041. Diagnosis

[vicodincrutch]

Someone took something more than a left shoe. My homosexual roommate is missing. I'm thinking for good. That leaves me with more space and a crapload more pink than I could ever want.

I don't have a yard but I'm thinking yard sale. It's only for the best. I'll euthanize the living room as soon as its cleared properly. At least I won't crave cotton candy staring at the wall anymore. I'm not kidding, six thirty in the morning or three in the afternoon. Candy.

Anyone have a copy of The Great Escape handy? Who am I kidding. None of you know what I'm talking about.

Oh yeah, for future reference, all you people should read up on first aid. That was a curse, had it been a real emergency a lot of you would be S.O.L if you know what I mean. I'm sorry I couldn't be a leader of men. Checking up on everyone else's agony wasn't high ranking on my list of things to-do.

 

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[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

No, it was a perfectly legit crackerjack box called John Hopkins, then University of Michigan.

Yes.

My turn. Have you been a detective too long to forget that pretty ladies need introductions or else they come off as heartless bitches?

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

Charming. Bet you got all the ladies without a pulse in med school.

Victoria Nelson.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Got an A you mean. The relationships were strictly on a professional level.

Gregory House.

Do you like Steve McQueen?

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

I get the feeling you're the type that doesn't like to be wrong.

Not a movie person.

What's your specialty?

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Rare occasion that it happens, yeah.

Shame.

Infectious diseases and nephrology. These days I'm doling out bandages and prescriptions.

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

PI's don't have time for TV. Detecting and all.

Hm, not field, but how are you with degenerative eye conditions. It's no bandages and prescriptions so I'll understand if you pass.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

That leaves room for a sex life though right? You've got priorities.


When did it start getting worse and how?

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

You ever heard of a PI that wasn't getting laid?


A couple of days. Almost fully night blind and the tunnel vision is worse. It's been a swift onset since the initial diagnosis.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Jake and the Fat Man had one detective not getting any.

Huh. Any head trauma?

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

I can only guess why.

Fell off the Titanic and drowned. But I figured death was a reset.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

He was Pretty Hot And Tempting. Oh wait, that's only for women.


It should be a reset. Is that the only incident you can think of? Or a severe alteration in her prescription. That's not usual. I'm no optometrist but sounds like something that can be sorted out.

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I'm Canadian. We don't do slang.

Nothing I can think of. I knew it would get worse, that's a given, but since coming here, it's accelerated.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Really? Tony would beg to differ.

Did you have any type of laser eye surgery?The city's tampering with time could be what is causing the accelerated degeneration, unless of course you've got a horrible immune system.

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

You know Tony? At least he's not making friends with too much of the wrong element.

None. There's no correction that I know of for RPS.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

He's the movie delivery boy for the night. We got to keep him off the streets somehow.

I meant prior to the diagnosis. Are you on a vitamin A and docosahexaenoic acid intake program?

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

Just a magnet for the wrong crowd, that one.

Ah, no. And not since I've been here. Thing is, I know a couple years in the future, not blind. Trying not to change that future while here.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

It might have something to do with his Pollyanna impression.

Huh. Well, either we've got a back to the future case or you've got something that's definitely not RP. There is no distinct cure for it outside of experimental renal replacement, so how far into the future do you know?

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

In total contrast to his street smarts.

A year, possibly more.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Self preservation isn't a big deal for everyone.

If it was RP, there wouldn't be a difference of a few years. Unless you're forty, Victoria. Let's see some ID.

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

Altruism is good to a point.

I prefer Vicki. And if I were forty, I'd be remarkably well preserved. It's got to be the City, somehow.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

Pollyanna never learned about that. What's Tony's excuse?

I'll say. Yow.

[ariselikefire.livejournal.com]

He wants to save the world.

I'll take that as a compliment.

[vicodincrutch.livejournal.com]

I don't see how the thin skinned aspect works into the equation but sure.

It is. I want to take a look at your peepers. This needs to get figured out.