12482/What happens in the Fulham Hotel...

What happens in the Fulham Hotel...
Date of Scene:	22 November 2020
Location:	Fulham Hotel - Exterior, Brooklyn
Synopsis:	Priss and the Hulk fend off not too smart thugs, and the Hulk goes leaping out the city. Priss has groceries too.
Cast of Characters:	Voodoo, Hulk

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Voodoo has posed:
New Utrecht, Brooklyn. It's the Fulham Hotel and even though it's seen better days, the hotel is still around, albeit run down, albeit cheap, and, yes, the phrase 'you get what you pay for' applies to it. It's home to Priscilla Kitaen, too. Priss.

Who is currently hanging around the doorway with grocery bags, her suite has a delusion of grandeur, and Priss has done her weekly grocery run n her day off from dancing. Even dancers need to take care of their homes, or in this case, suites. Priss is being watched, though. An exotic beauty tends to attract attention, and she's tangled up in all sorts of trouble, from Kherubim, to Demonites, to the more anti-mutant groups, to...in this case, people thinking she's an easy target. Really, thinking of robbing somebody over $55 worth of groceries. Nobody said the people watching Priss were smart. If they were part of some criminal enerprise...they'd be the expendable cannon fodder mooks.

Priss isn't going into the hotel though, she's got bags on the saddle of her bike to carry on in, and going to and from it will no doubt bring her near to the thugs who want to take her money. Gotta get that drug money after all somehow, criminals...

Hulk has posed:
Then, there's an unusual sound that rings into the morning air; A crash, followed by a roar. Large, feral, and with a LOT of lungs behind it. It's a bit hard to pinpoint the exact location, but it's definitely coming from one of the alleys nearby.

Voodoo has posed:
"What the..." Priss starts and glances around. If there's a fight, she can...whip the bag of groceries around and fight with lettuce and milk, apparently. Still, she sets the groceries down and sighs, looking around. Okay that roar did not sound human. Or, wonderful. If she's found trouble this early on, great job, Priss.

So she's jogging over. Not that she really needs a weapon, but with her gifts, well...

Priss has a simple way of finding out where that roar came from. Start at the closest alley, and then spread outwards from there. It's like being back on the WildCATS. Which...is something she'd rather not remember really.

Point is she's running towards the nearest alley.

Hulk has posed:
It doesn't take long, because Voodoo doesn't need to go find the source of the roar.

Out of an alleyway down the block a bit comes a huge ten foot figure... with green skin, a green uniform, and massive musculature. If Voodoo pays /any/ attention at all to the news, she'll recognize the Hulk in all his glory... whom has just walked out of an alleyway, sniffing the air as he looks around.

He looks like he's... getting his bearings? From the confused expression on his face, he probably just landed here.

Voodoo has posed:
Voodoo's kind of glad of that, really. On the other handd...she's just as confused realy. That roar wasn't human, so wait what is that thing? She could just explore his mind, but...

Instead she's not exactly alone, the thugs taking advanttage of the confusion to gang up on them both. Well, more Priss, the ten foot tall jade thing has some very colorful language from the three thugs. Priss can totally go with that, if they are afraid...maybe they'll run off?

Nope, instead, out come little pocket knives. Priss folds her arms. "You don't wanna do this, boys" she drawls. Keep them on her while the literal big guy gets his bearings and Priss works out if he's a threat or not. She's hunted by too many for her liking really. The three thugs are a good ten feet away and Priss is about...oh another ten or fifteen feet from the alley, with her back to the big green guy, facing the thugs.

Hulk has posed:
It's around this time quite a few of the bystanders around start to run once they realize the Hulk is in the area... and Hulk himself is already turning around to regard Voodoo and the thugs. "Hulk in human city still?" The Jade Giant half asks, half states. "Hulk needs to aim better."

Then, the Hulk is walking up to Voodoo... since she isn't running from him. "Where is Hulk?"

