Stephen Vincent Strange (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thewarningafter) wrote2016-12-02 02:06 pm
thewarningafter) wrote2016-12-02 02:06 pm
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IC inbox for Snowblind
You've reached Dr. Stephen Strange. Leave a message and my secretary will get back to you.
You've reached Dr. Stephen Strange. Leave a message and my secretary will get back to you.
[Wow, House, not everything is about you.]
And you got stranded in a snowy wasteland, so you don't have patients anymore either.
And you got stranded in a snowy wasteland, so you don't have patients anymore either.
That's about the gist of it, yeah. Someone's found a way to do it, and that means we should be able to reverse engineer it if we can just figure out how.
Not for cuts and bruises, no. I've helped a few patients, though. You know, psychopaths...addicts....
[There's a delay in House's reply because, okay... he walked into that one. But there's a question that raises and he's just going to skip past being Stephen's patient.]
you're not treating the clown
so which psychopath is that?
gray?
you're not treating the clown
so which psychopath is that?
gray?
Yeah, he asked me to --
[Stephen abruptly hangs up. Doctor-patient confidentiality, House, for crying out loud.]
[Stephen abruptly hangs up. Doctor-patient confidentiality, House, for crying out loud.]
Right.
[ He knows he probably could- if he had his powers back. Which he explicitly has told people he doesn't want to do. It's too dangerous. But maybe they'll need it at the end. ...he doesn't know. And he doesn't want to admit that, even if that's where his theorizing always brings him. ]
Okay, I've probably eaten up enough of your time tonight. I'm going to get to bed before Al calls and hounds me about it.
[ He looks back up at the tablet, his own expression oddly vulnerable as he smile shyly. ]
Thanks, Doctor. Really. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my time here traveling alone, and now- at least it's enough protection that we can risk it.
[ He knows he probably could- if he had his powers back. Which he explicitly has told people he doesn't want to do. It's too dangerous. But maybe they'll need it at the end. ...he doesn't know. And he doesn't want to admit that, even if that's where his theorizing always brings him. ]
Okay, I've probably eaten up enough of your time tonight. I'm going to get to bed before Al calls and hounds me about it.
[ He looks back up at the tablet, his own expression oddly vulnerable as he smile shyly. ]
Thanks, Doctor. Really. I thought I was going to spend the rest of my time here traveling alone, and now- at least it's enough protection that we can risk it.
Kirkwall's Circle has a long history of madness and death. Even the soporati who should be immune to such effects frequently report feeling as if someone is watching over their shoulder. The Knight-Commander of the Templars of the Kirkwall Circle appears to have been a bit hrm, overzealous even before she got her hands on a cursed object. Southern Templars can repel magic.
If the city itself is a glyph channeling magic, it would keep the area unsettled. And I don't just mean rumors. There are verifiable patterns that far more mages go bad and far more murders happen in Kirkwall than is normal.
If the city itself is a glyph channeling magic, it would keep the area unsettled. And I don't just mean rumors. There are verifiable patterns that far more mages go bad and far more murders happen in Kirkwall than is normal.
i'm heading down to building 291
[This is Building 303 on the OOC map.]
checking the trap door there
if we came up through those maintenance tunnels
they might still be accessible
catch up quickly
[And that's what you get, Stephen.]
[This is Building 303 on the OOC map.]
checking the trap door there
if we came up through those maintenance tunnels
they might still be accessible
catch up quickly
[And that's what you get, Stephen.]
[He's not angry. He's not sure he's even disappointed. Anyway,
they'd known Stephen had other business to attend to first.]
I'm getting my cloak. You catch up with me.
they'd known Stephen had other business to attend to first.]
I'm getting my cloak. You catch up with me.
we have a chance to get into the next area
don't be a scrub, bro
contact me when you get your magic carpet
also probably should say i took twice my usual dose of vicodin
just to get me level again
i'll go back to the regular for the rest of the day
[Probably. Maybe.]
don't be a scrub, bro
contact me when you get your magic carpet
also probably should say i took twice my usual dose of vicodin
just to get me level again
i'll go back to the regular for the rest of the day
[Probably. Maybe.]
