video;

[sketchycharacter]

[The face that appears on the network is a familiar one—Nate's a chatty guy, and he made a grumpy address not long ago. But something's different this time—he looks a little disoriented, a little older. A little beefier.]

Hey. [He raises a hand in a casual greeting.] Sorry if I freaked anyone out. Complete accident, I swear. By the way, that cryo slime is incredibly gross. Don't get it in your mouth if you can help it.

[Ha, ha. This is no big deal, right?]

It's been a while. Three days for you guys, I guess? More like...three years for me.

[He smiles weakly. He's not freaked out! He's not freaked out!!]

Nice to see everyone again.

[It's been three years since Nathan Drake set foot on Avagi, but he still remembers his way around. ...mostly. Once he's got some of his bearings back, he makes a circuit of the accessible areas of the facility, re-familiarizing himself with his way around.

And eventually, he makes his way back to their quarters, plopping down in the common area and trying to digest.]

Back in space. How about that.

Comments

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

I guess? Or football...hopefully not soccer...

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

I don't really follow sports.

Wait, what's wrong with soccer?

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

Nah, nah, I'm just almost sure it started a world war or something.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

That's a little more recent than the history I'm interested in, but I'm pretty sure it took a little more than that.

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

That's right, tombraider, your ancient sports were more like volleyball. And it was that, and the military.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

Got me there. The only military I've got experience with is the private kind.

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

They must loooove you.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

Is love expressed with bullets?

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

Damn, that had me nearly swooning! But yeah, lotta days it is.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

In that case, they wanted to marry me.

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

If there's hope for you, there may be hope for anyone.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

I'm not sure if that should sound hopeful or ominous.

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

Ain't it supposed to be a bit of both? Love and all that.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

You have an interesting idea of love, man.

[He shakes his head.]

...maybe not a completely wrong one.

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

See? I know a couple of things.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

Keep going and maybe you can boost it to three things.

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

Oh fuck off. I had to know some things to get by, y'know.

voice;

[sketchycharacter]

Yeah, yeah, just busting your chops. Gotta get back to the routine around here, right?

voice;

[brokeassgoing]

True. Least we know this much is predictable.