The Very Best Shatterdome

2017
"You will come back to Vladivostok," says Lieutenant Kaidanovskaya.
Mǐn glances up. "I think people can make tea in Vladivostok."
“Ah, but you make best tea. Head Marshal comes to Vladivostok Shatterdome next month; if she has best tea, she will want to spend the most time in Vladivostok. If she spend the most time in Vladivostok, all other PPDC will say Vladivostok Shatterdome is best Shatterdome.”
"You may have to fight the triplets for that."
The lieutenants do that Ghost Drift communication thing.
"This can be done."
.
「You guys suck.」
Cheung, Hu, and Jin shift guiltily.
「How do you expect to defend Hong Kong from aliens if you can't defend the Shatterdome from Russians?」
「She cheated,」 pouts Jin.
「In a tickle fight? Seriously?」 Mǐn stuffs--or rather, pummels--her PJs into a ball and stuffs them in her duffel bag.
「I swear that woman has skin of steel--I tried everything--」
Mǐn scans her room, making sure she didn’t miss anything.
「And her husband--d'you know what he did? The minute--the /minute Hu got a tiny bit too close he was /BAM and then goes and sits on 'im!」
「Completely my fault,」 Hu admits.
「Will you hand me my crutch please?」 asks Mǐn.
Cheung does.
「You're leaving?」 Jin shrieks.
「Uh, yea.」
「Why're you leaving? You don't have to run away!」
Now done with her shoes and seriously annoyed, Mǐn fumes and makes for the door.
「We can totally work something out! I'm sure Cherno won't mind--」
「Jin,」 says Cheung, 「Mǐn's had this week booked off for months, right?」
Thank Heaven they had a brain cell between them. 「I am going to visit my parents and get my comforter.」
「Oh.」 Jin kinda collapses on her bed. 「So you couldn't go to Vladivostok right now anyway.」
「What use would I have for a winter coat in Hong Kong?」 says Mǐn icily. 「If you excuse me, the Cherno Alpha team leaves in four days. I'll be back in three.」
「We love you?」 cringes Jin.
Mǐn taps him on the head with the handle. 「Apology noted.」
「We really do,」 adds Cheung.
「Apology under consideration.」
「We didn't throw the match,」 says Hu.
Mǐn rocks back to face them. 「I am not angry,」 she snaps. 「I am embarrassed to be related to you.」
「I am too,」 says Cheung.
「Same here.」
Cheung, Hu, and Mǐn looked at Jin expectantly.
「What?」
「No shame,」 sighs Hu.
「None,」 says Cheung.
「And I'm still working out how much bleach I need to permanently erase you three from the family register,」 Mǐn gives them her best Lt Kaidanovskaya smile. 「I have a train to catch. Good evening.」 And with that, she leaves the triplets in her wake with a lovely spin on her crutch.
And then Jin snatches it from her hand and Hu-n-Cheung scoop her up in a link chair.
「Nurse Xia put you in a soft cast two weeks ago and said you should keep weight off it for another couple months,」 says Cheung.
「And I am,」 Mǐn insists.
「Your foot bones were completely separated from your leg bones,」 says Jin. 「And there are nine pins in your ankle.」
「Standing for 18 hours does involve weight after all,」 adds Hu.
「That's why I have a stool.」
「Also why we’re going to escort you to the station,」 Cheung continues.
「You guys should be saving your strength for training tomorrow.」
「Eh, Hu's fine. Being sat on doesn’t really take much effort,」 says Jin.
「I may have pulled a muscle laughing,」 says Cheung, 「But nothing serious, promise.」
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