vicodincrutch | 102 Diagnosis

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[A whiteboard standing upright and mounted on what appears to be a sink. There's white and pale, pale blue tiles beyond the metal frame of the whiteboard. The camera jerks and then shows a jerk, House. Behind him is a bathroom stall.]

Now we're where a man can get some privacy.

[He turns the camera quickly back to the whiteboard.]

We need to get to the bottom of this. Why? Because it's suspicious. So soon after an influx of people it is possible that there was a transferred disease or virus left behind. Our subject is Dr. Robert Chase. Something is wrong. What exactly? That's yet to be determined.

[While he's talking, House is writing the word SYMPTOMS. Below that he writes no shame, homosexual tendencies?, zero tact. He stops and looks over his shoulder.]

Feel free to chime in at anytime.

[Oh wait. With an overly dramatic sigh, House caps the dry erase pen.]

Any trait out of the ordinary could be a symptom. Anything. That's why we're listing them. So far it looks neurological. If that's the case, did he hit is head? Did he take anything? More witnesses [muttered] more liability... The easier it will be to figure this out quickly.

[There. That should be clear enough. He uncaps the pen again.]

All of this is confidential. Unless you want him to get more sick and die.

[the white board keeps the score]

SYMPTOMS
no shame
homosexual tendencies => promiscuity
zero tact
memory loss

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Memory Loss: Completely oblivious to the fact he sent porn to my phone. Accepted the fact I had a wife without any objection, and no, I don't have a wife.

Personality Changes: Resistance to engaging in conversation, even when similar conversations have evoked debate, if not mockery. Doesn't seem interested in anything, not even defending his reputation after Eden posted free network pornography. Instead, claims he's "busy." And yes, suddenly someone's a homosexual, but maybe he's always been.

Mind Control? Enchantment?: Perspective shift from third to first person in a conversation. Didn't seem like an intentional shift, more like a slip up. Calls into the question the actual speaker.

He's almost as much of an asshole as I am, and that's pretty fucking out of character.

[ As weird ~~and depressing~~ it is to read text messages from a potential future self, he's glad this other Amory has left him a note and text records to him. ]

He's speaking in third person? Elmo doesn't like this.

Was it in certain contexts?

I was questioning his sexuality in context of his religious affiliation.

quotation a: "the act is an abomination before god. you want to know it's opinion on him? probably not much better."

quotation b: "...no. me. i meant its opinion on me wouldn't be much better."

Note the hesitation in b.

Edited 2010-07-21 06:44 (UTC)

Uh huh.

Have you seen that perfectly coiffed head? Any bruising?

Haven't seen him in person recently.

But magic wouldn't leave bruises.

Head trauma would.

What would make it distinctly magic?

I could feel it, but then again, the same problem arises. I haven't been around him.

You know one of the major differences between mind control and suggestion?

The former's more precise. You get exactly what you want with not as much effort. However, when an external force plays puppeteer, pulling each and every string, the subject's more likely to be confused and wonder where that black spot in his memory came from, after the fact.

With suggestion, it takes more effort and things won't always be exact. You're encouraging the individual, encouraging him hard enough for him to act, but you're not controlling him. So when when you ask some asshole to dance swan lake in that cute pink tutu, he'll think that it's all autonomy. That decision and desire to make a fool of himself was all his.

I'd bet it was mind-control, if it was magic. For example Chase forgets he sent pornographic videos. That perspective shift? Maybe because it's not his perspective.

And this is more possible than him taking a fall and having nerve damage?

It's an alternative possibility; a viable perspective given there's enough magical assholes in this place to form a sorority.

I'm not providing certainty, only ideas.

Free floating ideas. Check. Anything helpful?

If the rescue team manages to actually survive and capture him, I'll pat him down for magic. Or Eden can do it.

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