John was in town to get more lungwort. He'd nearly smoked all he'd bought. This winter was taking its toll on his breathing. He paid the coin for twice as much so he wouldn't have to leave the tower again for some time.
On the way out of the herbalist, John spotted House and smiled.
He was easy to catch up to.
"House," he called. "Where are you going?"
On the way out of the herbalist, John spotted House and smiled.
He was easy to catch up to.
"House," he called. "Where are you going?"
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Date: 2022-12-27 03:03 am (UTC)"Home," he said. "What are you doing here, shouldn't you be in a cave or something."
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Date: 2022-12-28 02:38 am (UTC)"I needed supplies. Invite me home and I'll give you some good smoke," he smiled. "Come on, you're not doing anything better."
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Date: 2022-12-28 02:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-28 02:47 am (UTC)John chuckled warmly and fell in beside him.
"What's been keeping you occupied?" he asked, always curious to hear about House's discoveries.
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Date: 2022-12-28 03:21 am (UTC)"Same old same old," he said. "Yesterday I cured an entire family of warts."
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Date: 2022-12-28 03:45 am (UTC)"How many toads did you have to kill?" John asked with a chuckle. "Or did you use string magic?"
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Date: 2022-12-28 04:29 am (UTC)"I bet you do," John smiled, walking right in and making himself at home.
The first thing he did was pull out his pipe and a fat bag of...definitely not lungwort. You didn't even need to know herbs and medicine to know that what John had pulled out of his bag was strong medicine from the darkest corner of the Dark Realm.
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Date: 2022-12-28 04:37 am (UTC)"What is that?" House asked with an arched eyebrow.
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Date: 2022-12-28 04:43 am (UTC)"Cairn Flower," he said. "This winter is terrible on my chest. I can't cough enough."
They both knew that John would never have relief from it. The same Hellfire that had ruined House's leg had scalded his own lungs.
Magic came at the highest price.
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Date: 2022-12-28 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-28 04:59 am (UTC)"The good stuff," he nodded, wearing a knowing smile as he loaded his pipe and lit up.
He puffed his pipe and the sweet smoke filled the room.
"Oh yeah," he sighed. "The good stuff."
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Date: 2022-12-28 02:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-29 03:17 am (UTC)John passed it over.
"Warts, eh? That seems a little easy for you, House," he said, already feeling better.
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Date: 2022-12-29 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-29 03:22 am (UTC)"He's a little delicate for that sort of thing," John noted.
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Date: 2022-12-29 03:25 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2022-12-29 03:57 am (UTC)"How'd you come to be the whores' doctor?" he chuckled.
He reached to take his pipe back.
"I'm only joking. But tell me you're rewarded handsomely."
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Date: 2022-12-29 08:08 am (UTC)"Sounds like a nice little business," John smiled. "She's a lovely girl."
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Date: 2022-12-29 02:19 pm (UTC)Whatever was in the pipe was starting to hit him, and he leaned back a little in his seat.
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Date: 2022-12-29 08:40 pm (UTC)"Thrashing for a thrashing?" he asked lazily, puffing the pipe and then exhaling a cloud the became a wyrm, slithering through the clouds.
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Date: 2022-12-29 08:47 pm (UTC)He paused.
"Did you?"
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Date: 2022-12-29 08:52 pm (UTC)John wore a dirty smirk.
"Oh, yes indeed," he said. "I haven't raised that kind of power in years."
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