midnight textings

[cherrytrees]

The Midnight Texting Meme It's the middle of the night and you're trying to catch some z's — or brooding alone in the alleys, as one does — when your phone dings and suddenly a stranger or a friend is texting you. What could they possibly want at this hour? Is it important? Stupid? Are they drunk or maybe just needy? Do they need help hiding a body??? Pick up your phone and find out! Rules: ● Post with your character's name and canon on the subject line, indicate preferences as needed ● Tag others ● Have fun!

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solid snake | metal gear solid

[soldiergenes]

[alaskasunset]

hey, I know it's late but I was wondering... are you awake?

! MERYL

[soldiergenes]

Yeah I'm up. Need something?

<3!!!

[alaskasunset]

Mmmm.... it seems I can't sleep y'know. Same with you?

[soldiergenes]

Yeah. But it's not like that's anything new for me.

[alaskasunset]

That's what imagined. I've never been the best sleeper but after everything that happened...

Guess you must know all about that, no?

[soldiergenes]

You could try to take something for it. Never really worked for me.

[ Unless the "thing" he was taking was alcohol. Don't be like him, Meryl. ]

[alaskasunset]

not really a fan of meds? not surprised, I think the best medicine it's to get out of your chest whatever is not letting you sleep.

[ She is going to pour those bottles into the toilet, legendary soldier her ass ]

[soldiergenes]

That why you messaged me? I'm not the best shoulder to cry on.

[alaskasunset]

oh, believe me Dave, I know that.

was just thinking about you and wanted to see how you were doing. too terrible for the legendary soldier?

[soldiergenes]

We've been over this. There's nothing legendary about me.

[ He'd much rather talk about her than about himself, so it seems he'll be that listening ear after all. ]

What do you need to get off your chest?

[torsion]

[ Sent at some awful hour between night and morning, it's clear someone isn't getting any sleep. ]

So, what's your favorite weapon?

[soldiergenes]

[ Well, that makes two of them. It's rare for him to ever keep a normal sleep schedule. ]

What prompted this?

[torsion]

[ Sleep's difficult when the thoughts keep coming. Or, when you know duty will call at any moment. ]

Curiosity.
Caveat is that it has to be traditionally used for a weapon.

[soldiergenes]

I wasn't planning on listing anything unorthodox.

It's hard to beat the SOCOM.

[torsion]

I just didn't want to make the options too broad.

SOCOM? Is that a unique model of something I'm unfamiliar with?
I only know one acronym for that and it's an organization.

[soldiergenes]

It's a variant of the Heckler & Koch Mark 23. Familiar?

[torsion]

A little. My favored handgun is a customized Beretta M92F so I don't veer too far from it.

If I took you out for some shooting, you wouldn't happen to have one, would you?

[soldiergenes]

Also a good choice. Customized how?

And I just might.

[ On-site procurement means that he gets to keep whatever he still has on him once the mission is over. ]

[torsion]

Ease on the catch. Bit lighter. Made to be an all-around quicker piece, although it suffers from mediocre ammunition storage and packs less of a punch thanks to the modifications.
Worth making the firing rate and making it a bit more well-rounded if you ask me.

The rest is cosmetic.

I know how weapons can be personal. Won't ask to use it, but I'd like to get a look at it and see how it fires.

[ That's something that Jill is awfully familiar with. You don't get a weapons stash like she has on an NGO salary, after all. ]

[soldiergenes]

Fair enough. If you're making each bullet count, the smaller magazine shouldn't make much of a difference.

If you want to try it out for yourself, I don't mind.

[ He's not too precious about that kind of thing, and he knows that Jill will handle the SOCOM with care. A box, on the other hand, he'd be less likely to lend to someone. Too fragile. ]

[genepool]

how tall are you, really?

[soldiergenes]

I didn't realize my height was a point of contention.

[genepool]

i just want to know if your boots are stacked or not, that's all. i'm curious!

[soldiergenes]

The sneaking suit has a thin sole that absorbs sound, so no. Outside of a mission setting, it probably varies.

[ Is this really that important... ]