[log] Noisy Black, Part One [closed]

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Characters: anyone who signed up for the Noisy Black event
Location: an office building
Date: Morning and Day 260
Summary: You wake up in a room.
Warnings: nothing of note for this part, please note any specific things that happen in the comment sections of your posts

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[bywolves]

What were you planning on doing if there was? [ House, please. ]

[rubikscomplex]

Talking to someone prettier than you. And have you seen these gowns? If we could get Hale climbing the bars to check the ceiling...

[bywolves]

Ugh. [ Gross, dude. ] Keep it in your gown.

[rubikscomplex]

Look, just because you're dead inside doesn't mean the rest of us have to be. Aren't you a widower? You think Gwennie's ghost is gonna come after you for thinking impure thoughts?

[bywolves]

[ Oop. If there's anybody watching Royce from their cell, they'll see him flinch and move back away from the bars. A beat. ]

No. [ He's more subdued. ] I just have a level of respect for women, unlike you.

cw: lewdness and disrespect toward disabled people

[rubikscomplex]

I don't respect anyone.

[Just pointing that out.]

You should check out the glutes on Strange. That boy's got a future in porn, I'm tellin' you. I'm thinking naughty doctors gone wild. Or there's probably some sorta cripple porn.

cw: lewdness and disrespect toward disabled people

[thewarningafter]

House.

[Having House for a neighbor is suffering. Stephen gives up on his meditation for a second, head thumping back against the wall.]

You're being a creep.

cw: lewdness and disrespect toward disabled people

[rubikscomplex]

Be proud of your assets, Strange. It's a compliment.

cw: lewdness and disrespect toward disabled people

[thewarningafter]

Don't call me a cripple.

[This is pointless and he knows it.]

cw: disrespect toward disabled people/internalized ableism

[rubikscomplex]

[That gets a long silence and a flat look. When he speaks, his tone is bitter and downright mean.]

You are a cripple. Or would you prefer 'differently abled'? Maybe 'handicapable'? Which bullshit P.C. term makes you feel better about the fact that the incompetent idiots in charge of fixing you screwed up so badly you ended up running off to ask the Buddha for help when you ran out of real options.

cw: disrespect toward disabled people/internalized ableism

[thewarningafter]

[Stephen doesn't look away, his jaw set as he returns House's gaze. He bristles at House's question, eyes growing cold, but doesn't break eye contact.]

You don't need to call it anything.

cw: disrespect toward disabled people/internalized ableism

[rubikscomplex]

Call a spade a spade. Pretending it isn't there doesn't change it.

cw: disrespect toward disabled people/internalized ableism

[thewarningafter]

Like how you pretend my life never got any better to make yourself feel better about knowing there isn't a cure waiting for you back home?

cw: disrespect toward disabled people/internalized ableism

[rubikscomplex]

[House bristles and rises to his feet. He tries to take a step forward and ends up stumbling, having to grab for the bars to keep his balance.]

Better, right? Because getting sucked into a war you never asked to be and never wanted to be a part of is better. Maybe it's better because it feeds your martyr complex and your ego. But you can't tell me you would've chosen that life over the one you had before.

[godsspeed]

[ This is the point where Castiel starts getting irritated. ]

In my considerable amount of experience, arguing over whose life is more miserable and whether we would choose the options that lead us to where we are again is rarely a useful or productive pastime.

[bywolves]

[ From his cell, Royce offers a flat: ] What he said.

[ +1, Castiel. ]

cw: lewdness and disrespect toward disabled people

[bywolves]

[ Good lord. Royce is at least glad, selfishly, that the conversation moved away from Gwen. ]

I was pointedly not looking. I don't -- [ A beat. He really doesn't want to finish that sentence. He thinks he can probably gather what House means by porn. And besides, Stephen chimes in, which gives Royce a second of peace. ]

cw: lewdness and disrespect toward disabled people

[rubikscomplex]

You don't?

[The prompt is accompanied by a raise of his brows.]

[bywolves]

[ But only a second, though. ]

Know exactly what porn is and for Maribor's sake, if you try to explain it when I think I've already got the idea, I will reach through the wall and strangle you.

[ HE SWEARS. ] Shut up, House.

cw: lewdness

[rubikscomplex]

[Hey, if rage can make Royce Hulk-out and get them out of here.]

Pornography is a great and storied artform, first enjoyed by many a tawdry reader, then growing and spreading and really pushing its way in as media began to evolve. Standard pornography ranges from full-scale productions with sponsors and product placement to home movies. Reminds me of a couple I had on a case. Hubby and wifey were into some crazy shit. She invited her college roommate over for a threesome as an anniversary present. Now that's the kind of marriage even I could get into.

cw: lewdness

[bywolves]

[ Royce hasn't eaten in like five days and he's depressed, so those are low odds, but as promised, he's suitably annoyed as hell. ]

Shut up, House.

[rubikscomplex]

Turned out she was poisoning him, though. Gold dust from some arthritis meds. Now talk about a romantic way to go. This chick was totally insane. Said she was in love with the guy, but stannous chloride doesn't lie. Unlike people. If only everyone could be like stannous chloride. The world would be a happier place, Melly.

[bywolves]

[ ... Stop saying things he agrees with, what the heck. A beat. ]

No, it wouldn't. If there wasn't lying, there'd be something else.

[rubikscomplex]

Wow. That's pessimistic.

[bywolves]

Wow, prison must be getting to me. I'm never pessimistic.

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