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[network] @featherydouche; video; unsafe medical experiments for fun and profit; morning 190 [open]

[No text today! Instead, the viewers of Norfinbury get a video showing a weird orange bird guy filmed from inside a house. In addition to the shades, behind which a faint orange glow is visible, he's got on the standard peacoat people receive here. It's the same violent shade of orange as the rest of him.]

Hey. A bunch of you already know by now, but the name's Davesprite, and I'm this thing called a sprite and I'm part crow.

[He caws demonstratively.]

But I'm posting this because House and I just did some experiments about the whole nonhuman thing yesterday. See, some people were positing that maybe I only look weird because of distorted perceptions and junk, so we wanted to test basically if I'm the way I should be or not.

Thing one, I've got a hole through the middle of my chest where my sword used to go, because sprites are weird. Don't worry about it. Watson told me how normal objects found here go right through anomalies, but stuff coated in rubble dust hits them. So he and Sherlock wanted me to try to stick some rubble in my sword hole. Spoilers, it worked.

Thing two, my blood's bright yellow like somebody cracked a glowstick open, and it doesn't look like a human's under a microscope. Since the admin said my bloodtype's been "adjusted", House wanted to inject some of it into himself to see if he could. And that worked too.

If you want to go and lecture us about how that was dangerous and stupid and we could have gotten ourselves killed: Yeah, I know, but too late. Sometimes you gotta be stupid to get science done. And now we've confirmed that looking nonhuman is still real and not just some illusion cast on our senses via the nanomachines, and that regular humans can accept "adjusted" blood with the right type.

Thing three's got nothing to do with the experiments, but House wanted me to share that he found an SD card back on day 183 with Andromeda and Winter talking some more. If you saw the post I made about the card I found a while back, the one where they were talking about the cult? It sounds like this one relates to that.

[Here at the end Davesprite links a few files. First are video recordings of him and House performing the experiments described above. His blood in the relevant experiment is indeed a yellow as he said and slightly luminescent. Along with this he includes a couple photos of his blood taken under a microscope. The blood cells aren't human or avian, but a shape that looks somewhere between both.]

[Next, he includes the audio file of Winter and Andromeda talking.]

(OOC: Replies may come from either Davesprite or House!)

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[Ah, now they were playing a good game of verbal tennis. How he had missed this. It was a shame it was public or he might have hit home a few serves harder.]

Well, in the time I was raised, dancing was a very important social necessity. It was how I met my wife after all. Swept her literally and figuratively off of her feet. Also, I don't see you as a man who likes the guessing games unless it is you forcing everyone else to play your game of I, Spy. 'Interesting'. You out yourself again. You're here to watch people react, to see who is a puzzle you can pick apart and solve for your own intellectual curiosity. I don't suppose any puzzle is left unfinished? On this particular item, I am truly invested and sentimental about. We have been together a very long time, this item and I. And getting out of here is less my agenda and more assisting others in doing so.

[Okay, this guy is annoying, but he's fun. Boredom is the enemy, after all, and Pierce is anything but that, now that they're actually engaging instead of sniping. House mentally reviews their conversation and the conversations he's skimmed that have Pierce in them. He just skips past the I, Spy comment.]

you know that story of bach and his son?
guy was on his deathbed and the kid was playing scales on the piano nearby
didn't play the final note and bach leaps up to hit it
i don't like an unfinished melody
it's not clean

as for your item
it's nothing medical
not a clothing item
at least not a useful cold-weather clothing item
you don't get invested in clothing or tools, either
not unless the tool is something you've been working to improve
something you built or inherited and improved on
it's something you had with you or nearby often enough to feel robbed
a project
a machine?
i'd guess a car or a bike
but guys who're in love with their little hot rod or harley don't call them "items"
"we" is an interesting term
all of your phrasing's interesting there

[House is still working out why and what it actually means, though. Definitely some sort of project. And damn Pierce if he isn't making this just intriguing enough to hold the doctor's full attention. He wants to know, even if the other man isn't going to admit to anything.

