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[rubikscomplex]

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@mewatson, text, night 203

[agravating]

I'm not going to try and dance around the subject.

What do you remember?

[rubikscomplex]

"murdering assassin" wasn't on my list of possibilities for you
congrats
i'm impressed, kitty cat
i don't get that surprised that often

[agravating]

[Her heart sinks. Too much. He remembers too much.]

I'm a surprising person. And I've had a career change. You really could follow up with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to find my license number.
Tend to keep the "assassin" bit well and truly under wraps.

this is Night 303!

[rubikscomplex]

cool
so is this the part where you're like:
"if you tell anyone
i'll kill you in this universe"?
cause that would be pretty hot

... how did I do that again good grief ;_;

[agravating]

Wasn't the plan. I've taken an oath now not to do harm. You know how that is.
What do you want.

[rubikscomplex]

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

[agravating]

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.

[rubikscomplex]

[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

[agravating]

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?

[rubikscomplex]

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

[agravating]

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.

[rubikscomplex]

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

[agravating]

Fine.

Your years of practice just mean my education is more up to date.

[rubikscomplex]

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

[agravating]

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...]

[rubikscomplex]

[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

[agravating]

[Yeah. Not dignifying that with a response.

She does chuck the tablet cross the room, though. The swearing is kept to herself.]

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ 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?

[rubikscomplex]

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.]

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ 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?

[rubikscomplex]

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.

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

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.

[rubikscomplex]

[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.

[ex_this_ismydesign36]

[ 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?

[rubikscomplex]

[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.