Warnings : mention of brutal murder
Mockingbird
Heya there~
How was your day ? :3C
Genji looked down at his phone, a bit surprised to see the message. It has been a few days since the last time they talked, and the Shimada always forgot to message him. Not that he had anything to talk about.
Genji
Uneventful.
Mockingbird
Do you want to make it more lively ?
'What is he planning to do ?...'
Genji
Depends.
Mockingbird
Tell me a name
And I'll tell you what I know about them
'Does he always have to cut off his messages…' He shook the thought out of his head. He took the time to consider it.
Genji
What's the trick ?
Let's be real, this was too good to be true.
Mockingbird
I'm bored
And I need to be entertained
Plus it'll train my informant skills
That seemed like a good enough reason. Still, he was wary.
Genji
Gabriel Reyes
Mockingbird
Ooo
Wanna know some tea about your boss ?
I see how it is
There's a lot of censure about it but
I managed to find a file speaking of a special agent protocol
Maybe you know about it
I think the government wanted to be hush-hush about it
Since it was pretty hard to find
Alongside someone else
They were numbered
He was the 24th
Dunno what it was exactly
Enhancement of some kind
Then he joined Overwatch as the og leader
And the rest I assume you know
Unless ?...
Genji
I do know the rest.
That was some really interesting info. He wasn't sure of the validity of it. Maybe he should ask for someone he did know… He typed slowly and had to rewrite it numerous times.
Genji
Hanzo Shimada ?
He was scared of the answer. He shouldn't have asked. Was it too late to delete his message ?
…
He deleted it.
Mockingbird
?
Genji
Forget it.
He didn't want to think about it. He did, all the time, but didn't want to know what he was up to. He only wanted his revenge. Didn't want to care. That was what this asshole deserved. Death. An excruciating one at that, too. He was so ready to see him again.
Mockingbird
Mok
This message brought him back to reality. He noticed his hand trembling. He wanted to say it was due to his rage, burning his throat and clogging his thoughts. And it was.
Mockingbird
You wanna try another one ?
Another message. He needed a distraction.
Genji
Mockingbird
There was a pause where no one typed. Then, the informant typed for one second, even less, before answering :
Mockingbird
Mockingbirds are a group of New World passerine birds from the family Mimidae. They are best known for the habit of some species mimicking the songs of other birds and the sounds of insects and amphibians, often loudly and in rapid succession.
Did he just… ? He had to see that coming.
Genji
Seriously ?
Mockingbird
You asked for a mockingbird
I gave you what you asked for
He didn't know how to answer that. That was a very good malicious compliance. He figured the informant was still pretty wary of them all, or him. That thought made him frown. Though he could talk, he was still pretty wary of him, too. But he was warming up to the intel provider, slowly but surely. He didn't know how he felt about that.
Mockingbird
Who do you want to know more about ?
Besides me
Or well
You could ask, I guess
But don't expect a very satisfying answer
He thought for a bit before finding an answer.
Genji
Cole Cassidy
Mockingbird
Oh oh oh~
The cowboy, eh ?
From what I heard he was in a gang before
Deadlocks ?
I think that's the name
Was someone big in there
Lots of it is redacted though
I just know that he got caught
Had to choose between being a prisoner or a member of Blackwatch
You know what he chose
Genji did. Cole didn't like talking about his past, as many of them did. They all considered Blackwatch as a new start, a new family. A very close one at that. That's why the Shimada was surprised when his boss let the informant in, in some way. He could see how it could be a great addition to the team, though.
A brand new gulp of air.
The cyborg wondered what the tattletale thought about all of this. All of this team, and if he even considered himself a part of it.
Did he even want to ?
Only one way to know. He had to rephrase it many times, and Genji hated that he had to.
Genji
What do you think of Blackwatch ?
Simple enough, right ? He stared at the little bubble of indication that he was typing.
Mockingbird
It's nice, I guess
I can't really say much more, though
I don't know y'all, y'know
Pretty early to really put an opinion out yet
He gets that, but…
Genji
And Reyes ?
The Shimada typed without thinking.
Mockingbird
Well
He's a nice boss, I suppose
Good client
Make most of my income via him
Most of the income. So he did work for other people and did not consider himself a part of the team. Business was business, he supposed.
It kinda stung, though.
Mockingbird
Why'd you ask ?
Genji
Curiosity.
Mockingbird
That's fair
The ninja realised that there was this… Mutual respect between them. When one of them gave a short answer, the other didn't press the matter. They either chose another subject of conversation or stopped talking. The latter was rarer, though. With a chatterbox like King, it was difficult to have nothing to talk about.
He made even the simplest of things entertaining.
Mockingbird
What are you doing ?
He read the message. What was he doing ? Thinking, sure. But what about before that ? He looked up from his phone.
The training range.
He saw a few shurikens on the counter, and a lot of others on targets.
Genji
I was aim training.
Mockingbird
Ooo
With what ?
Genji
Shurikens.
Mockingbird
Is this your favourite weapon ?
No.
It was the sword. Katana, to be more precise.
He once loved to feel the weight of the blade in his hand.
Now… He only sees it as a weapon. Nothing more.
The weapon that he'll use to kill him.
Genji
You could say that.
He should train other weapons as well, he thought. He looked behind him, observing what was at his disposal.
Mostly firing ones. It's been a while.
He walked up to the one-handed ones, deep in thoughts. He felt his phone buzzing in his hand.
Mockingbird
Do you train other weapons as well ?
Genji
I'm about to.
Mockingbird
Whatcha gonna train ?
Genji
I don't know yet.
The agent was about to look away when the device vibrated again.
Mockingbird
Do you take suggestions ?
He thought about it. After all, why not.
Genji
I'm looking to train with a one-handed gun.
There was a pause in the conversation.
Mockingbird
Here
[Photo Sent]
Do you have anything like this ?
He looked around, and found the same model on the bottom row. Huh, he could try that, yeah. He picked up the weapon, feeling it. It felt nice in his hand.
Genji
Yes.
Mockingbird
Wait before shooting
Let's compare our results !
Genji
I didn't know you could shoot.
Mockingbird
There's a lot of things you don't know about me
That was also true. They both didn't know each other, still testing the waters.
He was nice, Genji guessed. Maybe he could help him with his revenge on the Shimada clan. He should ask, one day, when he's more ready to talk about it. Having a friend informant could always be useful, after all.
But it wasn't the reason the cyborg was ok with them. That was a lie, and he knew it very well.
He enjoyed someone's company, for the first time in a while.
Mockingbird
Ok
I'm ready
[Sent Photo]
The Shimada looked at it. King was in a shooting range, the classic type. Nothing fancy, just some basic targets which roughly looked human. He didn't recognise the place.
Genji
OK.
He began shooting, and it took him a while to get used to. It's been a hot minute since he shot with a gun, after all. He felt like he did pretty well, for someone who didn't have the habit of handling such weapon. He emptied the magazine, secured the weapon and put it down to the counter. He moved a bit his shoulder, wincing. This little gun had more of a knockback than he thought. He opened his phone. There were already a few messages from the mockingbird.
Mockingbird
Done !
Here
[Sent Photo]
The cyborg looked at the results.
To say that he shot good could be an understatement. It certainly wasn't his first time shooting the weapon, or shooting at all. He was impressed.
He looked back at his results. They paled in comparison, just a bit. He took a photo and sent it. It was ok to do that, right ?
Mockingbird
Ooo
I expected to be less good than you
Genji
It's been a while
Mockingbird
Aww
It's ok you can say it
Genji
Say what ?
Mockingbird
That I'm simply better than you
And that you're trash~
He never said anything. He hated King.