SOMEone's not happy being picked up

[welcome2level7]

Really?

No, I'm not going to try and talk you out of it. I'll just wait until you get bored, or decide I'm too difficult, and then we can both pretend this never happened.

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[poetrysoldier]

And what happens if your mun doesn't get bored? You'd still be stuck with a mun then.

[welcome2level7]

If she doesn't get bored, she might be worth keeping.

[mightiestgreen]

I wouldn't wait that long. A bored mun is not a safe one to be around. [Bruce would know.]

[poetrysoldier]

Depends on a few things I guess. In my experience, muns like to torture us 'muses'. It's what they think of while they're bored that is kind of scary.

[welcome2level7]

This one isn't so bad, actually. Though why she thought it would be a good idea to bring me aboard when she's already got Fury and a couple others is what concerns me.

[welcome2level7]

I've seen what she does, I'm not too worried. And that's not just bravado, I'm honestly not worried.

[poetrysoldier]

Why is that?

[welcome2level7]

Because she plays favorites, and I think she'll get tired of me and let me go long before I become one of those.

[poetrysoldier]

My mun plays favorites too. Which is kind of the reason why certain people in my mun's mind haven't been brought out in a while.

Good luck, regardless.

[welcome2level7]

Thank you, I don't doubt I'll need it.

[mightiestgreen]

[That name rings a bell.]

Fury...?

[As in Director Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D.? They were not people Bruce wanted to run into.]

[welcome2level7]

[Have a puzzled look, Bruce.]

Yes, Nick Fury, current director and chief of staff of SHIELD.

[mightiestgreen]

That's what I thought you said.

[What Bruce knows of Shield? Last time he ran into their agents, he ended up captured and strung up in a gamma monster prison. Not one of his favorite moments.

And that Widow's bite Natasha has? It hurts.]

[welcome2level7]

I'm going to take a wild guess that you're from an alternate timeline. Things happened differently.

[mightiestgreen]

[Bruce rolls a shoulder, trying not to look as nervous as he felt.]

Oh?

[Don't panic.]

No Hulk in a cage?

[welcome2level7]

Far from it, the doctor Banner I'm familiar with actually shares a lab with Stark. I'd even go so far as to say they're friends.

[mightiestgreen]

[That was slightly reassuring.]

Where I'm from, the Avengers Tower was built by Tony Stark.

You're...an agent? [As if the black suit didn't give it away.]

[welcome2level7]

[He glances down at himself before lifting one brow, just the minutest hitch, asking the obvious question without actually asking.]

Phil Coulson. Agent of SHIELD, and if my business card is to be believed 'Head Avenger Wrangler'.

[mightiestgreen]

[He should ask about Hawkeye. Where Bruce is from, he's got a whole purple archer uniform going on.]

Good luck with that. Not much of a team really...

[welcome2level7]

[He should! Phil will probably laugh at that, there were certain purple prototypes that were vetoed early on. Snipers and invisibility and all.]

Oh I don't know, they seem to have come together pretty well.

[mightiestgreen]

[Really?]

The Hulk too? [That may have been too revealing a question, but Bruce had to ask.] He's not exactly a team player.

[welcome2level7]

[Have another puzzled look.] Yes?

At least, as far as anyone can tell. There was a snag or two at the beginning, but that was with everyone.

[mightiestgreen]

That's...that's good.... [Bruce answers distractedly. Sounds awfully familiar.] Good that they worked it out in the end.

[bitter smirk] I should probably cherish not being recognized. [But he's getting prodded by the mun.]

Bruce Banner. [How do you do, Agent?]

[welcome2level7]

[Aaaand that's the 'yes I know' smile, just ignore it.]

I thought as much.

[mightiestgreen]

[His own attempt at a smile is weak and unconvincing.]

What gave it away? My charming personality? [sarcasm, have some]

So long as this doesn't mean snipers with tranquilizer guns aimed in my direction. [Because he knows how much Shield and the Hulkbusters love their weapons.]