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rubikscomplex) wrote2015-08-27 10:05 am
rubikscomplex) wrote2015-08-27 10:05 am
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Wasn't the plan. I've taken an oath now not to do harm. You know how that is.
What do you want.
What do you want.
oh, pls
you can start by admitting the "do no harm" crap is crap
you do no harm until it's necessary
"necessary" is where people vary
i don't want anything right now
let's just say
i have a vested interest in having the services of a skilled nurse and a skilled assassin
on speed dial
you can start by admitting the "do no harm" crap is crap
you do no harm until it's necessary
"necessary" is where people vary
i don't want anything right now
let's just say
i have a vested interest in having the services of a skilled nurse and a skilled assassin
on speed dial
Edited 2017-12-06 22:28 (UTC)
And if I don't want to be on speed dial?
I don't think it's hard for you to imagine my not liking being indebted. I would like to take care of this now.
I don't think it's hard for you to imagine my not liking being indebted. I would like to take care of this now.
[House looks up from his tablet and motions lazily for Will to come hither.]
Hey, Graham Cracker, wanna watch me wrangle a pet assassin with a conscience?
[He goes back to the typing.]
shockingly
i don't have anyone i wanna off right now
or nurse-ify
guess we'll just have to wait and see when i do
Hey, Graham Cracker, wanna watch me wrangle a pet assassin with a conscience?
[He goes back to the typing.]
shockingly
i don't have anyone i wanna off right now
or nurse-ify
guess we'll just have to wait and see when i do
That is a shock.
And you're quiet, provided I cooperate? You'll leave John and Sherlock be? They've nothing to do with this.
I would expect you to have watched enough bad action films to know that I would worry about them. Why else do you think I'm calling?
And you're quiet, provided I cooperate? You'll leave John and Sherlock be? They've nothing to do with this.
I would expect you to have watched enough bad action films to know that I would worry about them. Why else do you think I'm calling?
i'm not interested in your "boys," babe
not unless it's one of them talking to me first
as much fun as experiments with holmes are
they end in me losing my stash of vicodin
way not cool
not unless it's one of them talking to me first
as much fun as experiments with holmes are
they end in me losing my stash of vicodin
way not cool
Edited 2017-12-07 00:27 (UTC)
You didn't answer my first question.
And a bit of medical advice. You don't want any of those side effects here, considering that in combination you could freeze yourself to death.
And a bit of medical advice. You don't want any of those side effects here, considering that in combination you could freeze yourself to death.
mum's the word provided you cooperate, kitty cat
a bit of general advice:
i've been a doctor longer than your midlife crisis career shift's been around
i got it handled
a bit of general advice:
i've been a doctor longer than your midlife crisis career shift's been around
i got it handled
Fine.
Your years of practice just mean my education is more up to date.
Your years of practice just mean my education is more up to date.
Edited 2017-12-07 01:05 (UTC)
i think you fundamentally misunderstand the nature of my department
but sure
sounds great
i'll give you a tap when you're needed, kitty cat
don't go dying on me now
but sure
sounds great
i'll give you a tap when you're needed, kitty cat
don't go dying on me now
Infectious disease is a specialty I'm familiar with. Diagnostics is one I'm not. So yes, to an extent I don't understand your department.
I'll keep your instruction in mind. If I find out you've violated your half of the agreement, don't count on me keeping mine.
[Unfortunately for Mary, she doesn't know that House has already violated said agreement. So...]
I'll keep your instruction in mind. If I find out you've violated your half of the agreement, don't count on me keeping mine.
[Unfortunately for Mary, she doesn't know that House has already violated said agreement. So...]
[Yeah, definitely the better idea to tell Will. He knows how to keep his mouth shut better than Wilson who has moral dilemmas about actively taking advantage of people, instead of just subtly manipulating them.]
i'd say look me up when you get back home
but... well...
y'know?
nice doing business with you, teacup
ttyl
i'd say look me up when you get back home
but... well...
y'know?
nice doing business with you, teacup
ttyl
[Yeah. Not dignifying that with a response.
She does chuck the tablet cross the room, though. The swearing is kept to herself.]
She does chuck the tablet cross the room, though. The swearing is kept to herself.]
[ Will looked up from whatever it was he was doing and with a bounce of his eyebrows, quickly stood up and came over to sit down next to House. ]
Was the conscience from before or after you domesticated them?
Was the conscience from before or after you domesticated them?
Before. I'm more about training the conscience out of people than into them. Life's easier when your minions can just break into a patient's house to find out what they're not telling you.
[He continues typing as Will comes over and then holds his screen so that Will can see it.]
[He continues typing as Will comes over and then holds his screen so that Will can see it.]
