[network] @ASolomons; audio, morning of 265 [open]

[devoutish]

The fuck is going on?

[He sounds exhausted, as per usual, and his voice is hoarse and raw - he's been doing a lot of non-stop talking these past few days, trying to keep Royce engaged.]

Right - the lot of you, sound off. What happened, and what needs to be done?

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[fifty]

[House has a point. Also, House is kind of expressing A Concern for him, which might be exciting under better circumstances.] I just--don't know what to do. [He can't fix this.]

[rubikscomplex]

easy:
don't let yourself get tortured for stupid reasons
maggie may is more of an idiot than you are
and you're more useful than he is
you let yourself get tortured by that guy
i stop talking to you
permanently
and i stick to my guns a lot better than him

[fifty]

[America believes House in this, except for the part of him that thinks House might go to him if he was desperate enough for Vicodin and didn't have another option. Still, that's not the only way he wants to interact with House.]

It's not like I want to be tortured, but--he deserves something. [America is wavering, though, and it's obvious in his tone.]

[rubikscomplex]

no
he doesn't
not from you

what did you do as soon as you finished those surgeries?
my bet is you went upstairs and bawled
or threw up
probably both
and then you went into the whole self-loathing thing like the rest of them
i'm not blaming you
i'm not blaming kid for what he did to me
it's a crap situation
but you tortured or dead just makes it a worse one
make it up to him by getting to the center faster

[fifty]

[House isn't wrong. America relents.] Okay. I won't--I won't let him. I'll just find the center of this place and beat up whoever did all this and--yeah. [America is not at his optimistic best right now, but it's something.]

[rubikscomplex]

good
don't start this up again if someone else starts bitching about the converts

[And that's it before he disconnects. Truly, House is a carer.]