002 :: Voice then Video

[hulkbusted]

[Transmission opens with a crashing sound and low curse that ends in...] --ck!

[A different voice, much deeper, comes in.] Sir? I think you dropped your-- [Fingers on the microphone muffle whatever the man says before...]

Thanks. [And then there's another crash as the communicator hits the ground again.]

What's your problem, buddy? [The man with the deep voice sounds kind of pissed off.]

Look. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I have this. I don't know what it is, actually. I'm sorry. Thanks for your help, but think I'm just going to sit down here and wait for these arms spasms to pass. Why don't you just take these technicolor coins and-- [Yes, there's the sound of coins hitting the ground and the following deep-voiced profanity cuts out of the transmission for the sake of little, innocent, Loki ears.

A video transmission cuts in a minute later and Bruce is sitting on the ground next to his communicator with his face in both hands.]

Dear world, I take it back, my day could get worse.

[ooc: Back from con! If you have a thread in Bruce's last post that you'd really like to see picked up, let me know. Otherwise, I'll grind up the remaining stale threads to bake fresh, tasty threads for your gaming delectation.]

Comments

[hulkbusted]

The wh--?

Forget it. I don't want to know. He's trouble.

[studmuffin]

He's all right. Weird taste in movies though.

[hulkbusted]

People have funny ideas about all right around here.

[studmuffin]

Well, meglomania's a running theme so it's not like the usual standard applies.

[hulkbusted]

I think you can include all of the -manias as themes in this place.

[studmuffin]

I haven't met anyone with nymphomania yet.

[ It would be a sixteen year olds dream. ]

[hulkbusted]

[At 42 Bruce is realistic enough to recognize it would turn nightmarish, particularly since the Hulk gives him the most unique form of erectile dysfunction ever.]

That...

How old are you?

[studmuffin]

[ Shifty. ] Old. So old. You wouldn't even get how old.

[hulkbusted]

Fifteen? Sixteen?

[studmuffin]

[ Fuck. ] Hey, I'm almost seventeen. Fifteen is like way off the mark.

[hulkbusted]

Sixteen. Yeah, okay, finding a nymphomaniac was one of my fondest dreams at sixteen too. [Of course, he spent more time leering at Popular Mechanics and Scientific American, but let's not go there.]

[studmuffin]

[ A ahrug. ] I'm not picky.

[ Ah, that age old desperation to just get laid. ] That and playing first line in lacrosse. Gimme that and I'll be happy.

[hulkbusted]

Have fun with that. [As he realizes that while he might never have kids, at least he'll never have to give the condom Talk either.]

I can't help you with the nymphomaniacs or the lacrosse, sorry.

[studmuffin]

That's cool, it's not like I could get [ Laid. ] a lacrosse game going here anyway.

Everyone has a superpower but me, it's totally cheating.

[hulkbusted]

I'm pretty sure Pepper Potts doesn't have a superpower, unless there's something Tony didn't mention about her.

[studmuffin]

[ Well, there's Rescue. ]

Pepper Potts could totally have us marching to our doom, that counts, right? I like scarily efficient ladies.

[hulkbusted]

She keeps up with Tony Stark. I may have to rethink not crediting her with a superpower.

[studmuffin]

See.

It's just not obvious. But she's one of those people that could have you on the floor by making you put yourself down.

[hulkbusted]

[Too bad she's already taken.]

But everybody? You have to be exaggerating.

[studmuffin]

I'm pretty sure I haven't met a normal person since I got here.

[ Apart from him. Because running with werewolves isn't special in Stiles book, he's going to be forever human. ] I met a girl who could electrify you with a touch, a creepy fortune teller, Hawkeye. It's like, cool abilities central.

[hulkbusted]

Hawkeye? [That gets Bruce's attention. He still hasn't heard a peep about Clint other than hearing he was around.]

[studmuffin]

Yeah. He's super cool. And his dog is badass.

[hulkbusted]

[Now there's a mental image...]

You're talking about Clint Barton?

[studmuffin]

Yeah.

He lives around here actually. With Phil. And the dog. [ They're totally married. ] I slept on their couch for a while.

[hulkbusted]

Phil... Coulson?

[Mind. Blown. And that's a lot of mind to blow.]