Forced Telepathic Bond Meme: I'm With Stupid

[enabling]

Telepathy. The ability to hear the thoughts of others and pry into other minds. Suddenly, you have it. Or maybe you always had it. And now you're connected, for better or worse, to another person, for who knows how long. You can feel their thoughts and, more alarmingly, they can hear yours. You share dreams, you can feel them there constantly, you their joy and their grief. INSTRUCTIONS; 1.] Post with your character name, canon, and any preferences you may have. 2.] Try not to leave just a blank comment. Maybe write a little scenario about what your character is thinking or feeling, something their partner can pick up. 3.] Whoever tags you now shares a telepathic bond with your character. 4.] When tagging, you may roll 1-5 Extent and for How on the RNG if needed. EXTENT OF TELEPATHY; 1. Sudden Onset Limited. It's a bond limited to exclusively you and your partner. 2. Sudden Onset Unlimited. You and/or your partner can hear the thoughts of others, but it's largely uncontrollable. And you retain a special bond with your partner that you can't block off. 3.] Experienced Limited. You've had your bond for a little while now, and have some experience with controlling it. Limited between you and partner. 4.] Experienced Unlimited w/o Partner. You've had telepathy for a while, but having a bond with your partner is new and confusing. 5.] Experienced Unlimited Partners You and your partner are pretty used to this, and either you, or both of you, can use telepathy on other people. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? 1. Genetic. Baby, you were born this way. Maybe you didn't know it because it was a recessive trait and only appeared at a certain age. Maybe it's a mutation. Your partner shares this genetic trait and, by proximity, you've been bonded. 2. Government. Generic "The government is responsible!" Either you consented or you did not, but you've been partnered by an act of your government... or someone else's. 3. Experiment. You started trying to just bend spoons and... whoops! It was an experiment. Either you planned it or an enemy/evil scientist is responsible! 4. Through Strife/Friendship. You got really close, whether by sharing a hardship/trauma or just being together and getting on. 5. Really Intense Sex. Smut option. Guess it was so mind-blowing that you literally connected minds. idea from guiltapalooza meme by terrabelle

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[hulkbusted]

[With the deep well of self-blame that Bruce carries with him, it takes little effort to leave him teetering at its brink, knowing that almost everything in his life is the result of his choices or simply his existence.

If they weren't in public, if there weren't innocents passing them even now, he'd let it go and leave Loki to face the brutal simplicity of the Hulk's mind.

But he can choose here and he does, the roar underlying his thoughts is loud, almost deafening, but still damped down because Loki has already made him change once almost at a whim, and Bruce isn't handing him that power again.

All of it, all of the madness being forced into his consciousness, the sheer alien nature of Loki's mind, leave him with bolts of pain slamming through his mind, sending showers of sparks across his vision.]

[fuckyeahloki]

[That choice only heightens his rage into an incoherent fury from which only snatches of you are no better than me can be caught because he failed to bring about the Hulk.

Just the brush with that roar, however, leaves him physically shaking, doubled over on the bench, the memory of slammed about as he was fresh in his mind and bones.

And then he's losing it. Just twisting to the side, one arm braced on the bench to vomit over the side of the wood slats.]

[hulkbusted]

[Bruce only has long enough for the briefest flash of smugness I am better than you before the memory of what the Hulk did to Loki hits him. It isn't the remembered pain that does him in, but the whirling perspective of being whipped from side to side, slamming into the floor over and over.

The pain behind his eyes is blinding, so all-encompassing that he barely registers sliding off the bench to brace himself on all fours while he retches onto the jogging path.]

[fuckyeahloki]

I'm going to kill you. [The threat loses impact when Loki retches again after delivering it. There's a distinct lack of that mad rage behind it, more a sullen blame. That this is all Bruce's fault somehow and not Loki's.

He was never good with taking responsibility. Persecution complex.]

[hulkbusted]

You wish. [Managed between heaves from a mostly empty stomach. He knows he can't die, and if Loki could manage it for him, it's not the loss that it would be for some people.

He catches the attempt to shift blame and thinks as clearly and loudly as he can, I'm not the idiot who screwed up a spell. That's all you.]

[fuckyeahloki]

You'll wish. You'll [Hurling.] beg for .... death. [His head hurts too much to put a proper threat together.

The fault of your tainted biology.

But he's despairing a little, because not this.]

[hulkbusted]

Pray you aren't the one begging.

[Sheesh, Loki, you wuss, it's pain, but try resisting the onslaught of a physical transformation for years and see what you know about pain.]