Edited 2017-12-07 01:57 (UTC)
[ Falling silent as he watched the rest of the conversation unfold, it was only once Mary had hung up that Will commented again. ]
And you get twitchy about my machinations?
And you get twitchy about my machinations?
Chick kills me in an alternate timeline and feels guilty about it and I'm not supposed to take advantage? I'm not the one who called her.
[It takes longer for House to decipher this based on the context clues provided from the words he already knows. It's... fun. This is interesting. A puzzle. Not that he'll tell Flynn that. His reply is longer in coming this time, but it does come.]
what goods are those?
better to be a camel's behind than what's coming out
the potter's apprentice was a
[There's a voluptuous stick-figure drawn here with dollar signs around her.]
what goods are those?
better to be a camel's behind than what's coming out
the potter's apprentice was a
[There's a voluptuous stick-figure drawn here with dollar signs around her.]
Edited 2017-12-07 02:20 (UTC)
Fair enough. [ He'd agree with that. If Mary was going to open herself up to blackmail ... ]
She must have one hell of a guilt complex. You probably low balled it.
She must have one hell of a guilt complex. You probably low balled it.
[He shrugs, setting his tablet aside.]
Not much info I can get out of her that I can't get just from watching her hubby and the Holmes boys on the network. Not worth sending and assassin after anyone when you don't know they'll stay dead, either. Might use her for an experiment if I can't find another pair of medically trained hands.
She murdered me a hell of a lot faster than one of the other guys in this timeline. So she's got that going for her.
Not much info I can get out of her that I can't get just from watching her hubby and the Holmes boys on the network. Not worth sending and assassin after anyone when you don't know they'll stay dead, either. Might use her for an experiment if I can't find another pair of medically trained hands.
She murdered me a hell of a lot faster than one of the other guys in this timeline. So she's got that going for her.
[Well, the language use is... creative, Flynn will give him that, and he'd be lying if he said he wasn't enjoying the little exchange. It's a nice distraction after a certain influx of experiences and memories and yeah. He'll take House's juvenile drawings, if only for an hour or two.]
the ones you sell to feed your family
my blessings, may the gods not stand in the way of what you aspire to be
you knew them well/intimately then
[It's a tricky one but Flynn is already sure House can work out the double meaning.]
the ones you sell to feed your family
my blessings, may the gods not stand in the way of what you aspire to be
you knew them well/intimately then
[It's a tricky one but Flynn is already sure House can work out the double meaning.]
[The hieroglyph for 'sell' is circled on the next message that comes through, and House is using pictographs of his own design, rather than actual words. It's more interesting this way. There's an arrow pointing at the hieroglyph. It leads to a picture with bags with dollar signs on them and a question mark. Next to it is a picture of two stick figures, one is offering a jug of milk, the other is offering a basket of corn. Another question mark is next to this. Is this a hieroglyph for the exchange of money or goods?]
I never let gods stand in the way of anything
I know a lot of potter's apprentices that way
I never let gods stand in the way of anything
I know a lot of potter's apprentices that way
Edited 2017-12-07 20:05 (UTC)
And you're the professional, rational doctor. I'm just a vampire. You used me for your weird fetishes, didn't you?
[ Will arched his eyebrows. ]
Well I haven't tried yet, but if I do I'll keep in mind I'm up against the stopwatch.
[ He was part joking, part reasonably purposeful. But he did move away from House so as not to panic the man too much. ]
How many favors do you have sitting out in the field, just waiting for you to call them in?
Well I haven't tried yet, but if I do I'll keep in mind I'm up against the stopwatch.
[ He was part joking, part reasonably purposeful. But he did move away from House so as not to panic the man too much. ]
How many favors do you have sitting out in the field, just waiting for you to call them in?
[House raises a brow right back and his tone is deadpan. He was shunting the emotion associated with being murdered to the side for the moment. As long as Will didn't pull out a knife or start describing one in intimate detail, they'd probably be all right.]
Under two minutes is the time to beat. At least I think it was two minutes. Excessive blood-loss and all. The other guy took his sweet-ass time going back and forth. Managed to give him a concussion and break a couple of ribs and a finger, at least.
[He does pause to consider the favors he could call in, counting them off mentally and physically ticking away at them on his fingers.]
Five-ish. Well... three if I don't want someone to be incredibly annoying.
Under two minutes is the time to beat. At least I think it was two minutes. Excessive blood-loss and all. The other guy took his sweet-ass time going back and forth. Managed to give him a concussion and break a couple of ribs and a finger, at least.
[He does pause to consider the favors he could call in, counting them off mentally and physically ticking away at them on his fingers.]
Five-ish. Well... three if I don't want someone to be incredibly annoying.
Edited 2017-12-07 22:21 (UTC)
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