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

[symmachy]

I know what you mean. There are at least six other vampires here, all of them bloodsuckers. I felt like I had to set the record straight almost as soon as I arrived.

[Because bloodsuckers gave her a bad reputation, and if she was going to make friends and all that shit, she couldn't have them be scared of her teeth. She nods, and offers him her small hand for a shake. There may or may not be a slip of paper with her phone number on it.]

Good luck, Bruce. I'll see you later.

[And when she walks away, you can only look at her ass for like five seconds before she'll notice.]

[hulkbusted]

[Five, four, three, she looks like she's a teenager, two, really Bruce, one... zero and then he's looking at the number in his hand and maybe, probably, definitely memorizing it.]