<> Snake Tales
Reference:
(http://www.geocities.com/thecrackerfest/SnakeTales.html)
I started working on my costume (Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid [2]) on
Monday. I didn't get any useful materials until Tuesday night--the gray suit
(which is just a *wee* bit important). On Wednesday, I hit ACMoore and
TrueValue for the rest of it.
I spent every free second working on the costume, but I was a few days later
than I would have liked to be. I had *most* of the legs done the first night,
and also most of the upper half, too. I spent a few hours finishing the torso
section the day before Halloween, and, using the scraps, I made the headband.
I stayed up for two more hours making the vest out of cardboard and duct-tape.
It actually can 'buckle' on and stuff. I made it to hold my camera, some paper
(for class), and some food and pencils. Wooo.
I was late to UD today (Halloween) because I was re-sewing parts of the
pants to be safe.
Anyway.
So, I got to Data Structures a bit late, but it was cool, since I walked in
as a cardboard box. No one seemed to mind. The teacher said that I 'was in
the spirit' of the holiday. I then had to explain to him what Metal Gear was
(and who Solid Snake was).
After class, one of the guys (he was literally 20% of the class) told me
that the box was awesome--it was the only thing that he remembered from Metal
Gear.
I was supposed to meet Karol at the fountain after that class, so I boxed
around for a while, drawing quite a few laughs and a bunch of 'ooo, he's a box;
isn't that creative's. Then, I ditched the box and found the nearest wall to
begin sneaking against. I'd creap to a corner, and then I'd peer around.
Once, and twice. Then I'd make my move and do some more Snake things. After I
finished my sneaking missions at the fountain, I re-boxed myself and went out
to the area on the fountain-block that was on the road. There, I boxed around
for a bit more, and then, again, I ditched the box and sneaked around walls for
ten minutes. One in ten people tended to understand who I was.
Bored, I boxed and sneaked my way back to the fountain, where I found Karol
(late!). I sneaked up on him and did the Snake Choke, and I gave him my camera
for the purpose of taking my picture. While I was sneaking around, some guys
were like, 'I see you, Snake!' and 'Solid Snake!'. I was really happy that
people knew what was going on :)
While I was boxing around, some guy came up to me and said, 'Nice box.
That's a pretty cheap costume.' So, I threw the box off and the guy just died.
He didn't stop laughing for ten minutes. In between laughing spurts, he
managed to tell me that he felt so stupid for not making the connection betwee
the box and Snake when he first saw me. He explained to the girl with him who
Snake was, and then he resumed his laughing. I like that guy.
Later, two more guys found me--but this time I was Snake and not the box.
They laughed about it, and then I followed one of them for a bit and got him in
the Snake Choke! Ah-ah-uh-ah-uh.
I killed Karol again in Smith, just for the fun of it, and because there was
a bench for me to drag him to.
That wasn't enough, so we went to Trabant (it was around 12, so it would be
packed). At this point, I was thoroughly exhausted--imagine doing wall-sits
for an hour. As soon as I entered Trabant as the box, the people started
laughing. I boxed around for a bit, darting to corners, and everyone was
laughing. I got out from my box and started sneaking around Trabant as Snake.
Instantly, the whole place's conversation shifted to Metal Gear as people
started explaining who I was to their friends. Over the next half hour, I
managed to sneak across almost every wall in Trabant's eating area. Everyone
was really happy, and by my actions the people who didn't get it outright got
the gist of it.
Here's the good part.
Around 12:40, I was so tired that I couldn't walk any longer, so I boxed
(poorly) up to Smith and found a nice spot to sleep in the front of it (in the
shade). After a while, a guy comes up to me and wakes me up. Hi. He was on a
bicycle, and he looked pretty old, so I was surprised that he knew that I was
Snake.
Well, he didn't know what I was supposed to be.
And, he was a bike-cop.
Well, crap.
It turns out that someone CALLED the POLICE on me because I was a suspicous,
white male in front of a building, possibly carrying explosives and weapons. I
laughed, and the cop obviously knew that I wasn't anyone dangerous. Maybe. He
didn't relax much.
I read off my name and its spelling, and he radioed what he found: 'white
male, student, outside of Smith...' He gave Radio my name in AlphaBravo-speak,
which was really cool. He told me that I'd have to wait until they could do a
check on me, since I didn't have any ID with me.
Then, his BACKUP arrived. This guy was a full-cop: handcuffs, billy club,
the works. He was really relaxed about it (they both were after talking with
me for a bit). One of the cops' child actually had Metal Gear Solid.
My background check turned up negative! It turned out that Radio spelled
the name wrong. O-Y and not E-Y. Then, Cop1 and Cop2 got into a discussion on
the NEW AlphaBravo speak. Apparently it had changed sometime, and they had to
learn the new one. Cop2 said that he mixes it up from time to time for fun.
He joked that it'd suck if they had to go into the Service doing bombing
coordinates since they'd get it all wrong with their older style of AlphaBravo.
After a while, Cop1 got confirmation that I was safe, and they left me.
Then a girl came over. She was--call it--3 meters from us the whole time.
She said that she had seen me sleeping, and then, BOOM, these cops show up and
start asking me questions. I explained the situation to her, and she laughed.
Then we talked about how ridiculous it was for someone to CALL the cops. I
wonder who did it...
Some of her friends showed up, and they recognized me as the BoxGuy. Well,
it's close to the idea.
On the way to Discrete, I stopped into some class where the teacher thought
that my sneaking around was awesome. He had this crazy mask on.
I was starting to die now. Walking took too much energy; sitting hurt too
much :)
My final sneaking led me to a confrontation with SpiderMan. He looked
REALLY good. When he saw me sneaking around, he wouldn't be outdone, so he
started doing the SpideySwing and making the webbing sounds with his mouth.
What a guy.
God, I can barely stand now, so I'll just send out the e-mail and pretend to
do something productive :)
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<> Snake Tales (Extra Mission)
How could I forget!?
So, I was sneaking around by the fountain when some guys came up to me and
told me that they *loved* the costume (someone earlier had called it 'cute' for
some reason...). Anyway, these guys asked me to sneak into their Sociology
class for the hell of it.
Well, rationally considering the situation, its implications, the odds of
being caught, the battle between right and wrong, and my moral standing... is
something that someone *else* would do! OF COURSE I accepted the sneaking
mission. They told me to wait 15 minutes.
Okay. I was tired anyway. For the record, this was after Trabant.
So, 12 minutes later, I was sneaking through the side/back doors, and I
heard the guy talking. It was JUST LIKE when Snake has to sneak by all the
military guys while the general is talking. It was totally sweet.
Although... there were a few discrepencies. One, as opposed to NOT being
seen by the people, EVERYONE saw me (which was as it should have been). Two,
it only lasted for a few minutes, not twenty. So, I was sneaking around,
knocking on walls to scare up some guards, and the whole class was giggling.
The professor kept on talking, apparently oblivious to me. Well, of course: I
was SOLID SNAKE. There's no way that he could spot me.
I crawled under his projectors (just like in the game!), and I had almost
made it to the other side. I was contemplating running down one of the aisles
that would take me down a few floors and then running up the steps to take me
out, but then the professor told the class to calm down and would you please be
quiet and have a seat. Well, I thought that was odd since everyone was
sitting. Except me. And he was looking DIRECTLY at me.
!
Bllrring!
Well, Snake knows when he's outnumbered, so I crawled along the back wall
some more and out the other side/back exit.
Mission accomplished. I'm pretty glad that he didn't get angry because then
I'd have to have given him the Snake Choke, and I don't think I had his dog
tags yet.
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