Liquid Snake

> Every waking moment I have lived in your shadow...This darkness cast on my face; it's not mine, it's yours, brother!
>
> Liquid Snake to Solid Snake, Southside Diner

**Liquid Snake**, formerly known as **White Mamba**, real name **Eli**, is a former FOXHOUND and Patriots member and the current CEO of a real estate company housed in Golden City. He is the twin brother of Solid Snake and the son of Big Boss. He is played by Somberstarr.

## Biography

### Early Life and Career (1964-1985)

Liquid Snake was created in the "Really Mediocre Babies" incident where he was created in a lab alongside Solid Snake. After the test was done, they threw both of the children outside in a trash can to Big Boss's disapproval. The two children were found by two random ladies on the side of the road, one British and the other American, and were "adopted". Big Boss spent 4 years looking for the kids but by that point, Solid was a full AMERICAN and Liquid was a stinky British "person". He took them back into his care where he raised them in Kingston, Philadelphia. Solid Snake always had more friends than Liquid and, despite still not being liked by his father, was the favorite of the two.

Before he was taken in by Big Boss, he was raised in Liverpool by a quiet restaurant-owning family.

Eli and his brother's rivalry has always been a major part of their lives. They competed with each other at almost anything, from physical activity to attention, cooking, video gaming, and popularity. While his brother seemed to beat him in most of the categories, it was less that Liquid wasn't proficient at these things and more of Snake being better in comparison. Whenever something had a chance of going well in his life, Snake never took the moment to ruin it for him. He believed that he had always lived in his brother's towering shadow, and he grew a deep-set resentment towards him for that. (And also the constant bullying, but he *obviously* deserved it, right?) One thing his brother never seemed to be better at him at was academics, which he used to his advantage against his more dull counterpart.

Along with his brother, he wasn't treated well by his father, Big Boss. He took more liking to their frequent babysitter, Kazuhira Miller, a friend of Big Boss, and whom he considered to be his real father figure. Kaz was a lot nicer to the boy, who appreciated Liquid's various talents. In secret, Miller would sometimes teach him moves that could help best Snake in a fight.

At 18, Liquid would move out of their Philadelphia home and to England, where he briefly enlisted into the British Royal Guard.

### White Snake Estates and Neo Outer Heaven (1994)

Even after the failure of the Shadow Moses Incident, Liquid's desire to complete his dream did not dwindle. Managing to make his way out of the depths of defeat, he amassed a collection of followers from FOXHOUND and took advantage of the surviving Outer Heaven soldiers, who now had nothing. Liquid promised them they would be part of the founding army that would free humanity from the grasp of the Patriots, and to join him would be to join a noble cause. However, to keep an operation like this running, they needed funding. A lot of it. Officially labeled a terrorist after Shadow Moses, he had no way of receiving government assistance from within the U.S., so he did the next best thing and decided to start a real estate company.

Although initially created as a front, Liquid's strategic partnerships paired with dumb luck allowed White Snake Estates to be one of the most successful real estate companies in the country. Each year he made billions; enough to keep his secret militia, a new Outer Heaven, up and running. Although the majority of the company employees double as personnel for his military, there are a few that are left in the dark about the corporation's true motives. These people are the young, unpaid interns he hires that go door to door advertising their products, while secretly convincing them to join Liquid's cause.

### Operation Nay Say (1996)

Liquid was coincidentally at Genesis Military Base conducting "business" at the same time Operation Nay Say was taking place. Having caught wind that his brother was the one delivering VIP Executive Heavy to the capital, he decided to have some fun. He swiftly kidnapped Heavy while Snake was unaware, and promptly hosted a tea party once the two were in a secluded location. He spoke about mundane things, completely ignoring the fact that his victim was terrified and had radioed his escort for help. Snake, who assumed that Heavy was using nano-communication, gave away information that alerted Liquid of his location as well as the mission's objective. Liquid decided to poke at his brother's folly and snarkily replied over the phone to insult Snake and inflate his ego. The two got into a short bout before, however, after not being able to come up with a good comeback for how he doesn't get bitches, he decided to run over Heavy with a SU-35 Flanker-E just to piss his bother off.

His plan was thwarted just in time to save Heavy's life, as the loudass sound of the engine alerted Snake of Liquid's position. After swiftly being beaten, he swore revenge and returned with an attack helicopter. However, he soon realized that the chopper had no weapons attached and he was now a sitting duck. The last thing he saw before he got blown out of the sky was a NIKITA rocket coming straight towards him. He was able to escape by jumping out of the flaming chopper before he hit the ground but sustained moderate injuries.