Maybe it's some sort of robot? Hand-built. But there's still the 'this item' phrasing. It's almost intentionally deceptive. Pierce is picking his words carefully, that much is clear.]

[Pierce is thoroughly enjoying himself. There was nothing paltry about this conversation. This was about two men trying to outmaneuver each other and gain the upper hand, and that was something he quite thoroughly engaged in. So few could meet him on this level so far.]

I'm familiar with the tale, yes. So you're admitting that you're obsessive compulsive. I'm glad we have that out in the open. Definitely not clothing, medical, not a sweet ride, not a machine and definitely not a project. It's completed after all. Now I have to wonder how long you will obsess over this, given your previous statements of not liking to leave things unfinished. As for my phrasing: it's intentional. Words are powerful, and I happen to take an interest in words. [Besides, this being public, he can lead anyone reading in a certain path or heighten paranoia. He knows how the game works; he just happens to be playing his cards carefully right now regardless of how engaged and curious of House he is.]

[House isn't going to bother denying that he has an obsessive streak. Anyone here for long enough will pick up on it.

Not a machine.]

a completed project is still a project
mr. pedant

[House considers what he's deduced about Pierce once more. Mover and shaker, king-maker or breaker. Chessmaster. People are pawns or other pieces in the game to him. They're 'items.' And this is a very special piece in his set.]

so, who's the item
'cause it's a who
not a what

[Very astute. House has more of his respect. He almost can say he even likes the guy.]

It's not something I put away in a drawer, no. Also, success is in the details. Wouldn't you agree?

[Ah excellent, let's add some gasoline to the paranoia fire that is probably burning off somewhere else in the city. Perfect. He barely has to assist in this.]

Can't a who also be a what?

[He doesn't respond to the success comment. If Wilson were still around, he could tell Pierce about the time House went searching through every medication in the hospital pharmacy after they'd already solved a case generally to confirm the how on a patient's diagnosis. Details matter. Details are what solve the puzzle to satisfaction.]

depends on how much of an asshole you are
and/or whether you care more about statistics
so you were in control of this item
or are we gonna be nice to the pawn and call him an asset?
military bureaucrat says some sort of attack dog

[The replies stop there because House knows of a military attack dog. He's manipulated and blackmailed one of those. And said dog had freaked about him putting out the cliche that the guy had some sort of activation code.

Holy fucking hell. This guy is the handler. Which means he is one of the most dangerous people in Norfinbury.

Great.]

I do enjoy statistics, but they have severe limitations as well. I mean, one could verify any theory depending on how they ask the question, study the data, the sample size. It is both extremely useful and extremely misleading. I don't like the word pawn. It devalues something that has intrinsic necessity, and it makes it sound like people don't have a choice. You are very specific on assumptions of gender, that my item is even alive, and that it has function beyond what only I could have use for it. That is a dangerous game, but I'll acknowledge your brilliance of details all the same. You are an excellent chess player, aren't you?

[He's also smart enough and knows that House has been around enough to perhaps narrow down a list of people who could fit the asset category. Knowing this man's crass degrading attitude, it would be easy to flip a switch on the Soldier. Now wouldn't that be an interesting twist of events. Not for a public conversation unfortunately.]

[His voice is a sharp snap, fierce and furious. He knows House has figured it out with the word 'asset', he knows because he's been blackmailed by this man before, so it doesn't matter if he reveals his hand.

But he'll add Pierce in on this too, he'll make sure the man incriminates himself further.]

Stop!

[Pierce goes silent, amused in his own way that he managed to get this far in the first place. However, he knows better than to voice himself, not about to out their involvement as knowing the Soldier. Not yet anyway.

There was a ruse to consider after all.]

[That answers that question, as far as House is concerned.]

and here i would've thought your handlers would've taught you manners, buckaroo
this is an a and b conversation
c your way out

[His voice remains rough and harsh, strained.]

You know about me, you proved that already, are you sure you want to get involved with him? Stay away.

