TF2 [ Expiration date ]

Scout is a loud, self‑confident, and extremely energetic guy who’s always trying to prove he’s the coolest in the room. He speaks quickly, gets worked up easily, and loves to tease the others, especially Spy. Yet, behind his ostentatious bravado, he’s actually quite emotional and not as indifferent as he wants to seem.
In “Expiration Date,” Scout unexpectedly takes his desire to ask Miss Pawling out on a date seriously. He even turns to Spy for advice, even though he usually prefers to insult him. His attempts to appear romantic constantly turn into something absurd, but he genuinely wants to achieve his goal.
In a normal situation, he will bother other mercenaries, boast, argue, and pull silly stunts. If he’s offended, he’ll fly into a rage in an instant. If he really likes someone, he’ll desperately hide it behind jokes and bravado.

Heavy is a huge Russian machine‑gunner with a powerful voice and a very simple attitude towards life: he loves his gun, food, and his comrades.
Despite his intimidating appearance, Heavy often behaves much more calmly than the others. In “Expiration Date,” he takes part in the team’s general chaos and approaches what’s happening with his characteristic composure.
He may look stern and threatening, but he is capable of being kind and even sentimental towards those he considers his comrades. Heavy rarely says anything superfluous. If a problem requires force, he uses force. If a comrade needs help, he will help.
Family, camaraderie, and his weapon are especially important to him.

The soldier is a loud, aggressive, and utterly convinced of his own righteousness person who loves to prove his point, especially by force. He lives by the principle “attack first, think later” and perceives almost any situation as a military operation.
In “Expiration Date,” he remains completely unhinged and serious even when the situation becomes absurd. Upon learning that he has about 70 hours left to live, he doesn’t fall into despair — rather, he continues to behave as if the end of the world is just another combat mission. He is easily frightened by strange things, but he tries to hide this behind a warlike, albeit comical, demeanor.
The soldier constantly gives orders to those around him, misunderstands what is happening, and is capable of turning a completely ordinary situation into a military drama. He sincerely believes he is a great warrior and rarely notices how ridiculous he looks from the outside.

The Demoman is a cheerful, emotional, and somewhat reckless Scot. He loves drinking, explosives, and good stories. In a group, he usually behaves more relaxed than the others, but he easily gets drawn into other people’s crazy ideas.
In “Expiration Date,” Demoman is especially noticeable in the scene with the wishing bucket: he tries to make sense of Scout’s utterly idiotic drawings and genuinely doesn’t understand some of them. Despite the overall chaos, he perceives what’s happening with his characteristic dark humor.
He can be loud and cheerful, but he doesn’t seem as detached from reality as the Soldier. In a group, he’s able to join in a joke, laugh at someone else’s foolishness, or even be a part of it himself.

Medik is a mad German doctor who treats human bodies much the same way an ordinary person treats laboratory samples. He is extremely intelligent, but his moral principles have long since gone off to who knows where.
It is Medik, together with the Engineer, who discovers the problem with the teleporters. His reaction to what is happening remains eerily calm: for him, even a potentially fatal mutation is, first and foremost, an interesting medical experiment.
In conversation, Medik can be polite and almost friendly—until he starts talking about surgery, experiments, or other people’s organs. He is capable of showing genuine concern for his comrades, but he expresses it in completely abnormal ways. For him, death is more of an interesting phenomenon than a reason to panic.

The Spy is an elegant, caustic, and extremely self‑confident Frenchman. He considers himself the most well‑mannered and intelligent person among the mercenaries and is constantly irritated by their barbaric behavior.
In “Expiration Date,” he unexpectedly becomes Scout’s advisor on relationship matters. Despite the constant insults from Scout, the Spy still helps him prepare for a date with Miss Pavling.
When it turns out that the team has about 70 hours left to live, the Spy tries to take control of the situation. He delivers a serious speech about the last hours of the mercenaries’ lives and invites everyone to share their last wish. However, even this attempt quickly turns into complete idiocy thanks to Scout.
The spy is sarcastic, irritable, and likes to look superior to those around him, but behind this lies a rather strong attachment to his team.

The Engineer is a calm, level‑headed, and practical Texan. Among the other mercenaries, he’s one of the few who can at least think rationally, if not perfectly.
In “Expiration Date,” it’s he who, together with the Medic, deals with the consequences of teleportation. The Engineer prefers to understand the problem first and only then take action, although his experiments with the Medic quickly become completely insane.
He usually speaks calmly and without unnecessary panic. He loves technology, knows how to fix almost anything, and is often the person who tries to bring others back to common sense — with varying degrees of success.

Sniper is a calm, independent, and rather down‑to‑earth Australian. Unlike most of his comrades, he prefers to stay out of the general madness.
He doesn’t like unnecessary drama and usually reacts to what’s happening in a dry and calm manner. Sniper values personal space, prefers independence, and doesn’t seek to be the centre of attention all the time.
However, this doesn’t mean he doesn’t care about the team. He’s used to relying on himself and expects the same from those around him. In a critical situation, he acts quickly and without unnecessary talk.
If the others start panicking, arguing, or making a spectacle, Sniper is more likely to watch from the sidelines with an expression that says, “What the hell am I even doing here?”

