TRIPPING BALLS AND BREAKING 4TH WALLS [narration] [action]
Raiden wasn't sure when or how it started but the day felt... off by the time he finished breakfast and started making rounds in the hallways with his list of floors to mop. It might of been the fact that Rosemary suddenly appeared in one of said hallways.
"...Rose! What are you doing here?" Just appeared, practically out of thin air. Certainly not questionable at all.
"I came to visit you, Jack. And I need to tell you something."
"What is it?" It must of been important. Popping out of thin air was probably really hard.
"...You can change your future." Huh? What was she talking about? "Take it into your own hands, Jack."
Then suddenly, he realized what she was talking about. "So what about the past?"
"Huh?" She seemed to not understand for a moment. Everything seemed so clear to Raiden though.
"What should I do about the past? How can I change that?"
"You want to change the past?" Rose asked.
"Well... in order to grasp the future, the past must be..."
Snake... Look at him there, sitting so smug in that chair. "It's that guy..." Raiden was totally going to be a legendary solider better than him one day. Who else ever broke so many VR records before? Not Snake. Raiden could do the Shadow Moses simulations with his hands tied behind his back. Actually everything was just a game. It was all just a game. It should be his game. Raiden deserved the next big operation. He wanted to be the star of the show. He wanted to be praised as a real hero. As the main character everyone loves.
"I have to beat him, no matter what. And make that chair mine..."
[And then this adventure happens in Raiden's mind.]
Click to view[If you encounter Raiden and are not tripping balls... he is wandering the hallways nude. He does not appear to be aware of this fact. At all.]