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Helena Wells has "disappeared" with the Astrolabe ([info]ismellapples) wrote in [info]wariscoming,
@ 2012-07-21 00:46:00

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Entry tags:bruce banner/hulk, helena g. wells

Who: Bruce and Helena
What: A meeting of two scientific minds, one currently broken. Sooo anything can happen really.
When: Friday afternoon
Where: Bruce's warehouse
Warnings: Possible language, sciencey babble. Everything else TBA?



The past couple weeks had been incredibly difficult for Helena. First there had been Moriarty wanting to kill her and threatening Emily. Then he had strapped a bomb to Myka, which had finally made the Victorian woman snap and fall over the edge. It was a miracle that she hadn't killed anyone. Though really, she didn't have the chance to. There had been a sniper poised to kill her, which Myka had seen just in time. The other agent had thrown herself at Helena, knocking her down and saving her life. Instead of the bullet hitting her in an area that would have resulted in her death, it had hit her in the shoulder. Then just mere days after that, she'd left to go to Paris to be there for the anniversary of Christina's death. And oh how that had been difficult. To say the least, Helena was emotionally raw and spiritually broken and defeated. This was the bottom of the pit she had been falling into. It really was all she could do to keep herself from closing off her emotions. It was too painful, but she had to feel it because if she didn't, she would walk the path that not only led to her complete self-destruction, but also the probability of condemning yet another world to feel her fury.

And when she had gotten word of that shooting that had happened in Colorado, Helena's mood had deteriorated. She was anxious which was to be expected when she had been shot just over a week earlier. Helena had never liked guns, had only even used them if forced to. Her experience with the sniper had only reinforced that dislike of the things. This was why she relied so much on her Tesla. It was an alternative to killing, and really, it was an excellent way to disable someone without hurting them. As long as the Tesla was on it's low settings. The higher ones could incinerate, but that was besides the point.

After having consumed a couple glasses of brandy earlier, and after eating lunch, Helena made her way to Bruce's warehouse, as they'd agreed to meet. And she was curious about this new technology of his. Anything that she could focus on that wasn't herself or her emotions she would take right now. It might just be the very wrong thing to do, but Helena really needed something to take her mind off things for a little bit. Science was a good way for that. At least she was also getting out of the house? She'd almost locked herself in her work room, but figured Myka would break down the door on her, so she opted for going to Bruce's for a little bit. And perhaps she'd come back in a better mood because currently, she probably would sooner kenpo someone's ass than smile or joke. This is why she needed the science intervention.

Arriving at Bruce's, she knocked on the door. And as she was on edge because of the shootings, Helena had activated the protective barrier Bruce had made for her. She wasn't taking chances right now. Not after everything she'd been through.


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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-23 06:55 am UTC (link)
As Bruce described the transformation sensations, Helena shivered lightly. That did sound like it would be a bit disconcerting and certainly not for one that didn't like insects. The comparison gave her a good sense of what the transformation felt like. "Does it change the internal structures of the body as well, such as bone and organs? Or is it a merely skin deep transformation?"

Only 17 successful trials. It was better than zero, and showed evidence Bruce was on the right track with the device. After all, if it wasn't going in the right direction, there would be no successful trials. Looking at Bruce, she was flattered by his compliment. It had been many many years since she'd heard someone say as much to her. And really, it only served to stroke her all ready massive ego in that department. "I assure you that I will do all that I can to assist in this endeavor and see it through to a successful outcome." At the last part, she smiled, a bit of life coming to her eyes. "If I did not know better, I'd think that was a proposition, Bruce." She lifted both brows quizzically, but reached out and gently set her hand on his arm. "But believe me, I would like nothing more than to work with a fellow genius. There is doubt in my mind that together we can achieve whatever we put our minds to."

Listening, she smiled again. "I am honored that I am able to hold such a position for you, to help alight your mind in such a way. And yours is one that gives me a focus I have not known in a very long time. Exploring the limits of the universe and what can become reality with one who is like minded has reawakened the scientist and, dare I say, the dreamer within me. It makes me wish to dream once more and to make such dreams reality. But when one has all ready dreamed of the stars and achieved them, what is left to dream of?"

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-23 08:04 am UTC (link)
Bruce nodded. "It alters everything down to the cellular makeup. The only thing it cant effect apparently is my Other friend," He sighed and shrugged.