[fuckyeahloki]

[Oh, but it's more than pain. It's memory dragged and clawed to the surface and given to you.

He's not okay with this.

He's also just going to sort of half sprawl on the bench.] You are sorely mistaken if you think to frighten me. [Thanos' face comes unbidden to mind. The threat of the Other. Eugh.]

[hulkbusted]

[Have a big old slice of Be Careful What You Wish For Pie, asshole.]

I know who frightens you. [And letting the Other Guy out would probably short out Loki's brain for a little while.

He smiles even as he retches, and lets his control go to the surprisingly sweet sound of cloth ripping across his shoulders and back.]

[fuckyeahloki]

[This is turning into a dreadful day, he thinks at the sound of cloth ripping, sparing only a moment to appreciate his own grim frustration at how this mortal continues to best him.

But only a moment, then there's just the terror of the Hulk, of his mind, of his physical presence and Loki's entirely unable to do anything physically but just sort of sprawl there, but mentally he's beating a hastily strategic retreat into his own mind.

Trying to think. Thoughts slipping through his fingers like water in his own panic. Oh he loathes this. It's terror and frustration, things he normally expresses on others as his rightful due.]

[hulkbusted]

[The low hum rises to an overwhelming roar that doesn't abate as Bruce's body adds mass and height. It's like standing in front of concert speakers when they blast white noise loudly enough break glass. There are thoughts, but they are fractured and far less complicated than Bruce's.

The thought as the Hulk rises from the ground is that Loki has hurt him and he must pay for it.]

[fuckyeahloki]

I don't suppose [Loki starts, upper lip curling as he assesses the green beast, it's mind nearly overwhelming his ability to just concentrate if the beast would just shut up and stop thinking.] that we could work this out.

[hulkbusted]

[Hulk looks down at the sprawled form of Loki and lifts his head, his lip raising in a sneer before he turns away and strides with heavy steps to a tree behind him, reaching around to snatch at Loki where he's hiding under an illusion.

He's deciding how best to smash you, Loki, that much is coming through the noise.]

[fuckyeahloki]

[Even that small distraction should have given him time- if he could just get a moment of peace- and he knows it's coming but he can't concentrate enough to-

well.

He's just looking sour and unpleasant and twisting in Hulk's grip.

Why and how can they always win?]

[hulkbusted]

[Now that the Hulk has made an appearance, alarms are going off throughout SHIELD monitoring stations, and fleets of black Suburbans are mobilizing.

The Hulk takes Loki's head in one huge hand and his mental image of crushing it until it pops comes through loud and clear.]

[fuckyeahloki]

Unhand me, you vile thing. [He sneers and tears into the Hulk's thoughts. Rage at the manhandling, at the thought of what that creature thinks it can do propel him past fear, past whatever else might be a good idea.

He will suffer defeat, but he will never admit it and he will certainly not attempt to throw himself on anyone's mercy. He's mentally trying to wear the Hulk down.]

[hulkbusted]

[Rage? The rage that the Hulk returns to him should strip flesh from bones, but at least now he wants to make Loki suffer more than he wants to feel his head pop.]

[fuckyeahloki]

[He can't match toe to toe with Hulk for rage, but Loki's is still formidable, he armors himself in every perceived slight, every moment he thought he did not receive what was due. Every bit of praise or affection that he thinks ought to have gone to him and went to Thor instead (whether or not it's truth, well, liesmith). ]

I cannot undo the spell if you do either. [He snaps, face twisted up in a snarl.]

[hulkbusted]

[Hulk's lips peel back from his teeth. The overwhelming noise of his fury protects from most of Loki's distractions, but he hears the words spoken aloud clearly enough.]

No Loki, no noise. [It's a simple solution, one he's ready to enact before squealing brakes draw his attention to the shining black Suburbans that have cordoned the park.]

[fuckyeahloki]

Telepathic connection, thick beast, severe one end, the other leaks out. Your body might survive, but I'll pull everything else down with me. [And he can hear the thrum of the SHIELD vehicles.

At least he has pants this time.

Director Fury steps out, unarmed, hands up.] Doctor Banner. Well done. You apprehended him. Put him down now and we'll take him into custody.

[hulkbusted]

[Hulk looks from Fury to Loki and back again. The considerations that crackle through his mind are simple, but there's something disrupting the noise, something like a distant radio transmission, static-y and virtually unintelligible. Under the static is Bruce's voice, cutting in and out until the meaning is lost, but whatever sense he's trying to convey gives Hulk pause.

With a disgusted grunt he tosses Loki to land at Fury's feet and turns to leap away from the park, putting distance between himself and the puny god.]