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  • Breaking the (apparently) unbearable silence!
    • Viper
      Posted Jan 26, 2006 9:23 AM

      > (Snake calls the Colonel on the codec.)
      >
      > Snake : Naomi! The chief! What happened?
      >
      > Naomi : I... I don't know. It looked like a heart attack but...
      >
      > Campbell : A heart attack? No...
      >
      > Snake : ...Colonel, are you hiding something from me?

      WAND <Colonel>: Yes.
      VIPER <Snake>: All *right*, then.

      >
      > Campbell : Absolutely not. Snake, you've got to understand. This op is
      > security level Red. You need the highest security clearance to
      > get access to the complete file.
      >
      > Snake : You want me to believe that you are in charge of this op, but
      > you don't have access to the complete file!?
      >
      > Campbell : I told you. The Secretary of Defense is in operational control.
      > I'm just here as your support.
      >
      > Snake : ........

      ALL <Squall Leonhart, deadpan>: Whatever.

      >
      > Campbell : Snake, we don't have time to debate. get out of there and find
      > President Baker!
      >
      > (The door to the woman's cell is opened and a struggle is heard. After
      > a moment it stops and somebody opens Snake's door. He looks out and
      > sees the guard naked on the floor, unconscious. Snake is held up by
      > somebody disguised in an enemy uniform. It is the woman from the cell.)

      MMK <Snake>: ...that guy over there is naked.
      ZEMLYA <Woman>: I know. I had to knock him out so I could escape and disguise myself so I can't get caught.
      MMK <Snake>: Why'd you take his briefs off?
      [A long, uncomfortable silence follows. ]
      MMK <Snake>: ...l-lady...why'd you take his briefs o-
      ZEMLYA <Woman>: -it's my first day, okay!?

      [This could end much better, but I can't think of anything... -V]

      >
      > Woman : Don't move! So you killed the Chief. You bastard!
      >
      > (Snake turns around to face the woman.)
      >
      > Woman : Liquid!? No... you're not.
      >
      > (Snake makes a sudden movement, he startles the woman.)
      >
      > Woman : Don't move!
      >
      > (Her hands are shaking. Snake notices this.)
      >
      > Snake : Is this the first time you've ever pointed a gun at a person? Your
      > hands are shaking.
      >
      > Woman : !!!
      >
      > (Snake grabs her gun and points it at her. She reacts quickly and grabs it
      > back. Snake grabs the barrel of her gun and pulls it to his forehead.)
      >
      > Snake : Can you shoot me, rookie?

      VIPER <Woman>: At this range? Not sure...

      >
      > Woman : Careful, I'm no rookie!!
      >
      > Snake : Liar. Your eyes wander. There's no confidence in them. The eyes of
      > a rookie You've never shot a person, have you?
      >
      > Woman : You talk too much.
      >
      > Snake : You haven't even taken the safety off, rookie.
      >
      > Woman : I told you I'm no rookie!!!
      >
      > (Enemy soldiers are waiting outside the door listening to this, waiting
      > to come in.)

      [MMK, TBS and GAVOK all mime putting their ears up to a door.]
      MMK <soldier, whispering>: Ooooooh, he is in sooooo much trouble...
      [TBS and GAVOK snicker like little girls. MMK <Soldier> weakly hits them.]
      MMK <soldier, whispering and snickering>: Shhhhh! Shut up, shut *uuuuup*!

      >
      > Snake : You're not one of them are you?
      >
      > (One of the soldiers motions to the others to make their move. They
      > nod in agreement.)
      >
      > Woman : Open that door! You've got a card don't you!?
      >
      > Snake : Why?
      >
      > Woman : So we can get the hell out of here.
      >
      > (The door opens and the guards rush in.)

      VIPER <Soldier, singing>: I'm tellin' all y'all, it's a-
      [VIPER and ZEMLYA <soldiers> jump through an imaginary door in bizarre poses.]
      VIPER, ZEMLYA <soldiers>: -SABOTAAAaaaa...gurk...
      [WAND is holding both VIPER and ZEMLYA by their throats.]
      WAND <deadpan>: Sit. Down.
      [He drops them both back into their seats, then returns to his.]

      >
      > Snake : Looks like we'll be a little delayed. What are you doing!? Don't
      > think! Shoot!
      >
      > (They battle the guards and defeat them. The woman from the cell runs
      > out of the room.)
      >
      > Woman : Thanks for the help.
      >
      > Snake : Wait!

