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]

Quite well zhank you.

And yours?

[ He knows he's won, but it never hurts to be polite. ]

[sentryslinger]

Probably not well enough.

[He says that with a smile. At least he's taking it well.]

[not_onyourside]

Do not worry, I will not hold eet against you.

[He sets his cards down, spreading them out.]

[sentryslinger]

[Engie lays his flat- two pair.]

Guess these socks will have to go.

[not_onyourside]

I guess so.

[He diligently starts shuffling again, trying to judge just how many layers Engie has on. His luck can't hold out forever and he's sure to be losing some of his own clothing pretty soon.]

[sentryslinger]

[Engie adjusts that undershirt, not so sure if it'll be the next thing to go, or his pants.]

So if ya don't play with your teammates, where did you learn to play poker?

[not_onyourside]

Prison.

[He deals the cards again, frowning at his own hand. He has a pair of kings. Not exactly what he's hoping for.]

Zhough I can assure you zhat eet was not strip poker.

[sentryslinger]

Probably a good thing, given the setting.

[He's doing better this time with three of a kind. He draws a couple of cards, hoping to better his chances.]

How long were you there? Or is that classified information?

[not_onyourside]

[Spy draws himself a second pair, but they're a set of twos.]

Four years. I zhink everyzzing about my life before zhis ees classified. Zhough I cannot fazzom why. Eets not as eef I was planning to run around telling everyone.

[sentryslinger]

[Looks like it's just those three 10s for Engie. He glances over his cards, trying to read Spy's face.]

I don't expect goin' back to it is an option either, should you live through this.

[not_onyourside]

I would razzer die.

[He grimaces, though more from what they're talking about than his cards.]

[sentryslinger]

[Engie puts his cards on the table, hoping those three 10s will be enough.]

Classified or not, I'm sure you weren't the only one in a bad situation before this job came along. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the other mercenaries were picked out of jail, either.

[not_onyourside]

[Spy sets down his double pair, so much for his winning streak. Off goes his jacket to hang on the back of his chair.]

Eet would not surprise me. Where else would zhey find people desperate enough to agree to zhis?

[sentryslinger]

[There's a smile from Engineer. He'll be dealing that next hand, thank you.]

All over, apparently. Australia, Scotland, Russia. Wherever you find men like Soldier.

[not_onyourside]

Military detention centers.

[He tops off their wine, setting the now empty bottle to the side.]

What I wonder ees what lies zhey told Scout to get him to join.

[sentryslinger]

[He nods appreciatively, wetting his whistle with the wine before continuing to shuffle.]

A boy like that? I'm bettin' all they had to do was offer him money. It ain't about the paycheck, though. It'd be about makin' his mama proud.

[not_onyourside]

How would she be proud of him killing people?

[sentryslinger]

I'd imagine he doesn't tell her that part. Just that he's a workin' man with a job that can help support the family.

[not_onyourside]

Perhaps. Zhough I cannot imagine him using discretion wez anyzzing. Especially when talking to his mozzer.

[sentryslinger]

True. I heard he's got a lot of brothers. Maybe she's just at that point where she ain't surprised by anything anymore.

[Have some cards, Spy.]

[not_onyourside]

Probably eef zhey are all as boisterous as Scout she has stopped listening to zhem past where zhey tell her zhey are doing fine.

[Ah, this hand is better. Hello there all diamonds.]

[sentryslinger]

[He's got a straight himself, and a high one at that. He can't help but grin.]

So we've got some men here because of circumstance, and some men here for the money. I think Demoman would've taken the job even if it didn't pay well on account of it bein' a job at all. It's the family business with them, I believe.

[not_onyourside]

Zhe one on my team has five jobs, how about yours?

[He studiously arranges his hand from high to low, hoping it'll be enough to save his socks. He doesn't want his feet to be cold.]

[sentryslinger]

Nine, last I heard. I don't know if he ever sleeps.

[He resists the temptation to swap out any cards to try to get something better.]

As for myself, Engineerin' runs in the family.

[not_onyourside]

A whole family of people een hardhats who build killing machines?

[He doesn't want to ruin his hand either, he'll set it down and hope his flush of diamonds is all he needs.]