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[FROM THE DEVICE OF MR J. WACHAWSKI: only those particularly familiar with the residents of City Hospital's coma ward will be aware of the true owner of this hijacked device.]

Halibut offered:

A safe plaice for nonpartisan citizens, or anyone willing to put aside piscean sentiment in return for a bed for the night - the sick, old, young or scared. This doesn't have to be krill or be killed.

We're well dolphinded. There's free medical care.

If you can stick by the house rules, keep the noise down and the fights outside, and you have a checkable network record, reply to this post and let minnow.


[Private to: House, Wilson, Cameron, Penny, Mae, Carla, Ginny, Stiles]

6 letters: to steal from Ernie's friend.
5 letters: banking on you taking your eye off the sofa.

I'd like to know you're safe, even if you're not taking the offer.

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I should see how they're holding up at work. [But he's lingering.] Do you have an outfit for that?

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[synanthrope]

What kind of outfit are you assuming I have?

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Not assuming. Wondering. [Hoping.] I don't know - something black, short, french.

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[synanthrope]

[She raises her eyebrows]

Well.

That's tacky.

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Ever watched porn? Tacky ends up having a Pavlovian response.

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[synanthrope]

Why would I watch porn?

I don't need it to be good at what I do.

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You like to know what triggers human response. Porn's the biggest industry in the world, you have to figure it's tapping into something.

Often enough something short, tacky, and unwise to wear near open flames.

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[synanthrope]

Human response to sexual stimuli is easy.

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Suddenly I feel offended.

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[synanthrope]

[Wait.]

I don't understand.

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Easy?

[He's teasing. But two out of three arachnids say earth boys are.]

Being human doesn't have to make me a slut.

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[synanthrope]

[She takes a moment to reassess that.]

I can control the release of pheromone that induces sexual response in humans.

[Also fear.]

I have not used it on you.

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[The fear response is one he's familiar with, but it might have helped, in its way. It's been a while since that nightmare's come back to him.]

You never needed to. [And he knows he wasn't easy for a long time. But there was never a time when being near her failed to trigger a response.]

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[synanthrope]

Maybe one day I will. If you want to feel it. Although I suspect it's much like being cursed, so maybe you won't.

[She takes a moment, a pause]

I won't wear polyester.

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There are some curses I wouldn't object to if participation was a matter of choice. [Which is to say - he'll try a lot of things in the name of curiosity.]

And that's all right. I have a good imagination.

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[synanthrope]

I may not be averse to cleaning in simply heels.

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[These are the things that make him so fond of her.]

You're not averse to doing anything in simply heels, but it's cute that you'd make the offer.

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[synanthrope]

Is cute the right word?

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Absolutely.

[To him? Absolutely.]

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[synanthrope]

You are likely the only person to use that word.

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I hope so.

[He hopes to be the only person who gets to pull her into his lap like this, too. Still a novelty.]

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[synanthrope]

[He is. She's not what anyone might call cuddly.]

I'll need to find something to eat before anyone gets here.

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[He is, more than people might think. But he doesn't mind instigating.]

Fresh?

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[synanthrope]

[She pushes his hair away from his face, kisses him on the temple]

You don't have to worry about it.

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[He tries, and doesn't completely succeed. But he tries.]

Be careful you're not caught up in anything.