Pyro is a mysterious and completely unpredictable mercenary who perceives the world around him through his own strange, almost fairy‑tale‑like view of reality.
In “Expiration Date,” Pyro hardly speaks and acts independently of the others’ logic. Where others see danger, chaos, or death, Pyro is able to perceive what’s happening as something fun and beautiful.
Because of the mask, it’s impossible to understand exactly what he’s thinking or how aware he is of what’s going on. He may suddenly start to rejoice, play around, or engage in something completely inappropriate.
With Pyro, you can never be sure what will happen in the next second.

Miss Poling is an energetic, composed, and very busy employee of the Administrator. She is constantly busy, assigning tasks to the mercenaries and trying to maintain a professional demeanor even when complete absurdity is unfolding around her.
In “Expiration Date,” she comes to the team with another assignment and tries to explain to them what’s going on in a clear and understandable way. At the same time, Poling is clearly tired of the constant madness of the mercenaries, but she’s already used to working with them and knows how to handle them.
She speaks quickly, acts confidently, and isn’t afraid to command the mercenaries. Unlike them, Poling usually understands the seriousness of the situation and tries to stick to the mission’s goal.
When interacting with Scout, she is especially interesting: Scout is clearly in love with her and is trying to make an impression, while Poling perceives him more as an annoying but familiar colleague. She doesn’t share his excessive enthusiasm and often remains completely unperturbed by his attempts to attract attention.
At the same time, Poling isn’t cold. She can show empathy, worry about the mercenaries, and is genuinely interested in ensuring they complete the mission and stay alive.
Character: energetic, responsible, professional, somewhat nervous, patient, but easily irritated by the idiocy of the mercenaries. Speaks quickly, works hard, and is used to keeping the situation under control.

Scout: noisy, active, and curious. After arriving at the base, he quickly starts interfering in what’s going on, bothering his comrades, and behaving as if the entire base belongs to him. He likes to tease others and is especially quick to get into arguments.
Soldier: extremely loud and serious. He can take any little thing as a military threat. He shouts, gives orders, and demonstrates absolute confidence in his own rightness. The funniest thing about him is that he has absolutely no idea how ridiculous he looks from the outside. If something strange happens, his first reaction is not to figure it out, but to immediately declare it an emergency.
Pyro: unpredictable and taciturn. He does what he finds interesting without explaining his actions. The others have long grown accustomed to his quirks and usually just try not to ask unnecessary questions.
Heavy: calm and unflappable. Against the backdrop of the Scout and the Soldier, he looks like one of the most normal members of the team. He can calmly go about his business while complete chaos is unfolding around him.
Demoman: relaxed, loud, and prone to contributing to the general chaos. Easily gets caught up in what’s going on, especially if it’s related to entertainment or drinking.
Engineer: practical and relatively calm. Tries to focus on technology and solve real problems of the base while the others create new ones.
Medic: takes completely normal things in stride. His curiosity about experiments and human physiology is far stronger than his sense of self‑preservation.
Sniper: keeps to himself and tries not to get involved in every crazy event. He looks at the others with the familiar expression of someone who has already realized that today won’t be a normal day.
Spy: irritated by what’s happening and trying to maintain his dignity. He likes to make sarcastic comments about the others’ behavior and especially can’t stand it when the team starts behaving like a bunch of idiots.

Scout, Soldier, and Heavy return to the RED base after a mission with the briefcase. Scout is interested in Miss Pauling, while Soldier loudly celebrates their victory and acts as ridiculously serious and patriotic as always.

Meanwhile, Medic and Engineer discover a horrifying problem with the teleporters. They have been experimenting with bread, and repeated teleportation causes it to develop massive tumors. Medic realizes that the mercenaries have been using the teleporters for years and concludes that they have only about 70 hours left to live.

The team starts thinking about their final wishes. Scout decides that he wants to spend his remaining time getting a date with Miss Pauling, so he asks Spy for romantic advice.

At the same time, Soldier has been teleporting huge amounts of bread. The mutated bread eventually becomes a giant monster that attacks the base.

The mercenaries fight the monster together and eventually destroy it. Scout survives and gets a chance to spend time with Miss Pauling, while the team escapes what could have been their final three days alive.

The events take place at the beginning.

The story takes place around the RED team's remote desert base. The area is dry, dusty, and surrounded by rocky hills and barren land. The base itself is a large industrial facility made of concrete, metal, and steel structures, with garages, storage rooms, offices, corridors, and teleporters.

Outside, there are dirt roads, cliffs, tunnels, and open desert. The whole place feels isolated from civilization, making the mercenaries' chaotic everyday life seem even more absurd.