Library [9.16]

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Anemone was very disappointed in the lack of kitten-books today, not that Gulliver minded at all. 

To compensate for the lack of fuzzy-friends, she spread her art supplies out all over the floor and set to work drawing pictures of some of the cuter kittens she had encountered last week.  Maybe she could get the pictures to come to life... 

The Fandom High Library was open.  Beware the invasion of the colored pencils.  

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Morning

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Anemone's absorbed in her art, but if you ask nicely, you might be able to get her attention.

Re: Morning

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Miss Elizabeth Bennet finally found herself in the school's library, glancing around curiously at all of the shelves.

She stopped by the edge of Anemone's artwork, tilting her head to take it in.

Re: Morning

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Anemone looked up as she sensed another presence, and smiled brightly. "Hi, Miss Bennet," she said cheerfully. "Can I help you?"

Re: Morning

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"Good day, Miss Anemone," she said, dipping her head. Somehow, when they were her charges, it seemed appropriate to call them by their first names, but it felt presumptuous outside the classroom. "I was hoping that you might, though I should hate to impose, or keep you from your art."

Re: Morning

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Anemone shook her head as she scooped up her pencils. "It's what I'm here for," she replied, carefully setting her supplies off to the side before standing up. Besides, she so rarely got patrons in here wanting books, that sometimes it was nice to show off what she'd learned. "What can I help you find?"

Re: Morning

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"Anything," Eliza laughed. "Which helps neither of us. I fear I'm teaching literature and I simply don't know enough of it. My students were kind enough to contribute many of their own favorite authors, so I took care to write a list. But I've no real idea where to start."

Re: Morning

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"Well, the library is broken up into sections based by subject," Anemone explained, pointing at the shelves. "This one is organized by the Dewey system; every subject has a number assigned to it, to make the books faster to find."

Re: Morning

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"I'm afraid I'm not certain of the topics," Elizabeth said, pulling out her list and looking at it again. "I only have author names, and many of these appear to be surnames. Woolf. Beckett. Stevenson. Joyce. F. Scott Fitzgerald, that one's a full name, and Agatha Christie, as well. T. S. Eliot, I suppose that's three-quarters of a name, since he's only supplying his initials?"

It was a rather long list.

Re: Morning

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"They'll all be in literature," Anemone replied, pointing at one aisle. "All literature books fall in the '800's, so you can just browse until you find something you like."

"If you want to find an exact book, you can check the card catalog." Anemone wandered over to the large set of drawers and patted it fondly. "See the labels on the front? You can search by someone's name, or a topic. So if you want a book on rabbits, you could open the drawer that says 'Subjects - R', and find a book about rabbits!"

Re: Morning

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"Is it from author by there?" Eliza asked, glancing down the rows.

She eyed the card catalog with interest. "So I could research ... anything that occurs to me, and this would tell me where to find books on the subject?"

That sounded terribly useful.