Metal Gear Solid: Cracks in the Armor

Chapter: The Goodbye Song - Scene 12

Olivia watches Snake from the doorway, as persistent with the knife’s objective as he is with anything she’s seen him face in the last few months. Removing the bullet in this fashion is a simple technique–to her anyway–but it’s one she can tell Snake’s never mastered for whatever reason and he’s well on his way to giving himself an infection with this persistence. When she suggests she remove it, he rejects the help with more than just his pride behind it but before he can go back to the task, she quickly apprehends the knife. He doesn’t fight her assistance and in her handle, the bullet is out in minutes but, though she isn’t looking for any, there is no form of gratitude from the mercenary…only a tense atmosphere that soon ruptures with his true feelings towards her now. There was no bond between them–ever–but there was a sense of trust that she knows doesn’t exist anymore. She wastes no time leaving Snake to his accusations after she’s stitched him up. She figures she should have stopped caring for his wound the moment she realized where he was baiting their conversation but the nurse in her wouldn’t let her personal feelings trip her responsibilities.

In the moment following her departure, Snake finds himself in front of a computer monitor with Otacon playing a clip of audio with Olivia and his voice on it. Otacon’s a bit reluctant to tell Snake that he’s picked up the signal of a transmitter on Olivia because it only fuels Snake’s anger and distrust toward her. He’s even more reluctant to reveal that he doesn’t think Olivia knows she bugged. He trusts Olivia. He’s seen her in the moments Snake haven’t and in ways he doesn’t. When he voices his support of Olivia still, Snake is not surprised at his friend’s blinding loyalty to the woman…especially because she is a woman and this is not the first time he’s had a “crush” that’s potentially spelled doom for them both. At Otacon’s request to trust him on this, Snake nods his head but but without the implied agreement. It’s just a motion to satisfy the engineer until the truth about her is uncovered.

Solid Snake - Kamran Nikhad

Olivia Steele - Zellie Berraine

Otacon - Sean Chiplock

Female Computer Voice 2 - “UltraNeko”

Trivia

- A big, BIG thanks to Sadie/”UltraNeko” for lending her voice, talent, and sweetness to my little radioplay in the form of Otacon’s computer’s voice. Be sure to check out Sadie’s Gaming Infection on Youtube! (http://www.youtube.com/user/ultraneko)

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