[ 75th consult | voice / action ]

[dr_conscience]

[Wilson's going about his business as usual today, because honestly this sort of day just doesn't faze him anymore. Aspects of it can be irritating, disconcerting, or even dangerous, but not nearly any more so than most other curses. So he's stopped at an admittedly crowded cafe near the hospital after leaving, coffee and a sandwich before him while he looks over a patient file. After making a few notes, he puts the file down to make the following audio post to the network - ]

I learned, several of... these back [ - because the populace doesn't really have a concise term for them - ], that there isn't really much point in trying to avoid the masses. Besides, if you do that, you're likely to have missed out on an opportunity to speak to people you would have been happy to see - faces from home, those who have left the City, even those who only visit on these days but do so with enough regularity to have developed personal connections.

So, as a curse, this isn't inherently good or bad. It has the potential to be either - or both, but it's the people who come, the interactions we have, that make it what it is. In a way, that makes it not entirely unlike any other day - there are just a lot more faces than usual.

[And out. He's going to finish his sandwich now, thanks.]



[ooc: COME AND GET HIM. Open to either Network or Action; hit him up at the cafe or after he leaves. I only ask for no doubles of House cast without permission annnnd that is all. He's from late season 3 but can forget whatever he needs to and has already been spoiled on his own future a bit XD]

Comments

[Voice;]

[dr_conscience]

Ah, yes. The centerpiece of our demented little metropolis. I can meet you there.

Any preferences on lunch?

[Voice;]

[red_on_rice]

Something spicy.

[dr_conscience]

The thing about any public figure is that sometimes, people love the idea of them... but when they actually get to know them as people, they find out they're not at all what they expected.

[Actually...]

We've spoken before, but it's been a while... actually, I didn't realize he was still here.

[Voice;]

[dr_conscience]

I think that can be arranged.

I'll be a few minutes.

[anunluckypenny]

Yeah, me neither. Y'know, until he came up and started talking to me.

He doesn't fight evil and stuff here?

[red_on_rice]

[She's sitting on a bench when he gets there, ankles crossed, an open folder full of papers in her hands. Maybe reading up on a case, maybe just using it to avoid looking at the people passing by- who knows.

All in all, she looks very calm and collected, for someone quite literally out of her element.]

video;

[oceantrauma]

Yes, I imagine that would help pass the time. But to be here so long.... You probably know this place very well by now?

I don't mind the crowd. I will just stay inside.

[dr_conscience]

I think he does, though he's less unique in that quality here.

He also seems to spend a lot of his time grandstanding on the Network.

[dr_conscience]

[It's always strange seeing people from home here show up in the City on days like this. There's a dissonance, seeing someone looking exactly as you remember them at home in a place where you know they don't belong.

But there she is, here she is, in the City. And he walks right up to the bench.]

I wouldn't bother too much with work. You're just going to have to redo it.

video;

[dr_conscience]

As well as anyone can, really. It does have a tendency to pull out the unexpected, shift things around from time to time...

That's not a bad idea, if you can manage it. Though most of them aren't dangerous.

[anunluckypenny]

That's true! The City's sort of filled it's superhero quota.

That sounds about right. I think he's kind of insecure, which is a weird thing to say about a guy with giant muscles and super strength and a private jet, but he does all of this stuff and it's got to be for... I don't know, public approval and validation.

[dr_conscience]

I don't think it's that weird to say. It's pretty common, being insecure enough in yourself to seek approval from others. I'd just say he's taking it to a bit of an extreme.

video;

[oceantrauma]

[That's mildly disturbing.]

This place...do things move a lot, you mean? Or does it alter itself?

I'm sure they're not. But I'm not too fond of large crowds.

[anunluckypenny]

Yeah... extremes are what he does. I mean, we'd been dating for a couple days and he went and got me a homeless shelter. Most guys don't even start doing jewelry that soon.

[dr_conscience]

A couple of days? And I thought homeless shelters were for the 60th anniversary... or was that diamonds?

I can never keep them straight.

[anunluckypenny]

I was thinking 47th, but I don't ever remember past paper.

[dr_conscience]

Let's say it's 47th. I don't think many of the gifts on the odd numbers were very good, anyway.

video;

[dr_conscience]

The landscape has changed, since I arrived. Not constantly, but the City does change.

I can't say that I blame you. Some of them do also get a bit enthusiastic.

video;

[oceantrauma]

Well, that happens back home, but not in the span of a few years, or without a major natural disaster. In what ways has it changed?

...thank you for the advice on the crowds, then. Inside sounds best.

[red_on_rice]

We'll call this a practice run.

[There's a slight smile as he approaches, and she snaps the folder shut. It's relief, entirely; the City is crowded today, so the passers by are even less believable than usual, and for all Stacy knows maybe she actually is cracking up. Wilson is a bright spot of familiarity.]

It's good to see you.

action; | sob, i am the slowest tagger.

[symbiont]

What do you have qualifications for, then?

[ emony takes a seat across from him. if she's going to be stuck here for a while, might as well make the most of it. ]

[Voice;]

[intheblanks]

What.

[Voice;]

[intheblanks]

What?

Re: [Voice;]

[intheblanks]

At least one of you has to be confusing me with Foreman. Shall I switch to video, or talk about my childhood without mentioning 'the streets'?

[hallucinamber]

If I were more of a homemaker I'd offer to sew catnip into the lining of his sheets.

[She sits back, proud as he takes the initiative. Of course, ideally the new decor will be home delivered by expedient and unobtrusive workmen, nothing to interrupt the night. It's curious, most of Amber's customer service experiences do work out expedient and unobtrusive. Eventually.]

But I can always hire someone else to do it. [And she nods to the catalogue.] Anything you choose is paid for. I have funds.

[She has all of House's card details.]