"Boss the woman you picked up, Nisa, she joined MSF. I didn't even convince her either, she just straight up declared she was joining. I guess I can't complain since we got a person who is familiar with this place, but still."
…
A tape started up, "Hey you feeling any better?" Snake asked.
"Yes. Very. Nothing I can't handle." Nisa replied full of pride.
"How long was I out?"
"Three days. You're a pretty heavy sleeper."
Nisa giggled a bit at the small joke.
"?"
"Huh? What's wrong?"
"I just realized, I gave you my name, but you didn't give me yours."
"Oh."
"So what is it?" One could hear Nisa getting close to Snake's face.
"Snake."
"Snake?"
"Most people call me Boss, but call me Snake."
"Alright, Snake. I wish to thank you for saving me."
"Don't mention it."
"Where am I?"
"You're at Mother Base."
"Mother…. Base….?"
"You'll have to see for yourself, to believe it." Snake started to walk out, "See you later."
"Alright. Bye."
A door opening and closing was audible.
A smack to the forehead was heard,
"Dangit, I forgot to ask if he was a hero." The tape ended.
Another one started up however,
"So, like you're tour of Mother Base?" Kaz asked.
Sounds of joy were heard, "This is amazing! It's awesome!" Nisa exclaimed
"That's usually most people's reactions too. Glad you're enjoying yourself."
"How do you keep this place running and in top shape Kazuhira?"
"Please call me Kaz. To answer your question planning and fine management from the best of the best."
A few moments of awkward silence proceeded.
Nisa broke it however, "So what exactly is all this? I noticed people in uniforms along the way."
"Yes, that, well we're an organization known as MSF."
"MSF…..Never heard of you."
"Good. MSF stands for Militaires Sans Frontierers."
"?"
"It stands for Soldiers without Borders. I'm not as good as Snake when he explains it, but we basically fight for ourselves, because we want to. Not for a country, or a person. You might get the drift- why are you staring at me like that?"
"So you're an organization of heroes!?" Nisa yelled full of excitement.
"What…. No I just said we fight because we want to-"
"Just the type of iniative a hero needs!"
"Just hear me out-"
"Good work commander Miller!" One of the Base's soldiers cheered, his voice was recognized as the drill instructor.
"Angry Banshee?"
"You got one of the locals to our side. The Boss should be proud."
"Everyone give a round of applause to commander Miller!"
Sounds of clapping was heard, getting louder as more soldiers joined in.
"Oh my Kojima. I'm going to go crazy."
The tape abruptly ended there.
….
"She's gonna have to learn how the world isn't always filled with heroes."
"I don't Kaz. I think being a hero has far better rewards than being a villain."
"We're not discussing this. Anyway I told Nisa about our situation, but even she said we must be from a different world."
"There is no more denying it Kaz."
"Never."
An audible cough was heard as Kaz straightened himself, "Any way there is this thing called Quests. Apparently it's like mercenary work. You do a job someone requested and you get paid. The currency here are called credits."
"Interesting."
"It is. Snake I'm giving you a new mission. Complete a couple of quests. Nisa will accompany you, since she's done some before. Let's hope you haven't gotten rusty these past few days. We've authorized you a rifle and a tranq pistol for this mission. Everything else on site….. You get to hang around with a cute girl. Be nice to her Boss."
….
Snake boarded the Helicopter. He looked to his right to see Nisa was on before him. She wore a strange red and blue jumpsuit that had a giant unzipped zipper, she wore goggles atop her head. Bandages were on her chest area as well.
"Where did you get that?" Snake pointed towards the clothes Nisa was wearing as the chopper took off.
"My inventory." Nisa replied matter of factly.
"Inventory? What's that?"
"It's where I keep my items in a pocket dimension." Nisa then pulled out an orange shortsword, "See."
Snake gasped as he saw the sword come out of nowhere.
Nisa put the sword back quickly after seeing his reaction, "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to freak you out!"
"That's amazing!"
Nisa eyes widened as Snake said that, when she showed Miller, he freaked out. Let's just leave it at that.
"Being able to put something in a hidden space and retrieving it? Perfect!" He could see it now, being able to pull out cardboard boxes whenever he wanted to. Oh the possibilities.
"Huh, I'd thought you would freak out, just like Kaz."
"He just doesn't know what's good, even when it's in front of him." Snake remembered the cardboard tank, the finest weapon ever made. Kaz doubted it, but it was extremely useful.
Nisa had a heartfelt laugh.
…
"This is Morpho taking off, good luck, Boss."
Snake turned to see the helicopter fly off, as well as see Nisa waved to it.
"So where to?"
"Yes to the guild, please follow me."
Nisa led the way, which would take about thirty minutes due to landing a bit away from town. Snake gave periodic checks at his M16A1 and Mk.22 pistol, with tranq. rounds.
