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Mako Rutledge ([personal profile] snoutback) wrote in [community profile] legionworld2017-05-19 02:37 am

[OPEN]

Who| Roadhog, Junkrat, and YOU.
What| Reunions, playing watchdog, sparring.
Where|
Mess Hall, Junkrat's Habitat, and the Sim Room.
When|
Catch-all for May.
Warnings/Notes|
swearing, sexual references/innuendo



Closed to Junkrat


Forty-eight hours after waking up, Roadhog's head is still spinning. Suddenly aliens were real, and the revelation's caught him with his pants around his ankles, companionless, unarmed, and struggling to form a solid plan on his own. Been some time since he's been visited by this kind of unease. Not a touch since the day Oz disappeared behind him, a granular speck on a great blue sea. And what's miserable is that he just knows it's because Junkrat isn't here to talk a mile a minute about how they were gonna survey the ship's security fixtures, squeeze around 'em to plant explosives in four, five, or a dozen different places, and then stage their fiery escape into the final frontier at the helm of a shiny new starcruiserall casual, like it's gonna be the easiest thing in the world.

Presumably somewhere there were civilian accommodations on this hunk of junk, but Roadhog's been far too busy trying to make sense of his surroundings and by extension his entire predicament to sleep or to find something to eat, half-hoping he'll just happen across his partner so they can get straight back to business. At this point, his hunger pangs were developing a mind of their own, subconsciously influencing the route he takes. It's as he pops his head into a too bright - too busy mess hall that, at last, just as Hog was teetering on the brink of being tired enough to give up chase for a while, or possibly even entirely...

There's
the little shit.

Were he not used to singling Junkrat out of worse, a single wild blonde head throwing up smoke signals would still have blended in seamlessly amidst the visual chaos of dozens of spandex-clad bodies. Roadhog makes a definitive beeline for his fellow Junker, ignoring the fact that the Jamison he knew wouldn't be sitting calmly at a table with so many new stimuli around him.

He has every intention of shuffling him off and away from this terrible clamor, but for now he plants his hand on the table beside Rat, leaning partway around him so that his eyes can bore into the jut of one high cheekbone. "Bout time--"

May 19th and beyond, Habitation Area, OTA

The days that follow are quieter than he expects, as Junkrat's busy schedule pulls him to and fro. Usually it's him telling Rat to stay put at the safehouse when errands need running. To be the one left like this is a foreign concept, just like how the people who come 'round asking for the bossman aren't waving around money or guns. Or how some of them haven't even heard of Rat at all, and are simply tourists, wandering all these little bits and pieces of worlds that aren't theirs without aim.

If you've got words for Rat at any point after the eighteenth, you might instead come across a plush hulk of a man with an uncannily similar taste in fashion. Either lazing about, stretched out in a sagging beach chair like he owns the place, or toiling away inside a large, dilapidated building that wasn't there when you visited before. While he's obviously noticed you coming from quite a long ways off, his foreboding silence suggests he won't be saying g'day unless you give him a very good reason.

Roadhog can tell the sightseers from Rat's actual acquaintances by how little caution they demonstrate as they walk the red earth, laden with buried mines. For them, he at the very least growls a half-hearted "Stop." Or if it's too late and his ears pick up a faint click: "Don't move."

Late May
, Sim Room, OTA

Come time and many discussions with Junkrat, Roadhog's own schedule becomes a back and forth. Never could he have predicted a gig of theirs would involve classes. You been taking yours? If your mind isn't too burnt out on the new and unusual, you might notice a fresh face, or technically mask. Even without any visible expression or audibly spoken word, the big brute does not even once seem interested in anything the instructor has to say. At least, that is, until class moves into the sim room, where his leather snout points up in silent but overt wonder, as billions of data points begin to construct the realest fake world technology can offer.

It might be a typical city street, chock with pedestrians. It might be a lush alien jungle full of natural threats, or it might be a featureless desert that could've passed for Oz were it not for the looming gas giant taking up half the horizon. The possibilities are endless.

The only thing that isn't up for debate is that it's time to practice trading blows with another metahuman and your assigned partner is this humongous newcomer.


(Final prompt can be a cooperative training exercise rather than a 1 v 1 if you'd prefer!)
muroieda: (. all that glitters)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-23 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
"I ain't makin' anything up! Look, I can prove it--"

Junkrat dives a hand into his bag and quickly pulls out his own omnicomm, tapping on it furiously as he tries to bring out the evidence that, for this entire time, he's been trusting more than his own memory. It has his attention for the entire ride into the lift, but as soon as the stranger in the lift looks up at the Legionnare that this roving boar is lugging around like a bundle of felled lumber, Junkrat makes eye contact, along with a cheerful smile and a wave of his fingers carrying a normalcy beyond comprehension.

