The grounds by the front gates, Sunday

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had decided that what Bel had said the night before was right. They didn't want to freak Marie out by having crowds that were too big bearing down on them. So she decided she'd "hold down the fort", so to speak, and stay here to wait in case Marie came back.

She had her toughbook with her, and was currently working on setting up a rough map of the island. She hoped to keep up with the search parties and mark off those locations that had been cleared as having no Marie.

Sure, the girl could double back, but it would be a start. And part of her training had included working support in the black van.

[ooc: Open to communication/those who want to try to help out with the black van back up/random interaction]

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[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"Whatcha doing?"

There was no way Joxer had snuck up on Nadia. He had clattered his way up with about as much stealth as a hippopotamus in a chicken coop.

[nadiathesaint]

"Waiting to see if Marie comes back." Nadia gave Joxer a sidelong glance. "And being home base for the search parties. You?"

[joxertehmighty.livejournal.com]

"What happened to Marie?" Joxer asked, scratching his head.

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

As soon as the phone call with Bel was over, Aziraphale and Wilson headed out the door and toward the school. Having requested that his 'black bag' was fetched in the event that someone needed medical attention, the angel had summoned up the kit and then whisked them both off to the gates of the campus.

Spying Nadia with her laptop, Aziraphale stopped and headed over, hoping she might have some more information, and also figuring that they might be of more assistance staying in one place where they could be called for if the need arose.

"Excuse me, my dear. I'm Aziraphale, this is James Wilson. We got a call from Belthazor about a missing student, and were wondering if there might be anything we could do to help. I'm guessing you might be involved in the search?" He gestured toward the map of the island visible on her laptop screen.

[ooc: Sorry about all of that. Temporary brain spaz? :/]

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "I'm 'home base', I guess. There are two groups out looking -- One lead by Bel and the other one by Bridge. I'm staying here to make sure communication stays open and in case Marie comes back to the dorms." She held out a hand. "I'm Nadia, by the way. Nice to meet you both."

[ooc: no problem.]

[a-phale.livejournal.com]

Both men shook Nadia's hand, and Aziraphale smiled at her. "It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Nadia. We thought we might be of more use here than out with the search parties -- James is a doctor, and I can get him quickly to anyplace that might need medical assistance."

The smile turned quickly into a frown as he looked out toward the town. "Do we have any idea at all where she might have gone?"

He wished he'd had a chance to meet the missing young woman, then at least he'd have something he could search for himself.

[ooc: Wilson modded by permission.]

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

The radio crackles to life:

*bzzzzt*

"Madrox to home base. Me and the dupes have searched through about half the wildlife preserve and we've got squat. Well we did find some remnants of student clothing presumably leftover from that Wilderness Survival course but that's about it."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia grabbed the radio. "Gotcha, Madrox. I've got Mr. Aziraphale here, as well, he seems to be able to show up wherever he might be needed. Keep us updated. You headed for another area?"

As she spoke, Nadia used her other hand to tap at some spots on her screen with her stylus, indicating the preserve had been half checked over.

[multi-madrox.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. We just finished the West side and are heading over to the East. I may send a couple of Dupes into town to pick up some Orange Lazarus but that's about it."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

Parker came back late from Jarod's, humming, then stopped at the front gates when she saw Nadia and her set-up. "What's going on?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Marie's a mutant," Nadia responded calmly. "She just . . . started? . . . her power last night. It's kind of dangerous, and she's gone missing, so we've got people searching. I'm home base."

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Holy... okay. Dangerous? How dangerous?" Parker frowned, something tickling at the back of her mind. "What happened, exactly? Anything I can do to help?"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Ring, ring.

That'd be Nadia's phone ringing, there.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia pulled it out quickly. "Santos here,"

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Bridge says. "It's Bridge. We found her. Or one of her, anyway. Not the original. We're heading back to the dorms, though, 'cause I figure her room is probably the safest place for her right now."

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner came by, seemingly in hot pursuit of something (http://community.livejournal.com/fandomhighdorms/783991.html?thread=58533751#t58533751).

"Hey, Nadia," he said as he passed, eyes still fixed on some point in the near distance. Whatever it was he was looking at seemed to veer sharply to the left right about then, drawing his gaze, and just like that he ran off after it again.

[nadiathesaint]

"Hi, Conner," Nadia watched him go, then shrugged.

Maybe he was chasing the invisible Dr. Tommy again.

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

Kaylee wandered over to Nadia and waved. "Hi. What's going on?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Marie's missing. And possibly in trouble," Nadia answered, giving Kaylee the short version. "I'm staying here to keep the search teams connected."

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

"Marie's in trouble?" Kaylee said, her voice filled with worry. "Anything I can do to help?"

[sensethevisions]

Phoebe called.

[nadiathesaint]

And Nadia answered. When she was done, she hung up and marked off the camp grounds.

That didn't leave that much left for the original Marie to be hiding in. Hopefully they'd find her, soon.

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

Weiss, finally arriving at Fandom High, dragged his luggage behind him to the front doors of the dorms. Seeing Nadia (not a bad looker by any stretch of the imagination), he "Hey"'d.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked up and blinked. "Hi. Are you one of the new students?"

[http://users.livejournal.com/weissguy_/]

"Yeah. Just transfered in. Eric Weiss. How's it going?"