Then he grinned at her, and eyes dancing, he nodded. "If this one works, then it will make it possible, for example, for me to become a woman and you a man, and for us to dance an age old dance." His eyes were full of a sort of smirk. "Do you know better?" Her hand on his arm made him shiver, and his eyes looked to hers with relish and thought.

"I believe in you." His words were soft, and when she spoke the last, he smiled softly. "There is always more. Come with me, please." He led the way toward a side door and handed her a helmet hanging from the wall as he took one too. "Put this on once we are inside."

He led her into the room which was black and featureless. the helmet covered the entire face save for breathing holes for nose and mouth. But no light came in, no sound.

Then, suddenly, the darkness bloomed with lights. All around them, glorious moving lights flowed and shifted, and he smiled. "Welcome to the other side of the rainbow, Doctor Wells."

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-23 09:06 am UTC (link)
The fact it affected everything within one's body was a bit disconcerting to Helena. Well, as far as bones being alerted went. Though when he said it didn't effect Hulk, Helena gave him an empathetic look. After all, there was no doubt in his mind that he wished to be rid of him once and for all so he could live a normal life.

At the potential of her becoming a man, Helena tilted her head a bit. "I somehow have issue imagining myself as a man. But it would be quite the experience, that I must say!" Helena gave him a bit of a smirk in return, a little gleam in her eyes. "I might, but I might not." And she would simply leave it at that.

There was that phrase again, "believe in you." Helena wasn't certain how quickly she'd regain all that she'd lost, if it could even be reclaimed, but she would try. There were people, Bruce included, who believed in her for reasons she had yet to completely comprehend and understand. But when he bade her to follow him, she did so without question. Though when he handed her the helmet, she was a mix of confused and intrigued. Once inside the room, she put the helmet on as he'd instructed her to.

Upon seeing the lights, Helena jumped slightly, looking this way and that, taking in the moving lights all around them. She turned around, turning this way and that, trying to take in the scene before her eyes. It was simply beyond anything she had ever imagined, and it was completely breath-taking. A genuine smile laced with awe crossed her face at the site.

"My God, this is...this is...I do not have the words to properly describe this!" Her voice was alive with pure awe and wonderment.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-23 10:39 am UTC (link)
"This is subatomic energy, the very essence of matter and energy itself. It's a new science, beyond anything being worked on outside this building. But I can't do this alone. There are too many other things to do, too many things in the now. I need someone else working on it, someone I know will look at it with wonder, and with love for tyhe pure beauty of it, both as science and as the magic that it is..."

he smiled and turned to Helena, and touched her arm. "I need to ask you, Helena, to help me crack a whole new world of science, alongside everything else we do... what do you say?"

He didn't have endless wealth. He didn't have power. he wasn't the smartest man ion the planet. And he didn't have any diamond rings. But he could give her new worlds and new imaginations... and he would, if he had anything to say about it. This was his gift, to unlock that which no one else dreamed of, and open that door for others to follow.

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-25 05:36 am UTC (link)
Helena's was a mind that could dream far and imagine the most unimaginable things. But never had she ever thought something quite like this could be possible! Being able to see the essence of matter and energy in such a way was far beyond inspiring. Few things ever truly made Helena speechless, but this was most certainly one of those. Her mind was positively swimming with life as she saw all the lights around them. And oh, Bruce had chosen his words wisely. Helena did view this as pure beauty and the magic of nature itself.

The touch to her arm finally made her stop turning around to get a complete picture of her surroundings. She looked at Bruce, a smile firmly on her face. "It would be both my pleasure and honor to delve into a whole new world of science."

It had felt like centuries had passed since she'd last felt her mind be this alive with positive energy. Because that is what it was, positive energy. Hopefully from that would come the dreaming of something bigger, something better. And from that, positive thinking, optimism. Perhaps this was the doorway opening to show her the way to reclaim the woman she had once been. And more than anything, she wished to be that woman again.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-25 06:04 am UTC (link)
Bruce loved seeing her reactions and seeing the way her face shifted, and turned. She had the look of wonder on her face and he knew he had begun his one and true mission. He was going to do his best to help her find that wonder again.

"Then welcome to the race to discover new wonders." He extended his hand to her as he slowly turned off the holograms. "With your mentality at my side, I know we can discover entire new worlds."

There was a chance of finding entirely new things on a quest like this. And he hoped this would be magnificent!

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-25 06:31 am UTC (link)
If Helena were honest with herself, she had not come into something so wondrous as when she'd first entered into Warehouse 12. This really was a new world she had never thought could exist. Never had she dreamed of anything even remotely similar to this. This was something she definitely needed. Something to open the borders of her mind once more so she could let herself spread her wings again.

