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[network] @hotstud_xxx; Day 314; audio [open] (cw: there may be graphic discussion of illness)

[This is Christmas. House's idea of Christmas, anyway. Sudden onset of deadly illnesses with disjointed and impossible progression of symptoms, and him not affected? Christmas! Someone out there loves him. Granted, he might not be able to help anyone get better and that's lame, but answers. Answers are something he is particularly prepared to provide. House is also curious if there's some psychosomatic effect at work here that might let him influence people. He goes on audio for this, and someone sounds almost gleeful.]

Hello, sick people! Dr. House here. I am a board certified medical professional and tenured professor of diagnostics at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in Princeton, New Jersey. I have a double specialty infectious disease and nephrology and head the only Department of Diagnostic Medicine in the world in my universe.

All that said... tell me what ails you, Snowhell. Details required. Pics if you need them. Allow me to diagnose you. This service is free of charge for today only! Or however long this whole thing lasts. I'll even prescribe you meds if they're relevant to your condition. Step right up, then! Don't be shy.

It should go without saying, but I am limited to identification and diagnosis of Earth-based diseases. So if you've got a different name in your universe for the measels, I'm still calling them the measels.

((OOC: While House is an ace diagnostician, I am very much not. It would be helpful for me if you could indicate the disease or diseases your character is suffering from for the event or indicate that the constellation of symptoms was pulled at random/non-Earth-based.))

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never said it was about helping people
you've got a caste system where you're from, right?
what's the lowest caste?

Edited 2017-12-30 07:03 (UTC)

SO JUST ABOUT FIGURING SHIT OUT THEN. FINE.
RUST IS THE LOWEST. THEN BRONZE, YELLOW, OLIVE, TEAL, JADE, CERULEAN, INDIGO, PURPLE, VIOLET, AND FUCHSIA.

didn't say it was about that, either

when i was a kid
i was out rock-climbing with a guy
he fell and got hurt
we got him to a hospital and there was this guy there
i thought he was the janitor
none of the other doctors were talking to him
he was just helping to clean up the room
the kid who was hurt... something went wrong
complications they weren't expecting
complications they didn't know how to handle

and then the doctors turn to the janitor
and ask him what to do
turns out janitor guy's a doctor, too
but he's a burakumin

humans have caste systems, too
it's not about blood color, though
the japanese assigned caste based on your family's historical occupation
if your ancestor's job was "impure" then so were you
undertakers, butchers, tanners
all of them deal with death and "defile" life
nevermind somebody's gotta do the job if people don't want bodies piling up
or meat at the shop
or leather for their shoes or jackets

the people on the bottom rung
our rust bloods
are the burakumin
and all of these doctors ostracized this guy
ignored him
except when they needed him
because he was the best doctor in the entire hospital
he didn't care what people saw when they looked at him
he came in
did his job better than any other person
and they had to listen to him
it didn't matter what he was
who he was
he just found the truth
and people stopped and listened

that's why i became a doctor

[... He's just. Going to be quiet for a very, very long time.]

I'M NOT ON THE SPECTRUM. WHICH YOU KNOW IF YOU WERE PAYING ATTENTION.
I'D BE CULLED IF ANYONE KNEW. THAT'S WHY IT WAS A SECRET.

[House raises a brow at the message that comes back.]

i'm confused
are we having a "moment"?
you wouldn't be culled here if anyone knew
so freaking out about it's pointless
and once you own the secret
it stops having any power over you

[Well, that snaps him out of it.]

UGH. NO, I STILL THINK YOU'RE HUMAN GARBAGE.
AND SURE, MAYBE! BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT ANY EASIER TO ERASE THE ASSOCIATION, ESPECIALLY WITH MN POISONING FUCKING ME UP ON THAT FRONT AND HOW MUCH THIS PLACE SEEMS TO ENJOY MAKING ME BLEED.

if you're bleeding everywhere
and no one's said anything
then you have even less of an excuse to be flipping out over it

YOU APPEAR TO BE SUFFERING SEVERAL BASIC MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HOW THE FUCK THIS WORKS.
YES, I KNOW NO ONE CARES. I NEVER SAID IT WAS RATIONAL.
BUT MAYBE CONSIDER THAT SPENDING THE FIRST SIX SWEEPS OF MY LIFE BEING UTTERLY CONVINCED THAT I'D GET A CULLING FORK THROUGH THE CHEST THE MOMENT ANYONE FOUND OUT WAS *KIND OF* A DAMPER ON THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE.
AND THAT TRANSLATE TO THIRTEEN HUMAN YEARS, BY THE WAY. AND YES, I'VE MADE IT THREE YEARS SINCE! BUT AGAIN, THIS PLACE FUCKS WITH YOU AND I DON'T WANT TO RISK SOME TROLL WHO *DOES* GIVE A SHIT TURNING UP AND HUNTING MY ASS DOWN.

so you choose to live in fear
okay
whatever floats your anxiety-riddled boat

SURPRISE, ASSHOLE, YOU'RE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH THE WORST PERSON WHO COULD HAVE FOUND OUT, AND YES, I KNOW THAT ADULTS OF YOUR SPECIES HAVE SOME WEIRD PROTECTIVE INSTINCT TOWARD PEOPLE YOU DEEM CHILDREN? OR THAT'S WHAT WATSON CLAIMS ANYWAY AND I GUESS IT HOLDS UP.
BUT I'VE ALREADY HAD TO DEAL WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED MN POISONING MAKING ME JUMP AT SHADOWS, AND KNOWING MY LUCK, THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO COME BACK AT SOME POINT! SO NO I DON'T EXACTLY RELISH THIS BEING COMMON KNOWLEDGE OR HAVING TO FUCKING EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE IF IT COMES UP IN CASUAL CONVERSATION.

[Well, now that's just annoying.]

you realize you're literally the only troll, dude?
like, you could tell people you're the norm and everyone else is a weirdass freak
and the only people who could contradict you are tang and rosie posie
you're a freaking troll
so troll
red blood is normal where you're from
it's on the hemospectrum
screw any and all who say otherwise

[... WELL YEAH, OKAY, BE LOGICAL, SEE IF HE CARES.]

THERE ARE TROLLS IN THE MORGUE. AND PEOPLE WHO KNEW THEM FROM BEFORE.

[Arguing is easier than admitting House has a point. Ugh, why can't he just go back to being intensely dislikable? At least that was straightforward.]

your point being?
none of them ever talked about your candy apple red ass
which means you're clear to invent whatever the hell you want
so what's stopping you?
fear?
get over it
you say something with enough confidence
people just believe you
most of them are morons like that

[He is actually considering this. What the fuck, why is he considering this? Actually, wait—]

OK I REALIZE YOU WERE INSANE AT THE TIME SO IT DOESN'T REALLY COUNT
BUT YOU SAID AFTER THAT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING, SO IT KIND OF DOES? SO WHY ARE YOU TALKING ME THROUGH THIS.

because you're whining at me about it
and tang's whined at me about it
and i want you both to stop whining
because you're really freaking annoying

[No other reasons. Clearly.]

[Close enough.]

WISH GRANTED.
HAVE FUN RUNNING YOUR DIAGNOSTICS AT PEOPLE. I HOPE YOU ACTUALLY LEARN SOMETHING FROM THIS CLUSTERFUCK.

take care of tang, kitkat
ttyl

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