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  Objects Displaced (3/3) 
 by finickyfeline2  

 

Disclaimer: The characters and setting from House, M.D. do not belong to
me. 

AN/Summary: So you've read the character studies done through objects and
their placement, for the docs and the ducklings. Let's see what's changed.
Set after Detox, Histories, and all those other episodes that came before.


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Dr. House's Gameboy ran out of batteries. He couldn't recall if he left
the gadget in a drawer in Exam Room 1 or 2. It was an older model, anyway.
TV and patients were more fun. He misplaced his bouncy ball and has taken
to holding one of the bright red mugs from the cafeteria. It is
approximately twice the weight of the ball. He likes the feel of the solid
mass in his hand; it is something to squeeze furtively when the pain gets
bad.

Two items have taken up permanent residency in his office: a battery
recharger and an emergency bottle of Vicodin.

At the request of his staff, House carries his beeper with him everywhere.
The original request had been for a cell phone; they complained that he
did not answer his phone often enough. House reasoned that he could avoid
calls on a cell phone just as well by turning it off. Chase reasoned that
he'd want to know about the progression of a case even when he's away from
his office. House relented and settled for the only form of constant
contact he was willing to have: a beeper. It's small, light. He can answer
when he chooses. 

(House already had a cell phone. He uses it only for out-going calls.)

Dr. Wilson has a new cellphone. It was about time he got a new one, and it
was most opportune that he had dropped the old one into a pot of steaming
fresh coffee.

The water bottles on Wilson's desk have been disposed of. House had
sniffed that he was building bacterial colonies in those bottles, and he
knew his friend was right. 

One of the fish died. The other remaining in the bowl got fatter, because
the person taking care of them didn't adjust the amount of feed to the
decreased population. The medical reference book is now on the shelf of a
colleague in oncology; the coloring books were uncovered. Any day now,
they'll be making their way to the pediatrics ward.

The vase on Dr. Wilson's desk now has pink carnations. A patient had sent
them to the three members of Dr. House's staff on as a gesture of thanks.
Neither Foreman nor Chase wanted to keep them. Cameron did, but she had no
office space for them, and she didn't feel it was proper to take them home
because they were meant for the team. She put them on Dr. House's desk.

House felt that the carnations did not match the rest of his office,
especially due to their effeminate color. So he told Wilson to take charge
of them.

Wilson kept meaning to take the flowers home but somehow always forgot
about them at the end of the day. Now, they're slightly wilted and
unworthy of his wife. Besides, it was past Valentine's Day anyway.

Dr. Cuddy has replaced her mocha-flavored caffeine chews with
mocha-flavored calcium chews bit by bit. The calcium chews feel less
smooth, but they are healthier and do not require a follow-up mint. 

She keeps her inhaler on her person now. After seeing a documentary on
respiratory diseases, she questioned herself. Is it wise to keep my
inhaler in my desk? What if something happened on the way to work? The
fear is irractional because A) she works in a hospital B) she is a doctor
and C) she hasn't had an attack in 9 months. But still...it's better to be
safe.

The Chandler book is still in her bag. She hasn't had a chance to finish
it. 

Cameron has a few new songs on her MP3 player - Alive by Edwin, bells for
her by Tori Amos, Girl by Tori Amos, Run by Collective Soul, Forgiveness
by Collective Soul, and See you when you're 40 by Dido. Her lotion had run
out, and she replaced it with a bottle of Bath and Body Works' Toasted
Hazelnut. 

In addition to a new coat (dark gray, silk blend lining), Foreman's locker
contains a sketch of himself and Victoria's book of drawings. He keeps
them on the top shelf, the loose sketch weighed under the book. He hopes
to find a relation of hers, so that he may give her book to that person.
It is the only remaining belonging, he would say to the relative,
neglecting to mention the bag that smelled of vomit and the pictures he
and Wilson left at the house. 

Foreman lent his paperbacks to Chase.

Nothing in Chase's locker has changed. The paperbacks are in the lab.

  
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