Well @specialability this is probably not what you'd expect exactly. (Btw this is also for the WIP tag game!)
It's just a lil oneshot i wanted to write of the old guard meeting immortal wenzhou from shl, because i honestly think the both of them would be very weird to meet, in the middle of an active mission/warzone.
Mostly it's just a short ficlet with the old guard veing very confused by and distrustful of wkx and zzs, while wkx and zzs are also very distrustful of them. I imagine, as someone who tries to mostly lay low zzs would be absolutely off anyone's radar, and naturally so would wkx.
But if one were to keep half an ear on the ground, and were to have a cursory interest in keeping up with modern spycraft out of 'proffessional curiosity' (and also because these two fuckers are curious af even if they'd never admit it)... well, it's certainly easier to find out about a group of seemingly immortal vigilantes traveling around. Enough so that you might react with something along the lines of "ah fuck, it's these dumbasses" if you ever were to inadvertantly meet them...
Of course, being a professional Zishu would never say this out loud where they could hear, and just turns up the "i'm totally a harmless nobody" charm up to 11.
Joe exchanges a glance with Andy.
They move on, carefully cross the meadow. At the edge of the building's shadow Andy crouches down at the end of a low stone palisade and waves him on.
When he rounds the corner he finds two men, one keeping watch, while the other one kneels over a body, for all appearances completely engrossed in filching it of any valuables.
Joe keeps his gun level with the torso of the lookout, who spots him immediately and kicks at his companion until he turns around - still crouched over the corpse - to sheepishly raise his hands in surrender.
"Andy." Joe says, tense, and waits until she comes around as well.
The men look completely incongrous with their surroundings - the lookout appears to be carefully relaxed, standing next to a dead body of his own, in a dark green hawaiian shirt and construction boots. His tac vest (?) seems to be a repurposed fisher's vest, though there is some very heavy weaponry strapped to him. It should probably look ridiculous, if he didn't seem so damn nonchalant. He blinks owlishly as Joe stares.
The other one is even worse - he looks like he just fell out of one of these fashion magazines for rich people - white slacks and a burgundy dress shirt that gapes open at the front, bleached braid hanging over one shoulder - absolutely impractical in close combat. The only thing that suggests he may be more than he appears is the half-automatic slung over his back, and the tactical knife held loose and ready in his left hand.
