Sen 3.14
This is a notice.
Fandom: Overwatch
Genre: Comedy / Slice of Life / Modern AU
Main Characters: Jesse McCree, Genji Shimada
Status: Open
THE PROMPT
A lone stranger sits at the bar, looking off into the distance, caressing his glass of whiskey -- ordered neat, no ice, no bullshit. He is tall, dark and handsome. Mostly that last part.
He looks like a man with stories to tell, so you slide up to him, offer him a drink. He gives you a nod. “Thank you kindly.” His voice -- equal parts deep and smooth -- drips in Southern drawl. “Let me tell you a story.”
Oh, boy. Here it goes.
“It was a dark and stormy night.
Well, actually it was closer to the morning. It was 7 AM, in fact. That was my first mistake. I’d forgotten; my roommate ain’t no morning person.
We had spent the previous night fighting off an evil man hellbent on destroying the world. Albert Wesker was his name -- and if you ain’t ever heard of him, then, all due respect, you’re probably just ain’t important enough. After many hours of trial and error, we emerged victorious. Genji and I celebrated, consuming copious amounts of alcohol for the rest of the eve.
One thing to know about me: My body’s up by 6 AM no matter what. That day was no exception. I got up, still a little bit intoxicated, and went about my day as usual. I decided to check the mail. That was my second mistake.
The third was bringing it over to Genji. He had passed out on the living room couch. I poked his arm to rouse him. He groaned, glaring at me, reassuring me that he ain’t dead yet.
‘You got mail,’ I said, waving the inconspicuous white envelope in front of his face.
‘At this unholy hour, Jesse, is it really unnecessary?’
I crouched down to be level with him, to look my best friend dead in the eye. He needed to know that this was a very serious matter. ‘It’s an invitation.’
‘Dude, unless that’s a free invitation to the East PAX, I don’t really care.’
‘It’s for your brother’s ten-year high school reunion.’
The thing about Genji’s brother: You never talk about him. Never. It was one of our unspoken rules, but for the sake of my friend, I decided to break it just this once.
‘Shit, did they send it here by mistake?’ Genji rolled to the other side to look away from me. ‘I don’t care. Send it back.’
‘I hear ya.’ I shrugged, though I tossed it back to my friend’s half-awake form. ‘Gee, you think Angela Ziegler might make an appearance? Wonder what happened to her.’
Just like that, Genji sat up straight on the couch. He was fully awake, but just as drunk as I was.
And that’s how I got roped into being Genji’s -- nay, ‘Hanzo’s’ -- plus one at his high school reunion.”
A confused look on your face, you prepare to stand up, mind already running through half a dozen ways you can excuse yourself. But the stranger stops you half-way. The look in his eyes sends a shiver down your spine.
“Hey, now. I ain’t got to the good part yet.”
MORE INFORMATION
Genre: Comedy / Slice of Life / Modern AU
Main Characters: Jesse McCree, Genji Shimada
Status: Open
THE PROMPT
A lone stranger sits at the bar, looking off into the distance, caressing his glass of whiskey -- ordered neat, no ice, no bullshit. He is tall, dark and handsome. Mostly that last part.
He looks like a man with stories to tell, so you slide up to him, offer him a drink. He gives you a nod. “Thank you kindly.” His voice -- equal parts deep and smooth -- drips in Southern drawl. “Let me tell you a story.”
Oh, boy. Here it goes.
“It was a dark and stormy night.
Well, actually it was closer to the morning. It was 7 AM, in fact. That was my first mistake. I’d forgotten; my roommate ain’t no morning person.
We had spent the previous night fighting off an evil man hellbent on destroying the world. Albert Wesker was his name -- and if you ain’t ever heard of him, then, all due respect, you’re probably just ain’t important enough. After many hours of trial and error, we emerged victorious. Genji and I celebrated, consuming copious amounts of alcohol for the rest of the eve.
One thing to know about me: My body’s up by 6 AM no matter what. That day was no exception. I got up, still a little bit intoxicated, and went about my day as usual. I decided to check the mail. That was my second mistake.
The third was bringing it over to Genji. He had passed out on the living room couch. I poked his arm to rouse him. He groaned, glaring at me, reassuring me that he ain’t dead yet.
‘You got mail,’ I said, waving the inconspicuous white envelope in front of his face.
‘At this unholy hour, Jesse, is it really unnecessary?’
