Ice to meet you

Overwatch rp blog for Mei-Ling Zhou.

[meidinchina]

thedarkestofblus‌:

Hanzo stood when there was noone there, feeling extremely foolish and somewhat confused. He let out a breath and repacked his things, “we should investigate, then probably get out of here, I dont feel like this is a safe place”

“I believe you are onto something, we should also report this when we can” Mei spoke before sleepiness caught up with her, letting out a long yawn. Honestly, sleeping in a hotel bed sounded pretty good right now but there was one small issue. “Did we bring enough money for hotel rooms?” Mei figured she had about 100 in cash on her for just in case purposes, including food and such, probably wouldn’t give the best room but better than here, but what about the other. As she pondered this she began to pack her things while also stirring Snowball out of sleep mode.

[meidinchina]

dragxnfall‌:

He is distrusting of everything in the room, especially the climatologist. It’s with wide, suspicious eyes he watches her save the damned thing he would have stomped without a second thought but he’s trying his best to behave. However, he does not move from his place tangled in her blinds until she speaks and the coast seems clear. 

Slowly, he climbs down, clearing his throat while straightening his clothes and shooting a glance to the curtains he’s undoubtedly going to have to replace. 

“Never been better, darlin’.” He lies, despite still being distressed. He could really go for that drink now. He sits on the edge of the desk with a heavy sigh, clearly exhausted from the events. “Never took ya to be one fer them damned eight leggers. If anythin’, I would’a thought ya wanted me to…take care, of them.” McCree comments dryly, crossing his arms over his chest as he waits for her to emerge. “Any other surprises I should know?” He asks, a subtle accusation though there is no malevolent intent behind his words.

Mei held a small little smile, almost as if she was unsure to give a little chuckle over the whole situation and the thought that the Jesse McCree was afraid of some little ol’ spiders, to feeling truly sympathetic for the man as one could not help the phobias they held. At least this had properly woken her up, didn’t need any coffee now. “Oh no, for you see, I’ve taken care of bugs most of my life as pets. When I was young I spent some time over in Japan as an exchange student and did you know beetles are a very popular pet? From beetles I went onto grubs, cockroaches, spiders and I once had an ant hive” She sounded so relaxed as she thought of all of her lovely pets, the beetles were her favorite. She had to give a content little sigh as her mind played over such fond memories before returning to Jesse. “But no, no other surprises as far as I know...how do you feel about snakes?” She soon found out that she wasn’t sure what would and would not be a surprise to the cowboy, so might as well cover some basic stuff.

[meidinchina]

greensuitsandpens‌:

He gaped at her in shock before Lucio burst out laughing. “Did you just? Oh my gosh, Mei! I wish I had a recordin’ of that because it was perfect.”

Who knew the woman liked puns? Actually, thinking about it, he could see it. If she liked language enough, then wordplay would be a delight when she got it right. “You sure you don’t want to be a writer or lyricist?” Twisting words for unconventional meanings was a gift, in his mind.

“What? Can’t a guy let someone know they’re great?” Everyone deserved a little praise, a compliment here and there. If it got them to smile, he was happy. The woman was completely worthy of it, in his mind.

He slid into a seat and watched her putter around the tiny kitchen. She seemed to be in her element, working out of habit from a life-long ritual. He wondered if she followed the traditions he’d heard about, or if that was an exaggeration for special occasions.

“The spiced orange sounds nice for something different.” How would that taste as a tea? Citrus and tea. Lemon was understandable; Lucio had heard enough about it, but orange sounded foreign, he supposed. Either way, he was up for trying something new.

Mei couldn’t help but laugh a little herself, the pun was okay in her opinion but something about how Lucio handled it made it all the better to her. She had expected him to sigh or something as most people did and while that was a reward in itself, this was much better. “I suppose so, I guess I’m just not used to it. It can be hard to remember that I am not in a 100% work environment when everything can feel so business here” They really needed to make the commons feel more like a home and not a base, or so she at least thought. Soon enough her eyes began to gaze around the room, taking it all in and trying to figure out what could be done...Maybe more plants, plants always livened up any space. Though this did not last long as she soon began to work away at the tea again, getting Mint Medley herself and began the brew in the coffee machine. This time checking to make sure there was no bag of coffee inside...It really ruined a good cup of tea to have coffee all in it and while it would be safer to make it int he microwave she preferred it this way, plus someone had to use the ‘cup’ setting on this thing. Once the water begun to steam and dribble into the mug Mei stepped away, thinking for a moment or two before letting it get to work and turning her attention back to Lucio. “Have you decorated your room yet?” Maybe she could get some ideas of what he liked, what everyone liked overtime to make the commons a nicer place visually. 