Even after being blown up, he did not let up. He returned to one of the various hangers around the map in an attempt to find a Hind D but instead found clues of another person being involved. The quick inspection led him to deduce that the evidence was not left by Snake or his payload. Before he could come up with a definite conclusion, he was caught by surprise and knocked unconscious by the mysterious sleeper agent, Eva. Over Liquid's radio frequency, she responds to Snake telling him that Liquid would not be available and had been neutralised.

Liquid remained unconscious until he found himself listening to the whirling of departing helicopter blades. The entire conflict was over by the time he woke up, and he was left with no idea of who the person who knocked him out was or what had happened to Snake. He called his company and demanded they send over a Hind to take him home, as he was in no condition to fly one himself. He later heard what had happened to Heavy while watching the news.

### Taking Charge (1996)

While Meryl, Raiden, Otacon, and Snake went in search of Atlantis to stop the foreboding Crocker Takeover, Liquid was asked to take care of Shinji under Snake's request. Liquid was not fond of the idea of looking after a child, but decided it would be beneficial for the company to have one more real estate agent at hand. After taking one sight at the kid, however, he was terrified to find that had the appearance of a demon. Liquid was told countless stories of creatures from Hell coming out to get him, and he believed the kid to be one of them. He completely scrapped the idea of making him a new employee, believing that his demonic traits would lead him to scare away customers as well as his own personal reasons, and immediately called over his henchmen to take care of the boy. Liquid lied to his lackeys, stating that he had an important oversea meeting to attend, but instead left the country to go gambling his company gains at a casino in Monaco with a secondary goal to pick up some hot Monacan babes.

## Personality and Traits

Liquid is very arrogant and boisterous to a comedic degree. He was extremely resentful and bitter about Big Boss and his brother, who considered him inferior in more ways than one. To combat this, he surrounded himself with people who he deemed were "easily malleable" and manipulated them into thinking he was superior to inflate his ego. He would flaunt his successes to compensate for his failure to keep up with Snake, and would frequently show off the various talents he had acquired due to sheer motivation and rage. Although making himself a clique to gas him up seemed like a good idea to the youngster, it also led him to become easily irritated when something did not go his way or when someone insulted his character. On occasion, he cannot contain his emotions and may act inappropriately in retaliation to minor offenses, for example, throwing his employees out of windows for offering him coffee instead of tea. He especially gets defensive when criticized by his brother or when someone mentions his family around him.

He shows a lack of compassion for his comrades, especially his henchmen, who he sees as expendable. He frequently sends them on dangerous tasks with no regard as to if they get injured or not. During his time on Shadow Moses, he frequently commented on the incompetence of his fellow FOXHOUND members after their defeat by Snake.

Along with his brother, the two have experienced a sort of accelerated aging since their teenage years. Although Snake's frequent use of Life Pills dampens the effects of it, Liquid's amazing skincare routine as well as his genetic luck passed onto him by his mother, Eva, allow him to maintain a more youthful appearance. When compared side by side, however, Liquid looks a bit older in appearance.

Being raised for six years in Liverpool had left young Liquid with a posh English accent by the time he had been found and taken in by Big Boss. However, his refusal to give in to the American way of speech, despite the constant teasing from his peers and family members, was a stance on how he viewed American culture as inferior to that of Great Britain's. His vocabulary is somewhat intricate, likely in an attempt to sound smarter than whomever he is talking to. It is important to note that he has the full capacity to speak in an American accent, evidenced by the fact he was able to disguise himself as Miller well enough to fool Snake during Shadow Moses, but absolutely refuses to for the reasons stated above and also because he knows it pisses people off. Those first four years of his life had completely ruined a true American by blood, and he probably would've been a lot better person if not for that lady who found him that fateful day.

Liquid is surprisingly resilient both mentally and physically. His constant desire to overcome Snake at any challenge has lasted for years, but what is more appalling is his ability to survive seemingly fatal incidents. His capacity to stay alive even after suffering constant explosions, plane crashes, violent encounters, and injuries have even led Snake to consider if he secretly uses life pills.

## Trivia

* Liquid is a very good cook and wanted to be a chef when he was younger.
	+ The only reason he hadn’t pursued that career was because, due to his brother’s negative feedback, he believed he wasn’t cut out for it.
* He owns a large taxidermy collection.
* Liquid's first girlfriend cheated on him with his own brother (this was in the 6th grade).