it creeps and leaps and glides and slides

[venatical]

Who: Everyone who sees the network post re: the explosion and the impending blob threat!
When: Morning of Day 196. The blob threat and altered personalities have an open-ended date, atm, so people can be dealing with those as they wish!
Where: One of the science labs.
What: The orb causes an explosion of sorts in the lab, which results in two things: 1) some characters act "off," their personalities altering in some way, and 2) there are tiny red blobs (very The Blob-esque) everywhere that are harmless until you get close enough and you realize they want to jump onto your face.

[ The lab is a mess; cabinets and drawers are open, some faucets are dripping, and there's glass and scattered paper and things everywhere. Most troubling, however, are the blobs that like to suffocate people.

Freeze them, contain them in cupboards or whatever intact container you find handy, see if they're afraid of the Bunsen burner, try to use weapons on them -- best to get them cleaned up quickly, though! ]

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[greenisnteasy]

[ Bruce turns around from peeling a blob off his leg to make sure he heard her right, and also to double check that he really hasn't seen her before. Probably that's something he should've noticed before, but he was somewhat distracted by his lab being a disaster and the invasion of the blob monster, while in the back of his head wondering about what the orb explosion might result in. ]

Oh, you are new, aren't you? I'm Bruce Banner. [ He would shake her hand, but now that blob's made a flying leap for his chest and he stumbles backwards as he tries to pull it off.

There's a voice in the back of his head that sounds like everyone who's ever looked at him like he's about to explode: Should he even be in here? He hates that voice. ]

[hackr]

[ She smiles wryly, lightly tapping the frame of her glasses to push it up her nose again. ] I'm gonna assume this isn't an orientation even either, huh.

[ Oh! Felicity, having jimmied a ruler through some drawer handles to lock in a few spare blobs, rushes forward and tries to pry off the next one on Bruce's chest. ] God! What are these? Evil Flubbers?

[ Despite having become part of a vigilante team, she still manages to be surprised by the situations in which she finds herself. Like talking about and prying off evil Flubber. ]

[greenisnteasy]

Yeah, this is orientation. You should see what we deal with on a normal day. [ Not really. Mostly. Flubbers are new. He appreciates the help, though, as this one seems to be clinging onto his shirt with a death grip. ]

As far as I can tell. They were in this jar in the back that I never touched because the label just said "NO." Either they decided not to number it or they decided not to go there, but I figured I wasn't going to push my luck.

[ Between the two of them, they pry the little guy off Bruce's chest, but it jumps out of their hands for the moment. ]

They're probably alien something or other, from an Earthling's perspective. [ He smiles at her, a little strained because hello Flubber invasion. ] Welcome to the jungle, Miss...?

[hackr]

[ She grimaces. ] I don't think I want to know what the full load is.

[ Once the jello is pried off his chest, she stumbles backwards, nearly tripping over her own pink kitten heels. ]

I'm Felicity. Felicity Smoak. Definitely an Earthling. What's this jungle called and how can I get out? [ She does smile back at him despite her wariness. He seems like a decently nice guy. ]

[greenisnteasy]

Cape Kore. We're still figuring that one out.

[ Hey, fellow Earthling though, so that's something. He grabs a nearby container and holds it out for her to deposit the flubber into. Teamwork! ]

You're handling evil Flubber pretty well, though. Do you see weird stuff a lot?

[hackr]

Sure do. I mean, nothing like this, but I see weird stuff, like all the time.

[ Before it can get to her own face, she grimaces as she drops the blob into the presented container, letting the shiver down her spine shake her shoulders. ] Ugh.

So, we're trapped? Should I expect this all the time, this kind of weirdness?

[greenisnteasy]

I don't know about Flubber, but things get pretty weird here, yeah.

[ And Bruce is one of those things. He smiles somewhat awkwardly. This is the point in the conversation when he half-wonders if he shouldn't drop the Rage Monster bomb, considering people here have been so surprisingly okay with it all, but he ultimately passes. Because that idea, Banner, is a stupid one. ]

What kind of weird stuff, if you don't mind my asking?

[hackr]

My city is full of wannabe super villains, it feels like.

[ She shrugs both her shoulders. ] I know that sounds kind of ridiculous, but Starling City's in trouble and - oh, god, my job. I'm needed at my job, I can't be putting away evil jello - [ Her eyes widen and she at least looks up at him sheepishly, adjusting her frames. ]

Sorry. Sorry. I'm just kind of. Working for a big name corporation in a troubled city is kind of stressful. They'll be worried I'm gone.

[greenisnteasy]

[ Super villains. Ridiculous. Those do tend to go hand-in-hand, until the super villains start murdering people, but he isn't about to poo-poo what sounds like a city that needs plenty of help.

He raises his hand to calm her. ]

They don't even notice. When people go home from here, they're right back where they left off, with no memory of being here. Your trials and tribulations with evil Jello will be long forgotten.