[bugkeeping]

on a quest to find some beetle jellies

[bogleech]

Some people really don’t think of insects the way they think of any other animal but it’s impossible not to see their consciousness and character when you really watch them moving and exploring and looking around. People underestimate how flexible they are, too. It’s not like a rigid box with stiff legs.

[bushelofmuses]

@meidinchina b/c of our thread, have some shiny girls

[meidinchina]

greensuitsandpens‌:

Lucio had a brief moment where he wondered if anyone else on the team would get behind the idea and then decided that this one time, he didn’t care. A robotic medic snake would be awesome and they could just suck it.

“I could give her these cool little headphones and her own sunglasses.” He gasped and met Mei’s eyes, whispering excitedly, “She and I could have matching outfits…”

Lucio scoffed. “No, I’m not! Look at you. Cute as a button then, cute as a button now.” She was adorable back then, and her mannerisms made her more adorable now in his opinion. The fact that she was such a sweet soul made it even better. The kindest were always a welcome sight.

“Cleaner than we think or not. Ew. No thank you. Hard pass, miss Mei.” He held up his hands and grimaced. “Sorry, but they make my skin crawl.” Eugh.

Oh, right. There was tea to be had.

Lucio had forgotten too.

Whoops, indeed.

“If it makes you feel any better, I forgot too.” His smile was sheepish. “I think we were both distracted by the idea of bugs and snakes.”

The usual.

“Maybe even a little...Boa scarf?” Mei waited a small second before chuckling at her own pun, she looked so pleased with herself despite the quality of her own joke and nothing would ever change this. “Lucio please” Mei then moved on, waving a hand on the air as if to swipe away at all the praise all the while holding a goofy little smile. She wasn’t used to getting called cute and such, not because she wasn’t of course but because she was usually in a very professional setting where such things usually weren’t allowed. “And it is fine, I understand that such babes are not for everyone. It just means that I will have to give them all the more love” Mei spoke as she placed two mugs on the table before opening random draws to find where she hid a few tea packets.  She figured she’d forget here and there if she left all of them in her room. “Okay, so we have Mint Medley, I love lemon, Mint chamomile, Spiced orange, Pomogranit Piazza and of course, Hot chocolate. Just in case on that last one” None of them were very expensive as Mei had taken to saving her best teas for special occasions and to save on money just buying the other teas in bundle from online if it was approved.  “And it is a lovely topic to get lost on, one I could easily see getting lost in again”

[meidinchina]

greensuitsandpens‌:

His face lit up like he had a sudden revelation. “Oh! You know how I’m able to get to hard to reach places? I could make her a deployable to go into smaller areas where even I can’t get to in order to give aid to anyone trapped. I could ask Torbjörn to help me build her and then I can add in my sonic tech. I could heal people remotely…” His mind was buzzing with possibilities. Everything he could do if he put something like that together? It would be spectacular.

"They’re called ‘um besouro.’” Lucio gently took the phone from her to get a better look at the pictures and smiled widely. “Oh my gosh, you’re adorable! The beetles are cute too, but your glasses and cheesy grin. Someone call a doctor, I’m dead.”

He was being over dramatic for the fun of it, wanting her to smile more. Besides, she really was adorable in the photos.

“I can’t get behind roaches though. Ew. No. Nope. Noooo thank you, Ms. Mei.” Eugh. Beetles were perfectly okay, but he just couldn’t handle the thought of…nope.

He noted the locations behind her in some of the photos and grinned when he recognized them from his own travels. It was an experience to know that he could go to the same place as someone else in the world, experience it differently, and make vastly different memories from it. The cultural influence behind how one views monuments, how they form their opinion. Just thinking about it made him smile, but seeing it in action or hearing someone talking about it made it so much better.