"Oh, g'day!"

And then he goes back to typing on his omnicomm. A few floors later, Junkrat holds his omnicomm behind him, pointing the screen directly into the porthole of Roadhog's mask so he can watch a recorded video play.

"See? Six months ago."
Edited (now I have become the edit,) 2017-05-23 06:42 (UTC)
muroieda: (. should i drink this)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-23 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Dunno," he answers honestly. He waits until the doors of the lift have shut before speaking up again. "Figured if our friend from Dorado hasn't been able to find longer footage, then it probably doesn't exist. Oh--" He tilts his omnicomm to the side so he can point upwards, as if extrapolating on a concept. "They're here, by the by, but under, like, seven different layers of secret identity. Act like ya don't know 'em."

He claps the omnicomm shut and pouches it.

"But why do ya want ta see the rest of it anyway? I know yer inta that kinda thing but w--"

It dawns on him like a sack of concrete.

"...Unless you can't recall any of it, either...?" Junkrat asks slowly. It was normal for Junkrat to forget things, but Roadhog? Roadhog never forgets.
muroieda: (. oops)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-25 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that one."

He remembers the job, he remembers Sombra (now, anyway), and he remembers spending way too friggen long on that damn tunnel. He only remembers Calveras as a vague, fleeting afterthought.

Junkrat looks up at the back of Roadhog's head when he feels the negatory shake against his hip, then drops his head back down just in time to make sure that he won't be clocking the back of it against any part of the lift entrance. He lets out a thoughtful little noise as he rubs his chin with a metal thumb. Roadhog not knowing...that carries an implication, he's sure, but he doesn't know what it would be.

"Maybe there's somethin' about that weird dark wasteland that really messed us up..." he conjectures out loud. For some reason, he remembers that.

His train of thought gets interrupted when Roadhog comes to a halt. "Oh, just keep walkin', mate. Y'll know what yer lookin' fer when ya find it."

Really specific instructions. At least Junkrat is very consistent with his branding. He tries to get his brain back on track, but they get distracted by by another, unrelated idle thought. He had to have been specifically in the mess hall for one reason or another.

"Ya hungry?"
muroieda: (. all that glitters)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-27 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
"I do, if ya need it roight away, but all I have on me is stable rations fer emergencies. At home, though? I got more food than y'd ever want, mate. Well--" He chuckles. "In one sittin', anyway."

You'd think he was exaggerating.

He's not.

"Anyway, yer gonna love that about this place, mate. Everything here--and I mean everything--totally vejjo! Been able ta shake off the rust on me meatless barbecue and I got a few new recipes I been workin' on that I wanna get yer feedback on."

No small amount of emphasis can be put on the fact that Junkrat intentionally designed his habitat to keep himself in check in the ways Roadhog has for years. A day/night cycle to remind him to sleep regularly, a barbecue pit to ignore the passion for barbecue that keeps him eating (because he certainly doesn't waste food), a small enclosed area so he can pack the rest of it with explosives so he can sleep better under a thick, heavy, too-warm duvet.
muroieda: (. all that glitters)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-28 08:13 am (UTC)(link)
You know what they say: the way to a pig's heart is through his stomach.

With the familiarity of a gymnist on a beam, Junkrat shifts out of Roadhog's grip once he's given the allowance to, turning himself around and planting a seat over the thick trapezius not guarded by half a tire and spikes. He secures himself in place by wrapping his fingers around one of the straps affixing Roadhog's harness to him, while the business end of his peg leg hooks into one of the metal carabiners on the front of said harness.

"Not as dairy-dairy," he answers, "but the substitutes are pretty rippah. Coconut milk goes off well in tea. Cheese has been kinda pass-or-fail, depends on which one. Had ta modify me recipes ta suit the butter but that wasn't too hard. Haven't found a yogurt I care fer yet. I think y'll like the ice cream, though. Ya can tell it's different but it's still thick and sweet."

Of course he means ice cream, which is why he saves the best for last.
muroieda: (. all that glitters)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-29 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't think I'll need ta, but if ya really don't care fer it I'll see what I can do."

Which would probably involve making an over-the-top ice cream maker from scratch, too. If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing, especially for his big pig.

A hundred more steps later and the habitats they've been walking through quickly fade into nothingness--faster than they physically should. A dusk sun paints the sky in dark blues and casts deep oranges and yellows against the clouds, matching the baked red earth beneath Roadhog's feet.