…..
"Here we are. The guild." Nisa exclaimed as they walked into a building, it looked like a business building's front desk actually.
Snake observed his surroundings noting some of the people were scooting away from him, possibly due to his presence, while others, looked dazed almost with hearts in their eyes. Was it mentioned, that along the way, Snake noticed that the population was mostly female. He rarely saw any men, when he did they were kids.
"Here I'll help you sign up for the Guild." Nisa walked ahead to the desk, leaving Snake there.
"Who is that?"
"He looks strong."
"Handsome too."
"Look at his eye."
"He looks even more handsome."
"Do think he'll go out with me?"
"He looks way above our league."
Just a few seconds felt like minutes, due to the loud whispers.
"Boss, you lucky dog." Kaz said Envy was heard in his voice.
"Once this mission is over. I think it'll be time for Kazuhira to show some ladies a good time."
Nisa came back with some papers on hand, "Here you go. Just fill out these papers and you'll be able to dish out a wave of justice."
Snake took the papers out of her hand. It looked straightforward enough, didn't even ask for date of birth, security number, or even place of origin. It was strange to say the least. Snake filled the paper carefully looking through.
Walking up to the desk he placed the paper down.
The attendant took it and did a look over checking for something he may have missed. The attendant smiled warmly as she turned towards a computer to enter his information into the data base. A few minutes would pass as she took those minutes to get everything in order, walking around and such.
She finally came back with a card in her hand, "Here we go, Hayter Snake, Male, I.D number 19141115. Every thing's in order."
Snake took the small I.D card examining it, before putting it in one of his pockets. He nodded, before heading back to Nisa.
She lead him to a room full of weird looking screens, he didn't question it. He just hopes that the R&D team come up with an explanation. She showed him how to operate the floating device, which was pretty simple actually as quests was all that popped up.
He took a turn at using the floating device. He scrolled through the few quests they had looking at the gathering ones, before he set his eye. On a peculiar one.
"Monster hunt?" Snake asked Nisa without looking back.
Knowing it was directed towards her she replied, "Oh right, Miller told me to not tell you, until you found out yourself. Said something about, 'Not wanting to hear you talk about it.'" She rubbed the back of head.
"Monsters are pretty common around here. They're weird creatures, that roam around. Can't explain them properly."
"Alright." Snake said calmly, due to his past experience with monsters, because of a certain talking cat. They were tough to take down , but the rewards were worth it.
Snake accepted the hunting quest, clear a cave full of Dogoo, Kupokitties, and an Ancient Dragon, while also some gathering quests in the same area. Snake was hoping the Ancient Dragon was something to look forward to.
He gestured for Nisa, saying 'Time to go.'
…..
Snake readied his M16A1 at the entrance of the monster cave, obviously ready for a fight. Nisa meanwhile got a sword ready. Snake didn't question the weapon choice, as he's honestly seen weirder.
They maneuvered forward into the cave. After a minute of searching they spotted some Dogoo.
"What are those?"
"Those are Dogoo. The weakest of the weak monsters, they shouldn't be too hard to handle." Nisa smiled.
Snake aimed his rifle at one of the blue jellies, ready to fire. He squeezed the trigger, taking a shot at the expecting jelly.
The Dogoo stopped right in it's tracks and quickly dissolved, due to the unexpected attack that killed it instantly. The others turned around at the source of the gunshot. They saw Snake standing there, calmy.
The Dogoos quickly understood and charged towards him, trying to avenge their brethren. Snake unleashed a wave of bullets emptying his clip, taking all, but a few down.
Nisa charged in to take the rest with her sword as she quickly dashed between the few remaining Dogoo, cutting each and every one of them.
Snake reloaded and checked his surroundings, putting the rifle in a resting position.
"Alright! Justice always prevails!" Nisa celebrated.
They continued throughout the cave, taking out more Dogoo along the way. They had some run ins with Kupokitties as well.
"Meow!" One of the kitties taunted.
"Meow. Meow Meow!"
Snake retorted, "Meow!" Thankfully he spoke Cat.
"Meow!?"
"Ummmm….." Nisa stopped and stared at Snake talking to the Kupokitties.
"Meow!" Snake unleashed a hail of bullets into the Kupokitties. He ended the small group, nothing left alive.
Snake did a thumbs up to Nisa, "Meo- er….uh.. clear!"
"What in the name of justice was that?"
Snake scratched his head, "Oh, nothing. I'm just fluent in Cat."
Beads of sweat appeared on Nisa, "Uh…. Okay…" "So this is one of those 'random moment' Kaz warned me about" She whispered, but smiled at the situation. She liked her new boss already.
….
A tape starts up, "So you really are from another world."
