[Open] Kanda Comes Home

Apr 14, 2008 18:34

WHO: Yu Kanda, Daisya Barry, Lenalee Lee, Froi Tiedoll, Gregory House
WHAT: Kanda is in a lot of damn trouble.
WHERE: Exorcist's Home
WHEN: The day the SOS Brigade returns from the jungle.

The first thing he became aware of had been the warm sun in his face and strong arms holding him. )

Ω daisya barry, Ω kanda yuu, Ω gregory house, Ω lenalee lee, Ω froi tiedoll

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causticguy April 19 2008, 03:54:23 UTC
House hated that phrase-trained professional. The damn cable guy was a trained professional. The telemarketers who insisted on clogging up his answering machine (national Do Not Call registry and unlisted number be damned) were trained professionals. "Trained professional" was what people called someone when they wanted to instill trust in a person who couldn't gain it simply by their actions alone.

Ignoring Tiedoll completely, House kept his focus on Lenalee. The flicker of recognition he'd seen in her eyes wasn't that of a former meeting-she recognized his name; that was all. And he didn't think she was faking that.

"Not today," he answered her flatly, which was the closest thing he'd given anyone to reassurance so far. It was true though-he didn't know exactly what was wrong with Kanda yet, but he knew he was stable, that he wasn't hemorrhaging, and that barring another major event he wasn't in any immediate danger. That did not mean, however, that House was going to just sit back and hope for the best.

"So. What were you wearing while Kanda here"-he only remembered the guy's name because she had just said it-"was running around in a you-suit?"

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hiheelboots April 19 2008, 04:04:14 UTC
"We switched bodies," she said. "Or, rather, the form of each other's bodies. I don't know how it happened. We were both knocked out at the ball and woke up as each other. At first, I thought they'd literally put our minds into each other's bodies, but when we started to change back, I knew they'd just changed the shape."

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causticguy April 19 2008, 04:33:09 UTC
Finally, maybe they were getting some place. Or at least he was getting some actual information. Something that he hadn't already heard before.

"When did you start to change back, how long did it take, and did anybody see it happen?"

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hiheelboots April 19 2008, 04:49:09 UTC
"Right after Kanda left for the mission," she said. "It took about a full day to happen. Daisya was with me. I don't know how it went for Kanda, but with me, it kind of stopped and started."

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causticguy April 19 2008, 05:41:32 UTC
House cast Daisya a fleeting glare, "You've been holding out on me, Sunshine." But for the moment he was more interested in following the line of Lenalee's words.

"Stopped and started. Describe it. Was it localized--an arm then a leg? Or everywhere at once. Tell me what it felt like."

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hiheelboots April 19 2008, 05:56:42 UTC
"It was my legs, first," she said. "Then my head, my face, and . . . then, my whole torso at once, and my . . . my insides. The part with my insides, it happened all at once."

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causticguy April 19 2008, 06:56:30 UTC
House limped over to stand between the couch and the chair where Lenalee sat, looking down at one and then the other. "You're smaller than him," he observed. "Did you feel tightness? Pressure? Did it feel like you were being compressed? You have any trouble breathing or moving?"

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hiheelboots April 20 2008, 00:20:07 UTC
"I stopped being able to move entirely at one point," she said. "There was pressure constantly, especially when things were shifting inside me. When . . ." She blushed a bit, then remembering that she was speaking to a doctor, she took a deep breath, closed her eyes and said, "When certain organs came back."

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causticguy April 20 2008, 01:09:42 UTC
Oh, for the love of--how old was this girl and she couldn't even properly name her own genitals without blushing. But then, House reminded himself, this whole Exorcist lot was supposed to be from 1800-something, weren't they? He guessed he should be thankful for what he got. But if she was blushing already, he knew she wasn't going to like the direction of questions yet to come.

The paralysis was interesting. He paused on that momentarily: "You couldn't move--for how long? Did you lose consciousness at all?"

He paused and then, apparently sparing no concern for her modesty asked, "Any nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, or blood in your bowel movements--at any time, either before, during or since your whole switcheroo?"

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hiheelboots April 20 2008, 01:20:21 UTC
Lenalee looked nervously around her. Could she talk about intimate bodily functions in front of Daisya and General Tiedoll -- with the former bothering her more than the latter?

"It was maybe an hour or two that I couldn't move," she said. "I kept going in and out of consciousness through the whole change back, but I was out for some time after I was paralyzed. And I was sick to my stomach in the middle of the change, a couple of times."

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causticguy April 20 2008, 01:34:15 UTC
House watched her eyes shift and sensed exactly what must be going through her mind. "Do you need them to leave so that you can talk about this?"

He would have absolutely no problem at all kicking Tiedoll and Daisya unceremoniously out of the room. Especially because he knew where his questions were heading.

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hiheelboots April 20 2008, 01:59:21 UTC
"Y-yes," Lenalee said, her eyes full of gratitude. "I'd feel more comfortable, really."

I'm sorry, Daisya, she thought. I hope you understand, but it's to help Kanda.

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sh_hereisgone April 20 2008, 02:10:17 UTC
Daisya stood slowly and looked at Kanda again, then turned and left the room without a word. If he spoke, if he so much as glanced back, the calm he'd worked so hard to achieve would shatter. He felt bad, but he just... left

It had to work that way.

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causticguy April 20 2008, 02:13:12 UTC
"You heard the lady," House said to their de facto audience, gesturing with his cane toward the door. "Amscray."

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makerofeden April 20 2008, 02:36:04 UTC
"Tell us if you need us again." The General said at least glad he now knew more than they changed bodies. So, he followed Daisya out of the room to give House and Lenalee the privacy they needed.

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causticguy April 20 2008, 02:43:51 UTC
"So," House said, turning back to Lenalee as the other two left, "Anything you want to add so far, now that we're alone at last?"

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