[network][Day 138|video|@hotstud_xxx] You Get What You Need [open]

[rubikscomplex]

[There's no pithy commentary from House as is more common for the introductions to one of his piano sessions. It's also on video at the moment because House... can't figure out how to change it to just audio. He really hates this particular effect. So, anyone in Snowhell who has yet to actually see Dr. Hotstud House will get a view of him. He's a haggard, middle-aged man who's looking closer to just plain 'aged' after more than three months in Norfinbury. He has the tablet propped up where the sheet music would usually go, and keeps his eyes down or closed as he begins to play. He mouths some of the words, brows furrowed and body swaying to the music.

He runs through that. And then, because he's not going to be able to play and 'talk' to people at the same time, he moves into another tune before stopping and checking for responses.]

Comments

[redrooms]

Miserably cold, then.

[She gets it. She spent enough of the beginning of her life scrambling for food and shelter. Still, even after her defection and all the terrible things she experienced there, there's a part of her that will always love Russia.]

[devoutish]

Miserable in many ways.

[There's just a hint of something challenging in his voice.

He wonders how much House told her.]

[redrooms]

[Not much, but she can make an educated guess. Plus, it isn't like he's shy about talking about being Jewish on the network.]

Yes, I imagine it was. Russia has a dark past.

[She's not going to get much more specific than that. It feels disrespectful, somehow.]

[devoutish]

[It's a very smart choice to make.]

Many countries do, eh?

[redrooms]

They do. It's inescapable, as much as we try to pretend otherwise.

[devoutish]

Do you try to pretend?

[redrooms]

No. I try to make things better.

[devoutish]

And how do you do that?

[redrooms]

However I can.

[That just usually ends up being shady and morally questionable. Whatever.]

And you? Do you try to pretend?

[devoutish]

I make a point not to.

"However you can" - yeah, that's a bit vague, innit?

[redrooms]

It's all you need to know.

[devoutish]

All right.

[THAT'S A LITTLE SUSPICIOUS but whatever.]

What do you think - should I be hoping our activities don't put us at odds?

[redrooms]

That depends. What are your "activities"?

[devoutish]

Why don't we both share.

[redrooms]

[Natasha weighs this for a moment. It's only a matter of time until people find out who she is, and she's starting to think that might not be a disadvantage here, anyway. Hell, Steve has apparently told people here about her. So.]

My title varies. What they all boil down to is protecting people, either from low level threats or more significant ones. And you?

[devoutish]

[OOC: Slides this over here to save Terri's inbox.]