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I might be writing for all of the instruments mentioned, I just wanna decide which one to do first
Or maybe you guys wanna see a different instrument for each mercer, in which case, let me know!
(Note: I am writing these based on my experience and knowledge with these)
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TF2 mercers with a reader from the future/our time
So, tf2 canonically happens in 1968. Imagine what it would be like if you got thrown into the late 60s after bumping into Merasmus, who somehow got to our time via some magic shit he did
Slight TW: (serious)mentions of war, political activity throughout the ages (specifically USSR), and mention of racism, (joking)my horrible writing of accents and sayings
Also, the reader in this doesnât have a specified gender, aside from Scout calling the reader âtootsâ once
You woke up tied up to a chair in the middle of an empty room
And then 9 men enter room and start asking you all sorts of questions
âWho are you?â âHow did you find this place?â âWhy are you dressed so weird?â
So you just try to explain that the last thing you remember is going about your day when a weird guy with a with a goat skull on his head did some weird abracadabra shit and now youâre here
The only thing they understood out of all that was weird guy with a goat skull on his head
Spy gets a hold of your bag/purse to look for something like a tracker or a weapon you could have on you (despite your protests) and finds your ID, and looks fairly confused
Slowly, that confusion turned into realisation and slight shock
âSay, ms/mr (Y/N),â The man with a mask on his face starts, tearing his gaze away from the ID card, his brows furrowed and eyes stern. âWhat year is it to you?â
You stared up at him, slightly confused and uneasy with how seriously he asked that. âUhh, itâs 2023.â You answer carefully, observing how the rest of the men exchanged looks, each looking more confused than last. The man in a doctor's coat took a look at the ID as well, realisation washing over his face just as fast. âMein GottâŚâ
âWhat?? Why are you all looking at me like that?â
The group stays quiet, disbelief and confusion still in the air, until finally the one in construction helmet speaks up in a southern accent. âWell, Iâm afraid you might be over yonder in the wrong day and age, pardner.âÂ
Soooo, youâre in the past
About 50 years into the past
Your parents are not even born yet
After they untied you, you spent the next half an hour just walking back and forth panicking and trying to understand what to do next
The entire time youâre muttering to yourself stuff like âfuck fuck fuck fuck fuck what am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to get back? Can I even get back?? Has anyone noticed that Iâm missing yet? How long have I even been here? Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck Iâm doomed Iâm doomed Iâm doomed Iâm doomedâ
Meanwhile the mercers are just looking at you slowly losing your mind
Eventually, the southern on (who told you to call him engineer) broke you out of your little panic circle, proposing that you stay at the red base for a while until they figure out how to help you get back, or until Merasmus shows up again and he can send you back
âDoes he hang around here often?â âWellâŚâ â...Iâm doomed Iâm doomed Iâm doomed-â
Nonetheless, you accept the offer (Despite some of the mercers being against this, theyâre still vary of you, unsure if you can be trusted or not), and youâve been chilling with them since, learning about each and every mercer (as much as you can that is, some wouldnât budge)
Even getting to spend time with them individually
Scout
Scout would most likely be the one of, if not the most, curious about what the future is like
Will ask like 3000 questions at once
âWhatâs it like in the future? Do flying cars exist? How does bonk taste in the future?â âWhat is bonk???â
From that moment he doesn't want to know more about the future, the mere knowledge that bonk has been discontinued ruined him
Still thinks itâs pretty cool despite the fact that you donât tell him much
You know, first rule of time travel, donât reveal shit
You do give him subtle clues that leave him wondering cause heâs not smart enough to figure it out
âHeyyyy, toots, question. I know you canât tell me much, but do you happen to know if I get married to certain assistant-â âScout for the last time I donât even know you in the futureâ
Soldier
âTell me, maggot, is America still the greatest country in the world?â â...Iâm legally not obligated to answer that question.â
At some point you do want to tell him about all the shit that America has done over the years and how knee deep in shit it currently is, but you canât for two reasons
One, the time travel rules
Two, he seems so genuinely happy and proud to be an american that you donât want to burst his bubble
Expect a LOT of history lessons about America and everything to do with it that you didnât know about. He will tell you everything
Hey on the plus side, youâll pass any american history testÂ
Also fun fact, the construction of the twin towers started on August 6th of 1968, heâll be telling you all about it while you just sit there sweating
Pyro
Does he even know what year he lives in??? I feel like he doesnât have a proper concept of time because of the goggles
But in all seriousness, I feel like he wouldnât really care that much about a lot of real life stuff
Heâll most likely just wonder if we figured out how to make cotton candy grows on treesÂ
Honestly, heâs kind of a fresh breath of air to you
He thinks life is just sunshine and lollipops in the future, just like he sees it now, and you just let him live that fantasy, wishing the world actually was the way he sees it
(Aside from the time you saw him on the battlefield. In that moment you wondered if cotton candy really was the only thing on his mind)
Demo
âAye have to know, did me pa succeed in bombing the Queen of England?â â...Well-â
Heâs probably more interested in what assortment of alcoholic drinks you have in the future
You can tell him that much at least, and that satisfies him
When he gets drunk, however, he asks about the rights of black people in the future and if they still face just as much shit as they do now
