#There's a chance the wiki is misinterpreting Dave's mention in episode 46 and that it's actually Dave Boll manager of the Ralphs

[wanderingandfound]

What happened to Nilanjana? (And Luisa and Mark and the rest of Carlos's team of scientists?)

I've been wondering this since the first time I listened to 230 - Carlos Explained.

Dr. Lubelle stepped forward to meet our hometown hero. Behind her was her henchman, Dr. Blake Jones (released last week on bail for breaking and entering), and behind them was a nearly endless crowd of begoggled scientists. Dr. Lubelle smiled with venom, and crossed her arms over her chest. “Welcome to the party,” she said. Behind Carlos, there gathered a more ragtag group, the community of Night Vale, or what was left of us after so much of our town had been explained away. They glared at both Dr. Lubelle and Carlos, radiating hatred for the scientific method and all who practice such heresy.

(Bolding mine.) And then shortly later:

There were grumblings among the towns people, however. It seemed maybe they weren’t as convinced, when there was only one scientist on our side, and a horde of Dr. Lubelle’s minions in lab coats following her every evil word. Josh revved his engine in frustration. The Glow Cloud gusted and moaned. Dr. Lubelle sneered at us from affront her army, daring us to act.

(Bolding still mine.)

And I know they didn't forget about his team, earlier in the same episode Dr. Lubelle says:

Oh the attention you got for this so called discovery, nonsense though it was. You got headlines, you got grants, an entire research team for this fully funded expedition.

(Bolding continues to be mine.)

And like, maybe Dave and and Rochelle, part of Carlos's team of 5 investigating the House That Doesn't Exist that leads to the Desert Other World in episode 46 are no longer around, because it has been nine years in Night Vale and normal earth time, and 90 years in Desert Other World time. And sure, maybe Luisa and Mark defected to Dr. Lubelle's team for the prestige, or because they still think of themselves as University of What It Is researchers first and Night Vale residents second. And my copy of the book Welcome to Night Vale is paper so I can't check who "Stan" is, listed on the Wiki as one of Carlos's scientists.

But Nilanjana Sikdar cares too much about Science, Carlos, and Night Vale to turn her back on them. So where was she?

#Nilanjana Sikdar #Carlos the Scientist #Dr. Carlos Dave Robles #Dr. Janet Lubelle #Welcome to Night Vale #It Devours! #personal #thoughts #liveblogging stories #There's a chance the wiki is misinterpreting Dave's mention in episode 46 and that it's actually Dave Boll manager of the Ralphs #because both of these Dave's have prepared food. #And that would get our number of scientists reporting to Carlos down to 5 — matching the script of 46.