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Library [Sunday, 11-18]

There was someone unfamiliar in the library today, making himself familiar with books he'd long thought forgotten. It was still quiet, still had that same old feeling and those same old feelings.

He missed this library.

[Yes, there was a post earlier but I couldn't resist aging him up.]

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And now he's actually reading...while pacing. He doesn't sit still much.

It shouldn't have been a shock to anyone to find Hermione wandering down to the library, if no other reason than to see what had changed, and whether Special Collections had taken over at any point.

"Hey," Lee said, smiling at...well, someone. "Welcome to the library. We've got books!"

"I should hope so," she said with a quick glance over at him. "It looks the exact same!"

"I thought so too," he said, nodding. "Nothing's changed. It's weird."

"And yet it's Fandom, which means the library was probably preserved in its former state for some reason," Hermione said. "Now I wonder if there's anything written on that sort of thing."

Yep. Still a nerd.

Lee...kind of just stared.

"Are you actually planning on doing work?"

"Just for fun," she replied, thinking this was perfectly normal.

"Riiiiiiiight," Lee said, shaking his head. "Sure, just for fun."

"Look, it's rare I get to do this sort of thing just out of curiosity anymore," she explained. "Forgive me, I'm not sure who you are."

"Commander Lee Adama," he said automatically before shaking his head. "Lee."

"Oh, that's right. Hermione..." She paused, and said, "Well, I suppose anyone here would know me as Hermione Granger."

"Hey," Lee said, waving a little. "Good to meet you, Hermione Granger. Welcome back, I guess."

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Thursday arrived and frowned when she saw someone unfamiliar in the library. It wasn't entirely unexpected since people from town were allowed up here (even if they never came), but there should have at least been an aide here. Whose day was it anyway? "Can I help you?" she asked, approaching tentatively.

"Professor Next?" Lee asked, frowning because wow, she was...the same. Those were damn frakking good genes. "Uh, I'm just...reading the books."

She was still going to be kicking ass at 110. It was a blessing and a curse. "Of course, help yourself. If you want to take anything with you, I can check the books out for you. I'm not exactly sure where my aide got to today."

"Maybe he got lost in the aisles," Lee said and half smiled. "Happened to me a few times when I was an aide here."

"You were an aide?" She hadn't known that the school had been around that long. In fact, she was pretty sure it hadn't. That was the first inkling that something was amiss. Maybe it was one of those strange timestream situations. Plus, he had known her name.

"Twenty years ago, give or take," Lee said. "Sunday was my day."

The pieces were slowly being put together. He knew her. He was a library aide from '20 years ago' when the school, to her knowledge, wasn't here. Sunday was his day and he was here on a Sunday when... "Lee?"

"Good memory," he said brightly. "Commander Lee Adama now but yeah, Lee's good since we're here and all."

"Commander? Congratulations." She only knew a little about his background, but the Commander was a surprise. It made sense given the twenty years he claimed. "What brings you back here?" She assumed it was 'back' even though she hadn't realised he'd left.

"Reunion," he answered. "Twenty year reunion. And I had some free time so I thought I'd come by and check out the library while I was here."

Reunion. Maybe there were others here too, if that was the case. Thursday went from being slightly befuddled and wondering whether she should inform someone to being amused that, despite the last week, Fandom had bounced back to its usual insane self. Well, almost. She thought it best to play along as it often was. "If you can remember your way around, you're welcome to it. I'll be sure to have a word to my aide about showing up when he's suppose to when I next see him." If she saw him as a teenager again. "I'd love to stay and chat, but I'd best be getting back to Friday."

"Okay," Lee said and waved with the book he was holding. "Good to see you again, Professor. You look...well, nice."