Vacationing

[sentryslinger]

[Continuing this thread, in which Spy has convinced Engineer to spend a vacation with him. Fishing, fine dining, and some enemy bonding ensue.


Engineer steps into the elevator, hitting the button for their floor, pulling at his collar to loosen that next button.]

Hey, thanks again for the dinner and the suit. I'll have to put it to use some other time to justify your spendin' money on all this.

Comments

[not_onyourside]

I have not quite figured eet out. I zhink zhey want people to be around but een comfortable silence razzer zhan speaking.

I will figure eet out eventually.

[sentryslinger]

Some people are like that. They just enjoy the company, even if they don't know how to say it. I'm sure this Sniper friend of yours appreciates ya, though.

[not_onyourside]

Perhaps. He would never admit eet zhough.

[Still, Spy knows.]

I zhink he appreciates my ability to cook omlettes.

[sentryslinger]

There's bound to be more to you he likes than that. Never once met a Sniper who struck me as the type who'd stick with someone if they didn't have at least a few desirable qualities.

[not_onyourside]

Well why are you vacationing wez me zhen?

[sentryslinger]

I'd think you'd be the better qualified of the two of us to answer that.

[not_onyourside]

Well, you are eizzer hoping zhat eef you accommodate me I will leave you alone, or you are very bored or lonely.

[sentryslinger]

I'll tell you that you're right, but I'mm not gonna tell you which of those it is.

[not_onyourside]

You enjoy tormenting me do you not?

[sentryslinger]

I might.

[He's grinning the whole time. His rod twitches again, and he gets right to it.]

I'm assumin' this Sniper was too busy to come with you out here? Or is vacationing somethin' he prefers to do with that girlfriend you were tellin' me about?

[not_onyourside]

He ees taking her camping and zhey are going to have a big bonfire. I assume zhere will be no more forest afterwards.

[He watches eagerly.]

But eets for zhe best, he rarely does anyzzing wez her. Afraid zhe Administrator will be hiding een zhe bushes to see.

[sentryslinger]

Why would the Administrator care about how he spends his vacations? So long as he's not talkin' about business with her, that is.

[He reels the next fish in. This one is putting up a fight.]

[not_onyourside]

[Spy grins, he wanted to see one of those whiskered ones up close and now's his chance.]

I doubt eet. He ees a Sniper. He probably eesn't talking at all.

I have no idea why he's so paranoid.

[sentryslinger]

You get like that when you're out on your own for a long time. Learn to depend only on yourself. It keeps you alive, but I can't say you're really livin'.

[not_onyourside]

I am trying to teach him zhe difference. Someday I will accomplish eet.

[A few raindrops patter down on them, but Spy is more interested in the fish.]

[sentryslinger]

[Engineer finally gets the fish- it's a bigger one than the last two, and he's lively, jumping out of Engineer's hand. Back into the water he goes- Engineer sighs, getting another worm.]

Does she know what he does?

[not_onyourside]

Au revoir.

[He sadly watches the fish make his break for freedom.]

Yes of course, she ..

[He trails off as he realizes that he hasn't actually said that Sniper's girlfriend happens to be a Pyro. And that he most definitely shouldn't say that. For all their safety.]

Of course she does.

[sentryslinger]

[He looks over at that pause, catching it; however, he doesn't bring it up.]

He's lucky to have her, then. Some people can't understand. Or they shouldn't understand as it is. This life ain't for everyone.

Though if she knows what it is he does, I can see why he'd be worried about the Administrator. They keep some of the more sordid details of our work very quiet.

[not_onyourside]

I zhink zhats what he ees afraid of. Zhat zhey will try and use her as leverage. I suppose eets entirely possible. But eet does no good to constantly worry about somezzing zhat may never happen.

He has no idea how lucky he ees zhough.

[sentryslinger]

He might not. Maybe he's just afraid of losin' her, though. I can't say I'd blame him.

[not_onyourside]

I suppose not.

I cannot relate, I have no idea what zhat ees like.

[sentryslinger]

Well, how would you feel if it was you and him? It ain't really the same, but he is your friend.

[not_onyourside]

I would protect him until zhe end.

[ he says it without hesitation. Then remembers that he's talking to an enemy. ]

I should not be telling you zhis should I?

[sentryslinger]

Probably not, but honestly, it's good to know you've got at least one other friend out there. In this line of work, it doesn't hurt to have someone watchin' your back.

[not_onyourside]

Unfortunately he ees not at my base anymore so zhere ees little I can do to --

[ He trails off as his line twitches, grabbing the fishing rod before the whole thing gets dragged over the side of the boat. He starts to reel it in, but the tension on the line makes him nervous that it's going to snap. ]

I zhink I have caught a boulder.