      TBS <Snake>: Wait a minute! She nicked my wine gums!

      >
      > (She makes a bee-line for the elevator. Snake is looking at her butt. As soon
      > as she reaches to the doors of the elevator, she turns, and a mysterious man
      > appears floating behind her in a flash. The screen dissolves into static...)
      >
      > First man : You fool! You've killed him!!
      >
      > Second man : I'm sorry, Sir.
      >
      > (A third man speaks, his voice is distorted, as if speaking through a
      > gas-mask.)
      >
      > Third man : ...His mental shielding was very strong. I could not dive
      > into his mind.
      >
      > First man : Now we'll never get that detonation code...
      >
      > Third man : Boss, I have a good idea.
      >
      > (The third man stares at the first one. The first one stares back, and both
      > look behind them to see the arm of a woman with a tattoo briefly as the scene
      > all fades into noise. We see Snake mysteriously gazing into space, as if he'd
      > see a ghost. The woman in cocks her rifle sideways...)

      VIPER: Cheeky.

      >
      > Snake : Hmm?
      >
      > (She begins to fire at him. Snake quickly dodges back into the cell room as
      > he sees her firing in a circular pattern. The elevator doors open and she
      > enters, taking off her headgear as the doors close in front of her. We can see
      > it is a girl. Snake leaps out of the corner with his Socom aiming at the
      > elevator, but the doors have already doors closed in front of him. Too late.
      > Snake suddenly hears breathing, and the floating man briefly appears behind
      > him for a split second. Snake turns around to find nobody there, but then the
      > man appears back near the elevator doors. Snake now sees him and is puzzled.
      > He sounds like the third man from the last scene.)
      >
      > Third man : Good girl. Just like that...
      >
      > (The man disappears just a abruptly as he came. Snake is now very confused.
      > He calls up Naomi on the Codec.)
      >
      > Snake : Naomi, I just had some kind of hallucination. Is it from the
      > nanomachines?
      >
      > Naomi : No, Snake. The nanomachines are functioning properly.
      >
      > Snake : So what was it?

      VIPER <Naomi>: Interference from a phone sex line.

      >
      > Naomi : It must have been psychometric interference coming from Psycho
      > Mantis. FOX-HOUND's psychic. Think of it as a mental feedback
      > loop.
      >
      > Snake : So that was Mantis...?
      >
      > (Snake finds President Baker tied to a concrete support beam on level B2. He
      > walks over to him.)
      >
      > Snake : Am I too late?
      >
      > (Baker coughs up blood.)
      >
      > Snake : He's alive. You're the ArmsTech president Kenneth Baker, right?
      > Don't worry, I'm here to save you.
      >
      > (Snake reaches out to touch the old man.)
      >
      > Baker : Noooo! Don't touch it...

      MMK <Snake, hysterical>: Why? Why are you afraid of our love!? Is it because you think I'm UGLY!? Am I FATTER than the other girls!? I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME!
      [MMK <Snake> jumps out of his seat, tears streaming down his face.]
      MMK <Snake>: WHY!? WHY MUST YOU TURN THIS PLACE INTO A HOUSE OF *LIES*!?
      [MMK <Snake> runs around the theatre, wailing like a banshee.]
      VIPER <watching MMK>: Such a nice guy... [^_^s]
      ZEMLYA: [nudges WAND] He...does this a lot?
      WAND <still looking forward>: *All* the *time*.

      >
      > (Snake retracts his hand quickly as he sees C4 attached to wires
      > surrounding the president.)
      >
      > Snake : C4!
      >
      > (A gun is cocked somewhere in the back of the room and a shot is fired.
      > Snake jumps up into the air and the bullet flys beneath him.)
      >
      > Ocelot : Right. Touch that wire and the C4 will blow up along with the
      > old man! So you're the one the Boss keeps talking about.
      >
      > Snake : And you?
      >
      > Ocelot : Special Operations FOX-HOUND.

      WAND <Ocelot>: ...and you...are levitating.
      VIPER <Snake>: Sorry. My bad.

      >
      > (The man twirls a revolver in his hand.)
      >
      > Ocelot : Revolver...
      >
      > (More gun-action.)
      >
      > Ocelot : ...Ocelot.
      >
      > (Ocelot holsters his gun.)
      >
      > Ocelot : I've been waiting for you, Solid Snake. Now we'll see if the man
      > can live up to the legend!

      GAVOK <Ocelot>: Put on this robe and wizard hat.
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