Open RP: Wherein Potion accidents result in... happiness?

[canes-can-kill.livejournal.com]

When you're stuck in a castle with hardly any interesting medical cases and a slight tendency to be self-destructive when you're bored, trying to make advanced potions ends up being a really good idea. Especially when you've never tried to make a simple potion, because everything is that much more dangerous and unpredictable.

He'd tried to make some kind of pain relief potion, which he thought had turned out okay. So, it was an obscenely bright orange when it was supposed to be dark blue. That didn't matter. In the end, taking some of it sounded like a good idea, at the time.

Except for the fact that he'd mixed up one of the ingredients. Instead of fluxweed, he'd used Ipomoea violecea (more commonly known as the "beach moonflower"). To House, it didn't seem all that weird when the walls suddenly turned blue and a giant elephant started dancing with an anteater on top of the tables. It was pretty funny, actually. And naturally, the only reaction when the anteater walked out of the room was to follow it.

With a giggle that could only be termed as 'explosive', House started wandering the hallways to follow the anteater - caneless, and it was kinda weird that he couldn't walk properly. But these things matter not to a man when he is following a purple anteater. Life was great! And he had a mission, here, after all.

((Be warned; you may get hugged or talked at a lot.))

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[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

"Hoka~~~y!" Cox decided he was going to try and enjoy this. He grinned and gave House a thumbs-up. "Crazytime. Super." Maybe he could sic him on Lily (of course, he was totally unaware that he had already been sicced on her). Or Jordan!

"Come on, there, Gregarooney. Let's get you some candy." He clapped a hand onto House's shoulder and started pulling him down the hall with a big and, had House been in his right mind, probably kind of creepy smile.

[canes-can-kill.livejournal.com]

"It's Crazytime?" House asked brightly, looking fairly excited. "What! Where? Is that like Candyland?" Because he really wanted to go to Candyland.

When Cox started dragging him along the hallway, House made a fairly ungraceful sound and stumbled, having to grab onto Cox's arm for balance. "I can't walk," he frowned, obviously completely mystified as to why he couldn't. "I thought had a peg-leg, but I don't, and I still can't. Do you know why?" Hey, maybe Cox could give him some answers! And candy!

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

Right. Apparently Happy!House was also Wandering!House. She'd left him alone for a second to go see if she could figure out what he'd taken - no luck - and he was gone. Walking through the hallways, Lily kept her eyes peeled for a gimp skipping along, talking about flowers and anteaters.

Hearing a familiar elongated syllable, Lily poked her head around a corner. Ha! Excellent. Walking up, Lily said, soberly, "It's because the crocodiles ate your leg. But no worries. Ginger, here, made you one out of toothpicks and crazy glue. Just hang onto me and you'll be fine."

She grinned up at Cox. "Seriously, tell him anything and he'll buy it. It's brilliant."

[coxinsox.livejournal.com]

Cox stopped at the sound of Lily's voice and glanced behind him, raising a brow. "Oh, there you are. I was just going to go and introduce you to my new friend, here." Only Perry Cox could make "introduce" sound like a threat. He grinned at her and turned around, hauling House with him like a sack of potatoes.

"So, I~ take it you've already had your fun with Mister Crazyhead here? Seriously, Red, what in the hell did he take?" Lily was nosy. He assumed she would know, or at least be in the immediate process of finding out.

[canes-can-kill.livejournal.com]

Wait, wait. A crocodile ate his leg? Oh god, that would explain it, and maybe somebody just gave him a false leg which couldn't walk on properly. "Thieves!" House hollered as he he was swung around to face Lily, stumbling again and gripping onto Cox's shirt. Seriously, this Cox guy must like shoving stuff around.

Oh, but hey, it was Lily! "Ylil!" He said happily, trying to take a step forward but halted by Cox's grip on his shoulder. "I told the dinosaurs you were coming back, but they told me I was speaking gibberish. Even the cows didn't believe me! Stupid cows. Is Cox a Swedish dancing girl?"

[lilypotter60.livejournal.com]

"Haven't the foggiest," she replied brightly. Obviously not worried in the least. And if Lily wasn't worried... "His room was clean, so whatever he did, he did it elsewhere." Slipping one arm around House's waist, Lily took on some of the man's weight, helping to steady him. Pulling out her wand, Lily illuminated the end and slowly moved it in front of House's eyes, watching his pupils' reaction times.

"Well, those dinosaurs are silly wankers. Don't you listen to a word they say." Surreptitiously she took his pulse, then glanced up at Cox and shrugged. House didn't seem to be in any immediate danger of his heart exploding, at least. Laughing out loud, Lily nodded. "Oh, yeah. Ginger, here, is one of the best Swedish dancing girls in the world. I mean, look at those hips! How could he be anything but?" Oh, she was so going to pay for that later. Worth it! "Maybe he'll do a special dance for you, if you tell us what you took."