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Exploring the city [OPEN]

It's Christmas Day and Bruce could use a miracle or two. He doesn't know how he got here or how to get back. He can't find Tony or Avenger's Tower. To be honest, Bruce is a bit disgusted with himself at how easily he got used to having a team to rely on and a home to go back to. He's been living in a homeless shelter, looking for work. Naturally, he's missing some important papers, so he needs under the table work. That's all right. Bruce has experience at this sort of thing. Right now, he's heading for the docks, to see if he can get some work there.
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-02-23 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Blythe is patient, sitting back and letting Bruce sift through the information himself, only occasionally speaking up to direct him to something else he should see or take note of. She's pleased (and perhaps a little relieved) when he at last comes to the 'correct' conclusion.

"Naturally," she agrees. "Will you be coming back to the base, or do we still need to prove ourselves?"
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-02-24 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
"I will, but first I need to tell you a bit about myself. I...have a condition that makes it extremely dangerous for me to get angry, afraid, or in any way stressed out. These things trigger a transformation, both mental and physical. I become a very dangerous creature, who is very difficult to control or defeat."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-02-24 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
She blinks at him. From his words alone, she would guess that he's lying or insane. He's certainly not lying, though -- and while her powers don't include the ability to telepathically assess sanity, she doesn't get the feeling from their interactions that his mind would be that badly damaged.

"I see," she says, taking him utterly seriously. "How do you cope with it normally?"
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-02-26 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
Bruce sighs.

"It's not easy. My only real defense is to remain calm. I do breathing exercises, limit the stimulants I consume, and meditate. I've learned to not let little things bother me...and I pretty much have to write off anything that doesn't get me or someone else seriously hurt as little."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-02-26 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Blythe mulls that over. "Will you be able to stay calm if I take you back to the base?"

She knows she's asking him something he might not know, but she needs his answer. She doesn't want to write him off as too dangerous to be free -- she's very hesitant to make that judgment call even when that's where the evidence points, and she's not sure it does in this case.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-02-26 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
Bruce sighs, shrugging.

"I can't promise you that. These days, it takes a lot to trigger an involuntary incident. Saying something I don't like won't do it. Hitting me in the face once won't do it, either. Repeatedly hitting me, trying to provoke me? That probably will, depending on the circumstances. If ROMAC attacked the base and people were being hurt? I'd almost definitely become the Other Guy. Stubbing my toe wouldn't do it, but breaking a bone or a serious cut, one requiring stitches, would. It all just depends on the situation and how much space and time I have to calm myself down."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-02-26 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"I can see why you were worried about being in the city," says Blythe thoughtfully. The alternative, though -- that they try to get him out of Manhattan -- would likely prove quite dangerous. "I don't think most of those things are more likely to happen at the base than at the shelter," she points out.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-02-27 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
"No, not most of them. In fact, I should hope being beaten or mugged would be less likely," Bruce agreed, with wry humor. "I am concerned about attacks on the base, however."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-02-27 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Blythe smiles at the joke. "We do have defenses," she points out. "And they don't actually know where we are." By luck and hard work.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-02-27 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, but you do have defenses, so you admit the possibility of attack exists," Bruce tells her, somberly. "If we're attacked, there's not much chance of keeping the Hulk back. You have to decide, if you want to risk that."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-02-27 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"The way I see it, we have two choices," replies Blythe thoughtfully. "We take you back to the base, where we can at least try to keep you from transforming into the -- the Hulk, you said? Or else we leave you where you are, and eventually someone gets at you there."

She doesn't mention the third possibility -- removing him from Manhattan altogether -- because she's not sure she can swing that even if it's the right thing to do.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-02-27 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
Bruce shifts, nodding.

"And, someone will, eventually. That's always been the problem. I'm willing to come to the base, if you're willing to have me there."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-03-01 03:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, I'm not the boss of everyone, naturally," replies Blythe. "But I think the others will understand."
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-03-01 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Bruce chuckles, a bit ruefully.

"I guess we'll risk it, then."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-03-03 03:28 am (UTC)(link)
"We probably won't put you right in amongst the main living quarters," she muses, "But I'm sure we've dealt with worse."

Actually, she's not.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-03-03 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"As long as you don't try to cage me," Bruce quipped, with fake humor. He wasn't really amused, though. He understood the necessity of keeping him isolated. If asked, he would have recommended it. It still hurt, though.
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-03-03 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"From what you've said, I doubt we could," chuckles Blythe...though it did occur to her to wonder whether Yuri's cage would hold him. Best not to ask; his trust seems fragile enough already.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-03-04 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
"No, you couldn't," Bruce agrees, hoping she'll believe him. The last thing he needs is another para-military organization trying to capture or control the Hulk. It was too hard on the innocent by-standers.
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-03-05 05:49 am (UTC)(link)
Blythe wonders whether he's sure of that because it's true or only because he's underestimating the rebels. Of course, it's not as if they have the funding or the capacity to build anything stronger than what they have for their resident werebear.

"Well, then it's good we don't have to. Do we need to stop at the shelter for any of your things, or shall we go straight back?"
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-03-06 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
Bruce shrugs.

"I have a change of clothes there and a toothbrush, but nothing that can't be replaced."
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[personal profile] rebelnpc 2013-03-06 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Up to you." Personally, Blythe wouldn't leave even that behind unless there was pressing need.
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[personal profile] beastisbeauty 2013-03-07 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Bruce chuckles, shrugging.

"I may as well collect it. No sense wasting things. The shelter is pretty strict about taking stuff and I don't want to get anyone into trouble. It'll only take a few minutes."
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