023: VIDEO

[intheblanks]

[A view of the good doctor and a small team in surgery. Chase is wrist deep under yellow, iodine-swiped skin.]

And that's what it really means to have your stomach tied up in knots. Well that looks much prettier than it did before - the rest seems clear. Book scans and barium for five days to check things are moving through clearly and the other adhesions shouldn't be problematic...

[He lifts both hands free, gloves bloodied to the wrist, and backs up.]

If you can close up here... Have me paged when she's through recovery so I can explain the switch to open. I'm going to-

[Wipe out.

Whatever Chase was going to do, it's interrupted by him suddenly crashing out of view behind the table. Surgical tools and kidney bowls of unidentified matter shower to the ground. There's a groan and, just at the edge of shot, a foot clad in a bright red stiletto being tentatively stretched out to one side of the table.]

I'm going to go and strap my ankle.



[ooc: still unwell so still backdating, sorry sorry <3]

Comments

[eiremagic]

[She's actually in the gallery when she replies]

Need help down there?

[intheblanks]

[There are already surgical nurses offering more hands up than he could possibly take, so Chase is on his feet again before he turns to find her through the window above.]

Got any rollerskates?

[eiremagic]

You're going to cause a fucking riot.

I'm coming down.

[She stops at a nurse's station for a strip of gauze first but then she's meeting him right outside the theatre.]

action:

[charring]

Oh, shit. [Charlie cringes visibly. She will never complain about rolling her ankle again. Ever. Chases fall outdoes hers by far. That was the worst possible place for that to happen.]

voice (unless she's in surgery??)

[intheblanks]

Would have been worse if I'd fallen forwards.

fff i meant video (but audio works, too)

[charring]

True. Still. A fall is a fall and that usually sucks in general.

[orangetoughguy]

Gross.

[intheblanks]

Not very open minded of you.

backdate meeee bb

[prosopopoeia]

[You know what, Chase? She's a classy lady, she's not even going to comment.]

What was zhis afternoon's procedure?

voice; sometime later

[intheblanks]

Small bowel resection and adhesion removal.

voice;

[prosopopoeia]

Very glamorous.

[She has a sense of humor!]

Private

[hellinhigheels]

The shoes aren't bad.

Private

[intheblanks]

[well hello, stranger.]

You can borrow them if you like.

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[hellinhigheels]

[ Stranger? Where~? ]

How generous. I've always had a particular fondness for red~

[dr_conscience]

[Ouch. And ew. He can't even laugh at the stilettos after a fall like that. House will have to take care of the mocking.]

You get that taken care of?

[By which he's pretty obviously asking whether you still need help, of course.]

[intheblanks]

Being cleaned up as we speak.

[He means the mess, although his ankle is sporting some new decoration too.]

[dr_conscience]

I was asking after the ankle, but it's always reassuring to know the biohazards are under control.

video;

[minigolfandsushi]

[Peter winces.]

That is disgusting.

[He means the body parts, but a troll's gotta troll.]

You really don't have the legs for those.

video;

[intheblanks]

Really? I think they slim my calves.

[Challenge: accepted.]

video;

[minigolfandsushi]

You look like some wild animal from Down Under.

[as_damaged]

Was that as bad as it looked?

[intheblanks]

Are you saying they don't make me look pretty?

[Voice tight, the rest of him is apparently intact.]

A little sore. It could have been worse - for me and the patient.

[as_damaged]

I didn't say a thing about how long your legs look, I just wanted to make sure they weren't broken.

[She sounds like she's keeping a straight face, but maybe the humor can be inferred?]

[vicodincrutch]

Would it kill you to try something more practical?

[As though he had a choice.]

[intheblanks]

Flats just don't express who I am inside.