I crouched down to be level with him, to look my best friend dead in the eye. He needed to know that this was a very serious matter. ‘It’s an invitation.’
‘Dude, unless that’s a free invitation to the East PAX, I don’t really care.’
‘It’s for your brother’s ten-year high school reunion.’
The thing about Genji’s brother: You never talk about him. Never. It was one of our unspoken rules, but for the sake of my friend, I decided to break it just this once.
‘Shit, did they send it here by mistake?’ Genji rolled to the other side to look away from me. ‘I don’t care. Send it back.’
‘I hear ya.’ I shrugged, though I tossed it back to my friend’s half-awake form. ‘Gee, you think Angela Ziegler might make an appearance? Wonder what happened to her.’
Just like that, Genji sat up straight on the couch. He was fully awake, but just as drunk as I was.
And that’s how I got roped into being Genji’s -- nay, ‘Hanzo’s’ -- plus one at his high school reunion.”
A confused look on your face, you prepare to stand up, mind already running through half a dozen ways you can excuse yourself. But the stranger stops you half-way. The look in his eyes sends a shiver down your spine.
“Hey, now. I ain’t got to the good part yet.”
MORE INFORMATION
A modern Overwatch AU where Genji and McCree are roommates. One day, Genji gets Hanzo’s invitation to his class’ high school reunion. He decides to crash it, because why the hell not, with McCree as his plus one.
This was inspired by the great cinematic masterpiece Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion, and since I’m already ripping it off, why not go all the way? Basically, Genji and McCree both have unimpressive, dead-end jobs, so they decide to make something up -- we can decide what the jobs would be OOC.
Me: McCree ; You: Genji -- This is negotiable
- No one liners
- Not expecting you to mirror
- Third person, past tense
- Be able to play multiple characters (see ‘Side Characters’ tab)
- Post at least once a week
- Romance/Shipping okay, but focus would be on friendly McGenji shenanigans
- PM or Thread
For the premise to work, we’re going to have to perform gymnastics on canon age differences.
In this AU, Genji and McCree are both one year behind Hanzo’s class. All of the ideas below are just that -- ideas. We can change them if something else fits the narrative better.
They don’t all have to make appearances, and they don’t necessarily have to take up much space in the RP either. All I ask is we both choose which ones we’d like to control if they do appear.
Hanzo’s classmates include:
Angela Ziegler / Mercy -- Class valedictorian; Now a doctor
Mei-Ling Zhou -- Angela’s best friend; Now a researcher/professor
Winston -- Either Mei’s pet or an actual human
Akande Ogundimu -- Athlete, kept to himself; Now a professional athlete
Aleksandra Zaryanova / Zarya -- Athlete, good friends with Reinhardt; Now runs the local gym
Mako Rutledge / Roadhog -- Class “Clown”; Now local criminal element
Jamison Fawkes -- Class Clown; Now local criminal element
Amelie Lacroix -- Ice Queen; Now ???
Olivia Colomar / Sombra -- Loner, but was often seen smoking with the likes of Gabriel; Now runs a tech startup; Probably responsible for the inviation “mix-up”
Moira O’Deorain -- Class salutatorian / Angela’s frenemy; Now a researcher/professor
Tekharta Zenyatta -- Class pothead / Expert at easing tension between the Shimada brothers; Now a best-selling author of a self-help book
Hanzo Shimada -- Dropped off the face of the earth after graduation; Probably shows up at the reunion later on
We can decide beforehand if these guys were their teachers, or Hanzo’s classmates. These are some ideas to play off of if they were Hanzo’s classmates:
Jack Morrison -- Golden boy football captain; Now a police officer (Reyes’ partner)
Gabriel Reyes -- Bad boy / Jack’s rival ; Now a police officer (Jack’s partner)
Ana Amari -- Police officer; not really an alumnus, but got dragged there by Jack and Gabriel
Reinhardt Wilhelm -- Jock / Jack’s HS best friend ; Reunion host
Torbjorn Lindholm -- Total nerd; Now runs a massively successful robotics company
Others:
Lucio Correia dos Santos -- Party DJ
Hana Song / D.Va -- Server / Lucio’s best friend
Lena Oxton / Tracer -- Server
Satya Vaswani / Symmetra - Party Organiser / Butts heads with Lucio a lot
Hit me up with a PM. We’ll discuss:
- Genji and McCree’s new “cool” personas -- We can RP this, in fact!
- Setting (Time Period / Place)
- Who plays who (regarding side characters)