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[Everyone will wake up suddenly, as if having drifted off -- while sitting upright in an uncomfortable office chair. In one hand they're holding the communicator, and in their lap is propped a clipboard with a job application (standard, looking something like this; it requests up to ten years of job history, ) and a pen. The waiting room is also fairly standard, except for being empty.]

[The communicator's lock screen reads, Complete the job application. Time limit, twenty-four hours.]

[There are magazines, fake plants, and computers. There's a staff lounge with food -- tupperware that might have belonged to some of these nonexistent workers, popcorn and cocoa packets, vending machines -- and restrooms. There are exits, but characters will be unable to use them... or make their own, or escape in any way.]

[So the characters are stuck here, until tomorrow morning. Set up a comment telling everyone what your character is doing, and thinking, whether they're obeying the task or not, at any time during the day. Then tag other people! Be sure to check back later in the week, when people are encouraged make threads for the evening as well as the day! Characters that have been claimed are also welcome at this point to join the community, and will be able to make their own posts, which can be tagged by anyone taking part in the event.]

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[Peter frowns and nods.] Yeah. A couple. [Although Spider-man probably doesn't count]

Mail room, here I come?

[he has to smile] Yeah, well, something tells me they don't have any openings for nuclear physicists, so I might join you there.

Wow. That's--that's a pretty cool--cool job. [He's obviously super impressed and maybe feeling a bit out of his league.] Uhm...what do you think they do here?

[you're only seventeen, and we can't all be... Tony Stark] [Bruce looks down at his application and muses] I'm going to go out on a limb and say -- kidnapping. Can't figure out what they need all the CRT monitors for, though.

[True, and he is kind of accomplished for his age. He helped Dr Conners figure out the whole gene splicing thing, which didn't work out well, but has potential to with some work.]

Yeeeeeah...I was going to go with reality show. Seen Dwight around anywhere?

[ruefully] They would have to have really impressive resources. I'm not ruling it out, though. By my understanding, that's where everyone's resources are going nowadays.

[he lifts his attention, turning his curiosity on Peter] Is Dwight a -- host?

[sorry, Peter, he's a little behind on his pop culture references]

Yeah...getting everyone here alone...[ impressive resources are the way you win the game...apparently. ]

Uhm...[ wow...how to even explain ] No. He's this...there's a show...you know, it wasn't that good a reference anyway.

[feels bad about the awkward, smiles sheepishly] Sorry. I just got off the boat from Kolkata... Yesterday, more or less. [he rubs his temples] I'm a little behind on everything.

Oh. No. It's--it's totally cool. I mean...nuclear physicist. You've probably got better things to do than watch TV. What were you doing in Kolkata? That had to be interesting.

Ah, I was -- kind of doing the Doctors Without Borders thing, but. By myself. [he leans on one hand] My cushy government job didn't... end well. I spent a few years on the run, and feeling sorry for myself, before I realized that there were a lot of people out there who could really use the help I could give them.

It's not really a glamorous story. I literally don't even own the clothes on my back right now -- a friend loaned them to me. [he chuckles]

[Maybe it's not a glamorous story, but it tells a lot about Bruce and the kind of person he is. It makes Peter like him.]

No, but...at least you did something with yourself. I think that's--that's really cool.

I guess it just takes some of us a little longer to get there than others.

[after a beat, he gives Peter another awkward smile] For a guy who talks about not feeling sorry for himself anymore, I sure do go on about my problems, right? Sorry. What's your name?

Circumstances. At least you got there. [This is how he feels about Spider-man. He started out doing it for all the wrong reasons, but eventually he got around to the right reasons.]

Oh. Sorry. Uhm...I'm Peter Parker [He holds his hand out to shake] And don't worry about it. You weren't whining or anything.

Well, at least it wasn't bothering you. No harm done, right? [and here's the risky part] Bruce Banner.

Right. [He agrees with a bobbing of his head. There's a pause when Bruce introduces himself because he does recognize the name, but not for the reasons that Bruce is afraid of. Super heroes, green monsters and radioactive accidents weren't on Peter's radar until very recently. However, geniuses in the science industry were. While nuclear physics aren't his thing, he made enough waves in the science world that he recognizes the name.]

Oh. Wow. You were...I mean...you are a genius in the field. Before you dropped off the--I mean...you know, went to do volunteer work. Nuclear Physics aren't really something that I'm--that I'm that great at, but your name came up in science journals a couple of times. I mean...probably more than that, but the ones that I saw. It's an honor to meet you, Sir.

[if only his biochemistry studies had ever gotten the attention of his nuclear physics work. but he can't help smiling a little at that -- a kind of recognition he doesn't mind, the kind he's earned, for his work. his good work] Yeah, I was a bit of a household name for a while there after Scientific American published my research. But that was years ago. I'm impressed you even dug it up.

I know it might sound a little pat, but it's a pleasure to meet you, Peter.

[ peter will be even more interested when he figures out that bruce is a biochemist because that is right up his alley.]

I had a lot of time and science interests me.

[ peter grins a little goofily.] Nah, I mean it's great. You too. Obviously. I said that already, didn't--didn't I?

Yeah, but that's good-- That's great. I mean, I like to see kids getting interested in science. [smiling more] Does any particular field interest you?

Oh. Molecular biologist slash biochemist specializing in genetics.

Yeah? Biochemistry, huh? [are you him? you're secretly him, right? because it's actually somewhat painful how him at your age you are. Bruce leans on his hand again, amused] That's my other field of study.

[ he secretly is him! there's an expression of delight and a big grin at that. ]

Really? That's--that's so cool. What made you decide to go with Nuclear Physics instead?

I guess you could say it's -- sort of hereditary. I had family in the field. [heh] [not going to talk about his dad, though. that topic doesn't go well for him. he takes off his glasses, and rubs the bridge of his nose. what he wouldn't give to go back in time and tell himself to forget about radiation and focus on biochemistry now]

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