Colleagues?

[st_clare]

"Please remember to turn in your work before the school closes for break," Julianna said, raising her voice a bit so that she'd be heard over the noise of students gathering their belongings and making muted conversation. "You'll have ample time for relaxation while classes aren't in session, so kindly take the time to focus on schoolwork now."

Nods and mutters were the sum of responses she got, and the Englishwoman sighed as the large room emptied out. She looked forward to having a bit of a break herself. Perhaps she'd go out to Cottonwood Cove now that the weather was warming up again. It might not be quite hot enough to swim, but a weekend getaway was always good for rejuvenating the senses.

She put some things into her messenger bag, then slung the strap over her shoulder. She was parked in the faculty lot. The door stayed unlocked so that the cleaning staff could get in. They had keys, supposedly, but she'd gotten a terse note at the beginning of the term that said she should leave the lock disengaged until such time as the master keyring was found. One would think that such an important thing couldn't simply be lost, but apparently that would be incorrect.

She was halfway to her car when she remembered that she'd left her appointment book in her office, so she had to turn around and go back inside. Was she getting absent-minded? She bloody hoped not.

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[st_clare]

"Then you'll want to inquire at the Hart. It's a high-end hotel that caters to a certain clientele. It has a bit of an unsavory reputation, but it's also pricey. If she's the sort of creature to enjoy luxury without questions being asked, she'd go there."

It crossed the Watcher's mind that Isaac might run into the vampire that had accosted Brian, but she doubted anything would come of it if he did. Chambers seemed very mission-oriented, as if he concentrated one on thing at a time. She wondered if there was a reward at stake. Was there such a thing as a bounty for vampires?

Julianna tapped her pen on the blotter again, a quiet rhythm. Idle chatter seemed beyond the scope of this particular meeting, and beyond that she had other things on her plate than Mr. Chambers' concerns. "Should you require anything else, I can give you my number here," she said after a brief silence. "Now that they've replaced that terribly incompetent girl, I'm getting my messages again."

[everlastingwrath]

The Hart? Isaac made a mental note of the name and put it on the list of the places to look. Perhaps he'd go there first and then knock off the other places he'd compiled. Methodical, the only way to do anything. "I'll be sure to check it out."

He moved forward, closing the distance between himself and Julianna, a nod being given. Words were excess if not used correctly and Isaac wasn't exactly a verbose man, not when he knew the weight that actions could carry in lieu of them.

"I'll be sure to get in contact as needed." Hopefully nothing would as Isaac prided himself on being self reliant and working on his own merit without the need for others.

[st_clare]

The brusqueness would have bothered Julianna if she'd been in a different mood, but she was preoccupied. Perhaps she should tell Valerie to be on the lookout for this vampire as well, so that she could provide Mr. Chambers with information on how to locate her more quickly. Two heads were usually better than one, after all.

Or perhaps not. Chambers might be a bit of an adept himself, or he wouldn't be tracking the creature on his own.

"I won't expect to hear from you, but if I do I'll provide what assistance I can."