majorbonerkiller | 001▼video; action for Mahogany Town

[The video screen shook a bit, as Ivan seemed to be adjusting it after finally figuring out how the damn thing worked. His face took up the majority of the screen.

Amazing! This thing didn't even look like a camera, and it seemed to do a lot more than just that too. They had portable cameras where he came from, but video was a whole 'nother story.

There was a whine, obviously feral, and the camera shifted down to a small yellow rat. Or Pikachu, but Ivan preferred to call it a rat.]

Heh! And look at this thing--it fits into a ball!

[He shoves it with his foot. The "rat" protests again, sparking angrily. Ivan either ignores it or simply doesn't notice as he turns the camera back to his beautiful visage. The lens wasn't as close now, and his Soviet Major's uniform could be seen. He had refused to change into his new Rocket uniform.]

If somebody could explain to me how to get home, the only assholes I talked to--

[And that's about the last thing Ivan says (besides a surprised scream) as he gets a good shock and the feed ends.]

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Well, not personally. Especially since he's been dead for years.

[For a moment, Ivan looked horrified and like he might just cry.] Dead--

[But the Colonel wasn't dead, and he clenched his jaw and scowled at Kaz over the screen.]

You're nothing but lowlife scum who has no idea what he's talking about! The Colonel is alive and well, and if he were here right now he'd make it known.

Scum? Hey, I resent that.

[Would this face lie to you, Raikov?]

Do me a favor and tell me what year it was for you.

Resent it all you want, it's the truth.

[He's still peaking in agitation; blame it on the fact even the idea of Volgin being dead was enough to cripple him.]

What year? You don't even know what year it is?

Come on. Humor me.

[After everything else that's happened here so far...]

...1964.

[Russian military, Volgin, from 1964, just like Big Boss. Coincidence? Maybe. Worth looking into, though.]

Aha! See, I thought so. Ten years out of date from where I'm standing.

Out of date...? You're delusional.

[But what if--Volgin--no, no, that was a stupid thought. He shouldn't let it get to him.

Plans with the Shagohod were going accordingly.]

[Sure they were.]

Nope! Sounds pretty unbelievable, I know. But I've met people here from further in the future. The past, too. It's pretty wild.

[They killed the American spy, and any others that follow will meet the same fate.]

...[He rolled his eyes and shook his head, speaking in a dubious tone.]

Sure. Whatever you say.

[He shrugs extravagantly.]

It's the truth. The sooner you start being a little more open minded the sooner things will start to make a little more sense around here. But hey, I'm not going to twist your arm about it.

There's a difference between being gullible and being open minded.

[A small smirk pulls at the corner of his lips.]

Being open minded could be a sentence years in prison. I would be careful flaunting that mindset around. ...But, this isn't Tselinoyarsk or anywhere in Russia. I knew that the moment I opened my eyes.

[The stage of denial seems to have ended.]

[Kaz is from the seventies, Raikov. Free love and all that.]

And there's a difference between being careful and being a stubborn fool. It's a shame. You're denying yourself a lot of opportunities. I don't have any reason to lie to you.

[Except for the fact that he doesn't really need one.]

[That's still the future for Ivan.]

Who do you think you're calling a fool? I've woken up in some mysterious town and you think I'm a fool for being careful?

[He sneered a bit, but seemed to back down.]

Tell me then, what "opportunities" am I missing?

[Might as well milk the attractive man for information.]

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