I'm sorry. I'm really, really, really sorry, like, like-- I should've protected you but I couldn't, i should've been able to fight whatever they did to me and I really-- I really hurt you. [Here's Stephen's blubbery apology, you're welcome.]
[That brings a smile to Stephen's face, too. It's so rare that he feels like he's doing any good here.]
I'm glad. Just let me know if anything changes that feels like it shouldn't.
I'm glad. Just let me know if anything changes that feels like it shouldn't.
And people just keep living them? What is this, a horror movie? If the house is haunted, move out. It's not that complicated.
I asked their new Viscount about that. His answer involved a lengthy diatribe about my ancestry, port tariffs, and a paean to the pride of his people and their melting pot.
Oh, well, at least we're off to a good start.
[Not that he can blame him. Stephen's been eying his own supply, and yet he's right back on the pregabalin. There's a frown in his voice as he goes on.]
Let me know how much you take the next time.
[Not that he can blame him. Stephen's been eying his own supply, and yet he's right back on the pregabalin. There's a frown in his voice as he goes on.]
Let me know how much you take the next time.
[Stephen knows perfectly well that America isn't at fault for what happened. He was upset by Magenta's insistence on vengeance, won't have any part in that kind of thinking.
...But the sound of America's voice puts a cold, hard knot of dread in his gut, and Stephen can't respond immediately; has to set this aside and come back to it. Setting his tablet to transcribe America's message to text helps a little. When Stephen's message does come through, his tone is carefully measured.]
I should have been able to get out of that cell. There are a lot of should haves going around.
...But the sound of America's voice puts a cold, hard knot of dread in his gut, and Stephen can't respond immediately; has to set this aside and come back to it. Setting his tablet to transcribe America's message to text helps a little. When Stephen's message does come through, his tone is carefully measured.]
I should have been able to get out of that cell. There are a lot of should haves going around.
how about i let you know if i go over?
this is gonna get tedious for both of us if you try to play sober companion too hard, stranger danger
[There's a pause after that, but there's something House feels compelled to say.]
also, about what happened
you were off-key during the jam session sometimes
but thank you
for singing
this is gonna get tedious for both of us if you try to play sober companion too hard, stranger danger
[There's a pause after that, but there's something House feels compelled to say.]
also, about what happened
you were off-key during the jam session sometimes
but thank you
for singing
Of course it did. God forbid we show any common sense when we can be patriotic instead.
I am in full, if hypocritical, agreement. To his credit, Varric did agree with me when I said it was a shithole. But then he's a dwarf and they're immune to magic. And mostly immune to lyrium an occasionally immune to not being stubborn assholes who need to find new places to live.
Yeah. [There's a pause as America heaves a sigh and, not that Stephen can see it, rakes his fingers through his hair.] If there's anything you want from me, I'll do it. Anything. I mean--I mean, before, if you'd wanted anything I'd've done it, but even more now.
[He doesn't know what to do with this. He can only imagine what it would be like to be on the other side of this, and he doesn't want to let this drive them all apart even now that it's done. There isn't anything that makes this better, though. What's he going to request? "Don't talk to me because the sound of your voice makes me feel like I'm going to die"? There's a delay again, though nowhere near as long as the last one.]
Don't let Magenta hurt you.
Don't let Magenta hurt you.
Your baseline --
[Is important for Stephen to establish, but he falls silent as the rest of the message comes in. There's the soft sound of him clearing his throat; the line is otherwise silent for a long moment.]
Yeah.
Yeah, you too.
[Is important for Stephen to establish, but he falls silent as the rest of the message comes in. There's the soft sound of him clearing his throat; the line is otherwise silent for a long moment.]
Yeah.
Yeah, you too.
80 mg/day
20 mg/dose
that's my baseline
heading out now
talk to you later
20 mg/dose
that's my baseline
heading out now
talk to you later
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