[network] @hotstud_xxx; voice; Morning 047; Musical Interlude [open]

[rubikscomplex]

[Have an actually chipper-sounding House on the network, everyone. Why, he's almost downright giddy. Someone has bounced back a bit from the says before. Music helps immeasurably with that. He's had a chance to play a little this morning and now discovered there's additional musical accompaniment playing from nowhere. Creepy as all hell, but who is he to deny the Six Feet Under Snow Band?]

Good morning, Snowhell. Or Vietnam. Whichever. Basically the same thing, but with cold instead of heat, right? With all this talk about people being eaten, rising from the dead, ghosts from the year 2050, and rousing pleas for camaraderie, I thought we could all use something to lighten the mood. So this one goes out to my darling Clementine. Unless your name's short for Clemydia or something. Then your parents suck.

[He begins to play the school piano, other phantom instruments joining in. House doesn't actually sing, but he's thinking the lyrics.]

Actually, that one goes out to most of the chicks here. You girls seriously need to simmer down. But here's a little something for my main man Hiro.

[This time something slightly less snarky.]

And last for this first round before I take requests from the listeners, two songs from Dr. Clayton Epps for his sweetie, Jane. Those crazy kids, getting up to all kinds of things! At least they must have been from the moaning I heard in the other room. Oh, cover your ears if you're under ten here. This is grown-up talk about romance.

[And there will be two more incredibly snarky instrumentals in honor of the pair of them.]

If you recognized none of those songs, you're a loser and need to be educated on Earthian musical history. Luckily, I'm here to take your questions and requests. Or make up requests for you.

Comments

@TW; text

[maskintape]

meh
6/10

[ Grats on luring out the ex music student, studly mchot. By which I mean HOW DARE YOU. ]

voice

[rubikscomplex]

[ House has zero concerns about the quality of his music, so trying to embarrass or shame him probably isn't going to end well. He knows he's good. ]

You know, Timmy, I don't know that song! Go on and give me some of the lyrics. Maybe it'll come to me.

Or maybe you could bring that other guy out. I like him more, and he seems like he'd appreciate a good song.

@Spoiler ; video

[spoileralert]

Oh yes, it's definitely the girls who have a problem.

[ SHE KNOWS YOU'RE AN ASS, HOUSE, YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM THE TRUTH. ]

voice

[rubikscomplex]

I'm glad we agree. This must be the getting along thing people talk about so much!

@SceptredIsle; text

[keepscalm]

Could have been worse, I suppose.

Don't suppose you've got any more Elton John?

[rubikscomplex]

I think you mean 'couldn't have been better,' Blackadder.

I've got plenty more Elton. Looking for anything particular?

text; @cgriffin

[coleader]

Are you seriously talking about that on the network?

[ she's gotta protect clayton's honor and all that... ]

[rubikscomplex]

I told everyone under ten to cover their ears, Griff. Don't worry. I'll send them your way if they start asking anyway. You're good at explaining things, right?

private, voice, @lawbringer

[cloneprincess]

Please don't give him credibility by responding to it.

private, voice

[cloneprincess]

There are more interesting things I could do with a piano string.

private, voice

[rubikscomplex]

Janey! Save it for Epps! I know you like it kinky, but I don't need to know the sordid details.

@hjack69; voice

[youarethebandits]

Know any Taylor Swift?

[rubikscomplex]

Nope, but she sounds modern pop. I'm more for the classics, pal.

@newangle; text

[baymaxing]

ha. nice. never learned an instrument myself but that's not bad. i know i've seen at least one piano in one of these buildings. not the school though.

but now i'm curious on what your made up requests would sound like. you're not wrong though. some here are from entirely different worlds that this will fly right over their heads. Let alone that 'Vietnam' reference there. 'Snowhell' though. That sounds about right. Have to be pretty depressing and desperate back home to prefer this.

voice

[rubikscomplex]

Tell me which general direction it was in, and I'll keep an eye out next time I'm around there. It'd be a shame not to make these a regular sort of entertainment.

As for made up requests, I was just going to plug in whatever made sense for them. Like for you, I'm thinking Mr. Roboto might work if you don't ask for something I know in the next minute or so. I'm working on a schedule here, Double-H.

@guardian; video

[phaseshifter]

Doctor Epps is romancing someone? That's so cute!

[ WHY WOULD ANYONE MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT UP??? It must be legit! ]

voice

[rubikscomplex]

[ Thank you, gullible child of gullibleness. ]

Oh, totally. Epps has a rockin' bod' and beard. Missing a few toes, but I hear Janey likes her boys with some battle scars.

@clem, audio

[neverbitten]

[Clementine hasn't listened to any music since she was eight, and that mostly consisted of child friendly pop and some of her relatives frequent chorus of "Oh My Darling Clementine". But even not knowing any of these songs, she gets the distinct feeling she's being mocked right now.]

Those were all pretty crappy.

audio

[rubikscomplex]

Ballcap, I've got some bad news. I'm sorry to say you're tone deaf. It's a medical condition that can be remedied by a thorough application of Ointment of Elton, Essence of Mick Jagger, and a daily dose of Pink Floyd. Please contact me in three weeks to reassess your prognosis.

@TOTALLYANATION; video

[bydefacto]

Wow, you're pretty good! ...Is someone else playing with you? [There is, right? Or else that's some special piano. Because otherwise that's creepy.]

audio

[rubikscomplex]

[Finally, someone who can appreciate something.]

Nope, that's all me. I'm a one-man band. Well, and these ghosts or whoever, but I feel like we have a connection. A real spiritual thing. That or I'm about to be possessed by a bunch of music class shadows.

voice; @haurchefant

[silverfuller]

Oh, we've lovers in our midst? Splendid! It warms my heart that someone has found love in such a place as this... Ah, but love is a powerful force, isn't it?

[rubikscomplex]

Total lovebirds. Twitterpated, even! They're taking that whole camaraderie spiel to the next level, buddy. Maybe you could be next. Love will find a way!

[whiteknightnecromancer]

is this really why we came back to the creepy shithole/

i can't believe i was talked into this.

voice

[rubikscomplex]

Hey, buddy. I got a song for you, too. It's off the mix tape titled 'Songs of the Necromancer.'

[It would also appear to be songs of Michael Jackson.]

@starspangledhero; video

[fifty]

You're pretty good! [This is a less creepy post than a lot of the stuff that goes on the network. America's trying not to think too hard about the accompaniment, though.] But you're not gonna sing the lyrics?

audio

[rubikscomplex]

I only sing for tips, Stars and Stripes. Or really embarrassing secrets.

@LELRIC; voice

[armoured]

[Oh look, it's the person that he really doesn't like. He would just pass this by as House being a malicious jerk as per usual, especially since his desire to interact has dropped to below zero after being essentially blackmailed into telling his secrets, but he can't.

Not when he sees where House is, and how the idiot is glibly ignoring that ghostly accompaniment is probably not a good thing.]

You probably shouldn't just sit there and play, the school is usually a pretty dangerous place to be.

[As much as he dislikes House as a person, he's incapable of leaving him to his fate without at least trying to help.]

perma voice

[rubikscomplex]

[House begins to play once more as he answers Al.]

What?! Sorry, Lelly, I can't hear you over the music. Someone wanted to stop the beat, but we're not gonna take it.

@Summoner; Voice

[ninjainviolet]

Just because I'm not from the planet those songs come from, I'm a loser?

[ Angry ninja speaking, doc. ]

Voice

[rubikscomplex]

Totally.

[ Dismissive doc speaking, ninja. ]

Happy to pull you from your loserdom and into the light, though. I'm a giver like that.