When he extended his hand to her, she reached out and took in hers. "I do look forward to discovering new worlds. I fear it has been far, far too long since I last stepped foot into a brand new, wondrous place."

Helena was torn between being relieved the scent of apples didn't coincide with this new world or to be disappointed. But for the moment, she would go with relieved because if she started thinking of the scent of apples the Warehouse had given her, she would get emotional. It had been in her dying that she'd found that acceptance of the Warehouse once more. So for now, she would simply take this new world for what it was; a new opportunity to rebuild herself.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-25 04:14 pm UTC (link)
Bruce was relieved at the look in her face and the way she talked. He had hoped to engage her interests and it appeared he had done so. He breathed deeper and his smile spread across his secondary face like lightspeed. He felt like he could jump the moon, just then. He grinned at her and led her, by that hand, toward the door.

"I have more surprises for your senses and teases for your mind, but I thought I would offer refreshment. I've been cooking this morning, and it seems I've rediscovered a skill for pie making." He led the way out of the room. Down the lab way they went, and out another door and through a hall. From ahead, a new smell intruded, the smell of cherries.

"It seems, when stimulating my brain processes at odd hours, my mentality seeks ways to enlighten me and liberate itself from constant stimulation by urging me to indulge in creation. This new stimulation, this direction most unaligned with previous lines leads to a new discovery. Baking is fun. Like with experiments, taking the diverse elements and bringing them through a process of enhancement and material collection, realigning them as one from many and materializing a new product, a new synthesis of the disparate parts into a whole... is exciting."

His grin only grew as he led her toward the kitchen and spoke. "When so excited, the mind and body wish nothing more or less than to share such excitement with another, and to bring that other closer to one's own level of excitement with proper stimulation and observation, to emulate a connection and enhance the possibility of detente, and of hope, and of peace."

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-25 11:00 pm UTC (link)
As she'd been on her way over here, Helena had only thought she'd be getting a rundown of one project, possibly something else she could get her hands on and work with to distract her. She had not anticipated being introduced to a world such as the once Bruce had just given her a glimpse. It had only been a glimpse, a taste, but it was far more than enough to get her attention, to get her mind thinking.

Following along after Bruce and keeping hold of his hand, she was rather intrigued as to what would come next. She lifted her brows in surprise at his mention of surprises. "There are more surprises? You have been planning this, haven't you? Deliberately appealing to my natural curiosity and awakening my mind. I should accuse you of devious plotting, my good man." Finally, a teasing tone in her voice. There was no telling how long it would last, but the important thing was that it was there now. She was showing signs of life, signs that would give her hope that she could pull herself back together after all.

The scent of cherries hit her and she took it in. And upon hearing that Bruce had been baking, she gave him a little look of curiosity. "So not only do you tantalize me with scientific matters, you bake a pie to entice my taste buds." Really, Helena was just glad he had not chosen apples. She had no aversion to the fruit, but the scent of apples would only remind her of the Warehouse, of her death.

"I cannot wait to taste this product of your experiments. It is true baking, and cooking in general, are very similar to science. So I am most eager to see the results of your experiments within the kitchen.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-26 04:16 pm UTC (link)
"Tis true, I have been plotting. I do enjoy making you smile, and engaging your mind as I dream of engaging your body, and your heart." He smiled at her, eyes dancing, as he faced her.

She was magnificent. He could see her coming more alive as he watched her and an urge hit him that swept over him. Mid-hall, he turned, kissed her and then skipped down the hall. "You, milady, do arouse the body and mind as incredibly as anything might ever hope, and your enhance the virility of the spirit and body, hence, your presence within and around an experiment guarantees a higher echelon of success and possibility than otherwise might be whelmed."

He paused. "And I do very much wish to work with you, for you stimulate my mind as no other ever has." His cheeks reddened at that, but he grinned as he opened the door to the kitchen and revealed several cherry pies cooling on the counters. he moved to started cutting pieces.

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-26 08:31 pm UTC (link)
"Well I thank you for it. The smile and engaging my mind are most certainly needed now." It was certainly something she needed to at least temporarily take her mind off of trying to put herself back together.