The monstrosity of Junkrat's camper lays in the distance, and no one hazards attempting approaching it. In fact, no one is currently trying to traverse this beautiful but unwelcoming desert but them, leaving it pleasantly quiet and unoccupied for as far as the eye can see.

"Home sweet home!" Junkrat exclaims, holding his arms out with a flourish. "Except without the radiation and plenty of clean water and neutral-pH rain." He lets go of Roadhog's harness to pat him on the back, with a tone both cheerful and relieved; sentimental: "Welcome home, Roadie."
Edited 2017-05-29 06:44 (UTC)
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[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-31 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
There's an indignant silence as Junkrat scowls at Roadhog pointing out that it wasn't really home. That's obvious. But they've never really had something they could call a home for years now. He doesn't actually speak up until he starts asking questions:

"I made it this way."

He actually has a low, defensive tone. Pretty much everyone who's been here has asked the same question, if you could make anything, why choose to make a wasteland? Sure, it's not like he held Oz in some kind of honored, sentimental regard, because let's face it: he holds no alliance to the country that most would associate with Oz, but the dusty red earth was just as much a part of him as his jagged hairline and missing limbs.

So too was Roadhog, the only one who manages to show some kind of degree of discontentment that actually manages to get to Junkrat's core.

"We all get our little pockets to make whatever we want. Anything we want. Tried makin' somethin' fancy, tried makin' somethin' out of this world, tried makin' somethin' luxury, but nothin' felt right. Nothin' felt like a place I could sleep in. So I just went with somethin' more familiar."

Then, after a beat:

"If ya don't care fer it, ya can go make yer own."

...he didn't intend it to come out so sour, but it does anyway.
muroieda: (. who threw that)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-05-31 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll take me chances," he snaps back, but it's mostly for the sake of follow-through than actually requesting to be thrown face-first into his own land mines, because he knows that hand on his thigh intends to keep him exactly where he is.

"Yeah nah, it'll feel like that fer a while, mate," he follows up with a softer tone. "Been here for two months n' I'm still tryin' ta work it all out. I dunno if it's 'cause they forgot ta tell me stuff or I just didn't retain it, but..."

He shrugs.

"Universe is a pretty big place, and now we're at the center of it...or whatever."

Then, reminded by the sentiment, Junkrat tilts his head to the side and looks down at the peripheral of Roadhog's mask.

"Speakin' of unannounced giveaways, did they tell ya what shiny powers ya got ta work with, or do ya gotta find that out on yer own like I did?"
muroieda: (. should i drink this)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-06-02 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
Junkrat takes the invitation to slip off of Roadhog's shoulder, planting one foot and peg firmly on the ground.

"Mmh."

The missing scrap gun is pretty obvious. It's a hard weapon to hide without trying to disguise it. "Gun's easy to replace--will need ta make somethin' compatible with the--" air quotes "kid-friendly shite they want us ta use, but they give us an unlimited supply of it. Hogdrogen--"

So much for hoping Hog would show up with a few canisters that Rat can bum a whiff when the nausea gets bad enough that he can't eat.

"...harder ta replace, but at least we've got access ta decent medical care here."

At least, that's where he's gone when anything came up that he couldn't handle on his own. There's a beat where Junkrat watches Roadhog slide down the side of his camper, then looks over to the lawn chairs, then back at Roadhog, but instead of saying anything he just gives a shrug to himself. Big guy gets to do whatever he wants, sit wherever he wants.

"I'm gonna go change inta somethin' more comfortable and then we'll see about gettin' ya fed."

With that, he disappears into the camper and is only gone for a few minutes. Admittedly, the thing that takes the longest is trying to figure out what he wants to make, something to introduce to Roadhog as pretty exemplary of what he has to work with around here.

He comes out with a tray of food, having to use both hands to balance exactly the amount of food you'd think that Roadhog needs in order to fill his stomach. His Legion colors have been traded in for a pair of tennis shorts and a high-top sneaker, but the gold ring with a lapis lazuli stone hasn't gone anywhere.

"Oh, I almost forgot," he starts back up as he sets out the food and fires up the barbie. "I can make any container hold an infinite number of stuff, provided I can get it inta the thing ta begin with. That's what I've been able ta do since getting here."
muroieda: (. welp)

[personal profile] muroieda 2017-06-03 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
A prosthetic hand excuses itself from working to snap his fingers in Roadhog's direction. An electric spark crackles between them as he winks.

"Got it in one, big guy."

Tiny camper, endless possibilities.

