(At the firepit) 7: 45
(The camera focuses on a set of wooden benches surrounding a glowing fire. The crickets are chirping, the white moon is up in the sky)
Rose: (joins the others after staying in Jack's tent) Jackie is unable to attend. (is breathing hard)
Snake: (scoffs again) Psssssssssh, kid's a show off. I can be the centre of attention too! I just don't whine when someone shoves something up my a$$...
Mei Ling: SNAKE!
Snake: I'll prove it!
Mei Ling: (wrinkles her nose in disgust at the idea) ...You win, Snake.
Snake: Ha!
Jeff: (Stares at the entire cast intently, only 9 of them since Raiden isn't there) We gather here today to celebrate a release of one competitor...
Solidus: You mean "release" as the loser is forced to commit suicide? {puts down his book entitled "The Giver."]
Jeff: Um, no. (leans forward) This is the hardest part of the game...betraying another and voting them out.
Ocelot: That's pretty simple. (chuckles) I'm good at that.
Jeff: Who will be voted off the island?
Snake: (clears his throat, standing up) I believe I speak for all of us when we say...ROSE!
Jeff: What? (is startled with the quickness of the decision) You can't eliminate Rose, she was part of the winning team!
Everyone but Jeff and Rose: ROSE!
Snake: Crap on the rules! We want her out! (thrusts his thumb behind him)
Rose: But...(whimpers) Jack....I love...(stutters)
Snake: Just get the hell out.
Jeff: With the most votes, you, Rose, are the weakest link, er... you have to leave the island. The Kasatka is waiting behind you to escort you back to Manhattan.
Rose: (gets up, and outstretches her arms in a posture of protection) I'm NOT leaving this island! Just because I was voted out of the game, doesn't mean I have to leave...(clasps her hands) Please?
Otacon: (pushes up his glasses) I don't see what's wrong...the more the merrier, right?
Vamp: (rubs his chin) Well, she might satisfy my cravings...Young blood has a very sweet taste...I consider it a delicacy. Old blood is bitter.
Jeff: (sighs, defeated) I guess...you're right. (has his head in his hands) She can stay.
Snake: Yep, that's all I have to hear. (stretches, then scratches at a stubble on his chin) (grabs Mei Ling) I'm off to explore new frontiers.
Mei Ling: (blushes) Oh Snake...
Snake:...We're gonna party! (holds up a bottle of brandy he snuck in his butt pocket)
Mei Ling: (realizes Snake's idea of "party") Oh...okay. (her excitement fades, but she tries not to show it) Snake, you're hurting my arm!
Snake: (is tugging her away, musing) No I'm not...
9:00 PM
(Everyone now is in their "dwellings", preparing themselves for their first night out. Fatman is reading a cookbook, Vamp is licking the blood off the shafts that had been extracted from Raiden's flesh, Emma and Otacon are on their laptops, Solidus and Ocelot are discussing important matters, and Rose is trying to awaken Raiden from his inert stupor. Let's see what's going on with Snake first...)
Snake: (is getting high off Pentazamin, and brandy) Oh yeah! This is the life...
Mei Ling: Oh, uh, yes. (smiles)
Snake: ...Those nicotine patches don't work! (has about 60 on his body)
Mei Ling: (is afraid of the possible outcomes of Snake's drunken haze)...I'm tired, good night Snake. (blows out the candle, and snuggles into her sleeping bag)
Snake: You're not going anywhere, kid... (hiccups)...now how did a girl like me get together with a guy like you...(he suddenly collapses onto his sleeping bag)
Mei Ling: (tries to go to sleep, Snake's incoherent ramblings preventing her from doing so) Snake, it's late---couldn't you mumble tomorrow?
Snake: (mutters) StupidMeiLingcomplainingaboutmemumblingwellshe'stheonewhohasaproblembecauses hecomplainstomuch...
(Over at Emma's tent...)
Otacon: (his fingers are typing away) Only a Super Saiyan Level 2 and above can defeat Cell...
Emma: (downloads a pic) Goku is so CUTE! Look at his little tail!
