bakerstreet | and since we've no place to go

and since we've no place to go

❄ it's quiet
and the snow's beautiful tonight

snowfall;

stage i; none, streets are already blanketed in white.
stage ii; very light and intermittent.
stage iii; light - moderate. lasts longer periods.
stage iv; continuous, heavy snowfall.
stage v; the hardest of cores - blizzards, snowstorms, you name it.

scenarios;

① fuck the police, this is the best time for a walk. hope you've got a nice thick coat on.
② stranded in the buttcrack of nowheresville? weren't you watching the time? now you've gone and missed that last bus out of there. or maybe you're lost, somehow. what do?
③ literally chilling, in this weather, is quite easy to do. sitting around relaxing in it is a wee more difficult, but sometimes much more enjoyable, especially if shelter can be found. the snow is beautiful to watch, after all.
④ the weather's not going to stop you. your snow fort's packed full of ammo and ready to go. those aren't snow angels over there; they mark where the poor souls you've downed have fallen. be careful with that snowman's head!!
⑤ you're about fifty miles from civilization but there's a roof over your head, so never mind the chilly draught, right? right. you mightn't be the only one lucky enough to stumble upon this little shelter, though. remember to share the blanket.
⑥ everyone stuck outside should be jelly. you've got a fireplace and hot cocoa and damn if it isn't awesome. a heater's not quite so romantic, but it'd do. there'd better be a backup generator in case the power trips.
⑦ mix and match, or make up your own.

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[ Six years?! Overwatch has been out of commission for a long time so it makes sense. Why didn't he just buy his own coat in that time? Or use one of hers. She wants to see The Serious Soldier in her pinks and blues. In her brand. With her bunny. ]

No.

[ Maybe it's less about her not wanting to wear a smelly, six year old jacket. Maybe it's more about her being worried in her own way that he was going to freeze because the temperature is not warm. She at least has a MEKA to somewhat block out the elements. Without his jacket, what does he have? ]

I can take care of myself.

[Finally, after a long moment, he withdraws his hand, shrugging the overcoat back on over his signature jacket and stomping off into the snowstorm, waiting for her to follow.]

I don't want to hear you complaining about the cold.

[Said like he isn't going to offer it again at the first chance.]

[ She wins. ]

I'm not.

[ Said like she isn't going to complain about the cold in about five minutes again, anyway. Her hands push the Meka forward, stomping after him. ]

I'll complain about your smelly jacket. I can smell it from here.

Something you're gonna have to live with.

[At least for the duration of this patrol. He is clearly making no apologies for said smelly jacket--just hefts his gun and continues onward.]

Is that the smell of an old man?

[ She won't let up. Maybe she's bored, maybe she wants to talk and fill the silence a storm always brings with it.

Maybe she enjoys how Soldier can always come back at her with his dry wit. Other people get flustered or angry, depending, and it's always interesting to see how people react.

He reminds her of her dad... back home. Someone who doesn't fall prey to her goading and can turn her on her nose. ]

It's blowing this way with the wind.

[He offers little more than a shrug in response--76 is generally disaffected as a rule, but Hana will certainly be able to pinpoint this as a deliberate attempt to aggravate her. The non-response is meant to be frustrating, an indication that she needs to do better if she really wants to get under his skin.]

Maybe you should lead, then.

[76 will come to a stop, gesturing for her to step the mech in front of him.]

[ At first, her mouth twists to the side at the lack of response.

This is now a game.

And everyone knows how she feels about games. ]

Hmph. Maybe I will, Stinky 76.

[ Stomp, stomp, stomp. Hana leads the pack and it's a position she's not unused to.

Before moving, she turns the top half of her Meka enough to see the soldier behind her. ]

Try and keep up, okay?

[WOW. Wow. Okay, so that's how this is going to be. 76 does his very best not to betray any sort of reaction to his new nickname, the way he stomps after her the only sign of indignation.]

You don't have to tell me to keep up.

[He could sprint circles around her mech if he really wanted, and he falls in step just a few paces behind her.]

[ His footsteps are louder -- they crunch in the snow like he's forcing his foot down harder.

Hana grins in the safety of her pink robot. ]

Oh, yeah?

[ She shouldn't be wasting jet fuel. She shouldn't be playing around. Patrols are serious but if 76 really is like her in painting his robot, this might work.

A burst of green light sends Hana fifty feet ahead in only two seconds. When she lands, she spins midair and then waves with her robot arm at 76 very far behind. ]

Slowpoke 76!

[Hana's assessment proves to be right--Jack's always had something of a competitive streak, or at the very least, an inability to turn down a challenge. Despite his general detachment from most things, 76 recognizes this for what it is and is hard-pressed to let it slide. He's not sure if he can keep up with Meka's jets, but after that taunt, he'll be damned if he doesn't try.

Probably he isn't able to cover fifty feet in two seconds, but he pushes himself into a sprint anyway, taking advantage of her landing to close the distance between them and then keep running past her.

This is one way to warm up, he guesses.]

[ Okay. Not Slowpoke 76. With some expert maneuvering, she boosts her MEKA at a turn and follows after him quickly. Just before the system overheats too much, she turns off the thrusters. A flurry of snow follows her, raining snow down on 76 and making his white hair even more white.

Once she sees him, she bursts out in laughter. ]

D.Va used Blizzard! Super effective!

