IC Contact (Snowblind)

[rubikscomplex]

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[bookofnope]

[How is it a waste do you have any idea how good he feels right now. Do you have any idea how long it's been since he'd felt good.]

What can I say? Perhaps it's worth being on his good side.

[rubikscomplex]

[That's his high you're stealing there, Beckett. Go drink some blood or something.]

if one's good
think of how five would go down, bro

[Which is a polite way of saying 'go screw yourself, Beckett.']

aaaaand we're back in suicide cw territory gj house

[bookofnope]

[Are you volunteering, House. Because he will take you up on it.]

Hahh, I can't challenge your expertise on that one, surely.

cw: discussion of suicide/drug overdose

[rubikscomplex]

well, i've never od'd to death
you should try
tell me how it goes when you get back

[bookofnope]

Oh, no. Are we doing that again? At least you're consistent.

[He sighs. Siiiiigh. How weary is he.]

Are you looking to die again? Because I could propose exsanguination. It's creative.

[rubikscomplex]

[House doesn't address the first point. He'd like you to drop off the face of the earth and never bother him again, Beckett, but he... does actually feel some guilt about that exchange. Not that he's going to let it stop him doing anything.]

considering exsanguination would have no point except giving you a blood boner
let's go with no

[bookofnope]

You give yourself much too much credit in the boner department, House. It's an alarming pattern.

[rubikscomplex]

not as alarming as your face

[What now, Beckett? He's throwing down.]

[bookofnope]

I see where Ecks got her impeccable comeback skills. Go eat spiders, etc.

[rubikscomplex]

she's a work in progress
you have to give her points for creativity, though

[bookofnope]

So you can't stand vampires, but Frankenstein's monsters evoke tender feelings? That's downright discriminatory.

WOW I TOTALLY MISSED THIS TAG

[rubikscomplex]

tender is pushing it, fangs
she's interesting
you're annoying

<3~~~

[bookofnope]

I can see how it goes. You're both similarly dysfunctional - [oh he's on a roll now] - don't tell me I'm dysfunctional. I have every excuse. But you have similar social dysfunction. The poor girl.

[rubikscomplex]

wow
i didn't realize we were moving into the psychoanalysis portion of this conversation
so what's your excuse?
apart from being dead
that's just cheating

[bookofnope]

I have witnessed the actual apocalypse. I'd be worried if it didn't break my mind in at least a few pieces. It's much easier when you accept it. Anatole was right all along.

[Much easier. The drugs help. A lot.]

And Ecks, Ecks was in pieces to start with. Now what's your excuse, human?

[rubikscomplex]

okay
real talk, batdog



i was raised by wolves
in a family of nine children
mommy was a hard workin' woman
but daddy went out and drank his life away
we never had enough money
we had to eat the family dog to survive
good old skipper
the girl i loved ran off with one of them city men with shiny cars and eyes that never stay still
i was trapped in a snowstorm in college and had to eat my best friend's toes
we never recovered from that
then i found out i had cancer
then i found out my new dog had cancer
my wife left me
my husband left me after her
they said they just weren't comfortable with polygamy
and married each other instead of me
and the red sox still haven't won a world series

that's my excuse

[bookofnope]

You know, somehow it’s much harder to be annoyed at being called batdog when I’m high on your Vicodin.

[A chuckle follows. It is nasty.]

You are a funny man, House. Sometimes I do wonder why we fight so much. Then I remember you’re also an ass.

[rubikscomplex]

[House grits his teeth. Freaking Rhys. At least he's moved Beckett off point. Small mercies.]

well, i was thinking about going into stand-up comedy
but then the leg happened
sit-down comedians are way less cool

also
takes an ass to know an ass

[bookofnope]

[Yet another chuckle. He sounds genuinely amused. Look at the funny human try to play a funny game...]

Ah, doctor, if you knew the kind of people - they're not really people - for argument's sake, the things I've had to move among, what they do just as a matter of course, to us and to each other... very few of my kind are only as bad as we've had to become to survive. But you are just an ass.

[rubikscomplex]

uh huh
so you were a saint when you were human
got it

[bookofnope]

Probably not. But that's not relevant. I died. He died.

[rubikscomplex]

doesn't really count when you're still unliving, dude
you started out as the same guy when you woke up all corpse-y
that guy was willing to become what you are

[bookofnope]

[Dangerous waters, House. You're sobering him up very slightly.]

Right. Yes. I'd forgotten that you were the expert on all things Kindred. Did you see a movie about it?

[rubikscomplex]

i've seen lots of movies
read books
played dnd
you guys are basically all the same in any incarnation with minor variations
so you've either got a beast inside your head telling you to go eat people
or you don't need one
if you've got the beast
sucks to be you, buddy
(pun intended)
but you're still letting yourself be ruled by what basically amounts to your id
if you're doing it on your own
then you're still responsible for everything you've ever done
and i'm gonna guess with a guy like you
it wasn't that hard to move among the "things"
adapt
because that's what we do to survive
we adapt
this isn't evolution
you fangs lock yourself in stasis
anything happening is just adaptations of who you were and who you are
you don't get to use "oh, i became a vampire" as an excuse

[bookofnope]

Ohh. I know this game. [He relaxes a little again. The smirk is back in his voice.] This is where I get psychoanalysed, assigned the - what's the word - archetype? Trope? Maybe typecast... vampire typecast of your choice, and you can go back to being your miserable self, secure in the knowledge that no one ever changes, so you don't have to.

[He clicks his tongue. Such disapproval.]

Not that the experience of dying and returning to realise that your whole understanding of the essentials of reality is wrong could possibly transform a man. We can't have that.