Otacon: That was from the Dragonball series, when Bulma was in love with Yamcha. Wait, I'm sending a Chibi Goku your way!
Emma: Thanks Hal! (hugs him)
Otacon: (reddens considerably) Nothing at all, E.E...
Here..(reaches in his backpack) I've brought a Gundam model to build in case we get bored...and some manga!
(Anime otakus at work! Now let's check out Solidus...)
Solidus: We'll deal with him...as you suggested.
Ocelot: This is going to be fun...(rubs his hands) He doesn't suspect a thing.
Solidus: Yes...Now don't become all sick on the job like you once have...
Ocelot: Leave it to me...I'm skilled. (smiles)
Solidus: This game's so rigged...not ever Jeff knows what's happening...(leans back) Hehehehehe...
(What's going on there? I can't tell you yet, so we will visit Raiden's tent.
Finally he's awake.)
Rose: (is sitting beside Raiden's prostrate form, holding a cup) Want water??
Raiden: (blinks, able to feel his limbs again) Huh?
Rose: You want water?
Raiden: Water?
Rose: Yes...
Raiden:....
Rose: Are you...alright?
Raiden: .....
Rose: You're not in pain...are you?
Raiden: ...(Thinks: Okay, I'll just lie. No way I'm letting her treat me...) Oh, um, no, not at all.
Rose: Are you sure? How about if I see--- (reaches out to probe his injuries)
Raiden: (jumps back) No you can't! You're not seeing nothing!
Rose: Jack...
Raiden: I'm perfectly fine! (points at where the arrow had punctured him) See, this blood isn't blood at all, in fact it's.... It's this ketchup stain I got on my Skull suit, and the surface of my flesh a few days ago before the Kasatka took us to the island.
Rose: You told me then you were going to the bathroom before the Kasatka came!
Raiden: (continues with his lie) I said that, but a hot dog stand caught my eye on the way, and I ended up buying one instead.
Rose: (persists) But you weren't eating anything when you came back! And you told me you hate ketchup!
Raiden: Well...I secretly acquired a taste for ketchup, and I had swallowed the hot dog before I caught up with you.
Rose: There was no blood on your upper body before!
Raiden: (turns to the side) You just weren't looking...
Rose: And you said you never liked hotdogs!
Raiden: (pauses) I...um....um....
Rose: You lied? (starts to cry)...I trusted you...
Raiden: (gets up suddenly, finding the wrong time to request what's on his mind) May you excuse me?
Rose: Why? (shouts angrily)
Raiden: (closes his eyes briefly, murmuring) I need to...you...know...
Rose: What?
(Snake's head unexpectedly pokes through the tent covers)
Snake: The kid's bladder's full...full of urine...
Raiden: Get out! (closes the tent flaps, and then gets on his knees) Gaahhhhhhh! Rose, you have to let me go!
Rose: You're not going anywhere until you explain everything!
Raiden: (pleads) PLEASE! STOP BEING SO CRUEL!
Rose: (crosses her arms) I'm not speaking with you.
Raiden: About some silly hot dog?! But you said you were going to...Aw, forget that! (Dashes out the tent)
Rose: COME BACK! (stands up) Jack!!
(It looks like Raiden has got his wish...but with everything, there are consequences not always for the better...)
Raiden: (is concealed from view) Oh god, I've been holding it all day...(sighs lightly)
Rose: (steps outside the tent, bumping into Snake) Where's that---Oh Snake, shouldn't you be asleep?
Snake: (hiccups, staggering about like fool) The kid ran in that direction! (points to a specific birch tree in the thick forestry)
Rose: I'll find him wherever he's trying to hide! (rambles to herself) Can you believe it! Trying to hide from me! He'll have to do better than that! (goes over to the tree Snake directed her to) .....!
Raiden: Aaaaaaaaaaah! (sees Rose)
Rose: Aiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee! (sees Raiden)
Snake: (smiles) And the crowd goes wild!
