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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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[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?

[hulkbusted]

Hey. [He sets the tray on the bedside table and sits at the edge of the bed.] Any changes?

[riches]

No. [ A negligent shake of her head. It's quiet, given it's morning, but she isn't sure she's hungry just yet. ] I'm still a monster.

[ Haha ... ha. ]

[hulkbusted]

Join the club. [Gallows humor, embrace it, Asami.] How's the pain?

[riches]

[ That gets a weak smile, green eyes flicking over him to try and imagine the beast he described last time. It's almost impossible. ]

Lessened, thanks to you.

[hulkbusted]

Good. [He shows her the cup of pills on the tray.] When it starts getting worse again, you can take these. Just note the time when you take them. I don't want to overdose you.

[He gives her a flicker of a smile - there and gone again in a moment.] And other than the pain how are you?

[riches]

[ That small smile is filed away for future reference, just as important as the medical instructions. ]

I feel a lot safer here than I would at home. [ Consciously, she loosens her grip on the blankets, smoothing them out. ] They took me while I was on my way back there. If it hadn't been for Sif ...

[hulkbusted]

Sif's a good friend to have, and she's in charge of security here, so we're as safe as we're going to get in this place.

Can we call your friends for you?

[riches]

[ It's a great comfort knowing the warrior is still hanging around. ]

I've sent them a message, they'll be along soon. Do you know Sif very well?

[hulkbusted]

I don't know anyone here very well, but she's a friend of someone I briefly knew back home, and I think she's my friend now.

[riches]

She definitely is, it's obvious she trusts you implicitly. [ Quashing any awkwardness, her smile resurfaces. ] It's easy to understand why.

[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?

[infernoandhearth]

Yes, that's me. [He, himself, is not wearing a shirt, and his shoulders are heavily bandaged.] Does it hurt less, now? Is it better?

[riches]

The drugs have definitely helped. [ His bandages get a nod. ] How are you holding up?

[infernoandhearth]

Well as I can, as can...be expected? It isn't healing, but then, neither is yours. Perhaps it ends at some point. I can't say, really. [He shuffles a bit closer.] I am very high.

[riches]

Uh, oh.

[ Reaching out a hand to touch his forehead. ]

You're not too hot, are you?

[infernoandhearth]

No, it's not feverish. It's painkillers. They fog up everything, the pain, my head... Perhaps my magic though I've none properly to test it. [He waves around his arm, where the IV usually goes in. He's got a capped canulla taped to it. But he uses his other hand to touch her hand touching his forehead.]

[riches]

[ Smiling, his hand on her gets a supportive squeeze before she lets go. ]

What kind of magic do you usually have?

[infernoandhearth]

Fire and transformation, mostly. I've a few other things but those are the main ones. [He turns around and leans against the side of her bed.]

[riches]

I know a firebender. Is there anything you like to transform into, or is it other objects you can change?

[ She props herself up by the headboard to see him. ]

[infernoandhearth]

Both, and I don't really limit myself to particular choices.

[riches]

Seems the best way to be if you've got all that extra potential.