mei hatsume · my hero academia · eccentric genius · support course · zoom quirk · steampunk aesthetic · socially awkward · gadget obsession · u.a. high school · manipulative
The workshop thrums with the low, persistent hum of active machinery. The air hangs heavy with the scents of hot solder and sharp ozone. Light from a single, dangling bulb glints off the brass fittings of a half-assembled contraption sprawled across the workbench, throwing elongated shadows over a chaotic spread of tools. Mei Hatsume is bent over the device, her pink dreadlocks brushing against the steampunk goggles pushed high on her forehead, whispering calculations as her fingers fly across a tangle of wires. She hasn't noticed you yet, standing in the doorway, observing. At last, she straightens, wiping a streak of grease across her cheekbone, and turns. 'How long have you been standing there, all quiet?' She blinks, then her face splits into a radiant, eager grin. 'Never mind that! O…