I2DT - Room 114: Home of the W

[Onyx]

"What should I shop for?" Onyx asks. "Clothes?"

[Nailah Weaver]

"Well, whatever you'd like really! Some cool shoes maybe or some accessories. A winter jacket would probably be good."

[Onyx]

"Oh, right," Onyx says. "It gets cold here."

[Nailah Weaver]

"So I'm told. It's kinda lame. So hey, two birds with one stone, you can go clothes shopping while we lure out whoever is following you!"

[Onyx]

Onyx nods, "It is a good plan, ma'am."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Then it's a date!" she chuckles.

[Onyx]

((After Onyx's freakout))

In the middle of the night, Nailah's phone rings. It's Onyx's number.

[Nailah Weaver]

It takes her a moment to really wake up and come to the conclusion that the noise is her own, at which she suddenly bolts upright and scrambles to pick it up.

"Yeah?" she whispers as she tries to calm down from being jolted awake.

[Onyx]

There's a moment when she can just hear Onyx breathing. It sounds like the girl is trying to calm herself down.

"...Nailah?" Onyx asks quietly. "Is that really you?"

[Nailah Weaver]

"Yeah, of course. What's wrong?" she whispers back, sliding out of her bed and glancing over at her roommate before quietly feeling her way towards the door. Easier to talk outside without waking up Kayla.

[Onyx]

"I made a mistake," Onyx says. "They knew me too well. I played right into their hands."

"...I...I do not know what to do, ma'am," Onyx sniffs. She sounds like she's been crying.

[Nailah Weaver]

"Onyx, what's wrong? What happened? It'll be alright, just tell me what's wrong."

[Onyx]

"I went to find the man from earlier," Onyx says. "He is dead, ma'am. They killed him."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Wh-what? Dead? How... what happened? Who killed him? Where did you find him? Are you sure he's d-dead?" Nailah suddenly goes very pale, leaning against the wall outside her dorm.

[Onyx]

"I am sure."

"I am in his apartment right now," Onyx says. "He was killed with one of my throwing knives in a ritualized fashion."

"I believe I am being framed, ma'am."

[Nailah Weaver]

Nailah is speechless for a moment, trying to wrap her head around what Onyx is saying.

"But... how did they... what do we do now?" she stammers and for a moment horrible doubt creeps in. If no one was actually following or watching Onyx, then who had killed that man?

[Onyx]

"I do not know," Onyx says. "...I am searching his apartment for evidence that he was following me. So far, I have found nothing."

[Nailah Weaver]

"Okay, just... hang in, I can figure something out, yeah?" She closes her eyes and focuses.

I want to find the person responsible for killing that man!

[Onyx]

The answer came quickly and clearly, but unfortunately probably did little to ease Nailah's doubts.

Go to Onyx.

[Nailah Weaver]

Dang, dang dang!

"Stay where you are, I'll be there in a bit, okay?"

With the phone wedged against her shoulder she heads back into her room and, as quiet as possible, changes out of her pajamas and into her costume. She puts on the domino-mask but opts against the tiara. It feels a little too goofy for this. She opens the window and throws herself into the wind.