[network] Event: Long & Lost [NIGHT 217]

[snowblindmods]

it's been so long between the words we spoke
will you be there up on the shore, I hope

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[rattlingthestars]

Ugh, not Jimmy. I'll put up with the nicknames but pick something else.

You're not wrong though.

[rubikscomplex]

did daddy call you jimmy or something?

[Trying to parse why that one is the one that sticks particularly in the craw.]

[rattlingthestars]

Yep. Absolutely. Every day after school.

[rubikscomplex]

and here i thought he ran away on you

[rattlingthestars]

Not until I was nine.

[ Holy crap is this working?

It almost makes the twinge in his chest that comes with talking about it worth it. ]

[rubikscomplex]

sorry, jimmy
it's either this or jimbo
pick your poison

[rattlingthestars]

[ Damn it. ]

When you put it like that...

[rubikscomplex]

unless you wanna bribe me with something else...

[rattlingthestars]

Like what?

[rubikscomplex]

dunno
impress me
or surprise me

[rattlingthestars]

Other than unflattering pictures of Zack and Kunsel and a Morph that used to be able to do impressions, I got nothing.

[rubikscomplex]

draw a dick on helmethead's helmet and snap a pic
i will accept this as payment
or the other one
the squats guy
his forehead'll work

[rattlingthestars]

You've known his name for six months, you're not fooling anybody.

Give me a second.

[rubikscomplex]

real names are for squares

[He's waiting.]

[rattlingthestars]

Got it.

Use mine for three months or we all die, whichever comes first.

[ Jim didn't actually miss that House hadn't made an agreement yet. ]

[rubikscomplex]

[Clever brat.]

you get me a dick forehead pic for the sparklepup
or one on the helmet
we got a deal, kid

[rattlingthestars]

Cheek close enough?

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[rubikscomplex]

[House snorts.]

close enough, jim
although i gotta ask:
did you actually ask him
or did you got balls enough to let him wake up with that?

[rattlingthestars]

the last time anybody tried to sneak up on him while he was sleeping, Hiro almost got his nose broken.

What do you think?

[rubikscomplex]

lame
still, whatever
if you actually grow a pair and manage to prank him or helmet head, lemme know
you shall be richly rewarded, young padawan

[rattlingthestars]

Who says I haven't already?

And what do you have that I want?

[rubikscomplex]

the affirmation of a father figure you so desperately want

[rattlingthestars]

Got that. Wasn't all it's cracked up to be. Try again.

Or, you know, don't. I think we're done.

[rubikscomplex]

uh huh
nighty night, jim
daddy loves you probably
or he forgot you exist

[rattlingthestars]

Sure, probably.

But at least I'm not alone in that, right? Who taught you to set the bar so low, House? Had to be somebody you couldn't win with. Pretty early on, too.