The streets of Fandom, Tuesday night

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia hadn't been paying a whole lot of attention to what she was doing as she left the dorms, so while she was running to try and clear her head after her conversation with Cally, she was dragging along the cat toy she'd bought for Furrball, and the cat was dogging her heels, trying to catch it.

Must make an interesting contrast, an upset girl running like she was trying to escape something, followed along by such a playful kitty.

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[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter gave up on getting the sous chef to unchain himself and went outside Cafe Fina to have a cigarette before starting back to the school. Or maybe he'd just go for a walk. He wasn't ready to do homework or go to sleep.

He glanced up at the sound of running footsteps.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia spotted someone out of the corner of her eye, but wasn't sure she was in the mood of talking with anyone. She kept running the same way she had been, still oblivious to her cat following along.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

The problem being that Nadia was "running like she was trying to escape something," which made Walter more want to find out what she was running from than give her space.

"Nadia!" He crushed out his cigarette and started running to catch up with her.

[nadiathesaint]

Oh. That would be Walter. Nadia slowed to a stop, resulting in Furrball running into her calf. She looked down.

Furrball peered up at her, panting slightly, and gave a gaspy mew.

She scooped him up and turned to face Walter, burying her nose in Furrball's fur.

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

El was on his way to Caritas when he turned down the street Nadia was running down. "//Nadia? What are you doing out here now? Is everything alright?//"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia turned again and cursed mentally. "//Sir. I'm just . . . running. . . .//"

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter caught up with Nadia at this point and looked around for who else was speaking. Right. The dance teacher.

He ignored El to speak to Nadia. "Is there a problem?"

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

El nodded to Walter. "What he said. //What are you running from?//"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia looked back and forth between the two of them. "I'm not--it's dumb. I just . . . needed to run, that's all."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter looked at the cat in her arms. "With Furrball?"

[nadiathesaint]

"He . . . followed me." She held up the cat toy. "I was playing with him and then Cally--and then I needed to run."

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

"Did this Cally say something hurtful?" El asked.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia sighed. "Yes. I was trying to clear my head."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter glanced at El and didn't press Nadia for details in a teacher's presence. Considering some of the things that had passed with Cally, he didn't know if it was something he really wouldn't want El hearing.

"So there's no invasion up at the school?"

[nadiathesaint]

"No. No invasion. If there was, there would probably be more than just me and Furrball running."

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

"Then is everything alright?" El asked. "Maybe you would be better off heading home?"

[nadiathesaint]

"I'm fine. Well. I WILL be fine. I just needed to get away for awhile."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter glanced over at El and back to Nadia. "Do you want to walk and talk?"

[nadiathesaint]

She might try to give the talking part a miss, but Nadia nodded. "Yeah. That might be a good idea."

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

El shifted his stance slightly, readjusting the weight of his guitar case. "Will you be alright with Walter, then? Running out into the street with your cat following you might not be the best option for dealing with your anger."

[nadiathesaint]

"It beat punching her in the face," Nadia muttered.

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

El raised an eyebrow. "Is this something you are likely to do, Miss Santos?"

[nadiathesaint]

". . . Not if I run out into the street with my cat?"

This was getting rather awkward.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I'll see her safely back to the dorms," Walter cut in before this interrogation went much farther.

[guitar-and-gun.livejournal.com]

"Alright then," El said. "Miss Santos, I would like to speak with you during my office hours tomorrow when you're feeling more in control."