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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[bostonhowler]

She takes a step back, not encroaching any further. She isn't sure what to do, but it feels wrong to just leave him out here alone. Instead, she sits under the tree, out of his line of sight, and wraps her arms around her knees.

"There's a sabretooth tiger near here. I'm going to stay and keep it away from you." She whispers the words, fidgeting with the edges of her sleeves yet again. All of her hoodies back home become quickly frayed with her worrying. Here it's even worse.

She closes her eyes and lets her senses stretch as much as she can. She doesn't want the cat to bother whoever this is. They obviously don't want company. Even if she is forcing her company on them a bit.

[greenisnteasy]

The Hulk snorts and almost rolls his eyes, and then he beats his fist against the ground.

"What's a cat gonna do to the Hulk?" He waves a hand at her again. "You can't help. Puny."

[bostonhowler]

The slam of the fist against the ground makes Brigid jump. She leaps away from the tree, scuttling into the cover of a bush. Her eyes glow blue in the shadows and she slides forward once he doesn't move again. Her fangs retract, but she leaves her claws out.

"No, I don't suppose it would be able to hurt you, would it?" She asks softly. "And I may be puny, compared to you, but my claws work. And cats don't like canines."

Alright, she is a bit defensive. Brigid knows it, but she really hates just being dismissed when she's only trying to help!

[greenisnteasy]

He huffs and turns away from her. At least she's not trying to come after him; there's something in that.

"Hulk had long day."

[bostonhowler]

She settles down next to the tree again, her back to the trunk. Brigid doesn't approach him, doesn't make any move to get closer.

"Yeah. A lot of us have had bad days lately." She offers. "Do you wanna talk about it? Or are you hungry?" Brigid asks. She can smell something approaching. Probably not something she wants to deal with.

[greenisnteasy]

He huffs and then shakes his head.

"No." To both. "What do you want, Hairy Girl?"

[bostonhowler]

"I am not hairy!" Brigid yelps indignantly. She leans around the tree to glare at him. "I'm not hairy at all!" Because that's the important part.

Except, bright red hair flops in her face. She huffs at it and shoves it back.

"I don't want anything." She straightens back up, her back to the tree again. "You smell like you don't want to be bothered. So, I'm going to sit here and make sure you aren't."

So. There.

[greenisnteasy]

He lifts an eyebrow at her. "Except by you."

A beat.

"Hairy."

[bostonhowler]

"I can sit here quietly." She does it all the time. Brigid knows the value of silence.

Her mouth drops open and she turns to glare at him. In a spate of maturity, she sticks her tongue out at him and blows a raspberry. Then she sits back in her spot, her arms crossed over her chest.