Room 7, Carriage House, Sunday morning

[side_spook]

All the lights were on again. The stereo was on, and though she wasn't really listening, she'd occasionally catch a word or two of the songs as they drifted by.

. . . turn all the bright lights up,
turn the radio up loud.

There were times when she wondered if she had some kind of unconscious musical power. . . .She still remembered everything.

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[strongestgirl]

After seeing Riddick off Pippi decided to walk out to the Carriage House and see how Nadia was.

She knocked softly on the door.

[side_spook]

The door cracked open with her knocking, since the lock had been cut out.

Nadia didn't look up from the window. She'd seen Pippi walk up, so she had a good idea who it was.

"It's open," she called, her voice flat as she braced herself.

[strongestgirl]

Pippi noted what was obviously Walter's handy work and pushed the door open the rest of the way.

It would be stupid to ask if she was okay.

So she just came in and sat down next to Nadia, putting her arm around her if the other girl would let her.

[side_spook]

Nadia hadn't even realized she'd been on the verge of tears until Pippi's arm went around her and they started coming out.

She'd gotten Pippi tortured. And hadn't even made it back to save her.

"I'm so sorry,"

[walter_n_wires]

At some point late in the morning, Walter walked to the Carriage House from Blenner's flat and up to Nadia's room.

He'd promised her that he'd come back, so he didn't stop by his room before seeing her. Which meant that his clothes were still a bit damp and quite rumpled.

But he was there.

He held the door in place when he knocked.

[side_spook]

The thing with sitting in windows was, you saw everyone coming. From her room, she'd only been able to tell that Walter looked rumpled, which had her worried. She knew Alucard had been in bad shape when she'd found him. She wondered if they'd at least been able to get out, after she--

There was a bit of a pause between the knock and the response while she tried to get herself under control again.

"It's open, Walter,"

[walter_n_wires]

Walter pushed the door open. "I know." He was determined to put the worst of the other world behind him like a dream. "I seem to have a habit of cutting up your doors."

[side_spook]

Nadia looked over, taking in his unkempt state, then turned to lean her head against the window frame again. "I don't mind. How . . . is he okay?"

She almost didn't want to know. But she'd tried to save him, too. She didn't know what that meant, but she suspected it meant something.