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So. You’re actually keeping me around?

[He presses his lips together and nods in resignation.]

Great. Still not thrilled with the idea but you’re giving me about as much choice as S.H.I.E.L.D so... yeah. At least keep me out of one of those games, I’m not sure the other guy would be very cooperative.

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Looks like we're on the same page, like usual. You're stuck with yours, I'm stuck with mine. Let's toast to the sheer amount of not-fun we're having.

[CHEERS.]

It sounds like you're having more fun than I am.

[He'll trade you mundanes any time you want. But still, cheers, all the same.]

I'd say interesting. Mildly intriguing, even, but not 'fun'.

[A beat.] Well okay. Pushing the Captain into the Eternal Wrinkled Brow Phase has its perks.

Mildly intriguing. Right. And here I have an ax murderer I could be sharing.

[Someone is bitter and most decidedly not having fun. Maybe he should take up drinking, like you.]

Wow, an ax murderer? [Tony stop sounding so intrigued and excited to hear The Stories. But wait. Snag in plan.] How's the other guy taking to that one?

Yeah, it's great.

[Except not. At all. Have a scowl.]

Apparently he went on vacation.

...

.....

[Huh.]

Convenient.

She thought it would be interesting being in the middle of a nightmare without him.

[Someone disagrees, vehemently.]

That sounds about as fun as being thrown into a pit of chainsaws. Have fun with that.

Fun definitely isn't the word I would use.

At least SHIELD had failsafes. ( well... they did their best. )

Yeah, still didn't go so well. I don't hold my hopes out for people who have no idea what they're getting into.

It seems like she has more than an idea. ( makes it worse? makes it worse. )

She does. It's everyone else I'm concerned about.

You're good at removing yourself from dangerous situations. ( until you throw yourself back into them, anyway. )

Yeah, comes with the territory.

[SHIELD forced his hand; that's not his fault. New York he blames on Tony.]

You may not even be the biggest threat around here.

( some crazy junk in this place. and nope she doesn't really mean it to be comforting, nor does she care to differentiate him from the hulk. sry bro. )

[He wishes he could say something or do something or...offer some words of consolation except he can't. These writers.]

I could put an arrow through your writer's knee?

[He's been threatening to do that to his all...month. :| ]

[Commiserating with him works.]

Nah. Don't really think it'd work anyway. Mundanes are pretty stubborn.

[But apparently you've noticed, so he doesn't have to tell you that.]

[Hapless shrug]

Considering their position? Somewhere between a Hostile and an Asgardian. Stubborn barely describes it.

[Uncomfortable look] My sympathies. And mine wants to compliment yours on the username.

You aren't far off.

[What does it say that they can control Asgardians too?]

As much as she appreciates the sentiment, she can't take credit for it. The one responsible for Tony [Vague gesture upwards] apparently came up with it.

[Most likely Hostile. :|]

Better then the clever puns put together by most of the other people.

[Considering everything he's been through? Definitely Hostile.]

Yeah, hah, and banner was taken.

[His mun is not the most creative at usernames.]

Guess my mundane can't take all the blame for me being here.

Playing-working in a group?

[It's cool there's like, what eighty different teams around the world. Share the workload. And each Hawk has their own nest. Also cool]

Something like that. [He nods.] At least the way I understand it.

I'd say it can't be that bad except we both know it is.

As happy as I am to be able to make trouble it's losing its shine pretty damn fast.

And it's really bad when you're tired of the limelight.

[Heh, he couldn't resist. What's a little ribbing between friends?]

You are fond of using him as leverage, aren't you?

Just making sure she understands what she's getting into. Statistically, with the way these games are, there's a high likelihood the other guy showing up is unavoidable.

[He shakes his head.]

You wouldn't understand what it feels like to not want to hurt anyone.

Oh, I'm sure she knows. It's not my understanding that should be causing you concern.

Is it so bad with your mun, Bruce?

She, uh, has a fondness for memes and angst. The worse they are the better so yeah, it's pretty bad.

[He glances away.]

I didn't expect to see you.

[How long has it been?]

In that case.. she sounds a little like mine. With the angst, at least.

[It has been far too long, and she was so worried.]

...I'm sorry. I'm not really sure why my mun even decided to.. "pick me up." As she puts it.

Seems to be the case for a lot of the mundanes.

[He feels horrible about that but he didn't have a choice. Bruce had to run and it's not like he could write without giving away his location.

...which SHIELD had known anyway it turns out.]

Pretty sure that's my fault, not yours. [He smiles.] Why wouldn't she? You're a beautiful and intelligent woman.

That's what I've gathered. They're like.. children with toys.

[Her face falls a little and she lays a hand on Bruce's arm. She doesn't blame him at all for having been out of contact. Even if her father may have given up the chase, she knows what those sort of men are like. There are more of them out there.]

No! It's not your fault--it's theirs. Please don't blame yourself.

[She shifts somewhat.] What I meant was... her purpose. I don't know what she plans to have me do. But I suppose that's something a lot of mundanes don't really think about.

The other guy?

[Look at who popped up, would you?]

[Just who he wanted to see. Not.]

When I'm in the real world and not in your twisted nightmare world, I turn into, well, an enormous green monster.

[He presses his lips together.]

He's a bit harder to kill with an ax.

[Stephen King coupled with Stanley Kubrick is a surefire way to make a character no one really wants to see, huh?]

My twisted nightmare world? You think I did that? I just take care of a hotel, man, it's a step up from teaching. I'm just trying to provide for my family, I can't help the shit that happens. You say that like I had any control over it in the first place.

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