Otacon

Otacon Emmerich is a programmer and engineer, and the former chief engineer of the Metal Gear REX project. He is played by Greene.
He currently lives with Solid Snake in a shared apartment (which Otacon owns).
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==Biography==
===Early Life ===
Born to Drs. Strangelove and Huey Emmerich, Otacon was named Hal at birth as an homage to the film "2001: A Space Odyssey". For the next few years, he lived with his parents at a research facility in Afghanistan until his father began using him as a test pilot for a prototype Metal Gear. This worked fine until the prototype severely malfunctioned, causing Hal to devolve into an incredibly aggressive state akin to that of a wild animal.
Strangelove found out and ran away with Hal, sending him to live with her relatives in England. Before doing so, however, she worked tirelessly to restore her son to a normal state of mind and eventually did so using a compound present in the soft drink Mr. Pibb.
Hal lived in London with his aunt and uncle for 7 years. It was during this time that he first discovered his love of engineering and computing when he received a package in the mail. It contained a silver 2011 MacBook Pro and a handwritten guide on how to use it. The computer became his prized possession and has stayed with him throughout his whole life.
When he was 11, Huey reached out to him for the first time. He said that he missed his son, that he had a new family and was ready to restart. Apparently, Strangelove had died in an unfortunate accident. Hal moved in with his father in Eugene, Oregon alongside his new stepmother and stepsister.
Hal grew incredibly close to his stepsister, Emma, despite being 10 years older than she was. They were inseparable and could often be seen playing together, as well as watching the Japanese animes that Hal had discovered and subsequently became enamoured with. 
His relationship with his guardians, however, was nowhere near as close. His stepmother was a disgusting creep and a groomer, though he rejected her advances thanks to the simple fact he was not attracted to women. Huey wasn't much better. He seemed to detest his son despite being the one to reach out. He wouldn't buy Hal his Mr. Pibb for weeks at a time, making his feral episodes a much more common and longer-lasting occurrance. 
It was during one of these episodes, when Hal was 16, that Emma felt bad for him and entered his room in an attempt to comfort him, despite the risk. Unfortunately, Hal was unable to recognize her and attacked her viciously, leaving his sister horribly wounded both physically and mentally. From that moment onward she would cower from him, too young to understand the circumstances behind his assault.
=== Career in Programming and Engineering ===
Overcome with guilt, Hal left home immediately. He changed his name to Otacon, short for Otaku Convention, due to his love of anime and his desire to distance himself from his father (and therefore the name his father had given him). He dropped out of high school, though he continued his technological studies. He created several microchips which could be implanted in one's head such as a 'gaydar' and a chip which censored swear words. The project that would get him the most recognition in his field, however, was the creation of an anime-inspired android girl by the name of Hatsune Miku. She held human emotions and a passion for singing. She and Otacon were good friends for a few years before Miku's musical career skyrocketed. The two eventually followed completely different paths in life, though they still keep in touch and regard each other very highly.
He went to MIT at the age of 18 with a major in engineering and programming and graduated four years later at 22. Afterward, he worked with the FBI for a while before hacking into their Super Secret Super Database and exposed the corrupt members of the Bureau. Unfortunately, the corrupt members did not take kindly to being called out, and so Otacon was fired. He became a freelance engineer, taking odd job after odd job. That was, until he was hired for an ambitious engineering project by a company known as Armstech, located on the remote island of Shadow Moses. 
=== Shadow Moses ===
He was commissioned to design and program what was, to his knowledge, a mobile defense system dubbed Metal Gear REX. He had been working for three weeks on it before a group known as the Sons of Big Boss took the island under its control. He was forced to continue his research on REX for the next year and a half. During this time, he became enamored with one of the members, this being a sniper known as Silver Husky. Despite Husky literally being his captor, he was kind and even sympathetic at times toward Otacon. He even made sure that the dogs at the facility were fed, and that Pibb was shipped to the island daily. 