“That’s a brillant idea!” Mei chimed in, clapping her hands together in excitement while her mind raced, thinking over all the lives that could be saved with such an invention.  That and the idea of a snake bobbing it’s head to a sweet beat was rather humorous to Mei.  “Um besouro” Mei repeated, it was slightly tricky for her but she was sure she’d get it with time. Though quickly the word repeating in her head was forgotten as praise was thrown her way.  “You are being silly now” Mei laughed, feeling bashful at all the compliments as she remembered those old glasses she used to wear. Now she couldn’t help but giggle, his plan worked. “Oh, roaches aren't that bad and honestly they are a lot cleaner then what most people believe, but I suppose everyone has something they don’t like” Mei paused for a moment, trying to think of a bug or animal she wasn’t so keen on.  Hmm, none was coming to mind at the moment but she was sure there had to be at least one. “Whoops” she then spoke up, “I had almost forgotten why we were here!” Mei then began to go through the cabinets, searching for mugs. All of her good ones were in her room and she didn’t want to just leave Lucio here so she’d make do with what was on hand.

[meidinchina]

greensuitsandpens‌:

“You know what? You’re right. Oh! A robotic one, yes? I could sync it to my music or something and it could light up with the beat or something. Oh, dang, that’d be amazing.” Now to build it. He wasn’t sure how well he could make it realistic in its behaviors, but still.

“Do you have any pictures of them? From back then? I think it should be fine to have them here. Dogs and cats would be a bit more…distractin’ for the flow of the base.” Large pets would be hard to care for in a tight space like this but if anyone could make it work, Mei could. A brilliant and creative woman…

“Hey, how do you say beetle in your language?” He was always interested in people speaking their native languages. It was a wild experience to hear different sounds that meant the same thing as the sounds he made.

“And no, I didn’t. Mom wouldn’t let my siblings and I have any because of…” Small area, money was tight, etc. It was nothing he could help. His mom treated them best she could anyway.

Mei smiled softly, she wasn’t sure how her suggestion would have been received but to see Lucio so excited over the idea of a robotic snake made her feel pretty good.  “It would also be a wonderful conversational starter” She teased softly, “If you do take this on I’d love to see your blueprints. I’ve always been fascinated in tinkering, building things” She wouldn’t say she was great at it yet despite making her own gun and modifying Snowball for Blizzard, but she had hope in him as she assumed he made his gear as well. “Oh, not very many but just let meeee-” As Mei held onto the last word she riffled through her pockets as she leaned against the counter until she pulled out her phone and soon began the search. She was sure she had some but she may have to pull them off Cloud first. “Jiǎchóng, and in yours?” Mei took a moment to look up from her phone, waiting for a few pictures to load. Trading words was always a delight and when she was younger she would always ask her colleagues for translations just to hear them speak. It kinda felt like their tone changed a little, their cadence when they spoke their native language. She liked hearing it. Mei then nodded, she could understand small spaces as she lived with her entire family from birth and had she not left to join overwatch she would still be living with them. It was decently normal, as while the parents worked the grandparents took care of the grandkids and that cycle would go on when she was a grandparent. It felt kinda lonely here on such a big base with so little people, not having to share a room with anyone or have so many people around the table during meals. “Ah, here we go” Mei perked up, holding her phone out to Lucio. She has set up a few pictures of herself as a child with her beetles. Some taken in Japan and some in China. It looked like she had bigger glasses back then. Some pictures had the beetles and roaches fully grown and some were larvae, giant larvae that fit barely fit in the palm of her hand. In all, though one could see how she loved them, how she cared for them. Whelp, now she wanted to build a beetle enclosure. Another project to spend most of her time on when not out on a mission.

[meidinchina]

thedarkestofblus‌:

Hanzo froze, wanting to grab mei and stop her. Something was out there, it was dangerous to check. They needed to wait it out and get out.

A shame then for Hanzo that he froze as Mei smoothly slipped by. The woman barely took initiative like this, she’d almost rather follow then lead in these situations but all at the same time she could not sit by while they were being tormented. She barely knew the archer but seeing him like this man her feel rather brave, even if the bravery was in some ways false. With a click Mei turned off the safety before opening the door, gun pointed out and ready to freeze...But there was no one there. “Must have run...” There was relief in her voice that mingled with something more tired. “Is it really safe to stay here? When there are others inside?” She now turned to face Hanzo, turning the safety back on, on her gun. 

