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[Network] @hotstud_xxx; video | Day 52, evening [open]

[The video feed will show the inside of a tool shed where a small, flying robot is moving around in the dim light cast by the tablet.]

Hey, Trinity! Wibblelips! Look what I found. It flies, it screams, it's alive. It also happens to be the reason I'm stuck in a shed for the night. Now, I got a screwdriver.

[The screwdriver is held up into view in a pink-gloved hand.]

And I got a hammer.

[The screwdriver is set down and the hammer is picked up to show.]

It's a hammer of justice. It's a hammer of warning. And it's going to be the hammer I take to that freaking thing unless you tell me how to get it to stop screaming in my face. Hiro, you needed some robot parts, right? Might be able to get you some.

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Nope. She wants it to blow up on me. Rude, right?

[Really, Hiro? Really? Is House could to need to teach you the rule? Bros before hacker hos.]

well. to be fair. you don't exactly play nice with everyone around here, you know.

but still not sure i've seen anything worth wanting to blow you up for. or losing those potentially useful parts. unless there's something more interesting about this robot we don't know when it does explode.

[Maybe. He is new to this 'hacker hos' business, okay?]

There are too many people who play nice around here. I'm just rebalancing the karma of the universe. Wouldn't wanna get screwed over 'cause we're all being too polite.

[Karma. Sure. It's an excuse to be a jerk, anyway.]

And I'll be sure to let you know after I die if anything interesting happened. Y'know. If I come back.

[Deadpan. Completely deadpan. He's becoming less and less amused, Hiro.]

and being polite takes so much energy, right?

[Even if he kind of understands on that, he's still not entirely buying that excuse.]

you wouldn't be the first. i mean. first to be possibly exploded via suicidal robot, but. i'm just saying even if i do figure this, i'm not promising it won't blow up.

Just being nice to you's taking it out of me. Oh, look, I'm nearly out of patience.

Quit jerking me around, kid. You're not gonna do anything, I'll deal with it. Don't feel like shooting the breeze with a brat when I've had that thing screaming in my face for the last two hours.

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patience is a virtue. so they say.

[Not. That Hiro himself really has any, always diving headfirst into his projects and ideas as soon as he can.]

take some painkillers then if you've got a headache. if you've found any, i mean.

Well, gee. I would, but seeing as I've got a limited supply of them and I'm a cripple with chronic pain, I figure I should be a little conservative.

[He's not above oversharing to make Hiro feel like a dick.]

really? if you're not pulling my leg, then yeah. i could see that need to make them last. making anything last in general around here, to be honest.

[The camera finally shifts down from Dumpy and aims at the floor where House's cane is sitting.]

I just love a winter wonderland. Thanks for the reminder.

it never got quite this bad back home. it's kind of hard to forget.

[And he sees the cane, biting his lip.]

what happened? you gonna be okay? can't be easy running away from the monsters if you need that.

Well, gee, you're going personal here. I feel like I should get a question about you if I tell. [There may be warning bells going off in Hiro's head. He should probably listen to them, if they are.] I'll be fine, anyway. It's nothing that happened here. And I don't run.

seems fair enough then. you say that, but unless you haven't come across any of those monsters at all, i don't see how you got away from them so far with that.

[If there are alarms going off, Hiro's too curious to ignore them. And no, House. Flames on that thing don't make you go any faster. But Hiro could possibly upgrade it for you. If he had the resources that is.]

Being around other people who can run. I'm sure you kids have figured out the 'someone distract it while everyone else gets to shelter' gambit.

You want to hear about my leg, you tell me a story about one of your scars. It's good enough, I'll share.

well yeah but distracting them is kind of risky in and of itself. you obviously play nice enough that they're willing to stick their neck out for you.

one of my scars? if you mean my parents, i don't really remember any of all that. i was three at the time when they died and aunt cass took us in.

[Even in text, his bored tone possibly comes through there. He's treaded that ground often enough with Tadashi and his 'what would mum and dad say, Hiro?!' line.]

Some people are just insufferable goody-two-shoes who'll protect anyone.

And I mean one of your scars, kid. The ones that still hurt. Mommy and daddy kicking the bucket doesn't matter if you don't care.

[The ones that still hurt. So, Tadashi. And Baymax. He's still only actually told Zack about Tadashi. Even with that, he hasn't mentioned Callaghan, what happened to Baymax either. There's a pause before he replies.]

not saying i don't care. i just don't remember them. no matter how much tadashi and aunt cass talk about them. the photos.

but more recently. it was tadashi. i don't mean here, with norfinbury.

[Tadashi died back home. Is what he is getting at. House, your story about your leg better be worth this. :l]

so, you got to see big bro die twice, huh?
sucks to be you, kid
i was really aiming for more physical scar stories
but this works
how'd he die back home?

[Hiro should really, really stop. House knows he should stop. He's giving House more ammunition than he actually wants... because he knows he'll use it if it comes down to it.]

don't think i even really remember all the physical ones. had a lot of trips to the hospital growing up with our inventions.

but there was a fire, at the showcase when i was accepted to sfit with him.

[He's told at least one other person about this already. Just not everyone.]

so what about you?

[Some say the world will end in ice. Some say in fire. Apparently Tadashi got to do the whole perish twice thing. Well, that's just great.]

and i bet you went on to study and research in his name
how heartwarming

[If the sarcasm isn't coming across, Hiro may want to look a little harder for it.]

you know what an infarction is?

truly.

[And that's sarcasm right back. Because. Gosh, House. Rude. :l this is his bro, man. Actual bro.]

infarction? that's. tissue death? isn't it? that's what happened with your leg?

[He's not Tadashi. Not his parents. But he spent enough times in hospitals and around medical text books all the same. Especially with Tadashi's work on Baymax and his muttering to himself during that period of all the research and coding that went into him.]

[Well, color him mildly surprised that Hiro knows what that word means.]

yep
blood clot in my thigh
only no one knew what it was
muscle death's super fun
they took out the clot after i diagnosed myself a few days after coming into the hospital screaming in pain
washed all the crap that had been building up back into my system
and then they cut out a chunk of my thigh
just to be sure, you know?

[He's clearly not bitter.]

doctor parents, tadashi working on baymax and all. i picked up some bits and pieces from it.

but. damn. yeah, that would explain the cane.

i think i'll still count on epps for any second opinions

and with these exciting revelations out of the way
the robot is still screaming
you gonna help me with it or not?

fair enough. i'm not an actual doctor.

you know she could just be messing with you, right? maybe if i was right there with you to access it that would be easier. but i'm not sure there's a lot i can do from here exactly. sorry, you're on your own here.

it occurred to me, which is why i asked the robot whiz kid
my mistake
whatever
i'll figure it out
talk to you later if i don't get blown up, kid

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