thisavrou | (no subject)

☄ Audio
Hello, I'm Niko Bellic. And I'm in charge of the Cargo Bay...

Except, I do not think I want to be. I have been working there for eleven months. [Back when he wanted to avoid fighting, when he wanted to attempt his route of being peaceful and avoid conflict, it had been helpful. Even more so when he wanted to avoid his initial job in the then-existent bar; yes, he sometimes drinks, but he couldn't tolerate the constant presence of habitual drunkards. Alcoholism never left good impressions with him. Being given the Cargo Bay position had been great. He had quiet time, could drive loaders, could do mindless work. But now? Not so much...] If I go, though, there will be very few other workers to handle everything. [And he's not such a prick that he'd leave them to suffer the work alone.] Would anyone be willing to go in there? Because I would like to do something else now.

Also after this whole ship rearranging thing, it has been a lot of work, I have done a lot of moving, and I would kind of like to play some darts or something. [This grumpy Serb just sounds tired as hell today.] Luckily a game that doesn't require any power to play.

Let me know, ah?

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Niko is friends with Solid Snake, so basically the repitition of words as some sort of confirmation; request for elaboration is a thing he's noticed already. And every time, its all he can do from saying, "Yes, the-" and repeat the words back at him.]

[But that's an asshole thing to do and Niko's not going to lock himself out of explanations he needs later.]

I guess. I don't trust it but I am using it in the hope I can figure out what to do and where to go. I can't go home...

You know, you and other Snake talk alike. I mean you have the same mannerisms. He says a little more but...

[ He 'can't go home'?? What's that about, he'd like to know, but then he'd just be asking questions again (we're all sick of them, Venom) and ignoring that next bit about him and Solid Snake having similar mannerisms.

Admittedly, the thought is a bit morbid; is that a blessing or a curse? Venom's not sure, so he frowns in slight contemplation. ]

Is that right. [ A huff of breath here, slightly dry. ] Don't tell him that.

I won't, but I don't think he cares too much. He wasn't mad at you back when we talked about it. It was mostly just confusing, and a while ago.

Like you both do the tired thing. As if you are pretty wore out. But that's not new. Lots of guys like that. [And they both ask questions like they're on a game show. Pick the right word out of the sentence and they win the bigger explanation prize.]

I would say it sounds like you guys got both fucked by the same bad situation but we all got kind of fucked around here. Which is kind of nice because it means you always got someone that you can say, "Hey this happened," and someone else can go, "Hey this happened to me too." That part is better than people telling you to just "get over it" every time you have to live through something hard.

[Okay maybe that stuff bothers him more than he lets on. The bane of surviving things other people haven't.]