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Tweak says, "Mada mada dane"

Bruce Banner (sevenphds) wrote in somerealityrpg,
@ 2020-10-07 07:45:00

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active: bruce banner, active: lyra banner

Who: Bruce and Lyra Banner
What: Hopefully getting out of this stupid forest of doom
When: Wednesday
Where: Starting at the villas but heading into the forest of doom
Warnings: ...forest of doom. But also, she's in first grade. So.

Bruce had spent the better part of the last few days tearing apart the city looking for one of those damn doors. There really didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to them. They just sort of appeared to whoever, wherever. Which was not suiting his needs at all. He had at least taken the time to throw together a bag of essentials. There was water, a box of snack bars, even Lyra's favorite candy because he was going to find her. And she was going to be safe and she was going to get out of there and she'd want candy and she'd need to be spoiled and--okay, he was panicking again.

He was also armed. Something he almost never did. While the Hulk might have been terrifyingly violent, Bruce himself was almost a pacifist. He'd only learned to shoot because SHIELD had practically forced him. But with his bigger, greener half being stubborn, he knew it couldn't hurt to have a weapon available. Even if Sam wasn't having much luck taking them down.

This was just a really bad week overall.

He was on the edge of giving up, honestly, and just hoping Valkyrie could maybe find her when he sat up from his fitful half hour nap and saw...well, damn. A door. And he could feel it, that sucking sensation that everyone had described, that meant whether he wanted to or not, he was heading in.

It was basically as terrifying as everyone had described. Or as terrifying as those who could admit it had described. The sound was irritating, and Bruce could actually feel it. For the first time in a long time, he felt that tingling sensation, the near itch that meant the Hulk was under the surface, both angry and protective. "Come on, buddy, now would be a really good time to show your face," he muttered, closing his eyes and putting effort into what had once been an entirely simple task.

But nothing. Bruce had long ago thought maybe the Hulk just couldn't bear to face Thanos again but now? He really wasn't so sure. Either way, he was on his own and he could see those things in the distance. They didn't have a very distinct hunting style, apparently. Just run at thing, attack thing, run after next thing. Okay. Okay, he could work with this. He may not have Clint and Nat's stealth training, but he was hardly an idiot here. The first order of business, though, was to find Lyra. He had the map that Julia had magicked up (and that was still weird no matter how many odd things Bruce had seen in this world) and the little dot that wasn't exactly close to him but was definitely within reach. He could get to her, but he had to do so without...well, getting killed, apparently.

This was going to be fun.

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hulklette
2020-10-10 05:48 pm UTC (link)

Lyra had been doing her very best to stay in one place as much as she could. But she had to potty occasionally, and sometimes, she mustered up the bravery to try and find something to eat. She hadn't been very successful until she came across a very sad, small blue berry bush. She had almost forgotten about her fear as she munched on them, and she filled her pockets with some to take back to her hiding spot. She dodged between trees, only stopping before clearings, to make sure that there were no big scary monsters that would see her.

That was when she saw her father.

"Daddy!" She screamed at an unreasonably loud volume, forgetting that she was meant to be quiet and hiding. She ran to him, flinging her arms around him. She was dirty and tired and scared and thirsty but he would make her feel better, he always made her feel better. "Daddy you're here to come get me." She was already crying again, just glad not to be alone in the scary place. "Please can we go home, please." She asked against he shirt.

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sevenphds
2020-10-10 11:08 pm UTC (link)

For a moment, even the older, more logical Bruce forgot they were being stalked by killer scarecrows. He only had eyes for the tiny person hurtling herself towards him. Almost instantly he bent down and scooped her into his arms, holding her close. She was desperately in need of a warm bath and a good meal, but she was alive and she'd be okay.

Just as long as he could get them out of there alive.

"Hi, princess," he said softly, pulling back to look her over. "Are you hurt?" He reached into the bag he'd been carrying for almost two days now, pulling out a water bottle and one of the snack bars. "Sip slowly, ok?" The entire time he kept at least half of his senses feeling around. Including the one that was nearly always attuned to his inner alternate self. The sound was grating on Him, and that might either work to their advantage or against them.

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hulklette
2020-10-12 08:52 pm UTC (link)

Lyra shook her head at him feverishly when he asked if she was hurt, "I stayed out of their way and I tried to climb a tree but I as too short for most of them but i found a place where the roots were sort of big and I could fit under it a little bit. Someone stepped on me while they were running but I don't think they noticed." She just leaned against her father as she sucked in the water. She couldn't remember being so thirsty.

"Look I found blueberries," She told him proudly, pulling a handful of mostly mushed berries out of her pants pocket to show him.

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sevenphds
2020-10-13 12:02 am UTC (link)

A pang of anger ran through him, knowing someone could have seriously injured a child and yet kept running. And yet...still nothing. What the hell was His problem, anyway? "That must mean you found the best hiding place ever." There were reasons she was frustrating to play hide and seek with, after all.

She was so pleased with herself for finding berries and he was so grateful they were keeping her at least somewhat sustained that he couldn't even be annoyed about the future laundry they would have to try and do on those pants. "I'm so proud of you, princess. Not everyone would have been able to find those." And maybe he should have been more worried about her eating strange berries off of random bushes in forests that were out to kill them, but she seemed alright and so what if he was sneakily feeling her pulse as he held her close. "You did such a great job, but we're a team now, ok? You and me, we've got to try and find another one of those doors and still not get hurt. Think we can do it?"

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