On Upcoming Things

[sentryslinger]

You know, Miss Mundane, I'm glad you're all excited about this visitation business, but don't you think you've got enough on your plate these days?

I do too, of course, given these robots we're fightin'. It might just be a game to you, but it's a job for the rest of us. And believe you me, I do take my job seriously.

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[sentryslinger]

[Because he's a funkiller. Then again, he supposes Spy wasn't going to hurt anything. He was just curious, or probably bored. Maybe a little of both.

He's not letting you have the helmet, but he'll take it off himself.]

The answer is no.

[not_onyourside]

[Probably a good idea since once Spy gets his hands on it it's his forever.]

Zhen I shall never be 'een your hair' as you put eet, so I can visit you more often!

[sentryslinger]

Did ya miss the part where I said it was a figure of speech? I don't have to have hair for you to be in it.

[not_onyourside]

Hmf.

You should be honored I grace you wez my presence.

[sentryslinger]

If I'm honest, I consider myself lucky if we make it through more than a minute of conversation without you tryin' to mess with one of my contraptions.

[not_onyourside]

I have not touched a single one so far today and I am insulted by your accusation.

[sentryslinger]

That is true, Spy. I guess you wouldn't mind if I just go ahead and try out my latest work then, would you?

[With that, he opens up his toolbox and pulls out a remote control and what looks like some kind of tiny helicopter made from the head of a Soldierbot. With the push of a button, the rotors spin, and into the air it goes.]

[not_onyourside]

[He jumps back, afraid the thing was going to start shooting him. When all it does is fly around he relaxes. Marginally. ]

And what will zhis do? Mobilize Soldiers' speeches?

[sentryslinger]

[He laughs as he flies it over to Spy. The jaw moves a little as it spouts a few robotic lines about haircuts and hippies.]

I told you I wasn't all work and no play.

[not_onyourside]

Just what we needed.

[He shoos the thing away.]

Perhaps you could navigate zhis eento Soldier's room and keep him occupied arguing wez eet. I zhink bozh teams would zhank you.

[sentryslinger]

[Time for a taste of your own medicine, Spy. Engineer sails it away from him so he doesn't cut the RED with the rotor blades before bringing him back around. Cue more robotic chattering about maggots and American jobs.]

We'd be down a man, then. And as loud as he can be, I think that'd be a detriment to us all in our new jobs against these here machines.

[not_onyourside]

[Spy is not amused. On the plus side you've found something he won't want to steal.]

Perhaps wezzout his constant rocket jumping zhey would not know where we were.

[sentryslinger]

[That's a win for him.]

They'd still be gunnin' for the point, though. And those bombs aren't going to stop themselves.

[not_onyourside]

Could you not simply make somezzing zhat would do just zhat?

[He's eying that robot head, wondering if he should sap it.]

[sentryslinger]

[Flying away now.]

It's not that simple to stop a tank. And even if I did, there'd still need to be someone to man it, just to make sure those robots don't take it down.

[not_onyourside]

[He's still watching it, to make sure it doesn't make a surprise comeback.]

Hmm. I zhink I preferred fighting people to robots.

[sentryslinger]

And why's that?

[not_onyourside]

People have vulnerabilities and robots do not. Eet's much easier to avoid or kill a person zhan a robot.

Also zhey are dulling my knives.

[sentryslinger]

People are a lot easier to kill, I'll give you that. Some robots are a lot easier to replace than most people, though. At least outside of jobs like ours.

[not_onyourside]

Which means for every one of zhem we kill zhere are several more to take eets place. For every one of us zhey kill -- well zhere ees only us.

[sentryslinger]

If I could figure out how to speed up the respawn, we'd be better off. Gettin' rid of that dizzy feeling when you go through it would be good, too.

[not_onyourside]

Zhat would be most appreciated. Zhough eets unfair eef BLU has faster better respawns zhan RED.

[sentryslinger]

If we're all gonna be working together against these robots, we'll be using the same one.

[not_onyourside]

You would let me een your respawn room? Engineer, you are too kind.

[~~leer~~]

[sentryslinger]

It wouldn't be my place to keep you out, since we're kind of on the same team, now. Or I'm sure that's how Soldier would put it.

[He is either ignoring all of those implications, or blind to them. Either way, he seems to be enjoying steering his flying Soldierbot head around, carefully landing it in his toolbox.]