In 1992, the creation of REX was complete, and now Otacon could just kind of hang out at the facility, and more importantly, hang out with Silver Husky. Everything seemed to be going wonderfully. Or at least as wonderfully as it could while he was confined to a laboratory for the past year and a half. This changed when Otacon was threatened by the cybernetically enhanced Grey Fox. He hid in a locker out of fear and incredibly embarrassingly pissed himself. Valuing both hygiene and dignity much more than his life, he opened the locker to go change. When he did, however, he came across not Grey Fox, but Solid Snake. 
Snake interrogated Otacon about his role in REX's creation. The Metal Gear, to Otacon's surprise, was not a defense system. It was a weapon designed to launch nuclear devices from just about anywhere. Distressed by the true nature of his creation, Otacon agreed to help Snake stop the machine. He gives Snake instructions on how to destroy it as well as the location of where to go next. He then left with the help of his stealth camouflage which could turn him super-sneaky invisible. 
He came across Snake yet again, and, upon realizing that the soldier would have to kill his love, begged him not to. Otacon couldn't bear to see Husky, the one person who was marginally nice to him in this hellhole, die. Snake was sympathetic, but could make no promises. Otacon later watched as Snake killed Silver Husky. While he mourned the death of his one-sided love, he quickly came to terms with the fact that Husky was dead and Otacon would never see him again. At this time, destroying REX was more important. 
Otacon and Snake made their way through the facility and Otacon explained how to destroy REX by inserting three keys into a nearby machine. However, the leader of the Sons of Big Boss, White Mamba, had apparently accounted for bullshittery like this and made it so that inserting the keys actually started REX. Otacon watched as Snake beat the everloving shit out of REX and Mamba. After Snake successfully destroyed REX, bombs began raining down upon Shadow Moses. Otacon opened the facility gates to allow Snake to escape. Despite the fact Snake had literally killed the man he loved, Otacon felt a close connection to him.
=== Post-Shadow Moses ===
After the events of Shadow Moses, Otacon returned to London to visit his family for the first time in years. It was nice returning to a sense of normalcy, and he stayed there for some time. However, he remained in contact with Solid Snake. The two became close friends, but in Otacon's case, it was much more than friendship. He was madly head-over-heels in love with Snake. Snake, however, was completely oblivious. 
Otacon's deep and desperate desire for Snake's affections was only enhanced when Otacon moved back to Boston, Massachusetts and rented out an apartment where he and Snake lived together. While Snake often went out on various missions and assignments and the like, Otacon stayed at home to continue the domestic atmosphere. He also switched from his freelance engineering to purely programming so he could work at home. 
=== Yellow Submarine ===
One day, Snake woke Otacon up and urged him onto a submarine on a mission to find Atlantis. Still tired, Otacon agreed. He boarded the sub along with Snake, Meryl, and Raiden. The four of them lived in close quarters and often got on each other's nerves, but none more than Otacon and Meryl. Seeing the two argue became a common sight.
Unfortunately, one oversight Snake had made while preparing the sub was a distinct lack of Mr. Pibb on board. Without Pibb, Otacon reverted to his feral state for the first time in years. He remained like this for several days until the gang stopped at a gas station in Washington and finally got him what he needed. Afterward, though, he was incredibly sluggish and rather wary of such a situation happening again. Most of his time was spent sleeping, and when he did wake, it was usually to argue with Meryl. This came to a head when the two got into a rather heated fight which resulted in Otacon storming into his room and sleeping for four days straight.
When he awoke, he discovered Snake was planning on proposing to Meryl. Otacon, being in love with Snake, was devastated. Despite this, he tried his best to be supportive. He even worked on repairing relations with Meryl. After, he did a bunch of randomass shit such as play Pokemon with Snake and perform open-heart surgery on Raiden. Throughout the duration of his stay on the submarine, however, he was slowly draining his supply of Pibb...
