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[spawnedbywar]

[good wee hours of the morning, siren's port. live audio feed is currently being broadcasted over the network; the voice being recorded sounds lazy and indifferent for the most part, but astute listeners will be able to pick up something that sounds very much like amusement in the speaker’s tone. playful curiosity. if this is all one big joke, he

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[ysobritish]

[Hold on, he knows that voice.]

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[ysobritish]

How charming. I was only two years old if you're from 1974, so I suppose it's normal for you not to know of my existence. Still, there's no need to be rude. There are ways around being unable to reproduce as long as there is science.

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[spawnedbywar]

If the technology exists. But if you were around--rather, are around--in my time, it seems rather silly that Big Boss would leave such an important detail like a son out of the picture. I've known him for two years; that's long enough to learn the facts.

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[ysobritish]

Believe me, Miller, I have no idea what you or Father know. He told me he didn't know we existed until he came here. The sad thing is, I believe him.

Regardless, your opinion on the subject is irrelevant. The facts remain the facts. Believe it or don't.

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[spawnedbywar]

And he buys into this? I don't know which one of you is worse.

Sorry, but it's a little hard to take everything at face value these days. He and I just got finished dealing with a group that played us and twisted around our morals just to "prove a point". This right here stinks of their doing.

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[ysobritish]

[Switching to private now.]

...a group. The Patriots?

Frankly, I don't care what you believe. Sooner or later, you'll figure things out on your own. If you're truly as great as your reputation implies, you don't need to be dragged around by the hand.

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[spawnedbywar]

[his confusion is visible.] Didn't take you for a football fan, "Snake".

Aw, now you're making me blush.

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[ysobritish]

It's Liquid. Just because I have the same code as him, don't make assumptions. It's Brother and Father that go by that.

[Hm... so he really didn't know. Interesting.]

I'm not a football fan, but explanations in that front can wait. Father reassures me they are not here, therefore they are irrelevant - for now. Are you somewhere safe?

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[spawnedbywar]

Right. And is this brother of yours around, too? Of all things I expected, a family get together wasn't one of them.

Safe enough. I've made contact with Big Boss. If what you're saying is true, I suppose we'll see each other soon enough.

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[ysobritish]

No. He's... gone now. Returned to our own world.

[A note of anger is just faintly noticeable, but he seems to be trying to keep himself in check for whatever reason he has.]

Good to hear. [Not that I particularly want to.]

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[spawnedbywar]

Ah. So this rathole isn't as impenetrable as they're saying. [frowns at Liquid.] Is something wrong?

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[ysobritish]

There's no way to influence whether you leave or not. It's up to the same wretched force that brought us all here.

[He scowls.]

He had no right to disappear. He left the group in turmoil and escaped me.

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[spawnedbywar]

The, ah -- Core, right? I've heard it about it. Someone mentioned that it was malfunctioning.

Well, if there was no influencing it like you said, I guess the choice really wasn't up to him. I take it you two weren't exactly close, hm?

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[ysobritish]

Yes. That wretched thing.

He still had no right! If he's foolish enough to die out there, he's going to regret it for the rest of his afterlife. [A pause.] Why, what makes you say that?

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[spawnedbywar]

I find it a little strange no one has made any attempts to see the damn thing up close and personally but maybe doing so would be dangerous, sorta like being near a nuclear reactor. Still, there should be an effort made to fix it. Who knows? Something good may come out of it.

...Just a hunch. Brothers don't usually talk about each other like they want to strangle the other.

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[ysobritish]

I gather there are people trying to make attempts, but if they're those two corrupt corporations, I'd sooner place my hopes in the Core itself.

...tch. I don't know him well enough to think of much else. He disappeared too soon. I was actually starting to like him, considering I've been trying to kill him for a while now.