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Go ahead! I'm just not lending you any more quarters!

It is strangely compatible with life.

[Hulk is messing with an arcade game, trying to get it to work. Shaking it, tipping it, picking it up] RAAARRR!!

[Hulk growls, taking the (thankfully) oversized controls to move his character around. Which his character is now breaking the 8-bit rendered building.]

You might have better luck if you set it down.

[Why does this guy's calm demeanor seem annoyingly familiar?

Hulk pauses before clunking the machine down in front of Bruce, it's a wonder it stays together. ]

Stupid game.

[It won't let him play the guy who smashes buildings, only the one who fixes them.]

Alright, let's see. [A cursory look over show the damage to be.. mostly cosmetic. The game is still playable. But not really a two player kind of thing.]

I think there are a few others to try?

[Wait...he knows this guy! Hulk growls low in his face.]

Banner.

[He takes a handful of shirt, looking mad but confused. How was he here? And not a mirage or a voice like Bruce usually was?] What're you doin' here?

[On some level, he had to expect this kind of reaction from the Hulk.]

That was exactly what I was going to ask you, actually. [Holding his hands up peacefully, he does his best not to provoke any reaction. What can we say, he's feeling optimistic.]

Arcade games?

[Hulk wasn't exactly subtle in his reactions. More like a blunt instrument. He glares at the scientist suspiciously before letting him go.]

Yeah.

[Games. It wasn't often he had quote 'free time'. Maybe his own Bruce was giving him the benefit of the doubt. So far, it wasn't working out.]

Not the hobby that I expected.

[Be it from some drug induced dream, or inexplicable interdimensional shift, Bruce can't help but take the opportunity to learn more about the.. person, he shares a body with. Even if this isn't exactly his other half, it is interesting.]

[Hulk would rather it stayed like this. The two of them separate. Unfortunately, things don't work out that way.]

[He fiddles with the joystick, managing to drive the fix-it character into the falling blocks, the screen flashing Game Over. The arcade console gets a shove, tipping over and crashing to the floor. Yeah, he's done with that game.]

[Ralph looks him over, the guy looks as strong as he does. He's certainly seen weirder in the arcade, though the lack of volume control reminds him of his role in Fix-It Felix Jr.]

Go easy on the controls, greenie, it just takes a light touch. Trust me, I know.

Also, gamers like you should know that yelling at the game isn't gonna do anything but maybe irritate us.

[Hulk has no volume control. There was not talking and yelling, hardly anything inbetween. Especially when he was angry. He snarled, not looking over at who spoke, trying to get the stupid game to do what he wanted. He didn't want to play the dumb fix-it guy, he wanted to break stuff!]

Com'n....WRECK BUILDING! [He yells at the screen, it's amazing those hand controls don't snap off. Where was the Ralph guy??]

[Ralph frowns when he sees exactly how roughly Hulk is treating his home game, if he breaks it, then there's a chance that it wouldn't be fixed and it'd be unplugged forever.]

Hey, big guy! If you manhandle the game, then the only thing that's gonna be wrecked is it.

And, it's kind of hard to wreck the building from this side of the screen.

So just loosen up, okay?

[Hulk makes a scoffing noise, glancing over] Shut up!

[....and does a double take. Wait...that was the guy! Not that Hulk could get star struck, no, but it certainly earned a rare surprised look. He lets go of the controls and points at the screen.] Why ain't you in there? [More importantly, where's the button that switches characters, because he is all about breaking buildings.]

[Ralph's about to protest being told to shut up when Hulk recognizes him before he's able to speak up.

He crosses his arms, tilting his head and looking at the arcade cabinet.]

You know, that's a pretty good question.

You.... [Hulk points at him. And then gives him a slap on the back.] You're alright.

[Hulk usually doesn't like ANYONE but he did like smashing things. And Ralph was good at that.]

[Ralph blinks several times, he's barely used to having any friends, let alone fans. He chuckles.]

Uh, thanks, buddy, you're alright too. Just...play nicely with the cabinet, okay? If you wreck it, then I'll be out a job.

[Ooh. Yeah, he didn't want to put Ralph out of a job. He sighs with a growl, FINE he won't break it.

But he will look behind it. Maybe Ralph fell out or something....

He must have opened up the right panel because a portal opens and sucks both of them straight into the video game world, spitting them out on the other side. Hulk whirls around, fists up and ready to fight. WHERE WERE THEY???]

[The transit left Ralph a little dizzy, however, he recognized his home. But, the fact that the Hulk's right next to him is more than a little problem. He puts a giant hand on top of his head, dragging it back and flattening his hair in his stress.]

Whoa, whoa, you're in here too? Oh, this is not good. It was bad enough that I ended up in the gamers' world, but a gamer going to our world, man, that's nothing but trouble.

[He puts his hands on his hips, looking up at the apartment building.]

Uh, welcome to Fix-It Felix Jr.

[Hulk looks wayyy up at the building, a devious grin coming to his face. That's the building that gets broken! He starts running towards the place.]

HULK SMASH BUILDING!!

[There wasn't anyone playing the game yet, whoever steps up next is going to wonder why Ralph has a friend helping him.]

[Ralph chuckles.]

Have fun, buddy.

[He doesn't mind Hulk going to town on the apartment building, but the Nicelanders might, even though it'll regenerate or be fixed before the next quarter's placed in.

And, as for the gamers noticing Hulk, Q*bert and his friends, plus some others had already been added in, so another character tossed into the mix wasn't going to alert them too terribly much.

While Hulk's doing what they both do best, he's going to try and think of a way to get him back where he belongs.]

[Thanks, he will. Hulk scales the building eagerly and starts pounding on it with his fists. This was what he did best. And for once, nobody was getting hurt.

Ralph might have a hard time getting him to leave.]

[Ralph's just gonna stand back and watch the mayhem for a while. It's not often he meets somebody that's as good at wrecking things as he is, so it's almost a rare treat.

Hulk's gotta go home eventually, though. Felix and the other Nicelanders might not like an interloper on their turf, especially after having been working with Ralph for 30 years.]

[He gets the building down about halfway before he quits, hopping down to the ground. Grinning as he surveys the damage. That was fun.

Suddenly the building resets itself, someone's walked up and put a coin into the game. Hulk frowns, confused as to why a talking bubble has popped up next to the building. Fortunately, he's off screen at the moment.]

[Ralph watches Hulk smash the building, he's not paying attention to his surroundings, so it's as much of a surprise to him as it is Hulk that the building fixes itself and his catchphrase pops up.

He grumbles to himself, not loud enough for the player to hear, as he scrambles to his position.

Ralph stands under the bubble and hollers out.]

I'm gonna wreck it!

[Then he proceeds to climb the first few stories of the building, smashing windows as he goes, until he reaches his platform for the first level.

Several Nicelanders peek out of their windows and yell for Felix to fix Ralph's mess.]

[Oh, oh!! This was the actual game playing out! Hulk pounds his fists on the ground eagerly, encouraging Ralph to go at it.]

[The game player maneuvers Felix once he shows up. Fixing windows and dodging bricks. Hulk picks up a few bricks from Ralph's trash pile to heave over too, making it extra harder.]

[Ralph paces back and forth, pounding his ledge every now and then to try and send bricks down to land on Felix's head. He feels a little guilty about having to hurt his buddy, but, that was the name of the game.

He's busy concentrating on his work, but he does managed to notice the chucked bricks. Ralph doesn't comment on it, trying to stay professional and not tip off the player any more than they might already be.]

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/making stuff up~~~

Whoo! :D

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Sorry, I don't have any wrecking icons on this account (I'm slowly making some 8-bit ones, though)