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notsoangry ([personal profile] notsoangry) wrote in [community profile] sixthiterationlogs2018-09-17 10:57 pm

Hello Darkness My Old Friend

WHO: Bruce Banner
WHERE: South Village Fountain
WHEN: 9/17
OPEN TO: Open to all!
WARNINGS: None yet

BUNKER/SOUTH VILLAGE FOUNTAIN

In the tube, Banner was unconscious. Nothing so restful as a simple dream, that would be too kind, instead his mind was restless. It was a waking nightmare, seeing people turn to dust before his eyes, seeing the looks of pain and loss on the few people in the world he still cared about, and the friend he knew best was missing, gone, who knows where. Everything was wrong. And now he was here. His hair was newly short and gray, his figure average and unassuming, and he woke up suddenly to propulsion that he couldn't possibly be ready for.

This wasn't really the first time he woke up somewhere he shouldn't be, in a place he couldn't remember; this was a common situation. It wasn't even the first time he was in the water, struggling to breathe, his limbs wildly flailing. But it was a rare occurrence that this moment of concern didn't follow with the feeling to the tip of his toes of the other presence waiting. Then again, he and the Hulk had issues. Issues not even close to being addressed. It meant he was vulnerable. It meant many things. Banner finally got himself together and swam up, figuring out which way was up, and broke the surface gasping. To where? To here. Where was here?

Exhausted and with a heavy heart, he sat on the edge of the fountain and breathed deeply, running hands through his wet hair. Nothing seemed familiar around there, but hey, it wasn't a planet geared toward trying to kill him or freak him out. So far. Don't jinx it, Banner. He sat there for a long time, he had no idea how long. He was in no hurry to move. The world was too much right then, and whatever this was, it was a few steps above.

The strangest part of everything was the clothing. The extras. Normally he woke up naked. So there was that one small good thing. It took him awhile before he was up and walking, but eventually it happened.

INN

At first he simply walked around. Nothing was familiar. In fact, he was fairly certain it seemed dissimilar from anything he'd known before. Some things were the same, yes, but Banner couldn't see how the Hulk brought him this far. And he was wearing clothes. What the hell was happening now? Was this another trick from Thanos? That made sense. He clearly liked to torture people. When he saw the inn, he paused. He tried to avoid people most of the time. It was too dangerous, he was too dangerous, except now he wasn't at all and that meant people he walked into could in fact be dangerous to him. He tried to reach out to see if the Hulk was still ignoring him.

There was nothing. No touch. No moment of anger or denial. No feeling whatsoever. Nothing. He was the only on home. At first he couldn't figure out what that meant. All these years later, how could it be? All the years trying to get here, and it just happened when he woke up. Stunned and overwhelmed, he could only stumble over to the outside wall of the Inn and lean against it. Not going in, just hovering there, and then he started to crumble down until he was sitting on the ground, staring off into space.

What was he feeling? Relief? Loss? Fear? Confusion? All of it.
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2018-10-15 04:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Wanda smiled. "Food and blankets are here. A lot has already been done and it'd be good to take a look around. There is a whole store room of things that people borrow and return when needed." The cynic in Wanda found the system at the inn amazing. "Consumables aren't there, paper and things like that but we have lunch here every day. I try and help preserve food too."

She pointed towards another paper on the board. "This is a list of everyone's talents and things that they're willing to teach others. There is fishing, hunting and so on." There was a lot of communication going on between people but you had to know where to look.

"There was someone making paper he before. That's where most of this came from but he's gone and I don't think anyone else knows the process."
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2018-10-23 01:30 am (UTC)(link)
Wanda smiled; her expression soft and understanding. "Take your time." It was a lot to take in and even someone like Bruce, who's seen the oddities of the world, should take the time to let the situation settle before diving into sorting it out. "We have a lot of time here." It was one of the few things they did have.

"Me?" She blinked. That wasn't a question that Wanda was used too. "I am as good as I can be. I'm sure that most people will say the same. Some take the situation well and others don't. All the people who arrive here seem to be resilient in some way." It was a lot and people reacted to stress differently.

"How are you holding up with all this?"
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2018-10-29 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Probably not." She agreed with a silent nod of her head. The overseers were testing them and it wouldn't help to have weak test subjects.

Wanda's lips tugged into a frown as Bruce spoke. "Clint mentioned something bad happened. I don't want to know Bruce but I'm here if you need someone." She'd be honest with him. She really didn't want to know her future but Bruce was an Avengers and someone who Wanda naturally wanted to look out for.
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[personal profile] minus1twin 2018-11-02 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: that's a wrap!]