[Yeah, he probably asked for this. Enhanced or not, he's hard-pressed to keep up with actual thrusters, though it's going to take more than snow to the face to discourage him. He's all at once glad she didn't take the coat, and he drags a hand across his visor to clear it, a low growl in the back of his throat.

Two can play at this game.]

You done screwin' around?

[He says, stooping so that he can scoop snow into his palm and packing it hard between his hands. NO SCREWING AROUND.]

[ Is she ever? LIFE IS A GAME, SOLDIER 76. ]

Negative.

[ It looks like they're just getting started, anyway. A grin spreads across her face as she watches him make a snowball. That's cute. She's protected by a giant mech. Unless he has perfect aim and somehow hits her hands, it won't effect her AT ALL.

And now she has a new special Blizzard move. ]

So, what's that for?

[This is entirely futile and he knows it, though the fact that she's encased in an entire mech and he has only a snowball isn't going to deter him. He's squared off in situations much more futile than this.

He's going to try anyway, lobbing the snowball right at the Meka--doesn't matter if it's going to splat against the windshield. In fact, he might be hoping she manages to intercept it before then. It might impress him, but only a little.]

[ In the blink of an eye, Hana pulls up her Defense Matrix. The snowball is shot right out of the air, becoming snowflakes that flutter gently and non threateningly back to the ground. The expression on the ex-progamer's face is very cocky and almost exasperated. He didn't think that would really work, did he?

Her shield lowers, disappearing and taking its green light with it.

Then, she plops her mech to sit on the ground causing snow to fly up around her. ]

Reeejected.

[What he declines to say is that he could probably rip her out of that thing with his bare hands, and it's only the goodness of his heart that prevents him from doing so. It's also out of the goodness of his heart that he offers this, instead:]

Nice shot.

[76 doesn't bother to pack another snowball, instead shoving hands in his pockets and catching up to her in a few steps.]

You got a targeting system in there?

[ If he can catch her. OLD MAN.

The praise is kind of nice. She's used to it from the world at large, but it's a little more rare from him. Behind the green visor, her lips quirk a little and then she shrugs in a nonchalant way. ]

Thanks, I know.

[ Her hands pull away from her controllers and she crosses her arms, sticking her hands under her arms to warm them up again. A large sign of trust from her. ]

Yep! Semi-automated. I still have to make sure projectiles are within the tracking area before I can shoot them out of the air. It's not aim-botting though.

[Well excuse! And here he is trying to pay her a compliment. 76 snorts a little bit, pulling his coat closer around him at about the same time Hana starts warming her hands.]

Maybe I can get a look inside sometime.

[He doubts that's going to fly, but he figures it's a good way to test the waters.]

[ Flattery gets you no where! It's not her fault she has the ego the size of her own country.

Her eyes narrow. Torbjorn had asked the same thing and she had vehemently told him hands off. It's her meka and although she may self-destruct her precious mech only she has the rights to touch it.

But she has an idea. ]

If you take off your visor.

[Ooh, that's a tall order, and 76 is quick to vocalize that with a ponderous inhalation through his teeth.]

Guess I don't want to see the inside that badly.

[His voice is still dry as ever, but there's the slightest hint of amusement in his words, this time.]

[ Damn. Her mouth twists to the side, disappointed, studying him from the safety of the mech. Through the green light of her visor.

Now that they're here, she's not willing to give up just yet. ]

... 'Kay, what would it take to get you to take off your visor?

A hell of a lot.

[So, she's not getting it off him anytime soon. He imagines she's going to be just as stubborn as he is on this, however, so he starts walking again, as if he can outpace the conversation.]

You're just gonna have to live.

[ She had a feeling it wouldn't be easy. He wouldn't tell her it would take a pretty smile. First of all, gross. Second of all, she's been told she has a very pretty smile so he would be doomed.

Her mech stays on the ground for a moment longer, then she boots it up so she's jumping back onto its feet and following after him.

No. She can't live now. ]

A lot of... money?

[Realtalk: this is going to be the most difficult thing she ever undertakes, perhaps even including her fights against that one Omnic. He won't be so easily swayed by things like cute smiles or even batting of eyelashes.]

It's figurative.

[So, no, he's not interested in money. He's interested in some kind of unquantifiable amount of trust that he doesn't see himself getting with anyone, really.]

A lot of figurative!

[ Her cheerful voice chimes behind him, distorted by Meka's speaker system. Okay, it's probably not "figurative" either. She's just giving him a hard time. As she tends to do with everyone.

Then again, everyone eventually gives into her cute smiles and batting eyelashes.

Hana has her own reasons why Soldier 76 wears the mask. Most of those reasons she's fairly sure aren't the real reason, but she can't help but let her imagination get away from her. He could be embarrassed of his really old, ugly face. He could need it to see because he's blind.

Although she's pretty sure he's just hiding his identity for some reason. Compared to her, who streams missions and flaunts her idol status, he's like her opposite. ]

What's your story, anyway? You're pretty mysterious. Wearing a mask, keeping secrets...

Super heroes do that too, you know.

have you read "thanks, dad. love, hana"

I HAVE NOT but i have heard of it

OH MAN i recommend it 100% esp for 76 and dva shenans

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wtf stop being so cute

no..... love her....and how embarrassing she is

i love their new interaction i thought of this thread

i did too omg also merry xmas and happy new year!!! sry ive been busy ;-;

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crawls out of the abyss

opens arms to you

dad ;-;

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