TF2 Drabbles: RED Demo/BLU Soldier - Shitty Wizard
Summary: Part 1 (Technically 2) Demoman reconcile with Blu Solider
Part 2 (Or this can be mash/mixed with part 1) Soldiers talks with demo about magic (This can go either two ways, 1 Soldier knows absolutely nothing about it and referes to it as "Brain Magic" or 2 Soldier surprisingly knows a lot about it, maybe even more then medic)
[A/N] A continuation of chapter 137.
“I didn’t call ya a civilian.” Demo had said as much before but it didn’t hurt to say it again because it remained just as true.
Soldier huffed and crossed his arms as he took a step back. He didn’t pull his rocket launcher back out though so he was still willing to listen. Given the fact that they were supposed to be fighting – key word being ‘supposed to’ because they were instead locked in a classic Tuefort stalemate – was saying something. Apparently maintaining the sewer room truce was still acceptable to him. “You did too. I saw the video.”
“It was a bloody fake. I told you that already.”
“Nope. I saw it with my own two eyes and heard it with my own two ears. Miss Pauling’s a true red blooded American, she wouldn’t lie to me.”
Upon that first being revealed, Demo had given up. Her involvement with Soldier too made things tricky largely in that it revealed why the intervention had been made in the first place. She was playing both sides and thus presumably so was the Administrator. Not super surprising but still also not something Demo wanted to poke at if he could help it. He had backup now though and Engie supposedly had an in with the Admin if he did get caught hanging out with the BLU Soldier again. Also there was additional motivation; the promised payment and a little bit of curiosity about the BLU Medic’s magics. Mostly it was about Soldier though. And so he didn’t back down this time.
“I never said she would.” Technically he hadn’t said that. If he did though, how likely was he could convince Soldier she was a liar? Maybe he could say she was a commie spy? That would probably cause all sorts of problems though when he inevitably accused her of it, ultimately resulting in all of this getting back to her.
“Are you saying she was tricked too?” Soldier’s face was unreadable, especially with the helmet overshadowing it, but for the first time he sounded open to the idea of hearing more.
“Aye. She was tricked too. I never called you a civilian. Someone wanted to separate us so they made a bloody fake video of me bad mouthing you and sent it Miss Pauling so she’d show it to you.”
“But who… Wait! Merasmus!” He drew his shotgun and looked around as if Merasmus might pop out at any second even though Halloween was months away.
Demo looked around too for a moment. No one was around. The sewer rooms weren’t exactly private but not many folk on either team really like to come down here. It wasn’t a proper sewer but that didn’t mean the water was particularity fresh or clean either. “You know Merasmus too then?”
“Correct! We were roommates for a little while. He hated me because he seemed to think I was responsible for his old castle getting overrun with raccoons. I have absolutely no idea where he got that idea from but he’s always had it out for me because of it.”
Wasn’t that what the RED Soldier had done? Roomed with Merasmus and then turned their shared castle space into a raccoon sanctuary. Had Merasmus really ended up rooming with BLU Soldier after and hadn’t realized he was a different person? Interesting.
“He would do something like this!” Soldier continued. “Shitty wizard! Come out Merasmus! We got a score to settle!” His shout echoed in the tunnels.
Naturally, there was no response. Merasmus wasn’t involved and was thus presumably wherever he went when it wasn’t Halloween time. No need to tell that to Soldier though because he finally believed Demo hadn’t called him a civilian.
“If you was roommates with a wizard, you know anything ‘bout magic?” Probably not but it didn’t hurt to ask.
Soldier looked back down at him. “Lots. Medic’s a wizard too so I’m technically still roommates with a wizard… sort of. Teammates anyway. He’s a better wizard than Merasmus ever was.”
“Interesting. Tell me more?” If he could get the info on BLU Medic’s magic from Soldier that would eliminate the need to sneak around and steal it.
“Hmm… good idea, soldier! That might draw out Merasmus.”