By the time Madeline's brain was fully into gear and processing the ramifications of what was about to happen, she was too late to stop the dean. The most she could do was spin on her heels and follow after him as he unlocked the door, stepping inside and casually flipping on the lights. The young girl held her breath, terrified that he was about to be greeted with some bizarre human-insect hybrid creature that would send him into a panic, or worse.
Peeking over his shoulder, however, she found... nothing. No sign of Doctor Xiao, nor of her honey, or anything else that might be a clue about what had been occurring tonight. All that really drew attention was an empty beaker that had fallen to the floor, shattering into little glass shards. Jacobson made a little 'hmmph' sound as he kicked at the ruined beaker's largest intact section.
"Better work on securing your lab equipment," he mused aloud, turning back towards Madeline. There wasn't really a sign of suspicion in his expression - annoyance, certainly, at university property being broken, but nothing to indicate he wanted to investigate things further. "I trust you can get this cleaned up before you go?"
Madeline nodded, hurrying to grab a broom and dustpan. "Good. Please, tell the good doctor to be a bit more careful when she puts her equipment away." With that, he departed, leaving the door open behind him. Madeline attended to cleaning up the mess only until the sound of his footsteps had vanished into the distance; as soon as she could no longer hear him, she dropped everything and shut the door, quickly locking it to ensure no more interruptions.
Her heartbeat remained high as she started looking around the room. "Doctor? Doctor, where are you?" She hadn't been seen by the dean, and that was good, yes, but Madeline wasn't sure where the doctor even was, nor why that beaker had actually been knocked over. Maybe she had hid within a cupboard, or inside the supply closet... or maybe she had gone out the window? No, surely she wouldn't be that crazy, taking that kind of risk. But where on earth was she?