[network] @hotstud_xxx; video, Day 116 [audio]

[rubikscomplex]

[House is at the school and there's time to actually play the piano. There is also a conspicuous lack of depressed vampire in the area. Well, that's fine. Probably. He doesn't want to deal with Beckett again. Anyway, there's news to report and music to harass people with.]

Hello, Snowhellions! Dr. House here with tunes to fill the soul with gladness. Stay tuned for an important announcement after about blood. Blood. It's what's inside. Maybe. This one goes out to all the nosiest members of Norfinbury.

[The first song for madame's and monsieur's pleasure tonight is a piano cover of Billy Joel classic with House singing. It makes a point, he thinks.]

I'll take requests now. And great news about the blood thing: We've got specks inside of us. Who said the kids didn't need to get that program? Kesara found a microscope, Quark found some binoculars we could use for the objective lenses, voila! Extra magnification. Not electron-microscope level, but MacGuyver couldn't do better. So. Blood. My guess is still nanobots, maybe something to do with the MN? But four different people, four different worlds, three humans, one... troll, no powers except some sort of smell-o-vision. Took a few different samples, cleaned the lenses, cleaned the sample slides, same results. It's definitely something in the blood, not just an artifact. Kids confirmed they saw the specks independently in all samples without me telling them what to look for.

Next step is to get this piano to bleed again and have a look at that. Anybody near the house with the other piano?

Comments

[blessedmaiden]

[Well, she has nothing better to so, so...]

Yes, I do. I don't know how to play it on a piano but if you can send me a video I can probably mimic it. Hopefully it'll be enough to make them bleed. I can try to collect a sample myself if I find a clean enough surface or bottle.

[rubikscomplex]

It'll bleed over here, too. You don't need to bother. I'll send you a recording in an hour or two. Let me know when you reach the house.

[blessedmaiden]

The blood may be different, since I'll be there no reason not to get samples if I can, right?

I will be waiting and- okay. As I said I should get there tomorrow if nothing goes wrong.

[rubikscomplex]

[Maybe, but phantom piano blood from one place it probably like phantom piano blood from another as far as House is concerned.]

If you think old, congealed blood is worth looking at, sure. Maybe we'll see something else. If something goes wrong, I'll be heading out. I don't wanna stay in that shed too long.

[blessedmaiden]

If you think I know how your science thing works you're in for a delusion, honey. Also, maybe it won't be good but you could still check blood some days later to see if it still has those specks inside?

And, yeah, that shed isn't really comfortable.

[rubikscomplex]

[Some days later... right.]

My 'science' is what this place is operating on, babe. You wanna check congealed blood on a slide, you're welcome to. The scope'll be in the clinic.

And I'm more worried about cabin fever than comfort.