The Botanist

tf2 oc blog !!

[the-red-botanist]

// this is a tf2 oc rp blog run by @burntcrumpets !

about the oc:

age: 28

prns: he/they

other lore + stuff can be found >>> here <<<

MOD IS A MINOR.

[the-red-botanist]

Rosaceae or Liliaceae?

"I think if I had to choose, probably rosaceae, given that it includes many plants that produce edible fruits. They're interesting to tinker with!"

[the-red-botanist]

Hey, proud of you for getting clean. Takes a lot of work but you did it!

"Er." He shifted, a little nervous, but continued. "..Thank you. I am... not proud of it having happened, though."

[the-red-botanist]

What is something in your last you wish you could change?

"Something in my past..?"

Botanist considered, absently picking at a loose thread on their jacket.

"If I had to choose one thing for changing... probably it would be breaking my leg when I was teenaged." He gestured vaguely, and continued in a slightly meeker voice, "It carried.. more long-lasting effects than I could have expected."

[extra-dimensional-engie]

A dull thump and the characteristic tearing sound of dimensional barriers being broken heralded Botanist, decidedly the worse for wear.

Still pushing to his feet, he saw the rift he'd come through knit itself back together, leaving him rather stuck.

"....well, shit," they muttered, still staring at the place where the rift had been.

@the-red-botanist

*EDE looks at the botanist, surprised to see them* ”Well, ain’t that a surprise! Ah didn’t expect to see you in this here dimension. How’d ya get here?”

[the-red-botanist]

Botanist startled slightly, turning to face EDE.

"I'm... not quite sure. Medic wanted to test something on a flytrap of mine and well.. it got out of hand, I suppose, but I wasn't expecting..." He gestured broadly and somewhat vaguely at the space they were in. "Wait, did you say- are we in a different dimension?"

Their brows furrowed as he looked at EDE, either ignoring or not yet noticing the slow trickle of blood from a gash on their shoulder.

[extra-dimensional-engie]

*EDE laughs* ”Well, where else would ah have been? Did y’all think ah had just run off into the wilderness? Naw, ah’v been stuck here for a while now. But, ah ain’t been lonely, cause it turns out this place is a kind of gathering point between dimensions, a bunch of us mercs are here. Ah’v even met a couple versions of me here!

[the-red-botanist]

"...huh." He blinked, processing this. "So.. there are multiples out there? Of us?" They seemed uneasy at this prospect- or maybe that was the injuries and leftover adrenaline. It was hard to tell.

[extra-dimensional-engie]

A dull thump and the characteristic tearing sound of dimensional barriers being broken heralded Botanist, decidedly the worse for wear.

Still pushing to his feet, he saw the rift he'd come through knit itself back together, leaving him rather stuck.

"....well, shit," they muttered, still staring at the place where the rift had been.

@the-red-botanist

*EDE looks at the botanist, surprised to see them* ”Well, ain’t that a surprise! Ah didn’t expect to see you in this here dimension. How’d ya get here?”

[the-red-botanist]

Botanist startled slightly, turning to face EDE.

"I'm... not quite sure. Medic wanted to test something on a flytrap of mine and well.. it got out of hand, I suppose, but I wasn't expecting..." He gestured broadly and somewhat vaguely at the space they were in. "Wait, did you say- are we in a different dimension?"

Their brows furrowed as he looked at EDE, either ignoring or not yet noticing the slow trickle of blood from a gash on their shoulder.

[thebestredscout]

Someone told me I should seek therapy but if therapy really wanted me, it'd seek me.

[extra-dimensional-engie]

A sudden burst of static crackled through Engie's comm speaker.

"...-gineer? Are we get- ..through? Engineer, do you copy?"

- @the-red-botanist

“Ah, finally! Someone ah know! Glad to know that teleporter incident didn’t destroy the world. But… well, this place ain’t anythin’ like ah know, can you get a fix on me?”

[the-red-botanist]

"Destroy -kzhh- world!?" A fainter voice said, somewhat harder to parse.

"We're trying. D-vzht- -ou know what could be causing this interference?" Botanist answered.

[redandfastashell]

"..er. I don't want to bother you, but I think someone has taken my.." Botanist thought for a moment, remembering the word. "..ah. My grafting knife. Do you have any idea where it could have gone?"

- @the-red-botanist

“I mean, all I got that has to do with bot-uh-knee or whatever is this random plant that Medic gave me.. I dunno, check Medic’s lab? He seems like he’d torture sumone with it.”

*Scout shrugs, tossing his ball up and down.*

(// -Gallimus/Brad)

[the-red-botanist]

Botanist's brow furrowed slightly. "I'll.. ask him. Thank you."