[meidinchina]

arsonistanarchist‌:

Amber eyes struggling to stay above half-mast followed the scientist as she rummaged through cupboards and drawers, her gentle voice barely making its way through to the junker’s damaged eardrums. Maybe they could have been friends in another life… Maybe even in this one? It would take a lot of effort, but Jamison was already grateful for the fact that she hadn’t left him alone to die back out in the open. Grateful enough that if they made it back to base, he’d maybe try to tone down his over-the-top everything when she was around, maybe even try to get to know her a bit more.

Though nearly deaf and fighting for consciousness, those two words somehow managed to ring loud and clear in his skull: Super glue. Super glue? Junkrat’s face immediately lit up as much as one’s could when losing a significant amount of blood and hiding from gun wielding maniacs looking to kill them both. There was a pause as his gentle laughter tapered, a shaky sigh following suit, “Ph.D., eh?” Jamison couldn’t help the small chuckle that shook his frame, followed by a wince of pain and he pressed the fingers of his flesh hand harder against his spilling wound, “Thought only idiots were insane enough t’try puttin’ arts an’ crafts supplies over open wounds.” Not that he was complaining - or necessarily an idiot, himself. No, Jamison’s mind dwelled in some fucked up place linking idiocy, insanity, and absolute genius. Junkrat had used much odder, much worse things as medical supplies.

“Well, docta’ Mei,” he began, grin lopsided and lazy and eyelids fluttering against the darkness growing at the edges of his vision, “your patient is ready for you.”

“I am a scientist” Mei rebuttled before pulling out two small tubes of super glue, score! Though honestly, she wasn’t sure how much of a scientist she felt when she was doing stuff like this, despite it being outside her field of work. Mei was soon by Junkrat’s side once again, trying to look over the wound before huffing a little, her gaze was almost intense as she patted herself for a few seconds, gave a small huff of defeat before reaching under her thick winter coat. There was a small ripping sound before she pulled out a bit of light blue cloth, soon attempting to clean the wound up as best she could before grabbing the glue. “This will most defiantly hurt” Was all the warning she gave before she began to apply the glue, in the end she’d probably end up using both tubes for safety before moving Snowball closer. The drone acted as a fan to help dry the glue, though every once in a while a snowflake came out here and there. Mei was still working on the fan thing, which was a heavily nerfed Blizzard.

[meidinchina]

thedarkestofblus‌:

Hanzo kept his eyes on the door, warily still and silent. He wasnt terrified, more startled for what was on the other side.

It took only a few minutes before Mei was back by the archers side this time with her gun in her hands, checking that the safety was currently on and that the cartridge was full and properly connected to the pack on her back. Also making sure it was on freeze and not death cycle.  She then took a slow deep breath before she began to head towards the door, Hanzo seemed kinda freaked out to her so she figured it was her job to be brave! Also, it was bugging her that she couldn’t hear anything, as if they were waiting outside silently. It was rather creepy but she wished for this game to end.

[meidinchina]

greensuitsandpens‌:

“It’s definitely a change of pace,” he muttered in response.

The shift from civilian life to…whatever this was, was a culture shock in a way. Lúcio was a relaxed soul, easy going and mostly unbothered by life. He worked hard, was dedicated to whatever he set his mind to, and followed through on his promises his mother would have his hide if he didn’t. But near military life was a whole other animal. It left him grateful that this wasn’t forever, a temporary thing for as long as the immediate threat was present.

“I don’t think we are either, but it’d be great to have a cat or oh! Maybe a snake. A pet snake would be awesome. How terrifying would it be to Talon if I showed up in a fight with a python chillin’ around my neck like some kind of dark sorcerer?” The image had him grinning. “A guy can dream of having a dramatic entrance.”

“Why beetles? Have you had them before? What are they like? They’ve always just been…bugs, to me.” He never would have guessed that they had some level of personality.

