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[hulkbusted]

When; Saturday, 10/27
Rating; Unknown, but Circus-related body horror in many threads
Characters; Bruce Banner, Luke, Serrure, Sif, Asami Sato, open to anyone in City Solutions or with a good reason to be there
Summary; Bruce has ended up treating several of the Circus' victims and now they're cluttering up his lab and apartment. Open post for people to visit Luke, Serrure, and Asami or pester Bruce (and possibly Sif)
Log;

Bruce's lab and apartment hadn't been intended as a makeshift hospital ward, but there they were. He'd set Asami up in his bedroom and Luke and Serrure were still kept in separate rooms to keep their magnetism from dragging their wounded bodies back together.

He's immediately available by network, but at the moment he's in his kitchen brewing up some chamomile tea. More accurately the water's heating and he has his forehead pressed against the stainless steel door of his fridge.

[ooc: Just set up threads for the various temporary residents for easy visitation.]

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Luke

[infernoandhearth]

Every so often, Luke has been making a massive nuisance of himself by not only speaking into his device, but simultaneously yelling into his device at Serrure and through the wall. He has his shoulders pressed up against it, as close as he can manage without being on the other side. His yelling voice is slurred, and unsteady, but still certain. He clearly has great conviction in whatever it is he's currently saying.

[asofwar]

[How did she end up in Luke's room to check up on him again? And why is she even pouring him a glass of water? Because she's not cruel, and has no grief or remorse for him.

And she's pretty sure that's what he asked.]

[infernoandhearth]

Oh, that's--thank you! Sif. Sif, it's good of you to be here. [He leans up, pulling his shoulders away from the wall. He has to blink a moment, to adjust to how he's sitting, and then he starts shoving himself more upwards.]

[friggmagnet]

[How that he's back on his feet again, the first thing Axl thought he should do is check in on Luke and Serrure. After all, he needs to make sure wasn't shot in the leg for nothing.

There are a lot of strange noises coming from Luke's room, and he thinks it best to maybe knock first.]

Erm, Luke? It's Axl.

[infernoandhearth]

Axl!!! [A cheerful shout. And a following thump, as Luke stands up to rush and let him in, and only manages to overbalance and fall down.]

Luke

[hulkbusted]

[Bruce comes in to check on Luke, bringing along a tray of food from the cafeteria.]

How are you feeling?

Luke

[infernoandhearth]

[Luke's eyes almost literally light up at the food.] You are the best, do you know, Bruce? I am not used to not having...I am...pain. Pain, I usually have to work through it. I've not had these...this. It's new. I can still feel it, the pain is very strong, but I would prefer to stay awake.

Bruce. You're my favourite.

sif --> bruce visitation; early morning

[asofwar]

Sif is more than familiar with the concept of debt. She owes the Hulk her life once for a rescue from falling pieces of buildings, and she supposes she owes Bruce for helping at her command. Yes, she imposed herself in his lab with Asami in tow the previous day, and she'd hoped strongly he would not turn them down. He had not.

Despite the strain on his control, he had helped; it was admirable. He was definitely admirable, and honourable, and most likely tired. So early in the morning, before she heads to her own job post, Sif stops by with two papercups full of coffee. They're fairly large - she takes it this means more satisfying, or at least that is what the vendors keep telling her - so maybe they will do the trick.

Unlike yesterday, today she knocks.]

May I?

[hulkbusted]

Come on in. [He straightens and runs a hand through his hair, doing nothing to help its current dishevelment.]

[asofwar]

[So, perfect timing with the coffee, right? Humans seem so keen on it granting them some sort of energy, after all.]

Good morning. This is for you...

[riches]

[ Curled up in Bruce's bed, dozing on and off as pain-killers go to work, she's pulled the sheets up to her ears and remains very still in the engulfing warmth of his t-shirt. The communicator lies in a loose fist, turned off after a message was issued to Mako to let him know where she is.

