Metal Gear Solid Drama CD Translations - Episode 2, Act 2
Scene 4: Infiltration
An engine-powered dingy moves through the water. The engine cuts as the dingy approaches the shore.
Snake and Mei Ling get out of the dingy.
Sound of waves gently hitting the shore.
Snake:
All right, Mei Ling, we're gonna hide the dingy in those bushes. Hurry!
Mei Ling:
Okay.
They drag dingy into bushes and hide it.
Snake:
Right, it'll be fine like this. You keep a look out. I'm gonna go report in to the Colonel.
Mei Ling:
Okay, Snake. Don't forget to use burst transmission.
Snake runs across the beach.
Snake:
...So we don't tip off the natives, huh? Just what I'd expect from an information analyst. You don't miss anything.
Sound of Codec beeping.
Snake:
This is Snake. Come in, Colonel.
Campbell:
(over Codec) I'm here, Snake. We've picked up the signal from your nanomachines. Looks like the insertion went off without a hitch.
Sound of Snake rustling in the bushes.
Snake:
Yeah, call it another miracle... So the target's approximately 20 klicks to the northeast?
Campbell:
(over Codec) Right. You'll need to stick to the mountains. Don't go near any of the main roads. There could be mines planted around them.
Snake:
Time for a hike, huh?
Campbell:
(over Codec) It's a dense jungle out there. Think you're up for it?
Snake:
I'll be fine, but I can't speak for Mei Ling.
Campbell:
(over Codec) Come on, give her a bit more credit than that. Just be sure and watch out for her, all right?
Snake:
You know, I still don't get it. Did you really have to send her? She's not expendable like me. There's no need for her to get her hands dirty like this.
Campbell:
(over Codec) She is absolutely vital to this operation.
Snake:
This is the battlefield! It doesn't forgive mistakes!
Campbell:
(over Codec) Oh really, Snake? You were exactly like Mei Ling when you were her age. (facetiously) Why, I remember it like it was yesterday...
Snake:
I don't have time for one of your stories, Colonel. I'll be in touch.
Snake turns off Codec.
Scene 5: Darkness
Snake and Mei Ling navigate their way through the jungle.
Bushes rustle as they brush past them.
Mei Ling is out of breath.
A chorus of insects can be heard in the background.
Snake:
All right, you can put your gear down. We'll camp here for the night and collect the soil sample tomorrow.
Snake sprays himself with bug spray.
Snake:
Here, use this. It's bug spray. It'll last for 12 hours.
Mei Ling:
(audibly tired) Bug spray...? We're going to be sleeping here? Are you kidding me, Snake? We're in the middle of the jungle!
Snake:
That's right. You live by my rules out here. You don't like it, you can go try your own luck.
Mei Ling:
Fine... You can be really pigheaded sometimes, you know that? (drops gear with a sigh) I'm sooo tired...
Mei Ling sits down on the ground.
Snake:
Hey, what are you doing?! Get off the ground!
Mei Ling:
Huh?
Snake:
(playfully) There are poisonous snakes (sound of snake hissing) and tarantulas around here, not to mention army ants deadly enough to take down an elephant!
Mei Ling:
You'll be right at home with them, then.
Snake:
(laughing) Very funny. C'mon, get up.
Snake grabs Mei Ling.
Mei Ling:
Hey, that hurts! ...So what am I supposed to do?
Snake:
I'll show you.
Sound of material being moved rapidly around.
Snake:
It's a hammock. (pats hammock) You don't have to worry about getting bitten this way.
Mei Ling:
Thanks!
Snake:
Thanks? This one's for me.
Mei Ling:
Come on, Snake, I know you wouldn't let me suffer out here like that! (jumps in hammock) Mmm, it's so comfy!
Snake:
What do I do to deserve this...
Sound of liquid being poured.
A spoon hits the inside of a cup while stirring it.
Mei Ling:
(groggy) ...Snake? What are you doing?
Snake:
You're finally awake. Here, have some coffee.
