what doesn't kill you makes you stronger

[greenisnteasy]

Who: The Hulk and you, IF YOU DARE
What: The rampaging Hulk is... you know, rampaging. Feel free to treat this as an open post kind of thing. Team up to battle him if you want, or come in to help rescue someone.
When: Day 50 (from here)
Where: Starting in the town, moving back out into the park (feel free to assume you're pursuing him out there from the town), then he flees into the woods.

There aren't a lot of conscious thoughts in the Hulk's mind right now. The only thing he's sure of is rage -- pure and unadulterated, it flows through him and feeds his strength, feeds his energy, but it's like poison, too. The regular Hulk, the calm one, would prefer rationality over this, but he doesn't have a choice. He doesn't get a choice like Banner, or like any of these other humans. He gets someone pushing Banner's buttons until the Hulk tumbles out mindless and angry and unable to turn it off.

So he'll rage, and he'll smash and destroy until he can bleed the anger out.

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[greenisnteasy]

You know what's not a good move when the Hulk is pissed? Ignoring him to try to talk to Bruce.

He stops in the middle of smashing in the fountain some more, fist raised over his head, and he turns around slowly. Carrot Top. Does he recognize her? Yes, on one level; does he care who she is? Not really.

"Banner's not here." The words come out a menacing growl, and he rounds on her with violence in his eyes. "You deal with the Hulk. Not puny Banner."

[afallenstar]

Well that's certainly a good start. She frowns for a moment as she eyes the fist above his head - and she really, really doesn't want to find out how far immortality goes in this town. She raises her hands again quickly, taking a slight step to the side.

"Okay, Hulk then. We'll leave Bruce out of it." She's trying very hard to remain calm and quiet. It's not likely to change a thing about his demeanour, but she's sure as hell going to try it anyway. What else is there, after all?

"You going to stop destroying the town any time soon?"

[greenisnteasy]

Why can't they just let him rage in peace? Seriously. What's he done except smash up some dumb fountain? He'll show her just how done he is with smashing up the town. Here's his answer in the form of the Hulk wrenching a bench up from the ground. Turning around, he hurls it blindly -- but not at Anna. See? He just wants to smash; he doesn't need to hurt people, but they keep getting in his way.

[nedofpies]

So much for his second day being better than his first.

Ned is on a walk - an old habit, though he doesn't have a dog with him, today - when he hears the sounds of roaring and commotion from nearby. Curious, he speeds up, coming around the corner to see a young woman facing down a... well, a monster. There isn't any other word for it. The thing is giant, burly, and green-skinned. Apparently it is intent upon causing as much damage as it likes. Ned freezes on the spot, wondering if he should run. His instincts are telling him yes, but there is that girl, trying to calm the monster down. He finds that he can't tear his eyes away.

Wait... did she just call that thing Bruce?

He continues to watch in fear and fascination, keeping his distance, assuming that he will be safe as long as he doesn't approach any closer or draw the monster's attention. Unfortunately, he is incorrect. He barely has the chance to flinch and raise his arms in self-defense before the carelessly-thrown bench hits him at a high speed, knocking him down. Ned feels his head crack against the ground, and then he loses track of what is going on around him.

[afallenstar]

There's a really short list of things that will provoke Anna into giving up her cover. One of those things is people getting hurt, and when she glances in the direction that the bench in question goes she sees Ned. Shit.

The first order of business is making sure that he isn't - well, dead basically. She's not wasting time with walking right now, appearing next to the bench with no warning and moving it out of the way without struggle. It's not exactly subtle, but it's efficient.

It takes her a second to kneel next to him, make sure he's not actually dying, and when she's done with that she stands up and frowns. If anyone is paying attention at this point they might notice the dark shadows that appear either side of the one she already casts. If they're really paying attention they might notice that they look like wings. That's not so important though, she's frowning and looking at the Hulk with a new level of focus.

"You need to find somewhere else to do this or I will move you myself."

[greenisnteasy]

Where'd that little guy come from? The Hulk's distracted from how annoyed he is when he sees that he's down, but then Carrot Top brings him right back to it.

"Come on and try."

[nedofpies]

Ned is only unconscious for a little while. When he comes to, the bench is no longer on top of him. Then again, he doesn't remember that it ought to be. He has no sense of why he is lying on his back on some grass, or why everything hurts. The two figures not too far away are like images out of a dream. He doesn't question the fact that one of them is giant and green, and the other seems to be casting a rather unusual shadow. He takes in the shapes but can't seem to connect them to any plausible meaning. What he does understand is that the two of them are making noise, and that it's bright out, and that he should make himself scarce.

He picks himself up and wanders off in a random direction, away from Anna and the Hulk.