dictated/action [backdated to sundown on the eighth]

[beastisbeauty]

[Bruce is sitting outside, waiting for sunset. It's a calming ritual, usually. He watches the sun go down, meditating and being grateful, hopefully, for another day gone by without an appearance by the Hulk. Today, so far, has been good--no Hulk and the garden is coming along nicely. Bruce leans back, listening to chatter on the journal and occasionally commenting.

Just as the sunset ends, though, Bruce feels the Hulk in his mind grow voraciously strong. Bruce hasn't felt such a lack of control, since the early days...

...

when the Hulk came out at night! Bruce feels his control shred and in moments the Hulk is sitting in his place, but not the green Hulk! The gray one! Hulk hears the chatter from the journal and snarls.]

Stupid, puny humans! HULK WANT QUIET!

Comments

[kungfuwitch]

[Oh no. That's not good. That's SO not good! Phoebe scrambles to grab her journal, trying to keep the panic out of her voice]

Bruce?! Bruce are you okay?

[beastisbeauty]

Not Bruce! Hulk not Banner! Hulk is HULK! HATE PUNY BANNER!

[kungfuwitch]

[She gasps]

O-okay. Okay. Hulk? Hulk what happened? Why are you... uh... awake?

[beastisbeauty]

Not tired. Not need sleep like puny humans. Always out in the dark.

[kungfuwitch]

You're always out in the dark?

[Well she hasn't really talked to Bruce past dark before... but she thought he had more control than this]

Then why haven't we spoken before?

[3nterprising]

You know, insulting people is probably the worst way to get what you want.

[beastisbeauty]

Hulk not know! Hulk HATE stupid book and stupid CASTLE!

[3nterprising]

Don't we all.

Look, Hulk, is it? Why not just close stupid book?

[beastisbeauty]

Stupid humans. Always try to tell Hulk what to do. Always try to control Hulk! HULK STRONGEST, NOT PUNY HUMANS.

[originalcopy]

Then shut up and shut the damn book! Seriously man.

[beastisbeauty]

PUNY HUMAN NOT ORDER HULK! HULK SMASH PUNY HUMAN!

[This Hulk is full of his early rage, before Bruce and Green Hulk grew wiser. He knows only rage and pain.]

[originalcopy]

[sigh]

Hulk, seriously dude... this is my voice coming from a book. You'd have to find me before you could smash me.

And besides, smash me and no more tribbles. So it's just a waste of your time.

[Well Church is in a shit ton of trouble then isn't he. Hopefully Hulk doesn't figure out that Church spends most of his 'It's the middle of the night and I'm feeling moody' time up on the roof.]

[beastisbeauty]

Hulk can find you! HULK NOT STUPID! Hulk hunt puny human with stupid voice in book! Not know or care about tribbles!

[Bruce's mind is strangely fragmented. Unfortunately for everyone, Gray Hulk is no more Green Hulk, than Green Hulk is Bruce Banner. Although he's no less Green Hulk than Banner is either. So, Gray Hulk knows nothing of tribbles or Avengers. Hunting or not, Gray Hulk will probably start leaping soon, trying to find peace and solitude.]

[theabjectauthor]

Mr. Hulk, sir, perhaps the best solution to your problem would be to shut your journal.

[beastisbeauty]

Who talk to Hulk? Puny human?

[theabjectauthor]

It is I, Mr. Snicket. And you would be the first in several years to use that particular adjective in conjunction with my person.

[beastisbeauty]

Hulk not know you. Not like stupid, long words!

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny had been out walking. He gives the Hulk a wave as he moves by.]

Oh, hey Hulk. Decide to give a different color a try?

[beastisbeauty]

[Gray Hulk stares at Danny, frowning.]

How boy know Hulk?

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny blinks.]

Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot that I met you when I was a ghost.

[beastisbeauty]

Huh? Hulk not meet ghosts! How boy ghost, then not ghost?

[kid_apocalypse]

[Hulk? Dr. Banner was here? Evan hadn't known that, so he starts a bit when he hears the bellowing over the journal, knowing full well what it means.]

Jutht...jutht thut your journal. The voitheth thould go away.

[beastisbeauty]

[Hulk snorts.]

Voices telling Hulk how to make voices go away. Not know voices. Why voices in book? Who this voice?

[kid_apocalypse]

The journalth record our voitheth, tho we can hear eachother wherever we are. If...if it'll make thingth eathier, I could come where you are and prove it, Mr. Hulk. My name'th Evan.

[beastisbeauty]

[Hulk glowers at the journal.]

How puny human know where Hulk is?