"Trust, the irony isn't lost on me. At first I thought it was kinda disappointing, 'cause lots of us have some real flashy abilities, and here I am with a bag of infinite holding, roight? Talk about a ripoff. But I started playin' with it, tryin' ta figure out what I could really do with it. Once I found out that I can turn anythin' into a veritable bag of infinite holdin', I realized I made out like a bandit!"

Junkrat cackles, because he means it both figuratively and literally. So much useful stuff just sitting around ready for the taking and getting a new workshop set up in this little tin-can in space, and he did it all in a single trip.

He puts a few pieces of food on the barbie, prepping a salad with a variety of different vegetables while the stuff on the grill sizzles and sends fragrant smells through the air. Eggplant, tomato, cheese. If Hog wasn't starved already, he will be in a hot second.
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[personal profile] muroieda 2017-06-05 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
The side of Junkrat's mouth quirks upward into a cocky smirk. "Y'll do wot I need ya to do."

It's not a question, it's a statement. Junkrat will tell him what needs to be done, and he'll do it, because that's how it's been for years now. The job description never really ended at "keep Jamison Fawkes alive." For what it's worth though, those packs are going to be feel like near-empty baggage to both of them from now on.

He won't bother trying to fill the air with vacant chatter; even a blind man could tell the poor bloke was slaughtered. Within reason, too; it's not like showing up on this place and wandering this giant ship was easy. Junkrat simply busies himself with food prep for a few minutes, humming a cheerful tune to himself in the process.

By the time the salad is done, so too are the sandwich fixings. On a polished hubcap that would be a rather proportional plate in Roadhog's hands, he places a sandwich (halloumi, tomato medallions with black salt, and eggplant crammed between slices of rye) and a large portion of salad (iceberg, mesclun, and arugula mix, topped with chopped mushrooms, faux-hardboiled eggs, carrot sticks, tomato wedges, sprinkled with feta crumble and a hand-made Italian dressing). Holding it between both hands, he takes it over to Roadhog and, unsure if he's asleep or not with that mask and naturally uneven breathing, makes an affectionate clicking noise with his tongue as if beckoning a pet. If the guy's dead asleep, he'll let him rest instead.
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[personal profile] muroieda 2017-06-07 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Once Roadhog takes his repurposed plate, Junkrat returns to his station and picks up his own -- just a small version of the same salad. He's not hungry because he has no appetite, but rather because he's been pretty consistently snacking like a bird throughout the day. Settling in on the other chair unoccupied by gear, Junkrat contently nurses his own salad with his own dirty fingers, watching Hog intensely, hungrily awaiting the critique (or praise). A grin spreads over his face at the tilt of his sandwich, giving the other a casual salute. He minds his own business after then until movement catches his peripheral vision: Roadhog asking for seconds.

"Oh, yeah. One tic," he says, reaching out and taking the hubcap from him and throwing another sandwich for him, this time without a salad. He has infinite space, sure, but that doesn't mean he has infinite things inside the storage. The hubcap and new sandwich is returned to Roadhog on Junkrat's way back inside the camper. There's a little bit of rustling around, but whatever he's working on, he won't bring it outside and allow Roadhog to see it.

With impeccable timing, as soon as Roadhog polishes off the second sandwich, another hubcap is lowered over his shoulder. On it lays one big banana, split lengthwise, the cavity between the halves filled with giant scoops of strawberry, vanilla, and chocolate ice cream, drizzled with chocolate syrup, topped with whipped cream and maraschino cherries. It's not really fancy in its presentation, because this kind of ice cream is kind of hard to scoop into picture-perfect spheres, but at least it comes with a utensil this time: a wooden spoon.

"Ta daa!"
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[personal profile] muroieda 2017-06-11 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
He watches the other's reaction with keen interest, though there's no part of him that seems anxious about Roadhog's judgment. Junkrat is not the connoisseur of ice cream that Roadhog is -- usually much too sweet for him to really enjoy it unless he was already in the mood for it -- but he's confident in his knowledge of the other's preferences.

Finished with his desert, Roadhog stands to his full height and Junkrat exchanges the grin with his own, sharp and cocky, tilting his head back and exposing the long, slender lines of his neck and the single sharp angle that his Adam's apple breaks them with.

"'Course I was. I know what me piggy likes."

When the other makes his leave to shove himself into the camper, Junkrat tidies up what he can from the leftovers from cooking, soon to join his companion inside to pack what's left back into the fridge.

"Stars're out," he suggests, if Roadhog is at all interested in seeing Junkrat's idea of an ideal night sky. Whether or not he'll take the offer is a moot point, because Jamie is already on his way back out to climb up the ladder on the back of the humvee and stretch out on the hammock strung across opposite sides of the turret rails.

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