The Misadventures of Mercenaries Banned From Both Afterlifes
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Bury Me Deep and Maybe I'll Stay There by CatchMeonaBlueMoon
Fandoms: Team Fortress 2, Emesis Blue (Movie 2023)
28 Jul 2025
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There are only nine cases that are compatible with the Respawn Machine, and there have only ever been nine, since the project began fifty years ago.
Some of the mercenaries belong there. There was never any doubt about the newest Conagher in the long line of Conaghers, for example. And what else was the Pyrotechnician going to do, other than rot in that asylum?
But most didn't. Not for a long time. Nobody goes to war willingly, and if they do, it's not war they think they're going to. There is no glory in pointless death.
And what about the incompatible? Some simply died, but others...
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Team Fortress is one of many teams, and they all used to be normal people, once upon a time. Nobody is born with blood on their hands. What made them become ruthless killers, and how did they embrace it and their Team? And why them?
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"What would you do without them?"
It's a simple question, and a thousand different lies from a thousand different masks and laundered loyalties slot into place behind his tongue, and he tries to decide which of the nuances suits the tie he is wearing today.
For once, he thinks, there is nothing to gain from using them.
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It Won't Even Scar by CatchMeonaBlueMoon
Fandoms: Team Fortress 2, Emesis Blue (TF2 SFM)
05 May 2025
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The Fortress Team used to number in the thousands. But they were all expendable, in the end, and the Machine is EXTREMELY picky in who it decides to bring back correctly. There are only nine known compatible cases, and there have only ever been nine, since the program began fifty years ago.
The problem is, the Machine is expensive, and continued isolation and suffering has made the Teufort Nine... eccentric. The project is top secret, and despite their considerable skill set, the team cannot be trusted to stay discrete forever. So stage 2 of the project is dusted off from the fragments that remain, and the search for compatible soldiers continues.
As for the team... eh. Toss them in with the civilians, neutralise their respawn files. The world could always fit a couple more washed up crazies.
Mick Mundy hasn't found his purpose since his (now ex) fiancée had described it to him from beside his hospital bed. A concussion and a coma, apparently. And now, four years later, he stands next to the highway that caused his accident, and he has his last cigarette.
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The Annotated Misadventures of Mercenaries Banned From Both Afterlifes by CatchMeonaBlueMoon
Fandoms: Team Fortress 2, Emesis Blue (Movie 2023)
15 Oct 2025
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This is a collection of essays and worldbuilding information for my works in this series - I would not recommend reading as a stand-alone as it references and explains many plot points better revealed through the actual stories.
Any questions about how this world works? Probably answered in here! There is even a table of contents and index for easy information access. Spoiler list in contents
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