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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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It's not like I cut him loose from my friend and then gave him a spanking. I'll take care of him, even if I don't much like him.

I never said you wouldn't. I'm sure he wants to stay with you.

I wouldn't make him leave Luke. They have a bond. [Not outing Luke as a Loki. That's Luke's job and choice.]

It's usually the habit of people as young as that to say exactly what they want without censoring against anyone's feelings. If he wanted to leave, then he would. As it stands, things are okay.

[ She squeezes his fingers just enough to draw his attention. ]

Are you alright, Bruce? You're taking care of us, but who's taking care of you?

[He smiles a little at her first comment; Serrure's only five years younger than she is by some reckoning.]

I'm okay. Sif even brought me coffee this morning. How many men can say a war goddess brings them coffee?

[ Five years and a lifetime away. Annnd sliding her hand off his own now. ]

Not many, I'd imagine. That was kind of her.

[He gives her hand a last pat and straightens.]

Yeah, it was. I'd say she needs taking care of too, but I don't think she'd appreciate that.

Maybe do something nice for her. [ Hmmm. ] She's a lot like Korra, so ... give her a chance to use her abilities and enjoy it. That's what I'd try and arrange. Feeling appreciated has got to be a huge compliment to someone of her prowess.

I cooked her breakfast and we're having a movie night if things ever stop being so horrible. [wait, how did that sound?] I cooked her breakfast after she brought me coffee.

[ Smiling mildly, she arches a brow. ]

Sounds like you have everything sorted.

[Oh don't even.]

If you're getting that same gleam your eye that Luke gets when a woman comes up, don't.

[ Oho, Luke is perceptive. ]

Shouldn't I?

[Luke just wants to get him laid and doesn't much care with whom.]

No, you shouldn't. This is the last place I'd want to start a relationship of any kind even if I didn't have my condition.

[ Less ... romantic. :( ]

Because we're all pulled from different worlds?

[Matchmaking Loki-style.]

That and the curses and my own condition. It's been hard enough helping my friends through this circus nightmare. If I let myself... No, it's the worst idea.

What if you didn't have any choice? [ That sounds. Wow, no, let her rephrase. ] Not everyone does when it comes to that sort of thing, it comes on so suddenly.

We talked about this. My life is a tightrope walk and it's not me who gets hurt if I fall.

Most people fall without permission.

[ Buuuut this is getting a little too close for comfort, so she turns her attention to the tray of food. ]

That looks nice! What's on there?

[Change of subject? Yes please.]

I wasn't sure what you would find palatable. [Or what her transformed body could handle.] There's oatmeal, fruit, toast, a hard-boiled egg, bacon, and over here, [he lifts a lid on a bowl of soup] pho.

What's pho?

[ Did he make all of this? Ffff. ]

Oxtail soup. I was just covering all the bases. [just the pho - leftovers - the rest is from the cafeteria]

[ It's sweet he thought to do that. ]

Can I try it now? I feel a little better.

Eat anything that looks good to you, but take it slow. [he hates to say it, but it's fair for her to know his concern.] We don't know how extensive the metamorphosis is.

[ The stress seeps back in as she takes the soup onto her lap, sipping delicately. The flavour knocks her for a moment, but then she tries another spoonful and relaxes. ]

Where did you learn to make this?

[the question earns a chuckle] A cookbook. There was a restaurant near Culver University that served pho, but I couldn't afford to eat there often. If there's one thing a degree in biochemistry can do, it's teach a guy how to follow a recipe like nobody's business.