012.25
OTACON
^otacon
~996
>mall_02_storage_2
[COLD SNAKE
!
~26,340
Otacon, help!!
~82,752
[OTACON
What is, Snake!
~129,024
[COLD SNAKE
It's a trap! I can't see! I can't breathe! And everything smells like cardboard!
~339,456
[OTACON
Wait, Snake...
~404,736
...Are you inside of a box?
~484,224
Snake, you can't go crawling into every cardboard box you see.
~681,984
Not all of them have hand holes.
~762,624
[COLD SNAKE
I don't NEED hand holes, what I NEED are air holes!
~900,096
[OTACON
...Snake, you DO realize that the holes on cardboard boxes are used to make them easier to lift, don't you?
~1,244,928
[COLD SNAKE
And I suppose the air that flows through those holes is just a convenient side-effect?
~1,408,896
Or have I been imagining that, too?
~1,502,976
Look, there are some things you can only learn through first hand sneaking experience.
~1,646,592
[OTACON
And there are some things you could only learn by clicking through random articles on Snikipedia.
~1,835,264
[COLD SNAKE
Snikipedia?
~1,889,536
[OTACON
Well, are you familiar with the idea of Sakoku?
~2,032,512
[COLD SNAKE
I'm not watching another one of THOSE again!
~2,111,744
[OTACON
No, Snake, this has nothing to do with my Japanese animes.
~2,277,248
Sakoku, or "locked country," refers to Japan's old foreign relations policy.
~2,533,120
Under Sakoku, no Japanese were allowed to leave the country.
~2,692,352
At the same time, no foreigners were allowed INTO the country.
~2,828,032
Remarkably, it marked one of the longest periods of peace in Japanese history.
~3,022,976
[COLD SNAKE
(Oh brother, I can see he's been reading the Sniki page on "Japan" again...)
~3,198,848
[OTACON
By sealing yourself in a cardboard box without air holes, you'll be isolating yourself from the outside.
~3,456,000
That includes all of the good, but also, all of the bad.
~3,626,496
[COLD SNAKE
...I'll still be able to use the box as a stealth device, though, right?
~3,785,616
[OTACON
That's right, as long as you're standing still, you'll be disguised to look just like an ordinary cardboard box.
~4,027,392
Be careful though -- don't let any enemies get too close, or your disguise will be ineffective.
~4,245,760
[COLD SNAKE
Stay out of the enemy's path. Got it.
~4,354,944
[OTACON
Be careful not to forget to unequip the box when it's not in use.
~4,521,216
[COLD SNAKE
Why?
~4,550,144
[OTACON
To breathe.
~4,584,192
[COLD SNAKE
Oh, right.