"I still refuse to acknowledge it as fact."
Nisa giggled at the stubbornness of the second in command.
"Anyway you wanted me to give you info on something.?"
"Yes. First off what is this place?"
"This land is called Gamindistri."
"Gamindistri?"
"A land separated by four nations. Lowee, Lastation, Leanbox, and Planeptune.
"Those are… interesting names."
"Each land is ruled by the Godesses of them or CPUs."
"CPUs?"
"Console Patron Unit."
"Alright. Continue."
"Planeptune is ruled by Lady Purple Heart. Lastation is ruled by Lady Black Heart. Lowee is ruled by Lady White Heart. And Lastly Leanbox is ruled by Lady Green Heart."
"Interesting."
"They've disappeared three years ago. Went to fight a battle they never came back from. Everyone knows by now due to ASIC's constant reminders."
"What exactly does ASIC do?"
"The usual criminal stuff. Murder, Kidnappings, stealing food. The worst however is corrupting the children." Nisa's tone got angrier.
"What are they doing with the children?"
"Making them believe criminal acts are fine, and should pirate everything and never have to pay for anything. Even try to tell them mugging is okay."
"Pirate? You mean pirate as in bootleg?"
"Yes."
"Boss is gonna be pissed. We may not fight for a, just cause, but still some of us have morals here."
"Now need anything else?"
"What's your relation to ASIC?"
The sounds of knuckles cracking was heard, "What relationship? I don't trust them, nor will I ever will. They are evil and I as the Heroine of justice shall defeat them someday!"
"Good to know. Anything else you can tell me?"
"How about Quests."
"Quests?" The tape ends
Another one starts up.
"Now this is just, before you jump in the frying pan, but are you sure you want to join MSF?"
"Positive. Heroines never back down!"
"Right. Anyway I only have a few questions for you."
"Shoot."
"Would you do anything to stop the enemy?"
"Yes."
"Sacrifice your life?"
"Yes a constant hazard for Heroines."
"What about kill your enemy."
"I- kill...?"
"Answer the question. If you absolutely had to kill your enemy, would you do it. I'm not talking about monsters here either."
Thirty seconds of silence passed through the tape as Nisa finally answered, "Yes. However, if it's absolutely necessary I must. Even if they are my enemy. What right do I have to take theirs? If it becomes my downfall so be it. I'd sooner forgive my enemy then end them."
Silence filled the tape once again. "Hmmph." The sound of Kaz smirking was heard.
"You have a lot of guts just to say that. Most people will say yes and act like it's no big deal. Granted they were already soldiers, but still. Quite rare for someone to answer so honestly. Boss once told me 'There is no such thing as an absolute enemy' Those words was the spark of it all. The start of MSF."
Kaz coughed, realizing he monologued too long, "Anyway your answer was acceptable. I Benedict Kazuhira Miller. Formally welcome you to MSF."
The sound of two hands making contact was heard, "Thank you Kaz."
"We don't have an outfit your size, but we'll find something. It must be exhausting wearing that prisoner garb. I think I can assist you in getting out of it." The tone in Kaz turned from serious. To well… flirty.
Unfortunately it wouldn't worked as he hoped, as his charms didn't work, "Pervert."
"I'd prefer open minded individual."
"Pervert… anyway I have my own clothes in my inventory."
"Inventory?"
"Yeah."
…
..
.
"Aaaaaaghhhh-"
The tape abruptly ended there.
….
After clearing out most of the cave, they have yet to encounter a dragon.
"I thought there was supposed to be a dragon in here." Snake's hopes were quickly dying down.
"Do not fret, Snake! We will find it!"
"I hope so. I can't wait to see what it tas-"
On cue a thunderous roar echoed through the cave. A flying creature ascended from nowhere as it landed on the ground in front of the two.
"That must be the Ancient Dragon. It's huge!" Kaz pointed the obvious of the obviously obvious.
Snake sighed as Kaz pointed out the obvious.
"Don't let your guard down Snake. It might take a while to take down."
Nisa got into a combat stance. Snake readied his M16. The monster let out a might roar as the battle commenced.
Snake immediately starts by shooting at it. Trying to Agro it. The dragon had his full attention on Snake. He swung his tail towards the man, who promptly rolled out of it's path. Snake took a few potshots to it's head, till he had to reload.
Nisa had taken the opportunity to slash at it's head with her sword. She stood extended in the air as she continued to slash at it's face, before she landed on the ground. And evaded a swing from a giant fist.
Snake once again shot at it's head again. Nisa meanwhile was at the back assaulting it's back. The monster tried to focus on both, but couldn't.
Snake saw the monster's confusion and kept opening fire. Reloading, after a magazine runs dry. Nisa taking opportunities to slash it's head while he reloaded.
