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[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

[ There are two women working on trying very carefully to examine something in what appears to be a huge pile of compressed metal. Doctor Brennan walks up behind them with a bucket, very quietly, then dumps the contents of the bucket into the metal and looks up at the two women. ]

I was going to say that I had an accident over here, but I don't like lying.

You dumped a bucket of domestic beetles over this work of art. They'll strip the flesh off our victim in no time.

[ Bones is nodding. ] Within 30 hours. [ A pause. ] Am I fired?

Au contraire. Remind me of this moment around Christmas bonus time.

I'm in!

Good work, Miss Wick. [ Brennan and Cam head over to Daisy's side and look at the screen on the endoscope. ]

Well we could've been here hours ago if Doctor Saroyan would have given me the endoscope sooner.

Thanks for that.

There's too much flesh to get an idea of the bone damage.

Thirty hours. [ And Brennan walks away, sounding somewhat smug about her achievement. ]

{OOC: Canon move to S4E8, The Skull in the Sculpture. Actual lines from episode, Bold is Dr. Camille Saroyan and Italic is Daisy Wick. Replies will be ICly about an hour or so later. Would've done a video post but FOX is real good about cockblocking Bones clips that aren't drowned by really shitty music.}

Comments

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

What are you doing?

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

I wasn't aware that I was being recorded. I dropped a bucket of beetles on crushed car encasing a decomposing body in order to strip the skeleton of its flesh so that we could examine the bones.

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

Bodies don't decompose.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

Yes, they do. By means of insects and bacteria eating away at the remaining flesh on a corpse.

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

Corpses turn into pyreflies and disappear.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

There is no such thing as pyreflies on my world.

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

So they really just rot there?

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[swordplaying.livejournal.com]

Don't they...get in the way?

[breakhisknees.livejournal.com]

... huh.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

We're legally not supposed to damage any portion of the... apparent artwork. The beetles will eat the flesh without doing damage to the rest of the structure. Doing that without permission simply... bypasses it since the only damage would be done to the flesh, which would decay eventually anyway.

[breakhisknees.livejournal.com]

No, I understand. It's actually quite brilliant.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am very brilliant.

[breakhisknees.livejournal.com]

And confident too, it's quite attractive.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

I'm also aware that I'm attractive. I'm not sure what you're attempting to establish by listing some of my basic characteristic.

[breakhisknees.livejournal.com]

It's more of an appraisal rather than a statement of fact.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

In which case, thank you for the appraisal?

[drcuddles.livejournal.com]

... that's lovely.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

I don't understand how anything about a decomposing body would be considered "lovely."

[drcuddles.livejournal.com]

I was being facetious.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

Oh. In which case, I agree with your assessment. It's a very effective method, though.

[drcuddles.livejournal.com]

I guess I have to agree.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

I highly doubt that decayed skin would have held any function in the crushed car as a valuable art piece anyway.

[drcuddles.livejournal.com]

Like I said, I guess I have to agree. Usually my job ends when they cease to live.

[ihatepsychology.livejournal.com]

Would I be correct in the conclusion that you're either a medical doctor or some form of hospice nurse of some kind?