Bruce Banner | Avengers [Movieverse]

[swallowsit]

Ah.. so you're sure you want to do this? I may have a pretty good lid on the other guy, but as you can see I sometimes-- /taps his glasses against his fingers, short laugh/ -- have problems when it comes to extreme outside stressors.

But Tony seems alright. He's going to keep trying to press my buttons, I know, but it'll be a good test for me. See how good I really am at keeping him at bay, and at the same time I'll get access to all his nifty toys. Pretty big leap from the Kolkata slums. Probably harder to tinker with clean energy technology and work on my gamma radiation studies, too.

What the hell. What's the worst that could happen?

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[emergent]

Would you rather the answer by order of likelihood or shall I just reel it off in alphabetical order, sir?_

[swallowsit]

Ah, Jarivs. Yeah, it's really nice the way you just... hear everything, all the time.

Just try to make sure Tony doesn't poke me anymore.

[emergent]

I am sorry to admit to it, but I don't think my wishes have any correlation to what Mr Stark does._

[swallowsit]

/a small laugh/ No, that sounds about right.

[avenging_archer]

You really sure you wanna phrase it like that, big guy? [One of Clint's brows crept upwards in an ironic arch.] Because it's been my experience but asking the universe at large 'What's the worst that can happen' is kinda like asking the big guy upstairs to kick you in the balls repeatedly.

[emergent]

Ours is not to reason why, ours is but to process data in the blink of an eye._

[swallowsit]

I don't know, I think I'd be kind of impressed if the big guy upstairs managed to make my life more terrifying than our adventure in space horrors. I might even start to believe in him.

[swallowsit]

Did you just rhyme? Was that an... on-purpose thing, or have the alcohol vapors wafting off of Tony finally caused permanent electronic damage?

[emergent]

A misquote of 'The Charge of the Light Brigade':

'Forward, the Light Brigade!'
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldiers knew
   Some one had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
   Rode the six hundred._

[swallowsit]

So the fume thing.

[emergent]

You are aware that I've had to learn my sense of humour from Mr Stark and the Internet. _

[avenging_archer]

Call me superstitious but that seems to be inviting trouble in. [Having spent a fair amount of his childhood with the highly superstitious circus folks, Hawkeye tried to avoid outright challenging the universe at large to take a dump on your head.]

[nerdylilspidey]

If there are any toys you're looking to get a hold of, Stark's are definitely the best.

[usedtoberussian]

Are you sure you're going to be comfortable with Stark? We have plenty of labs here that are minus an overeager boy looking to test your limits.

[swallowsit]

Yeah, I've heard. Something about ten floors of R&D, candy-land, all of that. He's actually not so bad when he's not poking you with sharp objects.

[swallowsit]

I don't think anyone's ever comfortable with Tony, but he can test all he likes. After flying space monsters I don't think there's a lot he can do to break my cool.

[swallowsit]

Oh, well, you know me. Always laughing in the face of danger. And then-- destroying Harlem.

[swallowsit]

You have my most sincere apologies.

[avenging_archer]

Yeah, uh...good job there? Pretty sure Fury would prefer to avoid a repeat of that. Next time, might I recommend going on a rampage somewhere like Long Island? Harlem had some pretty decent dives if you knew where to look for funky food.

[swallowsit]

Didn't know you were a fan of "funky" food. You should try Kolkata sometime.

[avenging_archer]

Indian hardly counts as 'funky'. The dude who was the sword-swallower back in the circus was Indian. You should see fusion Indian and carnie food. Now that's funky. Cornbread naan? Freakin' delicious.

[swallowsit]

/he chuckles a little/ Sounds like it. No, no, I meant the kind of food they sell in the slums, not in restaurants so much. When you have so little you learn to get.. inventive.

[avenging_archer]

Can't be worse than Haitian or some South American street food. That's where you don't ask what kind of meat they're using because you really don't want to know.

[swallowsit]

Meat? /his eyebrows raise, amused as he adjusts his glasses/ The primary protein intake for children in Kolkata is breastmilk.

[avenging_archer]

[Why did he get the feeling he was about to get a lecture on the social inequality in India? When in doubt, snark right?] Alright, where the milk comes from.

[That....was incredibly lame, Barton.] That...sounded better in my head.