Voodoo has posed:
People running is normally a sign Priss needs to flee herself, but right now. "Hulk" Priss says gently. "Yes you are in a human city. You're outside the Fulham Hotel" she explains and nods. Oh, that's the Hulk. That's the Hulk...well, Priss hasn't kept up with most of the news, given her majorly busy schedule. Still, she's well aware of the thugs and not showing her back to them. Knives in spines are...bad. Very very bad, in her book.
Herriss is...just talking with the Hulk, with the thugs waving knives around and, yes, advancing on both Priss and the Hulk. Not the greatest idea ever.

Hulk has posed:
Then, the Hulk steps in front of Voodoo, and at the top of his lungs /ROARS/ at them. Then, he growls out, "Hulk will smash you if you get closer!"

Voodoo has posed:
That's...not where Priss figured this was going. The Hulk roaring at people, helping her out protecting her? Okay he's on her side after all. She doesn't need to be a mind reader for this...

The roar gets the thugs to halt, but only for a few moments. Something something lying fatass, and they are...asking for it now.

Charging them both. At least one has the idea to try circling around to get to Priss. Which would work better if the Hulk wasn't serious about smashing them, Priss is already mentally working out what she needs to get out of here intact. Or, you know, if the thugs weren't suddenly realizing how much trouble they just got in.

Hulk has posed:
With a roar, the Hulk reaches over to one side, grabs an abandoned car from the side of the road, and /SMASHES/ it in front of the thugs. Then, he starts to push it forward one handed, metal and concrete screeching as one of the strongest creatures on the planet simply uses a car as a bulldozer... without any serious exertion on his part.

Voodoo has posed:
That's not her car. Priss doesn't really care, up until the screeching starts and she shudders, which isn't good, her Demonite heritage and her whole run away /now/ thing is kicking in. Which isn't good, but the thug gets splattered, and Priss closes her eyes, doing her best to ignore the roaring and screeching and, and...things.

Instead she's not sure which is best. Run off, or help out the Hulk.

Second one then, as she changes her hands into claws and grows fangs. It's more insurance /if/ they get past the Hulk.

Stepping out from behind the Hulk, she looks over things...and ducks right back behind the Hulk. Nope, not wanting any part of that, not when Priss isn't exactly human any more.

Hulk has posed:
Once the thugs are run off, the Hulk simply... drops the now shredded car on the pavement. Then, he turns to regard Voodoo, sniffing and wiping his nose just slightly.

From this close up, Voodoo can see how /massive/ the Hulk really is. Both in how tall he is... and how well built he is. "Hulk tired of puny humans today."

Voodoo has posed:
"you and me both" Priss says, shifting her claws and fangs back to normal as she takes in the size of the Hulk. Incredible, indeed. "Oh good they are run off. Do we need to get out of here before somebody recorded it and posts it online?" she adds and looks a little worried by that idea. "Still, you looking for a place to stay?" Priss asks and gestures to the hotel, "If so, rooms for rent here, even if the local population's got problems" Priss shrugs and and coughs. "Not to be rude but if you need somewhere to stay you sure you can bee okay here?" she adds, not really wanting to insult someone who just used a car to take out knife wielding thugs. hence picking her words very, very carefully.

Hulk has posed:
The Hulk just... watches her briefly, his back hunching just slightly. It's almost like looking at a feral ape, with the way he stands. Then, he scratches at his head as he answers. "Hulk thought he was almost out of city. Hulk needs to leap higher."

Guess that answers that question.

Then, he turns, looking towards the end of the street... before he hunches down as if about to make a leap... and /JUMPs/

He's going extremely fast.... and is already a dot on the horizon in seconds.

Voodoo has posed:
Well then, Priss's groceries are intact. And...yet....somehow it feels a let down after what just happened. She met the Hulk, fought alongside him, and...and....he up and leapt, needing to in his own words, leap higher outside of the city. Priss just sighs and shakes her head for a moment, turning to head back to the hotel, her bike, and the food she's got for the week. Normality resumed, maybe?