Part 18: Old Familiar Faces
18. Old Familiar Faces
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you've put on a little weight.
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Heh
I had a few kids not too long ago
haven't burned off all the weight yet.
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You, a mother?
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Not a very good one, I'm afraid
I couldn't keep them.
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Okay, so, really, what the hell are you doing here? What have you been doing?
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Hiding, mostly. Trying to figure out what's what. Being a spy without a nation is hard
so I figured I might as well try joining the army without a nation.
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Hmph. If there were some ancient Chinese kingdom in this land would you betray me to
them too?
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(What's going on?)
![](4-Kaz.jpg)
(No idea
sounds like an old ex-girlfriend
spy ex-girlfriend. That's always pretty rough.)
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(Oi
)
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You've changed. You're not really the Snake I used to know
and I'm not the Eva you used to know either. For the sake of convenience let's pretend we're total strangers and work our way up from there.
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That'll be easy, because I don't think I ever really knew you to begin with.
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*sigh*
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Anyway. AIRPLANE SCHEMATICS! Good. But we need more fuel for them, so I guess we should try to research petroleum and start drilling for oil or something
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Heh. Look at you. A regular world leader now.
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Yeah, well, the difference between me and them is I don't pretend I'm not making it up as I go. I'd be dead if it wasn't for guys like Kaz.
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Well, every king needs an evil chancellor
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HEY!
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Eva, Cahokia's in love with France and I'm sending you over there to manipulate them into liking us more. Show your cleavage a lot or
whatever else it is you still do to break men's hearts.
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(Damn, bitter!)
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Woo, coal-powered steamships with iron plating! These suckers will make mincemeat out of any of Napoleon's sailboats if he tries to attack us here.
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Fffaaah! These weapons are
powerful. You're putting my men to shame, Big Boss.
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Feel like surrendering yet?
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NEVER!
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Holy crap, these artillery cannons are fantastic. One shot and the city's walls are almost totally blown away!
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Snake, be careful. Our overall morale levels always take a dip whenever we capture a city, we need to focus on finding ways to boost it.
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Right
I know! Let's make a beach resort back at Mother Base. A place for R&R once the fighting's over.
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We
almost have the Metal Gear hangar rebuilt
not long now, Snake!
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AAAH! Barbarians are flanking us!
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It's probably a coincidence
but no matter, we have the firepower to take them on too!
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Well, I exposed a few frauds and shook a few hands, Cahokia likes us better now
they're not totally disillusioned with France yet, though.
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Give them food.
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What?
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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. It sure turned me on to you back in the day
that delicious roast snake
so, give the officials food! Here, I'm paying you a tidy sum to treat them all to a banquet.
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Wouldn't a bribe be easier? It'd cost the same.
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This is more deniable. And more delicious!
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Strange
this Aztec art was made with modern machinery. We should study this more later, and put it in a museum.
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Mother Base is fully rebuilt, Snake! We have our hangar where we built Zeke back!
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Great! Begin building another Metal Gear!
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That
uh
that might take a while
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Fff. Fine.
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Hi! I'm Plato!
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You're not mad at us for killing Alexander the Great, are you?
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Nah, he was a jerk. So, you want me to advance philosophy or science for you? I know I'm a bit antiquated, ha ha, but I can still teach you youngsters a thing or two!
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Ulundi's going down, sir!
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Right. I'm going in there to handle this personally. Take care of things, Kaz.
Next time: Shaka Boss Fight