realityshifted | And surely you’ll buy your pint cup! [And surely I'll buy mine!]

[what do all responsible 70's cops do on New Years Eve? No bloody clue, because this is A Division's CID, and they are very hammered. Exempting Sam, of course. They are so hammered, indeed, that they are singing a rousing drunken rendition of Auld Lang Syne]

[seeing that Gene is the Guv and therefore Man of the Minute/Hour/Year/eternity, he's been elected to talk first. which is, of course, turning to Tyler and slapping him on the back. take note, Gene is well on his way to being completely and thoroughly pissed] Oi, Sammy-boy. I didn't hear you singing, you lousy fart.

[Sam's not drunk, because he's the Designated Driver. (He designated himself.)] Probably for the best, Guv. [after briefly considering telling Gene he's had enough, Sam opts to pull away from the group so he can just watch them in amusement]

[Ray is well on his way to being pissed as well, and tips back a pint] He'd probably sing it all wrong anyway. [because Ray apparently can't even be fully friendly on the holiday. oh well, at least he's trying to sound vaguely joking about it]

[The dorktastic Chris, meanwhile, is trying to fix some streamers with one hand while drinking from a pint in his other hand.] C'mon, boss. Can't just stay shut up. 's a holiday.

Skelton's right. [makes his way (drunkenly) to where Sam tried getting away, finishing off yet another pint of his own and letting out a long belch] Carling, get me another. And if you're a member of this team, you're bloody well singing in the New Year, Gladys.

[Sam responds quite mulishly to (everything) emotional manipulation] Maybe I should apply for a transfer, then. I hear DCI Bell doesn't turn his team into a college fraternity on the night with the highest incidents of violent crime in the year.

Will do, Guv. [Ray completely ignores Sam in favour of getting Gene another pint]

[Chris pulls away from the streamers, looking pleased with himself and drinking some more. Then he turns to Sam.] It'll be all right. We do this every year.

[snorts, taking his glass from Ray] That's right. So either step up or you can join that precious statistic of yours.

[Sam just shakes his head] Not playing, Guv. Threaten all you like, but I’m not drunk enough. And I don’t intend on becoming that hammered, either. Someone has to drive.

[Ray smirks] Boss, if you do apply, tell me when it goes through. I'll throw you a goin' away party. [and with that said, he pulls himself a pint]

[Chris is back to ignoring all the bickering and looking at a bag, which he digs into. A moment later he pulls out a party popper.] Look, look, Ray. [Then he tugs on the string and makes it explode. He finds this exciting]

Look, Dorothy. I'll give you to the count of ten. If I don't hear you killing old women with your singing, you're gonna regret it. We understood?

[Sam takes a drink of his whisky] I'll spare you the embarrassment of stumbling after ‘one.’ One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Well, Guv?

[sniffs, downing his pint, then nods] Right, then. You asked for it. [reaches across the bar, grabs a bottle of bourbon, and nonchalantly opens it up over Sam's head]

[Sam jumps up in horror] You bastard!

(OOC: Threadhopping: expect it. Expect it wild and drunken and ridiculous.)

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Damn. How about a new cane? I have a feeling that Wilson wants to saw through this one too.

Then he's the bloke you should be asking, not me.

But you're the replacement Cuddy. Roleplaying is fun and sometimes great for making a point.

If replacing walking sticks is what you put Cuddy through, I think you'll have to find another replacement.

Alright then, let's change the subject. How are you, coma patient? You're much more animated than the one that I usually get to sit and chat with.

{Sam, you should be honored. House is actually interested. He would get his lackeys to take care of all this mess of meeting the patient, but damn, they're not here. How sad. :'(}

[immediately, he freezes up on heraing 'coma patient,' and then speaks very quietly, shooting his coworkers a "oh god I hope they didn't hear" look]

Would you not mention that around other people?

Oh, sorry, I didn't know that you were sensitive about {Raises his voice} being in a coma! I apologize profusely.

[Ray looks over and rolls his eyes] Who'da thought. Bein' a nutter is catchin'.

And I wouldn't have thought that I'd see a pornstache like that for real. We're even.

[presses his face into his hands]

I think I know why I've developed chronic headaches.

Because you pick up real winners, right. If you're in a coma from the future, they probably already think that you're nuts, so you don't have much to worry about.

I didn't pick them, and they don't--

[Sam pauses, because wait a minute...]

Chris and Gene know, but Ray would never believe it.

Then you're fine. Do you know how long you've been in a coma?

At least ten months, if I can trust how time passes in '73.

'74, now.

If it's been ten months, then you were either in a hell of an accident or there's something else. I hope that it's the first, because the second means that your doctors are idiots.

{Considers it} So, which was it? Were you in the car, get hit, were you feeling sick before?

No, no prior medical conditions as far as I am aware, wasn't ill with anything at the time. I wasn't in the car when I was hit - the car struck me, sent me flying. I think. My memory of the incident is slightly off.

I could help you. But just about every sci-fi special I've seen tells me that I probably shouldn't. I think there was even a Star Trek episode about that, or if there wasn't, there should be. So.

{He takes out his prescription bottle, popping it open to pop a few pills}

I'm interested, so I could take you as a case. Kind of. I still have to deal with the usual ones, so you'd be kind of a side case. Still, I'll let you decide.

What would I be signing up for if I agreed?

Well, I think the main concern that people have is that you have to deal with me. {Pause} And since I don't have my team here, that means everything, unfortunately.

I won't do any tests without your consent, but you'll probably do them anyways. Well, doing the tests at all here might be difficult, but I'm sure I'll figure something fun out.