(WHOA! That was just...very unexpected. The night passes into day, and finally all the cast drift off to sleep)
Warning: Snake and Booze is a dangerous mix..^^
(The camera focuses on a set of wooden benches surrounding a glowing fire. The crickets are chirping, the white moon is up in the sky)
Rose: (joins the others after staying in Jack's tent) Jackie is unable to attend. (is breathing hard)
Snake: (scoffs again) Psssssssssh, kid's a show off. I can be the centre of attention too! I just don't whine when someone shoves something up my a$$...
Mei Ling: SNAKE!
Snake: I'll prove it!
Mei Ling: (wrinkles her nose in disgust at the idea) ...You win, Snake.
Snake: Ha!
Jeff: (Stares at the entire cast intently, only 9 of them since Raiden isn't there) We gather here today to celebrate a release of one competitor...
Solidus: You mean "release" as the loser is forced to commit suicide? {puts down his book entitled "The Giver."]
Jeff: Um, no. (leans forward) This is the hardest part of the game...betraying another and voting them out.
Ocelot: That's pretty simple. (chuckles) I'm good at that.
Jeff: Who will be voted off the island?
Snake: (clears his throat, standing up) I believe I speak for all of us when we say...ROSE!
Jeff: What? (is startled with the quickness of the decision) You can't eliminate Rose, she was part of the winning team!
Everyone but Jeff and Rose: ROSE!
Snake: Crap on the rules! We want her out! (thrusts his thumb behind him)
Rose: But...(whimpers) Jack....I love...(stutters)
Snake: Just get the hell out.
Jeff: With the most votes, you, Rose, are the weakest link, er... you have to leave the island. The Kasatka is waiting behind you to escort you back to Manhattan.
Rose: (gets up, and outstretches her arms in a posture of protection) I'm NOT leaving this island! Just because I was voted out of the game, doesn't mean I have to leave...(clasps her hands) Please?
Otacon: (pushes up his glasses) I don't see what's wrong...the more the merrier, right?
Vamp: (rubs his chin) Well, she might satisfy my cravings...Young blood has a very sweet taste...I consider it a delicacy. Old blood is bitter.
Jeff: (sighs, defeated) I guess...you're right. (has his head in his hands) She can stay.
Snake: Yep, that's all I have to hear. (stretches, then scratches at a stubble on his chin) (grabs Mei Ling) I'm off to explore new frontiers.
Mei Ling: (blushes) Oh Snake...
Snake:...We're gonna party! (holds up a bottle of brandy he snuck in his butt pocket)
Mei Ling: (realizes Snake's idea of "party") Oh...okay. (her excitement fades, but she tries not to show it) Snake, you're hurting my arm!
Snake: (is tugging her away, musing) No I'm not...
9:00 PM
(Everyone now is in their "dwellings", preparing themselves for their first night out. Fatman is reading a cookbook, Vamp is licking the blood off the shafts that had been extracted from Raiden's flesh, Emma and Otacon are on their laptops, Solidus and Ocelot are discussing important matters, and Rose is trying to awaken Raiden from his inert stupor. Let's see what's going on with Snake first...)
Snake: (is getting high off Pentazamin, and brandy) Oh yeah! This is the life...
Mei Ling: Oh, uh, yes. (smiles)
Snake: ...Those nicotine patches don't work! (has about 60 on his body)
Mei Ling: (is afraid of the possible outcomes of Snake's drunken haze)...I'm tired, good night Snake. (blows out the candle, and snuggles into her sleeping bag)
Snake: You're not going anywhere, kid... (hiccups)...now how did a girl like me get together with a guy like you...(he suddenly collapses onto his sleeping bag)
Mei Ling: (tries to go to sleep, Snake's incoherent ramblings preventing her from doing so) Snake, it's late---couldn't you mumble tomorrow?
Snake: (mutters) StupidMeiLingcomplainingaboutmemumblingwellshe'stheonewhohasaproblembecauses hecomplainstomuch...
(Over at Emma's tent...)
Otacon: (his fingers are typing away) Only a Super Saiyan Level 2 and above can defeat Cell...
Emma: (downloads a pic) Goku is so CUTE! Look at his little tail!
