Note for Dr. House

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom stands in front of the clinic door, scribbling away on a piece of paper.

Dr. House,

I was referred to you by one of your employees. I am currently looking for a supply of blood. Outdated or rancid samples would be perfectly fine for my purposes. I haven't seen any biohazard teams make a pick-up at the dorms yet, so I thought that maybe you have a stash somewhere. I'd love to take it off your hands if I may.

Perhaps we could work out a more long-term arrangement as well, and save the clinic some funds.

Sincerely,
Gil Grissom

He turns to tack the note on the door, but makes one adjustment.

P.S. The blood must not contain artificial anticoagulants, although specimens from non-human species could be fun would be acceptable. Thank you.

Comments

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

House sees Grissom tacking up the note, watches him add a little more to it.

He's pretty sure he's going to regret initiating conversation, but what the hell.

"Can I...help you?" The last two words are highly exaggerated.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Grissom turns around, casually observing the man.

Are you Dr. House? Gil Grissom, I run the Sociology department here. I actually came by the clinic to ask you a favor. Do you have a minute?

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

House makes a show of looking at his watch, and then leaning rather dramatically on his cane.

"Do we need to go in my office?"

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

No, that shouldn't be necessary. Basically, I'm here to ask you for your blood.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

House gives him a curious look. "I tend to like to keep it where it is. Keeps my body from shutting down."

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

No, not... I was wondering if you had any leftover blood stores I could take off your hands. Anything past the expiration date, contaminated, left in a faulty fridge, that kind of thing.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

Well now, this peaks his interest.

"For what purpose?" A question of curiosity as well as formality.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Experimentation with blood splatter analysis, mostly. Have you ever beaten a dummy filled with human blood with a fireplace poker?

Grissom stares off wistfully.

Oh, and as a secondary food source for a few particular species of insects. I'll save some in my personal refrigerator, for any cases that may come up involving insects that feast on human flesh - if DNA can't be extracted from them I can still use them for timeline purposes.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

"Sounds reasonable. Is this something principalconnor is aware of? Or is it under the table?"

House studies the man because that is what Hosue does best.

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

I don't believe she has the time to be concerned with this; I wouldn't want to trouble her with my "extra-curricular" activities.

Grissom gives House the "this is between men, right?" look.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

And isn't that just h way Hosue likes it?

He smiles.

"I do believe you've found a supplier of blood, my good man. I had a werewolf in here the other night. You be interested in that sample?"

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Is that a crack about my beard? *smirk*

I'll take everything you've got, if that isn't a problem. I tend to run through the stuff rather quickly, and I fear I may run into a problem obtaining fresh samples from the students. Plus, I should really begin a database for non-human species with this crowd, although to be honest I probably should have done it back in Vegas.

I thank you for your help. If you ever wanted to participate in a live test, please feel free.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

House smirks and eyes the beard.

"I told you I like to keep my blood. I don't mind supplying you with he samples we don't need in the clinic, though."

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

I'm just kidding. The samples would be great, thanks. Werewolf blood, you said? Do I want to know what happened there?

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

"He apparently lives in the basement, thinks he's protecting everyone else that way. Gremlin bit him." House shrugged. "Yeah. So. You want what I can give you now? It isn't much."

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

That must have been fun. *shrugs* Yeah, I'll take whatever you've got. I want to see what kind of velocity for blood spatter I can get out of a beating with a mini-golf club.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

"Sounds exciting." House heads in to the clinic, and returns a few minutes later with a brown bag.

"The wolf blood is in a seperate bag in the big bag. The other samples are good old fashioned human."

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Every man needs a hobby, right?

Grissom takes the bag and gives House a tight-lipped, but appreciative smile.

Pleasure doing business with you.

[gotcanewillpoke.livejournal.com]

"And you as well, Mr Grissom."

Hose offers an equally appreciative smile.

"Just remember you owe me."

[drgrissom.livejournal.com]

Something tells me you won't let me forget.

Grissom nods, and turns to leave.