“Oh, a snake would be delightful!” Mei chimed in, seeming very thrilled by this idea and now she couldn’t get the image of the cute snoot that a python had. It was s very boopable. “If only, though perhaps for safety for the snake, a robotic snake would do better to drape around yourself?” That, and a fake snake was a lot more customizable than a real one. Less likely that the poor thing would get hurt as well. Mei now chuckled softly as she entertained her fingers, “I didn’t have much room when I was a child and my grandmother was allergic to most pets. So I needed something smallish and without fur.” she began as she slid a door open for Lucio. “Though it wasn’t until I visited Japan and saw pet beetles that it stuck. Things like this have ever bothered me and I ended up taking care of some while there and when I went home I took on more bugs for care. They really are rather sweet, I loved to have them out while I did homework or when I needed a distraction.” Ah, they were finally to the commons, or most importantly, the break room. For a moment she had forgotten what they had decided on when it came to the location for tea but figured that they were already here, ah well if she had remembered incorrectly. “Did you have many pets?”

[meidinchina]

dragxnfall‌:

It seemed to be rather presumptuous of him to assume she’d be a drinker of the…alcoholic, variety. Then again, they’re both adults here, nothing like a little liquor to loosen them up.  “Ain’t nothin’ a few shots can’t fix,” He drawls with a hearty chuckle as he turns his gaze from her to the cup he lifts.

His heart sinks to his stomach and his blood runs colder than ice when there’s a telltale of spindly black strands in what should have been a pure white of cup insides. He’s pale and there’s a cold sweat starting at his forehead. There’s a long moment where he stares down at the open facing cup, two leery eyes staring down into eight, watching, waiting. 

Perhaps it’s the twitch of his thumb, a notion fueled by stimulated panic that makes a subtle indent in the plastic beneath the spider, startling it into scurrying forward, and, horridly, out of the cup and onto Jesse’s inner arm. There’s a loud, offended gasp, an intake of breath cut short and stuck in his throat, sounding borderline painful. He drops the cup, vigorously shaking his arm as he steps back, bumping into the edge of her desk and he doesn’t hesitate to hop on, still attempting to back away from the scurrying critter now on the floor, mistakenly heading his way in its panic while the cowboy is stuck in the blinds covering her window. “Oh hell, no.”

Everything seemed to go so fast all of a sudden, the plastic cup went flying that Mei quickly went chasing after, Jesse ended up on her desk and where had the spider gone?? ? “Please calm down Jesse!” Mei called out as she watched the floor wearily, waiting for any sign of movement. “It’s okay, I’ll collect them right up! Just be careful about the other cups on the desk, they also have spiders in them” Please don’t go kicking those over in a panic cowpoke or everyone on this floor and maybe the next will wonder what all the commotion is.  Ah! Movement!  Mei was quick but gentle as she directed the little spider back into the cup, now keeping her hand over the top so it couldn’t escape while also not seeming to mind the idea of it crawling over her hand. “Whew! Okay....Let’s get you back to safety little one” And with that she went into the bathroom, choosing to put the cup into the closet this time and soon trying to collect the other cups to place them in there as well. Out of the way of anyone accidentally picking them up and releasing what was inside. “Are you okay in there Jesse?” She finally called from the bathroom after her work was done, looking a little frazzled herself as she attempted to fix her hair.

[meidinchina]

arsonistanarchist‌:

It was more the other’s odd analogy than anything else that had the mood lifting ever so slightly, at least until another shot rang out a tad too close for comfort. Well, Mei better be one sturdy brick. 

Junkrat gave a short nod when the scientist approached and wrapped the fingers of his metallic hand around her shoulder. “One, two-” and he was up, albeit quite a bit wobbly and probably leaning far more of his weight against the other than he should, not that he really weighed all that much to begin with.

The mismatched duo moved as hastily as the situation would allow, small splatters of blood trailing them from the junker’s still bleeding wound. He really needed to figure out a way of stemming the flow.

Jamison fell to the ground once they were in the safety of the demolished rubble’s shadow and allowed himself to lean his back against its cool surface. He was sticky with sweat and no doubt pale beneath his seemingly permanent layers of grime, body trembling from loss of blood and breaths coming in quick huffs. Despite it all, a smile pulled upwards at Junkrat’s lips, “S’pose ya got no docertin’ or nothin’, eh?” He shook his head and a small laugh left him in something of a sigh, “Course not, I already knew that.”

