Alright team, here's a recap: This is a contest to determine who amongst you will take the top of the leaderboards and be hired at TFI! Simply put, whoever gets the most votes gets to move on, and whoever doesn't... Well. They'll be put down swiftly and cleanly. :}
So, mann your stations, because here are your next contestants! Vote for your favorite mercenary who you want to win the TF2 OC Contest! - P
WHO SHOULD TFI HIRE?
The Magicians!
Ripley Aguirre "The Pilot"
Voting ended onNov 7, 2025
OC INFO UNDER THE CUT!
We highly encourage you to take a peek to make your decision!
The Magicians!
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RED Magician, AKA Merpati Sebayang:
23 • she/her
One of the younger recruits at Team Fortress Industries, the Magician takes any opportunity to make a show of things. She's a skilled killer, but has a perpetual smile on her face even in the bloodiest of situations.
Despite having an optimistic, almost naive outlook on the world, the Magician isn't stupid or innocent. Don't underestimate her. She has a mercenary job for a reason. She can blast the head off a Heavy no problem! She keeps her work life and personal life very seperate. She occasionally uses her perpetually sunny exterior to deliberately unsettle people. Contrasting a cute little smile with a blood-soaked uniform is a great way to strike fear and unease in the hearts of enemies.
Like most of the mercs, she has a non-perfect grasp on social skills, especially with her checkered past. She's overly friendly to strangers, can be excessively blunt, and often misreads the tone of situations. Her dream is to one day be a performing magician.
She arrived at TFI after being on the run for a few years in search of her missing sister.
BLU Magician, AKA Myra Dazzle
31 • she/her
Once a wildly successful teen celebrity with a travelling magic show, she abandoned her fame to live her dreams of learning REAL magic. TFI is a jumping-off point for better things and better magic. She is jaded and soft-spoken, and hates all things bedazzled and showy. Although her old cutesy persona occasionally slips in when she isn't paying close attention to her speech…
Ripley Aguirre "The Pilot"
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Full Name: Ripley Lawson Aguirre
Common Nicknames: Pi, Ripple, Azul
Role: Aerial Assault / Support
Height: 183cm (6'0")
Pronouns: Any
Team: R.E.D
Ripley Aguirre, better known simply as Pilot, wasn’t always the reckless, cigarette stained daredevil the mercs know today. She grew up on a quiet mexican farm, an only child surrounded by wooden toys and wide skies. Her parents taught her to build, to dance, to fix things with her hand, and encouraged her ambitions. The day she saw her first plane cutting through the clouds, something inside her changed forever. She wanted to touch the sky– and she did.
He became one of the most talented fliers in his division before a mission gone wrong sent him spiraling to the ground, a metal rod piercing his skull in the process. Ripley survived, but his mind didn’t come back in one piece. The person who woke up was still sharp and brave, but there were cracks– memory loss, emotional detachment, a growing addiction to danger. Soon, Pilot replaced Ripley.
What they lost in stability they gained in raw chaos. Pilot craves adrenaline like oxygen. They laugh at the line between life and death, often crossing it for fun. Their memory slips like sand through their fingers, they forget names, faces, even their own past. But when it comes to their team, they loves them fiercely.. sometimes too fiercely.
Among the mercs, opinions on her are… divided.
Scout thinks they're the coolest thing alive and his favorite partner in crime, though he knows better than to trust them with anything serious.
Soldier sees her as a fellow warrior, reckless but valiant. The perfect cadet to trust when you need someone to watch your six.
Pyro understands his chaos the best. Together they draw, babble, and set things on fire, speaking a language only the two of them seem to know.
Demoman shares their laughter and their drinks, but keeps one eye open (ba dum tss). He’s seen what reckless joy can do.
Heavy respects her heart, not her head. He’s the one who grabs her by the collar before she does something truly stupid.
Engineer sighs the loudest when he returns from a flight with half of the plane destroyed… again. Still, he quietly helps him piece things (and sometimes memories) back together.
Medic finds them amusing. He feeds the recklessness like a scientist feeding a lab rat, he knows better than to turn em down completely. Pilot never refuses his requests, and he enjoys every second of it.
Sniper thinks he's too loud, too bold, too everything. He keeps his distance, though begrudgingly respects the loyalty.
Spy finds her exhausting yet reliable. He knows she’d never betray the team so he weaponizes the chaos. (They also happen to share a cigarette brand, mainly the why he tolerates her)
Pilot’s unpredictable nature makes em a wild card on the battlefield, a disaster waiting to happen or a miracle in motion, depends on the wind really. They're loud, bright, unkillable, and unashamedly alive.
She fights not because she remembers why, but because it’s the only thing that still makes sense.
