Bruce Banner | 001 | Video

[greenisnteasy]

Hi. My name's Bruce Banner. I'm a doctor and a scientist. Not to flood everyone with information or to alarm anyone, I feel like I need to say a few things.

If you could gather up the medicine you find in your house and bring it to the pharmacy in the middle of the town, that'd be appreciated. You're welcome to keep a small supply of your typical things, like aspirin, but it'd be a good idea to centralize everything else.

Clearly whoever was living here left in a hurry. Keep an eye on yourselves for signs of illness, including radiation sickness, in case there was a biological reason for the evacuation. Nausea and vomiting are going to be your first indicators that something could be wrong radiation-wise.

I could make a Geiger counter or something similar to test the radiation levels, but I need some electronic parts, and I can't seem to find any except for these cameras. And I don't really recommend taking those apart unless you like getting electrocuted and blacking out.

[That had been fun, and by fun he means he was incredibly grateful that he hadn't Hulked out.]

If you find any parts that don't give you a shocking experience, could we share?

Um... Keep calm and carry on. [But no really, he hopes they can avoid some The Monsters are Due on Maple Street style panic.]

Comments

[onteamdyson]

I have a hypothetical medical question!

[greenisnteasy]

I completely believe the situation is hypothetical. Shoot.

[onteamdyson]

Wow. Ouch. One sentence in and you already doubt the authenticity of my hypothetical situation. [But she's grinning.]

Okay, so say some people, not necessarily people here, potentially were to eat some pie without checking said pie first. How long would it take for them to hypothetically know if they'd been poisoned and were destined to die? Is it the same timeline as eating death-soup? Because then I'd... hypothetically have a rough estimate.

To give to them.

The two people. That aren't me and someone else.

[could_be_dangerous]

[Sherlock still prefers to stick to audio, but his voice is no doubt recognisable enough.]

Well, Mr. Churchill, should you ever find yourself in need of a chemist, do let me know. I have experience with pharmaceuticals.

[greenisnteasy]

That sounds really sketchy, but it's appreciated. There are two other doctors here, one of them's in hematology, but I'm not sure how many scientists we have other than the two of us now.

[He fiddles with his communicator until he switches the voice channel to private.]

So... How do you feel about making sure there's no poison in the food?

[flatasgodmademe.livejournal.com]

[Veronica knocks with her foot as she shoves her way into the pharmacy, carrying a box full of bills and compresses.]

There was something that looked inauspiciously like an old catheter, too. Hope you don't mind if I didn't bring it with me. I have plans to never touch it, ever.

... Keep calm and carry on?

[greenisnteasy]

You know. The World War II slogan about bombs in London, now popular internet meme.

[He's impressed with her haul and gets up to help set it down and start going through it.]

I can forgive the lack of catheter this time. I guess. How're you settling in?

[rebelle-elle.livejournal.com]

You need batteries or something? I can help with the electricity. Just not sure about the parts.








[But wait, Banner. That isn't all. There's a real reason Elle is offering her assistance.]

But it'll cost you.

[greenisnteasy]

It's not batteries so much as some circuitry.

You can have my entire wallet.

[hung_garian]

Yeah, radiation warnings, that's not gonna alarm people. Why not just hand out booklets about the Black Death and bird flu while you're at it, huh?

[greenisnteasy]

Nah, the Black Plague's pretty treatable.

[noblexcompanion]

Seriously... Will everyone stop with the radiation talk? It's unnerving to say the least. Our skin could melt off and our insides could boil. I don't want to die.

[greenisnteasy]

None of those are symptoms and if they were, they would've happened already. We're past the point of serious concern here and are mainly looking at some upset stomachs.

Really, there's no need to panic. Whatever happened, we clearly showed up after things were serious.

What's your name?

[steverogers.livejournal.com]

Both good and bad to see familiar faces here. Sorry you're in the same boat with the rest of us, Doctor. Are you going to... be alright here?

[He doesn't want to out-rightly say anything. That's not his choice to make. If Banner isn't comfortable with that knowledge being public, Steve's going to keep quiet.]

Can't say I've come across anything that looks too high-tech. In fact, this place seems just a tad more familiar to me than what I've been around lately. You say those cameras shock anyone who tampers with them? That's a new trick. Whoever's behind this really does have all the bases covered.

[greenisnteasy]

Yeah, and it makes you wonder why they're keen on keeping us away from electronics. A weak spot, maybe?

[Bruce switches the channel to private. Their evil overlords won't take away his paranoid sense of privacy.]

I should be fine. I was fine in Kolkata for over a year and that place was a lot busier than this. Let's just keep it a secret for now. I don't want an actual village of villagers to come after me.

[porcelainpride]

How likely is it that I'm going to die painfully of tetanus or infection from slicing my foot open on some barnacles?

[greenisnteasy]

Not likely at the moment as we have the supplies to cover that. I might even be able to rustle up a tetanus shot.

Have you found any experienced fishermen? That's a great idea, by the way.

[thezerothlaw]

[He's stayed out of a lot of these medical discussions. He can't add anything, but if they happen then that's enough and if someone needs some physical lifting power he'll volunteer. This, though... he has something to offer.]

Greetings, Dr. Banner. My name is R. Daneel Olivaw. I'd like to reassure you about the possibility of radiation exposure. I don't believe it's a threat here. I am a humaniform robot, and my positronic brain is actually more sensitive to strong radiation than human tissue is. If there were any radiation here that might be a threat, I would at the very least already be suffering noticeable effects, if not a full deactivation. Whatever has happened here, I don't believe that's it.

[greenisnteasy]

Oh. [Bruce's eyebrows are somewhere in his hairline.] Sure. That's great. Not quite the Geiger counter I was expecting, but...

What else can you do? Go back in time and save people?

[wandandsickle]

It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Dr. Banner. I would, thankfully, tend to agree with Mr. Olivaw; I have some knowledge of radioactivity, and my, ah, own method of detecting it, and the levels here are not abnormal.

I will, however, keep an eye out for any parts that might be of use in detecting other hazards in this environment. It's a shame that we are unable to take apart the cameras at this juncture; I am interested in how they work—they are far different than I am used to!—and also in where they are sending their film.

[greenisnteasy]

That's fantastic news. Are you a robot too?

You and me both. I think I saw a guy on the network talking about that, how he was having trouble tracing a source.

[darthpool.livejournal.com]

Aw but being electrocuted is fun!

Are you really a scientist?

[greenisnteasy]

I am. Are you really that crazy?

[saltline]

Well...I'm suddenly thinkin' this place is going to go Hills Have Eyes on us very soon. Thanks for that doc.

[ He had been fiddling with his wrist communicator once he had found a place to hunker down. ]

Anyone else doing a Sleeping Beauty act that we should know about? The last time I checked, a friend of mine was awake. Now he's pretty much a vegetable and while I think I've tried everything...I'm not kissing the guy in the name of proving that theory.

[greenisnteasy]

[He'll skip through the fear of radiated, mutant hillbillies to find the heart of the matter. He's already even sitting up.]

Someone you know is unconscious? How long, and do you know what happened?