Bruce Banner | 005 | Video

[greenisnteasy]

Hi there. Bruce here with your friendly news report.

[For someone who previously delivered all his news so calmly and with a jovial sarcasm, now that edge is obviously more tense, more brittle.]

So, first and most noticeably, don't go outside unless you want one of several Cujos and their feline companions to eat you.

[He's so past sugarcoating that. What is there to sugarcoat when Kobra went on the network bleeding and begging for help? Bruce would've gone, but the situation was taken care of, and so he just stayed quiet and stayed inside. Because if he goes out there and something jumps him? Yeah. They'd have bigger things to worry about than giant wolves. But on the upside, probably no more giant wolves...]

Even more unsettling than man-eating beasts, um, some people in lab coats definitely stole someone. So, uh, take the time you have indoors to set up some impressive booby traps. Nails on the floor, buckets of water over the doors, that kind of thing.

P.S., uh... anyone want to get on... looking into that? That's not my area of expertise, but surely... someone? [Anyone?]

Alright, and thirdly, that giant box. We've made enough progress to know that the tree on one side is... [He squints at his notes.] Yggdrasil from Old Norse mythology. I probably butchered that pronunciation, but the point is, big tree, and those eight globes must mean something. One's missing. All the others are made of a distinct material, like one's gold, one's some kind of volcanic stone...

Any takers? I can't get to the library without having my face chewed off, so let's powwow this.

[Not to mention someone's hogging the book, but Dean's brother was just creepily abducted by men in white coats, so Bruce is feeling a tad more lenient toward him right now. Except for where he was totally mean to Lydia.]

Comments

[beenunmade]

[ Private to Bruce. ]

I don't know...'ve just felt this pull towards it since it arrived. Like it's familiar. [ He's privateing this convo because Phil will freak. ] I can't explain it, doc.

[greenisnteasy]

[That's okay, Bruce will probably talk about it in hushed whispers with someone later.]

That's... not really normal, Clint. Any idea why? Do you recognize it?

[beenunmade]

A little bit. I have no idea where from? I guess? I dunno. [ He runs his hand down his face. ]

This is making me sound fuckin' crazy, isn't it?

[greenisnteasy]

[Yes. He sighs slowly, trying to figure out what to say.]

I think you should stay away from the box. If it's having this kind of an effect on you, that really can't be good.

[beenunmade]

[ He knows this a good idea...but he'd rather not. And to save face, he's not going to lie to Bruce about it. He was already keeping it from Phil. ]

I'll take your opinion in consideration, doc. But I don't think it'll happen, if 'm gonna be honest.

[greenisnteasy]

[Well, that's terrible but not surprising news.]

I know you're not in your right mind right now, Clint. If this thing is compromising you... you really shouldn't listen to it.

I'm sure we'd all be willing to help you stay away.

[That's delivered seriously and heavily. Restraining someone for their benefit is serious business.]

[beenunmade]

Because the likely thing is just to think 'm compromised again? That think I would know if I was compromised, Bruce.

[ Clint...grits his teeth with a somewhat annoyed look on his face. ]

I don't need help, doc. 'm fine.

[greenisnteasy]

You would think that, but this box is affecting your mind to the point where you weren't even aware of how bizarrely protective of it you are. What're the odds it'll just let you feel like something's off?

[beenunmade]

And how do you know I'm not just bizarrely protective of a lot of things? Banner, you don't even know me. When I say 'm fine, 'm fine. I got myself under control.

[greenisnteasy]

Uh huh.

I sure hope your spy work is more convincing when you aren't probably being messed around with by a box.