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]

[Grumble.]

He would have to leave people around him alive long enough to find his experiments interesting.

Zhat one would work. Add een Scout to brag about how his mozzer ees better zhan zheirs.

[sentryslinger]

Except that I don't think either of them could stand the boy for more than ten minutes atta time.

[not_onyourside]

No one can but his mozzer. But eef we were not on a team wez him, we would not have to deal wez him. We could just leave and he could go play wez people his own age.

[You know, like those in primary school.]

[sentryslinger]

I wonder how far he'd get without a job like this, honestly. He's just a kid sometimes, but I get the feelin' he's hiding a lot under there. Probably hidin' just as much as the rest of us.

[not_onyourside]

Hiding zhat he hasn't hit puberty yet perhaps.

[sentryslinger]

I meant fears. Insecurities. Things he wishes he could do, but can't for the life of him.

[not_onyourside]

Perhaps.

[Spy looks like he knows more than he's saying.]

[sentryslinger]

[Engineer catches that, and casts a questioning look Spy's way.]

[not_onyourside]

[He's all innocence.]

For how much he talks I would be surprised eef he had any secrets at all.

[sentryslinger]

Everyone has secrets, Spy. You can't be the only one with 'em, you know.

[not_onyourside]

Of course not. I just have trouble imagining Scout being subtle.

[sentryslinger]

I'm sure he can be when he's not tryin' to show off to the rest of us.

[not_onyourside]

I suppose he has his moments.

We are all more zhan what we seem, merely because we are more zhan what our jobs entail. We would all get along much better eef we remembered we were people.

[sentryslinger]

Does that go for you and Pyros, too?

[not_onyourside]

No.

[sentryslinger]

[That gets a hearty laugh from him, one so strong it nearly knocks him from his seat on the log. It's just as well -- he gets to his feet so they can keep moving.]

Suit yourself, Spy. Suit yourself.

[not_onyourside]

[He crosses his arms and glares.]

I fail to see what ees so funny.

[sentryslinger]

Nothin'. Nothing at all.

[He's just going to smile and keep walking.]

[not_onyourside]

Hmph.

[He flicks his cigarette and then follows Engie along the shoreline.]

Now who ees keeping secrets?

[sentryslinger]

As I said, we've all got 'em. I probably have more than you think.

[not_onyourside]

Oh no, I have no doubt about your mysteries. I just need more time to uncover zhem.

[sentryslinger]

Well, you have only known me for a handful of scattered out days. I'd say you probably know more about me than I know about you, even if I have seen more of you than most fellas.

[not_onyourside]

[He grins, if you only knew Engie.]

Well hiding ees part of my job and being mysterious ees charming.

[sentryslinger]

Maybe for some people. I've never been a fan of mysteries, myself.

[not_onyourside]

No? Well some people find it alluring.