Mei Ling:
Thanks.
Snake:
It's straight black. That should get you up.
Mei Ling lies back in the hammock and drinks the coffee.
Mei Ling:
Hey, this is really good. ...It's so quiet. It's still dark too. What time is it?
Snake:
3 in the morning. When all creatures great and small are sound asleep. ...Most of them, anyway.
Mei Ling:
3 in the morning? You like to get up early, huh?
Snake:
Always sort yourself out before dawn – one of the basics of survival. Didn't they teach you that at ROTC?
Mei Ling:
Guess not.
Snake:
So tell me, why'd you join the Army?
Mei Ling:
I joined the Air Force, not the Army.
Snake:
The Air Force?
Mei Ling:
I was a cadet pilot.
Snake:
A pilot? You mean a fighter pilot?
Mei Ling:
No, I didn't want to hurt anyone. My dream was simply to fly. I used to go tree jumping when I was a kid, thinking I could really fly.
Snake:
So what happened?
Mei Ling:
...My eyesight wasn't good enough. Call it a gift from my parents.
"Enclosure" begins to play.
Snake:
You mean your genes...
Mei Ling:
I didn't give up, though. I wore contacts during my selection test. But then, they fell out one time during training and I messed up the landing. The next day I gathered up my things and that was that...
Snake:
That's how you got into your current line of work?
Mei Ling:
I decided to study information analysis and data processing because I thought even if I couldn't fly a plane, I could still ride along as a crew member.
Snake:
But before you knew it, you'd become a communications expert headhunted by the likes of the CIA and DIA, huh?
Mei Ling:
I wasn't limited to just the sky that way. Now I could go out to space too.
Snake:
You mean doing image processing for spy satellites?
Mei Ling:
Yeah. Now that I think about it, maybe I was better off not becoming a pilot.
Snake:
Yeah, maybe. There's just one thing I'd like to know, though.
Mei Ling:
What?
Snake:
Why are you involved in this operation? Are you really here just to collect a soil sample?
Mei Ling:
Of course. But to be honest, there are some personal feelings involved too.
Snake:
Personal feelings?
"Enclosure" stops.
A truck passes by.
Mei Ling:
What's that?
Snake:
A searchlight! Get down!
Another truck passes by.
Snake:
What are cargo trucks doing out here at this time of night...?
Another truck passes by.
Mei Ling:
Look, they're cutting straight through the jungle. Who'd have thought there'd be roads out here?
Another truck passes by.
Snake:
We saw that trick back in Vietnam... These guys aren't idiots, that's for sure.
Mei Ling:
So, they're transporting their cargo when our satellites aren't overhead. And even if they were, we wouldn't be able to see them through all the trees.
Another truck passes by.
Snake:
The question is, what are they transporting?
Another truck passes by.
"Intruder 2" begins to play.
Mei Ling:
Snake! Look at the soldiers in the back of that truck!
Snake:
Those are hazmat suits. Well, now we know the answer to that. Looks like you were right, Mei Ling.
Another truck passes by.
Mei Ling:
"A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind."
Snake:
This isn't the time for one of your proverbs!
Another truck passes by.
Mei Ling:
It means if you see a crisis beginning to develop and don't react quickly to defuse it, the situation could quickly deteriorate and turn into a disaster before you know it.
Snake:
In other words, you were right.
Another truck passes by.
Mei Ling:
Yup. I'm going to go take some pictures.
Mei Ling starts to run off.
Snake:
Wait! There might be –
Mei Ling:
Don't worry, I'm only going over there!
Mei Ling continues to run off.
Sound of a reverberating click.
"Intruder 2" stops.
The noises of the jungle resume after a momentary silence.
Mei Ling:
Huh? I think I just stepped on something... Don't tell me...this is a landmine? I don't believe this... (whispering) Snake... (shouting) Snake!
-- Source material © 1987 1998 Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
-- Translation © 2007 Juan Soler and Marc Laidlaw