Her make-up has been washed off and the usually bouncy waves in her hair are in disarray. Accompanied by the lumpy satyr legs under the blankets and red eyes, Asami looks a lot less fabulous than usual. ]

[hulkbusted]

[Bruce shows up in the morning with a breakfast tray he means to leave on his bedside if she's asleep. It has a cup with a couple of pills for the pain and a variety of breakfast foods, since he neither knows what she likes nor what her new system might be able to handle.]

[riches]

[ She's already awake, nightmares having kept her up for most of the night. When he sets the tray down she pushes herself up, rubbing a messy head of hair that looks a million miles from the coiffed young lady that met him in a cafe. ]

Bruce?

[infernoandhearth]

[Somehow, Luke has managed to sneak around Bruce. He's a bit clumsy, from how high he is, but it's enough to get him on a wander around. Oh good, he thinks to himself, everything repaired from when I was properly last here.

When he gets to Bruce's room, and sees Asami in his bed, his first instinct is a quiet laugh into his fist, because of his automatic impaired assumption. But no, no, he can see some of her face, and the shape of her legs.]

Oh. Hallo. Are you any better? No, I suppose. You're sleeping. [He sits on the floor, cross-legged.]

[riches]

I'm not sleeping, it's alright. Come in.

[ Self-consciously, and although she's wearing Bruce's clothes, she tucks the blanket under her arms. ]

Luke, right?

[doeswhathewants]

[For now he's laying in bed, on his stomach, arms flopped out in front of him, face planted in some pillows. There may or may not be a couple of bloody, avulsed, butt prints on the wall that separates him from Luke. If you ask him about those butt prints, he'll probably deny them. Whether he's lying or has a bit of anesthesia induced amnesia is debatable.

Every now and then he'll raise his head to yell at Luke through the device and the wall. Just to make sure he gets the message. It makes sense, but he can't explain it because his thoughts are a bit dodgy right now.]

[asofwar]

[She would've come to check up on his regardless of Luke's plea. But he does contribute to making Sif come knowing that she's welcomed, in some way, here.

If she finds him sleeping when she does, or can't tell whether or not he is, she takes a seat in the chair beside the bed and waits in silence.]

[doeswhathewants]

Sif! [He is always happy to see you, SIf, except when you're making him run laps. But he can't run like- happy thoughts. He lifts his arm up slightly to look out from under it.] I can recognize your feet. And. And. And I forgot.

[And then he's reaching out a grabby hand at you. Come here, Sif. Why are you over there.

[infernoandhearth]

[Eventually, Luke gives up. This is all getting tiresome, and he's been practising with the magnetic pull, so he thinks he might manage. Anyway, he's bandaged. It can't reattach when there's bandages, surely. So he redopes himself, and then ambles into Serrure's room.]

I'm tired of shouting.

[doeswhathewants]

I heard shouting was cathartic. Primal something or another. [And he's propping himself up on his elbows.] Let us never do this again.

[hulkbusted]

[And later on Bruce comes in to check on Serrure, bringing a tray of food and fresh dressings for his... wounds.]

Hey.

[doeswhathewants]

[Hope you're up on your sterile technique and wound packing, Bruce. Not that he's going to hold still for that.

And he's maxed out on his painkillers, not so much for the pain but because even the not-quite-in-control-of-my-mind feeling is better than thinking about his missing, not healing bits. But he props on his elbows.]

Dr. Banner. [You're his new favorite person.] I think I broke it. [Indicating the PCA dispensing the narcs.]

[friggmagnet]

[Hey look, Axl's come to visit. Luke made it sound like Serrure was in a pretty bad way and he did say he's go over and look at him. And yes. That sure does look painful. Axl lurks in the doorway for a while before he finally speaks.]

Alright?

[doeswhathewants]

More or less. [More for being out and less because lacking bits and not healing.] All healed up? [Envious of that.]

[helsmaiden]

Quite a state you're in. [ Leah is still upset about not being there earlier. Sarcasm and snark are her only defenses as she stands in the doorway. ]