arrival

[ragingbanner]

Who: Bruce Banner + anyone else!
Broadcast: Yes
Action: SS Caprine
When: June 18

[broadcast; video]

[He's managed to make the transition to the Caprine without too much difficulty, but now that's he's "settling in", Bruce is realizing just what being on a ship long term means.]

So, this is it. We just play along with this show, act like nothing is wrong, and hope we eventually get to our destination? That's optimistic. How do you manage to live on ships like this for so long? I've never- This is... it doesn't seem like a good idea.

[He smiles uneasily. He has to resist the urge to pick at his own body, making him twitch a bit. At least he hasn't had any issues so far?]

The food isn't very good either.

[Action on the SS Caprine]

[At least he's used to lab work! Bruce is relieved that is assignment is something he's familiar with (although he did manage to fly a ship once...) and he spends a good amount of time poking around at the ship's equipment, testing both what it can do and what knowledge seems to come to him, because he definitely hasn't worked on a space ship like this before. Or worked around people this casually either. Not to mention the enclosed space makes him very aware of how tight it would be if he were bigger.

That's a great thought.]

Comments

[straightouttacarbonite]

Lab stuff?

[ What they need a lab for, he really doesn't know. Some people have real weird ideas about space travel. ]

All right, I guess. I'm Han, I'm the pilot here. Welcome to the Caprine.

[ragingbanner]

Yeah. To- to study samples from planets or work on improving the medical facilities.

[ It's been a while since he's had to think about defending his work. It's definitely a strange turn, but it's surprisingly nice. ]

In case someone gets injured or needs assistance on board.

Thanks. Uh. Bruce Banner.

[straightouttacarbonite]

[ As far as Han can tell their job here is... well, he can't tell. Ostensibly to be entertaining by standards he can't gauge. Scientific pursuits aren't really all that interesting to him unless they involve tweaking the engines. ]

Oh, you're a medic. [ Now that, he can wrap his head around. That's definitely useful. ]

[ragingbanner]

[ He's at least familiar with this conversation. Sure, it's been a while, but he's had this talk before. It's just like riding a bike. ]

...Yeah. You could say that.

[straightouttacarbonite]

Well, like I said, welcome to the Fleet. It's not so bad, mostly.

[ Except when it is. But let's not lead with that. ]

Anyone explain it yet? I'm not great at the welcome-wagon speech.

[ragingbanner]

Mostly.

[He heard that, Han! He's not stupid.]

That we're kidnapped, no one knows if there's actually anyone running this operation, and we have to play along or else we'll probably go insane waiting for answers?

[straightouttacarbonite]

Yeah, that's it, more or less.

[ Good! Everyone's on the same channel, that makes things easier. ]

Also, they're supposedly filming us for some terrible holofilm, but I don't think everyone's ever seen it. So I hope you're entertaining.

[ragingbanner]

Sorry. I'm not very entertaining.

[He refuses to count his time on Sakaar. That was the Hulk and he still doesn't think it's very entertaining. Blood sport is a selective taste and he can do more than that!]

Why does anyone bother? If we've never seen any cameras or the Atroma, then why would we need to worry about their ratings?

[straightouttacarbonite]

I have no idea how it works, it's just what they said when I got here.

[ he's not sure he believes it, and frankly less sure he cares either way. ]

[ragingbanner]

And you're not worried about getting home?

[ Wherever that might be. Some other galaxy? ]

[straightouttacarbonite]

I'm plenty worried about that. But so far I haven't seen a system here I've heard of, much less one within reasonable distance of home.

[ Which is a fuzzy concept at best, especially these days, but the point stands. ]