[network] @ADMIN; Obituary [DAY 344]

[snowblindmods]

We mourn the loss of those who have died in the time between the last announcement and this one:

Vanitas
Hannibal Lecter
Junpei Tenmyouji
Beckett

Comments

[phaseshifter]

Interesting, but bullshit. He specifically told me it wouldn't be him going into the morgue.

[ TRY AGAIN, FUCKER ]

[rubikscomplex]

i don't know what you want me to tell you, angelcakes
plans change
i was the one who was supposed to be going in
until graham cracker decided he wanted in
then lecter and beckett stepped over him
honestly, i'm pretty annoyed
this was my experiment

[Just going to play the complete asshole card.]

[phaseshifter]

Mmhmm. Except after the conversation I had with Beckett, I'm fairly certain that he'd have told me if he was going to do anything dangerous. It's kinda relevant to what we were discussing. Just what are you trying to do, here?

[rubikscomplex]

oh, you caught me
i murdered him with the candlestick in the library

[phaseshifter]

HOUSE.

>private

[rubikscomplex]

[Well, she's going to be a problem. He needs to get her off his back for a little bit, at least. He switches to private.]

christ, you're annoying
he came down to help when i was fighting graham over the suit
i accidentally shoulder-checked him into a piece of rebar while i was trying to get graham off
can you drop it?

>private

[phaseshifter]

You asshole.

[ She's not going to cry. She's not. She's not. ]

It was an accident, and you still thought it was better to try and make me think Beckett lied rather than just freaking admit it? Seriously?

[ She still doesn't feel like she's getting the full story - too many unprompted details - but she's leaning towards this being a slightly twisted form of the truth rather than an outright lie.

Hmmm. Maybe -- ]

I think I deserve an apology. And then, yes, I'll drop it.

[ She knows that despite his Houseiness, House wouldn't willingly hurt or kill someone. So if it really happened, he might feel guilty enough to actually comply, right? ]

>private

[rubikscomplex]

[House feels guilty, just not for the reasons she thinks. He shouldn't have let Beckett overhear, and he should have stopped Will somehow.]

it was an accident
why the hell should i apologize to you?
i'll apologizing to him when he gets back

[Can't pretend to give in too quickly.]

>private

[phaseshifter]

[ When he gets back. When. Not if.

Please. ]

I'm not asking you to apologise for the accident, I'm asking you to apologise for things you did deliberately. You made out that he lied to me, which would have disrupted my ability to grieve solely to benefit yourself. You lied yourself. Repeatedly. If he doesn't - if he doesn't come back, you could have left me believing that for the rest of my freaking life.

>private

[rubikscomplex]

[He's actually not all that bothered by that. He's protecting Will for the time being. Just for effect, House lets the message lapse for almost two minutes, as if he's mulling things over, wrestling with them.]

i'm sorry

>private

[phaseshifter]

[ Okay, then. She still thinks he's hiding something, but nothing worth digging for. Especially not with Rhys and Enoch to look after.

She'll just have to interrogate the heckie out of Beckett if when he comes back. ]

Consider it dropped.

>private

[rubikscomplex]

[Good. Damage control handled and he can stop responding to this.]