Snake once again finshed reloading. "Snake that's your last one. Make it count."
Snake decided to run around a bit, getting the focus on him. The monster ignored the assault on it's back to attack his prey. Snake once again took potshots at the monster. However he stopped as he saw Nisa almost flying in the air.
"HOLD THERE MONSTER!" Nisa's voice echoed.
"In the name of love and justice." She extended her feet towards the monster.
"What is she-? Kaz sounded out his and Snake's thoughts.
"Justice Kiiiiiiiiiiick!" Nisa yelled as the attack landed and knocked down the monster.
This surprised Snake as he saw the monster go down faster than a bear. He couldn't waste time as he took the opportunity. He ran up to the downed monster's head and filled it with lead. He didn't stop until he ran out of ammo.
"Damn." Kaz comments " for someone of her small frame, that was quite a kick."
Now this would surprise a normal person, but Snake only smirked in approval, due to having seen stranger things in his life.
"You're pretty good." Snake steals a certain catchphrase.
Nisa smiled back, "Thanks, you aren't too bad yourself."
"You haven't seen me in full action yet."
"You haven't either. This was just a warmup. To get back in the action!"
Snake smirked at his strange partner, who smirked back.
He turned towards the dead dragon and looked at Nisa, "I wonder what it tastes like? Want to try some dragon, Nisa?
Nisa pondered the question for a moment before answering, "I don't think I've tried some before…. Sure!"
…
They started a small fire. Made out of Kupokitties' pelts and Dogoo jelly. Which Snake learned, was highly flammable. Snake lit the fire with his lighter he usually keeps on him to light his cigars. The two sat in silence as a chunk of the dragon meat roasted over the flames.
"So what's your story?" Snake asked the heroine.
"Hmm..?"
"Got any family?"
Nisa frowned and shook her head, "No just me and my sister Chian. That's all that I can remember since I've started to remember. We were close her and I, even looked almost the same. Blue hair, goggles, height. Though our personalities were different. She was a calm and inventive thinker, while I was a hot blooded cluts. She liked making things, I broke stuff. You know the usual two different personalities for people."
Snake nodded having a genuine interest in the story, which allowed her to continue.
"We finally separated, when she made Passe, which was set all the way in Lastation. I don't know why, but I was angry at her. I said some things I shouldn't have said. That left us on a sour note as we never spoke to each other after that. I wonder how she's doing? Is she still mad at me? Those sometimes run in my head. I became a heroine after noticing constant crimes in Leanbox. Not everything can be solved by the authorities. People might recognize me, or not. I don't do it for the glory or the fame, but because it's the right thing to do. Then ASIC popped up, I tried to foil their plot for three years by myself, you know the rest."
Snake smirked after she told him her small story, for some reason he had a knack for getting people to tell these kinds of stories to him.
"You don't have to worry about feeling out of place in MSF. There everyone is a family. It doesn't matter where they come from, their race, their creed, their ideology. Everyone there is like a family. You are now part of that family. If you have trouble we'll be there to back you up."
Nisa stared at Snake for what appeared to be the longest time. Truly processing his words, as she maneuvered her hand to her chest. Her heart felt the impact of the words, which also beated faster.
Snake turned towards the cooking Dragon meat, "Meats done!"
They both waited for it to cool down as they removed the meat from the fire. After it was properly cooled they dug right into the juicy and tender meat.
"Delicious!" Snake continued to eat.
"Excellent!" Nisa had stars in her eyes as she ate.
"Yo shoaj trew sis Kas" Snake spoke into his radio.
"Swallow before you talk Snake…. Damnit now I'm hungry. I'm gonna go get a burger from the mess hall."
A few minutes would pass of pure bliss as they finished eating the slab of meat of the dragon. Well there's still Dragon there, so it wouldn't hurt to try more.
As soon as they set another giant meat slab however-
"Interesting I've come to personally receive some monsters from this cave. And I arrive to see two insects leaching off one of my dragons." A certainly female voice called to them.
They both turned around. Nisa took one glance and gasped. A tall, strangely colored lilac skin, woman. She had an outfit, which just covered the important bits. Neon pink hair. A weird halo above her head, wings behind her too. She had an eyepatch on her right eye and a glowing yellow one. One should not forget to mention the giant scythe either.
Snake readied his tranquilizer pistol, while Nisa reluctantly held out her sword.
"Now what you did here, prevented one step of reviving our goddess. Anyone who dares interfere shall be punished appropriately." The strange woman started to ready her scythe, almost in a carefree manner, expecting a single sided fight.
"Die." She calmly stated.
….
Another chapter written on a phone.
COMPUTER Y U NO WORK.
Anyway if this seems out of character for a villain like Magic to appear out of nowhere, then please tell me.
See ya later
