//mission 5// [video/action]

[cardboard_boss]

....we gotta get it out......[The feed is knocked on accidentally to show a writhing, sweating Venom Snake clutching at the sheets of his bed obviously having some sort of nightmare. His breathing is ragged and his words are spilling uncontrollably from his lips, as he battles in his dream.]

.....no time....no time for anaesthetic....we-we have to open her now......

[More crying out in pain. What was he dreaming about? He is in pain, it's all over his face, as he winced during a bad scene in the dream.]

...Boss!...b-breathing's stable.....no active....no active bleeding.....she's clean I'm closing her up......

[Snake grabbed his sheet and let out another ragged cry of pain. Ripping the sheet clean off the bed, beads of sweat on his brow.]

.....hold her steady....got to be a- continuous suture....

...n-no! Huey...no! you bastard.....

[Snake ripped the bed sheets in two, as he eyes snapped open and a silent scream left his lips. He awoke to the sound of DD barking loudly, obviously upset at seeing his master having a nightmare. He jumped onto the bed and began licking at Snake's face. What the hell? He swallowed hard, his chest rising and falling rapidly. His dream felt real. Too real. He wasn't aboard the helicopter now and Paz was no longer there. Big Boss was there neither. Kaz, Chico.....everyone gone. He was aboard the Moira. A nightmare. Another flashback. He wiped his forehead and felt sweat there. How long would these dreams effect him? He petted DD and tried to reassure him. Damn.]

Comments

[cardboard_boss]

Might help people that accidentally turn it on like me.

[Yeah. Well done, Snake. Broadcast your PTSD fuelled dreams to the whole Moira. He hated it, really.]

Maybe. I can't get back to sleep after this anyway. [DD barked at Liquid's face in the screen. More of a friendly bark than one full of anger. He knows you as the blond kid back home.]

Think DD wants you to walk with us, Liquid.

[saveyourserpent]

They have some sort of feature request thing? Stick it in the suggestion box? That'd be helpful.

[Who knew. He wasn't sure how the damn things worked, after all. He laughed a bit at hearing DD's bark.]

Maybe I would, but I was getting ready to go to sleep. I'll see DD another time, alright?

[Sorry DD. Maybe another time.]

[cardboard_boss]

It's fine. Sorry for waking you.

[Ahab understood that Liquid just wanted to sleep. He felt bad for waking the blond and anyone else he might have pulled from their slumber accidentally. He gave DD some scratches then got up walking to the door.]

Think I'll go to the gardens with DD to think.

[saveyourserpent]

No harm done. I'd been staying up a bit anyway.

[He'd been spending some time reading and before he knew it the time had gotten away from him. So everything ended up working out alright in the end.]

Good idea. Let him know I'll pet him a lot next time I see him, alright?

[cardboard_boss]

Yeah. Will do.

[He walked out into the corridor and nodded to Liquid. He would make sure Liquid got extra time with DD as soon as he saw the blond next.]

You're more than welcome to walk DD whenever you want.

[saveyourserpent]

Might have to take you up on that sometime.

[Time with DD is always fun.]

Well, I'll be getting to sleep. Careful with that thing, alright? Heh.

[cardboard_boss]

[Ahab nodded and hoped that the MID didn't get set off next time he had nightmare or vision. He nodded to the display then switched it off. DD licked at his master's hand, as he ended up fussing DD a lot instead of dwelling on nightmares.]