The kiss was unexpected and served as a shock to her. Helena found herself frozen there for a moment trying to absorb the shock. And pairing the kiss with his words which came before it, she found it to be too much to absorb in the moment. It brought up too many emotions that she didn't want to feel, and memories she didn't want to think about. Considering the last person she'd kissed had been Irene, whom Moriarty had murdered. So while Bruce skipped down the hall, Helena closed her eyes and drew in a slow, very deep breath to try to center herself for a moment before following Bruce down the hall. As quickly as the life had been coming back, it was gone again, leaving her reeling for something to cling to.

"It has been many years since I have been able to do as much for someone, so I am grateful that you are able to be stimulated in such a way." There was a curve to her lips, but she was not one to take so well to compliments in such a way right now. Not for the first time, she wondered how she could hold such a place for someone when she couldn't even keep herself together. She followed him into the kitchen and blinked upon seeing the number of cherry pies.

"You have most certainly been busy in here," she commented, a bit awed by the sight before her as Bruce started cutting pieces.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-27 06:36 am UTC (link)
And one glance at her face showed him he had erred and badly, and his face fell, as he turned to cut her a piece of pie.

"I am sure that with your assistance, the lab-work can be made to increase and get more effective. I find I am... not so good at concentrating of late. And someone more ground and yet more able to grasp such will likely be needed to ensure these efforts of science do continue. I am glad they are things you are interested in."

he turned to give her a piece and a fork, a smaller smile in place.

"Science has ever been my passion and my life... far more than it should be, perhaps. It occludes me to the rightful perception and sensitivity I should give unto others." An apology, of sorts, followed by a more real one.

"I am sorry. I should not have."

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-27 07:16 am UTC (link)
It was a good thing Helena didn't have the strength to close herself off currently because if she did, she would've slammed the doors shut around her. As it was, she was still trying to do so because it was too much to feel right now. There was an internal struggle going on to keep herself from shutting herself off because that is when she became dangerous to everyone around her.

"It is always helpful to have another pair of eyes and set of hands to help around the lab. I am always interested in things that I can get my hands on and engage my mind. I rather am always in need of a project of some sort." Especially being in this world where the Warehouse didn't exist so there weren't any artifacts to track down and neutralize.

Taking the pie and fork, she returned the little smile with a nod. She understood the apology, understood he had only meant well. But right now, she just couldn't handle the physical action, the emotions that came with it.

"Life is a series of trials and errors, not unlike what we encounter in scientific experiments. Were this any other time and I was in a better state of mind, it would have been met with a very different and favorable result." Helena had been about to apologize for her current state of mind, but stopped short of that. It wasn't exactly her fault she was like this right now.

"This is why I look for projects to work on because they distract me when I need it. And I rather enjoy learning new things far too much." With that, she cut a piece off of the pie and ate it. She ate it slowly, taking in the taste of it, letting the sensation fill her taste buds. And also to help pull her mind away from things she'd rather not think about right now.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-27 07:41 am UTC (link)
"Then I am glad this lab can be such a place for you. Such experiments and such endeavors will always be open to you, and I will provide all I can in the application of such into the lives of those around us."

He steadily ate, and then placed his plate aside, looking thoughtfully around, his shoulders less squared than before, and feeling tired. He had been an idiot and let exuberance allow him to do harm to a lovely and incredible being. Fuck. Anger at himself caused one hand to curl, and his heartbeat to pound. He realized what he was doing even as he felt himself shiver. His eyes went wide. He summoned his will to speak, and to think.

"Wherever the world does conjure such incredible visions, one must endeavor to try to implicitly explain and explore the limits of them, and open the infinite barriers of each dynamically inclined element. Thus, to enfold and re-engage, the mind, one must first free all preconceptions and per-arrangements, instead setting in place a new dialogue and foundation for the creation and evolution of experimental sciences that most would never explore, enunciate, or dream of."

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-27 08:02 am UTC (link)
"Thank you, I will make use of it. I only have a small room in which to build things, so having an entire lab at my finger tips is positively brilliant." And really, Helena did like that prospect. While the room in her house would suffice for her inventive spurts, a lab was needed when she wished to explore the universe that modern science had opened up.

Going into thought as she ate the pie, she wondered what other security measures she could install in her house. No doubt there were ideas she could take from things she learned here with Bruce to turn into something to make her home safer. Not that it wasn't all ready safe with the protection spells and the various traps she'd built into the house. But sometimes it didn't hurt to be over-protected. And after all the paranoia and fearing for her life that Moriarty had put her through, she would rather over-protect herself, Myka and Claudia than under protect them.

