YOUR FIRST IMPRESSION OF THE MERCS
scout: if you can get over the fact that this guy is loud, and annoying, and an asshole, and he sticks his nose where it doesn't belong, and he never knows when to quit, stop, or shut the fuck up, you could probably come to the conclusion that scout is a pretty cool guy. confident. cocky! very stupid. but in order to see even the trace amounts of kindness and good and honor and all that shit, you've got to get past the fact this guy never aged past thirteen.
soldier: what a fuckin' weirdo. like, truly. soldier is a man whose bark you would assume is worse than his bite, except soldier bites frequently. it is never a dull second, moment, or day, until that man is in bed at 2100 hours. it makes him a man that you wouldn't want to be around. but soldier will want to be around you. and he is suffocating. he will not stop until he knows everything about you. everything he cares about, anyway. which is if you're american. past that, whatever you want to tell him is a bonus. but he's so frightening, it's easier to just start saying what you know, as opposed to trying to tell him what you don't.
pyro: honestly, pyro is generally unassuming. saggy, and soggy, and soft, and unarmed, chances are they got sedated slightly before you two were allowed to introduce. but even at full attention, in the candid moments you're able to steal with them, pyro is quite... ditzy, almost. and still very soft. it isn't until battle occurs and you overhear them talking stats does it register to you that pyro is a credible threat. you find out later that pyro will not be "allowed" to meet you, or be left alone with you, until they can determine pyro won't do anything weird. call it acclimatization.
demo: arguably the most normal man you could possibly interact with on the team. as long as tavish is not shitfaced, tavish is lovely. quite a reasonable, and tolerant man. jolly! usually the first one to laugh in a room. kind, polite, if only a little incoherent (but that's just his accent), he finds first impressions to be important. he will usually make an attempt to be on his best behavior. it makes his worse behaviors tolerable down the line, because you know the man tavish can be. he's shown you before.
heavy: he won't talk to you, and truthfully that is enough to make an impression on anyone. if misha wasn't as big as he is, it would be easier to assume he just doesn't like you. or maybe he think you're not worth talking to. and maybe he's assuming correctly, if you don't bother to reach out to him either. but even upon initially interacting with the man, you get nothing from him past his title. it's hard to tell what he's thinking, or if he's thinking, and when his eyes finally come back into focus, his face sets so sternly that you'd rather not risk asking how his day is. or you could!
engineer: what a charmer! honestly, it's almost embarrassing how sweet he is. and he's damn smart. it is very hard to see anything about dell past how intelligent, and how considerate he is. he's a talker, you'd assume. he's always asking the team questions. they always respond to him. he's easygoing. seemingly happy to converse. funny! quick to crack a joke. he's almost cute. but something about it feels weird. which you're finding hard to wrap your head around. he's been nothing but kind to you.
medic: if we had to speak in dnd terms, medic is no bard. doesn't mean he's socially inept, either. unless you're catching him off guard, he is, usually, a charismatic man. he asks you a lot of questions. they seem very innocuous at first. but they get very personal, and then he becomes weird. he is a man who moves fast. he's intent on getting the information he wants, and then if he likes you, or you don't go away, you can make yourself a part of his daily reality. habit-forming, some would call it.
sniper: the second most normal guy you could interact with, except you're not going to interact with him. alright, correction: he wouldn't assume anyone would want to interact with him. until they do, and mick is.... well, simply the man he could be. quiet, short responses. lack of eye contact, though he will generally look up. he finds that's safer than staring at the floor. and he's so tall, it's almost like talking to a walking stick that took someone's skin. he's doing his best, at least he's willing to converse somewhat.
spy: what a man. spy is a legend more than he is man. his reputation precedes him, in form of observations and insults. "french prick" "spook" "crouton" "wouldn't want to get dust on his fancy fuckin' suit" all paint a very clear picture of the man you will witness one day. and they are on the money. the only thing you didn't think is that he would be clad, head to toe, in red. that seemed a little excessive. but he was exactly what the team called him: a french prick. he does not address you. he probably wouldn't unless you irritated him, and it's not a good impression to make on him.
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