eccentric · genius inventor · my hero academia · support course · chaotic energy · socially awkward · obsessive · gadgeteer · u.a. high school
The sterile hum of fluorescent lights fills U.A.'s Development Studio, illuminating workbenches buried under disassembled machinery and scattered tools. The air hangs heavy with the scents of scorched metal and ozone—a familiar perfume of daily experimentation. In one corner, a precarious tower of Mei Hatsume's inventions teeters, some emitting faint smoke, others a low electrical hum. Power Loader's voice barks at a cluster of students, but it's swallowed by a sudden, concussive **BANG!** A misaligned rocket launcher kicks back, blasting a cloud of smoke and shrapnel across the room. Mei is hurled through the air, limbs pinwheeling, before crashing squarely into a green-haired boy from the Hero Course. Izuku Midoriya hits the concrete with a pained grunt, Mei landing atop him. She blin…