The school grounds, early afternoon

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia must have made an interesting sight walking across the grounds, that day. For one thing, she'd been unable to get all the dirt off of her in that spring, so she was still rather grimy looking. For another, she looked really, really pissed off.

And, of course, there was the fact that she had an artificial leg over her shoulder. That must have been weird looking, too.

[ooc: for those who know who they are. Absolutely fine for broadcast. Woo! Will be happening concurrently with the Tex post that will be going up when Tex-mun is available (I hope. . . .) and open for SP due to time zones.]

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged, causing the artificial leg to bob up and down. "We'll see."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Leave me a piece of him. I took care of a rodent for the past few days waiting for you to do the Fandom thing and change back."

He nodded to the leg. "Why do you have a fake leg?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Because he threw it into the hole at me. I used it to dig out."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"He... what?" It didn't matter. "Tell me all of it later."

At least he wasn't leaving right now as had been originally planned.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had been thinking of some very creative ways to dispatch Steerpike if he managed to make her miss saying good-bye to Walter, yes. "Does that mean you're sticking around for awhile?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Yes. I called home and spoke to Arthur a couple of days ago." He held up the degu and wiggled it at her. "I told him my girlfriend had turned into a rodent and I didn't want to leave until I was sure she was alright."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia eyed the rodent. "That's very sweet. Mind you, I'm still dealing with the fact that you thought I turned into a rodent. . . ."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"It's Fandom, Nadia. People turn into animals for no reason all the time."

It wasn't as though he didn't already feel like a dolt. "It even took your final in Spy Tech yesterday."

[nadiathesaint]

Okay, that got a small, tired smile out of her. "Still, this is the second time that I've gone missing and you didn't notice," There was no malice in the words, though. Just a sort of tired acceptance.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Lack of malice or acceptance or not, Walter had taken lighter blows that broke bones.

"I was waiting for you Sunday night after radio. Steerpike showed up with this thing, clothes and jewelry that looked like yours, and a story about seeing you turn into a rodent. I didn't not notice."

[nadiathesaint]

"Then we'll kill him and call it even, okay?"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Quite. Just make sure that I'm the one who gets the blame if it ever comes to it. I dare them to try to come get me in 1945."

[nadiathesaint]

"Well, he mentioned taking over, so we should probably let Zoe know, first." and she headed off