The situation was becoming more and more critical with every passing moment, and it took a great deal of focus to scramble all of his thoughts into a pile to sort through. Step one: stop the bleeding. Rat looked down to his shorts; tattered and dirty and stained with a multitude of questionable things. Probably not the best thing to be pressing against an open wound.

Bright eyes looked into deep ones once more, a heaviness in them betraying the smile still plastered on those dry lips, “Gonna need something to staunch this mess. I’d use me shorts, but even I have to admit that’s just an infection waitin’ ta happen.” That, and Junkrat was sure that the last thing the other wanted to see was him in all his natural glory. Nope, shorts staying on.

Mei let out out a small muffled ‘Hmmn’ of a groan as she helped the rat onto his feet. He was much bigger than she thought, deceived by how thin the junker was to remember that people this tall still had decent weight behind them. Still, as she had promised, she was a brick. Despite her feelings towards the junker Mei was a rather gentle soul, though she was also a little too cautious. She always tried to stay in his pace, support him best she could all the while sometimes slowing down when she feared someone may turn the corner into their little room and shoot. When they had reached their destination the little scientist attempted to soften Jamison’s fall. Just as she was taught with her grandparents, she’d let him fall but attempt to slow it down a little so the landing itself wasn’t so rough. By this point, she was having troubles concealing her breathing as both fear and exhaustion from everything the day had thrown at her warranted deeper breaths. “Not for what you need” Mei had Ph.D.’s but in nothing that could help them now. She really reeaally felt that she should learn medical assistance. That maybe everyone in OverWatch should, for situations like these. “Y-You know” Mei began, already moving away from the junker to look through all the draws she could find. “My neighbor's goats were once attacked, and um, you know what’s oddly safe to put over a wound to...Act as a scab and may even lesson scaring?” There was a small pause while Mei looked through the things in this room, searching for both fabric or the item she spoke of. “Super glue” She then paused again, this time looking at Junkrat to see how he took this suggestion, and the size of the wound to see if a bottle of super glue, which normally came in a somewhat small container, would be enough to cover the wound.

[meidinchina]

thedarkestofblus‌:

Hanzo shushed mei, his eyes darting to the door as he heard more speech. Who was trying to lure him to the door, what was on the other side? He was unsure of what to do anymore.

Mei quickly shushed, silent as she tried to listen for whoever could be out there and honestly she would be lying if she didn’t admit that the idea of someone mimicking her didn’t send shivers down her spine. Enough so that she almost wished that she wouldn’t listen so intently. “Hanzo? You’re  up, aren’t you?” The voice called again, sounding more and more weary. “We really need to board up the windows though, so please, come out?” The real Mei just stood silent, the seconds felt like they were frozen and as she heard nothing she peered up at the archer. She wanted to say something but decided at this very moment, she would hold her tongue. Instead, she began to inch away, trying to silently creep towards her stuff. She was no ninja though so her creeping was very, veeerrrry slow with the smallest of creaks here and there.

[meidinchina]

dragxnfall‌:

He cocks a brow at her suggestion, he didn’t necessarily peg her to be a drinker, even in the light wine sense. Though who the hell is he to turn down an opportunity to drink? Would he even be THE Jesse McCree without even a tinge of liquor in his bloodstream?

Hell no. 

“Well, I didn’t think you to be the type to charm a fella in jus’ a few words, lil lady.” The cowboy laughs, tension visibly melting off of once taut shoulders that slowly go slack in relaxation as he takes a few steps closer. From his teenage years, he knows from experience those familiar red plastic cups, McCree reaching out for one as he looks over his shoulder at her while he begins to ramble.

