Camp cabin area, Wednesday night [NFB]

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia had a few supplies tucked into her backpack and she sat down by the main campfire to wait for Annette.

[ooc: Nadia and Annette are sneaky liek woah! Locked to her, and NFB, please?]

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[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette followed the directions pretty good she thought, and it wasn't long before she came up to the campfire, where Nadia was sitting. "Look who made it?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia suppressed a smile and looked out over Annette's shoulder. "Were you followed?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette looked back over her shoulder, narrowed her eyes and sort of looked this way and that.

"Nope, Nadia, I wasn't followed." She said, looking back at her. At least she really hoped she wasn't. She didn't think Steerpike was that crazy yet.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia broke into a grin. "First test passed, then. Have a seat."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Smiling, she sat down and wrapped her arms around her knees. "This is sneaky-time fun, isn't it Nadia?" It was dark and they were way out here and it was just...dark and stuff.

[nadiathesaint]

"Yep. Purely for fun. Unless you have a goal in mind?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette pondered Steerpike for a moment, "Well, I don't know if he can be considered a goal. But there is this guy, Nadia, there is something so secretive about him. I think it could benefit us and maybe help me in learning, to check him out?"

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded thoughtfully. "Okay. A lot of that doesn't actually happen in sneaky mode, though. That's mostly research. Is it Dick?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"No. It's Steerpike. He threatened me today with vegeance. Said he had resources." Annette replied, knitting her brows.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia scowled. "Ew. That guy gives me the creeps. Wait, isn't he from some other dimension, or something?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Yes. He was a kitchen boy." And at that Annette had a hard time keeping a straight face. "There is definitely something about him."

[nadiathesaint]

"Well, then, I guess some observation might be a good idea. . . ."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"You think so? How do we go about that?" Annette was excited, and eager; this was something she's wanted to do for a long time.

[nadiathesaint]

"Well, there's a couple things, but the lowest tech option would be to just . . . follow him."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She nodded, "I can follow. Would this be the kind of following that is undetected?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Um, yeah. That's the way to see how he he acts when no one else is around and find out his secrets."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I can do that. I'll need to research and find out his class schedule, his work schedule. His habits. Then I should be able to follow him better without being detected."

[nadiathesaint]

"Disguises are also good. And remember to keep a distance while still keeping him in sight. Harder for him to spot you, there."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"And he seems so willy. I'll do the disguise thing." Annette was totally planning now. "Anyone else, Nadia? Or anything else I need to know for starters? Should I carry a weapon, a taser maybe in case he ever sees me and comes after me?"

[nadiathesaint]

"The key to disguise is in posture and body language, not in wigs or clothing or make-up. But the other stuff helps, too. As for the taser. . . . You can if you want to? But around here, it might be more trouble than it's worth. You have my cell phone number?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Posture and body language. Got it." Annette would try that first, before dressing up. Trying to disguise herself might invariably draw more attention to her instead of deflect it. Nadia was so smart.

"Okay, no taser." She shook her head and pulled out her cell phone, "I don't, but I'll store it right now. And you have mine?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Not yet," Nadia pulled out her cellphone for a quick handwaved? number exchange. "If you have any problems, call me."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Could you get to me fast enough? I mean, if something happened?" She might be a little worried about that.

[nadiathesaint]

"To stop it from happening? Probably not. But I can certainly get there as fast as I can or advise you how to get out of it. When in doubt, though," Nadia thought of Gwynn, all bandaged up. "When in doubt, run."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette nodded, "Alright, Nadia. I can do this." She nodded again, just to prove to herself that she could do it. "When should I start? Oh, and I guess I should mention that I have certain photos of him that he wants destroyed."

[nadiathesaint]

"Start whenever you feel like you're ready." Nadia blinked at the idea of photos. "Does he know that you have them?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Yes, he knows. But, he did allow me to take them, so technically they're mine. He might have something against me right now for that. Still, he is hiding something. These resources of his need to be checked out." Annette was really getting into this sneaky-mode-stuff.

[nadiathesaint]

". . . Or he was bluffing to get you to give him the photos. What's in them? What's so bad about them?"

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette blinked. "...I hadn't thought of that. It would seem I have a lot of learning to do. And nothing so bad, just him dressing up as a girl and I don't mean when the boys turned into girls. He was Steerpike dressing up and everything, with make-up."

[nadiathesaint]

"When was this? He might have been bit by a gremlin or something."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"I think last week sometime? Not real sure. He still agreed to the pictures, knew who I was, and I even quizzed him about what dorm room was his. Would he know all that if it was a gremlin that did it?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Quite possibly. The gremlin bites affect people different ways, you know? Sometimes they make you think you're someone else, but sometimes they just make you act crazy."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Oh." She knitted her brows. "Do you think I should give them to him, Nadia?" Cause Annette really didn't want to. She wanted to find out stuff about him, and see if he was up to anything.

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia shrugged. "It's up to you. But if you think he really would do something to you for keeping them. . . ."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Personally? I think he likes to hear himself talk and act big. If he wanted to do something, he would have done it today at the Photo Hut when I showed him one of the pictures. Nah, he's just blowing smoke."

[nadiathesaint]

"Or he was giving you fair warning to give him the pictures so he wouldn't have to get revenge." Nadia shrugged. "I don't really know him, so I can't say."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Hmm, I will think about this as I watch him. If it turns out that there is nothing really to him? I'll give him the pictures."

Annette smiled, "Anything else I should know to begin with?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Talk to anyone else who might know him before you start following. The more information you can get without approaching the target, the better."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Right." Uh.. And that might be hard, she considered. She wasn't sure who he hung out with. His own roommate didn't even know him that well.

"That might prove challenging."

[nadiathesaint]

"Well, do what you can. I suppose I could ask around a bit, too."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"I will." Annette's mind was already turning. "Alright, I'm ready to get to it, Nadia. Anything else before I go?"

[nadiathesaint]

"Just this: if you get caught? I had nothing to do with it."

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

That made her grin, but she knew Nadia was serious. "If I get caught, I'm pleading not guilty."