au version of venus de milo, for scarletverse
Subject 3b14; former name
Date of Birth + Astrological Sign: March 14th (Pisces)
Species: Mutant; Yunnan Box Turtle
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Alchemist under Baron Draxum; current
Ambassador of the Underground; future
For as long as she could remember, Mei lived in a lab. She remembered being watched over by a large goat-man called Baron Draxum, and an Inugami called Chung-I. While the Baron would check her health and mutation process; Chung-I took a more sympathetic approach towards her. He would often talk about his own life, and even was the one who chose her name, Mei.
Throughout her life, she was described as “unstable”. Considering she was the first prototype of Draxum’s mutations, she was far from perfect scientifically. Her blood had to be mixed with constant stabilizers or she would go into seizures; she would be chained down or she would pick at parts of her skin that she described as “burning”. Through the mistakes in her, she did hear of more experiments being made, but she isn’t 100% sure.
Eventually, she was finally perfected around the time she was a teenager. Finally allowed to be seen outside the lab, she was immediately put to train under Draxum, along with another student named Scarlet. Almost instantly, Mei fell smitten for the other creature. Considering she had never met anyone both her age or anyone aside from Chung-I in general, these feelings could be understood. For a long while, Mei harbored a rather obvious crush on Scarlet, shown through her becoming flustered around her as well as being hesitant to train with her out of her own empathy. Most of the time, Mei was met with grumbles and stubbornness. All of this culminated into Scarlet blurting out feelings for Mei, something the latter found enlightening as she expressed her own feelings.
Through awkward teen years into adulthood, Mei and Scarlet developed a secret slow-burn relationship. Although being with each other made them both happy, there still was that lingering hunger inside both of them demanding freedom, demanding inner peace. Ultimately, they decide to stay loyal to Draxum and the Underground, while also exploring the world for themselves. During their exploits, they run into the Turtles. Mei is extremely empathetic toward the boys and enjoys spending time with them. It is unknown if Mei was aware of the correlation between Project Renaissance and the boys.
Currently, Mei lives with Scarlet in an abandoned subway station and regularly visit the Turtles to train and spend time with them.
Unknown biological parents
Artemisia; future adoptive daughter
Michaelangelo; close friend
Scarlet Pieh Chi; current fiancee
"Heartburn"; Wafia (Jarami Remix)
“Lucky”; Jason Mraz feat. Colbie Caillet
“Thunder Clatter”; Wild Cubs (Chelsea Cutler Cover)
“What I Wouldn't Do”; Serena Ryder
Mei’s choice of weapon is a pair of tessen. She prefers speed and agility when fighting over everything else, and finds these weapons most useful.
Mei would most likely be voiced by Rachel Bloom, who voices Autumn Blaze on MLP: Friendship is Magic.
Mei is a mild practitioner of the Buddhism faith. It’s helped her from going insane like her beloved Scarlet.
For as much as Mei is more innocent than that of her partner, she is quite the sucker for instances of Scarlet saying… rather inappropriate things in the languages that she knows.
When living in the Underground, Mei was surprisingly much more feared than that of Scarlet. This was mainly in the sense of Mei often smiling in dangerous or threatening situations; giving off a creepy vibe.