In that moment, you weigh your options between telling him the truth and tell him that black people still face discrimination but have significantly more rights and are actively fighting for them everyday, or tell him yet again that you canât tell him anything
you choose to tell him the truth
he is probably the only mercer who youâve told about the future in such detail
he wonât remember it in the morning, mostly just asking if he said or did anything stupid and laugh off whatever excuse you came up with
And you donât know whether to feel happiness and relief that you didnât screw up the future, or feel sad that he doesnât remember the answer to his question that is probably bugging him a lot Â
Engineer
One of those who asks the least questions
Donât get me wrong, this man is very curious and wants to know how the technology evolves in the future
But he also understands that you canât reveal anything for everyone's sake to not cause a butterfly effectÂ
He has 11PhDs, he can figure that the future might change drastically if you reveal anything that will happenÂ
And you want to tell him everything
All the stuff that we have, even if not as impressive as what he makes for this team, some of the stuff would still leave him surprised
You would show him your phone and how it works on a condition that he doesnât do anything with this knowledge
He also figures a few things along the way the longer you stay there
Like your surprise that teleportation is possible
Heavy
You wanna tell this man so badly that USSR doesnât exist anymoreÂ
If you are from one of the post soviet countries, he will apologise so much about what his country has done to yours and your people
Youâd probably give him a whole speech how what is happening right now is not his fault as he is an anti communist
(Bonus, if you happen to be from one of those countries and know Russian, youâll most likely sometimes speak in his native tongue)
My personal headcanon is that Heavy most likely spent his free time with people who were deported from their countries to Siberia to labour camps, learning about their cultures and even a little of their languages, so, surprise! He can somewhat communicate with you in your native tongue!
If youâre not from one of the post soviet countries, you still feel bad for the big fellow, especially with what is happening in the world right now
You simply tell him that the system is so flawed it will cause its own downfall. You donât tell him how or when, but it will
You definitely donât tell him about the current mess his home land has caused, but youâre pretty sure he would be against it as well.
Medic
Another case of wants to know more, but understands you canât say much
Heâs insane not stupid, he did have a medical licence once upon a time, so there is a smart brain up there
Heâd be the most interested in how the medical field has advanced though
But after hearing all about the crazy messed up shit he has done, you tell him thereâs nothing interesting in the future that would amaze him
This man has revived people, cut them open while they stay awake and managed to keep them alive when their organs explode, replaced their vital organs with animal ones, created mpreg, has a Spys head in his fridge that is begging for the sweet release of death, figured out how to make people bulletproof, HAS A GUN THAT HEALS UP ANY AND ALL INJURIESÂ
And weâve done a surgery on a grape and turned a woolly mammoth into a meatball
Yeah he would not be impressed
Maybe by some of the technologies we now have for surgeries and all the possibilities for people to live past their expected lifespan
But mostly no
Sniper
âIs being an assassin still a good job?â
I feel like Sniper wouldnât really care all that much
Hey, what happens, happens, not his place to do or change anything even if he wanted to
So you two mostly just chill, not having access to the internet has made you appreciate nature more thatâs for sure. You canât check the latest news and how horrible things are in the world, so you just chill without a worry
He once caught you recording a voice message for your friend/family member, thought you were akin to spy after all and was ready to attack
Until he got closer and heard you saying to whoever the message was meant for that you are unsure when youâd be back, if you ever made it back, saying how youâre doing and to take care
After you sigh as yet another message doesnât go through, he sat down next to you and you two just talked
Since then you two just kind of hang out in the wild
Heâll tell you all about the creature and plants you two happen to see
Heâs also smart enough to figure a few things out on his own
âoooh, Iâve never seen this (plant/animal) in real life!â âprobably cause at the moment these are endangered, probably wonât see those again when you go backâ
And sadly, heâs right almost 85% of the time
Spy
oooooooooh boy
This guy doesnât want to know what happens in the future for personal gain or to do something about it, no no no, he just wants to get as much of the information out of you as possible for fun
heâs used to the fact that he can get information about anyone and anything, itâs just a matter of a few strings pulled
But the fact that he couldnât get any information about you (like who you were, where youâre from, your background and family information) drove this usually calm and collected man insane
He doesnât show it, but itâs there
So he made it his personal goal to get as much info about you and the future as he possibly can
Which isnât a lot, and that drives him up the wall even more
If you are a vaper and happened to have one on you while in this whole mess, congratulations, you just confused the living shit out of Spy with this refillable cigarette that runs on juice and electricityÂ
Doesnât understand why anyone would choose âŚthatâŚover good old fashioned tobacco
Is however amazed by the variety in flavours when you tell him about those
He does smoke menthol cigarettes after all
Admittedly, not my best work out of everything Iâve ever written, but hopefully Iâll post something better soon enough
Also, let me know if you wanna see more story-like scenarios rather than headcanons of this same concept!
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