Ofelia: Um…what is this?
Lenore:
Looks like Door sneezed on my plate…
Silas: It’s collared greens. There’s been a contaminant in the water supply, the greens…counteract it.
Ofelia: Can we just stop drinking the water?
Silas: Oh, no, I mean, it’s gone now. It’s just that…you’ve probably already ingested it, so we’ll be eating greens for a while.
Lenore: Why don’t you have any?
Silas: Well…
Carmilla: Silas and I are immune to such contaminates, but when it comes to our attention we make sure our guests are fortified. You’re welcome to leave if you’d rather not ingest the occasional contaminates, or the greens. Maybe you have an aversion to the extra iron?
Lenore: Oh! No, no, it’s fine.
Carmilla: It’s settled then.
Later…
Oryx: Hey, babe, how you doing?
Julia: Everything’s fine.
Oryx: You seem like something’s wrong.
Julia: No. Mercy’s been kind of weak since I left her last night.
Oryx: Yeah, about that, too bad Silas got so on your case.
Julia: Well, she has problems. I know that, and I shouldn’t have been so irresponsible. That’s not why I’m here.
Julia: I’m sorry for being so harsh. Do you…miss me?
Oryx: Oh, sure, Jools. You know it.
Julia: I miss you too.
Oryx: So anyway, I wanted to ask you, have you seen anything weird around here lately? Like, weirder than the usual weird?
Julia: I’m not sure I know what you mean.
Oryx: Well, I haven’t had the chance to talk to you, but after I left the room I saw someone wandering around the hallway.
Julia: Someone?
Oryx: Yeah. They went towards Door’s room, when I tried to follow, Door was the only one there.
Julia: Maybe it was Door you saw.
Oryx: No, Door’s always wearing white. This person was dressed in black. And short. Door’s taller than I am.
Julia: It was late. You’d had some wine. It was probably Door and your eyes played tricks on you.
Oryx: I’m no stranger to things a lot worse than a few glasses of wine.
Julia: It’s strong wine.
Lenore: I’ve never heard of contaminated water being cured by disgusting food.
Ofelia: It wasn’t disgu…well, it was disgusting. But it won’t hurt you. And it’s not like we majored in biology, maybe there IS a contaminate.
Oryx: Hey, ladies. I gotta ask you something, because it’s bugging the crap out of me. Have either of you noticed anything weird?
Lenore: Weirder than being threatened with eviction if we don’t eat green snot?
Oryx: You know, that IS odd. I’ve been here over a year and never heard a word about contaminated water. But anyway, no, not like food. Well, maybe, I don’t know how that would work into it…
Ofelia: And "it" would be?
Oryx: Sorry. I saw someone last night. I was with Julia, as you know, Lenny, and Mercy had a nightmare. We ran in there, and as I was leaving because it was none of my business, I saw someone in the hallway.
Lenore: Who was it?
Oryx: If I knew, I wouldn’t be saying it was weird.
Ofelia: Wow, no, I don’t know anything about someone wandering around.
Oryx: Okay, I’m sure it’s nothing. Just to be sure, lock your door tonight.