“I take it y’ain’t much of a hard liquor person? Then again y’been sober for so long, maybe too long…”

Oh no. It was easy for Mei to see in a matter of seconds that there was a misunderstanding here...When she had suggested drinks she meant like, tea, but ah he seemed rather excited now, how could she possible correct him? The answer was, she couldn’t and honestly, wouldn’t. After all, he had lugged all her stuff in, withstood the spiders “I’ve never tried hard liquor but the smell is rather offputting” Mei began as she moved a little, attempting to grab a purse with the intent of going out for drinks, as she wasn’t very sure on what the base was and wasn’t stocked up on. “Though I suppose I cou-” This, of course, was when she noticed Jesse going for the red solo cups she had set up, though as her reflexes were slow she did not react until a second or two later where she began to stutter, trying to warn the cowpoke of the dangers that existed under those cups. The Spiders. Some were just waiting for a chance to break free, those cups would surely give Jesse a sudden fright, while two of the others had spiders already setting up their webs...That would probably take a bit longer to realize one's mistake. Whatever cup Jesse picked, he’d surely need a legit hard drink after.

[meidinchina]

//In a week or two I’m about to have a big break, vacation thing, so I’ll def be able to be online more and dish out replies more regularly. So thanks for those who have stayed patient with me an such!

[meidinchina]

arsonistanarchist‌:

The mission was supposed to be a simple one; get in, take out the members of Talon that had assembled there for reasons Junkrat hadn’t been privy to listening to, and get out. It took a walloping five minutes for a carefully calculated plan to become shit hitting the proverbial fan. 

He had been separated from Roadhog, something that tended to have anxiety crawling up his spine in the best of situations, and been hit by a rouge bullet while trying to duck for cover. His comm was broken, his legs were weak, and now it seemed as though the only saving grace being given to him had to be from her. Jamison had tried and tried and tried to get on Mei’s good side, but every quip, every joke, every attempt at any sort of pleasant conversation had always been mercilessly shot down.

Mei simply didn’t like Junkrat, and Junkrat couldn’t be bothered to care all that much about it. Well, until now. 

The sound of gunfire rang loudly in the air around them, and the blonde had to force his focus on the other’s lips to understand what she was saying. “Sheila,” Junkrat began with a laugh that paled in comparison to his usual mirthful crow, “I didn’t survive all those years in tha Outback an’ bein’ chased ‘round the world by coppers ta die here.” 

A sharp sting of pain had Jamison wincing once more, his torso straining to rise and fall with laboured breaths. Fuck, at least he didn’t think this was how he was supposed to go out. Dying from a single bullet wound to the abdomen? Definitely not as flashy as he would have liked.

Junkrat took a moment to think - to dig into that twisted mind of his for some sort of solution. They were both out in the open and as much as ‘Rat hated to admit it, Mei was looking to be his only shot of getting out of this mess alive. He heaved a weary sigh and locked amber hues with her deep brown gaze. He had survived before and he would do it again.

 “Alright,” now was not the time to worry about anything else other than making it out of this hell hole with his life, “I’m gonna need ya help in walkin’, I think. Lost a decent ‘mount a blood and me legs feel like being right pricks about it.” He paused, eyes scanning their surroundings for any sort of cover. There was a half demolished wall not too far away; Junkrat was sure that they could both make it there with hopefully as little effort as possible. Mei was… small. And Junkrat? Well, he stood well over a full head over the other. This would be… interesting, to say the least.

“Help me up, we’ll take cover behind that bit a wall over there, and for the love of god, please tell me your communicator is working.”

“So ‘you’ll play this smart?” Mei asked hopefully, jumping each and every time she heard a gunshot in the background while looking rather tense at the situation around them. As Morrison told her time and time again, she was no soldier. She was no fighter. She was a scientist, but a scientist who believed they could help so time and time again put herself on dangers doorstep for a chance to make the world a better place. Even if that meant hauling this rats ass out of here. Mei listened carefully to his plan, though unlike the other she was unable to keep eye contact. She kept on looking over her shoulder, hands soon fiddling nervously at the hem of her gloves while Snowball silently floated overhead. “I don’t have a better plan, so I’ll do my best!” And then take a shower later as it sure as hell didn’t look like the other had taken one recently. Gross. “I’ll be like a brick, a brick with legs” It probably wasn’t the best analogy but she figured that bricks were pretty sturdy, something that wouldn’t easily break under pressure and soon she knelt down, patting her shoulder again and ready to help him up. “You can count on me and my working comms” She then gave a little wink, to try and uplift the situation before looking like she was ready to fold in on herself when remembering who exactly she was trying to uplift the situation for. Heck, maybe if she did this he’d listen to one of her lectures on being a better person for once. But probably not. “Ready?”