vicodincrutch: (take it to the whiteboard)
Dr. Greg House, MD ([personal profile] vicodincrutch) wrote2010-07-20 10:16 pm

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
fatespoken: (glancing to side)

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[personal profile] fatespoken 2010-07-21 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
And there's also a difference between self-interest and giving a fuck about your own safety, Doctor. It's not a black and white color scheme, not a damned or not damned situation. I can show concern toward Chase, but I can also exercise rationality and stand back if my own life risks becoming collateral damage. I've got only one of these, you know.

I care enough to offer help if it's a reasonable plan. However, I'm not going to play hero and cast my life away on reckless charity.
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[personal profile] adamantined 2010-07-21 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
If there are three of us, then you can spare more than just a third making sure you get out of this unscathed. Any more than that, and you're responsible for your own math. But I don't need you to spend time worrying about getting me out of a situation that might or might not go according to plan.
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[personal profile] fatespoken 2010-07-21 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't be worrying about your safety, Claire. Actually, I'd be more concerned over the shit I would get for leaving you there.

Honesty saves a lot of time, and I'm staying out of this mess and retracting my offer. Be glad.
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[personal profile] adamantined 2010-07-21 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
You wouldn't get shit for doing something that I told you to do. I'm not glad, I won't be glad if you can help, and I think you're being stupid. Something's legitimately wrong and you've got the chance to help, you can help, and now you're not? That's not even stupid. It's just sad. Why don't you wait and hear the actual specifics of this plan before you convince yourself that it's going to end bad?
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[personal profile] fatespoken 2010-07-21 09:05 am (UTC)(link)
I have the chance to help, I can help, I even had a plan, and now I'm not going to because it's turned into a circus.

Maybe from your point of view, it's sad. From another, it's reasonable self-protection. But there's a high chance that I'm just not a good person, and altruism isn't my kind of game.
Edited 2010-07-21 09:14 (UTC)