don't touch that.

Hey fellas,

I guess I been out here a long time now. Seen just about the whole team come 'n go. Had the time of my life bein' out here for a while, but... shit. This place ain't the same anymore. Just about all the fellas I signed up with've gone on home already. Guess it was only a matter of time 'fore I joined 'em, too.

'Fore I go, though, I got a couple things to say.

First off. I'm real sorry 'bout goin' missin' the past couple weeks. Wound up callin' myself in to the hospital. Guess between my, uh... well, anyhow, seems that heart condition I had earlier, the one that went away? Didn't actually go away after all.

The Doc up at Liberty Memorial took some kinda samples or x-rays or somethin'. Forget what all he said. Gist of it is, one of my valves got all busted up, 'n now I guess the whole thing's swellin' up. S'pose all this drinkin' I been doin' after hours hasn't helped much.

Guess that explains all that, anyhow. Hadn't been keepin' up too well for a while now. Guess I could blame the staff changes, or the booze, but, well. Excusin' the saying, my heart hasn't been in all this for a good long while. Guess it mighta been back when all those folks left end of September, or... hell, who'm I kiddin'.

Anyhow.
I'm real sorry 'bout takin' off quick like this, but I got most of my things packed up the past couple weeks. Figure I'll take ol' Demo's cat with me — I ain't got the heart to leave another animal behind like that, 'n ol' Meggie's a sweetheart. Gettin' older, too, same's me.

Them chickens're all grown up — been scratchin' out in the yard for a couple weeks now. Guess it'll be up to you folks to look after 'em. And the yard. And... hell, all of it. I'm real sorry.

Anyhow, uh... guess that's it. It's sure been a fine pleasure working with you folks. Most fun I've had in years, 'n all things considered, that's really sayin' something. Know I haven't talked to a lot of you much, but you seem like real good people. 'M sure you'll do the company name proud.

Take care, 'n if you wanna stop by 'fore I head off home, feel free to. Ain't gonna be hangin' around long, mind you. Got a garage waitin' on me out there, 'n while it ain't got my name on it per se, I know I'm not about to keep that business partner of mine waitin' any longer than he has to. I'll try and drop you folks a postcard if the company lets the thing get through.

You ever find yourself stranded out Austin way, you give us a ring.

Best,
— RED En
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Jason W.

RED Engineer doesn't have many personal possessions, but I thought I'd share what I had in the way of a photo post, anyway.

( just odds and ends. )

Figure you all musta saw it by now, but there's a postcard come in from Pyro I found out in the mail today. Stuck it out in the common room for you all to look at. Sounds like she's havin' a good time back home, anyhow.

Uh... not much else to say, I guess. This comin' Easter Sunday I'll've been out here a year solid. Not real sure what to think of that. Time's just flew by, what with one thing 'n another, but I met some awful nice people this whole while. Got pretty handy with the ol' Uhlman, too. Never figured myself for a team kinda guy, but ... well. Listen there, guess I'm gettin' sentimental in my old age. Anyway.

Guess what I'm tryin' to say is, it sure has been mighty fine serving with you folks.

... 'Course, it'd be quite a bit finer if we could, y'know, win every once in a while.




((OOC note: Matt the Pyro tells me he really IS having a good old time in Japan, and requested I inform you all as to how you can find out exactly how good a time he's having. Click that link there to read up on some of his adventures.))

... Well, it WAS awful nice out. Sure ain't like that now.

When all this dies down, could I get one of the Heavies to help me out carryin' somethin'? I'll explain what all it's for as we go.

Well, fellas, I figure I've done just about all the damage I can do to the place as far as weatherproofing goes, so I'm headin' out to catch the train. Hear tell it's fixin' to blizzard back home, so I guess I oughta try 'n beat it as best I can.

Don't hardly have time to sit down anymore, let alone write in this old thing. What with that Medic of ours barricadin' himself in the ward 'n refusin' to leave, battles're gonna be hell on earth to manage from here on out. On top of that, I got a couple projects I'm workin' on off-hours that represent a pretty significant investment of time in an' of themselves. 'F this idea I got pays off... shit, I could be lookin' at another couple doctorates, for all the work I'm doin'. Just have to see where that all leads.

So, yeah... sorry to say I most likely won't be seein' a whole lot of ya outside of the workin' hours for the next couple weeks. Ain't for lack of intention, trust me. Just gotta regenerate some of this energy expenditure, 'n I ain't the type that goes socializin' in order to do that. Y'can still stop by if you want, of course, but don't take it too personal if I'm not up to talkin' much.