Weapons locker, Wednesday afternoon

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia knew her friends were worried about her. She knew they thought she was losing it over the whole Sloane thing. She'd heard them talking about it in the workshop that morning.

And maybe they were right. She had been panicking and she hadn't been in anyway useful the last two days. But talking to Alfred and then getting the message from

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[walter_n_wires]

The weapons locker was a logical place to expect to find Nadia after their brief phone conversation.

"What happened to Jamie?" he asked without preamble.

[nadiathesaint]

"Chloroform. Apparently he got back from talking to Willow and found a flower and a card on my bed. Guess from who. He was in the middle of calling me when he must have gotten grabbed from behind. I found him on the floor with the handkerchief next to him."

[walter_n_wires]

Walter frowned. "Sloppy. I didn't think you- Sloane was that sloppy." Did he have accomplices?

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia caught the slip, but wasn't sure what to make of it. "I wouldn't have thought so either. But I'm not going to let him do anything else."

[walter_n_wires]

"What did the card say?"

[ooc: Speaking of sloppy, "you-" was supposed to be "your-"]

[nadiathesaint]

"'See you tomorrow'." Nadia checked her gun to make sure it was loaded and scanned the locker one more time. "You want a weapon?"

[ooc: and now that suddenly makes much more sense.]

[walter_n_wires]

Walter shook his head. "Already armed, remember?"

See you tomorrow. "That just doesn't sound right. Do you know of anyone who knows of your connection to Sloane who would want to have you jumping at his name while they come at you from another side?"

Someone from Argentina, maybe?

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shook her head. "I'm still officially listed as an orphan. The only people who know are on the island, unless Sloane has been talking to other people about it."

[walter_n_wires]

"And that would lead back to him again."

Walter frowned, turning over in his head what he'd observed upon meeting Sloane, what Nadia had told him, what he'd read in the note she'd had from Sloane, and what was happening now, and trying to see how they could fit together.

"What am I missing here? This just doesn't make sense."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia paused in checking the fit of her shoulder holster to look at Walter.

"Even if it isn't Sloane, someone is trying to hurt me and my friends. And I'm not going to put up with it."

[walter_n_wires]

Walter shook his head. "I'm not arguing that. What happened with Jamie is proof enough. I'd just feel better if I knew who the enemy was and why."

[nadiathesaint]

She pulled her jacket closed and shut the locker. "So what do you want to do? You've been thinking better about this whole thing for longer than I have."

[walter_n_wires]

"If you're being targeted, the dorms are generally a safe place to be, despite what happened to Jamie. People need to be aware to be on the lookout for strangers. It's not as though this is a large school. I think I've at least seen all the other students, even if I don't know them."

He gave her a tight smile and shook her head. "We're lucky whoever this is didn't decide to act next week when the new students arrive."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "Right. I guess I could hole up in the room and wait for someone to show up, but. . . . That's not the most appealing idea in the world."

[walter_n_wires]

"Give the Arms Hotel a call and find out if there are any guests at the moment? It's a start. I don't think you should be exposing yourself in town, but other people can go ask questions for you."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded slowly, then paused. "What if--no. No, I'm just getting paranoid again."

It couldn't be someone who's actually supposed to be in Fandom, could it?

"I'm still keeping my gun with me, even if I'm not going out into town."