Pierce... [Just the name sounds wrong on his lips, like it should be either 'sir' or 'bastard'.] I know you're listening to this, maybe you think it's funny to taunt me. But I swear to you, you'll regret every time you've called me your possession when I find you.

[Well, the cat really is out of the bag. A shame, but it was to be expected.]

This conversation doesn't involve you. Myself and the good Doctor were posturing, and now you've gone and made quite the statement for yourself. After all that talk of wanting to keep me safe.... I apologize for the interruption, Doctor.

[Though he had actually expected it.]

well, kids, you know?
always eager to jump in
my fellows are the same way

you wanna tell me why i can trust the guy who wants to kill me more than the guy who presently doesn't, barnes?

I don't want to kill you.

[Hate him, yes. Want to punch him, yes. Kill him, no.]

Ally with him, and you're allying with the head of an organisation born from the Nazi party.

[Come on, House, surely even you aren't that stupid.]

[He might have to side with House on the killing thread of thought. After all, he had been offered pleasantries and now was earning threats. It confirmed that House's personality might not jive with his Soldier's.]

Who said anything about allying with anyone? We were having a discussion before you interrupted, and besides, I'm certain the Doctor is smart enough to make decisions on who he wishes to speak to.

i don't do allies, barnes
i work with the joker
and the guy who wanted to lobotomize me after beating me into the ground
and the guy who got addled by an eldritch abomination and kidnapped epps
you really think mein kampf here bothers me?
pretty sure he's not gonna be nazi'ing it up in snowhell

he's interesting
and now thanks to you
we've got some decent blackmail on this guy
or
y'know
you could have some decent blackmail if you didn't go around snarling like a rabid dog
i can already see where he's going with the game, kid
and you're not gonna like it
also, i'm guessing you probably don't want to be talking to him or taking his calls
if he's the one who can snap you into psycho killer mode
just some friendly advice, pal

[The only sound that comes from Bucky's end of the conversation is a literal growl, before a smash as the tablet hits the wall and the conversation cuts off.

He made a stupid move here, so stupid and rash. Now it's even more important to get his username changed.]

[That definitely was not the most well-played hand, but he wasn't surprised by it at all. The tablet smashing was actually fairly routine by now and seemed to occur in every conversation with the Soldier that he was involved in. Temper, temper.

Of course, he was now even more interested in House, especially if any of that long-winded talk was true about associating with some of the more dangerous individuals here.]

Apologies. However, if you call that one a psycho killer where I can find it, I will see that you understand the full scope of his abilities, Doctor. We mustn't speak so harshly of a weapon that has been dulled by circumstances beyond his control.

[Something cold settles in the pit of House's stomach, and very suddenly, he wishes Bucky were still part of this conversation.]

you really wanna threaten me where i can take screen shots and recordings?
or you figure you're already screwed anyway
because there're people who like barnes
and who can make your life here just as miserable as you can make mine

Of that, I have no doubt. However, it's currently not in your best interests to smear against me, now is it? He doesn't like you, and I happen to. I think that puts me square between you and him at this point. Besides, he's coming for me, which means he has no reason to go for you. And the more he acts just like this, the less likely people are to take his word against mine.

[Okay. This game just became exponentially more dangerous... and far more exhilarating as a result. There's adrenaline starting to pump through him, and it's not just drugs the doctor's addicted to.]

aww
it's sweet of you to play human shield
how do i know you're not planning to sick him on the town when you get bored
or someone else rumbles your little game?

You don't. However, I won't. That doesn't interest me; I am playing the long-game. His contribution to it is little more than a side-show.

then, what?
you're riling him up for the entertainment value?
i mean
i do that, too
but i wouldn't think you'd want to if you don't want him snapping

I suppose that's for your powers of deduction to figure out, isn't it? You've been so astute so far. Like I said, him snapping, particularly publicly, paints a very vivid picture for people.

and in the hour of need
there arose a hero
the one guy who can control this nutjob

[Hey, Pierce only said not to call him a 'psycho killer.']

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