//mission 4// [video/action] dogs and water

[cardboard_boss]

[Boss is pretty pleased with his new rank of Lautus, as he has a brand new stand-up bath given to him by the ship's captains no less. A handy and helpful tool if there ever was one. But the feed will show not Boss inside the shower..(Thank goodness you might say)...but a dog. Yep, that's right....

...Venom is washing DD in the stand-up shower or trying to. What? It makes a good dog bath, right?]

DD, stay! Damn....can't get the right temperature on this thing.....

[Snake went to turn the knob, as DD stared up at him looking rather wary but obedient none the less. That was until the rush of water coming out of the nozzle hits him. DD howled, as the freezing water hit his fur.]

Damn! DD....what the?- No! DD! Come back!

[Too late. The dog is out of the room before Venom can jump on his dog. Water splashed everywhere and one wet dog is now running amok aboard the ship. Great. Venom turned off the stand-up shower and cursed himself.]

Stupid shower.....how can you wash a dog in it....temperature's all wrong. [Venom now turned his attention towards his MID which was actually on for the whole thing. Really? Damn.]

If anyone sees a wet dog running around the ship he's mine. He's called DD and will answer to that name. It's my fault. Could you please return him to me if you see him or get in contact with me.

Thanks.

[Now to search for the dog. If Ocelot found out.....]

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[yer_pretty_good]

[If Ocelot found out? Ocelot finds out about everything. Ahab should know that by now.

The first thing that comes over his transmission is laughter.]

I guess DD doesn't care for all the fancy technology.

[cardboard_boss]

[Ahab sighed when he saw Ocelot over the network. He knew. He always knew.]

Yeah. It would seem that way. Just wanted to give him a nice hot bath with this thing.

[yer_pretty_good]

You need help lookin' for him?

[Ocelot cares about DD, too. He doesn't want the dog to get into any trouble.]

[cardboard_boss]

[As tough as it was for him to admit these things he did need help.]

You trained DD so some help would be nice. Yeah. [He means to say sorry for accidentally nearly trying to drown DD in cold water.]

[yer_pretty_good]

[Ocelot is sure DD is fine. He's a tough dog. A little water can't hurt him.]

I'll walk around and see if I can find him. I'm sure he'll come back on his own, though, once he calms down.

[cardboard_boss]

Thanks, Ocelot. [Snake knew that DD would come around sometime soon. It was just a bit of water, a shock. The dog has had bullets shot at him so this was a walk in the park. Still, Venom felt bad for the dog.]

Did you ever have a dog whistle on you whilst training DD?

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[deal]

[It's about thirty minutes later when Cassandra responds, sitting in the bathroom attached to her room with DD. She has a towel and is working on drying him off.]

I'm pretty sure DD has a lot to say about your bathing techniques.

[cardboard_boss]

[Snake looked up at the image of Cassandra drying off a wet DD.]

You found him? Thanks. I had no idea where he had gotten to.

[deal]

Just follow the smell of wet dog and I'm sure you'll find him. It's how I did.

[She's not joking. But she doesn't seem to mind. In fact, she's actually smiling as she uses the towel to dry behind DD's ears.]

[cardboard_boss]

I've heard of cats not liking water but this? It's not like him. Maybe the bath scared him. [It was aboard a strange space ship after all. This wasn't like Mother Base.]

[deal]

Or maybe he just wasn't ready for a shower.

[She shrugs, tossing the towel aside so she can pet and scratch at DD with her hands.]

It's been a long time I've seen a dog. How did you manage to get him on the ship?

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[raiderp]

[There's a lot Raiden can be bewildered about in this video--primarily that it's still a little hard to tell if this is Big Boss or one of the Other Snakes running around but more importantly he has a dog.

And those are definitely wet dog tracks Raiden has just encountered on the floor. The video feed starts with some shaky cam as he gets his MID looking at them proper.]

This is Raiden. I found some dog tracks outside of Mero. They're heading towards the gardens, I think...

[He's following them!]

[cardboard_boss]

Raiden? [Snake was pleasantly surprised to see the young man tracking DD's tracks and on the trail. What a nice guy.]

The gardens? Right. Thanks for helping me with this. It's not often DD runs away like this. [Your bad, Boss.] Think the water scared him.

[raiderp]

I guess some dogs are love it or hate it when it comes to the water. [Maybe he has an affinity for hunting and tracking he never knew. That said, dog tracks sure would be a lot easier to follow if they were in the snow or something. The video continues, and as the paw prints lead on they get fainter and fainter as DD was presumably drying off a little more with every step.

Raiden keeps on them, keeps moving.]

What's DD stand for anyway?

[cardboard_boss]

Diamond Dog. Ocelot named him back at our base.

[Which felt like such a long time ago now. Would they ever get back home? Snake hoped so. He missed it and the men that kept it going. As for DD, well....it seemed he didn't like the stand-up bath for one.]

You had a dog before, Raiden?

[raiderp]

Can't say I have...

[Maybe wild dogs in Africa but those didn't count. They were literal dogs of war, just like him.]

Are they even allowed on the ship?

[Said like talking goat monsters or skeletons or robots or cat things aren't also here. Maybe it just seemed like a nice pet dog was something that was too good to be true.]

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[clericals]

[Karen's trying not to laugh, because she's sure the poor guy isn't finding this very amusing.]

When you find him, maybe you should get a little help?

[cardboard_boss]

Help As in what?

[Maybe he did need help but he was too proud, or rather, stubborn to ask for it.]

[clericals]

Like...someone to distract him, talk to him. Show him that bath time isn't such a bad thing.

And maybe you should try using a tub. It's gotta be a whole lot easier.

[cardboard_boss]

[Snake thought about the idea then decided that it couldn't hurt.]

I thought the stand-up bath would be great for both of us. [Yeah, you're not a dog, Ahab. Nor is DD a man. Silly soldier.]

[clericals]

Maybe it's doing something for you, but your dog seemed to have a different opinion.

I'll take a look around for him.

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[notyoursupergirl]

[ She's not even going to pretend she isn't laughing. ]

You need a hand there, Ahab.

[cardboard_boss]

Kara? [You want to help too? He's overwhelmed with how many people want to aid him. It's really nice.]

Thanks. DD's just ran off down one of the corridors. He can't be far, since he usually goes to the gardens or mess hall.

[notyoursupergirl]

Ahab. [ Duh, she totally wants to help. ]

Okay, I'll go do a fly around and look for him. Can't be that hard to find, right?

[cardboard_boss]

You're going to fly. I want to see that.

[Because he'd really like to see you fly, Kara.]