richtofen had been peering into a microscope, but the voice startles him into whipping around. He grips the edge of the table, visibly tense - the look on his face is akin to what one would wear after being caught doing something particularly bad. The white doctor's coat he's wearing over his Wehrmacht uniform has a few stains of varying color on it.]

...Um.

[After a few seconds pass, he begins to look almost ashamed of his outburst. He's not used to people barging into the lab like that. He gives a nervous laugh.]

I mean, haha, how are you doing today? We have never met, ja?

[In contrast to his earlier shout, he sounds pleasant now, almost artificially so.]
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Richtofen's eye twitched, but he seemed to calm down a bit at that. He gave Moriarty a suspicious up-and-down glance, taking in the uniform.]

...Doctor Richtofen. You may call me "Doctor." [He's gotten into the habit of introducing himself like that, but honestly, he doesn't care either way. It still made him sound snooty as hell, though.]

You are new here?
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 07:58 am (UTC)(link)
I see. Ahh...

[With one hand, he pushed a few scattered sheets of paper that had been lying on the table into a neat pile. He leaned back, palm spread flat over the papers, looking secretive even though it was clear the newcomer had no interest in his work. This one's ever-paranoid, truly.]

Willkommen, then! Have you tried the oatmeal?

[He's also terrible at small-talk. And at faking smiles, which he attempted to do after finishing his sentence.]
kindofademon: (Amused~ I'm a preacher)

Dormitory

[personal profile] kindofademon 2012-10-10 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
[If he repassed the room he woke up in, he'd see Ryuunosuke returning to it.]

New guy?
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Nein, I haven't.

[Richtofen gave a shrug. He preferred to have the laboratory to himself, so he tended to book it whenever anyone else came in. When he didn't inadvertently get himself sucked into situations like this, that is.]
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
...Looking for that Ota-something?

[Richtofen didn't actually care, but it might do him some good if he learned about who this man was close to, and whether or not they were in the Tower. You never knew when such bits of information might prove to be useful.]

Library

[personal profile] bloodright 2012-10-10 09:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Standing with his back to Liquid at the opposite bookshelf, a book open in his hands, Vergil hears the curse, and having no luck with his own search, can't help but comment.]

Such language for a library.
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
I don't recognize him.

[He straightened his back and tugged at his black leather gloves, fidgeting a bit.]

If you'd like, you can check all of the dormitory floors. His name would be listed on one of the plaques on the wall if he found his way here. Though, if you care for him at all... [The way he said "care" was just a step short of mocking. Richtofen doesn't think very highly of personal connections.] ...it is probably for the best if he hasn't.
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 09:32 am (UTC)(link)
If you believe all that.

[Richtofen turned away, casting his eyes upon the equipment and chemicals strewn about the table. He idly tapped a gloved finger against the side of a test tube filled with maroon liquid.]

You have to ask yourself which is worse: facing the apocalypse - not so bad, if you ask me - or being the puppet of some deranged madmen.

[He started to smile near the end of that sentence, and when he finished, he broke out into giggles. After a moment, he had to bring a hand up to his mouth to stifle his laughter.

Don't mind him, he does that sometimes.]

[personal profile] bloodright 2012-10-10 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
Who is, in this place. Are you looking for something?

[Though he still doesn't bother to turn to face the other man, or so much as turn his head.]
doctor_dismemberment: (Richtofen 2)

[personal profile] doctor_dismemberment 2012-10-10 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Richtofen glanced back at Moriarty, his smile never wavering.]

So serious! You are no fun at all.

[He's just going to deliberately leave the question unanswered for now, see if this guy gets annoyed easily or not.]

[personal profile] bloodright 2012-10-10 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
Then I would suggest you give up. They must not be here.

[personal profile] bloodright 2012-10-10 10:03 am (UTC)(link)
It won't do you any good. Those who are not present are just that. There's no way around it. None of us have the power to change that status, whether one is inside this tower or out.

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