[log] The Gambler [closed]

[rubikscomplex]

Characters: House and Quark
Location L4 - 25 (Shelley Derricks' House)
Date: Evening 104
Summary: Quark hands over some binoculars to the good Dr. House and learns that you can never trust anyone.
Warnings: House is his own warning, but there is very likely to be angst.

[House is the first to Shelley's house, calling out for Quark and getting no response. There's a chance, then, to still pretend at having an injured leg for him. But what would be the point. House knows he can't lie at this point (irritating as that is), so even the effort would be wasted when he'd have to admit to the ruse immediately.

He decides to just not think about it. It doesn't matter. Quark will see, then he'll learn why he shouldn't trust people, least of all lying addicts. It's a valuable life lesson, really. It still doesn't sit entirely well in House's stomach... or that might just be the hunger pangs. He'd had a day's worth of food on waking up at the chapel. Rationing that out into quarters to stretch it has been uncomfortable. They need to get to the school, and quickly. The weather is being severely uncooperative, though.

In any case, he does have a plan for what to do with his time apart from wait for the kid and his binoculars. House starts out in the entry way and begins humming the tune he'd heard in the nursing home, moving from room to room and listening for a response.]

Comments

falls in here afer 84 years!!!

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[House won't have to worry about being alone for too long before Quark shows up. Or maybe he'd like a bit more time by himself. Either way, he hadn't stopped terribly far away the night before--which turns out to be a blessing in disguise with the poor turn of the weather. He's thankful to get out of the cold when he shuts Shelley's front door behind him...and then a little concerned, because at first he thinks he's alone.

All he has to do is follow the sound of the humming to be proven otherwise.]

What's that song for?

[He tugs his blanket-scarf down from across his face as he speaks so the question doesn't get muffled. At least for the moment, he hasn't seemed to notice that House...is walking quite fine without his cane. But it'll come. Don't worry.]

[rubikscomplex]

[There's only the slightest pause in House's efforts when he hears Quark enter and the boy poses his question. He doesn't look over as he replies, and he certainly doesn't draw attention to the lack of cane.]

Derricks. Heard it in the retirement home. Figure it's her. It's the one I played that got the ghost kid to talk.

[House starts humming again, moving into another room. Without any limp.]