001: Video

[hulkbusted]

[The man on the screen looks utterly exhausted. Haggard might even be apt considering the greyish pallor of his skin under his dark stubble and the even darker circles under his eyes. When the video jostles in his hold for a moment, it displays his bare chest before coming up to his face. He looks like he tried to wash off some combination of mud, sand, and various other things best not examined too closely and didn't do too great a job of it. Despite that, he tries for a tired smile and a finger taps the screen before withdrawing.]

First off, I'd like to say that Tony Stark makes the world's most durable phone. I'd do a testimonial commercial, but that might be in bad taste.

Second, I've read some of the information available and I think you'll understand it's not the easiest thing to swallow, but I'm going with it as a working theory for now. Don't ask why, it's a long story.

Third... [He trails off and turns his head away from the camera before looking back at it] I don't know what the third is, let's say I want to issue a blanket apology and leave it at that.

[ooc: The Hulk ended up getting stuck outside at sundown and fought (pounding and getting pounded on) all night. Between that and a chitauri invasion, I figure Bruce is feeling a little run down.]

Comments

Re: Video

[hulkbusted]

Once I get settled I'm going to take you up on that. Since the universal consensus is that I don't have any choice about getting settled other than going out into the Darkness, and that's not going to work for me.

[symmachy]

[Her lips press together.] You shouldn't just accept something like that.

[hulkbusted]

If I don't, I'm not the only one who's going to suffer.

Video

[the_dead_pool2]

It is a good workout though. Great way to keep the combat skills sharp.

[blondejokes]

Sounds like a weird toy. But I know a few idiots who'd have a lot of fun with them back home.

[symmachy]

[Hm.]

Why is that?

Re: Video

[hulkbusted]

I'll leave that to the professionals. Which... you are?

[hulkbusted]

But they came with a great marketing catch phrase.

[blondejokes]

Yeah?

[hulkbusted]

[It's habit not to talk about it or tell. Hell, it's more than habit, it's practically a survival instinct, but the cat is already out of the bag and posted publicly on a heavily-trafficked network. So why not tell the heavily-armed, not-quite-as-human-as-she-looks girl? Actually... good point?]

You first. What are you?

Video

[the_dead_pool2]

Bounty Hunter, security, mercenary, former black ops. Fought all sorts of people.

[hulkbusted]

[And thus Bruce comes to believe that Ino is very slow up the uptake.]

Weebles wobble but they don't fall down.

Re: Video

[hulkbusted]

That sounds like more excitement than I'm looking for. Go, stab, slash, guard, turn, parry, dodge, spin...

[symmachy]

[The question doesn't surprise her as much as it might have a few weeks ago. She smirks a bit.]

Not human, but you've probably already guessed that.

Video

[the_dead_pool2]

I do all those things, though shooting is most assuredly part of the list.

[blondejokes]

[ well excuse you Bruce they did not have those in Konoha!!! ]

That's it? I thought great slogans used more alliteration.

[hulkbusted]

I'm not a rocket scientist but I am a physicist and a biochemist, so I might have picked up on something just a bit out of the ordinary.

Re: Video

[hulkbusted]

And then bake muffins. I can see that you're a renaissance man.

Video

[the_dead_pool2]

Eh, you got to do something if work is scarce, or what have you.

[symmachy]

[She laughed.]

It was the running, wasn't it. Well, for the record, the humani of this age call me "vampire." [And she smiles to show her teeth.]

video;

[cognidis]

No problem!

I'll see you when you do.

Re: Video

[hulkbusted]

I guess you could say I do volunteer work. [And he isn't going to ask about the other Bruce, no matter how curious he is.] Baking might make me more friends.

[hulkbusted]

[Without thinking, Bruce tries to adjust his glasses only to remember that they were probably crushed on a helicarrier in a world he might or might not be in. He leans closer to get a better look at her teeth.]

Hereditary or acquired? And I'll warn you that my blood is poisonous if that's your thing.

[hulkbusted]

I've remembered that slogan for 35 years and I don't even like weebles.

[blondejokes]

[ she just shrugs. ]

Oh, and you know you only have a month free in the apartments, right?