The gang arrived in Britain to pick up extra supplies and clothing. It was in the London Underground that Otacon, Pibbless, began to change yet again. This time, however, Snake knocked him unconscious before any damage was done. He awoke in a shopping mall, restrained on the ground by Snake and being fed Dr Pepper. Yet again, he was incredibly mortified by the ordeal, but continued their excursion with little incident. Afterward, while Snake and Meryl fended off an attack from a mysterious cybernetically-enhanced ninja named Olga Gurlukovich, Otacon returned to the sub and painted his and Raiden's nails.
Otacon's affections for Snake vanished instantly when he accidentally walked in on Snake and Meryl sharing a... 'private moment' with one another. Both because it finally cemented in Otacon's mind that Snake was officially off-limits, and because having to witness Snake performing such an act turned him off forever. Afterward, he learned basic CQC, played Uno with Raiden, and made pasta with Snake and Meryl.
It was soon discovered that the mysterious ninja from earlier had infiltrated the submarine, and was out for Snake's blood. She succeeded in killing the soldier, leaving Otacon devastated. This devastation lasted for only a moment as Snake quickly regenerated and, after dealing with the ninja, comforted Otacon and attempted to convince him and Meryl to trust Gurlukovich. This failed, however, and led to the three getting into an argument which culminated in Snake cutting himself off from the rest of the sub for the next two weeks.
Upon realizing just how little Pibb he had left, Otacon locked himself and the rest of his stockpile in the engine room. He was terrified of hurting someone like he had Emma, and took the precautions to make sure that didn't happen again. He is currently in his feral state and will remain that way indefinitely. The rest of the group are still on the submarine, advancing ever-closer to their destination.
== Appearance ==
Otacon is thin and gangly, with a stereotypical "nerdish" look to him. He has scruffy, shoulder-length hair. It is dyed brown, with his grey roots showing through about halfway down and wears large circular glasses that obscure grey-blue eyes. He also has chronic iritis, which causes redness in his eyes and irregularly-shaped pupils, hence why he hides his eyes with his glasses. He also has sharper-than-average canines, which he inherited from his father. He dislikes them, because it ties him to Huey, but also because he doesn't like to have any "weapons," natural or man-made. 
His wardrobe usually consists of sweaters of varying tackiness, thick winter coats and hoodies, and worn Adidas sneakers. 
== Personality ==
Otacon is a rather cautious and insecure person. He depends on his relationships with others- namely, Solid Snake- to stay afloat in his own life and to dictate his self worth. He becomes attached to others very easily, as he became infatuated with Silver Husky during Shadow Moses, and afterward the same happened with Snake. 
He is also incredibly academically gifted, most notably in the field of engineering and programming. He has made several advancements in this field and works as a freelance programmer in his spare time. He also cares deeply about how he looks, as evidenced by his obsession with hygiene, and his enjoyment of painting his nails and looking for new outfits when shopping. This behavior contrasts with his usually-disheveled appearance. 
A large part of his personality ties back to his "affliction." He believes that the attack of his sister truly was his fault, despite his inability to control himself during his episodes, and so he does his best to keep himself lucid at all times. He hates the feeling of not being able to control himself. He doesn't like others to worry about him, and so he often hides important details about himself from other people. 
== Trivia ==
* Otacon often recieves future technology in the mail. He has no idea who is sending it.
** He still uses the first laptop that was sent to him all those years ago.
* He doesn't drink or partake in any drugs, as the feeling of being inebriated is too similar to that of his feral episodes.
* He did have a British accent for a period of time due to his childhood in London, but Huey trained it out of him.
** The accent does however begin to slip out again whenever Otacon spends extended periods of time in England.
* His favorite video games are the Pokemon series and Sonic Unleashed.
* His hair turned grey when he was three, in the same incident that caused him to develop his bouts of aggression. He began dying it brown after moving into an apartment with Snake.
* Dr Pepper will inhibit his feral behavior, but it is much less effective than Mr Pibb. 
** One can of Pibb equates to an hour of lucidity, but Dr Pepper will only give him twenty minutes. 
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