so i heard there was a bandwagon

[hulk]

Okay, so. It certainly wasn't as bad as it could have been. Which is a good thing - obviously. I know you were thinking of several theories as to how things go and this was... A lot less painful all around. ...Though. Apologies to both Thor and Agent Romanoff for the... Yeah. That wasn't. [ coughing because awkward to backhand various teammates o o p s ]

And. Maybe a canon update through that wouldn't. It wouldn't be so bad, at least. I mean, it makes sense. Minus the whole monkey angle they had going on because. I'd prefer not to with that, if at all possible.

...Though I am curious about what was happening in Calcutta. I mean - I'm a doctor, yes, but not that kind of doctor. Ask me to sequence a genome, sure, write up a paper on behavior of electrons as they relate to quark fields, I'm your guy, but. Need anything more intensive than a band-aid and. [ shrug ]

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[trickstering]

I doubt she has the wherewithal to continue at this even that long.

[hulk]

...Wasn't that your big mistake with everything, though? Underestimation?

[trickstering]

[he laughs we are finally getting somewhere with this conversation.] It is a rather different situation.

[hulk]

How so? [ did i mention you're a terrible person because you are ]

[trickstering]

You all had something to fight for. You wanted to protect your realm, protect each other, avenge your friend. She is merely playing on whims - it's not a battle, it's partnership, and it won't last forever. [oh i know.]

[hulk]

If it was a partnership, you'd. I don't know, I think of that, and I think - you know, equal footing. And this is hardly that. This is more like, "Oh hey, I want you" and then they just grab us to do whatever they want and--



[ lol blue glowing mindstick of doom ]

Never mind.

[trickstering]

[lmao yes bruce that is exactly how this works.]

To think I did not even have to speak to prove my point this time. I can't decide if this means you are catching on or becoming complacent.

[hulk]

[ he's aware he's been around the block a few times ]

I'm not c- I know, okay. Have for a while. Since, like I said, I've been around. ...Heck, even if you end up not being totally up and active at the front, you just get sent to the back and it's like... Selective coma, I suppose. Until they remember you're there again or want you again. You're just as stuck as anybody else. Sorry to say it, but there you go.

[trickstering]

It still won't be comparatively anything near my lifespan. That is something you might worry about, but it is different for me.

[and then something occurs to him]

Do you have more or less "incidents" when you're with yours?

[hulk]

Then wouldn't you be stuck on that random shelf in her head for the rest of that whole lifespan of yours? ...That would have to be even worse.

[ alkdjfaklwejfawf tenses up but nope play it cool banner act like you know the meaning of the word cool ]

None of your business.

[trickstering]

For her lifespan, perhaps, but not mine.

[shrug people die it happens mortals do it a lot]

And yet I'm curious anyway. I answered your questions.

[hulk]

Or you'd just be stuck in a dead skull. As it got all-- SOrry, that's. Got kind of morbid there.

[ gooey brainy bits all over the place and all on that fancy armor of yours ]

That d- This isn't some agreed upon, er, quid pro quo thing. All right? So no. Still none of your business.

[trickstering]

I seriously doubt it works that way.

[but gross wow]

Shall we play twenty questions to guess it, then?

[hulk]

You never know.

[ you are welcome ]

...If I'm not wanting to answer one question, how do you think increasing the number of questi- That's just. It's counterintuitive.

[trickstering]

No, it's simple really, it's a distraction. You've already given away much, though not through any straight means of questioning. If I ask you enough things, guess right a few times, it becomes simple to piece it together.

[hulk]

[ ....Well shit. ]

That's. That's not really any kind of like. Uh. Incentive to talk more. It's more like incentive to just never talk again.

[trickstering]

You do keep saying that.

[hulk]

Yes. I do. I did. W-well, and this time, it'll. I'm sticking to it, so. ...There.

[trickstering]

Of course.

[hulk]

[ Sitting there. Crossed arms. Not talking. Nope nope nope. :TTT ]

[trickstering]

It matters not. I understand you are to join us, anyway.

[hulk]

That-- That is just a reserve, because. Because she has to know that apping into a third game is. That's just. It's crazy talk, is what it is.

[ Staring at the mun. What are you thinking. What what what are you thinking. ]

[trickstering]

Of course that's all it is.

[hulk]

Shush.

[trickstering]

How terribly intimidating. I shall do it at once.