"Such is the way with exploration and discovery. Only when the myriad of elements are discovered and pieced together can the complete picture be drawn. And only then can something be approached with complete confidence of knowing it completely. Sometimes it is difficult to dispose of the preconceptions, but doing so is sometimes necessary to be able to proceed easily with things. And sometimes the intangible is what becomes the most integrated into our being in our pursuit of it."

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-27 02:40 pm UTC (link)
"You are welcome to use it anytime. There are so many ideas and projects to show you... I have not had this much time to devote to pure research and development. since..." He sighed. "since before things went to hell, back home. And I definitely never had someone to work with and bounce ideas off of like you." He had worked with Igor, and with Betty, but both were engineers at best. Neither one understood or even wondered about the things that drove him, that worried at him.

"Very true. And it is an ongoing process. To refuse and push away notions without merit and without basis, without closing one's mind to new possibilities. It is... a chance. A hope, and more, perhaps."

He rubbed his chin as he leaned against one counter and looked at her, and thought. So much to think on, so much to discover.

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-28 04:59 am UTC (link)
"I will thoroughly enjoy learning about these ideas and projects and rise to greet them with an open and curious mind. I will just be tentative in my use of everything within your lab until I am better acquainted with the technology. As they say, there is always a first time for everything. It has been over a century since I last engaged in scientific projects with another like-minded person." Helena had been working on her own inventions since arriving in this place, but inventions were different from scientific pursuits.

"There is always a chance and there is always hope. Sometimes it just needs to be found." Helena really should start taking her own statements to heart, but she really wasn't in the mood to believe in hope right now. All she could do was get through the day one moment at a time. And sometimes just getting from moment to moment was a battle that seemed so daunting to her.

When she finished the piece of pie, she set the plate down and looked back at Bruce. There was almost a desperation in her dark eyes. Desperation for something to save her from herself. Flipping some hair out of her face, she took a breath. "Hope is the gateway to life. To be without hope is to not be alive. Hope remained within Pandora's box for a reason."

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-28 05:33 am UTC (link)
"Then it is high times we renewed that passion and that acquaintance. I think yo will be a marvelous lab partner and coworker." And if needs be, he would make sure he never crossed that line again. He trembled in anger at himself, but he kept his breathing slow as he spoke. He kept control.

"Hope will not go away, hope will not desert us. It is inherent in all things and all people." He smiled softly. "And part of our job as scientists is to reignite the wonder and hope of those who live within the world and who cannot see the wonders we play with."

Her looked made him shiver, and he nodded to her. His hand went out, palm facing her, and he nodded to her. "Take my hand, Helena. Please." A hope, a crazy thing, a chance, filled him. And the grin he turned her was wild, and a little... well... sometimes, people did call him a mad scientist.

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[info]ismellapples
2012-07-28 07:07 am UTC (link)
"I believe it is long overdue to renew and reawaken that passion. So for that, I thank you." Despite the projects she'd been working on, her scientific interest hadn't been reignited until she'd seen those lights. It was only a spark, but a spark was all that was needed to ignite a fire.

As Bruce reminded her that hope would not desert people, Helena nodded a little. She had spent so long being angry for what the world had taken from her that she'd believed hope had abandoned her. But really, she had turned from hope because she hadn't been strong enough to hold onto it. Despite the fact hope had defined her in her younger years, she had let go of it so easily. But what else could she have done when her daughter had been murdered in a senseless act and she'd been powerless to stop it or change it?

Looking at his hand, a bit of a puzzled look came over her face. She nodded a bit, reached out and took his hand, wondering what he had up his sleeve in this instance.

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[info]monsterdoc
2012-07-28 07:13 am UTC (link)
The instant she touched his hand, there was a rushing noise, though it as only in their minds. She, for the time they held hands, would suddenly see through his mind's eyes, through his perspective. His hope, his self-hatred and despair, always at the edge of his mind, held at bay by sheer will and never-ending desire to make the world a better place, to help people, and to make things better.

And his view of her, not a lofty pedestal, but a view of a man who had been through hell and saw the marks of a fellow traveler. A man who saw the marks of strength within her, based on his experiences. A view that showed him without doubt, that she could do more, be more, and had more strength than she knew. His view on the world, on the situation was vivid and clear, and full of self doubt, all caused by that one mistake, made all those years ago, that had unleashed the Hulk, his darker half, a half that caused destruction and mayhem, sorrow and pain, wherever it showed up. His endless struggle with that darkness only enhancing his want, his need, to see and feel the light, to look on others with an eye that could see both darkness and light, and hope.

The effect would slowly fade as he withdrew his hands from hers.

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