Otacon: That was from the Dragonball series, when Bulma was in love with Yamcha. Wait, I'm sending a Chibi Goku your way!
Emma: Thanks Hal! (hugs him)
Otacon: (reddens considerably) Nothing at all, E.E...
Here..(reaches in his backpack) I've brought a Gundam model to build in case we get bored...and some manga!
(Anime otakus at work! Now let's check out Solidus...)
Solidus: We'll deal with him...as you suggested.
Ocelot: This is going to be fun...(rubs his hands) He doesn't suspect a thing.
Solidus: Yes...Now don't become all sick on the job like you once have...
Ocelot: Leave it to me...I'm skilled. (smiles)
Solidus: This game's so rigged...not ever Jeff knows what's happening...(leans back) Hehehehehe...
(What's going on there? I can't tell you yet, so we will visit Raiden's tent.
Finally he's awake.)
Rose: (is sitting beside Raiden's prostrate form, holding a cup) Want water??
Raiden: (blinks, able to feel his limbs again) Huh?
Rose: You want water?
Raiden: Water?
Rose: Yes...
Raiden:....
Rose: Are you...alright?
Raiden: .....
Rose: You're not in pain...are you?
Raiden: ...(Thinks: Okay, I'll just lie. No way I'm letting her treat me...) Oh, um, no, not at all.
Rose: Are you sure? How about if I see--- (reaches out to probe his injuries)
Raiden: (jumps back) No you can't! You're not seeing nothing!
Rose: Jack...
Raiden: I'm perfectly fine! (points at where the arrow had punctured him) See, this blood isn't blood at all, in fact it's.... It's this ketchup stain I got on my Skull suit, and the surface of my flesh a few days ago before the Kasatka took us to the island.
Rose: You told me then you were going to the bathroom before the Kasatka came!
Raiden: (continues with his lie) I said that, but a hot dog stand caught my eye on the way, and I ended up buying one instead.
Rose: (persists) But you weren't eating anything when you came back! And you told me you hate ketchup!
Raiden: Well...I secretly acquired a taste for ketchup, and I had swallowed the hot dog before I caught up with you.
Rose: There was no blood on your upper body before!
Raiden: (turns to the side) You just weren't looking...
Rose: And you said you never liked hotdogs!
Raiden: (pauses) I...um....um....
Rose: You lied? (starts to cry)...I trusted you...
Raiden: (gets up suddenly, finding the wrong time to request what's on his mind) May you excuse me?
Rose: Why? (shouts angrily)
Raiden: (closes his eyes briefly, murmuring) I need to...you...know...
Rose: What?
(Snake's head unexpectedly pokes through the tent covers)
Snake: The kid's bladder's full...full of urine...
Raiden: Get out! (closes the tent flaps, and then gets on his knees) Gaahhhhhhh! Rose, you have to let me go!
Rose: You're not going anywhere until you explain everything!
Raiden: (pleads) PLEASE! STOP BEING SO CRUEL!
Rose: (crosses her arms) I'm not speaking with you.
Raiden: About some silly hot dog?! But you said you were going to...Aw, forget that! (Dashes out the tent)
Rose: COME BACK! (stands up) Jack!!
(It looks like Raiden has got his wish...but with everything, there are consequences not always for the better...)
Raiden: (is concealed from view) Oh god, I've been holding it all day...(sighs lightly)
Rose: (steps outside the tent, bumping into Snake) Where's that---Oh Snake, shouldn't you be asleep?
Snake: (hiccups, staggering about like fool) The kid ran in that direction! (points to a specific birch tree in the thick forestry)
Rose: I'll find him wherever he's trying to hide! (rambles to herself) Can you believe it! Trying to hide from me! He'll have to do better than that! (goes over to the tree Snake directed her to) .....!
Raiden: Aaaaaaaaaaah! (sees Rose)
Rose: Aiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee! (sees Raiden)
Snake: (smiles) And the crowd goes wild!
(WHOA! That was just...very unexpected. The night passes into day, and finally all the cast drift off to sleep)
Warning: Snake and Booze is a dangerous mix..^^